Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 March 1940 — Page 28

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By LOUISE HOLMES

CAST OF CHARACTERS | ‘ANN’ BROWN—orphan daughter gambler, alone in 2h \ntriendly : P. HAYDEN—stock room bey with’ ambition. 4 STEVE CLAYBOURNE—wealthy play-

{ oy. BROOKS—dime store counter IRENE TEMPLE—society debutante.

‘girl

GRIN AND BEAR IT

. YESTERDAY: Irene Temple explains f

that she is not in love with Steve, but will probably marry him eventually. . Ann turns down a date with Steve. Ann clamps down on the servants. Mr. Temple’s watch disappears. He questions the servants. The cook hints Ann may know something about the missing watch. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN - MR. TEMPLE glanced at Ann, his keen eyes troubled. Suddenly she felt sick and frightened. After _ _ all, she'd come to this house without references and with fiolen, Mr. Temple said, “Ann, you and | Plunket come to the library.” | “Well, Plunket—" Mr. Temple began, nipping off the end of a ci -

gar. | “I know" where your watch is,” Plunket said defiantly. “I been sus-

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picious of Miss Brown ever since she came. More silver has disappeared from the dining room and I}

“Fifteen dollars fine fur speedin’, Lem, an’ with the $15 you-owe

me from poker last month, it adds up to $30-—or 30 days!”

took the liberty of looking for ‘em |] in her room. I found ‘em all}

Ann stared at her, horrified, and shaking with rage. - “I have never| | “stolen a thing in my life, Mr. Tem- | ple. If BE are found in

right.” |

my room they were planted there—" Just at is moment, Irene, drowsy-eyed, | wearing an exotic negligee, drifted (“My watch has disappeared,” her father expla . “Plunket says it’s in Ann’s—Miss Brown's—room.” l«1f it 'is, Plunket put it there” Irene said easily. “ | Mr. Temple ran a over his’ thinning hair.

harassed hand “Quiet—all

of you. I don’t care who took my | hf

watch—I want it back. When I “ have it back I'll fire the whole lot of you.” Mr. Temple started for the door. “you two girls’ stay here. Plunket, take me to the drawer where you saw the watch.” He strode up the stairs. Plunket panting behind him. «She's a rotter,” Irene said dis-

gustedly. © _Ann nodded. She felt chilly. It was no small matter to be accused of stealing. And she hadn't a doubt that Mr. Temple would return with the damning evidence. He did. | : “You may go, Plunket,” he said,’

into the room.| “What's the excitement?” she asked. | |

HOLD- EVERYTHING | ||

‘placing a roll of silver on the table and fingering the watch. Ann stared

mmm —a——

“Hang on tight to that

Bv Clvde Lewis,

brush, pal=I'm takin’ the ladder away.”

+ “But that’s mine,” she said. “That ‘watch belonged to my father. And

this roll of silver. I bought the spoons, one by one, myself.” “May I have it a moment?” She opened the| back case. “See?” she said, handing it back to him. “My father carried that watch until he died. I've had it ever since.” ' i = i" ”

MR. TEMPLE looked at the inscription. r «“Well—" ' he gasped, his eyes dart: to Ann’s face and back to the éhgraving. Irene went to look over his shoulder. i «To Peter Temple on his 21st! birthday, ” ‘she read, repeating, “peter Temple— But your watch says John Temple—I've read it a hundred times.” Her father asked abruptly, “Where ‘did you get this, Ann?” ° . “As long as I can remember my father carried it.” “But your name is Brown.” : “Yes, Peter Brown was my father.” «peter Brown—" thoughtfully. “Where did he get this watch?” = «I don’t know,” she faltered. “M father made his living by—Wwell gambling. Often he took things payment of debts, watches and dia monds, once a yacht. I alway thought he had come by the watc _ that way. ml “Probably appreciated it,” Mr. Temple nodded. He gave the watch

FLAPPER FANNY

to Ann. “Now the question is— .- where’s mine?” he said. As if the words were a cue for an entrance, Blake, slick in his uni-

By Sylvia

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“He’s a marvelous catch—gobs of money, a sophomore at Yale

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and a bachelor.”

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form, came into the room. ; “Borrowed your -watch last night, Dad,” he said. “Mine was on the “Well, I'll be—" Mr. Temple mut- ‘ tered. He held out his hand to .Ann. “Forgive an old fool, will you?” he asked, smiling at her. “Of course.” Mr. Temple's sharp eyes went . {from one girlish face to the.other. “you two do look alike,” he ex“Tell me about you -father, Ann.” | | They all sat down, Irene, as usual perched on the arm of her father’s chair: She said| “What did he look

| 28 = *HE WAS TALL and dark, sort of dashing looking. He had the most charming manners in the world. He made mother and me love him in spite of ourselves.” “That sounds like Mr. Temple nodded.

ete,”

“pete—that’s what I always called |

him. He was educated and had been well reared. I used to think maybe he was| the blacksheep of some nice family. Perhaps he got - into a scrape and k another name—" | | “111 say Pete got into a scrape, dozens of them.” Mr. Temple laughed: excitedly. “Good old Pete,” he mused. - “The most lovable rascal .I ever knew. Where is he now, child?” he broke off to ask. |

Irene dppealed to her father “Do you ik this Pete person was your brother?” ' - | ER. “It certainly sounds like

he had any identifying marks A “He had a scar over his right

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