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Show Dirk Ruythers arm about bar. ('thought that aba bad never been ao (happy to ber lira. Not avea that (jnlgbt Id the garden a abort while ago when aba and Dirk bad brat (known they loved one another Not (jtonlgbt at dinner with all ber Glenda grouped about tbe flower Mr Jupiter propo (banked table. Jng a toast. Everyone's eyes upon Jbem. merry and mocking, and try lbg to appear surprised Not ven yesterday wbeo she bad tried on betora the pier glass lo net room tbe first Parts dress sbs bad ever owned. All these were rungs ; ln tbe ladder ot ber present bappl i ness. But when you were as com pletely, as idiotically blissful, as (she was at this moment, you bad to lido something about It, and this was Ewbat she wanted to do Just dance," lance on torever wltb Dirk's arm 0 about her, bis dark lean face close hto hers, hla lips at ber ear murmur "r1ng tender banter, while tbs alow nfhythm of tba tango carried them dreamily down tba length ot tbe threat ballroom on Its sensuous tide 1, A Parts dress! And five years couldnt she have bought one Itpto M'an Flf.b Avenue, not even at a marked-dowsale. That dress, like everything else good that bad come tefo ber In tbe years since ber father bad died, a suicide, and ber mother Koon after, bad been the Juplieru 0lg!ft She owed them everything sven Dirk, In a way. If tbe younger member ot Ruyther and Ruyther oMr. Jupiters personal attorneys 41bad not bad to make so many visits mo tbe house wltb a satchel of legs! r papers when tbe old gentleman's .rheumatism kept bfm Indoors she und Dirk might never have met. I There bad been ao interval tbnt Svas painful for both the Harkoess ;hlldren to remember. Mary . lopeless uovlcft and bungler at pitting ber superior advao Ages against tbe experience cf and losing out often 4ther girls tramping about after office soys jobs and plainly rellcven wrtrhen ho did oot get them At last, of course, there was the rlend of a friend of a friend who (vAnew of the children's plight end Sinew also tbe Juplters end theli u liar, needs Someone vbo be nged In that world 'o wblcb Mrs upiter was a crass newcomer was ..,UBt wbal sbs needed In a secre ary. Later, when Mary had had o give up tbe small apartment sin l?Snd ber brother shared because hei tfMcruples Interfered with nls 'life. ; ibe bad felt that life could only be dreary ever j.lbutlerably r (Aixurlous surroundings as the Jupt fc ier home, separated from t he kid Arotber she had always looked aftei jjjnd loved But Eddie did m like o live where her monv 'aid th ent: It gave her the right to sa that be might and might no; da ; Well, he had beeu on hla own' or a year now aoo ne teemed to making It He had no ub. Du Jtere was s fair living to be picked he told her )P at tbe bd lo other ways be did not einei ate. There wag nothing the couln o about It except worry a little od make him promise to eotne tc Jiaer first It ever he were .n need th'ibe bad not seen him of late, but be had beeo too happy and eo rosaed in ber to think bout It nuch on j time except bow lovely she w.o and that she was bis. She bad stopped speaking to some minutes before be was await of It He drew a deep Drealb am resumed bis bantering tone. Will you do as much for mi sometime?' ne asked lightly. Of course. Mary laughed, wag gllng the huger that held ber eo gagement ring under bis nose "Boot I diag this enormous rock arouud with me all the time thougl it nearly wrenches my arm off? 11 Bou t Jeer Some day turi you loose In the dime store aud you can go the limit my girl Just then Mary caught sight oi Spence's silver thatch lo the ball doorway; bis eyes roved the room Mary slipped out ol anxiously Dirk's arms 1 see Spence over there, all I'd bet atwltter about something ter go over. Poor Spence, bow ht bates a mob like this!" Oh Dirk recaptured her band. He was amiable bui let him stew Some chaps probably given firm. him a laundy check for a bid. He h get over It Serve blm right foi giving up a promising career It buttle. Did you know Spence used to be a prizefighter Id London' Fact? When did you and Spence get ao chummy?" Waiting for you, my love." Spence by this time bad caught Mary's eye, and by violent exercis, ot the eyebrows conveyed blB ur gent need to speak to ber. 1 must go see Mary sighed. what be wants." It waB bard to come down to earth and remember that for all her Cinderella trappings she was still a paid employe witb duties to attend to. Dirk whirled ber away towaro where the butler waited Mary said, 1 be back In five minutes Go dance wltb Cornelia, why dont you? Shed love It, and laughed wickedly at bis grlmauce of dls taste. The butler bent to her ear. It's Mr Eddie Miss Mary. Hes on the telephone. You mean tny brother Eddie? Eddie?" It came Into ber mind Irrelevantly, that It was after mid ulglih Why should Eddie call her at sucb an hour? Ultk moved of? obediently Shi saw his dark head threading Its way among the throng, saw Cor Delta leave tbe mau she wae talk lug to and move off with blm. look mg terribly pleased Swift, unrea sontng iealousy smote her; need he have taken her quite so literally ai 1 n THE OEMS OF PERIL seemed that pain. jl!ST Dout!" she said. Mrs Jupiter's happiness had reached Us crest, an loexplic hie feeling of fear manner of dress might be show The world had even to the point of vulgarity, but came over ber from beneath ber feel Mary's loyalty would not let bet dropped once: ft might again Staring Into admit tt, even to Dirk. the past wltb tragic, imseelng eyes know you're fond of the olo she put oer band to ber throat soul." Dirk auswered reasonably wblcb ached with pent up tears "but honestly, where does she get And why weai Dirk tightened bis arm about her all the doo dads? them all at the same time? sensing ber mood Don't cry. little girl. ne gmed Mary caught a glimpse ot ber em 'you don't have lo marry a.e. I ployer's coiffure witb Its glittering can always Jump off t bridge or bandeau of diamonds, between the heads of the dancers, and she could marry Greta Garbo That wasnt a tactful tlitug to Imagine the gem hung expanse be It was really too bad. people say, he tealtzed to dismay even as tow about jumping off talked about It.' and poked fun at he said But Mary, who knew why she a bridge How had ber father done her But Marj did It, fell a twinge of shame that It? Poison, he thought mood vanished e other people could not see It. also laughed-h- er Grets Garbo It was not because she was vaiu ot quickly as It came. was their name for ths girl who fond of show She doesb do It because sites had never quite given D'.rk up Cornelia Tabor, of to rtlk mills silly, or doesn't know any belter.' She does It Pabori who had ever thing umnev Mary defended hotly He gave them tu could buy except Dirk and didn't to please Dad her. you know Those rubles has Ike It to the least It's a grand party." Mary re she got them on7 are simply jfrtoe less They re heavy to wear and an marked with a deep sigh of con She baa to The grandest parly .to awful responsibility lentment fact that anybody I know has ever keep a constant look out for thieves But J. J la so proud that lies rich had Mrs Jupllev must be Siniu enough to give them to hel. and all Claus, to bave done all this foi me the diamonds and other things, that Dirk smiled, but be was not .too she wouldn t leave them off for any was lo he that stage ol pleased, thing In the world love In which be was Jealous even Dirk was absorbed In watching of ber gratitude If people were U Mary as she talked; earnestness do things for her. btj was the one and the unusual animation of the Nice of the old lady lo do them became ber Ilia amused moment, suiely; but from now on Mary was estimate of the Jupiters 'went down his under the force of her admiration, "Yes, he agreed, after observing which was both sincere and deep his hostess Judicially from a di lance. She looks rather like I OOKING down Into the flushed Christmas tree from here." serious face ot the girl be loved, he forgot everything for a Mary squeezed bis band In qulc now. -- when It 1 tvp-ng- raee-tracii- s love-affa- -- 11 j her word? . , She mustn't stand here, being Jealous where everybody could see ber. What was it she had come over here for? Then she remem bered Putting those two out ot her mind Bhe went toward the tele phone, a strange uneasiness clutch ing at her heart. She turned away from the tele phone with deep misgivings. The few frightened. Jerky sentences Iter brother bad gasped out tilled her with alarm that grew deeper the more she thought about tt Something must he very wrong Indeed to have upset ber brothers cool self possession In any sttrb manner. If there was anything Mr Edward Darkness Junior bad prld ed himself on since his prep school A days. It was hla nonchalance man of tbe world "that was Eddie What could have agitated always. him so? of the old automobile manufacturer, talking with the men who drove cars. Other officials ot the Jupiler Motor Company, Incorporated, were only too well aware of It. Whenever they put forward about tbe Jupiter motor Ideas which did not coincide witb his sen timents. be was wont to stop all argument by yelling, "And wheie I ll did you get your information? tell you where 1 got mine from tbe men themselves!" He had been an automobile m ebanfe once and it was bis boast that be was still one Just that, and nothing more. They might know about stock Issues, and the like ot that, but be kDew car bit retors. When he was In that mood, there was nothing more to be said His Interest Id motors aud in tbe meD who drove them was genu Ine enough; their talk was hla talk But his wife, among others thought be sometimes carried It too far. He judged a man by the way he treat ed a car, for example. Many a friend's chauffeur, and even some he had taken a liking to, were now bolding good Jobs Id bis plant. On the same basi't, hf had never really warmed up to Edutc Eddie. Mary remembered was known as a wild driver, anu that was enough for Mr. J. If It was that again that bad gotten Eddie Into trouble Mary paused, pinching her lower lip thoughtfully betweeu thumb and 6nger. She resolved presently that thl was a family matter, and why bother anyone with tt excent herself? It really seemed tbe kindest thing to everyone concerned Just to say nothing about it Later, It might seem very different to other people, but she could not kno that then. tints ing to think what the trouble might be. All that betting on horse it was gambling, of course.1 race and against tbe law. Eddie had had one or two skirmishes with the p lice before for the unconventional manner la which he drove Dls ro&d-teit might be that be might have struck somebody, and be running away Tbe police might The very thought be after blm left her sick witb shame and fright Or he might need money She tried to tnink bow much she bad i'll bo there In ten minutes. Tell the doorman I'm coming, and to lei me In." What, what could she do7 She had told blm to come ahead but to come round to the side door she would leave word that he wu to be admitted. He could go rlghi up to her room, and she would go later and see what was up. That ehe had done wrong In per mitting nlra to come here, to seek sanctuary In the Juplters' house without asking their consent, did not occur to her at tbe moment It was only afterward, as she Bat thinking It over, that she thought about that But where else could Eddie go, If he were In trouble7 They bad do borne, the two of them: she felt the shame of that She got up and went bark to the ballroom. She must find Mrs. Ju plter or ber husband right awat and tell them wbat she had done She did not really believe that either of them would mind. Afterward, there seemed to he no reason for what ehe did dnrine the next few minutes or for wha: she failed to do. Even to herself wild witb regret and tlon. It seemed as If she might have told somebody found someone to share with her the awful responsl bility for what came after But at the time her reasons seemed ex cellent What she did seemed tbe only thing to do. The floor had cleared during an Interval in the dancing and across the room she caught sight of Mrs Jupiter, magnificent In gold lame and far too many Jewels. Beated on a divan, watching the dancing with a listless eye At ber side, Mary noticed jusl In time to check her forward Btrk's progress. Awas mother, a pale woman in gray chif fon who seemed to be thinking "Rather a nice party but horribly overdone! ' r. It would have been easy to go at once to M rs Jupiter and tell ber her troubles. If It had not been Tor Mrs. Ruyther. She was. Mary bad to admit (o herself, a congenital snob, and a priggish one. With Dirk for a son, she would never be able to understand Eddie's pecra dillos, or condone them. And Mary felt miserably that she had little enough to bring to her union with the Impeccable Ruyther family-j- ust herself aud a name that hnd never been brought to shame. If that scant dowry was In danger Mrs. Ruyther must not know. fRS JUPITER did not look any happy; she looked tired and uncomfortable. The 6traln of being nice to Mrs. Ruyther was telling on her naturally Jolly dls position. From the grimaces she made from time to time. Mary Judged with amusement that ber shoes hiyt, Into the bargain. No, she would not add her own troublo to those from which that poor old woman was already suf ferlng. too s t TR. MARY HARKNESS Mr Jupiler would be somewhere about he would he better able to tell her what to do than his wife would. Mr. Jupiter absented him self from the social scene as much as possible; she knew she would find him outside somewhere, roam ing around the grounds, smoking listening to the music as It filtered out to him. mercifully mellowed by distance. She would go out by way of the teriace. and took all 'round the house As she moved cautiously along the wall, avoiding the heels and elbows of the swooping couples as best she could, she had to pause once to rub tenderly an ankle-bonwhich bad been the target for As she somebodys French heel. looked up she saw Just ahead of her, In the corner, Dirk aud Cornelia dancing if they were danc ing. They seemed hardly to move at all. But what was odd was that Cor Delia was crying Mary could see it even though Dirk's back was toward her, shielding the girl from curious eyes. Once he looked about worriedly and she saw tL7' he looked white and strained Well! That was a surprise. She hadn t thought Cornelia cared that much, enough to make a spectacle of herself. hat in the world should she do go forward and let them know she had seen7 Her first impulse was to reict'a Uirk there and then Let Cornelia go and cry on somebody eN.; there were dozens of men piesent who would gladly dry the tears ot the heiress to so many millions. Dirk must feel an awful biute. And that wasnt fair. On second thought, that would merely make Cornelia bate ber. But Cornelia hated ber anyhow as V 8 US&V&KtXtXXtJ&fXtX-- it was. As she hesitated, Dirk evidently resolved to get Cornelia away be fore she made a complete fool ol herself; holding her arm firmly, he moved with her toward the wide door opening on the terrace. She reached the door Just Id time to see them step outside tbe circle of light from the doorway and dis appear into the dark grounds. Mary could bave stamped ber foot with annoyance if It bad not al ready hurt. She could not follow them out there, even tf her errand were looking for Mr. Jupiter, tt would be too much like spying People would see, and what would they think? She knew what Cor nelia would think, it she bumped Into them accidentally that she was Jealous. She wouldn't give her the satisfaction. No, indeed! They could have the terrace all to themselves. she turned Into the corridor which rau along tbe side of tbe house to the conservatory, and led Into the back hall. She hadn't too much time. Better make her arrangements first and tell the Jupiters afterward. She was so sure of their understanding that It hardly seemed necessary anyhow. So she intercepted one of the maids Bessie, the and therefor assigned to par lor duty and told her a man would be coming to the side door presently, and to be sure to let him In Bessie said. Yes, Mary," and scurried on. She was carrying drinks out to the chauffeurs, who were clustered about a big car In the back driveway, talking. Mary smiled she knew with certainty now where Mr. Jupiter was. It was on ot the favorlts occupa- CWIFTLY flagged corns-Best- , JUPITER was sitting on the running board of a limousine surrounded by a group of his Some of them looked as boys." if they would like to break away and start a crap game, but were afraid to suggest it She could hem his voice droning on and on. He was having a good time. A big. limousine stopped a second under tbe portico then shot around the circular drive and out again, at a high rate ot The uniformed drivers all speed. looked up interestedly, as It circled then went on listening In respectful silence to the old man's words. one "Lortmor. Special body, remarked to another quietly. Junk," said Mr. Jupiter, prick Lorlmors were ing up bis ears. Five thou his special antipathy. sand dollars for a pile of junk! Mary turned and went Into the house. Mrs. Jupiter was not In tbe ballroom any longer; someone said she bad complained that ber feet hurt and had gone upstairs to change, Mrs. Ruyther bad gone foreign-lookin- home. , Mary looked at her and hurried upstairs. Mrs. Jupiter's sluing room was at the head of the stairs, flanked by ber bedroom and ber husband's. MaryB room was at the farther .nd of the balL As she paused on the top step to catch her breath before turning back along the corridor, she beard sounds issuing from Mrs. Jupiter's sitting room an angry, snarling voice, a woman's loud scream, and then two shots In rapid succession. There was the thud of something heavy falling. Then silence. Mary stood frozen to the newel-post- , too terrified to move. Eddie, she cried to the closed door, Eddie, Is that you? (To Be Continued) . 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