SERIAL STORY
LADY BY REQUEST
BY HELEN R. WOODWARb SnSSSiVL
S THIS (TORTl Ktepaaa Cart
klaae4 hla wife, Diana. tenaerlr.
. Tkea, "I (orsol mraeir," aala.
Tan? waan't In oar banraln, vraa
lit" Tae bargain by wklrk prr7.
farm-brei lllnnu Tucker, Jnal flreu.
7 lurrrcr Hlrknrd Tkorpa niter
realallniK fcla aurancea. kaa he
. roai tka bride of tka famoua
. wrlfnr and commentator, la a eon
; tract whereby aha la remain hla
' vlfa for atx montha and dio.ooo
. aavlna; for Stephen a SIMKRVWo
, Inheritance ho ironld have loat
- had he not married before he wno
8ft. Ilia alepntotker, Kllcn :nrt,
. and Dlann'a facher, are hopeful
the connle will come lo rare for
aach other, bnt fttrphea la In love
artth Kralra Thorpe, beautiful
: blind wife of the nlrtatlone Rich-
' ard, who haa alao become a faat
friend of INana'e. Thorpe, mean
while, la having an affair with
polled, aplternl Adcla. Ktcphen'a
' alater who doee not bother to con
ceal her Jealona hatred af Diana.
The temporary wife woadere If
ehe will And It aifflealt to aire up
tke pleaaaaf luxury of bains' Mra.
fltephen Curt, erea taoush In
name only wondere If Inter there
will be a place la her life for Phil
Bruce, Stephen'a beat friend whe
fa eo atronaly attracted te her,
r for Bill Jackoon her child-
. hood aweetheart.
e a
TEA WITH ELLEN
CHAPTER XV
1 FEW days later Diana, down-
town on a ahopping trip, found
herself crossing the small park on
which aha had looked down that
snowy afternoon when aha had
first met Stephen. She smiled as
"You're ill! I shouldn't have
bothered you."
"Nonsense! Sit down. My ar
thritis Is a little troublesome to
day." She seated herself on the
stiff sofa. "Will you have a 'cup
of tea with me?"
"Yes if you're going to have
it anyway. I Just had a cocktail
willi Phil Bruce."
"Humph! Cocktail!" When the
tea had been brought she asked
sharply, "Do you like that young
man?"
"Very much."
"I'd better warn you! He had
the effrontery to tell me he in
tends to marry you himself when
Stephen divorces you. I let him
know that there was to be no
divorce!"
Diana faltered, "You wouldn't
want to keep us together If if
we were unhappy."
The old lady eyed her shrewdly.
"You don't look unhappyl Is Ste
phen unhappy?"
"I I dont know."
"You don't know! What has the
world com to when a wife I
doesn't know whether her hus- j
band is happy or not Is there j
going to be a child soon?"
Diana felt her face flushing j
hotly. She wished she had not
come here today. It was becoming
right" She stooped and kissed Out
old lady's rounded cheek. "I'll b
late for dinner If I dont hurry."
Outside she breathed sigh ot
relief. Without intention she had
let Ellen Curt find out that all
was not well with the marriage.
"Well." she reflected, "she won't
be so surprised when the break
finally comes!"
(To Be Continued)
OUT OUR WAY
By J. R. Williams
OUR BOARDING HOUSE, with Major Hoopla
More than three million men,
women and children have died
of tuberculosis in the United
States during the last 30 years.
Over two million more would
have died during that time it
the mortality rale, of 30 years
ago had continued to prevail.
The annual death toll from
tuberculosis in the United States
would be more than 250,000 if
the death rate of the early 1900's
still prevailed. Under present
mortality conditions, the annual
death toll Is about 60,000.
With the naked hills, the nude
trees and the bare limbs, it's
no wonder the corn is shocked.
she thought of aU that had hap- , hanier and harder lo parry the
penea since, Anew it nau veva
for the most part pleasant; re
membered Stephen's glance upon
her that night In the kitchen,
lived again the thrill of being In
his arms, of being a part ot his
comforting gentleness, his cour
age, fidelity, and honor. Then his
quick release of her, his apology
for having overstepped the bounds
of their "bargain."
Diana knew that If it had not
been for Adela she would have
been entirely contented in Ste
phen's house. But Adela was a
person around whom turmoil al
ways surged. Her intrigue with
Richard Thorps distressed Diana
deeply, for she knew that they
spent hours together. She had
caught glimpses of them in many
places, and knew that there was
talk.
4TTELLO! If you're thinking of
buying some of that candy,
111 go In with you."
v "She turned to meet Phil Bruce'
smiling face and her own lit up
with pleasure. "Hello, yourseltl
Bow nice to see you!"
1 He took her arm. "Let's go in
and ,see what they've got Every
afternoon at this time I experi
ence the pangs of starvation! It's
the Knelish in me, I guess.
Couldn't you do with a little
something?"
I "Of course," she answered gay
jly. "Any time!"
i It was a charming place, softly
'lighted, and with a decidedly Bo
hemian air of informality. The
scarlet and chromium bar was
j crowded at this cocktail hour,
'but Phil steered Diana back to
'the mora secluded tables. Phil,
after his cocktail, ordered an
enormous sandwich.
."But won't it spoil your din
ner?" Diana asked.
: : He snorted disdainfully. "Gosh,
no! Lady, you are gazing on at
man who not only-eats to live,
but lives to eat!"
" :"It's a wonder you're not eom-
. pletely surrounded by fat," she
said, noting however his lean,
muscular figure.
'"I would be, I suppose, if it
were not for the religious cere
monies I undergo every morning
with dumb-bells and the like."
iHe sighed. "Some day I'm going
Ito settle down and turn into a
inice old gentleman with bald
ipate and a round tummy."
: Diana laughed. "Add long white
(Whiskers, and you could double
for Santa Clsus!"
Later she said curiously, "You
promised to tell me something of
lEvalyn Thorpe how she hap
ipened to marry Richard."
Phil's face sobered, took on the
took of rapt adoration Evalyn's
name always called forth. "To
tell you the truth, I don't know
iuite how it happened. We three
j-i-Evalyn, Steve, and I grew up
together were neighbors, you
(know. Evalyn's parents still live
i there in Green street a few houses
below the Curts. There were win
ter week-ends here in town from
school parties, shows, lots of fun.
'Summers in camp. We never
'thought of Evalyn's handicap. She
never let us. And we agreed at
tan early age that one of us should
Imarry her take care ot her al
iways." His voice trailed off for a mo
jment, remembering. "Then Steve
land I went off to college we only
isaw Evalyn during the holidays
I and Richard Thorpe came to
practice law in old man Durbln's
jofflce. I guess he just swept her
loft her feet We didn't like to
jthink that Thorpe used Evalyn to
insure his position in the com
munity. We were relieved when
jwe saw how considerate how
Igenulnely fond he seemed of her."
I Diana's fingers tightened on the
Islender glass before her. What
would Phil and Stephen do if they
;knew about Adda's affair with
Thorpe?
i '
iCHE decided suddenly to see El
J len Curt She had not seen her
.for several days and had an Idea
:the old lady might be lonely,
though she would die rather than
admit it
Dabhey smiled her wintry smile
lid admitted Diana into the cozy
living room.
Presently Ellen came in, her
small gray slippers tapping on the
polished i floor. She carried an
ebony , cans today and Diana
thought her small round face
looked strained with suffering.
old woman's questions.
"No."
"And why not madam? Are
you one of these modern cowards?
I thought better of you! What
kind of a marriage is this, any
way?" Diana rose and set down her
tea cup. "Please," she said, "I
didnt come to carry tales. I only
came because I wanted to see you
and know if you were welt And
you mustn't worry about me and
Stephen. We'll get along all
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