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Show GIVEN IN MARRIAGE BT ADELB OAEBISON Edith Demand Madge Aid Her With Problem Prob-lem of ."Dicky and the Girl Tloss n Lillian laughed teesliujly MHl ta my vole aa I kd Hot that wa ehould do U Edllb Fairfax ind Pnlllp Verltaea raartwd aur ipartmant at th mm Urn. From hat Dicky bad aaid ira lmw that With would arriva la a highly pot-urbed pot-urbed condition. knuM of nm -lyaurrious happening which ha had rot ana III to divulge, while w wer rertaln that perturbation would b rar too iriild a word for Philip Vr-M Vr-M i a la I of mind, onra h should learn that I had glvwn Mary and Noel MrmtoUn to marry. -Wt might tick 'am oa to -b othr ind brrk-d ourselves behind th rumilure," aha aaid. with tha air ol m art t ling a custom harrier dispute. dis-pute. J But, seriously, old doar. I don't -Ona thing la certain." I aaid "neither of them will air a grtaranci bafora th other." IDE' A MUTES -Ye. thy"r terribly Mppad on tba correct behavior thing, unlaa thyT vary much at noma with th popl to whom thrr talking." aha agreed "Hav you any Idea why aha ehould want to ara m?" 1 asked. Sha lookad at ma queerly. -Yaa. 1 hav." aha aaid. "but H i a But what ball b whan ha fn down that alovator againl" 1 glgbd Bn'bw''tha ailly old eder about eroaamg bridge ahaad of time?" ha aaid. "You've got a regular railroad rail-road troatla ahaad of you. I'm afraid, nth th lady bow on bay way upstair. up-stair. Don't glv a thought to th Verltren structure until you hav to. Thara a Ed now," at a knock ound-ad. ound-ad. -Shall t go to tha doorf" -Pleaee." I triad vainly to kap any ' pule from pounding. -la Madg here?" Edith damandad aa Lillian opened tha door. Her voir, usually tha aoft trelnento n of a Virginia gentlewoman, waa 1 raucoua with badly npiaaaad motion. mo-tion. -Yaa. but th cant com to th door ' on account of bar ankle." Lillian aaid. with a hint of reproof In hey voire But my Infirmity. r that of any- ona alee, waa nothing to th acild woman in tha doorway. -Madger ah claimed, passing . Lillian and ruining over to my couch. "You've got to help an with Dicky. He'a gone mil f hla mind. 1 think. , Do you know anything about girl I named Tloaa'T (Continued tomorrow.) (Copyright. 1M3. K. T. .. tn fantastic an idea that 1 surely don t want to spring K on you. There d be perfect Justification la your sending send-ing lor an alienist also a aUaitJarket And I probably am a thousand milaa off tha track. Bettor wait until aha cornea if aha comet and find cut what really la eating hr." There sh la nowT I aaid feverishly, fever-ishly, a tha house telephone burred -Keep your lingerie attached to the rtreptr she advised m with a grin "It may be Phil, or somebody Intor-aatlng Intor-aatlng you la 111 lnsurnc." But th humorously chagrined face ' the turned to m th next instant told me that my turmia waa correct -It Eda. all right" h whleprd. laying down tha phone so tha her vole thnuld not b heard by th opr-' a tor. -What do you want ma to aay i j I made a swift decision. -If aha come up. will you go down and wait In th lobby for PhlL and keep him there until Edith goes away?" I asked. -You can telephone up to m that ha la here." A OIBL NAMED -FLOSS"! -Oka." aha nodded, then spoke In to tha telephone. -Send Miss Fairfax up right away, nleaa." On tha last word, the hurriedly replaced re-placed th telephone and cam over -TH keep PhP. flnxl." h !! -Will toll him that Una Fairfax it terribly nervous over something that haa happened In her family some-1 thing that I drmt know about: and came to aea you sine you telephoned him. I'll toll him bedtime stories and mooth hla fevered brow without a hint of your real reason for calling him over hr. If my hand ha not lost Its cunning, he'll ba sweet and mild when I finally bring him up-rUirs." up-rUirs." t n . .' |