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Show vu. PROVO SUNDAY HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 29, 1928. PAGE FOUR vpW 7TT! 11 1 - !WTTf limmm dewey groves THIS HAS HAPPENED ; BERTIE rOC WARD marries BOD BRTER,' who hud previously been engaged to LILA . MARSIi. The only shadow on the bride's happiness is LUa's persltrtence In broadcasting; to tholr friends that she was Rod's first love. t If V . '. w kMr&a -- ; H i J 1 f high-salari- ed Streets ge ! rJ.-:- ' i i - 1 own. W what you've done for me. anyhow." It must have been my fault somewhere along the line. I ought to pay for it." "All right My land, what a long time it takes Wllkins!" Llla said In a voice that left no doubt that she wished to change the subject. "Chuck i.t. Rod, no use to worry." .Her voice sank to extreme tenderness as she gave his shoulder a , little pat, The maid .returned with a tray and twd crystal glasses. Llla put one .to Rod's lips. "Drink "that and then run along home and forget what happened, she coaxed. "And whatever you do don't tell Bertie Lou. about It." .. "I'll have toriila. She'd wonder what I was doing with the money.' Lila sipped at her glass in silence. Finally; "I wouldn't worry Bertie Lou if I were you. Rod," she said quietly. "It Isn't fair to me to treat me like a Shylock either. And why should you deprive her of money she needs when all that you could -- j Miss Ruby McMullin returned . home Tuesday evening from Lor where she has been for Angeles several weeks. , with relatives home, until August 1 Dr. Page has been pressed to Ber- attending school at the University planning his first falsehood ; tie Lou. of California and has recently com 's j To Be Continued I PAYSON I ,int.Ti Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Cloward and son T5lckrof Provo, "were guests at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Orson A. Daniels on Pi oneer day. . Miss Lenore Weggland of Salt Lake has been a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Tolhurs't for a fortnight .1 Mr. and Mrs. Sid Coray and Mr. and Mrs. Alton Tanner spent Pio- peer day ' Strawberry valley. act with utter disregard of hired retainers. "And don't wear a long f aceV she added. "Who can tell what's Just around the corner? We may get the jewels back, after all.' She put out a , hand ' and TRod clasped it with a'warm pressure. "I hope so," he , said feelingly. 'Td gr attendpercent ol ed. The party enjoyed the pleasant CAXri I "It takes an expert to size up the quality of glass. MUST . ..' . She went to the head of the stairs to say good night to him. 'Til call you tomorrow or the next day about seeing the defective,' 'she said in a low voice. Lila hadn't yet become accustom ed to having servants all over the as place. She simply could not some of her friends did speak and .. But all you need to know this address." ' to get perfect glass- -is says Practy Cal. Our mill department carries a full line of Libby and Owens flat rolled glass best glass made. We also build everything for built-in- s and. remodeling, ' and they-a- re BUILT TO FIT i SACRIFICE 1927 model Bodge Coupe, beautiful "blue finish, only run few hundred 7"-"'"- . ' miles. Will consider small Smoot Lumber Company car as part payment. Call 980 Mr.. Fisher ii' - 1. . mmmmtmmmmmmaammmmmmmmmmmmmm WHAT A CAR CE W-HATWPRI -- Mr. and Mrs. Reid Persson and Mrs. John Persson left Wednesday by auto for Los Angeles to visit Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Persson. -- Phone2r AsFUT ' m . , -- Fhone 20 " . MMMMassM 6 ome take a drive and iou too iviUsaij ' ' It was not a pleasant prospect to face. It could easily mean ruin, complete and final. He thought of Bertie Lou and his face grew haggard in an Instant. Lila's pleading took; root then. She saw the expression of defeat envelop his features and then disappear as a spark of hope quickened his tongue to an eager, questions "Tell me," he said, "how much your jewels were insured for. If I " could pay It Lila laughed. "Don't' rRod" The lauch died away as she saw a look of stnbborness settle around his lips. ""How could-yopay it?" she asked as though it . might be possible after all. "You know Cy is paying me $150. a week," Rod replied. "No matter how much of that it took to cover the Insurance, I could afford It. I don't tee how- Inr going to prove my innocence. If Cy throws me out on my ear I'd have a hard time getting another Job. I hate to give the thief a chance to get. away but J guess a good detective could dp as much as the police." "But Rod," you need ail the money . . -- , you earn." "111 manage," Rod said grimly; "I won't let you take the full loss, Lila. It's fine of. you to want to." He looked at herewith of Thai "curTed- "- warmly She glanced at a tiny clock onthe desk. "I really must put you out now," she added apologetically. I've got to get off to Connie Wy- - staffs dinner," ' t, " JtQdonjt.hejerhajidVlYaadfc as he started for werepeelaJ-estsnd-aaT- ? "- - T r7 - pleted his course in dentlstrjr. He has not' definitely decided where he will practice, but will be located in the near future. '' a hurry." - hit to semi-month- ly hi . Lou Taking the place of. their regular "One shock and lt's oyer. This dinner session the way she'd be upset about It indefinitely, and worrled.too, for fear members of the Payson Lions club you might be under suspicion. Be- participated In a delightful outing canyon sides, I won't consent to having at Maple Dell in Payson you beggar yourself to pay me In last Friday eveing. Their ladies I i lithtest like Bertie won't make the .' r ." warmly. "Then you won't tell Bertie Lou?" she besought, him. I don't feel justified In keeping such a thing from her, Lila." 'hi dear," LJl1amented7oae of these earnest people who are just eager to share a aorrow as a joy. I'd go batty if Cy brought all his troubles home to me. .But, of course If your mode, or your code, orwhatever; excuse you haveTTroro pels you to spoil Bertie Lou's happiness when you could just as well keep your trouble to yourself, why: go ahead and do it" "Then what would I tell her about the money?' Lila thought a moment. "Tell her you're buying an interest in the company. ..Then If ever you have to explain that, say you drew the money out and plunged on Wall A position in New York Is offer- X TYiA 're ed Rod by TOM FRASER and be ' accepts. Anxiously to make a good ' Impression, they live In an expen-tv- e hotel while looking: for an apartment and Bertie Lou finds it hard to resist when MOIXY FRASER urges her to buy more 'than Zrshacan af fbrd, Llla ylsttnUolly and meets a rich MR. LOREE. '. IJla suprlse them by marrying ' Lore, and she1 asks Bertie Lou to forgive the past and be friends. She ' showers favors upon them with such - sincerity - that Bertie Lou is de ceived. But.Ueeplngup appearances ... with their crowd Is a severe strain on Rod's finances, Llla finds hlmf and persuades him to ac- depressed position with cept a ' Loree, and Induces Bertie Lou to m an orgy of spehdlng anil quarters. ovatajnore luxuriouscose to put She gives Rod her Jewel In the office vault while Loree is away ajnd a few days later asks hlra to return them to her and when they open the case the, jewels are goner Rod wants to notify the police but she yvlll not let him. NOW1 GO ON WITH , 7 r" CHAPTER XXIV y '""'" . Llla saw her advantage "and pressed it Rod was weighing the cost of giving publicity to the theft, f seeking the aid of the police and the Insurance company. aLmannMlM-aThe case was absolutely black im Hill against hlra. No one. only himself, he admitted, had touched the jewels said I he hope so," feelingly. Td Uka Bertie Lou to know after Lila had given them "to htm of lock And the for safekeeping. around Lila's conscience-proo- f you to do it at all. What's $7,000 the case had been difficult to open heart. to me? I think it will be fun to . to when he returned It her., fool everyone with my fakes. It and lost necklace I'd 'If your looked as if it "had been tampered to bracelets-I'I feel takes you pay money to throw a bluff about ought ; ; with. though I don't know pearls, doesn't it? If I'd' worn them Whether or not he thovght of what they-costhis Lila could not know, but she how I'd do it," he added honestly. In Wayville they'd have been tagdid see that he was seriously fac- But they were stolen, :and unless ged." you receive them you will get only Rod refused to joke. "Are you ing the evidence as it stood against ' as much as the insurance' you car satisfied?" he asked. "You'd have a him. on I'll is ried that them. Whatever better chance of getting your stolen Suppose he could never escape or tne taxes rest if my things back If we called in the poit the odium of suspicion that p t pay it fall upon him what thenrTh":n life timeio do it." lice, you know." Lila sighed, "I'm sorry you wont Innocent, he would have to stn T'le , He was not absolutely sure of along under a cloud for the rctt of 1 me da a little thing like that that but he felt he ought to give for a friend," she said softly. "But her every opportunity to change her ills days. . .the' necklace cost What would become of his fu- If you won't mind if she wanted to. ture? Who would employ him? six thousand, but I felt so safe over c sfc ifc sfc email jobs, perhaps. Maybe he'd it I insured It for only three. The was Llla firm. "Ill ? two get that deThe thou Insured were for bracelets return to to pave Wayville. of. Yeu'd I better see tective spoke followdon't I know what sand of Jewels the each, they missing story Even cost. Let's see, that makes $7,000. him here, though, and not at the Ing him there ultimately. Oh, Rod, it would break you to pay office; I wish you'd' forgtt about preceding him, possibly, If Cyrus the whole thing if he fails to turn him guilty and preferred a that!" , . 'It certainly would if I had to up the thief." charge of grand larceny" agamst him or would It be burglary? "No, if I can't pay you the pay it all at once," Rod admitted .: Rod's brain was working swiftly "But I propose to do lt piecemeal, amount of the Insurance I'll comnow that he clearly saw a string Llla, If you don't mind." . municate with the police," Rod "Of course not, silly, I don't want averred stoutly. "You'll lose enough of consequences in his outlook. It occurred to him that the police5 might find sufficient evidence to hold him for trial.; He knew very little about police 1 procedure, but when a person had " been entrusted with a case containing valuable Jewels and returned it empty he felt sure It must, be a crime. Above all, an investigation of his own affairs would reveal that lie was in debt that he associated ." with people of means far beyond THE--STOR- know what you drive up the canyon in the early and after taking In the various attractions at the jpopular a splendid lunch was prehurriedly as he started to speak, !how mucn woman enjoys alwsecret resort and served fey the Social lilttL Bile reauy wauu m.r:y, pared " "if I knew that Bertie Lou was suf-- t I.uoe ' mean. And Bertie Lou and I committee. , " ferlng on my account. Why, Rod, know each other too well now to don't you realize that I'm trying to need any proof of our friendship. Mr. and Mrs. R, W. 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