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Show millions and her undoubted charm. She would have been quite content to be a doormat for the man she loved, if he had wanted to walk upon her. If hp makes no false moves," she repeated as if the words had some -B- baleful charm. Linda stirred restlessly. What possible mistake could he make? The stage is all set for him." Daisy chanted, Father says there are so many pitfalls for a young statesman extravagance, the wrong friends, the wrong woman." Their eyes met. Daisys were as innocent as her name. She had meant nothing. Something melted in Lindas heart. A flood of sorrow that she could never offer the gifts that this young girl possessed without knowing that they were hers. From the years one event leaped out at her which seemed to remove her for all time from the aura of youth and happy innocence, the blow across her face from Courtney Roths hand seared as If it had been . struck yesterday. Let us believe, if we can, that the woman he loves will be the right woman," she said gently. y- Evelyn Campbell WNU Service (Copyright by Evelyn E CHAPTER VII Continued 13 So It is the boy, he said, showing his yelbwed teeth. Youve taken to playing about with the lads. A bad sign in a woman I Youre not old enough for that. He admires you! Linda cried scornfully. He does, eht Well, then, hed better let you alone." There was something half threatening, half playful in his voice that left a scratch upon her soul. Now and then he had let her feel the tightening of a bond that did not actually exist, and she always resisted like a desperate fly caught in a CHAPTER VIII , web. You cannot choose my friends ! Call to Action she cried furiously. But I shall have a word to say about your lovers, he smiled, delighted by her impotent anger. But he decided that Brian Anstey must be sent out of the way. One day he had a talk with Simon, and found the financier strangely reluctant to fall in with his plan. The boy has been keen about a career, said Fentress, but I dont know I dont know. Politics has ruined many a man and hell be a fine Institution some day if something money, or vanity, or women, dont put an oar in and spoil what is well be. gun." Youve changed your tune considerably, Converse said rudely. He could afford to be rude to almost anyone. Well, perhaps I have. But second a are sometimes lot better thoughts than the first. My daughter thinks His daughter Converse nearly laughed aloud. What a fellow this Anstey was One woman holding him back and another sending him on. He was bitterly envious of the others youth and at the same time contemptuous. Why should women care for a figurine pushed about here and there at the will of others? There are dangerous women at home as well," he said significantly. He told Linda of this conversation. Why, the fellows a d d sawdust He hasnt enough doll," he cried. backbone to choose for himself. But she, knowing what she knew, smiled. ': What a game of bllndmans buff life can be, she thought. Cross purposed Brian Anstey was so far from weak that he was ready to give up his ambitions because they Came to him from Simon Fentress' hands; Fentress, who was his friend ! Yet he would blindly accept the same gift from Converse who tossed his, name about like a childs bubble and would set his heel upon it when It pleased him!. She tried to warn Brian subtly against Converses seeming friendship, but she discovered at once an for opposition. "You are all woman In your judgment, he told her. He Is rather unlovely, Ill admit, If you consider externals, but as a man, hes big! Think of the things hes done. To be sponsored by him is a guarantee of ones sincerity. Linda lowered her eyes. Were men always blind to one another? she wondered. Could they never see with a womans eyes? She caught her breath with a sensation of dread, remembering back to the time when she had first known Converse. Had it been she who led the way, tantilizing him with glimpses of desire that would never come to fruition? J She was appalled by the fleeting vision of what she saw. Love was Am I like that? unveiling her eyes. she asked herself with sharp con' ; J , - 1 , ! tempt " v . ' ; ; The appointment was a settled thing. Brian was going to Madrid. Brian had stepped over the heads of men who had spent years in the service. It was a beautiful appointment, far enough away from the seats of the mighty to veil his inexperience; close enough for him to benefit by the mistakes and failures of others. Daisy Fentress, the one objector, " was becoming reconciled. ' Brian makes Father says that if will no mistakes, no false moves,-h- e be made In a few years, the young girl said wistfully. Her secret was there in her eyes for all to read. She was a humble little hero worshiper In spite of her From Washington Brian wrote in a way that revealed his heart with almost cruel clarity. Linda could find no doubt there; only the humility and reverence with which some men approach the women they love. This attitude touched her profoundly. Tenderness was new to her. But what was to come of it all? When that question persistently arose to - torment her she tried to put It aside with all the easy excuses that are the habit of the procrastinator. Brian would go away. Circumstances would separate them; they would both forget But in these reflections there was no solace; Instead, far from forgetting, she found the need for him growing day by day. There were other troubles. Money. The delayed check arrived from the broker with a stiff notation of the deduction that was credited to Senator Converse. Her cheeks burned when she saw that, and recalled her humiliation. For a moment she felt a stinging desire to look the truth in the ' face to be honest with herself. She was not deceived with this elaborate pretense, but unless she accepted it nothing remained but chaos. The check was comparatively small, but It came at a moment which exaggerated Its importance. As If warned by telepathy, poor Lindas creditors seemed to have chosen that morning for a united foray. She was facing a pile of bills and letters, some of them even threatening in a deadly polite sort of way, when the dove of peace dropped the blue slip bearing the signature of Stevens into her lap. The money vanished. How did it happen? Linda, Who thought she had learned the lesson of prudence, discovered her purse almost empty once more. Some new pride within her rebelled against subterfuge with these people who had trusted her, and she paid It freely out to dressmakers and milliners while it lasted. They were placated, and urged by her to buy again, but she would not, although spring peeped temptingly through the new little leaves of the gray trees in the park. The shops were full of lovely things, but she bought nothing. The hat she had chosen on that walk with Brian had been the last purchase. A feeling that In some manner an invisible net was closing around her persisted, and there was nothing in the immediate outlook to raise her spirits. Time crept by, and brought March. She was still in the city alone, so far as her circle of friends was concerned, for the frightful weather had driven every one away. But she did not miss them. She was marking time until Brian would be gone. Then, she believed, she would be safe. It would be possible then to come to some conclusion to look things in the face; return to her old way of living and thinking or to find that other channel her soul was dimly striving fon But not while Brian was there with his pedestals. That would make It much too hard ; better to be silent ; far better to let him think of her cold, Indifferent, while he was near. Converse wrote her a brief note from Washington, where he had gone Into session. Why not run down here for a few weeks? Theres lots going on and you might amuse yourself playing chaperon to your friend Anstey and little Miss Fentress." ,She was astonished at the surge of feeling those few sentences aroused in her. She had coupled Brian and Daisy In her own thoughts, but this was different This was seeing them through the worlds eyes. This made possibility of conjecture. - D&EKFIT IEDR RADDDdD with the GOLDEN VOICE "I know what I want t "So do I its going to be an Atwater Kent. What we want is performance, and so far as were concerned theres only one choice. We want the Golden Voice of the new Atwater Kent good, clear, consistent reception, without a lot of noise. We want power enough to bring in distant stations. 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