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Show I, ' I By E: PHILLIPS: OPPENHEIM I CHAPTER XVII Continued. 10 "You silly child I" Louise oxelnlniod. "No one told mo you were horc. Ilavo you liatl nny lunch?" "Long ngo," Sophy replied. "I luivo been finishing your nccotintH." Loiil.sc inndo n little grlmncc. "Toll mo tho worst," she hedged. "You nro overdrawn tit your lmnlc, your hills nro heavier thnn ever thlB month, mid thero uru live or .six special nccountn ono for somo electric lutings, lu-tings, nnoihor for the litre of n motorcar motor-car which ought to lie pulil." Louise, wuh looking up nt tho colling. Slio sighed. i "It would be nice," site snld, ''to ltavo someone to pay ono's bills mid I look nfler one, nnd seo thnt ono wasn't I too extravagant." J "Well, you need someone bndly," So- 1 phy asserted. "I suppose you moan to make up your mind to It some diy." "I wonder 1" Loulso murmured. "Hid you know Hint thnt terrible mnn from the hills John Strangowey's brother-has brother-has been here this morning? Ho fright-ened fright-ened mo to denth." "Whut did ho wont?" Sophy asked curiously, "Ho was n trifle vague," Louise remarked. re-marked. "I gathered thnt If I don't send John back to Cumberland, lio'a going to strangle me." Sophy loaned ncros the table. "Aro you going to send him back?" Btio nsked. "I am In nn uncertain frame of mind," Loulso confessed. "I really can't decide about nnythlng." I "I want to tell you thin, Louise," Sophy said firmly. "John Ih getting to know a grcnt many people, and you know how men talk nt the clubs. Aren't you sometimes nfrald that ho will bear things and misunderstand?" "I nm expecting It every day," Louise Lou-ise admitted. 'Then why don't you end It?" "Which wny?" There was a sllenco between the two women. Tho niutlled street noises from outsldo becamo tho background to a stillness which grow every moment mo-ment moro oppressive. Loulso returned to her former nttltudo. Sho looked stcndfnstly beforo her, her faco t,up-, t,up-, ported by her bands. Sophy grew paler nnd paler as tho minutes passed. Thero was something strnngo end almost beautiful In Lou-Iso'h Lou-Iso'h face, something which hud come to her lately, nnd which sliouo from Iter eyes only at rnro Intervals. "You euro for him, I believe!" Sophy cried at lust. "You enro for hlra!" Louise did not move. "Why not?" she whispered. Thero was n ring nt tho front door. Louise, from her place, could see the long, gruy bonnet of John's cur. Almost Al-most beforo sho could speak, ho was announced. "It'H n atrocious time to come, I know " ho began apologetically. "You're, In tlmo for some coffee, nny-how," nny-how," Sophy told htm cheerfully. "And I know Loulso Is glnd to sco you, because be-cause If you hadn't come, I was going to mako her go through sumo accounts." ac-counts." "You know I nm ulways glad to see you," Louise murmured, pointing to n chnlr. "Sophy nnd I have been having n most Interesting discussion, but wo linvo come to n cul do. sac." "I really came," John explained, "to nslc If you carrd to come and sea n collection of pictures. There's vn Italian Ital-ian n futurist, of course Just unpacked un-packed his llttlo lot aud set them up over a curiosity shop In Clifford street. Ho Is sending out cards for next week, but I could tako you today that Is, If you would caro about It. Wo can k'o somewhere for somo ten afterward." Loulso mndo n llttlo grimace. "Whut bad luck I" sho exclaimed. She stopped short. Shu felt that by her hesitation sho had, In u sense, com-mlttcd com-mlttcd herself. "I have promised to go nnd liuvo tea with tho prlnco nt Scyro House," Mio said. "It Is un engagement wo mndo last week." John set down his empty coffco cup with n clatter. An Inexplicable but dominating fury seemed to have sud-denly sud-denly assailed him. Ho took out a clgarctto nnd tried to light It. Sophy, after watching him for n moment In astonishment, slipped out of tho room. Loulso came over to his side. "Aro you really so much disappoint-cd?" disappoint-cd?" she asked. "I am so sorry I If I had known that you wcro coming for me, I would Imvo kept myself free." "It Isn't that exactly," John an-swered. an-swered. "It's something I can't alto-eothcr alto-eothcr explain. If you don't mind, I think I will bo going. Thero Is some-thing some-thing I must put right," IH Ho left without (mother word. Sho watched hlra step Into his new motor-cur motor-cur and drlvo uwny a llttlo recklessly, considering tiio crowded state of tho streets. Ho drew up, a fow minutes later, outsldo tho club m I'nll Mall, where, as It chanced, he 1 ad lunched that day with the prlnco ( Scyre. Ho found tho prlnco u'.l sitting in ' tho smoking room, rendi'.g n review, 0oLg-to;i.if-V.hleJL..lie-g3aued,Jia. hh John approached, and nodded non-uhalantfy. non-uhalantfy. '"n''V ntroin?" he murmured. "I came back to have a word with you, prince." The prince laid down tho review, keeping his finger In tho plucc. "Delighted 1" "Not long ago," John went on, "In this room, someone I think It was Major Ma-jor Charters asked you what you were doing this afternoon. You replied that you wcro engaged. There were soverul others present, and they begun to chuff you. I'erhaps I Joined in I don't remember. I think that it was Major Charters who asked you, to uso his own words, whether your appointment appoint-ment was with a lady. You replied In tho ainrmatlve. There was n loud volley vol-ley of chaff. You listened without contradiction con-tradiction to many references concerning concern-ing tho lady and tho afternoon's, engagement." en-gagement." The prince nodded slightly, His face remained quite expressionless. "As n matter of fact," John concluded, conclud-ed, "I hove discovered by the purest accident that Miss Maurel Is to be your guest this afternoon nt Seyro House." The prlnco Inclined his head gently. He remained monosyllabic. "Well?" John frowned heavily. "Can't you see," he went on bluntly, "thnt If nny one of those men who were present, nnd heard what wns snld about your guest, found out afterward that It was Miss Maurel who came to seo you well, I need not go on, need I? I nm sure you understand. Tho things which wcro hinted nt. could not possibly apply to her. Would you "The Thlnns That Were Hinted Could Not Possibly Apply to Her." mind sending a noto to Mils Mnurcl and asking her to hnvo tea with you. somo other nftcrnotn?" "And why tho dcuco should I do that?" the prlnco nsked, n trifle paler, but entirely self-possessed. 'To obllgo me," John replied. Tho prlnco wiped his cyeg'uss carefully care-fully upon his handkerchief. "Mr. Strangewey, you nro n very nmlublo young man," ho said equnby, "to whom I hnvo tried to, show somo kindness for Miss Maurcl's sake. I really do not see, however pardon my putting It plainly what business this Is of yours." "It Is my business," John declared, "becauso I hnvo nsked Miss Maurel to be my wife, nnd becnuso I am hoping that somo day,' beforo very long, sho will consent." Tho prlnco snt Quito still In his chnlr, his eyes fixed upon n certain spot In tho carpet. Ho had not even tho up-pcurunco up-pcurunco of being engaged In thought. Ho seemed. only stepped In a sort of passivity, Fluully, with n sigh, hu roso to his feet. "My young friend," ho decided, "your statement niters tho situation. I dla not credit you with matrimonial Intentions. Inten-tions. I must seo what can bo done!" His lips relaxed ever so slightly so slightly that they showed only a gllmpso of his teeth In one straight,, l.ard line. Ho looked ut John mildly, aud his words seemed destitute of all offense; yet John felt tho lightnings were playing around them. "I shall wrlto n noto to Miss Maurel," Mau-rel," tho prlnco promised, as ho mado his way toward tho writing table, "and ask her to visit mo upon somo other afternoon." CHAPTER XVIII. nnck again to his rooms, nnd, later on, onco moro to Louise's llttlo house, In Kensington; n fow minutes' masterful master-ful pleading, und then success. Loulso wrapped hersplf up und descended to tho street by his side. For an hour or moro John Mrovo steadily westward, senrcely spanking, moro than n chnxio worn It wn twilight twi-light when ho brought tno cur to n standstill. Loulso rulsed lw veil nnd looked up. "V n?" sho nsked Inquiringly. "fix pushed hnck tho throttlo on Ids steering wheel Mid stopped tho en-, glne. Then ho turned toward her. "I hnvo snniHihlng to say to you," ho snld. "I have brought you hero that I may say It In my own way und In my own atmosphere." "This Is like you I" Loulso murmured. mur-mured. "You hnd to bring mo out to n hilltop, on tho dreariest hour of a wet March nrtcrnoo'n, to tell mo what?" "First of all,' John began, "I will nn. swer n question which you hnvo usked mo three times since wo stnrted out this afternoon. You wnntcd to know how I found out that you wero not going go-ing to ten with tho prince. Well, hero Is lie truth: I nsked tho prlnco. to change the day of your visit to hlra." Her fine, silky eyebrows ennio a little closer together. "You nsked hlra thnt?" sho repeated. John nodded. "And ho consented?" "I will explain," John continued," "It wns n most tmfortunnto drcumstnnce, but In tho club, after lunch, tho subject of spending tho ufternoon enmo up. The prlnco spoko of nn engagement. He wns tied nt home, he snld, from four to six. Somo of tho men began to chaff him, and suggested thnt he was entertaining somo lady friend, IiIh latest favorite well, I daro say you can Iraaglno tho rest," John hroko off. Her fingers played nervously for n moment with the edge of tho rug. Sho drew it higher up. "Well, when I left your houso tho first tlmo this nftcrnoon, I went straight buck to tho prince. I pointed out to him that nfter whnt had been said, ns it might becomo known that you wcro his guest of today, it would bo better for hlra to postpono your visit. Ho ngreed to do so." "Wns that all that pnsscd between you?" "Not quite," John replied. "Ho asked mo what concern it was of mlno, nnd I told him I hoped thnt somo duy you would bo my wife." Sho snt qulto 'still, looking down upon tho flaring lights. Sho was filled with n restless deslro to escape, to start tho motor herself, nnd rush through tho wet air Into London and safety. And side by sldo with that deslro sho know thnt thero wns nothing noth-ing in tho world sho wnntcd no much ns to stay Just whero sho wns, and to bear Just tho words sho was bqIpuU1-hear. bqIpuU1-hear. ' "So nluch for thnt I" John proceeded. "Aud now please listen. I havo brought you out hero becauso under tlieso conditions con-ditions I feel moro master of myself and my thoughts, nnd of things I wnnt to say to you. Something tnkes mo by the throat In your llttlo drawing-room, with its shaded lights, its perfunio of flowers, and its ntmospliero of perfection. perfec-tion. You sit enthroned thero Iiko tho queen of u world I know nothing of, nnd ull tho tlmo letters and flowers nnd flattering lnvltotlons nro showered upon you from tho greatest men In London. Tho ntmospliero there stifles me, Louise. Out hero you uro n woman nnd I n man. and thoso other things fall away. I have tried my best to como a llttlo way Into sympathy with your life. I wnnt you now to mako up your mind to como down n llttlo way Into mlno I" Sho felt tho sudden snnpplng of every ev-ery nervo in her body, tho pnsslng away of nil sense of will or rcslstnuco. Shu was conscious only of the little movement toward him, tho involuntary yielding of herself. Sho lay back In his arms, nnd tho kisses which closed her eyes nnd lips seemed to be work-lug work-lug somo strange miracle. Sho wns In some great empty spare, breathing wonderful things. She was on tho hilltops, und .from tho heights shit looked down nt herself ns she hnd been n poor lltflo whlte-fnced puppet, strutting about nn overheated stage, In it fetid ntmospliero of adulation, with u brnln nrtlllclnlly stimulated, nnd n heart growing cold with selfishness. Sho pitied herself us sho had been. Then nh opened her eyes with a start of Joy. "How wonderful It all is I" she murmured. mur-mured. "You brought me hero to toll mo tlllfc?" "And to hear something I" he insisted. insist-ed. "I hnvo tried not to, John," sho confessed, con-fessed, umazed at tho tremble of her sweqt, low voice. Her words seemed llko tho confession of a weeping child. "I cannot help it. I do lovo you I I havo tried not to so hard, but now now I shall not try any mora I" They drove quietly down tho long 1illl and through the dripping streets. Not another word passed between them till they drew up outsldo her door. Sho .felt n new timidity us ho handed her out, an Immense gratltudo for his firm tone nnd Intuitive tact. "No, I won't como In, thanks," ho do-clnred. do-clnred. ' "You havo so llttlo tlmo to rest nnd get ready for tho theater." "You will bo thero tonight?" shn nsked. Ho lnughcd ns if thero wcro humor In tho suggestion of his absence. "Of coursol" Ho slipped in his clutch nnd drove off through tho raln-glcomlng streets with tho smllo and air of a conqueror. Loulso Passed Into her llttlo lioimo to I Tludn visitor waiting for her there. Eugene, prluco of Scyro, bad scent I the early part of that afternoon .lit a manner wholly strange to him. In pur-.sii pur-.sii an co of an order given to his major-domo major-domo Immediately ou his return from his club after lunch, the great reception recep-tion rooms of Scyro House, the plcturo gallery nnd tho bnllroom wcro prepared pre-pared nB If for u reception. Dust-sheets wero swept aside, masterpieces of pnlntlng and sculpture wore uncovered, the soft brilliance of concealed electric lights lit up many dark corners. Ho was forty-ono years old that day, and tho few words which John hud spoken to him barely an hour ago had mndo him reallzo thnt thero wns only ono thing In life, thnt ho desired. Tho sight of his treasures merely soothed his vanity. It left empty nnd unsatisfied his fuller nnd deeper do-slro do-slro of living. Ho told himself thnt bis time hnd come. Others of his rncc hnd pnld 11 grent price for tho things they had coveted in life, lie, too, must follow their example. Ho was In Loulso's drawing-room when sho returned Loulso, with hnlr and checks n llttlo dnnlp, but with n wonderful light In her eyes nnd With footsteps that seemed' to fall upon air. "Somo ten nnd n bnth this moment, mo-ment, Allnol" sho called out, ns sho run lightly up tho stairs. "Never mind nbout dinner, I nm so late. I will havo somo toast. Ilo quick 1" "Mndnmo " Allno began. "Don't bother mo about anything now," Loulso Interrupted. "I will throw my things off whllo you get tho bath ready." Sho stepped Into her llttlo room, throwing off her cloak ns sho entered. Then sho stopped short, almost upon tho threshold. Tho prlnco had risen to his feet. "Eugene 1" Ho camo toward her. Even nB ho stooped to kiss her fingers, his eyes seemed to tal:o In her disheveled condition, con-dition, tho llttlo pntches of color in her cheeks, tho rndlant happiness which shone in her eyes. "I am not nn unwelcome Intruder, I hope," ho said. "But how wet you arol" The fingers which ho released fell nervelessly to her side. Sho stood looking at hlra us if confronted with u sudden ulghttnura, It wns ns it this new-found llfo wcro being slowly drained from her veins. "You nro overtired," ho murmured, lending her with sollcltudo toward nn easy chair. "Ono would imagine, from your nppenrance, that I was tho bearer bear-er of somo terrible tidings. Let mo nssuro you that it Is cot so." Ho spoko with his usual deliberation, delibera-tion, but sho seemed powerless to recover re-cover herself. Sho wns still dazed and white. Sho sank into tho chair nnd looked nt hlra. "Nothing, I trust," ho went on, "hns happened to disturb you?" "Nothing nt all," sho dcclnred hastily. hast-ily. "I am tired. I ran upstairs perhaps per-haps a llttlo too quickly. Allno bad not told mo that thero wns anyone here." "I had n fancy to sco you this nftcrnoon," nftcr-noon," tho prlnco cxplnlncd, "nnd, finding you out, I took tho liberty of waiting. If you would rather I went away nnd enmo for you Inter, plcnso do not hosltato to say so." ', "Of courso not I" sho exclaimed. "I do not know why I should havo been so silly. Aline, take my coat und veil," sho directed, turning to tho maid,, who was lingering at the other end of tho room. "I nm not wet. Servo somo ten in here. I will hnvo iny bnth Inter, when I chnngo to go to tho theater." She spoko brnvely, but fenr wns In her .heart. Sho tried to tell herself "I Beg You to Do Me the Honor of It Beeomlna My Wife." that this visit wns a coincldepco, that It meant iothIng, but Jill tho tlmo she know otherwise f Tho door closed behind Allno, nnd fiipy wero uluuo Tho prlnco. ns if nnxlous to fcM h'erllnio to recover" licrsclf, wnlked to tho window nnd Stead. for. somo momenta looking out. When he turned around, Louise hud ut least nerved herself to meet what sho felt was Imminent. Tho prlnco approached her deliberately. deliber-ately. Sho knew what ho was going to sny. "Louise," ho began, drawing n chair to her sldo, "I havo found myself thinking n great deal about you during dur-ing tho Inst fow weeks.'.' Sho did not Interrupt hlra. Sho simply wnltcd nnd wntched. "I hnvo come to n certain-determination," ho proceeded; "ono which, If you will graco it with your approval, will glvo mo great happiness. ,1 ask you to forget certain, thlngsi which'' havo pnssed b Uween us. I havo come to you todny to beg you tn do mo'itbo honor of becoming my wife."' ' ' ' Sho turned her head very slowly, until she wns looking, him full In till' face. Her lips wcro'n llttlo parted, her eyes n little strained. The prlnco wns leaning tpwnrd nor .In n.ionvcn-tlonnl n.ionvcn-tlonnl attitude; his words hnd been spoken simply nnd in his usual, conversational con-versational mnnncr. Thero was something some-thing nbout him, however, profoundly convincing. .. w- . , ' "Your wlfol" Loulso repented'. "If you will do mo that great honor." hon-or." It seemed, at first ns If her nerves wcro strained to tho brenklng-polnt. Tho situation wns ono with which her brnln seemed unnblft tirf grabple. Shov set her teeth tightly. Then sho had a sudden intcrludo of wonderful .clear-., slghtedncss'. ' Sho wns almost cool.- '" "You must forglvo my surprlsrv Eugene," Eu-gene," sho begged. "Wq hnvo known each other now for somo tweivo yenrs, havo wo not? nnd I bcllovo thnt this is tho first tlmo you havo over hinted at anything of tho sortl" "Ono gathers wisdom, perhaps, with tho years," ho replied. "I nm forty-ono forty-ono yenrs old todny. I hnvo spent tho early hours of this afternoon in reflec-'tlon, reflec-'tlon, and behold the rcsul'f 1" ' "You havo spoken to mo before," sho said slowly, "of different things. You hnvo offered mo n grent deal in llfo, but never your name. I do not understand under-stand this sudden change I" ' "Louise," ha declared, "If I do not tell you tho truth now, you will probably prob-ably guess it. llcsides, this Is tho ono tlmo In their lives when n man nnd woman should speak nothing hut tho truth. It Is for fear of losing you thnt Is why." Hor self-control suddenly gavo way. Sho threw herself back In her chair. Sho began to laugh nnd stopped abruptly, ab-ruptly, tho tenrs streaming from Iter eyes. Tho prlnco leaned forward. Ho took her hands In his, but sho drew them nway. "You nro too late, Eugcnol" sho said. "I nlmost loved you. I wns almost al-most yours to do whatever you liked with. But somehow, somowhere, notwithstanding not-withstanding all 'our worldly knowledge knowl-edge and mine, wo missed It. Wo do not know tho truth nbout life, you nnd I nt lenst you do not, and I did nqf..'.. Ho roso very slowly to his feet.' There wns nd vlslblo cbango In hijv faco save- n. Blight whitening of the; checks. : "And tho sequel to this?" ho nsked. "I have promised to.mnrry John Strnngewey," sho told him. "That," ho replied, "is Impossible I I hnvo 11 prior claim.? Tho light of buttle flamed, suddenly In her eyes. Her nervousness had gone. She wns u strong woman( faco to face with him now, tnllerr tjimi.tie,. seeming, Indecdt to tower over hlra In. tho splendor of her Anger. Sho wns Jlka n lioness ihrciitcnqd .with tho loss of tho ono dear thing., . . "Assert It, then," sho cried defiantly. defiant-ly. "Do whut you will. Oo to hliil this minute, If you havo courage enough, If It seems to you well. Claim, indccdl Itlghtl I havo tho.,ono. right every woman In tho world possesses to glvo herself, body nnd Sold, to tho man sho loves I That is tho only claim nnd tho only right I recognize, and I nm giving myself to him, when ho wnnts me, forever 1" Sho stopped suddenly. Neither of them had heard a discreet kitock at tho door. Allno had entered with tho ten. Thero was n moment of sllenco. "Put it down hero by my side, Allno," her mistress ordered, "and show tho prlncq of Scyrq out." Allno held tho door open. For a slnglo moment tho prlnco hesitated. Then ho picked up his hat nod bowed. Terhups," ho said, "this muy not bo tho Inst word I" CHAPTER XIX. John camo back to town from his Cumberland homo, telling himself that all had gono ns well ns ho had. expected. expect-ed. Ho had douo his duty. Ho had told Stephen his news, nnd they hnd parted friends. Yet nil tho tlmo ho wns conscious of an undercurrent of disconcerting thoughts. ' Loulso met him ut tho station,, and ho funded that her expression, too, although sho welcomed hlra gaily enough, was a llttlo Mixlous. "Well?" sho nsked, as slio took his' nrra nnd led hltu to where her llm'ou'-' Tifiio wns'walffng, "What 'flirt thai tw," rlblo brother of yours say?- '' ' 1 John mado u llttlo grliuncu , "It might have been worse," he declared. de-clared. "Stephen wasn't pleased, of course. Uo hates women llko poison, and ho always will. That Is becauso ho will Insist upon dwelling upon cer-tain cer-tain unhappy Incldeuts of our family history." "I shall never forget tho morning ho camo to call on me," Loulso sighed. "Hq threatened ull sorts of terrlblo things If I did not give you up." "Why didn't you tell mo nbout it?" John asked, "I thought it might worry you," sho replied, "and It couldn't do nny good. Her Lips Sought Hit and Clung to Them. no believed ho wns doing his duty. John, you nro sure nbout yourself, nrcn't you?" Uo was a llttlo startled by U10 earnestness earn-estness of her words. Sho seemed palo and fragile, her eyes larger and deeper than usual, aud her mouth tremulous. Sho'was llko n child with' tho shndow of somo fear 'junglng'over her. Ho laughed nnd held her tlght'yi to him. Her lips Bought his nnd clung to them. A queer llttlo wnvo of passion i seemed to havo seized her. Half cry-. Ing, half laughing, sho pressed her ' fueo ngnlnst his. "I do not want to net tonight. I do not want to play, oven to tho most wonderful audlcnco In tho world. I do not want to shako, hands with many hundreds of pcoplo nt that hateful reception. , I think I . want nothing clso in tho world but youl'V.. ., , Sho lay, for a moment, pnsslvo in his arms. Ho smoothed her hair and kissed her tenderly. Then ho led her back to her placo upon tho couch. Her emQtlbiial mood, whllo it flattered him In n sense, did nothing to quiet tho llttlo demons of iwr.cst that pulled, every 'now nnd, then;, nt "his heart strings. "What-is this reception?" ho asked. , ' ,8)10 mado n llttlo grimace. "It Is 11 formal welcome from tho English stngo to tho .Fronch company thnt hnU como over to play nt tbo now French theater," sho told him, "Sir Edward and I nro to . rec'elvo them, You will come, will you' ncjt? I ntn tho hostess of the evening," 'Then I am not likely to refuse, am I?" ho asked, smiling. "Shall I como to tho theater?" "Como straight to tho reception at tho Whitehall roomB," sho begged. "Sir Edward Is cidllng for me, nnd arnlllot will go down with us. Later, If you curd to, you can drlvo mo homo." "Don't you think," lo suggested, "that It would bo rnther u good opportunity oppor-tunity to nnnounco our engagement?' "Not tonight!" sho pleaded. "You know, I cannot seem to bcllovo It myself my-self except when I nm with you nnd wo nre nlono. It seems too wondorful nfter all these yenrs. Do you know, John, thnt I nm nenrly thirty?". Ho laughed. & "How pathetic I All tho moro rcu-son, rcu-son, I should say, why wo should let pcoplo know nbout it as soon as possible." pos-sible." 'Thero is no particular hurry," she said, a llttlo nervously. "Let mo get used to it myself. I don't think you will hnvo to wait long. Everything I . havo been used to doing nnd thinking think-ing seems to bo crumbling up around mo. Last night I even hated my work, or nt least part of It." ljis eyes lit up with genulno pleas-uro. pleas-uro. - "I can't tell you how glad I ani tp hear you say that," ho declared. "I don't hnto your work I've got over that. I don't think I am narrow about It. I ndratro Ornlllot, and his play Is wonderful. But I think, and I always shall think, that tho denouement in thnt third net Is nbomlunblo I" She nodded understnndlngly. "I am beginning to reallzo how you must'fcol," sho confessed. "Wo won't j talk about It any moro now. Drlvo mo,' to dio theater, will you? I wnnt to bo' thero enrly tonight, ,.hist .tn.gnr. "everything ready for changing nfter-wnrd." nfter-wnrd." , ' (TO HE CONTINUED.) - |