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Show Three in a Love Game By CLARISSA MACICIE (Copyright.) DEUIIAI'S Jim Edwards had earned his way a little too hardly, it might be that he had been bitter with the s-ense of money getting and ot gain, so that big judgment was twisted, twist-ed, so- that when the time came for him to fall in love, it had to be a daughter of the rich who attracted him and won his mad allegiance. And Sally Wright, who believed that she had already given her heart to Billy Jarvis. who had wooed her from cradle days, fell head over heels in love with handsome Jim Edwards. "You are not engaged, then, to Bill Jarvis?'' asked Jim, one summer day that they idled along the shore in hi? motor boat. Sally surveyed Jim with soft, blue eyes. "Billy Jarvis?" she repeated innocently. in-nocently. "We were youngsters togetherhave to-getherhave always been the best of friends but why?" Jim' told her then that he loved her and when they finally came ashore, Sally had promised Jim that she would marry him ; she had enough money for both of them! So Jim took u train for town the next morning because be-cause there was an engagement ring to be found for Sally Wright, and although al-though Jim felt -ery complacent and quite as though h had done a good stroke of business, back in the farthest far-thest corner of his heart now, he locked the picture of another girl Jean Blake, at the office. Thinking about Jean Blake this morning, all the sunshine seemed to be drained out of the summer day.. The jeweler's shop looked gray and cold in spite of many windows, but because he was a dogged young man who had a vision of being a rich man if he married a rich girl, James Edwards Ed-wards proceeded to select an engagement engage-ment ring for Silas Wright's daughter. In the meantime Billy Jarvis was mounting, the steps of the Wright summer home, twirling a tennis racket. rack-et. Sally was sitting in a gay chair of parrot red and green, thinking think-ing very tenderly of James Edwards, when she saw Bill's broad grin when he glimpsed her loveliness and her heart skipped a beat when she realized real-ized that she must break the news to this old friend of hers. "Come and play tennis with me," invited in-vited Mr. Jarvis-, his good gray eyes pleading for him. "I am rather expecting a telephone call " hesitated Sally, and she had the grace to blush. "I will stay here, then," said Jarvis in rather a cooler tone than usual. "Ah, do," urged Sally feebly. "I heard some news about you last night, Sally." "I wonder what it could be," she ventured. "This morning Jim Edwards announced an-nounced to some of the boys that he was engaged to you." Sally grew pale and then very pink. "He has not spoken to daddy yet," she murmured. "You promised to wait for me, Sally," said Billy's cold, hard tones. "I know it, Billy dear but he came so swiftly and I I " she buried her face in her fingers. "Rushed you, eh? And I suppose you're in love with him?" No answer from the girl, and, after awhile, Billy Jarvis got up and went away stumbled blindly along the country paths to his own bachelor bungalow where ho fell into a great wicker chair and stared dazedly Into the broad complacent countenance ol Mr. Silas Wright. Sally's father, who was occupying the opposite chair. "Well, Billy boy, what is the matter with you, eh?" "I have lost Sally after all!" ex claimed the young man. , Mr. Wright's frosty blue eyes nar rowed. "How?" he snapped out. "Another fellow." "Name?" prompted the older man "Edwards Jim Edwards. Big fel low nice looking." "Heard all about him from the man he works for." grunted Mr. Wright "Ambitious young fellow wants to marry rich girl und litis thrown ovei nice girl in the otlice to marry m Sally. Some nerve, I'll say !" "What can you do about it?" "Watch me I'm going to interview him when lie comes and tell him th-i I if my girl manias him. she doesn't ge a penny of my mnney. If he irul I loves her that won t make any differ ence to him if my girl truly love.-him. love.-him. 1 shall have o let her go and you know whom I have hoped she would choose. Billy yet. I have h hunch that things will break right after all !" So after dinner when the late train came in and the hotel bus was crowded with home-coming men. he spied .lame-Edwards .lame-Edwards among the lot. and waved h careless hand toward him, I. one I hours Billy sal there alonn. smoking and he heard a car stop outside tl gate and saw Mr. Wright heave him ' self out. "Chi erio." said Mr. Wright ;:a.vl I "The cnemj lias withdrawn in sot:.-j sot:.-j confusion I lied like a n-nopei and told him I was on the brink id fail ure (of roa(--M an (inanrier is. nr. indi. and he harked .iti; and .-ii'y i-a-- i:.::1 a; 1 im -vla-w '. Wail !:il si,'-I si,'-I rah von. she will in a day c; I two and then go to it." ! Il was a v !!.,. year a !tf-r t .at he ,'ore .lean I'.lake ;) ii-:en ,, Lis I-!e::i::.s. but in the end she ;! ia,'.rr. Jim Edwards ar.l it is s,.id th..t the' are very ha py and siowij gro'.i lx:p prosperous |