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LADYFINGERS
By JACKSON GREGORY
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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"
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