Show tIER owN TN GAY AY AY cA i GIRL iy G A BAD ADVISER As we tried tiled to bring her to there was a noise In the tho hall and andin andin andIn in strode Jem Smith At the sight of Joan and I 1 In there with Lela so still and white while on the pillow he turned and almost shouted In Ina Ina Ina a rough voice So you ou have her with your demands Miss bliss Meredith I YeU Weil let me tell teU you It will do doi i you ou no good I can carry on for her I know that you ou and Barry Darry were at that road house and I I have the name on that register myself I 1 looked at Lela Leia quickly Was It possible that Providence had bad let letI lether lether I her die and left us In the hands bands I of this bounder i To 10 my relief relic and surprise her eyes flew open with a J jerk She had had heard the voice olce of ot the master of the Circle the tho voice that she lor feared the voice olce that made her herI I dance whether she wished to or not What Is It Mr Smith she asked before her la lazy y lids Hda droop droop- drooped drooped ed again and shut out all 1111 expression expression slon sion In her face Although her voice was hardly above a whisper the man heard her He Ife over toward the bed Dont you OU believe Lc-la Lc what these dames have been telling you They have ha probably been gIving you some applesauce try try- trying trying ing Ins to make you O 1 think they are your our friends But Dut I know all labout about them They came to o my place for your address I told them that I didn't have It it I 1 wanted t to get to you ou first for tor I wanted to tell you on that I was your our friend I wan wanted led to make malte you yon understand that they were trying to gyp you Dont Don't have anything to do with them Give me that piece of ot paper that Barry Darry cut out omit of the regIster Ill I'll puke make them pa pay for It Ill I'll i make them pay enough to keep both of o us Ell all the rest of ot our lives It was waa then that I pushed forward for forward ward for I 1 understood that if Lela gave ga Jem Smith that l paper per he would bleed Joan all her life lICe Dont Dout give It to him Mrs Corn Cornwall wall Joan has been telling you tho truth Place Place the two people I together side by side What has Jem Smith ever er done to you ex except to try and aUlI throw you yon Into the arms of any man that seemed to admire you ou and then take all the money that he could get out I of you You told us not a min minute I ute ago that you OU were ashamed that you had wronged Joan and andI I you told us that poor Darry's Barrys i ideath death was your our punishment punishment- Let Letus Letus us be your our friends Mrs Corn Corn- Cornwall Cornwall wall Yes Lela Leia please let me be your friend and I promise you OU that your our baby shall never want for anything Bunk said Jem Smith Give I me the paper or you OU will wIsh I you hadn't for tor these young oung wo wo- women wo- wo women women men wont won't do anything for you Lela Leia Cornwall raised up her eyes slowly and looked straight Into Jems Jem's face faco and said I 1 cant can't give It to you on because I haven't got It Tomorrow It-Tomorrow Joa Tomorrow Joan Joan n Finds Herself I |