SERIAL STORY
LADY BY REQUEST
BY HELEN R. WOODWARD
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MA SXRVICK. INO.
: THE ITORVl It la ObTlona that
aaatlaa'. taninrrnmental Adela Cart
an. nr mrrv alatrr-ln-lnir, Diana,
araa'l SWlaa; la art alonir. THT
alaah at flrat mi-Minn" when fa--nxaaa
writer and commentator
Itaakaa Curt takta kls hrlda
knilt Vo tma mama their.
4J woman Stephen luvea la mar
la to another man I Diana la hla
krfaa Sor alx montha and 910,000,
Cat to aaro for him the a,O00,OM
harltaneo ha would haT loet
iad he not married before he waa
f. Other r.harnetera In the alory
,ara Stephen Thorpe, ho lawyer
, who tired IMana after aho had re--vlated
hla adranceei 84ephena
atanmather. Bllen, who llkea the
klrl for her frankneaai Phil
Brnee Stephena heat friend, who
. la obrlonalr attracted to Dlanai
, Mill Jarkaon, Dlana'a ehlldhood
Watheart. Dlana'a father eon
'aenta to the marriage only be
.aanen he admlrea Stephen ao much,
'tephen'a wedding aclft la a bean
.tjfal diamond bracelet, her Intro
4an)tloa to the lnrnry that will
aieoompanr nelnir Mra. Stephen
Cart. Bat will Diana be willing
to aire ap the aew life la atx
-aaoatkat
THORPES COME TO DINNER
f ; CHAPTER X
VTRS. STEPHEN CURT stood
. before the triple mirrors In
tier room and surveyed her sev
eral lovely selves therein re
flected. Her dinner gown or sim
ple: black chiffon had cost more
than, aa Diana Tucker, aha had
arned In a month. The diamond
bracelet clasping her wrist, Ste
phen's gift on their wedding day,
was worth a small fortune.
--.And Diana was happy. Reso
lutely she told herself that In
pita of the fact that her mar
riage was strictly a business af
fair. In spite of Stephen's sister,
Adela, who did her best to hu
miliate Diana and make her un
comfortable whenever she could.
And in spite of the fact that to
night, among other guests assem
bled for dinner below, would be
Richard Thorpe.
Diana was at a loss to under
stand why the thought of Richard
Thorpe's coming to the house
ahould cause her such distress.
Aside from the fact that she had
never liked her former employer
and that she had left his presence
the last time after telling him to
"go to the devil," she knew she
had no earthly reason now for
this dread of seeing him again.
j It was Adela who had invited
the Thorpes and when she had
told Diana that they bad accepted
the invitation, it was with a ma
licious amusement which Diana
was quick to see and understand.
During the weeks that had
elapsed since the snowy evening
when Stephen Curt had asked her
to become his wife, events had
passed in such rapid succession
that Diana was left breathless.
But with Frieda's help, she had
elected the right clothes, presided
.over the household affairs with
simple dignity and more than once
wondered if she'd really ever .
known any other life than this.
Dlana'a relatives, completely
Wei awed by her . good fortune,
Ibad come down for dinner one
Waning and Stephen had exerted
Ihimself to be especially charming.
There was no doubt that he was
genuinely fond of her father, who
could discuss with ease many of
the . subjects on which Stephen j
was considered an authority. Ste
phen waa kind to the two boys,
too. Herman had come up espe
cially from the State University
for the occasion.
e a
JlfTtS. STEPHEN CURT was
launched into a new and very
exciting life, made all the more
glamorous because she knew it
jwai not to last She was intensely
interested in Stephen's writing
arid was delighted when on oc
casion he asked her to help him
prepare copy. Now she was no
longer nervous in taking dictation
because Stephen was so patient
and kind. Consequently she turned
cut manuscript that was a Joy to
behold and which Stephen, him
self a hunt-and-peck typist, sent
to his publishers with pride. Even
Wis Todd, Stephen's regular sec
retary, complimented her work.
Diana had been drawn to Elva
Todd at their first meeting and
subsequently they had become
friends. Diana was sure that Elva
was in love with Stephen, and also
that he was completely unaware
of the fact
All in all, it was a pleasant,
orderly, abundant life except for
Adela. From the first Stephen's
sister had resented Diana's pres
ence in the house; had resented
the ease with which "that stenog
rapher" as she called Diana, had
fitted Into the life of the Curls.
- "Suppose he should really grow
-to care for that scheming adven
jturess and not let her go when
ihe time comes," her thoughts
would run in abject terror, when
cm occasion she saw Stephen's
yea following Diana. "Then they
wouldn't want me around they'd
want to get rid of mel Stephen
wouldn't but she'd make him!
She'd poison his mind against me.
' And where would I go? Where
would 1 go? None of this would
have happened if It weren't for
that hideous old Ellen. She in
ifluencad my father to make such
ghastly, will. How I hate that
woman!"
,
iN0W' Puttin tt nmshlng
- touches to her make-up, Di
lana was pleased with her reflected
image. Her hair lay in smooth
shining waves of red gold; her
akin glowed from exquisite care
, and attention; and the warm
white of her beautiful neck and
shoulders rose from the folds of
black chiffon where white gar
denias lent fragrance and beauty.
;. She answered a low knock at
the door to find Stephen, hand
some in dinner clothes, waiting
jfor her. It was a little attention
aor which she was always grateful
this privilege of going down
Into the unknown world below at
his side and not alone.
Ha smiled at the picture she
presented. "I suppose it's useless
to tell you how lovely you look,
since you've no doubt been stand
ing before the mirror for the last
half hour," he teased.
Diana laughed, remembering
how from the first moment he had
seemed to be able to look through
her and read her thoughts. She
retorted, "Since you know so
much about me, perhaps you
know why I chose a black frock
tonight"
"Because you know black sets
off your fair beauty," he haiarded
gallantly.
She shook her head. "No. Be
cause I read in a book that a
well-cut black frock always gives
a woman quote 'complete as
surance of sophistication' un
quote. And heavens knows, I
need assurance tonight"
"Why tonight especially?"
"Because a certain person for
whom I once worked and once
told to go to the devil is to be
a guest tonight"
He raised his dark brows la
surprise. "You don't mean you're
letting the thought of Richard
Thorpe get you down?"
She lnnfferf to sav. "Your sister
I knows I once worked for him. I
feel they have discussed me to
gether. She invited him here to
annoy me."
But she only answered with
mock seriousness, "I never know
what to say to people I've insulted
the next time I meet them."
Stephen laughed. "From my
observation of the affair, I'd say
you came off decidedly the victor
In your last encounter with
Thorpe. And X believe you can
do it again. Just say, "Why, hello
how nice to see you agatnl
That's the perfect formula for all
occasions, isn't it? An, before the
evening is over you'll probably be
calling each other 'darling'l"
Diana shook her head. "Some
how I don't believe it will go that
far," she answered wryly. "But
thanks for the recipe anyway. I'll
try it out in my testing laboratory.
And now shall we go down?"
(To Be Continued)
Never slam a car door when
the window is at a half-way po
sition. You may break the glass.
Motor car bodies of plastic
materials with rubber fenders
are now being studied by manu
facturers. The national forests of the
United States have a total area
of more than 162,000.000 acres.
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OUT OUR WAY
By J. R. Williams
OUR BOARDING HOUSE, with Major Hoopla
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