Evening star. [volume], May 15, 1951, Page B-8, Image 31

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
At 12:30 Anton left Ta
nia at her door, saying, "I’m sorry
Oloria showed up at the club,
honey. She’s a stupid little dope
and I know she upset you. Any
one with eyesight can see you’re
in love with Reynolds, but wny he
doesn’t do something about it is a
mystery to me. There’s no com
parison between you and Gloria.
He must be mad.”
Tania kissed his cheek. "Thanks,
Anton. Don’t worry about me. It’s
my problem. Good night, and it
was a nice evening.”
He seemed anxious. “Take care
of yourself,” he urged. "Lock your
doors. I keep thinking about the
murderer running loose and I
know, as you know, that it must
be one of us, some one from the
show-’
“I’m sure of that, too," she ad
mitted, “but who it is, or why
they want to kill me, I have no
idea.”
Inside the apartment, alone, she
locked and bolted the door. All
evening, from the time she had
left, she had been conscious of
being followed by the man in the
inconspicuous dark suit. Instead
of making her feel safer, his pres
ence had only reminded her of her
uaufici.
Days had passed since the reve
lation by the police that she was
alive. If the killer intended mak
ing another try on her lfie, it
might be soon. It might be to
night. And in her mind, she
thought, “Gloria Gray. She hates
me. She didn’t bother to hide it
tonight. I wonder if Bill noticed."
Going to the modernistic desk
In a corner of the living room, Ta
nia opened the right-hand drawer
and made sure the .32-caliber au
tomatic was there, and that the
bullets were in it. She had bought
it yesterday, to protect herself.
The telephone rang and she an
swered it. Lt. Wilson said,
'Tve been told that you went out
this evening with Anton Ludovic ."
“Yes, I did,” she said defensively
“I had to get out of this place for
awhile. The constant worry, the
suspense-”
“I know,” he said kindly. “I’ve
been working night and day on
the case. Miss Lynn, trying to
turn up something. A lot of things
you told me have begun to fit into
a pattern. I’m quite sure we have
a definite lead now. at last.
“In fact. I’m quite sure of the
killer’s identity and the motives
behind the murders. I can’t tell
you yet. I can only advise you to
be extremely careful.
“Don’t trust any one, no matter
how well you think you know
them. Do you understand? Not
any one!”
“Yes. I understand.” she said
steadily. “Are you sure you can’t
tell me whom you suspect?"
“It would be too dangerous—
for you,” he said. “You might
give it away. Please trust me, Miss
Lynn.”
After he had rung off. she lit a
cigarette and sat thinking. Noth
ing would be as frightening if
Bill were with her. Oh, how could
she go on loving a man who didn’t
love her? A man who was indif
ferent to her?
The answer was—she couldn’t
help it. And her stubborn heart
would not, admit that he didn't
love her. It kept remembering his
arms, his urgent loving mouth . .
The chimes of the doorbell
startled her. Who could it be at
this hour? Nearly 1 o'clock? Cau
tiously Tania took the gun fropi
the desk and slipped it into the
pocket of her lounging robe, then
she went to the door and said
“Who is it. please?”
"Gloria Gray. I’d like to talk to
you Tania. Please. It’s impor
tant.”
Tania thought, “All right. If
she's the killer I want to know,
once and for all. I’m not afraid of
her. I have a gun and that detec
tive must be outside somewhere.''
She opened the door and admitted
Gloria.
“Sit down if you want to," she
said, unable to pretend a friend
liness she did not feel.
Gloria perched on the edge of
the sofa. The pupils of her eyes
were dilated and her face was con
torted with resentment. As she be
gan talking her small, birdlike
hands snapped and unsnapped the
catch of her gold evening bag.
“I just wish you’d leave Bill
Reynolds alone!" she burst oul
“That’s why I had to come here
to ask you to leave him alone.
You’re so beautiful you can get
any man you want, so leave him
alone, do you hear?”
“1 only danced with him once
this evening," Tania said mildly
"Aren’t you excited about nothing,
Gloria?”
“Oh, I know you,” the other
girl said bitterly. "You’ll take him
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away from me, just as you took
Jeremy away from me”
"Jeremy?” Tania asked, her
body growing tense. “I wasn’t
aware that you ever had Jeremy."
"Well, I did,” Gloria said wildly.
“We were secretly married during
the run of 'Blossom Time’ in Chi
cago three years ago. I was his
wife! I was madly in love with
him. We were happy! Then he
went into that show with you and
he fell for you. He told me he was
through with me and wanted a di
vorce. He made me promise to fly
out to fteno and get a quiet di
vorce as soon as the show closed—
so he could marry you!
“I hated you for taking him
from me. Well, that’s over now.
He’s—dead. Bat now I’ve found
some one else, some one I know I
can love. Bill Reynolds. He’s so
wonderful. He’d never be selfish
or cruel.”
She Stood up and walked back
and forth Jn front of the couch.
Then she turned furiously on
Tania. “You can’t have him! ” she
cried. "I won’t let you have him!”
(To Be Continued.)
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