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U I i- i t THE STORY STORYs IB s to London Prata- Prata after an trip Sir George i takes dinner with his 5 9 ir ir his old He lie did not apher apher apt ap- ap t her marriage to his hla fas faher faher fa- fa s her explanation satin satin- t Little l Is left of ot the nd d' d Lady Sandison pro pro- it H they go so to tho United visit her brother Robeth Rob- Rob eth leth wealthy contractor rge rs agrees MacBeth flan an Island estate With Edith k ter Roberta who longs m Ute life MacBeth Is a a. vie vie- and almost help Beth Is hi glad to see his C II tasks r thin tho two to stay DER ER R I III III Continued Continued f jl 6 Roberta who ho had selected m i Yand imd and had used her fathers father's she Bhe telephoned and ar ar- tu Juan had modern manner left It all allo o who had his and was known as Jack Jacks 1 s a sll slim clever dark Sf what I Is Ii commonly called i American type His Ills eyes ees lead black cinders or live ding to his mood were le e of keeping his thoughts garding her now with with ex err f fence nce and not a little coni con con- i l h h this Roberta could not ar rw only his obvious good good- J Jodd odd but to her charming tack jack was so different It J here and meet Jack that with her father r self as 88 a daring and woman hampered fashioned a-fashioned fashioned parent with l is as of what his daughter not do if j varro with a cosmopoli- cosmopoli jg g and a n sophisticated out- out aen and life lite Roberta noberta was child But he heto heto to keep her amused and ad fa he was doing this with lite t t c bored him They had finished the dessert stage IJ produced with a flourish iJ and inevitable silver 1 though her pulses this sign that she was wasil 3 il fan an n experienced woman Mad tad k 4 rie e declared No use askIn ask ask- lo loIn In the first place I 1 dont don't t I tin in n the second place Ive I've I. I ther my solemn promise crt It until I am nm twenty one sed 6 d his shoulders helped Wild ltd lId his flask b back ck Into his eking Jinking was not IT ITan an lan an Lodge and one had hud to w w one did It If It one JIme e again n. It was a conto con- con 1 to meet this girl and andr r tere ere was need of caution hat he lie wanted Some- Some tw d If It he lie would succeed she e was vas to him so essen essen- so unused to or slow to togs toof gs of ot looks or words Iny in fy y were playing These an girls were so 50 often orten Iy very thing else but sex ser d been told that to In- In Il lI l was his share of or the theand and nd so he lifted his eyes ja Ia a long look and a slow It hurr hurry he asked d at him doubtfully feel exactly comfortable alone so long I should t tack Jick sek when I 1 saw those Eto to the Island lIe He cant can't w. w without help were cinders Is that lvere nt jok her head Oh no iOk M ys s 's he will be all rl right ht I. I lie Its It's Just that his f r rather severe f just now nor poked ked ed at her narrowly i 1 I H 1 you ou be able aLle t to o meet met morrow night Sok t l Ok her bead hend I 1 dont don't Ol Isn t easy to get tint away after tomorrow I might li alb l Ill I'll be busy with the I wont won't have time for tor O J br 11 j L rette from him and f. f for tor her looked u at t him l. l sly mt It 1 t It ft a 11 funny Il He lIe e asked It e c th the foreigners foreigners' n he le Americans American's strange 1 tl tG l s funny tunny Ai i L 1 hould see so much of or it 11 this way Iti When T hen Hal ir 11 fid fed us nt at the Print Princeton glow 1 jU I 1 never Fr e. e expected to tos I s 1 youre you're so older I you were f m r rm m fled relieved ne lie had m give him that Int A and whether r he liked ItA It U J i AA A- A or not One never knew what an American like Brice might zi They knew know at once so much and so little But Out Brice had bad fortunately held his tongue tie lIe is a nice boy that Hal Brice and he be plays a n good game but he ile is too young young just just just a boy boy to to play m my game What Is your game Roberta asked It with something of or her fathers father's directness Just now It Its It's making you like me sore more than a little Roberta he said softly and put his hand gently over hers Roberta loo looked ed at him now flushIng flush flush- lag Ing v II little puzzled It was part of this mans man's fascination that he spoke sparingly l and was lavish with his caresses caresses In s-In s In private ate It confused the time girl made It hard for her to Judge him coolly as she did the bo boys s 's of or her own set and age She did not nott even know whether she liked it or not whether she really liked Jack but hut she could not run away and anti she came back main again and again still undecided I do like you rou Jack Tack only only only- Only what 1 Wc I Nell J-I J like other people too As well Better Detter answered the honest Roberta with a smile that robbed her speech of all brusqueness You see Ive I've known them longer The first time I saw you Jack said it so softly and with such apparent apparent apparent ent calmness that Roberta noberta wondered at him and at herself I loved lo you so f 1 i I 1 i I i 1 ail l tl JI mN ya M Ir r Just Now Its It's Making You Like Me More Than a Little Roberta well that no one I 1 had known before counted There has been only you oU In all the universe since our meeting Roberta noberta Roberta noberta drew a long breath It was marvelous and so tremendously grown grownup up to listen to a man not man not a boy but buta a n grown full man saying man saying such things to her Why Jack must be all of twenty five I And her father treated her like a child I But though Roberta noberta was dazzled she was not blinded nor carried off her feet teet yet She was vas conscious of a great disappointment with herself that his words did not raise more tumult in her breast It must be because she had grown older and more used to things that she could listen to such speeches and feel though her breath came faster and she liked It that she was not greatly moved Will wm you not come tomorrow Jack asked her n again aln I ask you to There was something behind the time 0 voice Ic e something hard and Insistent something something some some- thing mocking something that said that she was only a n woman and must do what he asked It was the first touch of the Iron hand of ot his will behind behind be be- hind the velvet et glove love of ot the foreign manners that so charmed herNo herNo herNo her No Roberta said It almost an on- I cannot come tomorrow I will come Wednesday There was silence a silence that spoke of ot displeasure on Navarros Navarro's part Then he lie said No uNo I cannot come Wednesday but I will come Thursday It was ns the girl who hesitated and then made up her mind All right Thursday then Where Here Why waste words on an obstinate girl No No Roberta said quickly I think you ou ought to come to the house and meet my father dont don't you I dont don't like dod dodging about to avoid father and the crowd Navarro frowned This girl Irl would upset all nil plans unless she was kept In hand hondo Ill come corne for you Ill I'll watt walt for you on the river road All right Roberta noberta agreed slowly Come to the time house if It you OU like No O. O the road Jack replied He fIe paid part the check and they went out Into the soft sott spring dusk and he put her Into her car kissed her hand I and whispered that she sho was adorable and then stood lighting a cigarette as u uthe the watched her tear along the highway highway high high- way at sixty miles an hour bour It was slow work he told himself but at least he hind had gotten somewhere and learned something toda today C C CLady Lady Sandison having finished her own tale promptly had had to listen to her lier brothers brother's recital of dt his life and triumphs and and then to a n dissertation on Roberta noberta her beauty and talents and finally to a R short resume of or Robs Rob's difficulties with her Listening Aggy's Abby's lips ups had closed tightly She was not one to approve of or halfway measures and was in fulls full s sympathy with within her brothers brother's determination determination deter deter- that things s should not go on this wa way for tor the girls girl's own sake What now precisely are you yon thinking to do she finally asked MacBeth looked at nt her appealingly I am he be admitted with the frankness rankness of the truly uly great What would you do In It Is not for forme me to sa say retorted I Lady San Sandison Ison promptly I have seen her but the once Im not one for driving a girl to I open rebellion I No ur agreed Aggy I Come Aggy you yon always had a tremendous lot of ot sense and Im I'm In I need of ot a 8 womans woman's eye as well as alJ m toy my own Could you be persuaded to torun torun torun run this house for me Aggy for I Imone mone money 1 I You know well Id I'd do It for tor low lore i Aggy told him sternly since love lo Is I Inot not a word to be used often and requires cautious use even between relations But that would defeat your plans Use sense woman Nobody but you and I need know our arrangement and would it not be better for tor you to work ork for me than for tor a stranger It would depend How much authority authority authority au au- would you give me Things must lie He in my own hands If It Im I'm to tomake tomake make headway and help you Done said Rob nob MacBeth I 7 1 paid my last housekeeper two and fifty fitly dollars a month me Rob nob I could not charge you the like of that I l lIt It will be a saving if It I pay pat you three hun hundred red said the crafty crotty Rob you to take over o the entire direction of ot the house leaving Roberta noberta with nothing but her own affairs to at attend end to She wont won't like that that that- Fine I see your our plan but the pP pf s 's 1 far too high Say two hundred Three hundred or nothing I Have it your own way but Im I'm t t tto tto to bo bl used openly against the lass Rob wa was so busy planning his ca campaign campaign cam cam- that he did not notice how hei h he little blue eyes were twinkling Im just going to make Miss High and Mighty light see where she gets off oft If sh slut she doesn't behave he said Have it your own way agreed Ag Aggy demurely What about SI Sir Geordie Can you no help him to n ft place or use him here Rob nob MacBeth stared at his sister He fie said nothing for tor what seemed to her a long time I cant can't ask him to do anything men menial In I he announced puzzled You cannot she declared shortly I dont don't know what hes he's fitted for Hes had a lot o o expensive schoolIng schooling schooling school school- ing a lot o 0 still sUB more expensive e soldierIng soldiering soldiering sol sol- diering when he was hardly more than a laddie and a thin time of It ItIn ItIn itin In th the wilds of ot Central America Hmm said her brother frowning Im away announced his sister rising to look over your oUr kitchen and see if it I can get together a tee tea for tor you oa and him and me You can be thinking She started toward the door Im very much puzzled said bet bee brother Dont strain yourself Lady Sand V son told him Theres such things as secretaries In America are ara there not And you on lying here Delp- Delp less far from your office By George I That's an Idea Ideal I Aggy looked at nt him without spen Ing and left for tor the kitchen That Rob nob after atter all nil these years had a accepted ac ad her and her problems including Sir Geordie without either astonishment astonish astonish- ment or hesitation did not seem to her remarkable It was what she had expected Would she not have done the same thing for tor Rob nob Some twenty odd minutes later inter sha reappeared carrying Ing a tray on which toast deliciously browned Jam cake caka and tea were Invitingly In spread forth and anel went toward the library EvIdently Evidently Evidently Evi EvI- dently Sir George had assisted MacBeth MacBeth Mac Mac- Beth Deth to get there for she could hear the two men talking I Both noth looked up at her and Sir George sprang to clear a place on th the tha table and anti take the time tray from her You should have called me Aggy he said reproachfully TO 10 DE SE CONTINUED CO |