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Show '"tblsde. Unbeknown to 'fsUmUyWena. .he be-: be-: ft ,f n Al" camp of "SrtJwtoeer. Millicent ltedtob.m. Bruce mmU W ,ck' n B uiw encounters Paxton t to It .nd nUU on Z say. At 0,6 Mmp by evening, th. Samp k S U Cunt, Har-arrant Har-arrant a wedding wlti the story. CHAPTER X ; picked up the belt and chhe had dropped to the Lcame in. The shoulder lich held its twin was 1 ,r to his call. The boy Lsj helping the Samp ir preparations. "You can't lose what you never had, Millicent." I liSS Mary in a uuit-s-i galloon sleeves proclaim-C proclaim-C vintage of '94, its rose-ia rose-ia suggesting a grand-jarts, grand-jarts, greeted him as he . Samp living-room, j w! Well now! Janice Is r. Bruce. Mary and I i io wear one of her love-Iresses love-Iresses for our party. She i )Se it from a trunk in fiuse." She patted his fon't you look nice." es for you too, Miss i almost knocked my eyes rour pretty dress." He l ad and kissed her rosy, ibeek. "Thank you for jjan'i room. When did ie news?" lie most heart-warming Bruce. I feel as though f ling in the sun after I've ou." She smiled through j ; ied at her eyes. "Mr. I ! ned the news before he of us must be sons of toll again tomorrow. We, being the guests oi honor, should make a move. Thai correct? I suspect Tubby of a theatrical the-atrical climax. We will dance round to the door, vanish and escape." As they stole surreptitiously from the Waffle Shop, the heavens still held a trace of the glory of the sunset sun-set Above the broken crater spread a coppery glow. Janice drew a long uneven breath. "It is more gorgeous than I had imagined." As they turned toward the H house, she said lightly: "Evei since I arrived as Jimmy Delevan, I have been consumed by curiosity to to see the inside of your cabin." He answered by throwing open the door. As they crossed the threshold a shower of confetti pelted them. II powdered their hair, lay like colored snow on their shoulders, one adventurous ad-venturous particle clung to Janice's eyelashes. She laughed unsteadily For the fraction of a second Har-court Har-court hesitated. Why pick on him? Better to humor her. She might make a scene. Anything was credible credi-ble after her hateful attack on Jan-ice. Jan-ice. "Of course I didn't need an escort this short distance, Bruce, but I had to consult you about Jimmy." "Jimmy! What's the matter with Jimmy?" "That's what I want to know. Today To-day when I entered our cabin, he was threatening Joe with a pistol." An empty shoulder holster hanging hang-ing against a log wall flashed on the screen of Harcourt's mind and was gone. "As I entered," said Millicent," Jimmy was saying: " 'Send for her again and I'll shoot you. You've messed up my sister's life, that's enough. Get me?' "I couldn't believe it was Joe huddled hud-dled in his chair, livid, afraid. Joe !'. Such a surprise." is lovelier even than he t her. Her pale blue ry as the edges of a ;sted a fairy loom. Slip-matched Slip-matched her gown had parkling stones which ted in the clasp .of a ue brocade. She laid a at, heavily embroidered and purple iris, care-e care-e back of a chair, up the mandarin coat as she brushed it away. "The trail of the resourceful Mr. Grant. Doubtless he expected you to carry your bride over the threshold, thresh-old, as big strong men do in the movies and points south." Harcourt laid his hands lightly on her shoulders. "We will postpone that ceremony. Take off your wrap. The room is hot. Pasca keeps these fires roaring." She slipped off the heavily em broidered mandarin coat He laic afraid! As I looked at him I thought what a poor fool I had been all these years, not to stand up to him, not to threaten him. He is a bully and a coward, Bruce, and I've never before found it out." "If you have lost your fear of him, it is a lot gained, Millicent. For whom did Joe send, do you know?" "No. Unless unless Jimmy found out about Tatima. Joe has made a fool of her with flattery. Nothing worse, I'm sure, but she follows I use it as a wrap. Isn't i ! I found it in my room ;y must have bought it 3 present when he went i city. He knew that I lout it I suspect that it 'ully expensive. It is s under false pretenses icept it I ought to give I I love it. Can he af-i af-i thing like this?" ' not every day, but wed-ot wed-ot occur every day at s. Why hurt the donor 1 his gift? Let's go." tra, consisting of fiddle, ixophone, agonized into g March from Lohen-y Lohen-y appeared in the door-faffle door-faffle Shop. $ied and parried ques-i ques-i her part brilliantly. 2 suspect from her man-1 man-1 was not the most gor-'Py gor-'Py bride in the world, U himself with a tinge ls- Her radiance van-sunshine van-sunshine blotted by a Jfcent Hale approached. . Harcourt, how sweet wide an occasion for flies. I am consumed ;y to know how you ac- I've beard Bruce deadly de-adly that never, while ska, would he marry. 1 o coercion did you him about like a dog." "I'll speak to Jimmy. He will have to turn over his gun to me, if that is the use he is making of it." "Talk with him, Bruce. Poor boy, he has never forgotten his experiences experi-ences overseas. You will have more influence than anyone else." She laid her hand on his arm. "We all dump our worries on your shoulders, don't we? I shan't dare do it now that you are married. I feel as though I had lost you." Under pretense of producing his cigarette case Harcourt stepped back. "You can't lose what you never had, Millicent. Good-night!" He heard her little gasp as he turned on his heel. As he entered the Waffle Shop Miss Martha and Miss Mary, crimson crim-son faced from the exertions of the dance, with mammoth white aprons over their creaking taffetas, were serving the ice-cream which Grant had brought hundreds of miles in a plane. As he approached Janice he heard Jimmy Chester say harshly: "He'll never send for you again." Had Joe Hale sent for Janice? The suspicion tightened Harcourt's lips. The girl looked up at him. There was a hint of resentment in her voice. "Oh, you have come back. Jimmy Jim-my and I had decided that you didn't like the party, hadn't we, Jimmy?" it on the couch, crossed to the flre place and lighted a cigarette. Arm on the mantel, he watched her eyes travel from the Indian blankets on the log walls to the Russian samovar, samo-var, saw them glow with admiration admira-tion as they rested on the Chinese pewter tea-service, linger on the rich pelts on the floor. They mel his. "Like it?" "Love it How did these rare things get into this wilderness?" "Small trading vessels stop foi any one of a dozen reasons. The captain or mate usually has something some-thing choice he will dispose of for a consideration." "I'm mad about that Chinese pewter. pew-ter. We'll have tea every afternoon." after-noon." "Everything I have is yours, Jan." The huskiness of his voice sent the color to her face. Thai wouldn't do. He opened a door, snapped on a light, said grandiloquently, grandilo-quently, "Behold the kitchenette!" She stepped to the threshold. "Pale green, and a gray-and-white linoleum on the floor. My word, but you are modern!" "I told you that I lost my head over the H house. After we had finished the chimneys, they just nat-urally nat-urally required bedrooms to utilize their other sides; bedrooms required baths; a house this size needed a kitchen. I have never regretted it Planning and ordering kept Archie Harper busy and happy. He worked up to almost the last moment oi his life, and now I have it for you." He nodded toward a lighted room. "Your things are in there. If you are not too tired I should like to talk a while, Jan." "Except for the fact that my feel are shredded to ribbons that wasn't a dance, it was a riot-I am not in the least tired. I will change my slippers and come back." "I'll get your sandals." He pulled the fan-back chair a bit nearer the fire. "Sit here-" As she hesitated he added, "Please." He dropped to one knee in front of hPr "Stick out your foot." He gen- It was evident that she had seen him go out with Millicent He answered an-swered evenly. "I'm crazy about the party. Did you think I would leave before I had danced with my bride? The musicians mu-sicians have finished their gorge and are tuning up. By the way, Chester, be ready with a track-laying gang to go up the inlet at reveille. You have all the specifications. Short notice, but you can make it. Want to push the work while this weather holds." He held out his hand. "My dance Mrs. Harcourt." He was conscious of Jimmy Chester's Ches-ter's pale, frowning regard as they moved away in rhythmic step to the music. He watched him until he left the room. Janice looked up. e the attack rendered Wess. Was the little 'liehad considered pa-ElPlesj pa-ElPlesj like that? Was as he? He glanced won. She was looking 0 the eyes watching intentness. tood quite my own. fou couldn't possibly rt came out of his laid his hand on She shook it off, ;ten,J her hand to Ches-'Ki Ches-'Ki gaily; tomy brow? Cheerio! ty no a memorial jjM answer Tubby Jimmy. Going to The Samp girls "t a quadrille." :JJ"" Miss Martha .Jolor taffeta skirts ! SLJands and tsied j3Jsponse to a shouted. on-,5 ers kept anSt, gUres with the mar and a chubby rtners!" BSflrSttogiveout- home r'1 came out e .Bruce. jirnmy 4rSewm befuri; tly removed the high-heeled mue slipper with its sparkling bow put X sandal. "That better?" She nodded. "The other." He held the Under foot in his hand after it a. shod "Jan. you understand, don t 'I- Who the dickens is pounding fike that? Is Tubby trying to be fun- ny"Someone is beatine with both fists. Go! Quick!" Harcourt pulled open the door. M" cent Ha'le stumbled into the room- "Bruce!" Her terrified eyes widened as Janice took a step to-w to-w rd her She shut them. Sobbed. Juddered. Gasped for control. Harcourt Har-court caught her shoulder. C (TOBECONTlXl'EDi "Sorry I was catty, Bruce. He held her the fraction of a degree de-gree closer. "Were you catty? Millicent Mil-licent was raw to you, Jan. but don't lay it up against her. This last year has set her nerves on edge. "I wonder if a year here will do that to mine." "You won't have a chance to find out " ' "Won't I? Perhaps you will like having me here so much you'll beg me to stay." His arm tightened. "Dance well together, don't we?" There was a hint of strain In her laugh. "The fighting line again. Tubby wants me here if you don t. Yes. we are good. We might make a dancing team, if engineering fails." . . "That's a thought Sorry, but is time the festivities broke up. au |