Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 58, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 July 1933 — Page 15

JULY 18, 1933

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BF.GIV HFRF TODAY EI.INOH STAFFORD 20, fall* In love *lth 3S->ar-oid BARRETT COLVIN *ho ha* returned to ffe York af'er year* abroad Barrett has made a name for h.mjelf a an nreheologtsr He is about to as!: E;inor to marrv him when her ieaixu* mother. LIDA STAFFORD, interfere* and succeeds in creaking up the romance When Elinors aunt, wealthv MISS F.I LA SEXTON, and" she lease her entire fortnne to Ba.rrtt Then drunken VANCF CARTER shoot BENTWELL STAFFORD. Elinor's father Barrett, who dees not want 'he Sexton fortune, tells Elinor that ts she will marrv him and live m his home as a guest for a year t.e will give the entire sum to her to divide among the relatives. Elinor r,-rrs, knowing the money may save her fa'ner's life The marriage takes plane next day. Bairef finds him elf falling in love with Elinor over again Then one day he res ner v.;h 808 TELFARE and belie < she has been meeting Teifare scre' H;- ,\ jsplclons are renewed and he tieats her coldlv TTi 1 n makes Elinor miserable Her father s health is slow *o improve and the doctor advise?. „ warmer climate. Elinor goes with her father to Aiken. NOW (,0 ON WITH THU STORY CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE Her father was carried to the terrace and sat there for long afternoons. Elinor sat beside him reading words she did not sftn.se, smiling at him when they paused to rhat, wondering what Barrett was doing, and whether he missed her at all. She tried to seem normal and light-hearted, hoping the letters Barrett directed to her—for effect—would hold some suggestion that his coldness was thawing. They never did. "It’s beautiful here.” said Bentwell one afternoon. "I don't know when I've been so contented—so at peace!’* He still was too weak to think about others or he would have seen his daughters misery. He was so slow to get well, Elinor thought with deep anxiety. And when she spoke of it to either of the nurses, they agreed, avoiding her eyes and murmuring something about "time.” Science knows when human batteries are low and waning, but science does not always tell. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO ELINOR wrote Barrett stilted little notes about the weather, her father’s condition, and the routine of the household. He read them thin. He could not help it. He carried them in an Inner coat packet and scorned himself for keeping them. He tried to burn them one night in the library fireplace. Instead he burned the hand that salvaged them. Toward the end of April, Barrett saw Lida Stafford for the first time since her daughter had gone south. Lida appeared on a Sunday morning, wearing a dress so simple a man would call it plain, though to a woman it bore the unmistakable stamp of Paris. "My dear Barrett!” she murmured, gliding into the library. Stiffly he took her outstretched hands. He heard her ask. “Lonely?** and responded heavily, “Very!” "You must dine with me some night, Barrett. I would so like to know you better!" He murmured vaguely about having to get a great deal of work out of the way. He detested the woman! "I came in because I have found myself to be in the*most amazing position," she began. "Yes?” he prompted without enthusiasm. "Overdrawn again! Can you fancy it, Barrett? I simply know nothing of figures! And I can't seem to learn!” He said nothing. "I knew if Elinor were in town that she'd help me out—for a little time—and this morning I thought, ‘But what is more natural than to turn to my Elinor’s husband? The man whom she so adores!’” a a ts HE opened his cigaret case, offered her one and lighted one for himself, after lighting hers. '• "Mrs. Stafford.” he said slowly, ■l/'ter a moment's silence, “the last ’ time Elinor lent you money—which you have not returned to her—l • told her I did not like it. She promised me she would not do it again. You see. therefore, that, w’hile I

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1 am sorry to refuse you, I can not help you out—” Lida grew white, her eyes hard She laughed harshly. Without heeding the interruption, Barrett went on. “Elinor settled on you and your husband a large forj tune, more than I wanted her to settle upon you—” "I quite believe that!” Lida broke ; in scathingly. "If you can't manage on that, ; you couldn’t manage on any i amount," Barett said, still coolly. "What a delightful ‘lecture!’” ‘‘You'll have to pull up or be very miserable,” he stated. "Easy spending is a habit, you know—” She rose. With a slow, almost insolent gesture, she pulled her fur l close around her soft, white throat. "I shall not forget,” sne said, "that I came to you for help and that you refused me!” “I’m sorry you feel as you do, Mrs. Stafford. Can’t you see that when I asked Elinor to refuse you aid, I pledged myself to do the same thing?” "Elinor w'ould not have to know.” "I do not lie, Mrs. Stafford—” Her face hardened. She .cgught the implication he had not meant to make with his statement. a a a QHE left the house shaking w'ith >3 rage. There was Miss Ella Sexton’s house acro.ss the street. Miss Ella had been influenced by Barrett’s scheming and persuaded not to leave her money as it should have gone. If the money had b°en left as it should have been, there would be no need of approaching Elinor or her husband for loans. The shoe would be on the other foot! As things were there w r ere few chances to even up with Colvin. Unless he had on the side some little affair! Lida could hurt him that way, extract from him what she wished with the pledge of silence. Who was it who had said that he was always running up to Connecticut? Why did he go there? Had she hit upon it—the fact that would level his pride and open his purse? It cost a great deal, Lida knew, to have any one “shadowed” but the original cost might prove to be one of her best investments. Monday found Lida abroad early. She usually woke about 10 o’clock to bathe and return to bed for her breakfast. After that she would dawdle over letters, the newspapers or perhaps a sensational novel. This Monday morning found her up at eight and dressed by nine. In her car a half hour later, she ordered Grier to an- address on a side street. The chauffeur, waiting before this address, smiled the cynical smile that came often to his honest Irish lips. His eyes were on the gilt lettering that appeared on a plate glass window. Women like Lida Stafford went to detective agencies j for just one reason—to ferret out j secrets to use for blackmail or a i divorce. a tt Ct RIER wondered about Mrs.! J Stafford's errand as he waited 1 in the new car she had bought the i day after her daughter's marriage, j "She can't be havin' that husband of hers shadowed,” he mused. “He can’t get gay, tied like he is to his bed and a wheel chair!” Griei gave up the riddle. Meanwhile, inside, Lida had explained her errand. The sleek individual who sat back of the desk had listened to her tale and wTitten Barrett Colvin’s name and New York address on a pad. Now, he said. ‘'We'll do all that is ! possible and we’ll keep you informed, , Mrs. Stafford. If the facts are what ! you think they are and Mr. Colvin ■ makes a trip to Connecticut soon, it ! won’t take us very long to give you ! the low r down! ” Lida smiled. (To Be Continued)

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