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Show i I EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS. CASTLE DALE. UTAH 10 minutes all." said Doris, "1 am asking for In struct ion." "In a moment" retorted Mr. Colby, "you'll be telling me that you believe In trial marriage." THtris tnsidered a moment. "I am uot at all sure." she said, "that trial marriage might not be a very good thing." "llui," her father laughed, "so that's the Idea. Go to the shop, order a husband, have blui seui home on approval." "Well." said Doris, "anyhow, li could be made to work both ways I' would be as fair for oue as for an other." "I tell you, Doris, why don't yoa take a week' off and reconstruct society while you're about It? There are quite a few little mutters of this sort thai need atteudiug to. You mlubt begin Monday morning, say, and oar moiiize all conflicting divorce laws ol our forty-ninstates, "whose present contradictions are tilling our insane asylums with the unfortunate lawyer who have to struggle wltb them." "The trouble with you," said Doris, "is that you have a lawyer's mind. You think because a thing has been legislated by a lot of morons called congressmen, It thereupon becomes sacred. If had my way, 1 would empty all the jails of the minor criminals who are there at present, and fill them up with congressmen." "My child." said Mr. Colby, with a grin, "you really have the makings of a constructive statesman. And as for the Constitution and the Statutes?" "1 would substitute the Ten Com niandments." "You make me dizzy," complained papa. "In one Instant you can leap from the Bolshevism of 11)24 to the conservatism of three thousand years before Christ I Twas ever thus. I can easily remember the time when a fellow who advocated an income tax was rated as a dangerous chap who would bomb the city ball or shoot the mayor If he weren't watched. And look at us now! The radicals of today are the conservatives of tomorrow." "What's all this got to do with my. marriage?" demanded Doris. "You'll find, my dear, that the Income tax has a very strong bearing upon the subject of marriage." "Maybe so, but bow Is that going to help me about these two men?" "Ho, bo," cried ber father, "so this is really a personal matter and not an academic discussion?" "Well, and if It la,?" she said. "Now give ear, my child. Doubtless am a good deal of an ass In many ways " "You're the cleverest man I know." she Interrupted." "Everybody's an ass In some way," he answered. "But one form of usinin-ItI am certainly going to steer clear of and the particular form of bone headedness which I have made up my mind to dodge Is Interference In my daughter's love affair within reason, of course. If I happen to know that my child Is becoming sentimentally Interested in a scoundrel or a fool I'm going to tell her so, and give her the sources of my Information. Also if she asks my opinion in any definite case she shall have It Aside from that she may marry the Ice man If she likes, and my blessing shall he hers." Doris was silent for a moment. With the tail of her eye she followed the quiet movements of the ancient butler as he placed the coffee urn before her and left the room. As the door closed behind him she said : "But I am asking your opinion. There was never any need before. I never had the least Intention of marrying anv of the rest of them." "Rut now It's different, eh. my dear?" "Yes," she said, "now It Is very dif- ' THE DOU BLE CRO By A. E. THOMAS Copyright. Br Dodd. Mead and Compinv. W. N. U. Service Well, you won't get "Nor THE STORY Stanley, wealthy jlm young Vork business man, unable to to concentrate in bis dictation his desk audiphone, baa the taken to bis home. IntendiRol-ling to finish his work there. mi-Thi- ne n waterman, his business part-ne-inr and closest friend, comes Both men are avowedly In love with Doris Colby Stanley they toss a coin to determine which of them shall, that evening, first ask her to marry him Waterman wins. pro-nos- Continued CHAPTER II 2 shouldn't call it that" not, but anybody "perhaps "1 else would." "Look here, Roily," she retorted "all I ask s that you shall make good You can't do your promises that and marry Doris Colby, or any other woman. If you don't make good I must protect myself In the only way If you call that blackmail, I can. don't Anyhow, mats wnat I mean to me. 1 to do." "And you think she will word against mine?" take your "I'm sure of it." There was conviction In her voice but he only answered: "Try It" The girl sat down and crossed her knees comfortably. the tip of a patent She contemplated leather shoe reflect- ively, before she continued : "Your memory isn't very good, Is It, dear?" "How's that?" be said. "It's true," she went on, "you have written me no letters lately, but at first you were not so cautious." "And you have kept them? You designing little brute I" "Yes," she murmured. "Disgusting, isn't it? Such bad taste. Bow It must offend such a fastidious soul as Roily yours." Now. Waterman was oo fool. knew lien he was beaten, and He the tiinteiitrated bitterness in the girl's voice convinced him of his defeat Hp trimmed his sails. "You don't know Doris Colby very well, I think." he said with a touch of Irony. "1 fancy your psychology is hit behind the times. Doris Is riim linctly up to date. Don't Imagine she expects her future husband to be an mifiel of light with downy, spotless She knows her way about wings. She knows thai men are tlesh and hlnod, and It's been a long time since she believed thai Santa Clans came down the chimney." "Thai may he," responded Nina, lit tie daunted, "but I Imagine that n. girl about to make a marriage would relish a breach f promise scandal which she could read on the way to the altar of St first-clas- first-pag- e liartholotnew's." Waterman considered He again. altogether unprepared for this development. Indeed he bad prepared a definite defense against It Now he fired the opening gun of that defense It would be unfair to him to say thar lie embarked upon this course with out regret, but In view of all the clr cuiustances surrounding his present position he felt driven to It "All right then," be said, "let's come to business." "1 mean to," said Nina, In a tone that left no doubt of her intentioa "!" to Miss OoUy." said Water-""in- . "and tell her your sad. sad was uot -- story." "I mean to." she said again. Waterman sat on the corner ol Stanley's desk, groped for support behind him with one band among the htter of papers upon the blotting pad continued: "Good, don't leave out harrowing details, put them all mental anguish and everything I'ont leave ou, anything tht will wring her tender heart with pity and s'tr her to anger against the wretch has mistreated you. Go ahead. r1' It in. pile tt on. CO AS fur no. vnn ami any like." Nina sniffed. "Don't worry about "mt; I'll attend to the details." I "Splendid, splendid I Have only " slight suggestion to, make as to the construction of your'scennrlo." "And what's that?" "I don't like the name of your lain." 'You ought to, vil- it's yonr own." s, that's the point" "Winn are you . getting at? "1 suggest that you strike out the name of Koilin Waterman, and substitute the name of James Stanley." "What?" precisely." "You want me to tell ' Miss Colby ?L !t 18 stanley, and not you?" "Exactly." kina had been startled to ber feet this unexpected turn. Now she sat awn again suddenly. "Well," she all. a little breathlessly, "of all Perhaps yon will tell me why earth I should do that?" "''I tell you wltb pleasure," said atunley's friend. -- Becanse you're a nusiuesg woman. Look here now If you tell Doris Colby the truth, you'll Bet nothing but rivenge on me." expect to get something for not tel""S ber the truth." d It" "No. because 1 haven't got It." She opened ber mouth to speak, but he hurried on : "No. listen-I- 'ra Mew BU, Inc. prac tlcally down and out" "You're a member of this firm." she retorted. Nominally," he admitted, "but my Interest Is so small It barely gives me a decent living. Stanley owns the works he's the lad with the money always has been. What's worse. I owe everybody In the world I'm short a lot of stocks In 8 bull market I'll be wiped out tomorrow If the rise goes ou. In short. I'm all In. Only one thing can save me marriage to a rich woman Well. Doris Colby Is that a very rich woman Now. you stick by me and I'll stick hy von " Nina sat a moment In somber reflec Hon. At length she said, "1 can't trust you." Waterman went on swiftly. It was clear that he thought the battle half won. "You wouldn't have to," he said 'I've got to make good with you If 1 don't, vou can queer me with Miss Colby at any time, either before or after our marriage. You're sitting very pretty, I'd say VVhy, If you come in on this, and we get away with It. you needn't do another stroke of work s long as you live." He waited, but still she said notb Ing. "Why," he went on, "be reasonable, look the facts In the face. As things are now," The door Into the outer office opened abruptly, to admit Wilson. "Oh." be said, "be pardon. Didn't know there was anybody here." and went out again.. Neither of the pair paid the slightest attention to hira. "Weil." said Waterman, "yes or no?" The girl turned her black eyes upon the man. "But mind." she threatened, "if I go through with this you'd better go straight witb me. If you don't, look out" with "My dear girl," he a laugh, "I've got to. as far as I can see. It's painful, but I don't see any way out of it." "Gee I Uolly," she said, and he could hear the clash of her white teeth as she ground them, "what a rotten egg you are. And to think there was a time when I loved you." "Weil." he Jeered, "we all make O'est la vie. these little mistakes. And now, I would very much appreciate a hint of what you mean to do. a hi iff that could reach me before 1 go to see Miss Colby. I am dining at the Strollers' club. Will you telephone me there?" "No," ehe said briskly. "But consider" "I have considered; I am considerI ing. But I will not tell you what mean to do before I've done It One thing you'll know before you get there, and that Is thai I've been there before you." "But Nina," be said, "you can't mean You can't leave me in complete Ignorance of what you're going tp do I" "I can, and I shall." said she, and with that she was gone, swiftly ami silently, as she had come. 'five minutes later, twenty storie below, at the bottom of the roaring can called Broadway, Waterman yon stepied Into a taxi. "The Strollers club," said he, "and stop at Thorley's." that CHAPTER III "Doris," said her fattier, "why the deuce dou'i you get married?" "Want to get rid of me?" she asked "Not exactly." he answered, with a " twinkle in his eye. "1 Jusl wondered. fatuille. en That Doris was dlniug is to say witb her papa, since, bar ring a few female cousins, he was till the family she had They dined to get her, strictly together, al home, every Saturday evening, from Uctohei one oi uujll May. unless, of course, both of them was In the South or abroad. It was a custom they had adopted the year that Doris "came out" for they found that otherwise so full and they scarcely met at all. busy were their lives. To a quite uncommon degree, Dort was ber father's child, and be was famous for that quality to an extent uueqnaled by any lawyer of his gen eration. was un Again, like ber father, Doris Hit To say looking. commonly good least she could be contemplated en an ex tirely without pain. She was cellent example of that Nordic type Is fast which, so the scientists tell us. Atueri North our from disappearing can civilization that Is to pay. she Her eyes was an absolute blond. were thi color of I'arma violets. Her hair was bright and sunny, her figure tail and slim, and the corners of ber mouth, as Barrie says, were full ol thimbles. Since her mother's death six yearr before, she had lived alone with her father In the big house on the Avenue which had been built by her grandfather when the railroad to ascend kings were lurf beginning ihe thrones. "Well, dad. I'll tell yu ,,0ut that," said Doris. "1 expect to get married, out I m In no hurry." "So I observe," said Mr. Colby "Let me see. In the course of the last two years there has been quite a receding procession of aspiring gentle men upon whom you have conferred the Order of the Grand Bounce. For awhile 1 was worried about that Russian opera singer." "You needn't have been," she laughed, "didn't you notice his waist line?" "And there was that young scuptor what's his name? Gordon," con tin ued Mr. Colby. "For a time 1 was sure he was going to charm you olT your perch." "He was charming," the girl ad tnltted. "but I should always have been playing second fiddle to some mass ol wet clay or other. Artists are delight ful, but In domestic life they are often distrait" "Ah, well," sighed her father. "I'm afraid I'm provincial. I hope It will be an American." "It will." eaid Doris. "In the meantime," pursued her parent "we haven't got any neighbors. They've all chucked up houses and have taken to apartments; and, If It comes to that this great caravanserai that we live In Is rather absurd for one old man and his little girl. What do you say? Shall we give It up and go over to Park avenue?" "1 think," said Doris demurely, with her eyes upon her plate, "that If I were you I wouldn't make any definite plans at present" "Urn," be grunted, "and what do you mean by that?" "Nothing," she said lightly. "Fudge I" paid her jfapa. "Don't try to spoof me. You never say anything that means nothing." But Doris made no reply. Mr, Colby dropped the subject. "Lordl The changes I've seen in this town. There was a time 1 couldn't walk a block on Fifth avenue without seeing a dozen people I knew, all of them Nowadays, when I go out for a stroll, I feel positively conspicuous." "1 suppose, papa," said Doris, "that you wish I bad been a boy." "1 do not" he answered promptly "I wouldn't and with conviction. change a hair of your head for anything on earth. But If you ask me if I wish you had a brother, I will sa.v yes, of course. For I am the last man of the Colby tribe." "You speak," said Doris gently, "a. if you were a hundred and. ten. You last week." were forty-nin- e Her father grinned. "1 get your point," he said, "but we were spe.ik lug of your marriage, not of mine." "Papa," said Doris, and ber vol-took on a different note, "do you think a girl can love two men at the same time?" 'God bless us," groaned her father "what should I know of what the fe male heart is capable. There's no limit to Its possibilities, 1 suppose. But if you must have an answer, I should say that to me tt seems extremely un likely." "I don't see why not," said Doris rebelliously. "1 don't see why you should assume that every woman Is so constructed that all the needs' of her nature can be met and satisfied completely by one masculine human being." "What's this? What's this?" said Mr. Colby. "Are you announcing the opinon that a woman should he en titled to two husbands at the same time?" "I'm not announcing any opinion at Anglo-Saxon- e aao- - film-- e Remember all the things people used to do for headaches? Today, the accepted treatment is Bayer Aspirin. It gets action t Quick, complete relief and no harm done. No after effects; no effect on the heart; nothing in a Bayer tablet could hurt anyone. (Your doctor will verify this.) For any sort of headache, neuralgic pains, rheumatism just try Bayer Aspirin. Taken soon enough, it can head-of- f the pain altogether ; even those pains many women have be endured. 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