Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31
"When a Girl Marries"
New Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problem of Girl Wife

| you for speaking so clearly-and Sc
plainly. IT makes me understand
| why you asked me to meet you to.
day"
You see that?" Tom cried.
Yes Dick West has approached
YOU with some business proposition
that might work Jim great harm
I You've asked Jim's wife to be her,
as witness to your unwillingness tc
be part of that scheme. And you've
planned to surprise West with her
! so he will see your friendly loyalty
! to the Harrisons and your scorn OF
! his plans. Is that it?"
Part of it," replied Tom dryly.
You get as much of it as you choose
/ to see"
/ What more?" I began. but he
| interrupted in completely busi-
nesslike tone:
Now Wen go into the dining
room. West will be here in five
minutes. and l told him to asl; the
captain for my table. That ar
rangement will, make his astonish-
ment at seeing you all the greater.
! and viii probably scare him into
giving up his plots against Jim"
"Or revealing them" 1 said. ut
was just that idea that brought me
here. I think it's wiser to risk
/ criticism. because l am here, than
I to let scheming. enemy hatch
plots that might ruin by husband"
Il understand precisely why YOU
came" said Tom. But don't
think Mrs. Grundy Will criticise YOU
for lunching with two men, espe-
cially when one of them is 3racti-
cally in your family"
Five minutes later Dick West fol-
lowed the captain TO our table
For minute West stood staring at
US. Then he sat down, with an ugly
sneer on his lips.
What's the big idea" he de-
manded. without further greeting,
The big idea?" replied Tom, lis
that this town is so full of Jim
Harrisons friends that you never
can tell when you're stumbling
across them. I'm one of them it
happens. though, YOU didn't seem
TO guess it. l invited Jimmie to
meet you here. West-but he was
too blooming busy to come. And
he sent Anne instead"
West turned on me with snarl
You've made me plenty of trou-
BILE, young lady" he said. What are
of yours now"
There was menace. hatred and
threat in his attitude toward me
But l ignored him and took my cue
from Tom:
Il had your number from the first,
Mr.. West. That's why I'm here in
Jim's place to-day. You see Jim s
loyal friends give us immediate
warning of any deal that is likely
to affect Us"
You've double-crossed me-" cried
West turning on Tom with snarl.
Il made you legitimate stock
proposition for fiotation that might
have made our fortunes. And you
act as if the whole idea had been to
depress the market against the Har-
rison holdings. It's absurd. Mason"
1T would be absurd to try to treat
the market to a break just where
Jim is interested" replied Tom
gravely. Well, do we eat?"
That's what we're here for -
isn't it?" asked West.
Tom smiled in triumph He was
sure that he had the man completely
cowed, since after he had been
browbeaten and threatened, he
would still remain to lunch. But
saw something else in Dick Vests
attitude. Tenacity of purpose the
world-famous and worldscorned at
titude of the peddler who. when
kicked out of one door. comes back
through another. And I wondered
to whom he would go next time he
planned Jim's undoing.
To Be Continued