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Show r BORROWED HUSBANDS By MILDRED K. BARBOUR cmjx A2i roraxraonp plea Jiut before Connie Stanley was ex-, pected. Nancy was called to the The voice that came acroat the' wire pro f-o to be Reeve L4Wlea I "A voice from the dead!" laughed 'Nancy i rr.oe that I ha Vent' I J"'en v"u "nce the niKhf of the Stan-' . " d,nn,,r Prty be-fore I went Chicago and that waa eons and eons " Hon - I),,. prMlv little '.,1ow' Srf bantered. "Still wearing your A --edi ., bravel) ' I hear von bowl,' Lf ' '' "s r our friend i imond flOSJBn't he know you're not n widow? ' "1 hop. not. ( would he tori hu-mili..tlng hu-mili..tlng i,, t.-ll him nv Hr--i.li-., htl going bark to England. He's already loft town." "I'll say you played a clever game. LaaH Nancy. I knew you cojlld do It. Didn't I tr-ii you once that my llfai lung ambition hun b -ti to Indulge In a Utile flirtation with you?" Nancy laugher) "Uld you caij me up after all this j lnn. Juki to tell me that?" I That would I,., peatty bald." In- J3 "Sn ' hove good cause to liang this Cause on I henrd from f'urtls ut the club thi afternoon thnt Connie i expected ho hospital this nftrnoon. so I Just call-! ed up to pay m respects." "Connld-rlng that you never oncej ailed or mude un Inquiry while she! wus In the hospital, I consider that I .a pretty , rude excuse." returned Nan -mM fJf ' coolly. "Now. suppose you tell Wbr 'he reel reason." ,i "Nancy, you're a wonder! The man who plays against you might a veil ma Kfl up his mind In advance to lose. Here m the hare and unvarnished! truth! As you know. Peggy thinks he wants to divorce me and I well. 1 "' darned If I .ml her to do it' I She', an extravagant little devil, with temper like a wild cat. She'll stab you in the hack every time you're not looking, but I guess 1 II always he craxy about her. The break between be-tween us h n. gone so far that I had got pretty hopeless when I suddenly had a brilliant idea Will you have dinner with me tomorrow night ana let me tell you about It?" I will not"' d-iard Nancy, flatly. flat-ly. "I've g..t into too many bad situation sit-uation already being nice to other women's husbands and 1 m certainly not foolish enough to mix myelf up with a prospective divorce." ' jh. come. Nnncy. he a sport!" he pTefided. "I'm not trying to make love to von. You've heen such s corking frl' nd to Connie and Peggy that! llioiirfOt you might help me out in 1 1 tixMil'V. You know you sslJ v hen old Oerry went away that you v. ere going to be a little sister to all ti - i i r..-.i iples of your acquaintance." acquaint-ance." "L'mm" I did I was thif muh of un idiot No. Reeve, you'll have to get some other woman to put a POM your brilliant plan. I've a strong conviction that I know whit It Is. anyway. You want me to make Peggy Jealous, don't you?" "By Jove, you are clever, aren t you?" he cried In apparent amazement. amaze-ment. "Who would have thought you oj 1 I have guessed It right off like that!" ft n v laughed. "Poor, dear, .stupid man' Does he think he Is Inscrutable when he Is really as transparent ns glass?" "Oh. come on. Nancy, sav you will." Thr-re was something almost boyish In his plcudlng. Against all her Judg-iix Judg-iix r.t . Nil ncy hesitated f'ould she possibly bring herself to take on the solution of another ma-l ma-l lrnoitl.il difficulty Just as she begn to see the light of freedom ahead ' |