Show at OL ja jk t jelott 4 1 ITT duriell 1 5 illustrated ay RAY ay SYNOPSIS 11 falot wile artist pho photographer haltli a 17 the day da a ork in ate s 6 enudio u 11 her his aule tant reminds him he Is to klye tn in the studio that r doramus attorney call calls ana ad ill that tila lils uncle john A will I 1 I 1 him m ta odo OW on condition that before ator his twenty eighth birth h begins at midnight tb that t knitht a royalton call calla at the ha studio tier her to mairy marry him A 1 agree agrees im an answer at the parly party that jos carolyn dally dallys call calls hall 14 to i her she a creel to give him r at the party a r 1 rosamund Itoe amund G 0 as 1 colli colin pi hall 1 a 1 1 I 1 trie ries to mill rush her lae bhe she too ano robwer until the th eveni nir flo to show how hall poll a certain way out IXU tup but he in obtuse jona jonas y heir air to the apt rpt alons in case rr to marry on tin tim t plot plots with lock block halt a marriage marr laKe to any of romen woman before midnight to hitce the three meet at the if if by chance carolyn role d mr mrs royalton lloy alton corne come in ard nine fencing ensues tn in which to i her own foil adroitly APTER TER vill VIII Continued royalton looked up through bes why she bo aid said faint see well I 1 give him a answer really that Is not I 1 lid sald aid id shed tell him lateri the cried in unison aa an it they alsed it tonight I 1 roe rosa ded ed and carolyn dida t you 0 ia 4 royalton riondo tremulously outly you know I 1 arolyn carolyn shouted eb bow how did I 1 oh h I 1 know all righta she kiss kle to Rosa rosamund munS you alto believe him and to you and youre to gite give alswor tonight when you III ill unnatural old party t ik Is I 1 f to be he must hare have wanted me way sala rena draina her LU e proposed to me floetl gi held up her band second ire re always bastl meaning hie his mind though I 1 protested lie ile proposed to grinned at her why he t t as well bare have counted us u laying tag to see it I 1 d to each la in turn calling f moth mother or told moto mo to i onel the laet last was anks rosamund resumed tend to be itt she dropped a little glancing at the door u ought to hear bear abott miss s been telling me about the herel erel why it seems ift a awfully hard up barely honses alt all sorts of unpaid 9 up too he lie may hare have to sr r to sixth avenue event got a nerre nee thought though I 1 rose roso like a spartan d hard girls I 1 know what to do dol I 1 intend to tell him I 1 1 thino of him and send h ing I 1 I 1 carolyn interposed now aking renal lets acet down as and decide what to do in the same fix and we must ther we re ought to take a stand oed all ought to take a tumble t amund re lets do this thing accord oyle said carolyn taking with all her humor first ire are we ono end all agreed to i tonight mrs royalton and rosamund horus borus then eald said carolyn 11 1 I prom 11 II hope to diel diet bhe she crossed now this Is in a barlous thing 0 0 one of us can go bak on it lt must be one two three thres t for II 11 well eed now ir the details imply cant wait to tell himi himl I 1 mrs royalton 1 I hate the it 11 growled rosamund 1 I 1 ought to be said carolyn 1 I must say may I 1 th b you both I 1 consider hall Is a perfectly conceived conc elred and Y rei deed cadi i moment tie the door swung huntting humn hunt ning lne r t jolly tae t ae in su all wa was a Ws hs in soprano dinezio eo ia a contralto as at tie tle ladles ht af him CHAPTER IX a in to wt with h a dintle but at pt of 0 his tors it faded to a look of terror but hall he pulled himself together d again it as a with a fairly expression of affability that bed mod well this Is aa an anex sa es aurel Aurell he lie went fron from one r offering hie his band then be he his glores slaves and looked his or anxiously the atmos like that before a drew a breath of sadden sudden ro lie IS was via entering flodde we was seeing that be he seemed lo 10 hima eIt IS it after liter a dis eam said id you bak back already I 1 WM was eo so busy I 1 bear you yea yes I 1 forgot my watch I 1 lou ou know ive got to have it repaired get got it now dow he ile turned to the ladles with a new enthus laora im awfully sorry im in auch such a hurry but ive got 41 lot to do this afternoon flodde appeared nervous misi miss gate la Is waiting for or ine to do her proofs you knott knort she he said aid I 1 ve fin an lebed the other others mr Don Bon letelle latelle I 1 think the ladies ladie swill will excuse you I 1 ca can 11 attend to them all right she walked lowly slowly back to the stockroom giving him a meaning glance as she be lett left oh ob yee yes don t wait mr Bon latelle bald said biro royalton noy alton well ill have ti go then I 1 suppose make yourselves yours elrea quite at home ladles ladies III be back in a minute he lei let impatiently carolyn thought a moment say weve got eo so much to talk over we cant discuss it here hall halt may be back any moment till tell you walt wait a mo momen menti tl fihe she walked lp tp to the stockroom door end and opened it miss Fi fisheri sherl she called flodde appeared wondering vion dering what she could be wanted for 1 I say MISS fisher wu we go into the reception room for a while f we wove ve got come some things to tap talt over about the party tonight yoa know why certainly was floies a reply tho the studio studios being decorated but the reception room la Is all ready and nobody will disturb you go right in come ant on I 1 eald said carolyn turning to tho the other ladles ladies well have it out right now and decide on every thing she led the way in hardly 11 ardly had they disappeared when alodio emerged again she took a step toward the door they bad had left ajar and listened then she eat sat down at her desk smiling I 1 so tar far so good I 1 ehe she it her iler scheme bai had worked perfectly it was not for nothing thai that flodie bad had watched women laughed at them an theta and filed them away in her mind but now what was she any ny nearer to getting hall for herself dubiously she considered her prospects she was as intense intensely li concentrated on he effort as the tiger wait ing to leap on her prey all to be sen of it ho however ever was a little quaint gray eyed girl pathetically bending over her accounts it was not many minutes before hair came in thoughtfully winding a gold 1 watch he ile looked about surprised where are they 7 gone oh no said flodde in there therel I 1 she nodded toward the reception room hall walked toward the door and looked in ladle watched him sharply say he eald said finally turning to her there are three mighty nice girls iris did you know it hm mumbled flodde all to f neet keet by jove I 1 hardly know which one I 1 like best 1 he went on charming dont you think sot sat flodde was very busy writing in a little boob book lea cs the he saide said without looking up no but really flo I 1 ob oh yes really by jove I 1 hardly know which one I 1 do like bastl hall nell peeped into the reception room again curiously through a narrow alit in the doorway well you can t marry them all can flodde looked up now biting the end of her penholder viciously no the deuce of it I 1 almost wish I 1 could mr well then I 1 ve got to jilt two of 0 them I 1 wonder chica one will be the lucky garil of course it all depends upon bhat they say to me tonight 11 he lie stopped suddenly and turned to flodde say what are they talking about in there anyway t oh ob I 1 don t know clothes I 1 guess flodde held her breath by jovet jovel his 1113 face changed swift ly ob oh pshaw though nice girl girls dont go so about telling their love affairs do they what the deuce are you laughing tit antl oh dol vol said flodde nice girls neair get as intimate as that on all subjects that concern the heart mr air Bou latelle women are invariably as silent as the gravel he lie looked hard at her evidently sarcasm say I 1 m wor worried I 1 he lie walked anxiously back to the door and looked in again by jove he exclaimed this is getting on my nerves lord if it they should find outi see here what were they talking about while they were in here waiting biou knowl know she looked up ingenuously and replied oh I 1 was in the stockroom print printing ial proofs they were all alone here in la the deflice well weil I 1 wish to goodness you had bad listened id hate to lose four millions 11 of dollars on accoo vr a aa them see here hem flo I 1 cant stand this I 1 fed feel as a if it I 1 were am okli a pipe on top of at a barrel ot at gunpowder there may be an explosion any minute tol yoa cant tell what may touch it 0 a why a single word perhaps im in rot going to leav leave datil out cut of lere lem 1 I dont care how bow long lon they c aal ayl ay I 1 I 1 don t dare to till hit I 1 lee see what happen happens III to into my room cow now and ou call me when gone will you ile halted on the threshold of at the studio flode nodded assent all rishel and he continued it anything any thin breaks you give me the tip and I 1 II 11 get gel out the back way I 1 he ile left grinning sardonically ai an eoon soon as he had gone flodie roe and find tiptoed to the half open door she watched and listened now with far fal more interest than she be bad had before hall inside the voices rose and fell in animated conversation mrs royalton a is always sentimental and reproachful high and merry rosamund Ros amunds a a surly contralto note Flod Fl odlee lem face changed from hope to fear ear from hatred to mirth she was so absorbed in the scene that thal she did not notice when the hall doof dool opened and mr smallish entered bearing a he ile stared at her then coughed flodde whirled round and faced him ohi ohl she stammered I 1 how ilow you frightened me alfreda Alf redl 11 1 I a beg your pardon miss fisher but say nay did aou ai know what they got in the paper about mr he ile displayed an afternoon edition impatiently flodde snatched cheil the sheet from his hands I 1 oh dear dearl what was as it about I 1 I 1 at this minute the three ladles en the room all talking at ance at sight night of flodie and alfred they grew grow silent why it said bow how mr air Donl Doni stelle had inherited oh never nevet mind I 1 flodde exclaimed excitedly a lie ile anyway a she tried to carry the paper to her desk glancing terrified at the ladles ladies what la to itt it carolyn demanded Is in there something about mr air don boni stelle in the ther paper I 1 alfred bowed yes miss hes come into a lot ot of money it teems seems P Alf alfred redl cried flodie you go downstairs and see if it those ice cream freezers have come yet jesmi Ye Yes smi ml then he turned again to carolyn it was on condition he flodde in her excitement bad dropped the paper quick as a hawk caralyn picked it up she scanned it 11 r ti oh oearl dearl what was it about bout swiftly here it fall ehe slie cried in triumph eccentric millionaires queer bequest nephew will get clet four millions if married in haste A good chance for or some nice girl Gir lWell well lan lant t that go ant on I 1 cried rosamund and mrs lira royalton angrily hall Boal stelle the well known photographer at no fifth ave nue goodness Goodne sal it Is hall it itt mrs biro royalton exclaimed oh for heaven heavens eake take shut bupt from rosamund 1665 fifth avenue will have to do his wooing in a hurry burry it t he wishes to capture the legacy left him by a rich and eccentric uncle the late john of 0 central park west As tho residuary legatee the nephew Is promised something over four million dollars do llara on an condition of his being married on or bemotis bis his twenty eighth birthday As this oc cur curs tou tomorrow orrow mr Bou latelle has a scant forty eight hours in which to make good and unless he has already picked bla bli bride f let me see lit itt rosamund Ros anund whipped the raper out of band hand and devoured the notice bilth ath her own eyes what did it eay say by bis his twenty eighth birthday mis NIL royalton asked in great anxiety TO DE CONTINUED |