The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-28
Mrs. Porter S Jade Pendant
By ELIZABETH YORK MILLER
Copyright Ca
Copyright. The Frank a, Munsey Ca

spring of the hack and rode all the way
10 ,er home, unbeSnownst 10 her
Iou found out where she. lives?
cried Oliver, spriuging from his chair
Henry, YOU angel, you jewel. Henry,
you can have anything I've got Listen,
Henry, This is between you and me.
Henry nodded. perplexed- ne did not
IN the least understand. but he was VIII
.Henry. III tell YOU about it. The
lsdy-she Is a real lady. mind You, Ind
there wasn't any skylarking about It
came here on matter OF business /
l don't know her name. 1 haven't the
faintesU idea who she is or where she
1 lives Shes been trying TO fool me a bout
that Now. YOU say you know where
Indeed. do. It's on Riverside Drive.
sir, in the SOS I have IL written down.
A grand house, sir, X Is too know
she must live there for she Just scOOtcd
I up the steps. unlocked the door, and
went in That was the last OF her"
"AI right. Henry Now. it's your
business to ind ont her name When
you've done that. stop at the florists
and send three dozen American Beauty
roses TO her with my card Do you IN
derstand?'
Three dozenr' echoed Henry, blank
/ ly. But, Of course, you know your
self, Mr. Oliver. how costly IS roses
this time Of year
you Wait minute before you go
| Give me card III write line TO
her
He debate a few moments just what
message he should send Il was neces-
sary. Of course, 10 relieve her mind
/ concerning the package. and at last
he wrote.
Your property is safe / VIII return
/ II today at ;.
! Then he slipped the card into little
/ envelope and handed Il 10 Henry. with
! instructions 20 deliver IL and the flowers
/ 10 the EITl as soon as he had discover
| ed her identity
After Henry had departed Oliver
/ found himself in a highly elared frame
I Of mind. There was nothing more i'm
pOrtsut 10 do than XIII time until
/ O'clOCk, and as a distraction he found
I himself making a most careful toilet
| All traces Of his former depression
1 had fed. He did not realize the fact
/ that he, an engaged man. was pracJi-
/ CallV allowing himself 10 fan head over
/ heels in love with another girl Indeed,
/ in the light II day, he quite refused TO
| recognize his sensations as love
/ The girl mystffied him. she interested
/ him. Naturally. he vas curious con
/ corning her personality
He tried 10 deceive himself His in
I teTest. he argued. was based merely on
/ the mystery OF the sealed package And
! OF one thing he was srerniy certain
1 He would not give ner the package
! until she had convinced him beyond
/ all reason that il did not contain Mrs
! PoTter's jade pendant
/ He would be frn- If necessary. he
I would be brutal
And then. without realizing IT, his
! mind wandered on, AID he was think
4 Ing Of a pair Of soft. warm lips and OF
! eyes that alternately bIazed with hat
/ red and shone with admiration
{ Unconsciously, the resolutions weak
/ ened-
He had about made up his mind that
/ Henry had taken twice as long as was
/ necessary 20 do his Grand when the
/ answer II, feeling quite sure that the
I girl was summOuinE him No doubt
I she had received his flowers and mes
I sage and was consumed with curiosity
! or. perhaps. fear-to EnOx how he had
discovered her identity.
He lifted the receiver with shaking
! 'HelIoI-- said a vvoman's voice. is
1 that you. Oliver
Blank disappointment spread over
/ Oliver Grants face It came as a dis
= Helena Lawrence. was speaking 10 him
over the telephone
He had been expectIng-Tvei- what
had he been expecting In that instant
CT confusion there rushed over him the
whole miSera bic truth that he had been
trying 70 evade- II was true that he
did not love Helena, and Yet he was
going 10 marry her
II was true also. that he did love
the other girl Whether she was rich
or poor. high or low. a lady OF a COM
mon chief, he loved her
There was q hard quality IN his voice
as ne answered Helena
ne Sdlls WEAKLY IN resi- ftiIlSe
tO her question
81 want TO see yOU-riEht away
she said. huTTiedly. There was an icy
sound 10 her voice
Il have al engagement at 8" oliver
answered
where she asked. abruptly
He laughed from sheer nervousness
Ny dear. / haven't tie faintest
idea whereT'
Indeed Well. I won't press the
question Can you come here hrst2'
is It Important
VERY
An right III come right up Good
by"
ITS quite true he said to himself
as he hung Up the receiver Il don {
know where I am going. do T.
/ lie heSltated a moment. then wrote
a hasty note for Henry IN case the
man return ed. Oliver would call him
Up after lea wing Miss LaWrence's-
on Riverside dTive-sOmewher in
the SOS. That was only q stone s
throw from where Helena herself
lived
on the way uptown he stopped at
the safe deposit vault and possessed
himself once more OF the troublesome
sealed package
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