Show cupid a winner 4 against odds 1 t by DUFORD JENNE J MK DEARBORN looked soberly at the handsome aristocratic face across his desk my boy this Is pretty serious news it will come close to breaking dots heart since conr engagement she has been happier than I 1 have ever known her to be before you see she has no memory of her mother so she has confided la me and I 1 know bow she feels and now you want to break the engagement he added ly 1 I know mr dearborn the younger man bald a bit impatiently how ou feel and I 1 am sorry but surely aou would not want to have me go on with this dorothy Is a lovely girl and and 1 thought I 1 was in love with her but I 1 find out not dearborn nodded io you are right bradford I 1 suppose only I 1 vell neer mind I 1 merely want to save hr as much suffering as 1 can ue sat in thought a moment then he turned I 1 am going to ak one thing give her a week of grace do not say anything to her for that time will you bradford s carefully groomed eyebrows lifted certainly III agree to that the next daiy diy manager of a dhillon of dearborne Dear borns business read a letter from his chief in the northern noi thern state whistled and read it again then he called aa his secretary miss you have been with me tor years but heres the toughest assignment I 1 ever gave you he said smiling and he went on to explain that she was to choose for him the young man on the staff of the division who could be called handsome cultured and the possessor of a high character and pleasant disposition he told her enst enough to aid her and she went out on her errand the scotchman leaned back and read the letter again the old man Is playing a wild scheme it seems to me but I 1 suppose things look so bad to him that he Is willing to try it the next afternoon dearborn looked ip trosa the card his secretary had brought him and started a bit in front of him stood six solid feet of manhood won dearborn was not the graceful evident strength ot the man nor the thick tawny hair but the dark eyes they were cheery good natured and gave ample proof ot an inner kindliness after the usual introductory words dearborn explained that be as in need of an assistant and that he had asked mcmurray to send him a candidate and he added lt you like the work air lane you will have a permanent staff position after closing hours dearborn drove laue home on the way they chatted dearborn in handling meu drawing him out and the boy won him As they stood in the hall of his home dearborn called to dorothy down the stairs she came a slim figure in a white dress she paused suddenly bhe saw the tall young man beside her father that night dearborn stood at hla bedroom window looking out into the moon washed adens here he had once walked with someone he loved to save that happy heart la worth any price he vowed to himself the hours in the executive were short and lane tended strictly to business then he vanished and dearborn home found that dor had vanished too then they would come in and there was gay and happy talk of golf and tennis swimming and auto trips friday the crisis came first lane opened his heart and with direct speech as was his way told dearborn that he had come to lovo dorothy but that she was pledged to another dearborne Dear borns old heart skipped a beat he put one band on the others shoulder my boy I 1 know enough of men to know what you are dot Is yours it you want her 1 lanes sheer happiness at the words left dearborn a bit awed he hurried home the house was silent but one of the maids told him dot was in her room ue went softly upstairs pausing in front of her door A sound reached him that shook him dorothy sobbing lie opened the door she lay huddled in a little heap but turned as he spoke her name tenderly oh dad stuart told told me that he was going to ask you and I 1 am engaged to vincent I 1 think yon know I 1 wag just happy with stuart and vincent had been so strange last week I 1 dont know what to do I 1 sat down and gathered her in his anus do you really loe stuart oh I 1 dol it was a breath hardly spoken words then he Is coming tonight and I 1 am going to the club ho said gently forget lucent your happiness Is at stake she was quiet with her own dreams dearborn smiled content with his thoughts ilia scheme of haung mcmurray send the pick of his stal of young men had worked lie d surprise tho canny scot with a raise ta salary next month |