The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 13, 1934 Page: 3 of 8
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THE CASS COUNTY RUN
WITH GOOD REASON
Tangled Wives
By PEGGY SHANE
Copyright by Peggy Shane
WNU Service
CHAPTEK X—Continued
— 18—
"On n't sip ver.v well without my
gflnHSCH." Il. htmlilnil. "Ilt'te lltey
are. Now It?:"s tnlie tills out where
• t's lighter unit let me read It over
anee."
Durls walked. hrlskly to the floor.
She wns nwiire ol n cm eotilinji up the
mail, tutt she ilhl not think ot It. The
Jilt innn whs reuillnu itloiiil her nies
iiige. yelling it \er,\ slowly. It seetnefl
to her. his aneient heart tient over the
fnrtiflidr yellow slip ot imper
The car stopped. A tniin got out
ind cnnie swill h townrd thetn Moris
looked up. stepped liacU In sudden
frignt, looked again. lie stared at
tier
There could he no doiiht who It was.
l>orls Celt all het old unreason inn ter
ror sweeping ovet her. It was the
man In the rah
He snatched the hit ot yellow paper
from the old man's hand.
"For G—d's sake, don't send—" lie
rlaneed at the message and crumpled
it up in his pocket. "Thank (!—d I've
found you."
The old man looked at the siranget
calmly.
"Know this young lady, do you?"
The young man did not answer. He
looked at Hurls. His eyes were dark
with excitement and his face was
drawn.
"Girl's heen trying to tell me she's
Diane Merrell" said the constable.
"Course I knew she wasn't."
The young man turned his gaze on
the old man. "Ol course she's not."
tie said sharply. "That's ridiculous."
CHAPTER XI
4
She was not Diane Merrell. Doris
almost smiled. Relief loosened her
nerves.
Site saw the young man's dark eyes
meet the constable's In a knowing
glance. Slowly the old man made the
motion of grinding nearhisown grl/.zly
temples. He winked. He thought slie
wits crazy.
The young man winked hack,
Perhaps she was cra/.y. Perhaps she
was an escnped lunatic. subtle
pnnic emanating Irom that dark night
mare face tore at her heart. This was
the man In the cah. Why did she
hate him? \Vhy did he terrify her?
"Home. dear, let me take you home.'
He put a protecting arm out to
touch her shoulder.
She Jerked away. Hear! There It
was again. As she stepped back he
oame closer, whispered "Kor ( —d's
sake come away from this old fool "
Doris turned and began to run. She
ran through the tree tunnel to the
plnce where she had hidden I5eatrice's
car.
The man in the cab had said she
was not Diane Merrell. And the man
In the cab knew Why was she run
nlng away from him then? liecause
she hated him. because she feared
him. because It was her Instinct to run
and she was behaving like n fool. Her
footsteps slowed. She had lost her
self once in n hopeless whirl by leav
Ing the man in the cah. Now she must
face him.
She stopped and tttrnefl around.
The young man was not pursuing
He had left the constable who had set
tied down for another nap under the
tree.
There wns a soft whirr as the young
man started up his motor. She watched
him back his car. He was turning
around. Why was she afraid of hlttt?
If he were her husband. Rocky had
said she could divorce him.
Site would talk with him now. At
least he could tell tier who she was
She drew a long breath and wailed for
hltn to come up to her.
Her heart gave a little leap r,f pleas
lire. She was not Hiane Merrell. And
when she fold this young man she
could never belong to hltn no matter
what their relation had been, shp
would1 he free. Then she would go
bncli to the St. Gardens. She would
go hack to Rocky The thought gave
her so much courage that she smiled
as the car drew up beside her.
"Gel In."
She shook her bend. "No. Von get
■out."
"No. We must get away from
here."
"I want to talk to you,"
"We can talk better In the car."
"No. I wont do that. You'll have
to get out."
He hesitated, opened the door, hesl-
fated again and got out. "We might
walk (or a bit. It's risky, though."
"Why Is It rlsk.v?"
"Hilght get caught. I guess not,
though. I've been searching for you
everywhere."
"How did you find me?"
"Through the papers. I came to
the St. Gardens, saw you leaving Just
as I came from Hie train. I followed
you up the road—"
"1 thought someone was following
me."
"Yes. Hut I lost the trail up the
road. What did you do with your car?
Kinully I saw you standing in front ot
the drug store." Ills manner changed
He caught her by the shoulders, "Oh
my sweet, can you ever forgive me?
You must have been through hell."
Doris clenched tier hand*. She
straightened her shoulders and shook
off his arm. The "Oh my sweet" wus
too much. She might as well come to
the point quickly. "I.ook here." she
said abruptly, "who are you anyway?'
lie looked at tier in astonishment.
•What do you mean?"
"I mean what I say. What's your
name?"
"Are you kidding me?"
"Absolutely not. I've lost my mem-
ory. I doji'i retuemher anything "
He stopped. His brows drew to-
gether. "Hut—but oh my (J—d! Do
you mean that? Do you mean you
don't remember what happened?"
"I don't remember what happened."
He came close again. His dark, un
happy eyes pleaded with her. "Hut
you remember George? You can't
have forgotten—"
"George?"
"Don't you remember?"
"I don't remember. Are you George?"
"Dftrling! Darling! You've forgot-
ten me?"
Doris drew a long angry breath
"Yes I have—but tell me about George."
"I'm George. George Mortimer."
He took off his hat and smoothed the
dark wiry hair back from his brow
nervously. They had walked away
from the tiny village and were stand-
ing near a brook that rumbled over
gray stones.
George Mortimer. The name brought
back nothing at all.
She was afraid of her next question:
Who am I? He would surely answer:
Mrs. George Mortimer. She looked up
at him, gathered her nerve, spoke
calmly: "Who am I?"
He seized her in his arms.
"Oh my darling, you belong to me
now—"
"I don't—"
"You're nil 1 have. We'll stick tor
get her—"
"I won't."
She struggled. "1 want to get you
on n bont—'
"I.et me go."
"We can he in Panada by nightfall.
It's a miracle—that I've found you
Darling, sweet. You're going to be all
right now."
She pushed him with all her strength,
shoved at his shoulders until she faced
him. "Tell me who I am."
He crushed her close. "I wouldn't
tell you for anything in the world.
It's unbelievable that you don't know."
"There's n car coming. If you don't
let go of me I'll scream murder at
the top of my lungs."
He listened. The steady buzz of an
approaching motor could he heard
over the murmur of the hrook. A car
was coming up the road in a cloud of
dust. Ilocky's car.
"For G—d's sake, come on. We've
got to get going."
"I won't go with you I tell you. Let
go of me."
"You're crazy. You don't know what
you're saying. You've got to come
with me."
She screamed: "Rocky! Rocky!"
Rocky's car stopped. He flung him-
self out. The man's hold on Doris
relaxed. "You fool—"
Rocky neared them. The man be-
gan to run townrd his own car.
"Rocky! Don't let him go. It's the
mnn in the cab."
Rocky looked at her over his shoul-
der. His Jaw was set grimly. He ran
after the other man, George Mortimer.
The car was n couple of yards down
the road. Doris watched with clenched
hands. The mnn in the cnb was run-
ning desperately. Rocky stumbled
after him.
Rocky was gaining. Rut George
Mortimer would get to his cnr. He
would get away. He had not told her
who she was. He would disappear.
She would never And out.
George Mortimer reached his enr
She could see his long legs disappear-
ing. Then his head showed dimly
through the glass, bending forward
He was turning on the switch, She
heard the motor.
Kocky came up to the car. He
tugged at the door, could not open It.
Mortimer was slipping the car Into
gear. Rocky put Ids hand through the
open window and seized the man at
the wheel by lhe collar.
The car tottered slowly forward with
Rocky on the running board. George
Mortimer was helplessly clutching at
the wheel. He could not quit* reach
It.. Rocky was pulling at him frying
to drag him through the window.
Doris was paralyzed. The car run
ning slowly in first speed was waver
Ing straight for a deep ditch Rocky's
hands were tugging at Mortimer, pull-
ing bis shoulders through the win-
dow Mortimer's feel were away from
the brakes.
Nothing could stop the cnr. It
Rocky would only get away. The cur
would fall over
The car plunged, came to tin awful
standstill hut stood upright. Rocky
braced himselt against the side.
Doris ran toward them.
She saw Rocky straighten himself.
He ' was all right, then. Mortimer's
bead had struck against the window
frame. He was limp now in Rocky's
grasp.
Rocky let go of him and opened the
ear door. Mortimer lay with closed
eyes, a streak of blood running down
his forehead.
"Rocky—Is he dead?"
"I don't know."
"Rocky. I'm out of one murder.
And now I've got you in another."
Rocky looked at her blankly. "What
do yon mean?"
"Itn not Klane Merrell."
Rocky hardly seemed fn hear. He
was looking at the man with whom he
had been struggling. "I've got to get
him to the doctor." lie leaned over
and bent his head over George .Morti-
mer's heart. "He's still alive. I think
he's only stunned. I'll move my cur
up here, and put him In it."
He ran back to his car. Doris ex-
amined the wound on Mortimer s head
It came from a small cut. Oh. surely
he would he all right., lie would come
to his senses and tell thetn everything.
The blood was already drying up. It
only he weren't so pale. If only he
would open tils eyes.
Rocky's car came up. In a minute
Rocky had hoisted him into the rum-
ble. Rocky turned to Doris. Ills face
'was stern.
"Now, Doris. You nre to do exactly
as I say. You disobeyed me this morn
ing by running nit. and I don't want
that to happen again."
Doris' heart throbbed happily. It
was nice being with Rocky again, and
nothing much mattered now. George
Mortimer was going to live, and she
was not Oiane Merrell. "I'll do nny
thing you say. Rocky."
"All right. Where Is Reatrice's
car?"
"It's parked up a lane—very near."
"Go and get In It. and drive back
toward the St,. Gardens place."
"Rut I'd rather come with you. I
want to find out It this man is all right.
And I want to know—"
"It's not safe."
"But I told you I'm not a fugitive
from Justice or anything. He's the
man in the cab. He says I'm not Diane
Merrell. And he knows."
"Doris, please don't argue with me.
I've got something to tell you, and as
soon as I get this man in a hospital.
I'll come right away and Join yon.
Now pay attention. Turn to your right
on a dirt road near a yellow barn.
Hnve you got It?"
Doris looked at him pitifully. She
wns not Diane Merrell. onlv Rocky
wouldn't listen. Rocky continued : "Go
up this road for about a m"e. It
skirts the St. Gardens plnce. You'll
tlnd a shed. I.eave the cnr there, and
go on into a little path. It crosses n
bridge, nnd leads to a little yew arbor
I'll meet you there."
He had stepped Into his ear, nnd
wns nlread.v turning on his ignition as
he finished. George Mortimer lay calm
nntl still.
"Rut Rocky—please don't let him get
away."
"Don't worry. Meet me In the yew
arbor."
lie wns off without a smile. Doris
watched him go. Then she walked
briskly buck along the road and got
Info Real rice's car once more.
She drove steadily, at a slower pace
than the one she had come. Kven It
she were Diane Merrell, Mortimer
would not have given tier away to an
ollicer of the law. not If he loved her
ns he seemed to do. What a fool she
was! Why. If she was not Diane
Merrell, had he heen nfraid to stop on
the road? Why had he whispered in
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tier ear, "For G—d's sake come away
from this old fool."
Rut if stie were Dinne Merrell. what
had George Mortimer to do with her?
Why would she be riding in a cah
with another man on her wedding
day?
Could It he that it was onlv eleven
o'clock? She looked at the watch on
her wrist. It was tive minutes of the
hour. So many things had happened
that morning. It seemed as If a day
must have passed. She wondered
what bad happened to Molly. And
how had Rocky found her?
This must tie the shed up ahead.
The path Rocky had described wns
not hard to tlnd. It led through >i
wood ot beeches nnd towering pines
On elthei side ferns grew to * height
of three feet. Rocky tiad said tie
wanted to talk to her. His face had
not looked very happy Wha* had he
found out? She left the ear.
Music came tentatively from the
other end of the long delpHnium alley
A harp, a cello, violins were getting
in readiness. Doris remembered. The
wedding rehearsal She heard the soft
laugh of a girl nearby.
There wns a bench in the yew arbor.
She and Rocky could sit titer? and tie
unseen by the wedding party as they
talked.
She crossed the greensward and sat I
down on the hard bench to wait for J
Rocky.
She henrd someone coming over the j
rustic bridge. A minute later she saw
Rocky. How tall he was. and she
liked the wn.v he moved, with long
swift strides. Rut his face looked wor
ried. Everything was not all right.
Her heart became heavy as she looked
at his drnwn features. There was !
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CHAPTER XII
lie sat down beside her and took her
hands in his. His eyes were full of
an anguish that swept tier Instantly.
"Rocky," she said, trying to rally
against the waves ot depression that
came from him. "Didn't von hear
what I said about not being Diane
Merrell?"
"There's not a doubt that you're
Diane Merrell."
The reaction to all her hopes was
too much. The man in the cab had
said she wasn't Rut she could not
bring the words out. She stared de
spairingiy back at Itoek.v. His taw-
was set, his eyes grim. Then her body
began to shake uncontrollably,
"Doris. Darling Doris. Don't
feel so."
"But—"
Rocky took her left hand. He
slipped the wedding ring from Iter tin
,er. lie looked at the inscription on
the Inside. II. I. V'. to l>. M.
Howard L. Valery to Diane Merre'l!
• "1 forgot about that," she said
faintly.
"There's the luggage, loo, it was
rather unusual luggage, you know."
"Yes. Diane Merrell's luggage."
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