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SERIAL STORY
LADY BY REQUEST
BY HELEN R. WOODWARD SittXtetSSs.
THB ITORTl Mr. atenkett
Oart. arMe nf tan hnm writer
' aa4 eoeaaaenfator. treada tae din
er aartr nlannea nr ner slater
In-law. anoUed. Jealnna Adela.
area thong ah Is eonllant of
her apnenmnre. nhe dreade It
tMin iu o the curate la Is be
' her former employer. Richard
Thorpe, whe had dlamlaaed her
after aha realaled hla adTeneee,
ad Mr. Thorpe. She wander tf
.a kaowa that her mnrrlase la a
bnataaea arrana-emrnf a nit
.rinse for eln mnntha nnd S10.00,
. nffered Dlonn hemnae Stephen
woald loae a KHk),wk Inherltanea
If fee did not wed before be wen
a. She aeerpted ao that aha
weald not hare to rernrn to her
. farm homo downatate aad her
- ehUdhood aweethenrt. Bltl Jerk
Me. Bllrn Onrt, ntrphen'a atea
.motker. and eeaafhle Mr. Tneker
ltana'a father, are knnefnl ikat
: Stephen and Dlaaa will fnll In
lor. He kaa told her that the
woman he earea for la married to
another maa.
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A DIFFICULT DINNER
CHAPTER XI
gHE slipped her hand beneath
. - Stephen' arm and they moved
down th stairway together just
ma Laricln wa admitting the first
guests.
Suddenly Phil Bruce was smil
ing down at Diana, his brown eyes
warm and friendly. Sh was ab
surdly glad to sea Mm, as If ha
war a very old friend indeed,
and dung to his hand Just a little.
"Hello." he Krlnned. "has any
one told you that you look like the j
nth degree of loveliness?"
. "Remember what I told you,"
Stephen warned. "There's no
truth or honesty in this fellowl"
Diana was laughing when, sud
denly, she found herself looking
into the handsome face of Richard
Thorpe.
"Why, hello, Mr. Thorpe how
nic to see you again!" she said
clearly. .
If he was taken aback by her
gay greeting, he failed to show it
He smiled blandly. "I was afraid
. yon might have forgotten that we
are old friends," he. said cordially.
Sh turned then and was star
fled at th Ibok on Stephen Curt's
face as he gazed into the eyes of
the beautiful woman standing be
fore him. Diana thought her the
loveliest person she had ever seen.
Softly waved brown hair framed
the gentle face of a madonna. It
was a face that was beyond
beauty, embracing a quality of
pur loveliness rarely foundv Di
ana found herself staring help
lessly. a a
TTE had said, The woman T love
married another man." And
Diana had often wondered about
this woman who had been able to
capture the devotion of man
tlike Stephen Curt. But certainly
jshe had never envisioned such a
'Centle, beautiful person as this!
Richard Thorpe said, "Mrs.
Curt, I dont believe you have
met my wife."
. : And Stephen said in a tone al
most of reverence, "This is Eva
lyn, Diana." .
Amazed, Diana stared from the
lovely woman to Richard Thorpe.
Richard Thorpe was th other
Iman of whom Stephen had
spoken. She could scarcely be
lli eve it was true!
I But Evalyn Thorpe was speak
ing in the gentlest tones imagin
able. "I am sure you must be
pery lovely, my dear, or Stephen
pould not have fallen In love with
' Startled, Diana realized that
Evalyn thought this was a "regu
Oar" marriage. And staring at her,
saying "thank you" in a confused
Diana in that moment
. This lovely, child-like woman
with her air of gentle gracious
ness was blind!
Sh tried to concentrate on th
other guests but always her eyes
I came oacK to Evalyn Thorpe.
Phil, who was seated at her left,
finally claimed Diana's attention.
, "You're wondering about Evalyn,
rent you?" he asked in a low
roice.
"Yes," ah answered. "She's so
lovely one doesn't at first sus
pect -
'"That she's blind? But she has
been sine birth," Phil explained.
."We were all brought up together
i Steve, Evalyn, and L Our tam
mies were neighbors. We've al-
1 "ays been fond of each other."
I Diana was silent for a moment
"How can a woman like that re
flect all the loveliness that th
(world has, when sh has never
wen any of its beauties?" she
tasked finally.
Phil smiled. "After you've
mown her a while you'll realize
that Evalyn has an Inner beauty
. and light which makes what we
aea with th outer eye tad In to I
Insignificance."
"You mean she's never seemed
Hnhappy?"
"If she ever Is, she keeps ft to
fcerself. I've often wondered how
t especially sine she married
(Richard Thorpe."
',.
IATTER dinner, In the drawing!
pr room, a young man began to
piay me piano soothingly while
lAdela had the bridge tables set up.
IDiana wished she might forget her
duties as hostess and talk to Eva-:
- lyn Thorpe. Stephen was called!
to the telephone and stayed for
some time and Diana's duties were
increased.
'Later, Evalyn Thorp left her
place in th big whit leather
chair by th fireside, called Di
ana's name and, guided by her
voice, came to stand beside her. .
"I want you to have luncheon
with me on Thursday1, Diana. W
must get to know each other bet
ter," she said.
Diana covered th slender hand
ri her shoulder with her own
tngers in a quick gesture of grati
tude. "I shall be happy to come,"
iha said, 2'and thank you."
Later, Richard Thorpe cam to
stand behind Diana and at th
first possible moment caught her
attention. The bridge gam had
broken up and they were all talk
ing in little groups, "It seems
Evalyn has taken a fancy to you,"
be said, his eyes sweeping ap
preciatively over her figure.
"I'm glad!" Diana said warmly.
"Yes," he answered, and there
was a flicker in his eyes of the
sadism that ruled his nature.
"She's a wonderful woman!" He
eyed Diana contemplatively. "So
the little stenographer with th
temper to match her hair has be
come Mrs. Stephen Curt Quite
a change of profession, isn't it?
I could swear that you had never
seen him until that afternoon In
my office. And being th family
lawyer, I happen to know the
terms of Stephen's father's wilt
So putting two and two together,
I know "
Before so could answer, Ste
phen's voice at her elbow said,
"Yes lucky, wasn't it that I
found a girl I could tail in love
with almost at the midnight
hour?" He smiled and as someone
called him, drifted away.
Thorp was grinning sardon
ically. "He's lying gallantly, of
course," he said thickly, reaching
out a hand to steady himself,
against a table. "You see every
one has known for years that
Stephen is madly in love with my
wife!"
Diana never knew what her
answer would have been, for at
that moment Lark in appeared at
her side. "There's a gentleman
waiting to see you in the hallway,
Mrs. Curt," he said. '
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LATE COMEDIAN
HORIZONTAL
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. actor.
12 Destitute.
Answer to Previous Poizle
13 Moan.
14 Roman road.
16 To call, forth.
18 Termination.
19 Fragrant
. oleoresln.'
20 Exclamation.
21 Rhode Island
(abbr.).
22 Iridium v.
(symbol).
23 Fiber knots. '
24 Railway
fahhr V
45 Dibble.
47 Sun god.' '
25 Toward.
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28 Compass . 1 WorshlpA
Mint K4 t7
Bp 1 SPHfEjAlR MBU A C E
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29 Onaeer. . S3 Sunerfl
30 Expensive. , 57 Auction. '
32 Constellation.' 58 Trivial.
33 Burmese 60 Crystallized
wood spirit . vapor.
85 Unit of work.' 61 He was
37 Mimics. ' ( popular
40 Mystic wwtV .
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' Who on earth could be coming
to see her, Diana wondered, and
at this time of night? But sh was
glad of th opportunity to escape.
Her cheeks were biasing as with
a murmured word she left Rich
ard Thorpe and went into th
hallway. Bill Jackson stood there,
looking big and handsome and a
bit bewildered.
(To Be Osnttnoed)
HUNTER TRAPPED
DALLAS, (P) Roy Eastus
Jammed on th brakes of his car
as a 10-gaUon milk can. rolled
and bounded curiously into Its
path.
Investigation disclosed a large
German shepherd dog, his head
caught in the can. Roadside ef
forts at liberation failed but at a
garage 30 minutes later the neck
of the can was chiseled away
from the neck - of the dog.
Inside a badly mauled rabbit
still struggled.
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Tricycles
Wagons
Lionel Trains
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SHOP
222 S. 7th. Phone SS20
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To AAEASuee the
HEIGHT OP A TREE,
AMJLTIPLVTHE LENGTH
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WVlDe BV THE LENGTH
OR VOOR SHADOW.
IN THE WELL-KNOWN OLD-
TIME SONe. WHAT DID
BILL. BAILEY'S WIFE O
WANT HIA TO DO fT
to "please come home."
the world's heavywelfhl tlUeT
22 He was born.
in .
25 Former
Russian rulers
27 Saddle pad.
29 Part of "be."
31 A chief ' "
(Arab.).'
84 Appended
musical
passage (pW
34 Pierce with,
horns,
38 Metal
fasteners.'
39 Tendon.
41 Feminine
courtesy title;
44 Moderately
feeble-minded
person.
48 Horseback
game.
48 Nevada city
50 Pineapple.
52 Reverend l .
(abbr,). .
63 Moccasin.
64 Beret
66 Greet fetttfl
58 Exist'
59 French
article. '
, 2 Metal snare.
;2 Noah's boat.
-r (abbr.).
,8 Anger.
Ages. '
7 Demented.
(One (Vt.
9 Rivulet.
. 10 Solar god
-Egypt).
11 Arabian-, -provinc.1
12 Equals.
15 More maturtC
17 God of love.
19 Great Lake.
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