Show HOLDING I IHU I HU 14 lJj Adele Garrison Garlson VA JI 1 WIlY MADGE nADGE SOUGHT TO HE TIE ALO AtO She's prettier than she ever wasl wast sh she doesn't 1 look happy Wd f J Who I queried rl In d startled o to Dr Jim Paige's m mus s sI I comment then realized that I had I need for his answered Edie Edle Th The TI-i'M TI t I mans man's eyes were fixed upon the pr pre II face of his third or fourth orf I cousin across Aunt Dora Paige's d din a 1 I I table and there was that in hi lo face which told me he had shar shared s secret cret uneasiness with which Id J watched matched the confidences I Ed d dand dand and Dicky were exchanging All You know her pretty well welI dc you His eyes were bent on m mean And when I lifted mine to their id c cr gray depths I felt a warning jl 11 intuition that there was ng I hind the question that If in an any wr betrayed my real feeling toward p 3 1 Fairfax it would wound the tho hoi hot heart mirrored in those eyes JI M They were not eyes to be dec decel I easily however and I summoned summon my powers of dissimulation as 14 I If i lightly m mAs As well as one woman ever another You realize that's suppose be an Impossible feat dont don't don dont t youJI seriously as as I 1 saw his eyes dani vaguely Edith vaguely Edith and Leila and I iJ 1 very Intimate companions l I pupo ly substituted the word for the ck lt k one friends which I feared I e e could give to Edith Fairfax J ip I 1 suppose we know each other ter than the great majority of wor wet do 10 And you are right in one thin i sIte Me he Is lovely tonight DH DU JIMS JIM'S ESS I I spoke only the truth Edith EUth usi ly pale was glowing like the r roSes rOles seT seTher her corsage She wore a filmy gc of ot cream tint with garlands o of arc printed upon it it and in her dark I Iwas was fastened a fillet of f Ja ts honed satin rosebuds s ii And yet to speak the truth yo yo- more beautiful than she is Dr Di JJ 1 Paige made this astounding and 0 funny statement with a face so nor not that after a single quick glanc glan knew he meant it Not to m me j added r I I 1 reckon yoi yot guessed therell there'll never be anybody Jp fp tier than Edie Edle in my eyes But nut what people generally would thi And that's what make me Look here Im I'm a rough bod body body- no business to speak this way pi u why dont don't you look after your better He lIes lIe's s no business ni nis look like lite that to Edies Edie's Edie Edles s eyes I didn't need to glance across s table to see the look he meant I I seen see it often otten eon ugh in Edith eyes and had only had strength endure it Jt because I had been reas ably sure that no answering kind glance was to be seen in those off husband I 1 if Dr Jim Major ajor Grantland had seen more mora tI I had You see he isn't in love wit the astonishing man went on Js S dont don't see why he should carry 0 onal tS 1 that unless hes he's trying to get e e with you for something something men men do tn things sometimes you know And Andi were in tIt your our place I wouldn't h hany any cause Hes He's too BOOK fellow to be let have his head head He laughed a bit sardonically an was thankful indeed that Aunt D Dr just then gave her little old signal for the ladies to rise ana so leased me from the necessity of m ming ing any answer to Dr Jims ast astr monologue When next ls l's him he was in the drawing room be beIng Ing lag over Edith devotedly evidential upon keeping all othe other iJ at arms' arms length v S JEALOUSY ROUSED HOUSED j But his words lingered with me nu felt as If It I could not smile and and ut ul the small talk In wh which Ich the varl cousins near me were indulging at the first opportunity I slipped int mt curtained alcove at one end room The curtains were looped apt api but behind them th there re was a screened from view lew into which slipped determined to plead faUg in explanation if any anyone one round me melIe n lIe He has no business look to Edles Edle's eyes Unless he tr trIng ing lag to get even for something wouldn't give him cause cause Hesli good looking looking- the phrases rang the he selves over in my brain until m f like shrieking 11 The sound of Dicky's voice Jus jui O 0 side the curtain arrested my Rita Kita got too fresh he was Theres your our p What do you mean mean Alfred asin aslin in startled tones jp Only that Rita tried to hand out choice assortment of scandal to Leila Of course couise Liela would stand for it and I 1 guess little her walking papers pronto Madge Madgel in it somewhere according to Edt Edit probably put the skids under under RIta find out before long and let you km kno But I think old man its it's go good dance you dance you know the ret of it it r. r Amen heartily rejoined Alfi AUr Durkee and they moved away B Bm m my jealous spirit had fixed upon th phase according to Edith IIo oU clo clothe they the must be in each others other's con dence ence Y To Be Continued con 1 |