= ie girl. perfume. Jlirtatious, 10 his of” jew mom She is fol. his shop. voice. talk to me!” who it is. : Al x 1 me Le SRE a wards the intruder. of my own affairs.” “Ye-yes, Sir.” but he still clung to May. if you please,” voice had a steely ring and he chopped off each word severely, “take your hands off my wife, be- fore I forget myself and knock you “And i « 1 4 for a loop.” A gh have mine. ; theria—" torted. “But Dr. i husband. & a he] BR this.” in. will you true.” S8YNOPRIS Br. Davis, recently married to May Davis, is having lunch with Joe Babbitt and his friend, Myra when Babbitt 18 called away. May happens into the same hotel and is Turious at seeing her husband with After explanations, Davis und May make up and go to the shop of Beranger-de Brie to buy Myra, decides to. further the acquaintance with Davis, and goes to be vaccinated. A later May -comes in. ced by de Brie, who is returning a glove she dropped in May discovers and is immediately suspicious. CHAPTER VI—Continued “Well, Dr. Davis, so this is how You spend your time in the office!” May was the first to recover her “No, don’t you dare try to ing hand as Davis opened his mouth to speak. in front of that—that shameless woman and try to hide her. I know I saw her.” “Why—why, May, I was just—" “I’ve had enough of your explana- tions for one day,” May retorted. “It wasn’t enough that you took her to lunch, but she had to come back here this afternoon. I'm glad I've found out the worst. Now I know exactly what to do, and what’s more, I have witnesses.” “I- must say, Dr. Davis, think your conduct is rather—ah— uh—" Beranger began. “You keep out of this!” Davis snapped, starting belligerently to- “He took me home.” “You'll do nothing of the sort, BEd Davis,” May intervened on be- half of her protector. have your friends, I can certainly And after what I've seen, and that woman there—" “I beg your pardon, Mrs, Davis,” 1 Myra interrupted coldly, jumping 3 to her feet and facing her accuser. “Dr. Davis is vaccinating me, and I'd like to continue the operation.” “Vaccinating % May sniffed. : That's a likely story.” “But that’s just what I'm doing,” Davis seconded Myra’s statement. *“There’s been a case of diph- “That’s what you say,” May re- “But that's what the doctor was A : : doing, Mrs. Davis,” put in, realizing the odds against ‘which her employer had to fight. “You don’t know all that I know, Miss Calahan,” May answered. “Did you know that I found Dr. Davis at 5% lunch with that person, and then he told me that he had had an en- gagement with that Mr. Babbitt had brought her along. But Mr. mysteriously disappeared.” Davis did have an ap- pointment with Mr. Calahan insisted. “Yes, you believe him, too.” May pointed an accusing finger at her “Just as I did.” “But I phoned Mr. Babbitt my- self, Mrs. Davis.” “Miss Calahan, I wouldn't believe one word he tells me, not after all “May, there’s no point in going 3 over that old argument,” Davis put “You won’t listen to reason, f and you won't be sensible. talk this over later.” “We certainly will. take A turned appealingly to her escort. i “The dream of my life come Beranger took her arm. just naturally Myra She put up a warn- “And don’t stand Well, that I “I'll take care Beranger cringed, Davis’s “If you can you! Humph!” “Now I'll tell one. Miss Calahan Mr. Babbitt, and Babbitt had most Babbitt,” Miss We'll Mr. de Brie, me home?’ May way. ” vaccination.” situation, derstand?” han. door. speaking.” she went silverware, quie one another. living room. chair “All alone.. hoo? A high, air. contents. was childish, she. herself. fume man. besides, him. to talk. “Oh, sary sum. stances she vet to Ed. maid. money here. with you.” INSTALLMENT ELEVEN “He’s a brute—to treat | have occurred,” coldly to Myra. If either sired anything on the table they asked the maid, And the maid smiled, . as soon their backs were turned, and told cook that it was “all in a life-time; they'd get over it.” * The meal over, with frigid for- mality Davis stepped aside and al- lowed May to precede him to the Without a word May took a book from the table, com- posed “herself and started to read. wandered absently about the room, picked up a paper, glanced cover the bookshalves, took out a volume, turned on the radio. .I'm so all alo-hone... There is no-ho one else but yo- Once he looked up, and opened his mouth, read something aloud, as he often did, and then remembered that the war was still on. gedly to his reading, but his eyes wandered from the printed pages, and his mind refused to concen- trate, even on the jokes. terrible strain to sit here this way without saying a word. first time in their three months of married life that they had ever done anything quite so ridiculous. It was ridiculous, he reflected. in fact. no right to behave the way she had. Not one thing that had happened that blessed day had been his fault, and yet May was trying to make him take all the blame. Well, she’d find that he could keep as silent as for the dollar. to do just that very thing, and then she remembered that they were not “speaking”’—and she wouldn't be the first to break the silence. She thought quickly. She wanted | the money without having to talk Finally she turned to the “I'm sorry, Lora,” “put I don’t seem to have enough | »u thd “Yes, get him out of here Lefora . I throw him out,” Davis snorted. “I shall see you later!” banged the door. ; “I'm sorry such a scene oeig 1 {lay Davis apologi “I'll finish \ “I'm only sorry for you, doctor; Myra sighed sympathetically. “You needn’t be.” on the dressing and hurried Myra through the dressing room door. He waited, pondering over the until Myra had made her appearance, now fully clothed. She laid her hand on his arm and gazed winsomely up at him. He stepped back and nodded a brief ~| good-bye. “And if that woman ever comed in here again,” han as the outer door closed, out—even if she’s dying. You un- He slapped he told Miss Cala- “I'm Miss Calahan nodded. “You're a good scout, Miss Cala- Thanks for trying to explain to Mrs. Davis.” his private office and closed the He returned to CHAPTER VII Dinner at the Davis apartment was a silent affair indeed that ning. May and Ed had arrived at the stage where they were Bitter words, followed by absurd accusations, foolish re- criminations, and then pride that would allow neither to give Only the footsteps of the maid as leisurely between the kitchen and the dining room, and the tinkle of plates and glasses and | disturbed the uneasy EVe- “not in. of the diners de- rather than ask in a comfortable Davis laid it down, put iv back, and nasal voice pierced the Davis shut off the sound ab- ruptly and picked up a new medical journal and became absorbed in its chuckling, about to He returned dog- It was a “It was the But May had Once May looked up from be- neath lowered lids and hurriedly dropped her eyes when they met those of her husband. She turned a page in her book, pretending to be absorbed in her story. But she hadn’t the faintest idea what she was reading; the words jumbled to« gether before her eyes. she had been a little hasty, she told But Ed had no right to accuse her of flirting with that per- Of course she had asked him to take her home, but that was only to irritate Ed, and she had soon got rid of It wouldn’t hurt Ed at all to be made to suffer from her anxiety. He could speak first, if he wanted Perhaps “I’m going, now, Mrs. Davis.” The maid interrupted that vast void of silence that engulfed the standing in the hallway with her hat and coat on. yes, Lora, just a minute.” May got up to look for her pocket- | book to pay the girl. out its money contents and found herself short a dollar of the neces- Under ordinary circums- would simply turned to her husband and asked room, She counted have + It. In fact, she started , Dr. Davis will settle (To be continued), she smiled, ! —-Alderson- —0— Old Man Weather and Contractor Coons have finally reached some sort of an agreement and the new road is progressing rapidly. Concrete has been laid as far as the Blue Triangle Lodge and if fair weather continues they should soon reach Alderson. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Altemus and grandchildren visited relatives at New- ton Center Friday. Acording to little Georgie Kuchta, a “big dog’ ’invaded his back yard last Tuesday, but when he called his mother out to se it, she discovered it to be a doe. It has been a long time since a deer was seen- this close to the lake and most likely some people will have their doubts, but let them ask little Georgie and he’ll tell them all about it. The Roosev elt Glee Club of Nanti- coke will give a concert in the Lake- ton high school auditorium Saturday evening, June 22nd. This concert is to be held under the auspices of the I. O. 0. F| Lodge of Aledrson. The glee club is known throughout the valley and cveryone may be sure of an enjoyable evening. Elwood Aney has completed paint- ing of the D. C. Roberts cottage and is now painting the Richards cottage. Class night was celebrated by the graduating class of Laketon high school Friday evening, May 31. An excellent program was presented and the graduates kindly handed out ad- vice and numerous other things to the under-clasmen. The under-classmen retaliated in kind and the audience enjoyed the entertainment. , The commencement exercises Laketon high school were held last Tuesday evening. The program in- cluded salutatory addresses by Celes- of tine Kocher and Lois Sorber, the valedictory by Josephine Grey, the president’s farewell address by Harry Allen, Jr., and the annual address by Rev. Stadelman of Hazleton. Josephine Grey was given a trophy by the Dallas Rotary Club. The members of the class are: Harry Allen, Jr., Bessie Grey, Josephine Grey, Lyman Hausch, Celestine Kocher, Aaron Major, Lois Sorber and Judson Swartz. Mrs Estella Enders has returned home after spending a few weeks in Wilkes-Barre. The Senior class of Laketon high school will start Monday ‘on a four-day trip to Washington, 'D. C., where they will review the national capital. Mrs. Jacob Klimich and daughters spent this week at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Major. Mrs. Nora Kocher visited at the Heard Around the Corner —Q— Turpin’s Victory _ It was predicted in this column last week that this great section in and about Dallas would be largely instru- mental in electing Dr. Turpin to office if the citizens would get out and vote. While the vote was not nearly so heavy as last year, it was somewhat better than in other sections of the county. If you could have had the worry of election night and the day after when the vote remained unasually close, pos- sibly the “stay-at-home” whose vote might have made the election more safe for Turpin, would have wanted to vote for him. Local Politics With the special congressional elec- tion over, several persons about town are beginning to think of our coming school director election. Around the corner the opinion is very strong for an entirely different board insofar as the old directors who aspire for reelection this fall are con- cerned. While they do not have any- thing against the two old directors whose terms expire, they feel that pos- sibly if two persons, whose names have not .been advocated up to this time, would consent to. .run pos- sibly this feeling which is threatening to develop into factionalism would subside, that the town could unite on electing two persons to the school board who would not listen to either side of the present existing members, but give to our school district a fair and impartial administration. Election Has Light Vote, Locally After experiencing such a heavy vote as was polled last fall, the local election board members took it easy with the exception of the last two hours on election day. The vote was fairly good, but very light in compari- son with last fall. Several women and a number of men about town volun-’ teered their services and donated cars which helped considerable- in getting out the vote that was polled. 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