bkm&0'm qpwwuy1' I'l"?' EVENING PUBLIC IiEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAKOH 21, 1921 fctir.i$ LADYFINGERS By JACKSON GREGORY CenrteM, lilt, by Charlti Beribner't font starts Tins sxonv jz tin """y merrv ""p?!1'. "fS'liw ' crackJtti; 0 o mcoii rf'.i J ' ' 1H,"t' T.he ?iffl because I'ollg La B run asks V, iTnui it for her, nnd he escapes &! shits ; n I"1"? T ire if!"!ri. ,, had been knocked Vl his hand and fallen to the KimI. afterward engaged as Ci3arv o woman he attempted TS isretfd business woman with 'I'JLr Jladdon, the lawyer who !ithe f5000 bribe, has charge of ffijK o Wen enter .Jm W Ae wuim o roo the coun E'Zlwhkh' holds Mrs. Btetheril's -!. Mrs. ateinern engages nana, WU cashier, nsgarlener, after t!!tTMd the real gardener seeing M ilrtfflnff B with Evelyn, the (TrmMsim there can be o '"and herb it continues FDR at close range a little or liux i...'. murance had left him. Bond's '""."i.w n kind nor yet a hu- wCJ(o the dcvU, Uuxtcr," said .4h.nf be Mra. Stetherll, sir," r?"1.?1."11.. W It von aot nbatrCD- Bi.Td lt my head took off If I "win then," said Bond furlouely. But ..Yooncr had the words come than .!.-i.. i.., f tho matter. After hid fo thls " thero n0 ,CIW." a 'wiling everything "She won't ?,.w Huitcr," he said more plena- intly nii. Tin nlvlr flrnnnpd a Bjj niece to 'the ground nnd pushed l toward the head gardener with I, la '00t. BUCK l"nv '" w"'.l'i .1 MM So out of night for a while." The '?:. iI ,i.nMl un at Huxter illurinily, tempting the soul of him. Bond turned away; Huxter caught up 'is 0lo anu rcircni '""" " jrtundi, muttering to himself bb he not. Bond won on nututc young man wno .a tnrmnl early In life the excellent ',Mt of keening hla eyes open nnd his south shut. He learned a greut ueni ?on a half hour with Evelyn In the ittle summcr-nouse aown oy i -rc',k' El;n did a great deal of the talk- it. bnc even uiu ie '"' !.. 4 his "disguise." She made It nultc ,..r tnr nond's alienee to be a silent Mnfcssion. Bond learned about the tits. Tbcn ne am some reasoning. The flowers had come rcgulnrly. Ha iti 8tetherll had not sent -them; Had Ion hid not ; Mr. Steele had not. Then ho? When the hnlf hour had gone iwlftly and Evelyn reluctantly, he ioo(ht out Huxter. "1 ... run 10. Huxter." he said iliply, all banker again. "es, sir, saia ituxicr. j.nan roi lr-" ... , "Von'rp trnt n mod thine here. Good ruts and easy work." "I'm not comnlalninc." admitted !..... ...Ill, n .lull Banuicr mm .. "I shou d tbink not," nam nonu Irtlr. "You manaee to put some- Jilnj by. You've got a couple of hun !rtd in the savings bank, haven't you, Baxter?" "Two hundred nnd forty dollarB," ld Huxter with an air. ' "Ah. And it draws 4 per cent. Ilm, fou'Il never get rich nt that rato, Hux- :m. Como in nnd ace me at the bank icmc time. I can arrange It ho that roo can get 8 per cent. That's Just ionble, Huxter." "Would it be safo like sir?" asked Baxter, impressed. "Absolutely. Ana maync - - ici tot sec. Mnybe I could let you in on a S Ittle private deal which would double our money In six months." "1 " 1 don't llKo to gnmDie, sir. i id a uuuaer. qui u jivint:i mj uld Bond sternly. "When 1 say a FMnr In aafn tf la tiflt na flrnnfl Ofl the old n your pocket." "Thank you. sir," Bald Huxter, his 7 easer. "Wicn could I get my uonty down on it, so to apeak "8o to speak you can get your money Iowa on it tomorrow if you'll come to at it the bank. And Oh. there's lomtthlng else. I have Just been talk- in with Miss Daly and sue tells me mil some one bns ncen annoying ucr, aoxttr. It must stop." I Annoying her?" said Huxter julckly, his big hand balling up into itiray nni. -uei me ni mm, Bin "Ir'u imik nt (l.o pvnnn T think." pld Bond. "Wo mustn't let anything PA Ij1 1iaL IL OnaA aha 1. .. h li..n Eaiu aifuut 11. kltllllU UI1U uaa uc.i thtrlng her by putting a lot of roses yvU uiu nun laoie, ner name on iuciu. no looxtd at lluxtor quite innocently. Jlbln. A nil ha A BMn on n1l frvnAnrrlfr vcrr low "Just keep your eye out for the fel- 7." hit cnlrl imMlncuIn 'flcia Tlllv ants to know who he is so that she rw peak to her nunt and have him 'liinls.ied. I'll clve you nnother $10 jou 11 find out and let mo know." 11.1.J. ..ii-iiii.i- L""n unawer whb uilllilcniKiuiu. pad went happily for his hoe. I ioninni, no apostropnizcu no visidib Won in the sunlit gardens, "you are pwh of roseti you ever saw I" i nq ne continueu to smile as no fhought of how he might square the Ilm Villi tu Tlt..l U...1...M 1 fntn rtr lnd and Evelyn kinder. CHAPTER XXII Iladdon' fSrln TMitrnx Jnktln lTJrl.. ...i.fM irnMl..n rlH .---.. iiauuuu, nrrAiug uvvifu tuijr, w her and Bond talking earnestly and r"v"wijr uown oy mo crceK. no weni Met to the steps and waited for her. Wjo the furbus smoking of his cigar, .u no uisHeu away aa no witnessed ,- r-snj larEwciiB 10 uio uanvcr. uc- lOr nnnil V,J ...! TI...1 i .1 tie house naddon was nt Evelyn's Bhe naitrioii nt htm k.i.i.,i ti..i.i 'tOwnpil. TTiW ui. i.j ii.'j -1. li fwselv as Bho hnd been smiling nt the i,.j ura' at tnc sweep 01 rolling Jjwape, nt Uie clear sky. And she 11.1 l""s'n on when ho detained her by ""J briefly : .Will you give me a word, Evelyn?" l,i: , ,," J"u iiKe, bno mm mm tll'T- "Maybe thre If rnn th ril race." - - I He did not rise to her mood, did not Iib...i xnn.r P"'0""! to. He stood ft bV. itwdfl" hef '" thB PBth' Iook,ng L' elyn'" e mW- "wc don't w;era K"tr'ircat deal of each other lste1'' l.i h feber e, at him, lift- bn.l """"" one sensca a lime ti."w. arms which In no way rna her. Bueh emotional fraya Hied 1; 1. ""f" ,n her noatrlla, tha .uo,t We?" ah iini.J uii- tehM!!!" v. ,n! Jtln, that wo see I ilternnAn rJ'l,,nc',.ni1 ot "Inner, In the "You know what I mean," Inter rupted the lawyer. "And. If there aw days when I am dreadfully buiy, you know why, whose future I alwaya have In mind." Evelyn, In her Innumerable en counters, had always fared best when the engagement wan of the skirmishing order rather than that of direct, pitched battle. The tone ot Hnddon's words, supplemented by what n quick glance showed her In his steady eyes, warned her that there were difficulties ahead. She sought to divert htm by a continua tion of inconsequential levity. But ngaln he was not to be diverted. "Arc you going to marry me, Evelyn?" he demanded bluntly. "Or are yoil not?" "Oh I" said Evelyn, drnwlng a little back, her voice uncertain. Soon or late she had known it must come to this, but she had always let the time for ad justment He beyond the mlsta of to morrow, She hated to talk in the di rect fashion Haddon was insisting upon ; without circumlocution her spirit was without wings. At the moment she detested the man. ." 'Oh' Isn't much of an answer," he reminded her dryly. "Why do you come to me this way?" she cried Irritably. "Why do you talk to mo like this?" "Because I want to know. I want to know If you have changed! your mind." , "What if I have?" swiftly, watch ing him curiously. "Would you be very angry, Justin? Do you care very much?" Instinctively she was seeking to re trieve the situation from ltd horrid matter-of-fact trend and steep It in the warm dyes of light love-making. But ngaln he was unresponsive. "Certninly I have the right to know what you plnn to do. Will you nnswer me?" "You nre In a perfectly nasty mood!" she said, pettishly. "I am going in, Mr. Haddon." "In a moment," ho Informed her equitably. "When I get my nnswer." "Then no!" she cried angrily. "No nnd no nnd no! There, you have it! You arc hnteful nnd I never want to see you again. Now will you let me go?'? "No." he told her quietly. "Not. jet. And may I suggest that you don t peak quite ho loudly? You may change your mind again, you may not want what you Nay overheard. Just a law yer's advice. Miss Dalr." ' tot ,,,A r,r. .h. I..U.1 lir.11., "Do you know," he asked evenly, though his cheeks hnd flushed, "what a contract is?" "Some day, when I need to know," i.he retorted, "I'll have a lawyer of my own to attend to such mattera for me. And It won't be you." "There are verbal contracts as well ns written," ho went on. "They are quite ns binding. You promised to marry me. There arc witnesses that such an agreement had been entered into. It can be broken only with Uie consent of both contracting parties That Is the law, Miss Daly." "Law! What do I enre about the law? Do you think you can make me marry you?" "Yes. I think that I can. I have a very excellent case; I have made It my business to have an excellent case. I shall bring a damage suit If you force my hand. It will get from the courts into the papers." "You brute 1" she flunir at him breathlessly. "You great, unthinkable brute!" "But not unthinking," Haddon told her harshly. "Never that. Not even when, in the first glamour of the thing, you allowed yourself to commit cer tnln ltttlo Imllwrrtlons which, very in nocent, of course, will look quite the opposite when the newspapers air them and garble them. Your little secret trip with me last spring " , , "Oh!" cried Evelyn, terrified. "Oh!" "Don't misjudge me, Evelyn," Had don went on hurriedly, a bit gen tly. "I am only tryln to show you "I hate you." Her cheeks had blanched, her hands looked both white and cold. "And I know what you will do. You will go to auntie and try to make her make me marrr you. Aim In the end you will make her pay you a lot of money to keep your mouth shut " Haddon laughed, an ugly, irritable laugh of strained nerves. "Your aunt has $15,000,000," he said In his old blunt way. "Do you think I'd be satisfied with a few miserable thousands when it all should -come to you, the whole fifteen millions?" Evelyn, amazed, moistened her lips and looked at him Incredulously. "You you mean " "I mean that you are going to marry me and right away. It is the best thing for you ; it is also the best thing for me. I love you. You love me as much aa sou'll ever love anybody." "I will never marry you," she told him with spirit. She had seen Bond looking toward them. "Never." For a little Haddon stood regarding her frowningly, his lips compressed tightly. When he did not speak she looked up swiftly, hoping to see a Meakening of his attitude. But she saw rather that while he hnd hesitated the hesitation had been brief nnd that his fowncr stern determination had come back into his eyes. "Evelyn," be said slowly, "I have (omething else to say to you. Some thing which mny change the whole of your future life. Something that Is going to be a shock to you. I am tell ing you because I believe that, under our frippery, there Is a deal of hard, common sense. If I am mistaken " He threw out his hands and let them fall lax at his sides. Even nt a tense moment like this Evelyn's lively curiosity responded. "What is it?" The stiffness which she put into her tone only half bid the eagerness. But now Haddon no longer chose the shortest path to the thing he had to say ; now had ho and Evelyn changed roles, she direct In her inquiry, he circuitous In his reply. "Evelyn," he said, "the greatest thing In the world do you know what It is? In one of your senti mental niooda you'd say, it is love, and you'd know that you were not telling the truth. The greatest thing In the world Is happiness. Maybe some poor, hnlf-wittcd fools get it through love. But you and I and people like us, sen sible people, get it Just one way, by buying it, by paying for It. We get It with money. That brings whateer we want, power, clothes, servants, lux uries, everytbing. If your aunt decides to leave you fourteen or fifteen millions you'll have everything In the world you want, won't you?" "Money la not everything," said Kvdvn with something of the grand air. quite ready to make light of a thing which sho considered as already as good as her own. "With Uiose millions," went on Had don. "vou can have your city house and your country house, your yacht on eastern lakes and rivers, your place In society, your cars, your dresses, your diamonds, your servants by the score. You have perhaps thought of these things more than once nave you ever thought of what life would be like it you IMn't . tlinaj. mllllnn4" THE GVMPSThc Hunt Is On By Sidney Smith UME You AMY FLA.T5 r fc4T? E Juvt 6trt OrfE FLlCf T61? IN THE REM BVT , trs NccAMn t ifittT KWT OF msfo ANR- K urn A HUHtKEt AJt "nWEXTf BUCKS? WW titS it 5o HkSW? PX ''IME Qly UY TW BRICKS Vnfl AN EYE-01ASS ANt YWtEZERB? P YoU MX RAW0M MTU "me MoTAfc ? I I , HWlPtTWTi CiMi,t.CMiMO 71 WHAtf MAAE YOU 60Y- PLayinum Poor, kNotr? YOU Mm HAVE SoUT IVORY &CTU TUffS- WHVT Are the cNMHpeuEfts- ARE TVEY G0U? 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