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she may have been q good woman
when you found her." said Mark. "But
there must have been q bad streak In
her. somewhere. Yoa left her to sink
as low as I expect to find her and"
Drop that, Mark" burst out Tom
Blake, Jumping from his seat and con.
fronting his brother.in.law. Don't! I
cant listen to II any longer. Standish
Is right. What you men are doing is
vile. II you've got a scrap Of man.
hood left In the whole bunch OF you,
you won't drag this Woman into your
dirty schemes. l."
oh" drawled Blake with the air OF
a sleepy man bothered by a fly, for
the love OF Mike, don't you butt In!
The situations punk enough as II is.
without your laying your trophies OF
idiocy at its feet"
'Idiocy?" Jared Tom. perhaps
common decency's a better term. Or
perhaps In your vocabulary the two
mean the same thing. You men are
known as political leaders. The pub
lie looks to you for examples. And
yet you stoop to currish trick like
this! Isn't there enough Wilderness in
the whole lot OF you for a single voice
to protest against such use OF WON
ans name? You've just been told
she's Of good family. That she has a
name to lose. And you answer: 'Po-
litical necessity You know this story
will destroy at least two lives. Prob.
ably several more. And again you an.
swer: Political necessity You have
the power to ruin these lives. II you
use that power, tell you now, one
and all-my father az well az the rest
I'm ashamed to have breathed the
same air with you!"
Good night, Tom" drawled Blake,
no. SO much as troubling to glance in
his irate sons direction.
NO." corrected Tom, "good-by."
ITS up to you," yawned Blake.
"Good-by," reiterated Tom. stamp
ing from the room and slamming the
outer door Of the suite behind him.
The others stared after him in dull
wonder But an exclamation from their
host suddenly shifted their attention
"Grace!" cried Mark In surprised
disapproval.
She had come, unnoticed, from heI
hiding place behind the inner door
and was standing among them before
they were aware Of her presence.
Mark" she painted. II heard
what Tom said. And he was right
You must not
Please keep out OF this. Grace re
Quested her husband In dire embar
rassment. you don't know anything
about It. You couldn't possibly"
i DO. she denied. i've heard
And
Grace. dear girl" soothed Blake
This 10 muddy business at best. It's
no time for you to be here. You'll only
roll those pretty hands Of yours"
1T 10 the time for me to b here!'
she declared. Il can see this from the
womsn's standpoint. You men can't
There 10 nothing In common be
tween your standpoint and that OF tn,
Woman We are talking about" protest
ed Mark.
"1on was rirht!" she persisted
"you must not sink IN using his ,tory
IL"
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though 10 cop,ron, . nbys,oaI pr.s
ence Nelixan strode TO the door cor,
,srr.s IN, an ins,an, with some IN,
outside than returned with n sim q,
blue psper In his hand,
THE duplieate lis, OF phone nun
hers from central" he announce
turning over the ps Der 10 Van Dyke.
Good" .pproyed blake mo.
we'll set 70 what we're chasing An,
vel, ret II mighty ou,ek"
Van pyk. and Neligan were alreao,
por,nr over the sheet OF numbers thu,
the lawyer had lust spread on IN,