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ton, but as none came he took ad
vantage of the pause to continue
his warnings.
"Lorimer must have had one OF
his worst fits on when he told you
he'd fallen Move with his wife,
he volunteered. Shed been living
out west ever since she remarked
and l don't suppose Lorimer has
laid eyes on her for years..
Eyes, he has. Saw her in Provi
dence not long ago, believe. She
came east to look after her mother
who's been i'll, and she's still there
I've investigated that. Does she
know Maddox
Yes"
Mr.. Nugent's eyes were very dis
quieting to Myrick as he told the
story of Ainslee's divorce and her
Introduction to Maddox. But the
junior partner interrupted the story
with another question. Did the
Prayers know this Mrs. Lorimer, or
Mrs. Evans. orwhatever one chose
to call her.
The form of the question was in
considerate-almost brutal, but
Myrick held his resentment in
check and answered quietly in the
Affirmative. Then before Nugent
could frame another question he
plunged into a disquisition upon
the enormity of Lorimer's proposed
action. it was difficult to charac-
terize the client without criticizing
the lawyer, but Myrick assumed his
listeners ignorance of the facts and
Lorimer's probable misrepresenta-
lions. With no dittle skill he man.
aged to applaud the counsel's in
dustry and acumen while protest
ing against the employment of such
talents on behalf of the crazed and
besotted creature who was attempt
ing to abuse the courts. OF course
it was easy to understand how
Nugent had countenanced the case.
IL did present an interesting, if
deplorable. anomaly of the law.
That would appeal to any lawyer.
But equally, of course, with Lori
mer's knowledge and acquiescence
in his wife's divorce, the matter
was impossible, ethically and NOR
ally-even indecent to the last de-
gree.
81 only hope you haven't told
Lorimer of your discovery, so that
he can take it to some lawyer as
degraded as he is" he concluded,
anxiously.
Nugent gazed at the speaker
from bentath his purple lids.
Have you quite finished?" he in
quired, inattentively, because If
you have a propose we return to
the subject of the Prayer action.
believe we are here to discuss that
Is that Agreeable to you? All right.
I've been thinking while you've
been talking, Myrick. You've GER
tainly implicated yourself in a doz-
en- different ways in this affair,
which might have been conducted
without any risk from start to fin
ish. You may get off with a whole
skin this time, but the experience
ought to teach you something. On
one point, however, l agree with
you. The case isn't tryable. The
thing which saves you is, that it
won't have to be tried"
Myrick looked up quickly and
met Nugent's heavy eyes fixed up
on him.
CHAPTER XIII (Continued).
"Why not?" he asked. Maddox
has the whit hand of us now and
can force a trial next month"
"Maddox's most intimate friend
is Mr.. Kay Evans" was the slow
answer.
Myrick stared at the speaker with
starting eyes.
Mrs. Kay Evans so called, is
also a friend of Maddox"
Myrick could no longer see any
thing. All the blood in his body
seemed to have rushed into his
brain. But he could still hear a
voice, monotonous, maddening,
speaking close beside him.
If Maddox" it craiked, insists
on trying the Prayer action, we'll
respond with the interesting case
of Lorimer VS.. Lorimer, in which
Ainslee Lorimer, alias Evans, will
be sued for divorce on the ground