Show I GIVEN IN MARRIAGE D By fly ADELE GARRISON Possible Meeting With Lee Chow Revives Ma Madges Madge's ge's Fear of th the Chinaman jI J I threw back my head and frankly stared at Hugh as he told me he thought Avis Arlen was not nearly as s poverty stricken a as she pretended to tobe be He lie nodded d emphatically I 1 mean it he pc said Of Of course you with your divine charity would not think of the p possibility of such duplicity But you yourself have told me that you believe she would stick at nothing to harm Mary and my own observation has borne out your com Corn ment Am Am I 1 right In thinking that when she went back to Chicago last summer was she under something ofa of ofa a social cloud so as far as Mr was concer concerned ed I looked at him surprised You are an astute observer I 3 said I am nm sure ure that Mr most emphatically disapproved of her conduct at atthe the dinner dance we gave last summer either blind If lf he didn't he was and deaf or had a blind spot in his br brain Hugh retorted But I am glad to have you confirm my judgment judgment judgment judg judg- ment that he did disapprove of her I 1 have heard you speak of her persistence persistence persistence per per- in following up anything she wishes to do and she has sense enough to know that if Philip Ver- Ver Itzen disapproves of her conduct her only possible hold on him would be through his chivalric pity for lor the daughter of an old friend in distress I may be misjudging her She may maybe maybe maybe be in dire need But But I I doubt it it il Your argument is 13 most convincing convIncing ing lag I told him smiling Im al almost almost almost al- al most beginning to doubt her statement statement statement state state- ment myself Wed better not discuss it any anymore anymore anymore more he said dropping his voice I 1 hear hea Mrs TIcer at atthe the door A MEETING WITH LEE CHOW My neighbor bustled In brushing by ay the Chinese servant in her haste to get to me inc Im sorry to have haye kept you waiting waiting wait wait- ing log she said in hurried apology but I simply could not get my er errands errands errands er- er rands done any more quickly Are you sure youre you're all right How is your ankle Couldn't be better I told her smiling And you haven't delayed me at alL alt But if it you are ready now Ill I'll drive you home I have to go to Southampton on an errand for Mother Graham so I can take you OU as far as your door Oh that will be splendid I she ex ex- claimed That is it if it doesn't put you out How could it I asked her but buther buther butler her ler face face was suddenly clouded with I anxiety t I I 1 dont don't think you ought to be driving driving i ing around alone she said Suppose Suppose Sup pose you had tire trouble You ought not to walk a yard I 1 think Id I'd beter better bet- bet I ter er go with you you tell me a few minutes mInute ago how very busy you were I asked her iier reproachfully and Hugh struck in easily I offer my services he be asked I was going over to Southampton Southampton South South- ampton a little later anyway and I might as well go a few minutes earlier than I planned to Ill I'll promise to attend attend attend at at- tend to all tires and to see that you reach the farmhouse again safely Will that make you ou feel better Mrs Ticer ricer Ill say it will she said fervently and then Hugh started as J if at some forgotten duty or courtesy How remiss I have been he said Lee Chow will never forgive me if I 1 let you go without his seeing you THAT NEW FEAR OF CHINAMAN to cry out that I had no desire to see his high born Chinese friend although I lowed owed him much gratitude I also wanted to tell him that I 1 was very sure Lee Chow not only knew I was In the house but that thata a few lew minutes before he had been watching us from behind the heavy portieres and listening to what was said But of course I did neither I 1 only murmured the polite acquiescence acquiescence acquiescence cence that his proposal demanded Let me mo take you back to the living room first Hugh said and leaning upon his arm with Mrs Ticer carrying carry carry- ing lug my stick I made my way back to the big room feeling Incalculably fool ish in the process Mrs Ticer leaned toward me as soon as Hugh had left the room in search of Lee Chow the matter she said Youre as white while as a sheet and you are over Did you turn your ankle again I 1 dont don't know I told her glad of any pretext to account for the agitation agitation tion which the of at seeing Lee Chow had given me It gave me a anasty anasty a anasty nasty twinge just now but I dont don't dont think I turned rn i it it Youve no business walking on it I yet at all she said severely But theres there s no keeping you down I know that much But II here comes the m maOr ma ma- 1 jor Or back again and alone I am sorry to have kept you you Hugh said when he came up to m us I but Lee Chow is not well enough t to leave C his room this afternoon he hel says He begs you will excuse him But even as 1 I murmured my re regret regret re- re gret I knew that the Chinese had spoken anything but the truth I still could see his face peering out at atme atme atme me from Irom behind the curtains Continued tomorrow S Copyright 1933 King Features Syndicate Inc |