Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1934 Page: 2 of 8
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THE COOPER REVIEW, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1934.
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Eleventh Installment
r THE STORY. SO FAR
' N.ney Gordon trade? herself in marriage
fifteen thousand dollars--the pi ice of
fccr family honor—and the freedom ot her
Wother, Roddy, who stole, for a woman,
jfcat amount from the hank in which be
■porks. Nancy, desperately in love with
young Page Roemer, nevertheless agrees
to a secret elopement with Dr. Richard Mor-
gan. and with the motley he l am her pre-
sents Roddy’s arrest. Dr Morgan it loved
hy Helena Haddon, a sophisticated young
■tarried woman, but he adores Nancy and
fcopes to win her after marriage. In W ash-
tngtnn they are married. Nancy is Richard s
bride—anil afraid of him.
j Now go on with the story.
“They haven’t got any family
troubles, Mr. Haddon, she said hotly.
‘‘They’re very fond of Nanc> and very
she hesitated and then added
cheerfully: “He's been kind, dear, he
urged Papa not to sell the ftirniturej
He said it wouldn’t bring enough to!
make it worth while, and—he wants
us to keep the house—to rent it from
him.’’
"On father’s salary? Why Mama,
there'll be one pinch after another!
He—he hasn't sold anything else, has
he?” she added fearfully.
Her mother sighed. “He’s selling
all his securities except his life insur- |
unce. He hopes to net about two j
thousand more. That will be nine .
paid. Hut, oh, Nancy, I don’t know !
where in the world he’s going^ to get
the other six thousand from I”
N'ancy sank down on the lounge.! j
"Mama, I never thought of it in that*
way," she faltered, “I had only the(
one thought to save Roddy from
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prison.
“Oh, Nancy, I don't see how you!
could do it 1 When I was your agt:
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Mrs. Gordon stopped with her.
mouth open, for they both heard’
Amanda admitting a visitor.
Nancv listened, straining her ears.^
“It's Mrs. Haddon!” Nancy cried,|
springing up. “You see her, Mother,
I—I will not 1”
Mrs. Gordon looked aghast. She
had never known Mrs. Kingdon Had-
don well and she did not like her.
“She’s come to see you, Nancy, I
Entertainments At
J Facio School Closing
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I There will be presented at Pa-
| cio a series of entertainments be-
! ginning with a program by the
lower grades Monday evening,
May 28, at 8 o’clock. On Tues-
I day evening, the High School stu-
dents will present the play "What
! About Betty.” On Wednesday
! evening, the young people of the
community will present the play
“The Alley Daffodil."
There will be good music ev-
ery night. The public is cordial-
ly invited.
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Sam P. Cochran, 78,
Marries Girl, 20
Mr. anti A'i>‘». J. Iv.”!
mt vet! last week to Deport where
Mr. Barker has supervision of
il,e ••i.lve,ti< on repairing one of
tin highw.ivf in Lamar County.
Barker Mr. and Mrs G. W. Carter and
family spent Sunday in White-
wright with Mrs. Carter’s moth-
We are in the clothing l>usln*_
and aell rear made to-meaaur*
suits.—Tom E. Robertson c
the men’s clothier.
l£?*MAKIN6 nRiPCO^Ls
"Something terrible must have hap-
pened!" cried Angie, with a Hash. “I
—I know it I”
The major nodded, looking past her
out of the window.
"There’s King Haddon coming in
here,” he exclaimed. “Go let him in,
Angie; I’m going to finish my break-
fast Haddon or no Haddon! You can
tell him sc—if you've a mind to.”
Angie, flushed and angry, hurried
out of the room, glad to escape those j
shrewd old eyes. _ ;
Haddon would not wait in the li- i
brary. |
"Where’s the major? At break-]
fast? I’ll go right in—if you don't,
mind?” and he went, in spite of An-
?'“HdloT Still at breakfast?” he said, man, and she’s a good woman,
as his eye fell on the old man’s en-
grossed attitude. . .
The major started up, half rising
from the table, but Haddon stopped
him. _ , ,
“Sit down, Lomax. I don t want to
starve you,” he laughed. “I can wait
_Angie didn’t want to let me in here
""“T said I wouldn’t see you until I’d
finished. What’s the matter at this
iiour anyway ? I haven t robbed the
bank.” , .
Kingdon Haddon laughed. Lome
|n, Angie,” he said as the girl tried
to' pass quickly through the roi mi to
the kitchen, "I haven’t come to talk
secrets and your uncle’s crusty—i
need protection 1”
Angie stopped,_5.mijuig_3nd_ flushed,---
and leaned on a chair, looking at him. i don without rising.
She liked Kingdon Haddon but she to see Gordon?” he asked shortly,
was afraid of his wife; she could not I Haddon, hau way to the door,
have explained her fear of her, but it
existed. Haddon was sitting oil the
edge of an empty serving-table.
“There’s some trouble. I’m
! sorry for Will Gordon. He’s a good
! proud of her; she’s lcvely. I’ve known
her all my life—and—Roddy is doing
well. Mrs. Gordon t Id me so her-
self” . . .
Haddon listened with his lazy, good-
humored smile, “i wish I had a friend
like you,” he said.
Angie blushed crimson. “I’d feel
very mean not to stand up for my
friends. Anyone would—I should
think!”
Major Lomax looked around at her
with a grim smile. "My dear, there
are a mighty lot of Judases in the
world,” he remarked dryly.
Haddon assented, buttoning up his
loose spring overcoat, coughing a little
as he did it.
Mai r T.omnx glanced ud at Wad
Sam P. Cochran, 78, Dallas
pioneer, for more than half a cen-
I tury connected with the fire in-
surance business here, and Miss
j Regina Drbish, 20, of this city,
j were married Tuesday in Durant,
Oklahoma.
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Nancy pushed her shaking hands.
“Go out there and talk to her—in the
other room. Don't let her come in
here 1” ,
Mrs. Gordon, reluctant and embar-
rassed, allowed herself to be pushed.
Nancy thrust her through the por-
tieres, drew them behind her, and went
back to her lounge. She meant to go
istairs but she actually felt faint and
up:
ill. . ,
Bit by bit she became aware of j
voices. Now the words took shape
and became sentences. It was Hel-
ena’s voice, her full, soft, drawling i
voice. , I
“lie’s taking care of King; you !
IdlOW my husband clings to a doctor!" 1
she laughed softly. “He d Richard |
Morgan are great friends now; I’m
glad of it for I was afraid he wouldn't
like Richard. Men are such queer
creatures. As a boy, Richard was si j
much in love with me he offered to I
fight King for trying to marry me!"
She paused and Mrs. Gordon mum- |
hied something, an indistinct sentence
or two, evidently bewildered. Narcjr
sat up straight nmv and listened, al-
though she kiv. “ that Helena wanted
her tc listen.
“I cared for him, too, of course—
who wouldn’t? But my father—you
I
remember him, Mrs. Gordon?” ,
“I—I think so, yes, I do.” Mrs.
Gordon’s tone showed confusion.
turned. "Oh, I shall send for him to
come to my office—when he gets to
“He really insisted that I should
e | marry Kingdon. I—well, I broke my
I engagement and—’’ she laughed^soft*
ud at Wad-' lv agrm, regretfully, "dear Mrs. Gor-
"Going right over I don, Richard felt it so much that l it
„ i. i ,.i—.i„ | a{raid sometimes—lie'll never marrj
I now. I really wish he would, it’s st|
lonely over there for him since his
“I came in to ask you a question,
Lomax,” he said irrelevently. u i
know about such things. How much
is Gordon’s place worth now r I mean
the house and grounds, includin
river lot next yours.”
Major Lomax pushed his chair back,
felt in his pocket for his old pipe and
began to fill it carefully.
1 “Near as I can figure—about six
or seven thousand. Ihe house needs
repairs. Why?” he added, "What
hit him?”
Haddon looked absently out of the
window. “How should I knmvr ram-
ily troubles, I reckon. The bank holds
the mortgage. Helena doesn’t want
me to touch it. I don't know what to
say about it yet.’
Major Lomax rose and began to
tramp up and down.
“Where’s Gordon going to take his
wife?” he asked sharply, “she’s root-
ed there—and so is he, for that mat-
ter.”
“Perhaps the young people think
It’s old-fashioned,” suggested Haddon,
"or Mrs Gordon’s tired of the house-
keeping and wants an apartment—my
wife does.”
“Shucks!” the major sank down in-
to his chair again, strumming on the
table with his fingers. “You know
better, Haddon! There's some trouble.
I’m sorry for Will Gordon. He’s a
good man, and she’s a good woman.
She’ll take it hard.”
; The banker nodded, glancing
thoughtfully across at Angie's pale
face and pleading brown eyes.
“I saw Miss Gordon on Monday
in Washington," he remarked thought-
fully. ,
t “In Washington?” Angie started.
1‘why, I didn't know she’d been away 1”
Haddon nodded grimly, considering
her pretty flush and her round, soft
eyes critically.
“She was there all right. A de-
cided beauty, too. I hadn't noticed it
so much before. How’s the boy turn-
ing out, Lomax?”
“Roddy?” The major twisted his
old mouth into a queer expression.
“Sowing wild fiats, Haddon, I reckon.
He’s in New York, Greenough Trust
Company, gets twenty-five dollars a
WCek—or did six months ago, I have-
n't heard that he’s increased in value,”
he added sarcastically.
Haddon, who was observing Angie,
saw the girl’s wince of pain and the
red going up to her forehead. “In love
with the hoy—too bad!”_ he thought.
I “Family troubles drain a man’s
pocket sometimes,” he remarked sen-
Icntiously.
' Angie fired up, her brown _ eyes
glowing with almost the wine tint of
Roddy’s. She was one of those gentle
obstinate creatures who fight to the
last ditch for love.
the bank to-day.”
“You needn't—I’ve bought it my-
self."
“By Jovel You’re quick at a bar-
gain,” Haddon exclaimed after a mo-
the mint, “it was only just put in the
market.”
Lomax nodded. “Took it over the
telephone before you came in,” he said
grimly. |
Haddon reddened and then laughed.
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said ironically, making for
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Mrs. Gordon opened the old worn
gate timidly, and approached the house
with a hesitating, reluctant step. She
was trying to realize that the place,
which she had called home ever since
Roddy was a baby, was no longer hers.
She had just been down to the bank
to sign the papers, making over the
house to Major Lomax, and her hand
had trembled so that sha had to apolo-
gize for her signature. She went into
the house, feeling a little faint and
giddy. She did not know there was
anyone in the library; she went
straight in and sank weakly into a
chair, staring blankly at the sunshine
in the old south window.
‘In my Father’s house are many
mansions—’ ” she whispered tremu-
lously, unaware that she spoke aloud.
Nancy rose suddenly from the cor-
ner opposite. Her mother had not
even seen her and the girl had been
silenced by her first glimpse of Mrs.
Gordon’s face.
‘Mama, what is it?” she cried,
“tell me—even if I have done some-
thing—something dreadful. I’m not an
outsider. I—you and papa don't tell
me anything! What is it? Mama,
you're wretched! Is it about Roddy?’
Mrs. Gordon looked at her blankly,
absorbed in her own troubles. “Your
lather’s just sold the house,” she said
weakly.
“Oh!” Nancy gave a sharp little
cry of pain, rising to her feet. “I tried
so hard to save you both from this,
Mama. I did it all to prevent^ this,
—and it’s been useless—useless 1” she
groaned.
Mrs. Cordon nodded her head sadly.
“It wasn’t any use, Nancy. You know
how your father feels. He’s paid back
seven thousand already.”
“To Richard?”
Mrs. Gordon raised her eyes reluc-
tantly to her daughter’s haggard face.
“Yes, dear. He—your father would
have it so. That leaves eight more to
pay. and he—”
Nancy rose and stood quite still and
straight, her white face set.
“Who bought the house?"
“Major Lomax.”
Nancy’s blue eyes widened. “He
gave four thousand cash." her mother
went on mechanically, “and there’s
three still on the mortgage. He-”
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“I tried so hard to save you both
from this—I did it all to prevent
this.”
mother’s death!” i
Mrs. Gordon evidently did not rise
to the occasion for Nancy only heard |
a murmur. There were a few words i
more and then Helena’s voice rose |
again, keyed to carry far, as her1 i
listener knew.
I was so sorry that Kingdon didn’t j
buy your house when Mr. Gordon
offered it. It’s quite a lovely old place.
You must hate to give it up so sud-
denly, Mrs. Gordon?”
“Major Lomax wants us to stay on
—to rent it from him,” explained Mrs.
Gordon, her voice breaking. "I do I
hate to leave it!” j 1
“I should think you would! And i
your son, Mrs. Gordon. What do you I
hear from him?” she let her voice rest j
a moment and then, slowly drawling,) (
“is he doing well ?” _ j j
Nancy knew, without seeing it, the j
crimson flush that went up over her' :
mother's face, i
“Roddy’s always done well. He’s
doing splendidly now.”
“I’m so glad to heard it! Kingrioet
was asking about him yesterday. He]
knows someone in the trust company.
I think, a Mr. Beaver, a cousin of
Major Lomax.”
Nancy started, trembling with ap-1 ,
prehension. She remembered Roddies i
description of old Beaver with his nose’ I
to the ground. Did this woman know? 1
Continued Next Week
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of the finger. He was taken to a
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