Show t l GIVEN IN ir CARRIAGE Lee Chows Chow's Conversation Turns to Hughs Hugh's s Hopeless Love fo for Madge I By ADELE GARRISON There was a certain hint of ot complacence com corn in hl Lee Chows Chow's manner manner- ashe as ashe ashe he stepped aside for me to lead the way back into my little study which convinced me that at last he beH believed ved himself to be secure from intrusion while he talked to tome me Evidently he had not swallowed fathers father's whole my story of my meticulous care of me and had wished to secure himself against a possible listening in But patently he believed that his bolting of ol the library door would effectually keep my father ather from a a possible visit to that room and was congratulating himself accordingly Here I permitted myself a little private jubilation Lee Chow did not know as my father and I did of ot a catch l lock ck upon one of ot the balcony window screens screens apparently tightly nailed down dawn enabling anyone familiar fa ta with with it to enter the room from the porch outside The young people fixed it up one summer for tor use i ione in one of their trailing games and we we have never bothered to change it By this this' means my father could enter the library slip back the bolt and have the entire rua run of the room and hall hail quite unsuspected TO TALK OF HUGH HUGHIt It lt was WilS this knowledge which enabled enabled en en- me to walk with a st steady ady step ahead of Lee Chow and to seat my self with apparent nonchalance in the chair he pulled out for me opposite the one he took himself a second la later er It helped me also to compose my face Into a mask as the Chinese whom for years I had liked and respected respected respected re re- re- re began the conversation he had requested of me with the he pe pertinent perti tf nent query Why did you not go o with Hugh Hughto to the beach tonight Instinctively I parried He did not ask me to go for one thing I said He made a little guttural sound of ci disgust That is because you gave him no encouragement he said and nd that yellow-haired yellow devil gave him no chance to do anything but but accept accept her offer after fter the first opportunity to ask you had vanished I was waiting to give him the signal to speak to you OU when you told me you would not go Something In this rigmarole rang false and I did not need any reflection reflection reflection tion to determine what it was Never would Hugh Grantland discuss me or his feeling for me with anybody Nor would he make his invitations to 0 o me dependent upon signals from anyone else even a person so close to him as asLee asLee asLee Lee Chow But I could not say this say this to the thc man across from me watching me so un- un from his beady black blackeyes eyes My cue was was' feminine tion and credulity and I proceeded to act that role I I 1 am so sorry I said snide I 1 should not netlike like to offend Hugh He has been so good to all of ot us w such us-such such uch a staunch friend But you see ser dont don't you that if It I did not go with my my husband I could not go with anyone else ebe He stared at me with eyes for a long half minute Yet your husband took another woman to the beach he said slowly I 1 hope he did not see me wince at atthe atthe atthe the crass little speech DICKY'S J JEALOUSY Yes he did I answered slowly I but really it was a situation forced upon him a situation which which may may I speak plainly would would only be made Infinitely worse by my accepting a similar invitation from Major Grant- Grant land That said Lee Chow sententiously sententiously sententiously is is because you are arc not jealous of Miss Fairfax while your husband is intensely jealous of my friend I stared at him a bit wildly He had voiced the thought which I had scrupulously kept from uttering Then Ihen I stiffened This conver conversation atlon he heh h had d requested was taking an insufferable insufferable turn I am sure I said coldly that thai you do not realize how distasteful this conversation is to me or how Impossible it is that I continue it I 1 thought you OU had something important important important tant to discuss to-discuss with with me If It to so O I lam Iam am willing to hear to-hear hear it But I tell you now that I I will not discuss my husbands husband's emotions or or Major or Grantland's or ormine mine any mine any further A sardonic gleam showed far ar back in the depths of his of-his his black eyes eyes That is 3 a very pretty sentiment he said and most creditable to you Yet I believe I can show you why It ft would be to your interest Interest- and what is more to your husbands husband's for for you ou to continue this discussion with me Contin Continued tomorrow orrow Copyright 1933 33 K F. F S S. S Inc I |