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Show . BORROWED HUSBANDS By MILDRED K. BARBOUR fclAPrKK CIAirr RECONCILIATION' RECONCILI-ATION' flKyrlKht, 1921. by the Wheeler Syndicate, Syn-dicate, Inc.) nKncy'3 first Instinct was to rofust Kturn to the Stanley's. Dn second thought, however, tho re-Unbraric.- t.f I'unnif In h-r Invalid-n Invalid-n caused h:r to lm ienlent Being Fifectly Innocent of the accusation llnst her she could afford to be mnc- ' Emou.t To be otherwise, could al-mt al-mt be construed as a tacit admission She turned bnrk to the taxi st-nnd lowed by Connie's maid. 'How d:.; "II fm.l me?" -she asked l girl. v. It r!,. y wero on their tva wn t .i mi". Mr Sfir.l.--; - ' rt rv.r- first to your irtni'- :i! U v ' o v, r n' I here. ; hn-: r. ' ) ;-i.-t ' a number of ler '"!'! , : -n .'! - m- s.ild yn;i Ul,l I'd.-..'. !i. 11 ih:it hotel, because tl oft"n "topped there.' Van. . smiled KTlmly t herself. It like C.mnie Her Indomlt iblo wl!) Oke,l !i ! I ' It- -, .1 n!-d t" i N . -. : !t- w ould turn t hi town lido iloim until she had won hei Rt, urn from hr invalids couch j u't'-r)' h'-edl ss of tin- .'-Ip Ich v ' 1 M It !:m to huiz In the wake Rhe telephone calls. Ki.Mr.. Stanley worse"' Nancy ln- Ired ft don't think so. M . Hint Hi-nt stron:: and more lik.- !t n slf than III hIt- eaiuv from the hospital." Lgaln Nancy smiled In the oxeltc-nt oxeltc-nt of lier nT-etlng and interview ,h I'.- l -i 'i ' had forg-otten be '-. ''1 I. .. :.!.! deed, the whole affair scorned too irly ridiculous to ;.:!. it Berl IHrht She wondered how such a understanding could ever have Ben ' t dim jht iv a. 1 burning In i' mm V bedroom, when sho arrived at th-Stanley th-Stanley s. The house was otherwise dark. Is Mr Stanley nt homo?" Nancy t asked the rrlrl as they ascended the steps "No ma'am. He went out and left no word Without stopping to take off her wrap, Nancy went straight to Connie s room and knocked. Conic s voice, more energetic than It had been slnco the beginning of her Illness bade her enter Nancy opened the door, closed it bo-hind bo-hind her, and leaning against It, looked look-ed at Connie unamlllngtfy. Well?" she questioned. Connlf had the grace to flush a little lit-tle "Sit down"' she said ' We've been r couple of fools. I d:iro sav I'm not thinking straight since my Illness. Forget For-get it, will you?" It was not much of an apology hut, Nancy knowing Connie, realized that It was all she could expect. Connie was making th" greatest concession compatible with h'-r temperament which it was possible for her to make N'ancv crossed over to the bed and held out her hand without a word. Connie took It and grasped It warmly. warm-ly. 'You've been very good to me. Nancy," Nan-cy," she said. "Some day I may tell you why I acted so foolishly this cvo-nlng cvo-nlng I'm too tired now " ( "Then I'll leave you to sleep." Nancy bent down and brushed her lips against Connie's forehead. "By the tray, where did you go when you left here ' ' asked Connie. I phoned everywhere." "I went to Dr. LanffWell'e apartment,' apart-ment,' replied Nancy calmly. "Wr parted forever this evening." "Thank heaven!" breathed Connie, ind Bnuffffled down Into her pillows. |