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The Romance of a Million
By Elizabeth Dejeans
, TBI STORY TBUS FAR.
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aW Mrs. BrmOUM. Jseesls ere
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seer ress bmmik If. ftssoertowJCW
aeUaw. Brae swa s srysiories "Mr.
Smi sre nuFW, be As donim oU.
Mrs. Pissssrtm Kent canters hew ofortt
M MMMT (AS genu, M"
(save. Mat pretnting the family name.
Into this tmaifkm of mystery ond tu
picion tmrnlks lovable Maris Angonloma,
war heroine, to Imm chauffeama or
Mn. Dimbmuut-KmtL She laarm tha fam
ily secret from Attm Coif, s third
ntphaw, mkan ate jistevrnt him embreo
mg Boll mid token mo itmmit tha res
torn for kor own eold U asTissnr by tho
konsahaU. Maria finally wins mo effac
tiam of Mn. DunbartonXant and is in.
vitad to (mm mtaatbar of tho family;
Wott proposes ond U refeetad, a Maria
hot horn attracted, danpilt Wad, to tho
tombw Brock. On tha aura fay mo moom
to Kom$ Howtm mo ends a rssslesr in har
Ung: Carry tnu
may maad U." At
m cat
Brack mbtly
w of
NINTH INSTALLMENT.
$4M,Me tB Jewels!
M
PARTE had undraaaad and had care.
tally disposed of har rad sown, pon- i
taxing meanwhile aa entirely now "
Idea: Perhaps Brack waa a little Insane? .
Wart aaamad to think that ha waa. ' That
would explain many things: Brack's brood
fog, withdrawn look and tha strange thinga .
ha said and did. Probably tram tha tlma' ha
waa a child ha had not been altogether Tight i
n hto mind. Think of tha Ufa ha had lived, '
neglected hoy, locked up tn prison, whera .''
ha must have brooded. Els uncle must have
had a good Influence upon him, but that bad
aot been for long. There had been no one
to cars for him, and ha had begun to steal
agate. Then thoaa fearful yearan a Oermaa
prison! Perfectly sane men had lost their
minds under each privations and sufferings,
Man eame'out of priaona with faces carvan
and rtm Kka Bracks and minds nlU
- And thoaa wba ware unbalanced naa ;
r stranga hatreds. Brecksaamed hats Wast.
'J- - Whenever ha looked at Wart his ayes wars .
Ata a knife. It wW terrifying, tha way hi
.- ; ejhleh ha had looked whan ha said, "If ens
wasted to drown ena'a enemy " , . And
. v tha warning 'wy In which ha said, "Look '
the roadster over wall before yon ride hi It,
! -: ifarla Aagoalame.1' Ha wanted to frighten
.v Wast and ha wanted to frighten, her. He
.1 ' had given her the pistol In a secret and terrl- 1
i ' tying way; Ha. waa trying to frighten her ;
. aMv mm Want Ttma. and htsligatlif him
J was Mrs. Smith. She would use a man who
;( ; waa not mta sane. She waa capable of any
" thing. '
; Hot and at tha same time shivering, Maria :
"' locked her door, then got Into bed and gath-
' ored the oevera about har. Her heated brain
evolved question after question. Why did .
Bella's height and long , llnea emind her .
aanatantly of Mrs. SmithT She had net
" aotleed Bella particularly that first day when
GIbbs had brought her Into the library. Bella
, ,? ' bmImI at a. AManea. and snrer atnea
aha had seen har only whan aha was wearing
: her veU and her long far coat - But tha mo
. V ' . aant she saw har nvthe Cblfaz house with- '
l out her coat aha had reminded her vividly
Mrs. Smith. It waa strange, that hateful
: women'a raaamblanee to Bella and Brack
. ; light eyes with black lashes Ilka Breck'a and '
a body like Bella"a long , and strong and
. ' gracefnl. '
Then came tormenting thoughts. Brack
' mart meet Mrs. Smith often and secretly.
Bonftleaa ha loved her passionately, as w
' BeUa laved Colfaxf Most likely Mrs. Smith '
' had not really gone away, but waa hidden In
li. 1i ,i.im ' fmv4mt TT, a nfc Yiaaw Bnliia
' to meet her that night when aha was playing
.'. tha piano. She was going oat to meet him,
' that was why aha was putting on har furs.
Maria waa so ense and excited that whan
- soma one mocked on her door her heart,
'" - V leaped into her throat and she could neither
1 speak nor move. She found her voloe only
, when the knock waa repeated. " Whs ts ItT"
she asked.' '';.-.
"Have yon gone to bed?" It waa-Mrs.
X)nabarton-X!ent. f A
i ' Maria hurried to let her In and Mrs. Don- '
barton-Kant closed tha doer, than looked
Maria over, her flushed face and wide eyas
j'c and bar Bttla flgnrain ito nightdress.
suppose you were asleep? But trs
eany, us wwi. ui uw w juu, mom amiu.
tOt back into , bed, ehfld rn alt' beside
.'-.'-u.":"; -V ...
', . thm was tolly prepared for mora trowal
'.. laja must meet It aa best she oeuld. Whs
She saw Marie, looking like a child atartlai '
at et slaeB, she felt Immeasurably dk
: she was a motherless gtat sad thee-
i nothing to guard har from such -
It Maria bad flsad bar aX
feedena csi him there waa a bitter haartianha)
ta store tor has.
v -m stt bara beside you," aha repeated,
-I atmply wanted to ask you somathlag."
Mrs. Zhinbarton-Kaat's coming was a ra '
oat tram wretched, terrifying thoughts, as4 ',
Marls lay as close as possible to the chair
' Mm Don barton -Kent drew up to tha bad.
"Tarn most glad you have coma, madams,"
aba said with sincerity.
Mra. Dun barton -Kent put her. band oa
Maria's shoulder and looked In to bar area. ,
"Marie," aha said gravely, " you know, doat
you, that I am fond of you and would stand ,
by you la any trouble? And, too, that X
would never pry Into your heart out of mars -curlosttyr
' . " V
Maria braced herself Instantly to answer
questions and yet keep her secret; WOletts
must hava told. Mrs. Dunbarton-Kant that
aha had talked with Colfax, also about tha
spaniel. Mra.. Dunbarton-Kent'e manner
waa affectionate, but purposeful. t"I am .
certain of it. madams, " aha aald gravely.
" I want you to tell mo than, child, truth
fully and honestly do you love my nephew,
J Brack?". ' "v . - - 5
, That estlon was utterly unexpected, ,
Maria .flamed scarlet, but also aha ahrank
and shivered, and her answer was instant:
"No, madama-r She mat Mrs. Dunbartoa
Kent'a keen look with flushed dlrectneaa.
' "Has ha ever made love to yon, ehfld?'' -'
."Never, madams," I am certain that, he
doss not even Uka me he has always avoid. '
ed nwuV Y'. ... '!..:!' y
Mrs. Dunbarton-Kant drew a breath of ,
' relief. Tha shiver that had run through '
Marie'S'body was aa convincing as tha ahudV
der that had shaken her when she had toM .
of her experience with Mrs. Smith. 'But
there waa flushed misery In Marie's eyas as
well, and Mrs. Dun barton-Kent persisted. .
"How do, yon feel toward him, ehfld? What
do you think of him?" . f '
Maria tried to explain carefully and yet
truthfully. "At first, madams, I thought
Mr. Brack a stranga but lovable man, and -r
1 felt great pity for what seemed MslenaBV
neaa. But near that I know him bsttsr,!;' '
shrink from him. Hs Is too strange.' Aa''
this evening st 4mher, thlnlffcaMRftr r 'v
frightening to me. And at the sama ttana,'' b'K
. aa Mr. West alio feels, I have ytty for htm
, that be should be as he Is. Please ex cues
v me that I speak so of any one hi "your fam
ily, but of my feelings to htm am telling
exactly the truth I think of him as an un
fortunate man." Marie felt that aha waa
tening the truth; aha had covered -the face
of her lova and had buried It eJtve, per
haps, but she did not realise that
" It'a the best way to think of hhn," Mrs.
Dunbarton-Kant aald. '(
She was tremendously relieved. Wert had
been right to soms extent; Brack had ap
pealed to tha girl's Imagination. But there,
waa no mistaking Maria's shiver. She had
sensed In Brack the thinga aha did not know
and had been repelled. She ootild rely on
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Marie's Instinct and aha could keep her at
. Kent House. Mere' than half of Mrs. Dun- -barton-Kent's
consternation had been be
cause she would loss Marie's com pan ion ship.
As she had told Marie, aha had carried about
with her an empty heart
With a sudden stJr of affection she slipped
her big arm trader Marie's shoulders and
drew her close, and, with a caught breath of
surprise and Joy, Maria flung her anna about
har neck. - Mra. Dunbarton-Kent kissed har
and Marie kissed her again and again, 'on
both cheeks. ' ' " '
. " You're sweet, child," Mrs. Dunbarton
Kent whispered," and Maria returned. " O,
madame. It la an love for you In my heart.
I wish to' do only what wfll make you
happy." . J
. "Be kind to West, then, child. He has'
his faults, but at bottom he's a Una sort and
he loves you. Outwardly West la Hvery and
- carefree; but he'a not a happy man there's
a restless craving aomethlng about ,' him
which I hava never been able to understand
: that and an Intense reserve. Lova wfll
make a fine man of West, I think. I would
like to see one member of this family hap-
, py," and aha sighed, V
"I win remember, madame," Maria said
softly. "Ta make you happy I would da
almost anything. I have great respect for
Mr. West and much gratitude, and I think
that by and by X ahafl feel mora happy wfth
him. My Interest Is now entirely centered
upon this family, quite aa If It were my own, -
' and to yea I have absolute devotion." .
Mrs. Dunbarton-Kent patted har aheoJdar.
"Now go to sleep," aha advised. "I'm glad
we Ye had this tsJk It's brought as closer
together. I dM want to know lost bow yea
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'ft
ttntnga, mot hatafot
' felt toward Brock, who la an anxiety to as ,
' all. Owing to circumstances, when you first -came
here, and for which I'm sorry enough :
now, you saw more of Breck than of any one -else.
I got Into a panic after dinner, thlnk-
tag that perhaps the reason yon didn't re-
spend to West was because yen might have
taken a fancy to bis cousin. . I might have
known better your instinct la pretty true.,
rm a plain spoken old woman, I don't know
hew to be anything else, so out I came with
my question." . She patted Marie's shoulder
again. " But It's all right now." .
1 Maria wished that she could ten her every
thing. 8he laid her hot cheek against Mrs. 1
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Dunbarton-Kent's hand. "There Is one per-
son wham I know I love," she said tensely,
"and that Is yourself."
Mrs. Danharton-Kent patted bar cheek
then and smoothed her hah. ' "Good-night,
ehfld; good-night." ?
When Mrs. Dunbarton-Kent 1 returned to
. the library West was pacing tha floor. It
' waa a perturbed face he turned on her when
she entered. . In all her experience with West
. JLand he had been part of her. household.'
sines he was twenty Mrs. Dunbarton-Kent -had
never seen him look aa ho did now. Since
Marie had taken hold on him he had ahowa
more genuine feeling than aha had observed
In him in aO the years aha had known him.
He waa so evidently suffering that aha felt
a stir of affection for him. '
She closed the door behind her. " It'a aQ
right, West," she said reassuringly. ' " The
.honest little soul told me the truth, as I ,
knew she weald," and sba related exactly
' what Maria had said. , " She 'shivered when
she talked of Brack, and It was mere con
vincing even than what she saM. Shell
svetd turn; yon have nothing to fear, so quiet
Wart had quieted. He drew a long breath.
"Its a relief! Thank heaven, you didn't
rage at her." .'
. "I had me intention of raging at her,"
Mrs. Dunbarton-Kent said with feeling. " If
there waa anything between them X waa to
blama 1 1st Haslett have his way. X didn't
forget that far a moment rve liked the
child from the beginning I loved her to-:
night I've had little enough affection be
stowed en ass these last fsw years, rve fait
a desolate eld woman since your ancle died. -Tea
shall have your chanos. Wast; if she
grows to ears tor yon, waU and good; marry
bar and be nappy I shall rejoice over it
n's raaambltmca to BoUo amd Brmek.m
., Put If you don't succeed the child shall hava ,
- - ... . . ..
a' home with me. When tha time comes, as
It win, when we can't hold up our heads here
' on tha north shore, she shall go with me-if
she wants to."
- West smiled at her. "Tou have a big
heart, 'Aunt Bulah."
. "And a big body," Mn.-Dunbarton-Kant
supplemented a little dryly. "I hurt your
. artistic sense a thousand times s day. But
- that's neither here nor there Marie's quaint
. enough to satisfy your lUdngrfor tha unus
ual, so go ahead and win her, then make a
home somewhere tor' yourselves."
-I wfll," hs aald firmly. ."That's exactly
what I want to do. But, Aunt Bulah, rm.
stm desperately anxious." .They had spoken
: In low tones, now he dropped his voloe to a
whisper. , " Breck has some object In talking
and acting as he did tonight. Fve bean try-
tag to think It out and I've decided (hat he '
1s afraid of Marie-Mis wants har out of the
way. He must, know that she recognised
Mrs.' Smith that night In the park.' Car
. talnly the woman must have told hhn about
. her experience on tha train, and they are
. both of them keen enough to have made
. the connection. ,, They are ' afraid of her.
And I'm afraid for her. ! Beck was trying
to terrify her tonight I think she's in ac
tual danger." '
" . The look of grim distress returned to Mrs.'
Dunbartbn-Kent's face. - " They wouldn't
dare to hurt her," aha aald anxiously.
" "Their kind will dare almost anything
to remove an obstacle. . That incident on
the train would be a telling bit of evidence
against Mrs. Smith.' I believe, as Haslett,
does, that either she had Mra. BrantOI
win's Jewels with her on the train, or she
, had made some Journey connected with
them." ' '
"If only wo could get the Jewels into our
hands" Mrs. Dunbarton-Kent said 'long
lngly. . "' .-r ' ' r,
' " Tea, I know. But Aunt Bulah, Tm
thinking of Maria," ha urged. " Don't keep
her here. . I don't want harm to coma to her.
I don't want her to be mixed up in any
expose there 'may be. . I love her. Aunt
' Bulah can't you understand? " He -was
tensely earnest. , ,
. "I know. West," she said dlstreasedly,
" but where could aha go where she would'
be as safe aa aha Is here? I talked that over
with Haslett the morning after she waa
hurt, and It waa his advice to keep her here
with me. X was considering yea, too. Hers
you can be In tha same house with her."
"Send her to Canada TU follow har
there. Send her anywhere that's a distance
; tram here clear away from afl this mess! -"
Tou talk as if she ware a bale of goodar .
Mra. Dunbarton-Kant retorted with sudden
exasperation. " I've offered her a horns with
ma, X tell you. The child has a mind of
har own and a wtll of her own I can't pack
har off, hither and yon, at my pleasure!
She wouldn't accept even har traveling
' pen ses she's independent She wouldn't
' stay here if aha didn't think that she's earn
ing bar keep. If I showed her that I dldat
want her here she'd go into town and work,
and that's the worst possible thing she could
do. Tou see, West," she said more calmly,
" X went over tha whole situation with Has
lstt. Hs thinks It would be a great mistake .
to let, her leave Kent House. Of oourse, he
takes a lawyer's view: hs ssys that to let.
her fall by any chance Into the bands of
Mrs. Brant-Olwtn'a people , would be fatal;
that aha could give them the clew they want
' Ha advised me to keep her hers and to at
tach' her to me; make her our friend in :
every possible way. God knows, I haven't
acted out of mere self Interest in offering'
her a home; I love tho child; nevertheless
X realized that Haslett waa talking sense. ,
And, West, Breck's a crook, like his father;'
but I won't believe for a moment that he'd '
do a bodily harm to that child. He wouldn't
do It That woman, might. If she were In .
terror of capture, as aha waa on the train,
' but I don't believe she'd do it deliberately
there' d be too much danger in It, for her
self. I'm sorry you're worried, but Marie ',
la going to stay here. If between us we can't
protect her we're a poor lot" - She ended .
with a decision that dismissed appeal.
"Perhaps you're right' you and Haslett",'
' West said doubtfully, "but I shall be anx-,
. lone about her I can't help it he looked;
ogty this evening." i ,, ' '
"-Keep watch over her, West And make. '
', her, care for you that's the Important
thing." "m-Jv: ;. ;: j ' ':r': ' y.
West was studying the fire.., "If only ,
there was some way out of this trouble!
Those damned jewels! Aunt Bulah, I haven't
meddled with suggestions or advice; Haslett
la much more capable of advising than I am;
but I've thought for some time that there
might be a way out" s . .
' "What way?" she asked quickly.
, " Sanaom the jewel. ' It makes me rick
tfl putting a premium on orime but isn't
U tho only way out for utt ' believe We . '
what they're playing for their deep gome.
aant Haslett ever suggested itf" . , v
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i - Mrs., Dunbarton-Kent hesitated. ' " Has
lett haa more than suggested It, West" she
said finally. -,'..
. " What do you mean? " , s
" He made Breck the offer after we talked,
. the morning after Marls was hurt"
"Nor : "
"Tea, he did. He went to the farm and
took Breck aside and made him the offer ;
our hundred thousand,' the full value of
tho jewels. I gave my consent to his doing '
It It was his advice."
: "What did Breck say?" West asked
scarcely above his breath. .
"Haslett said that Breck looked at htm ,
. without any expression at all, except that
' tha muscles In his face twitched. Then :
Breck turned his back on him and walked
away not one word."
, West had flushed hotly. " God! Think of
It being possible to offer such an Insult to
a Dunbarton-Kent!"
"It mads me feel 111," Mrs. Dunbarton- -Kent
said In a thick whisper. " Haslett
looked ill when he came hack to me ' After
an, fee's a Dunbarton-Kent,' he said to. me.
i The proposal was that Brack was to find .
the Jewels for me, turn them over to me
in any safe way he could devise, and receive
the reward I offered. In return ha must bind
himself to go to Europe and stay there and
keep straight" Mra. Dunbarton-Kent's big
' body shook with disgust and anger. " Breck
. . would still be his uncle's heir, between us
-: 'all we would be evading the law and shield
' lng a criminal, but anything, anything rather
: than ' the . thing that's coming now: public
disgrace, our good old name soiled aa it will
'' be, the misery to you and Bella, and Kent
.House' a byword!"- vThe tears had gath
. ered In her eyes. "Right or wrong, I con
sented. West and Breck turned the pro
' posal down. ' Haslett Is in search of Mrs.
. Smith. He says he hasn't given up hope
of some solution, 'but I'm simply waiting for
' - the Inevitable." She drew a huge quivering1
. sigh. "Giving Maria a home, such as It is,
has been a pleasure I've been sick for a bit
of sunshine.", v ' ;
. West patted har hand sympathetically, his '
1 face grave. "Don't give np like that Aunt
Bulah."'. He looked thoughtfully at the fire
' and there was alienee for soms' moments.
Then he said with conviction, "It's slcken
, lng to -think of, but Haaletf s proposal waa a
' move In the right direction, only he didn't
' approach the right person."
. :. - - .
"What do you mean. West?";.
- . " He should have made hia offer to Mra.
'Smith.";..': ' ;v?;.v v;- :, . , '
' Mrs. ' Dunbarton-Kent stared at hira. '
"How could he? It would be fearfully dan
. geroua! We have only suspicions to go on."
" Nevertheless she is the one to bargain
with. They know they are in Imminent dan-.
gar; they're Just as anxious to turn those
Jewels Into money as you are to: receive .
them intact and return them secretly to -Mrs.
Brant-Olwin. .Don't you see, vBreck '
isn't going to risk losing bis Inheritance ,
han be' careful to maintain his Innocence.
Of course he turned down your proposal. .
But Mrs. Smith went They've counted on
your making some such offer they're clever
creoka. ' Shall demand' a stiff sum, but with
It divided between them, or shared, Breck
wfll ease to trouble ua, He'U go."
" Perhaps Haslett bad something of the
kind In mind when hs said that the one
thing waa to And Mrs. Smith?" Mrs. Dua-barton-Kent
asked quickly.
' "Of oourse" be did. Think of being rid
o? this Incubus, Aunt Bulah, if It can be
settled In that way 111 contribute something
toward' the ransom tail Haslett so."
' " Oo see him talk to him yourself, Wsst
X have kept out of It so far, but X wfll,
West said with decision.
" I suppose we can find a safe way of re
turning tha Jewels If we're fortunate enough
to get them," she added with a sigh.
As was characteristic of West hs Indulged
. In 'at least an outward light beartedneea,
" A aafa way! Drop them down her chuns
ney, tie them , to her door knob, let her
; come out from trying on a thousand dolls
gown and. find (them on. the aeat of her
limousine." Then he said longingly, "Lit
tie Merle and I and a clear future It's toe
much to' hops for. Don't worry, Aunt Bar
' lah," he said, affectionately. "Right Is
, might, after. aU." ' "
- "One might' question the 'right of what
we're doing." ' Mrs. Dunbarton-Ken . re-
,,., 4nl Mrs Rrant-fllwtn would
i. probably have a different opinion." ' . " -
"She loves her pearls," West said,
dnctly. Then. "I didn't tell you, I
. afraid you'd, worry, but she's back aha tel
. phoned me Just before dinner." . - ,
' Mrs. Dunbarton-Kent looked anxious. "X
did hope she would stay away. IH have to
; call on her, and I'm a poor dissembler."
JL U HQ (LB 1 1CUU1J LU U mm fMHW)
West advised. " She feels that you've never
v. really 'given , her your social countenance.
XI may neip us in u luiure. ire vwifi
Uked the Uttle woman." y ', v
Mrs. Dunbarton-Kent sat thinking for'
time. Then she announced abruptly, " Tha
thing I ought to do It would make a friend
of her Is to give her a party. The right
sort. West a dinner- dance, with all the
people Included who have held off from her.
I'd make them come and be charming to her.
It would be a triumph for her she'd forgive
our family a good deal, if ever I have to ask
a favor of her."
" West considered a moment " Well why
not?". he decided. "Do it I'H get some
men out from town men she'd liks to
. meet" " - ' ,.;'., ,
"I'll have Haslett have her meet him.
' " It's Just aa wen she should meet him and
like him." " ' !' -
' " Surely." '; i . ' " -"-
A;week from Fridav. that's" Mr.
- Dunbarton-Kent began, then paused to
listen. " Some one knocked, West?" - .
" I'U go," he said. "It sounds like Glbbs
. circumspect tap," and he rose and went to
the door, , -
' , West was right; It was Glbbs whose gentle
knock had Interrupted their conference,
" The night watchman is asking to see Mrs.
. Dunbarton-Kent sir," he announced, and
West saw. wuietts looming behind Gibbr .
- portly body.,.,',.. .
? "It's WUletts, Aunt Bulah," West said.
"Tell him 'to come In," she" answered,
. apprehensively. " More trouble, I suppose!"
Glbbs gave way to WUletts and vanished
In the direction of the pantry. West stepped
out into the hall, looked up the stairway, and
into the adjoining rooms, then returned to
the library, closing the door behind him. -
"Nobody's about out there, Aunt Bulah,
ITl leave you two to talk."
"No; stay," Mrs. Dunbarton-Kent aald.
anxiously. "WUletts has something lmpor
tant to teU us."
, "It's more a suspicion of mine than any
thing," Wllletta explained. "Just that I'm
pretty certain that many a night when we
thought Breck safe in his room he's been
' out, quite likely In town or at the Smith
house, or anywhere else he chose to go."
Mrs. Dunbarton-Kent looked startled and
West asked, gravely, "What makes ye
think so?" '
4 " WeU, there was something happened last
night or yesterday rather the little girl
brought a spaniel pup Into the garage. She'd
beentout walking up on the High Road, and
Colfax waylaid her and gave her the dog.
When we came back from my driving you
to the dressmaker's, Mrs. Dunbarton-Kent
I missed her from .the garden and was out
looking for her and saw Colfax talking to
her and saw her bring away the dog. II
. itm w im niwifu, . wuieis aaaea quicKiy,
for Mrs. Dunbarton-Kent's brow had dark- '
ened. -." I was there and saw it all, Colfax
Just nosing shout ss usual and of course
wanting to get her Into trouble with you over
hia having given her tha dog. Besides, she
told me about it; that aha didn't want to
talk to him and wouldn't answer his ques
tions and didn't want to listen to hia grievw
ances. The Uttle girl's all right". WUlets
said positively. - The baby spaniel appealed , y
to her, that's all she's been pretty lone-,
some.' She told me about It; she's all right, f
This morning when the pup was gone she"
thought it had gotten out of tha garage' ' '
same way and had gone back to Colfax Han." ;
West had been eyeing him keenly. It was)
evident that WUletts was stm another friend ' .
Marie hul made. "Certainly she's all right,
though you didn't always think so," he said. ::
"We dent need to discuss that; Just ce aa
with your story."
(Continued Nt Sunday.)
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