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Show r BORROWED HUSBANDS By MILDRED K. BARBOUR . CHAPTER CLXXI W4 RECONCILIATION. P dlcate. Inc.) find you horr nfer all 1 was probably would " "nr! rr. flushed ond furious, addres.-- fey' lutein u I '"' Cot In l)i embarrassing lor $ En facl- 8ne ft' raiher relieved " Eeggy had discovered her hu- SETto. She hoped fbnt hip fchcme CKniiie 1 f r JiwittirJgly lent herself, would be AEy terminated She waa glad of tjpeit of freeing herself from Est" eff'Ti to lure the dove of Roto the households of her un fiy married friend. ggy swung around with a dramat firupflun- arm 1 vMou-- ' " i Vren'i "U a.dwtiif i k&i've broken up Connie S(an-( Thome and are having a violent af-j , 1 (rith thai IHtle beast of a doctor, wife I,. -id io go to Kurope to vQH digTi' ' it it r ; 0 ' i of tin-in' Vol your-' v.-ii a desplc-; feature you And now you ft take iu husband' All 1 hn. I world' I who nm alone with eifcX to supP"r: ' 'ii id.'h ' " Jtity burled ' laee in her lianJ-P1 lianJ-P1 Jbhbed :iiidibl viietlier , h anger. Nancy did noi Ke. h' TitBfair was so ridiculous aud so h itXgbe hnd become ,i 1 nn . , 1 iK'to accusation from outrac--.) within the past f, xv weeks. Qjlfcl ralht i aiu.iz-d at my own ftlf a" these accusations aro Biggy- Apparently, 'no husband ' "Kin my presenct and none of 'tr,'Te5 who thought yourselves lr- Be, ha-I,- (6t face to tace v. ib im sup'iioi rEon. Shan lv?- k, ,. "what anui)' r- .i ln'iin- woman ' " 1 I than vou are. Wher io vour vanltv, I child?" i Peggy raised a furious fa c from her handkerchief i. Tnere wasn't a trace j of a tear in her eyes or ou her cheeks. "Vou think you can bluff this through, don't you? Well, let me tell you that you can't: I'm no Edith I, ant well who lets you pull the wool Over her eyes and gel away with It. I ; know every time vou and Reeve have, been out to dinner or tea toethr-i I I wouldn't believe it at first. I thought Reeve cared for me until I went and saw It with my own eyes. 1 didn't think you could be such a traitor, Nanev'" There Was a drama! le quaver in Peggy's voice. Reeve Lewis cleared liis throat. "Now see here. Peggy. This is about the place for me to butt in. Nan-Icy-" The borrower of husbands rose wearily from the tea table. "Tell her the whole stoiy, Reeve. Rut spare iiu- the touching moment of reconciliation. I find such scenes too many and loo fleptiuc in married lile to keep my sense of poise It's al-ruo.-i made me dizzy watching my iriends in the past weeks " Sne went into the library, shut the ! door and took down a volume oi iho (Philosophy of Epictetus She was still 'reading when Reeve I Lewis opened the door, and stuck in a : grinning face. I 'It's all light. Nancy. We've made up! You'e been a peach. Even Peggy Peg-gy agrees with me about that." I Peggy's piquant lace, peerinc over j his shoulder, registered doubt about! this last statement Nanvy waved an airy hand. "Bles9 you. my children? May you; live thre6 days without scrapping "Oh. and Peggy." she added as an! 'afterthought still intent on her book, J "there's a certain matter of a cheQUe which you may want to forget It you promise to overlook thlp little ini iden,' n call 11 Bquare. Otherwise ' |