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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH, UTAH had remembered It so w$Il; longed for t again . .. What have f done? he asked. J But she withdrew herself ever so slightly. He stopped abruptly. They were .near a ante room and he drew her jnside with an unexpected determination that controlled her studied defiance. This was a new Brian. She waited in silence wondering how she would Is it necesdo what she had to do. sary to be rude? she murmured. The room was a small cozy place with low. chairs and a deep divan shielded carefully with screens and the inevitable tubs of indoor shrubs which so delight the furnishers of hotels and the givers of balls. Almost as they 'entered a man passed the door glancing in at them in a casual sort of way. He was a plain unim portant person whose expression re mained unmoved even when his InThere was curious eye? met Lindas. another door just behind the divan where she and Brian sat and she imagined that she heard it open of drowning music. through But she was playing with the pearls, coiling them through her long slender fingers and she did not turn her bead. Brians strong profile etched against the thick green background. The boyishness so much a part of him had vanished suddenly and in its place palm-line- Continued CHAPTER X 16 '"her - She picked'' 1 fan,' her' little satin party bag, giving a last look at her face in the mirror." What" wag behind those eyes fear, unrest, appeal? But with her first question it was gone. She saw herself as she was,, touchingly beautiful with the perfection of maturity in the body of youth. With a sweep of passion she threw out her arms to her own image. Happiness was her right She would, take it now in whatever form It came. Nothing could hold it back from her. Then she made a little prayer, O, let me be happy She was standing there when the knock came upon her door. How strange to see her' own face whiten and whiten; to see her own eyes widen and grow dark with fear. Fear that had been at her elbow through this hour, lurking beyond her in the corners of the room. Unnamed fear that her inner self had known of and tried to warn her of, but which she would not heed. It was strange to watch her own face like this, marking the change of its emotions as one would watch a strangers face. ' Come in, she' said. locked. not The door was Through the mirror that she still faced she saw it slowly open and saw a man standing on the threshold of her room. He was a short stocky man without age and without memorable features. You pass twenty like him any afternoon without seeing one of them. Yet there was a look of strength, of resistance about him that made itself felt through his unremarkable per eonality. As he advanced, closing the door behind him, she retreated. Her arm touched the mass of gardenias and the contact released a burden of heavy perfume. She heard her name spoken and murmured: Yes, I am Linda Roth," , Brian was waiting for her at the entrance of the ballroom as she knew he would be. He looked at her anxiously as if aware of some vague alteration in her features. This was not external for her cheeks were delicately colored, and her eyes softer and more brilliant than ever. She smiled but there was a coldness in her smile that repelled the warm eagerness of his greeting. , :p He had waited a long time and neither men nor lovers like to wait. , , 3 You are late Linda. Her white shoulder moved with an I found that I imperceptible shrug. was tired of dancing. I was in half a mind not to come down. The puzzlement of his eyes deepened. That afternoon 6he had promised to meet him here; it was arranged as if they had passed hours in the planning, and now this. With that faint, incomprehensible smile she walked with him through the length of the room to the group where the presumable hostess was to be found. It was one of those odd gatherings where anyone who asks properly for an invitation may find a welcome. The lady whose name, appeared on the card was a shy, bewildered person in a frock that had seemed very fine at home but was quite lost and effaced among the frocks of guests whose strange names and faces to her. People kept coming and going while she smiled mechanically. She did not know who Mrs. Roth was, or how she came to be there, but she welcomed her with the rest. Linda saw a dozen faces that she knew and smiled at each of them In turn a smile as icy and impersonal as the hospitality they shared. Then from the blur of moving figures, she saw Converse, his face distinct in its purple outline over the enormous -white expanse of linen spread upon his breast like a shield. . .As .theix eyes met his own sent a shaft of malice to meet her impenetrable calm She smiled disdainfully. He should not know even now that she was afraid. Then the music caught' them,, and she was moving away in Brians arms, for the last time, she thought dreamily, threading through the crowd of unhappy, bored, unexcited couples who made their way joyously about the perfect floor to the rhythm of a perfect orchestra. Brians arm held her like steel. She were-equall- j DgADbD with the GOLDEN VOICE Make your Christmas Dollars count I , THE glorious, Golden Voice of the Atwater Kent means life-lik- ! year-roun- d e, entertainment for the whole family for years to come. 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New Boarder "Whats this? states there were 23 stock savings I dunno. It's punk pie, An Indian college. were banks, in southern states there Ill bet they've got a good yell. all right. eight stock, in the Middle West there United States Banks Old-Tim- The Door Was Not Locked. was something new and disturbing. Beneath the dull ache in her breast fear began to stir. If he would not take her for what she played and go? Memory leaped from some still place to remind her of that time when she had lain in his arms and he would not release her in spite of all her silly fright. If she could give herself to those warm arms now; if she could shield herself against the strength of him ! She Of what was she thinking? In from her Imaginings these thrust terror. That way lay a danger of which she dared not think for she had no doubt of what he would do if he knew the truth. She was to be tempted. He took her hands and would have drawn her closer to him but that she resisted. What has come between us since this afternoon? Theres always someword body a crowd I cant get a bis bent He eyes alone. with you hers lowered she and hers into deeply quickly to hide what he might read there. She managed a laugh, an unreal sound. "That is what one must expect in It is Washington," she said lightly. the life you have chosen. Dont tell She me that you are tired already. was overacting but his bewilderment saved her from failure. His eyes were a little mor? than she could That is what Washington" is stand. Why else for crowds," she' said. would one come, w !ot you, e said earnestly. You did not come for that reason." the opening she was That gave-he- r . looking for. , Why r.elsa?,., .Her tone was so Insolent ,that-- i he flushed darklBut he was brave enough to y., go on. j You came because you loved me." His words poured oyer her Jn a flood. was imShe bent her head . that it Linda, face. see to her, possible dont- - let us take refuge In evasions pretenses, now ! 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