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" TH1) (TORTl Til ellBJBX:
neBwr imvnUm alme at WnBa (Tart
r ner eleler-ln-lnw,"Aleln. emaee
vrken 1e jrletnBe. pltefnl, lrl
frame a meeting- r1wl DliM
find aer former employer. IHrta
tlona BlrfiaM Thorpe. Diana
kaoerlna' Thorpe and Adrla ara
arias aa affair, Boea fa kla anat.
lac lodsa belleilna- Adrla la there.
Mlepnen flnda laem taa-alkrr. la
kart and beerlHered nm teowh
kla raarrlava fo Dlaaa la tempo
rary and oar f ennTenlenee, eon
tree led a arrare kla dXOOO.000 In
katilanaa whlck ka would aot r-
rHr vnlraa ka married before tka
V ef 80. Otaern la tka atorr are
Pall Brtjee, fttepaeBe beet frlrad
arko la atronply nUrnetea to Diana I
KvalXB Thorpe, keantlfnl kllnd
arlfa of nirhard. whom Dlaaa he
ller ee Stephen loreo. 'Been aome
rr here, Dlaaa f triumphant Adrla
aeka when ker plot o dlacredlt
kla wife with Stepaea kaa worked.
! lore aim," flaakaa Diana,
"aad lm stoln fa nsht for him I"
Dfepkev wondera why Dlaaa
makea ka attempt fa explain,
aomakow feela tkat akc la Inao
aent. For tknt reanoa ka deeidea.
Teadrtasr for aa Important trip to
south America, to leave tklafja at
v kema la chare of Dlaaa.
a a
DARK CLOUDS GATHER
CHAPTER XIX
AUi day Diana worked faith-1
fully at Stephen's aide. Sorted ;
manuscripts, assisted Miss Todd:
with last-minute typing, helped1
Larkin sort Stephen's clothes. !
When Adela learned of Ste-1
phen's plans, she produced a well-1
developed case of hysteria. "Why !
do you have to go?" she stormed.
"Of all the men in the world, they
pick on you! You're too valuable
a person to send into danger!"
"Don't talk like a child!" Ste
phen said impatiently. "There is
no danger In air travel today!"
"Ships crash every day!" Adda
cried. "What's to become of me?"
"Diana is to take charge of
things until I come back!" Ste-.
phen said it as calmly as possible,
glancing sidewise to see how she
took it
Adela's sobs ceased abruptly.
Her tear-streaked eyes were wide
with horror and amazement Her
mouth became a tight line of de
fiance. "You mean that stenogra
pher is"
Stephen's eyes took on that look I
of blue ice. "Now, look here,;
Adela, I don't want any opposi-
Hon to my plans. I m too busy!
to deal with hysteria. Diana is!
to be in charge until I return, and;
I want your promise here and1
now that you'll co-operate with
her in every way!"
Adela was breathing rapidly,'
furiously. "You'd put her above
me! You've fallen in love with
her!"
Stephen's busy hands stayed.
She's not your wife!" Adela
raged. "She never ha been.
Everybody know that!"
"Nobody knows unless you've
.told them!" Stephen said with;
udden harshness. Then with ani
appealing gesture, he placed his:
pis-ids on her shoulders. "Come,:
lAdela, let's not quarrel. I'm going
way. Do me the favor of giving 1
Tie a cheerful goodby. I'm surei
(Diana will meet you more than i
half way if youll do your part!
Now -.you'll have to run along.'
I've a million things to do!"
But after Adela had left the
room. Stephen stood quietly by
Abe hearth for some time, doing!
nothing. "1 have fallen in love:
with her," he said to himself.
-
T ATE that afternoon Stephen
and Diana walked over to Pey
ton Square so that Stephen might
Ibid Evalyn goodby. They found'
iFhil there and' the four enjoyed a.
1 quiet cup of tea.
"It's wonderful that they place
mo much confidence in you, Ste-,
phen," Evalyn said glowingly.'
pAnd I promise 111 do my best:
o keep Diana from peing lonely." 1
- . Diana felt Phil's eyes upon her,;
questioning, 1 and her cheeks !
flushed warmly. Surely everyone j
must guess how she felt about1
tatepnen! Stephen glanced up,
Intercepted the look between
Diana and FhO, did not under
stand It it ill He frowned
thoughtfully.
A little later they walked over
Its see old Ellen Curt, then home,
(together. The hectic evening
(passed, and it was dawn. A cold,
apprehensive dawn. Diana and
Adela, accompanying Stephen to
the airport, shivered in fur coats,
lit was difficult to believe that only
la few days ago it had been warm
and balmy. Now murky skies de
ified the efforts of the sun to find
, lan opening, and the wind whistled
through leafless trees.
' The great plane throbbed in
readiness, all was awry and
(bustle. And almost before they
knew what was happening, the
ko-pilot said, "Better get aboard,
Mr. Curt!"
Stephen nodded and turned to
(the two girls. He took Adela in
bis arms, kissed her fondly sev
eral tunes. Then to Diana he
imply extended his hand. "Re-:
imember your . promise!" ha said'
quietly.
; ' Diana's eyes were on bis, hun
grily seeking. Was he not even
going to take her in his arms now,
in this moment of goodby? She
ached to feel their strength about
her, to know the comforting as
surance of his trust in her. But
ha only gripped her fingers hard
and released them.
Ill stand by," she said thickly.
"Thanks. Goodby!" He was
gonel .
Through eyes heavily misted.
Diana -watched the great plane
take off, rise gracefully and finally
ibecome a disappearing speck in
jthe gray curtain overhead. Nol
eing sure Just how Stephen felt
bout her. More uncertain now
Jhan ever, in view of his casual
Jeave-taking. He was willing to
place an expanse of several thou
sand miles between them, with
out even taking her in his arm
arewel!. Surely that proved
that he was utterly indifferent to
bar.
She turned to Join the sobbing
1 Adela in the car, and found that
Iher head was aching with a dull,
Ithrobblng agony. She wanted
1 desperately to get home, wanted
the sanctuary of her lovely room
iwhere she could cry her heart out
in solitude.
a
nPHE days that followed were a
nightmare to Diana a night
mare in which she sat chained to
the radio. It had been like that
ever since the news had first come
through that Stephen's plane had
disappeared. A newscaster in an
all-too-casual voice had said,
"Last word received from the Si
korsky amphibian flying toward
Guayaquil, Ecuador, came from
Pilot Pete Smith who reported
that he was circling down through
heavy skies to find better visi
bility. Some concern is felt for
the well are of the IS passengers,
among whom is Stephen Curt,
well-known writer and political
commentator."
Adela hovered close by, her
animosity toward Diana forgotten
in her anxiety for Stephen. Her
eyes were red from weeping, her
handkerchief crumpled into a
soggy ball. Elva Todd, anguish
in her eyes, was a tower of quiet
strength. Phil, too, scarcely left
Diana's side and on that last night
when uncertainty became reality.
Evalyn and Richard Thorpe 1
joined the group. j
Adela had sent for her Aunt j
Christine, a small, plump, help- j
less person with a crafty eye and I
chubby, grasping hands. Diana had 1
disliked Aunt Christie from the j
first feeling her allied with Adela 1
againrt her. With a childlike air j
of proprietorship, Aunt Christie 1
helped herself to the most com- '
foriabla chairs, Diana's favorite
magazines, and ordered the choic
est foods prepared for herself:
"When you're an old lady, my
Idear, you'll understand how nec
'essary comfort is!" she explained,
sighing luxuriously.
, Diaaa wondered It there were
lothers of Stephen's family, realli
jing how little she really knew of
ithe man she had married.
(To Re Continued)
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