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Show CJ AxnrnKA.iT orcw of rnm$rvc , .1 ) TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN M-tV. HARRY ELLINQTON AND MR, ' WALTER 1URKE. ( To thla Mr. Klllnstonr "Taa- ) . "9y,- that wn a funny confro-taanpa confro-taanpa yeaterday, but you noadn't worry about It, dear. It ought to mnka you aaw that "what' aauca for tba looaa la aauca for th fandar.' "By th way. what waa th mat-tar mat-tar with you yeatarday befor your huabaad cama InT 1 havan't dona anythlr. to mak you angry. bv 17" "Not In th laaat, Harry, but your comlna;. Into tha taa room confirmed m In my dcclalon that thlnga bara baen going too faat with ua. I am going to call a halt. "I hara taJcen a great fancy to Mra. Prescott. Walt. I found yeaterday yea-terday (hat I had mora fun ahop-plng ahop-plng with her than 1 have ever had talking foollah noneenae wllhjrou. nd T flo not Intend to "have our frlendahlp hurt by any foollahneaa on my part." ' "I thought you told m. Ruth, that you war not prude." j. ' tatloa waa perfectly harm leaa, but you gave It th appearance of premeditated pre-meditated miechtef. I gua I'm vain. I want tb little foollah thing that Biak up happineaa. Lealle Preacott hit th nail on th head yeaterday when ana aald: 'All women wom-en want little klaaea. email careaeae, tiny blta of loving flattery, little children and few frienda.' " "Don't you know, aiy dear Ruth, thai you ara th kind of woman who will never get anything littler You have a kind of magnetlam or faacinatlon that aom women bare for all men. A man atarta In to flatter you a llttla, but either con-acioualy con-acioualy or unconaoloualy you egg him on." "I wlah that were true. Walt- I wlah I couUI do that - to my own huaband." K "Do you vr try?" . "lan't that rather brutal. Walt?" "No, It lan't, - Ruth, for after yeaterday I have found out the rea-eon rea-eon why youfa and Harry' mar-ilag mar-ilag in ma-a-Tntitalte. ICS man really knowa juat what he wanta. Alwaya eome woman muat ahow him. Harry haa that age-old tra- dltlon aet ill In hla rein that hi V wlf muat b vomethlng too good for human nature'a daily food. It'a up to you, Ruth, to mak hlra think that you ar not." "And you don't think an. Walt?" "Certainly not. I would not hav hung around you as long aa I hava If I had thought that." f "Then It tajfoodby," Walt," f, Ther"waa a click at the other end of the wire. Ruth Ellington emlled aa ah, too, hung up. (Continued tomorrow.) 1 "I am not. but I ao ear very much for what people aay of me, even though I know I am In th right. I don't believe tfier I a woman living who doea not hava regard for what people will ay unleea aha ha oompletely lost her own self reepect." "Thar you g again, Ruth. I thought you war a new woman." "I am, but yeaterday, you ahowed me that va you want your women to be above reproach In the mind and speech of people. Tou wlah us to be th most circumspect of being be-ing with everyone but youraelf and yet vou will not protect ue against youraelf, Any woman with the -lightest Intuition would hav known yesterday that you had been making lov to m. I did not Ilk " '1 only wanted to make you happy. Rut hie." , , . "And you have aucceeded. Walt, In making ma quite unhappy. You knnw. Uj,"j1ii mm oy"-- |