Show HER OWN OWN o 0 AYo 0 cA GIRL o of A TENSE ENCOUNTER r I stood beside the thc car talking talking- with Joan who was eagerly scanning I h her r brothers brother face I too looked un In at him sitting on n ln the seat eat ot of the 1 ic and niang mang ma not the slightest slight slight- est move to join us on the ivak WU 1 I never affa that Hlat first glance a war vas able aille to to h his eye eje howver how- how ver Cr As fa faras as ns I was n J concerned hi e was at home Come on in in the house JulY Judy said Jo Jos n n. n J Jthn hn will follow us 13 I I vi vLy v jy my heart was heating hearing so o fast It had never l. l d this tack k on me before I Iw w wondered why I did not want to leave John Jolin Meredith L I I. I mus mu must t have lagged tor to Joan took hold of m my arm and said raid in a low voice as she turned me around Let L go in Judy for John will never get out of the car while you ar are here He lIe is so sensitive about hi his crippled condition With that I walked as ns fast as os possible up the few lew steps into the house houle Here I ran ran into Mr 11 Robin Robin- son Good morning I said and I hoped h he did not n notice my voIce voice it seemed rather strange to me Ho He pointedly ignored me however however however how how- 1 ever and turning to Joan said sald it tIlt is not customary to to have strangers at a conference of t the e kind which we have this morning But udy Judy y is not a stranger his stepdaughter r answered She Ismy is ismy ismy my companion and amI business manager manag manag- er er Da Dad Since SInco when has Miss Dean occupied oc occupied oc oc- that thai responsible p position interrupted Mr 11 Robinson Since yesterday Dad when she got me out of or a terrible fix Why didn't you come com to tome me You are the last person Dad I would have gone to In Judy I have found the the first first woman since mother died that I L could be be confidential with and I want her to hear everything everything everything every every- thing about this settlement of my estate under my mothers mother's will wUl so that she will Just exactly wh whore where re 1 i stand Then she can transact transact transact trans trans- act all my affairs with some sort ot of r. r i intelligence nce i Joan do O you ou mean to tell in me that you are going to make this th young girl who w was only yesterday yesterday a d department p store woman woman the Ule mana manager el of your fortune Why of course Dad I am going to leave all all' my legal business Inthe inthe In the hands of oC Mr 11 Elkins as usual and nd I expect that you ou h have ve men mento mento mento to take care of different depart depart- d departments par t m ments of my business but I want Juely to talk over the life things thing's these men do I want Judy to let them I know that she Is is on the job and if she clo know what they are talking about she is the one to ask |