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Show chauffeur ihMd with hf far, and they roi hnm tn Ilia limousine with ua. There plenty of room and wa wara a very say Mills party. CHAPTER LXXX. " . The Neat Oay. I waa very mixh excited over my coming afternoon with Mr. Curt la. "Wasn't It sweet of her to Invite me?" t said to Clifford. "Rh la older, and then we are stranaera ' "They are frlenda of Mayann's, and so feel they must he decent to us because of htm." ('I If ford anawered. 1 said nothing more, hut 1 wondered If rhey were very close friends of Burns Mason , and If so. If she, Mrs. Curtis, knew nf his attempt to get acquainted with me? if ehe did she would not have been an attentive, I decided, and might have thought me partly to blame, and so not iille nice. I concluded alo that he would not tell her becauM of hla own pari in the affair. About 2 o'clock ahe called for me In a eitmmttg rr wtth coupe -twwtyr and we had a ovel ride and chat. Then we went to a quaint tearoom for tea and cukes. IV-fore she dropped me at the hotel we had arranged a day to lunch and shop together, and ahe had auggeated a dinner at her home. BURNS MAYSON TELEPHONES. When 1 reached the hotel Clifford had teen In, hut had gone out a a in He left a note on the bureau say Ins; he would im hack for dinner. I dred carafully, then sat down to wait The clock struck 7, half pant, then s, still he had not come, nor telephoned. I 1 was awfully dlapKtnted I loved to dine while tha orchestra w;is playing, ami they stopped at 9 o'clock. Altout half pnsi the telephone rang and Mr Mayaou asked for Clifford. "He hasn't coma In yet," I told him. 'To oti care (o leave any meaaaae?" 1 "No - never mind It's nothing Important Import-ant But have nu dined yet? "Oh, no! I am waiting for him!" I anawerf-d. "Well, don't int any longer' Come down and have dinner wtth me." ' "Thank you, but I will wait for Mr. 1 Hammond. And although he urged me, 1 persisted In my reaolve to wait. ; ALMOST A QUARREL. I About f O'clock Clifford came In ! "Why In -the world didn't you go down 1 and eat your dinner?" he aked Impa- i tiently, when I told him I had eaten noth- 1 m-. but had waited for him. "1 had my , dinner long ago." "Hut you su id In your note that you would be back to dinner," I replied. "What If I did? You know- i am here on bnlnesa and should know enough to eat your dinner, if I am not here at a decent hour." "But I kept thinking you would come. Mr. May eon called up and when he found you were not In he asked ine to dine with him. but I refused." I explained all this to Clifford, thinking my refuml to dine with. Mr. Miiyxon would prove how sure I wan that he would he hack In time to dine with me. "What time did Mayaon call up?" he demanded, scowling. , "About half past ft " "What In the world did you refuse for? Haven't 1 impressed It upon you how neceattary he la to me, and how careful ; you must be to help me with hi in'.' I think that nf all the stupid women I have ever met you are the stupidest'" and he yanked the receiver off I he hook. "Hello! (Jive me room 202!" .he snapped when the FVoy anawered. i . He waited a moment, then a he received re-ceived no answer, hung up and turned to me. "The next time May son a.s you to do anything, you do It !' he almost growled, then took hla pper and settled himself to read. Tomorrow A Lonely tf7p7er, " fCopvrlght by Onrge Mwlthcw .VLnns )' II BT HUSBAHD AHDI I B Y JANE PHELPS II (Continued from yaaterday ) CHAPTKR LXXIX. ulnM Vrau fMaur. "Mayaon ha aakail ua out tn the rluh by hla eipreaaion that ha waa pleaaed wlih me becaue w had left them, and "o (Ivan him hla chance. But Mr. May-on May-on rhlded ua Boon our b..n, and pre-tendM pre-tendM to be Inconsolable About II oVIfK-l, Mr crM, ,,n, to dinner," Clifford remarked the next mernlng at breakfast. It waa very late the night before when he came in. and f had pretended to he aaleep. "That will b nice," I anawered I realised that my tone wa rather forced In spile of gn effort to act natural, 1 had been hurt because Clifford had left me alone an late-, and naturally wondered with whom ha had been. "Ha that motor coat come yet?" he aaked. There had been aome trifling alterations al-terations to the coat and it had only been delivered late the day before. "Yes, it came last night." "Thst'a good' 1st It all right?" "It's perfec - "I expect we will have a fine dinner and a pleaaant evening, but remember, '.his Is a buslnesa trip, and If I can eet May eon to talking, be careful you do not Interrupt." "Why, t never do" 1 exclaimed. "But I have noticed he doesn't aeem very keen to talk business when he's with us." "Well, he haa lot to tonight! And :f trunt you do not distract hla attention after you see ma commence to talk." "I aurely shall not:' I replied, and Clifford Clif-ford rose from tha table after cautioning ma to ba all ready by 6 o'clock. ON TH WAY. ' T It wait a delightful ride out to the club. Aa 1 leaned back In the luxlirloua limousine limou-sine and listened te Clifford and Mr. May- i aon talk not buainesn, but of aporta. , motorcars, etc., I fell very comfortable . and happy: I eald Very little, and they both rallied me on my taciturnity. "f am altogether too comfortable to talk." 1 declared. . "And you make auch t charming picture pic-ture tn inHt'roee colored cnnl. you ought not to be. expected to." Mr. Mayaon re-: Joined. "It is rathe- fetrhlng agninet fhe gray of the car." -Clifford added "it re brand new.' Mr. Hammond bought it for ma the other day, and this la the ft rat time I have worn It. on't you think he ha good . taate?" I aaked Mr. Mayaon. y 1 "He certainly has In other thlnga as well aa 4n coats," he replied, wtth a, meaning glance which brought tha color; flaming In my cheeke To my relief we juat than drove up to the entrance of the club, ao 1 waa not obliged to notice his remark. THI COUNTRY pLUfi. 1 waa delighted wtth the club It was beautifully appointed, and the service excellent. ex-cellent. We had a wonderful dinner, evidently ordered before our arrival, and met severaj people, friends of Mr. May-aoa. May-aoa. onewouple we met I particularly liked s- a Mr. and Mr. Curt la. He waa a burly. bur-ly. ruff aort nf a man, but ao good na-lured. na-lured. And hi;' wife w.ta-so. Mweet, ao dainty, one could not "hut wonder in spite nf liking -him what brought them together. After we finished our coffee Mra. Curtis Cur-tis aaked me If I wouldn't like to see the rooms In the club eet apart for the ladies. 8o we excused ouraelvea and chatted. In, the qualnteat little room, for nearly an hour, Mra. Curtis aaked ma tn drive and take tea with her the next afternoon, and I gladly accepted tha Invitation. When we returned to. the table fhe cenllemen were talking moat animatedly, and I could easily sea that Clifford had had hie way. and that the huff, nee he was so anxloua to discu with Burn Mnnnn v.a their subject knew, too. |