Show ri rain or shine ry ey DUFORD JENNE C by I 1 syndicate service 0 w look here youngster do ny as about this thia you 0 u know anything chap who seems seema to interest you SO BO much mr lane asked his heavy brows settling 1 I 1 know I 1 ills daughter smiled like i e him in sn that enough h site she queried ruth Is a 11 A womans comans intuition right as far as it goes but it go far enough yo you u dont know what he does for or a living by your own confession fes sion find and I 1 heard aou ou say that you cant get track 0 of f him during the daytime the point Is father she said I 1 like him I 1 met him at the art school 1 I like big hl ways and lie he seems to like mine lie ile probably has some reason for not telling me where he be lives and for keeping under cover during the day ill ask him some time although I 1 trust him enough never to ask him well prove it bring him liere here to dinner tomorrow night and ill bet you the string of pearls you wanted that he wont ruth was not so sure of the situation and when she met him that night at a little hidden restaurant where he seemed to prefer to meet her he hesitated at her request ills eyes were troubled and a nd a bit weary honestly ruth I 1 dont know I 1 am lie he paused you arent afraid of my dad are you A little light flickered in his gray eyes no but it might be embarrassing again he paused she put a small hand over his lean finely modeled hand dick you know I 1 am learning to think heaps of you and in the way of tb things ings you must let father meet you and besides I 1 must win min that string of pearls she told him about the wager lie ile laughed come rain or shine I 1 im with youl you so it came about the next evening that ruth greeted the tall young man whose eyes were tender upon her as he saw her she led him into the library where her father rose to meet him her fathers glance was searching 1 I am glad g ad to meet you mr lamson like fun ruth said to herself dut cut youre going to be the two men talked easily together but ruth could see that her be r father fallier was puzzled the attitude of a man who seems to be trying to place a face in his memory ruth left the men talking and slipped out to check the dl dinner arrangements range ments finding them all right she called them into the dining ro room M go in you young people ill be right along her father said As she and dick seated themselves she heard her father going to his study find she wondered what was up but he returned shortly and the dinner went along famously then came the shock about fifteen later suddenly three men appeared at the three entrances to the dining room iter her father rose his face grim mr lamson alias mr van relder I 1 believe we have you 1 l father what do you mean ruth demanded her heart pounding your friend he said coldly had reason to keep out of sight ne he Is relder the embezzler I 1 thong thought lit I 1 recognized his face it true I 1 know it I 1 1 ruth cried trembling no it ruth her lover level said a new odd note of authority in his voice 1 I am a mere hardworking hard working student in an architects office im trying frying to keep busy at it As luck will have it I 1 resemble this confounded relder reider I 1 have been nabbed twice because I 1 do so I 1 have been keeping out of sight and praying that they would catch the son of a gun ann and give me a chance to go out without being picked up call either blaine or armstrong the architects and they will tell you who I 1 am its no longer a joke believe me the oldest of the three men had come to the table ile he picked up one of lammons Lam sons hands pardon me sir air I 1 know a mistake has been made b be fore but I 1 am another precinct I 1 may I 1 see your palm palin he looked at it and turned to her father this is not mr reider you were evidently mistaken sir ile he beckoned to the other two men and they went out trying to hide their smiles dad you are darned clever ruth said imitating her fathers grin grim tone and you fire are going to pay more than a string of beads for it too you are going to give us that house on the avenue hen we are marriell married 11 her father lifted his hands 1 l I lin in I licked and im sorry he said hastily ill make up for 10 it its all right as far as I 1 am con berned sir dick said smiling you were doing the right thing and would have had me it if I 1 had been relder reider 11 her father gave him a look of gratitude and ruth noting it and knowing him knew that the sun had bad come and the rain had gone |