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SERIAL STORY
i LADY BY REQUEST
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eOFYHIOKT. Itat,
HIM. SCRVICK, INC
, 'THB STORTi It aTa at am
' . atraaara Mr. flaphca. Curt
; 1 Plaaa4 aava so mtic ajnra
fcftr lanahroa with Hra - Hlraard
i Taarp-Ii:valri-'-4il(aoaB'a. It la
i ,ae woman whom ntepaen, famona
Jwrttar and commentator, lovra.
1 Klralra, blind bavtlfal, Mantlet It
la Impoaalhla not to lora. UMldea,
'(.IMaaa'a marrtaa; la a haalneaa
i nrapoeltloa tor alx montao and
' 10,000, Tin for gtrphra a
:.l'400i0w Inhorltanra ha wanld aara
I .loot had ha not married hctora ha
-waa. aft. Dtaaa'a farmer father
t . Mr. Tneker. and old Bllen Curt.
. ' Btephen'a atepmolher. ar hoplatt
i .-ttha eaapla will eomo ta car for
!-.aea other any war apltefnl,
apollad Adela makea Ufa ao dim.
i;.alt for her alater-ln-law that
..' aalv" atcpaaa hlndneaa and th
'frlendahlp of people Ilka Bralm
I'l and Fhll Brnre. Stephen'a heat
friend, make Adlaa Intuit hear
H nhl. OtaerrrU tHana mlaht wlah
i r ah had returned to her down
. atat heme aad to Bill Jarkaoa,
fhr childhood aweetheart, laalead
. I af aBarrTiaa dtephen whrn aha
I 1 . waa d red n? flirtation Richard
,' Thorpe. It la a blow, then, to
. .-return from luncheon with Rn
l- lrn. nd And Adela and Thorp la
:--ck athera arm.
t- MOMENT OF TENDERNESS
CHAPTER XIV
A T the tound of her startled
movement they sprang apart.
Quilt was written large on their
face. Richard, clasping a cock
'tall glass In one hand, laughed
unpleasantly. "Why, It's th lady
'f the manor, herself!" ha cried
mockingly, and Diana, with a sick
lurch of heart, thought of Eva
lyn's loving words concerning
him.
, Adela's face was livid with rage.
"Lady, my eye!" she shouted, re
gardless of listening servants. Her
strange, dark eyes flashed with
fury. "I suppose you'll think It
your noble duty to tell my brother
what you took pains to spy upon!
And I'll tell him that you're a
Jying, cheating, eavesdropping !"
'Her voice rose high and shrill and
Richard clasped a hand over her
mouth roughly. Be was flushed
with embarrassment and Diana
rfelt that he would have given a
great deal if she had not witnessed
.that embrace. -
K Without it word, Diana turned
and walked out of the room and
tip the stairs. She felt that only
by keeping silent could she main
!tain. her dignity. But her heart
was sick within her as she thought
of Evalyn Thorpe and her childish
iaith hi her husband. Even she,
herself, had been led to think well
of him because of Evalyn's praise.
But her original estimate had
been the true one after all. .
She lay down on the bed, her
hands over her eyes, her heart
full of misery. The feeling of
exaltation with which she had
eome into the house was gone.
She felt spent, utterly tired. She
wished; fervently that she might
fcave been spared that scene In
jtbe drawing room. m
fV-Ai dinner , Adela was sullen but
apprehensive. ; Diana caught her
.surreptitious glance more than
jonce. and knew that whether she
(wished it or not she held a
jweapon over Adela's head which
tnieht be used in advantaro: Alcn
that Adela's hatred of her had j
Increased a hundred fold. .
JITTER dinner Stephen asked Dl
ana to help him correct manu
script and she agreed gladly.
Adela watched them go Jealously
but -dared say nothing. Tonight
he could not invent an excuse to
keep them from spending hours
alone together. A short time later
Diana heard voices, then the outer
door. slammed and she supposed
that Adela had gona out with
some member of the reckless
crowd she called her "kindred
spirits.' Joey Long, the pianist,
and a woman named Jane Burt
Stephen worked until late, at
times almost seeming to forget
Diana, so absorbed was he ini
transferring his thoughts to paper. J,
He wrote of the South American.
republics and the necessity of ce
menting friendly relations with
them in order to present a solid
front of defiance to the totali
tarian" governments of Europe. '
Ii-Diana was absorbed, . too, en-
thralled almost, at this unfolding I
of his brilliant mind. She felt she '
scarcely dared breathe for fear of
Unterrupting the smooth flow of
ms tnoughts. And it was only
when he caught her slyly flexing
Iher stiff fingers that he stopped
short in amazement to slance at
his wrist watch.
-"Great heavens how time has
Wown! And you must be dead!
IWhy didn't you stop me?"
!; :."It was all so interesting," she
ismiled tiredly.
' ",WeU, the rest of it can wait
(I'm, starved. Let's see what we
jean find in the icebox."
jt Diana followed him to the
Bdtchen; helped him drag out cold
ffiam, beer, an array of cheese and
pickles. They ate ravenously, Jok
ing like a pair of high school kids.
This was a new Stephen Curt
Different from the man who com
manded the respect of everyone,
phe'' terse commentator whose
(views were important in high
'circles. Different even from the
tman who had been at home in
Bier father's house and at whose
tfeet she had sat and called him
Ifriend. He was gay now, amus
ing, fun. . r .
: , ' -.
f'YOU'HE love'v tonight, Diana,"
L h" sald "'Uyf and Placing
his hands on her shoulders drew
her close beside him. . Wide-eyed,'
she lifted her gaze to his and saw
that his eyes were warm with a
look that exceeded friendliness. ;
Her lips trembled and suddenly
he' drew her' closer against his
heart and kissed her, softly at
first, then with unexpected fierce
ness and passion. And to her sur
prise her lips responded with all
the ardor of her being.
Then he released her, pushed
her from him, drew himself tip
sharply. "I'm sorry, Diana that
wasn't in the bargain, waa itj
'Forgive me, my dear, and I prom
ise it won't happen again!'.'
And then Diana, chilled by this
sudden expulsion from his arms,
remembered, tool Stephen loved
Evalyn Thorpe and had only been
carried away for the moment by
her nearness and willingness to
be taken in his arms. The brief
embrace meant nothing more than
that She would not embarrass
him by thinking that it did. But
almost for a moment it had
seemed very real. .
"It's quite aU right Stephen,"
she tried to make her voice sound
gay, but in spite of herself it
trembled, "Something chemical in
the air, I guess. Good night" .
"Good night my dear."
But in her room she found her
self sleepless, staring into black
space long after Adela had come
in, long after the house had set
tled into quietness. A cold rain
was falling. It slashed dismally
at the windows and a wild wind
howled around the house. She re
membered her conversation with
Stephen the night she had re
turned from her walk with Bill
Jackson. He had said that it
would not be impossible to fall
in love with her. But he had not
denied his love for Evalyn. Yet
could it be that proximity might
have its way, and that when the
time came to let Diana go, Ste
phen would find that he needed
her? Diana knew that having
their marriage a success was the
one thing Ellen Curt wanted most
Perhaps
She shook herself, shivered and
burrowed farther under the cov
ers. "Don't build up any hopes,
Diana," she admonished herself.
"It'll make things too hard whan
parting comes."
For if Richard Thorpe ware
really untrue to Evalyn, wouldn't
the fact come to light before long?
Then it Evalyn should divorce
Richard and Stephen should be
free to declare his love xor ner,
where would Diana come in? .
"I wouldn't" i whispered
Into the darkness. "I wouldn't I
come in at all. In fact, I'm - i
ready on my way out!"
(To Be Continued)
OUT OUR WAY
By J. R. Williams
OUR BOARDING HOUSE, with Major Hooplo O
The republican party has been
in power so long in this coun
try that a great many of Its
leaders do not understand the
role of a minority party. Alf
Landon, GOP presidential can
didate in 1930.
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