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LADY BY REQUEST
BY HELEN R. WOODWARD
COFYRIOHT. 14t,
DM SSKVICK. INC
TUB ITOIlTl Tha climax at
Mar laaalta alned at Dlaaa Owt
her Blaler-ln-law, Adala, eom
wbck th virions, spiteful, lrl
frames a m rating Iwtimi Illima
4 her former employer, fllrtn
ttoos Richard Thorpe. Diana,
fcaovftaa; Tliorpa and Adela ara
fcavlaa- aa affair, goes to his hunt
Ina; lode bells'Inn- Adela la there.
Stephen flndji tarns together, la
Burt and bewildered area though
' lila marrlaaa to Diana la tempo
Tmrj and ona of ennTenlenre, roaa
tracted lo eecure hla 92,000.000 ln
herttanee Vfhleh aa would not re
ceive anleaa he married before the
' are of 85. Others la the atorr are
. Phil flrnee, Stephen's beat friend
vrfco la stronn-lr attracted toDlanai
ErnlTa Thorpe, beaotlftil blind
wife of Richard, whom Diana be
llerea Stephen lorea. neen some
where. Ulaoaf triumphant Adela
aha when her plot to discredit
hla wife wrlth Stephen has worked
-MI Ioto him. nnshee Diana,
"aad I'm rains; to fiaht for bint!
Stephen atlll feela Diana la la
scent, learee her In charges when
the Is called to South America. Ills
plana disappears but Ulann re
fuses to believe blm dead. Iimoreo
aa order from Adela and lllchard
, Thorpe to leave the house. Adcla
- then ealls In a psychiatrist, de
ciding" to bare Diana Jodjrrd In
esne. Diana asks Rvalra to coma
apend the day with her.
ADELA'S TRUMP CARD
CHAPTER XXin
TOOT." BRUCE dropped In
-
and
bad lunch with them and Eva
lyn lost no time In telling him
what had happened. Phil was
ablaze with anger.
strength grew with his indigna
tion. II all the forces of evil in
the world were arrayed against
her, she believed that the support
and understanding of two such
people as Phil and Evalyn would
see her through whatever trials
lay ahead.
"How Adela jeould be Steve's
sister, I cant imagine. I still think
they found her under a stone
somewhere! Where is she? I'll
give that little devil a piece of
ray mind!"
But Adela was cot in the house
and, according . to the servants,
had not been since early morning.
Diana did cot know whether this
was a good or bad sign.
That Adela's trump cards were:
still ucplayed she knew. The girl!
would stop at nothing, had already:
indicated that she would risk!
everything, give anything to seel
Diana deposed, humbled, crushed!
completely. Yet somehow there
was only pity In the older girl's:
heart for the vicious selfishness'
Chat had led her sister-in-law to
so completely forfeit all honor and
decency to her own unreasoning
vfadictlveness.
Alter lunch Evalyn went up
sttlrs to rest, and FhQ followed
Diana into the library. He came
. straight to the point.
"There's one way out of all this,
Diana,'' he said. "Marry me now
at once!"
She ' turned in utter surprise.
"But, Phil you're Joking or just
trying to help me out, to be kind!"
"Do I look like a man who's
trying to be kind?" he demanded,
and she saw the trembling of his
hands, the excited Intensity of his
gaze. And suddenly he had her
in his arms, holding her close to
his heart Ee kissed her pas
sionately, and she lay like a mar
ble statue in his arms, unresisting
yet unyielding. Ee drew back at
last, held her off and looked at
her. Her dark eyes were misty j
with tears, her soft lips trembling.
UHow could she be angry with j
m? Ee was so kind. Ee was
(Una and good and his love for her.
ja thing to cherish and be proud of,
jeven though there was no hope of
lever returning It ' She managed
jto convey these things without
speaking them, her eyes telling
ihim, as he studied her sweetly sad
iface, that it was Stephen's image
Ithat glowed within her heart
Ee shook his head, smiling
i ruefully. "It's no use, is 11, Diana?
II Just don't awaken even a spark.
jdo I?"
I Eer hands were in his, pleading.
;Tm sorry, please believe me,
IPhil. I wish I might love you,:
(truly I do. But don't you see"
her voice sank to a soft whisper
"anything I have to give must
be given to Stephen, or kept with
in myself forever!"
! "I see," Phil said, and gripped
ther hands hard.
I
rT that moment Adela, Richard
Thorpe, and a strange, offlclal-
' looking man walked into the room.
Adela's eyes, hawklike, swept
ifrora one to the other. There was
no denying her pleasure in what
' iwat going to be done. Thorpe had
Ithe grace to look sullenly uncom
Ifortable. The other man stepped
(forward.
"Sorry to Interrupt" he said,
""but are you Mrs. Stephen Curt?"
i "Yes," Diana answered, waiting.
"I have here an urgency order
committing you to an institution
for mental disorders signed by a
Dr. Emil Stutgart, who says that
he attended you," he said. "You
Imay, of course, consult a lawyer
I and Institute court proceedings to
havo the order set aside. Until
that time, you will be detained
by law in a private institution."
Diana swallowed hard and her
tface went very white. She heard
(Phil make an unintelligible sound
lof fury and strike out at the man,
tout she held out restraining
Band. OTy Whjr do they think
. -" : ""'' '. ." 'T.
I am insane?"
The man's eyes flickered over
the paper he held In his hand.
"Something about a set delusion
concerning your dead . husband.
And about your flying Into fre
quent rages. It states that this
morning you flew into such an
ungovernable rage. That you also
have strange hallucinations
'""THAT'S enough!" Diana said
clearly. She turned to Adela
and smiled bitterly. "Well, you've
won so far, havent you? You've
gotten me out of the house as you
said you would. Are you satis
fied?" Adela's triumph made her lose
caution. "Almost!" she retorted
insolently. "I'll be completely
satisfied when Richard Thorpe
gets his divorce and we can be
married! Then I'll have had my
way in everything. Isn't that
right Richard?"
Diana thought that the roof
must tumble about them in the
long moment that followed. Self
ish as Ade.a was, unscrupulous as
she knew Richard Thorpe to be,
was it possible that these two
could be so brazen?
Thorpe's eyes shifted, but he
answered, "Right Adela."
There was a soft heart-broken
sound behind them and they
Diana's Inner ! turned to see Evalyn groping her
way towara in em. -lucnara, - sne
whispered through white lips.
"Did you say Richard ?"
Phil sprang to her side, Diana's
arms encircled her. "Darling,"
she whispered, as Evalyn went
a divorce marry her. Is Is B
true, Richard?"
Richard Thorpe stood speech
less before his wife, but some
thing deep within him acknowl
edged a queer sort of loyalty to
the girl in whose nature he found
qualities strangely like his own.
And after a moment he said
hoarsely, "Yes, Evalyn It's true.
Adela and I love each otherl"
I (To Be Concluded)
DRINKING STRAWS
Hot tea is drunk through
straw or bombilla in Paraguay.
The bombilla is a metal tube,
much decorated, flattened and
perforated at the bottom end.
North Dakota's population de
clined from 680,845 in 1930 to
639,690 in 1940.
A quail can travel about 85
feet per second.
OUT OUR WAY
By J. R. Williams
OUR BOARDING HOUSE, with Major Hoopla
"She said he was going to get
Headquarters for
Bicycles
Tricycles
Wagons
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THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By William
Ferguson
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ANSWER: An eclipse bt the sun. Each of these terms describes
a phenomenon that occurs at such a time.
.KEXTl The vanity cf man.
FAMOUS VIOLINIST
HORIZONTAL
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musician,
lORipT'
11 Electrified .
particle.
12 Eject
14 Array,
15 Any.
16 Perform.
IV Greases.
18 Work unit
20 Combustible
fluid.
23 Meadow.
24 Like. .
25 Perched.
27 Supplied with
food.
29 Doctor
(abbr.).
30 Low sand
hill.
SI Light rap.
33 Farm
buildings.
34 Greek god of
war.
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for several
months.
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(abbr.).
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Holland,
48 Bucket.
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;37 Hostelry. 84 English
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(abbr.). 85 Portico.
41 Brother. 86 Compass
42 Nova Scotia point,
(abbr.). 57 Entice.
43 Electrical cur- 58 Last
rent (abbr.). 9 He will re
sume his
concerts soon.
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3 Irritate.
4 Ruler of a
kingdom.
5 Universal
language.
6 Finales.
1 Northern
constellation.
8 Man's name.
9 Vexed.
10 Act the part
of host
13 Former Rus
sian rulers.
19 Flags.
21 Near.
22 Keeps.
25 Fine lines of
a letter.
26 Left a will
(law).
28 Mends.
30 Father.
32 Writing
implement
35 Slides. '
38 View.
40 Dense, fine
grained rock,
43 Embellish.
45 Jungle beast
47 Toiletry case,
49 Young boy,
51 Letter V.
52 Electrical
term.
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(abbr.).
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ABOUT ANNIE'S
OFT. WILL YOU?
IT WOULD HURT
HER TERRIBLY-
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VOUR VILLAINY
IN GIVING AWAY
HER SECRET. TOO,
MY GOOD
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YOU KNOW
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AN ACCIDENT
THAT YOU
FOUND OUT
I NEVER
MEANT TO
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YOU CCMTOUNO YOUR
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A DOUBLE-DEALING
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RETURNED
FROM HER,
TASK. OF
MOBILIllMO
THE
COUWTRVSIDE,
KhLATES
SOME OF HER
EXPERIENCES
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MAKE IT HOT
FORDS.
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