Show h a aBy BETTYS BETTY'S BILL BILLI I D Dr By CORONA REMINGTON r t Ia by McClur N Nt 11 IM I'M Syndicate IW-IU IW I I BIO is hill Hili strode up lh the e 1 front steps of ot the home Item p with the til air of a n hero II lieUe He lie p e gore gate U e the door hell n a sharp little punch lunch lunchI I and In a n moment t Betty herself had opened the door and stood loud before him Ism pink and radiant I know knew It IL was you jou OU h by the way you jou ou ouI I rang she he said I w when hen they had hn ex IX exchanged I I changed the th usual greetings You Vou ha have hae e good news II too tun H fly Ily this time they were wre walking I fi slowly 10 I town toward the living room his hula arm orm ormI I flung lightly about her shoulder I have harp he h. answered standing stock still The lIe greatest III news that anyone ever ter lots had III In Ilou whole world Jot nt your jour frills frill read ready were Ire going to tobe tobe be bl married soon I Hill I she he exclaimed giving his hll hl I ha hand nd a little Tell in me lOP e do 10 01 l I f fI cant can't wait to hear Iwar Lets Let's sit eft down I quick before I 1 ta full fall II You Yeu know old aid J John ti Ii Tollman an Mean Venn I old 01 devil II but hut hes he's got gut the Ille kale oil all I right Well he was 1111 a na In III a II ca car r accident not lOll lung long ago ugo cud and hes he's engaged engaged en Ill me ate to take Inke the rn nee II c nil r recover re rl cover lr damages la Mel flat lIe I CUll Can you jou It h llev It W We ought to he Ie able tu to Iti got get 1 i married on the thu fl fee fat i joure r the tho great I est st hi 1 Ir In III this whole city full of It men I Ive I've known lI It and now the ills worl worlds world's s 's beginning to tn flint find It out lul I 1 said Mild II It I looking adoringly I at lit her loUl flame v lieu old T Tollman entered Bill Col Col- hl the lilt next day Ilia I t ho young joung I u a sudden 11 revulsion of t feeling as Ii hl Ids IS l 1111 Itt gin glance lice I took look In ill the tin old fa face fal c the Ilie cot color colorless r- r less lips t the he diamond it hl and I the he h. heavy y fur coit a I of his Ina prospective lr 0 Ill I'll client Ill I'll t. t Well joung oun man lie hl began throw throw- v- v III Ing olT Ott his coat mind and II lull I II t Into Inlo a chair I 1 hear bear joure ouri 1 a II snort Imp chap and that's the tile very kind Im I'm IkIn looking look Ik ti In lug ing for This Till Is going giring to he lie a II hard harl cn ense the company II will contest It on uw the grounds that It was my fault hut but Im I'm u genii client Ill I'll do and soy say what my miry lawr tells hlIs inc me lit He n Inked nt at I young and continued I. I nod and I f got u II bunch o tJ witnesses who lYhn are lire willing to do the same nw he ended ended end end- ed Ill laughing loudly lI and slapping shipping bis lils leg hg Im borry orr said rising ris log ing his face drown drawn and 1 white but Im I'm afraid Im I'm not lIot Just the kind of ot an 1111 attorney you jou OU need I dont don't e believe I could lIa handle jour our case I guess guss 1 I must pare liue come to the tho wrung wrong place snarled foil Tollman mil n. n his jovial jo manner III II r suddenly gone I reckon you jou aint a II lawyer at lit nil all but u II Sunday school teacher tl With WIlli that hut he lie walked I out and l a n moment mo 1110 ment t later a n s 11 very o ry t sad ad J joung u u man left the chico building and made his way 1111 to the Desmones ho Hume home III I Im proud of III my Hill 1111 said Betty utter lifter she lie had haul heard beard the tile story I tor and what do du 0 you jou care Something better may conic couie along any hi day daj I Disconsolately he lac returned to 10 his ollice It poured all 1111 day 11 and not client came near mar The whole week k kUS was US it a It seemed as ns It If every ery one uric had forgotten for him After Arter days daj s of ot silence the jangling of ot the telephone nt at his elbow him start suddenly This Is Harrison of ot the Railway Hallway and null Light 11 sand said a n hearty voice vines Could lul l you jou IU come down dO to lU my oll l' l some time lime tills this rift afternoon 7 C silently I swallowed S amazement and consulted a u blank blunk date book Lets ItS see se rue lie sum sam o over me the theIrl wire lure Ont One hoe o'clock Two 1 wo I could coul l see sec you jou ou for fur half halt an hour from rota three three- thirty to four Will that lo du Tine Ine answered Harrison Ille Ill e expect e you jou then Goodby Now 1 what hat djou OU suppose he lie wants with me mite muttered after he had lead hung up Ul I Hilt Mut he hI could coul l nut not sidle oh I the problem 1111 and It was nearly four tour o'clock before he found out Heard l something about you jou the theother theother I other day daj said bald on 1 when greetings greetIngs greet greet- Ings Ins wire were U oer o er Somebody told tolt m urn lilt that you jou led bad refused tin tin- Tollman cast case I because jou Sou didn't think he was tens U using lug III honest methods hod I didn't dl t say I hili of nt the Ihl sort 1 hotly bully I 1 I ll refused tilt the case use without t X er I pia Mj 1 II reason for fr doing so foO are nrc my 1113 III nun ow 0 n n. n I all 1111 right sun son I understand soothed the Ih older man Illan I 1 just jut v t ill it II I Ito to It'll tell Son jou III that youve you've ou got gut a II backbone b I mind and 1 I like your jour 1 business methods ul i I Crookedness lila may may get by y for fr awhile I hut but hII honesty I sl the test of or t time tim I Now Ive I've I I been en about you jou 1111 I I anti ami jou OU seem to be hI u tI pretty smart t man Mr I ckel I young oung our attorney i ilor fur for the Ihl past twenty jears ears Is 11 retiring I t tie ue first of t the year jear and und going oln abroad I Ito to 11 Ilse you jou U like to step Into Inlo I 1 j his shots shoes 1 I Collins Collingsworth gripped the rm m of ot Ids his I chair end and struggled to tilt till i In to his Ids voice oice as al he lie I I I 1 think td el Ilk III- III It tr I I n I t I well 1 he ho answered after a moment j the w for tor a n man to talk I I Ino no beating around the hush All 11 right I you jou OU can all come lom around the first of ot the week and well we'll ft fix lix up t. t the rho I. I paper papers r orth ruse rose rI abruPt abruptly I have hale an nn Important engagement lIla he lie said 11 blu blushing I All right young joung man you jou ou run slung along an and l tell her her laughed Harrison clapping him lie on the back 1 had haJ Just such nu an engagement once my 10 self |