The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-09-12

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and the Woman, believing themselyes In
love. spend trial week AZ man and wife
IN hotel In northern New York under
the tact that she does not love Standish
AND calls their engagement on. standish
protests undytnG devotion.
CHAPTER It-wanda Kelly. telephone
Firi ct the Hotel keswick. Washington, il
loved ey Tom Blake, son Of the political
and is refused.
CHAPTER III-she gives as one of the
rehsons her determination to get revenge
on jim Blake for running her father. Com
gresham Frank Il. Kelly Congressman
sSt i,i,s turned insurgent is fghtins the
mullins bill. measure In the interests
means to discredit standish in the hope
OF pushing the bill through.
CHAPTER Iv-Robertson. son-in-law Of
Jim Blake and the lptters candidate tor
speaker Of the house. tries 10 win G.an-
nish over and falling. threatens to dig
Into his past.
CHAPTER v-Jim Blake nnds out
about the episode Of five years back at
the northern New York hotel He Sc
cures all the facts except the name Of
the Woman and proposes to use the story
az club to force standish to allow the
Mullins bill to pass.
CHAPTER vI-Tom Blake and hts faith
political shso's.. rim jim 0 Blake "s sends fo1
Btsndish.
the name Of the woman. He tells Miss
Kelly that he 10 going to have ia TX with
standish and that at its conclusion the
phone to warn the Woman. He offers
Miss Kelly 500 for that number.
Wanda rolled her big eyes CELL
ingward after the manner Of q stupid
child who seeks In space the answer
to . teachers question.
"Maybe-maybe "a million dol.
lars" she hazarded timidly, at length.
Blake grinned appreciation Of the
bit Of setting. and was not In the very
least deceived by it-as Wanda had
perfectly well known he would not be.
f"Nothing stingy about your ideas.
young LADY," he commented. Maybe
I'd better put them straight. Do you
want make q hundred dollars"
"A hundred dollars?" she echoed In
. wide-eyed wonder Of innocence that
Saint Cecilia at her best could not
possibly have eQualed. "A whole hun.
dred dollars! Why. how could poor
telephone operator like me make SO
much money!"
Here's the idea" replied Blake,
wearying Of matching q cudgel against
. hatpin. and coming straight to the
pith Of the matter I've sent for
Standish to come here because I want
u have . talk with him. When I'm
Though, I'll 60 away. And the chances
arr that he'll 20 straight to the tele-
ph10eand call up some one. It's that
some ones number ! want"
Obi" exclaimed Wanda, smiling
brightly ut her own comprehension.
And that's worth hundred dollars?"
Yes. And II you can hear what he
says on the phone I'll make 1t two
~hnpdred"
2EoSsn instant the innocent wonder.
0lg smile again illumined Wanda's up
TUNED face. Then. like Blake. she
evidently wearied Of futile word-fenc-
ing. for she said. incisively:
Il see. I've got the idea. Youn
spring this story Of the Woman on
him. You'll make him think you've
almost got her In your net You'll try
TO scare him into hustling to the near
est telephone and warning her He'll
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