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Show I BORROWED HUSBANDS By MILDRED K. BARBOUR , , ' I ( f A LANGUID YOUNG PERSON It was noon before Nancy succeeded in locating Dr. Langwell. The trust company had been retlc-ent retlc-ent about giving any information to a stranger over the wire, so she had called up the president's home, and BH finally, by direct personal appeal 10 ono of his daughters, had succeeded in eliciting the information that ner father was to be operated upon at a private hospital whose address she I . ' Nancy, fully dressed for the street HA by this time, ordered i car and hur- MF lcd around to the hospital, onlj to he informed that Dr. Langwell bad J Fortunately, he had given an ad- BH dress at which he might be found Nancy called it and was Informed that Dr. Langwell was expected hut had not yet arrived, so she ran hack to the car nnd ordered the chauffeur to Hj U drive her there at once. Vj . It proved to N- a smart apartment in the Fiftiea The maid who opened tho door for her, ushered her into a rlchly-fur-fH nlshcd apartment with a great studio PH window at one end. A quaint flight of stairs with an overhanging baj-fH baj-fH cony led off into the rest of the apart - " B mcnt. Incense burn-d In a bowl in -B a low tabouret sending up graceful ijH silver spirals; and there were Orlen- jjH i a I rugs on the floor, and Far Bast' .(m, m brocaded fabrics concealed the B walls. 1 The place was without chairs, other 'iB thnn strange little carved affairs of. teakwood which seemed purely orna-' orna-' mental and too fragile for use, so Nancy seated herself on a corner of W a wide Turkish couch. X She was feeling most uncomfortable bA She had no idea whither the place behmged to a man or a woman, what sort of a place it was, or whether the 4 doctor's mission was social or profes- ' A slonal. One of the draperies was pushed S aside with b soft click of Ivory rings m and a girl In a trailing house gown came into the room It was the girl with the Madonna like face whom Nancy had seen at the roof show the night before. She recalled suddenly that Dr. Langwcll had told her that he was lunching with this girl. "For Mrs Hurrard, a mend of Mrs Stanley, 'a. " she said, rising. "I apo! j oglze for this intrusion, but I'm trying try-ing to locate Dr. Langwell. Mrs Stable) Is Ml and his professional services ser-vices are needed." The girl looked her over cooly ' Really' How interesting! Is she very lilt" Her tone was not as concerned as her words Implied. There was a languid lan-guid indifference about it which Nancy Nan-cy resented. 'I'm afraid so" she replied quickly. quick-ly. "They told me at the hospital that Dr. Langwell was expected here. Do you think he is likely to arrive soon ?" The girl carelessly pushed a tortoise tor-toise shell hairpin more securely into her coiffure The gesture caused her sleeve draperies to fall back, repealing repeal-ing a beautifully modelled arm "I really never count on Freddie Langwell until I see him," she replied languidly. 'Won't you be seated?" She motioned toward the Turkish couch and sank herself into a heap of pillows In its farthest corner. 'Cigarette?" She held OUl a Jar of Ming ware containing gold monogrammed cigarettes. ciga-rettes. Nancy shook her head. "No thank you. I'm fearfully worried wor-ried about Connie Stanley I wish the doctor would oome The girl tilted hoi head back on the I ushlons, and blow ing a ring of smoke, contemplated It through half-closed eyes. "It must be amusing to trail Freddie Fred-die Langwell about One would run Into such quaint people.' The cool insult of her tono infuriated infuri-ated Nancy. She sprang to her feet. |