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Show lis i ia maawa -ti ir- " " '-- flEZi CHAPTER 37. Btty, I demanded as Boon aa I'd taken off my coat and had hung my hat, "what was Archie ; rover doinf ''" her agalnr "Araln? aha looked aft mm In aur-prta. aur-prta. "Tea, again. Juat now! Don't pre tend you're amaed.' I waa dolna; my heat to control itiyaelf, but I couldn't fight down the rialng note of Irrita- lion that came into my voice aa I added. That waa Archie Cover I Juat m hw leaving here, waan't II?" Betty threw her head up aharply; "Yea. what of It? ! What of Itr I cried, her coolneaa maddening ma ao that my voice heyond Control th1a time. "Wtmt waa firover doing here aain tonight?" Then, aa ahe didn't answer. -r do you mean to tell me that Cover' beer, here ever prre la f -.night V Betty's face went while and 1 j vaguely felt that I'd gone too far j "1 11 hot anawer that-i-that I'll tell 1 you nothing," ahe flashed hack at me. I "nothing aa long as you talk to me j like this." i I ahould have heeded the warning note In Hetty's voice, but my anger got j the heiter of me. i "You're evading the question." I re- I torted. "I'm asking you wtmt that anivellng nup, Archie Cover, was do- 1 ing here" ! "Now. children, you miisn't quarrel about that,'" a eoothlng voice hmke in on my tirade, and I glanced up lo face Mrs. Hay. who had entered unnottced She waa alandlng in the doorway. hr kindly old fare miling at me. and 1 ! hit my lip that Id permitted Hetty's ! mother to witness such an outburst I j on my part, ".lack." she said. you mustn't blame Betty for that Cover boy s being here wH nlpM Thatwa my doing " |