Show GIVEN GIVEN IN uN J By DELE ADELE GARRISON Philip Reveals His Knowledge Knowledg Avis' Avis Attempts to Wreck V Wedding edding As I walked away upon Philip Ver- Ver Itzen's arm from the little group centered centered centered cen cen- cen- cen around Avis Arlen it seemed to me as if I could feel the girls girl's eyes and those of her mother boring into my back But I was no longer concerned concerned con con- corned about either Avis or her mother moth moth- er The meeting between her and the newly wedded pair which I had tried to prevent but which Mary herself had engineered was over and I told myself whimsically there had been no casualties I was quite sure that under the eyes of the assembled wedding wedding wedding wed wed- ding guests and especially conscious of the vigilance of the she would make no further attempt to upset things things things-at at the present time I r held no brief for what she might i attempt in the future But Philip was as Katie I would say else again I What did he wish to say to me that he should thus single me out for escort to the coffee coHee urn TAMED 7 AMED MISS 1 AVIS He said nothing until we were well out of earshot of the thc little group that I r felt were staring after us When he did speak his voice was almost an inaudible murmur Congratulations my dear lady You are arc as clever as you are ful That trick is worthy of a Machia- Machia velli What That trick I asked him in pretended pretended pretended pre pre- tended astonishment and indeed I Idid Idid Idid did not know exactly what his reference reference refer refer- ence once meant although I suspected something of what he was trying to tell me You know perfectly well welt he re retorted retorted re- re but I am going to give myself the pleasure of telling you ou less The trick I am admiring is that by which you managed to tame Miss Avis who If I am any judge has ha been behaving in the manner of a leopard escaping from a zoo zeo I caught back a panic strick How ha had he manai mana discover the things which w WI wi tried so hard to keep hidden S SUSPICION Elementary my dear W Wat Wa he smiled When Avis at th the thi last minute told her mother aj of ot the change in plans for the ding processional I knew ti th flimsy excuse she otter offered ed o of dis dij the color scheme and refusing refusing- tl up her green and silver go gonot gOwD not the real reason for the ch chai thereupon set my wits to work I 1 cover the identity of the colored colora lurking in the woodpile think a after fter due consideration him located KNEW OF AVIS' AVIS BEHA BEHAVIOR VIO He smiled down at me bene and not for the first time 1 j J if I were a mouse under the pa p pi pia a cat But I meant t to parry hi his lions as long as I could and mi m my mont ment upon his boast was the word Yes with a slight u UJ Inflection Suppose I check off oU the H ite regular order he said P pj know of course that Avis had down here In the full being a bridesmaid It wa was my raj cial request as you may rem r Oh yes I said h hastily tily won wont if It were only my fancy or w wa wi wis wisa a thread of menace in the silken of his words Under those circumstances not think that either cither Noel or would raise any objections t tc plan Nor did they I thy tily if mendaciously He nodded whether in ass asse with incredulity I could not te tel went on So there was but one cone com cane left for me to draw Avis mus' mus behaved so atrociously that Nc NOI Mary balked at her entering He paused and looked down compellingly but I meant to that particular trap if it possible TO DEAL WITH THE Even if your conclusions we which remember I have I r s In any way would you eme t e me to admit its truth We stopped for an instant leisurely progress toward the thc theand I 1 and he looked down at me trie w wj Wi intent gaze th th t seemed to r re rethe rethe the inmost recesses of my thou You already have admitted 1 I Isaid said quietly Further words c sort would mean nothing to meI me meI I I shall know how to deal wl wI situation Do not fear Will yc YOI yot mit me He drew out the chair behin coffee urn seated scaled me in I It bow bowe t made his way I b bi Mrs Arlen Avis and the 1 tJ 11 woods S Continued tomorrow Copyright 1933 K F. F S S. S. S 1 I |