Show R YES 1 L' L 1929 1929 is NEA SERVICE S THIS Tills s ir n SED When Nan an private s s cr tary to Attorney John Curtis Morgan discovers dis- dis covers coders she li is in love lovo with Morgan she determines to re resign Sh She temporarily postpones her Ier resignation however be be- caus causo she he believes Morgan lorcan Is going to need her ler more than ever In lathe the coming defense of ct Bert Crawford a I supposed friend ho who Is Indicted for embezzlement embezzle ment Nan Tan distrusts Crawford and Iris Morgan Mor organ or- or gan can the wife of of- of the lawyer Crawford and Roy Hoy Bland tr treasurer are accused of stealing funds derived from froma a a. whirlwind stoCk stock selling sallies scheme In Intended Intended In In- tended to finance a a. packing plant Morgan has Implicit faith In Crawford but Nan Is suspicious loul and by means of ofa n I listening listening- In device manages to hear a a. conver conversation atlon between Crawford and t his hla switchboard operator Alice Allee Belton Delton which takes tales place la In Morgan Morgans s private office oW-ce Crawford bribes the girl to forget forget forget for for- get that he talked with the cashier ot ci the bank approving the he check youn I Bland cashed just before his disappearance Nan transcribes the notes sh she ahe took while listening In tn- tn secretes two copies In her desk deskS and tucks one ODe folded copy Into the pocket of her skirt When Morgan arrives Nan Nan accompanies him Into the private of office nee where Crawford Crawford Crawford Craw Craw- ford Alice Allee and lf Morgan ao fro go over Alices Alice's s testimony Morgan Is delighted that Crawford has such each a splendid witness Alice Allee unwittingly tells that Blands Bland's B fiancee nancee Gladys Giadys Payne rayne secretary In Crawford Crawfords s office told her Crawford had sent Bland to South America Craw fold insists this Is Ss another evidence of ot Bland s clever planning Nan asks to see sec Crawford alone She he confronts him with the transcription of his hili conversation conversation conversa conversa- tion with Alice tU iii promise not to this to Morgan on one condition she tells teu the shrinking Crawford xO co GO o ON WITH Till TIlES STORY CHAPTER XI XI The condition Nan Can oil be began gan gall slowly is Is th that t j yoU o ou give e Iris A AIrIs Morgan lorgan up up Iris Morgan Crawford repeated the name violently but in his vIolence violence vio yb- lence th there re was reU relief f as as wei wel as as an anger n- n ser gel D Do you mean to insinuate InsinUate- Im I'm not insinuating Nan an corre corre corrected cor cor- re ted him implacably I 11 hav have as Incontestable proof of ot our relations with Mrs 1 Morgan as I 1 have of your joui Witness s fixing And the only price for foi my silence in both instances is s that that illicit relationship shall be terminated this moment If If you know Imo so damned much wl why y haven't havert you t tattled to Morgan Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- gan gan Crawford snarled 4 Because I am an friend and hive have ifs his happiness at lit heart Nan Kan an answered evenly He loves hi his wife Knowing v what hat I know about you and Iris Morgan would wreck wieck his life lIfe lIfe- That being the case Crawford caught her up triumphantly you you arent aren't In a a. a position to make me mekee kee keep any promise I might make you you You lou interrupt I had finished Nan Tan told him m sharplY If Iro jou go tm Iris Ins the two t of you will wreck rE Ic his Jils life anyway If Jl you jou don t give me I jour pro promise now to have no nothing more to do with Iris Ins Morgan Ill I'll place all evidence I have ha against you both in iu hH connection connection connection con con- with this tins case and as s re regards regards re- re gards his wife vICe ife in lit Mr 1 Morgans Morgan s shands hands tonight H He w ill your case out of his office and when he does so you yo will stand convi convicted ted in iii inthe the opinion of if the public which hicl In ih Includes eludes the jury you jou ou know for everyone knows that John Jonn Curtis Curtis' l Morgan an refuses to defend anyone of whose innocence he be is not thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- convinced God he lie choked flinging up an arm to hide his convulsed d face Well and Well and if I promise If U promise to leave Iris Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- gan alone and hd keep your jour oui word v rd Ill I'll perform my duties sas as as Mr Morgans Morgan's s secretary to th the best st of m my a Nah Nan said I grimly r Of Of course she added you will not be so foolish as to try to fix another r witness Why should I Crawford blustered blustered blus blus- luster lus- lus ter d. d color coming slowly b back ck into h his s' s cheeks Im innocent I tell you you you- Y You u needn't bother Nan interi interrupted interrupted inter inter- i coldly Im I'm waiting for your our promise and arid that tha j is that you will not again make love loveto loveto to Iris Morgan that you will have no morn more clandestine meetings with her that j yot ou will not Snot communicate communicate- with witla her by lett letter r or telephone telephone- Hold on on Crawford growled How am I going to let her hec know that Its It's all off oft between bet us if Im I'm not to telephone or 01 write her I L 1 was going to s say y with the of telephone call calf in which to make it quite clear to her that you find it expedient to drop the affair You can t t tell lt her her anti and truthfully that that that someone Y kno knoW kno all all' and that it would be fatal to your chances ot of being acquitted to togo togo togo go goon on with the relationship rela Make the call from froma a pay station and be sure sure that you jou you ar ate are e not not overheard ard You think of ot every little thing dont don't t you vou you Crawford sneered But what has me stumped Is is' why youre you're going to all aU this this' trouble to save Morgans Morgan's wife for him when youre you're in in inlove love with him y yourself Nans Nan's st steady ady brown eyes ejes did not riot flicker ker but her lips were white as she said still in th that t deadly quiet voice I h haven't v nt received yo your r promise yet Mr Crawford 1 Of Ol course I promise Crawford flung at her bitterly What else have you left me to do Give me a Bible and Ill I'll swear on it If it you 0 like hikel Ill have ways of knowing if it you fall fail to keep your promise Nan said Ignoring his last Words Goodnight Goodnight Good night Mr Ci aw ford Listen Nan Crawford begged suddenly humble I know Morgan Morsan sets a lot hot of ot store on your jour opinion and help in working up his cases You wont won't work against me with vulli him will ivill you jou Nan busy with papers on lor lorgan's or organs organ's organs organ's or- or gans gan's desk did not look lookup up tip I I 1 am amnot amnot amnot not working for the prosecution Mr Crawford but for Mr l Morgan who is unfortunately the attorney for the defense in this case I shall continue to try to earn my salary By heaven youre you're a cold blooded little devil Crawford snapped but buthe buthe buthe he walked almost jauntily to the thedoOr thedoor thedoor door that led into the outer office S C S During the the- next two weeks which h ended In the opening of tho the trial of Herbert S S. Crawford on the charge of embezzling funds of the MidWest MidWest Mid Mid- West Vest Packing company of which he was president Nan Carroll had good reason t to believe that Crawford Crawford Crawford Craw Craw- ford was wad va keeping the promise she had wrung from him Morgan himself him I self t told ld her that Crawford had shown the good sense to discontinue his friendly visits to the homo home of his counsel counsel lest reporters comm com com- m ment nt too suggestively on the in intimacy intimacy In- In cy of the accused and his lawyer lawyer lawyer law law- yer a and d' d Iris Tris Morg Morgans Morgan's ns n's discontented discontent discontent- ed ed restless unhappy face when she brought its loveliness to her husband husbands husband's husbands husband's hus hus- bands band's s office spoke e more loudly than any words of Crawfords Crawford's could h have ve done 5 5 5 When C and Iris met In Inthe tie the lawyers lawyer's office no io one but Nan could I have detected the strain and of theil their m bu but t th tIe the pain an and l hunger in Iris' Iris blue blue- gre green gren n. n eyes when they deVoured the lond handsomeness o of her erstwhile erstwhile erstwhile erst erst- while lover convinced ed Nan Tah ah that Crawford was k kepi keeping his promise In spIte of her hel contempt for fOl I Iris ls I Nan was sometimes moved to pity for the woman who was obviously so so much much- in love lo with a nian man she could not have Were Verc sisters under the skin In that respect at least Nan Nii admitted with bitter humor When at last on Monday December De- De cember 19 tho tim case was formally opened in Judge Haswell's court Iris Morgan sat in iii a reserved seat in the first row immediately ly b behind those chairs that uv were v r traditionallY sacred to reporters and feature writers She had wanted to sit at atthe atthe atthe the counsel table beside side the defendant de dc de defendant but Crawford himself had cautioned her that it would not riot be De wise and Morgan had hind gratefully seconded him Nan k knew khew ew that Iris stayed at the c courthouse the whole dreary first d day y sitting through tho the slow proc process pro pro- c cess ss of Impaneling a jut jur jur for she accompanied her husband to his of offIce office of- of fice flee after atter court had adjo adjourned I I b believe hieye Ill IU attend the trial ev every ery da day daj Nan an she said moving restlessly about the outer office while hile her husband was engaged Ina in ina ina a confidential telephone call in his private office f J i really think t I should know more about Jacks Jack's work and this is is' such a good timeto time to begin on on a case se in which I have hava havea a friendly personal interest you know not know not some horrid bloody murder trial It was really quite interesting The judge is an old dear lIe He had the press sai lie he pliers sn snail p us sure this pl picture ture pe be wanted to O ot course would the And ob b by the ho was jolting Sun Morning the l ng way nn artist h hm m hot of to I pegged sketched o me insisted insisted- but he the trial going attending with ou Christmas interfere to t d. d going goinS shopping Nan suggested lier ber typing with on ago s that ng ag I finished Oh 01 My packages his Ilis answered vered ed and anel s ed I 1 Ido aU all wrap are arc Jack gift hike your do hope you'll this it to tome me sele selecting ting of left the do b because cause o of the trial I 1 year vear put the to have ought think they INe Years Year's until nUl acter case over nice ice have had a could Bert so poor But the jury will m give Christmas Sm present sent of best Christmas pro him the tile dOesn't Brainerd that awful all if time that the thease take UP so 50 much until to so go over will hav next case ase week ll Jack says the defense two wont won't take more than probably it ahi 1 be e days Oh I hope promised Saturday Berts Bert's over to play by Santa Claus for CUI CUrt but only if the tri trial l is finished Nan Kan made no attempt to to answer her the lump in for 01 or to comment tl ti to permit throat was t too o large cur Cur Cur- words to pass Iris not John Jphn Us Morgan had selected her hei gift time before at Christmas Ahia Always s Morgan l had bought and presented her gift personally and now now t that ai aishe she Knew m mV V ved him her hungry heart had fed f d upon the certainty of receiving another proof that he he held her dear dear as a friend studied her he tastes and wishes to give her pleasure And now probably now probably Iris had bou bought ht her a bottle of ot toilet water or perfume perfume and she neVer nver used th the stuff stuffS j I S S I During th the next few few years h however however how how- Wever W- W ever she had little time to think of f fI i Christma Christmas for the Crawford trial I was hurtling on toward a climax v. to the of Alice Belton Belton and hi his own thorough In In- i a as de dT counsel had suffered few shoe sho surprise as District A Attorneys erd presented his case tl tp th j jand A and jury jur It was unquestionably tion fy a at af case depending largely largey U On unsupported testimony of iGI G Payne who claimed that Crac Cra had Instituted and finane financed n dl Blands Bland's s 's sudden d departure 1 arture fo fOiS foSs America and that Bl Bland nd had hack her that he lie hind had drawn ch checks against the bank the W West Mid st Packing Crawfords Crawford's older order and had ti tu the cash over to Crawford Craword i a aOn On cro examination cross s lon Jc ICi had so nullified Cashier W testimony concerning his nl li telephone conversation c ford In which Crawford was wa was posed to have given his oj Ol the last check for tha porters and feature writers freely predicting a quick via In tion for forthe the defendant w Ev Even n Nan was shaken n bi inh Hc belief that Crawford guilty A mars man flight b be aV drel and nd a wife wiCe steal stealer r anc d draw the line at embezzling ater a ter ter of a It million dollars fro fre from company he lie had org organized then at the tile hour tour Fate at II so strange and Ironic an that even that hardened hardene O l dan must have chuc chuckled led put elusive proof of Crawford f finto into tl tl the hands lands of ot the secreta the man who was d defending the man who had st staked his p pr t honor on the Innocenc nc his hIs' friend To Be Be- Cont Continued |