The Pulaskian., 1919-04-11
CHAPTER x--continued.


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 She didn't need to pierce those can- sas walls to know that there had Been feYerish activity for this dinner, 8 new gown would appear tonight. #ade secretly. An exquisite meal, Ind no one must comment on it's elab- sratien. Twice Tom and she had Keen asked to take their lunch at the Botel. Because of a headache!' 4 beadaehel
 N Toms wife could not even shop lpenlyl Bundles had always the air |1f mystery, never opened before Tom |sr herself. She must have yards of ztuff laid away, kept for sudden emer- |kencies.
 4She can't help it. It's her disposi- fon. She can't help being secretive. look at your face, Innes Hardin !" What was it to her, the pettiness of |a woman whom an accident of life had |sWept upon the beach beside her? |6erty was not her kind, not the sort zhe would pick out for a friend. She |Ras an oriental, one of the harem |FOmen, whose business it is in life to |Tease one man, to keep his home soft, |fis comforts ready, keep him con- |Finced, moreover, that it is the desire |af his life to support her. Herself dis 'satisiied, often rebellious, staying by Dim for self-interest, not for love-ah, |lhat vas her impeachment. Not low |hgp
 Soberly she covered her plain bras |kiere with a white waist of cotton Sucking. A red leather belt and crim- Bon tie she added self-conseiously. #Where is my bloodstone pinY"
 Hadn't she spent an hour at least that particular leather belt? zput ne was man, in battle. The |peadgate held up; it was too bad. |fllent Bodefeldt, Wooster, Grant, all |pf them fighting mad because of the Peadloek at the Heading. All up in Pfns, at last, against Marshall, be- Eaase of this cruel cut to their hero, fardin. Her eyes glowed like yellow Ramps as she recalled their fervid par Iisanship.
 'only one man who can save the Faliey, and that's Tom Hardin" Woes Eef hau said that; but they all be- FpVeo It. The loyalty of the force #hade her ashamed of her soft woman eafs. For there were times when ae questioned her brokher's ability. ,e had large, loose way of handling 1ilsS. lie was too optimistic. But snOse men, those engineers must know. was probably the mans way of f"eeplng ahead, ignoring detail. The E'iulct of those field-tried men told Fer that the other, the careful, plan F'as way, was the office method. Rick Fiu' as a dinner neighbor, she had FUunu interesting; but for great un- rsi.aAihgs a man who would let a Ess'ty Holmes jilt him, ruin his life Dl hllh The whole story sprang at Fass Clear from the dropped innuendos.
 one adjusted a barrette in her fmoothly brushed hair. Slowly she a,Aeu over to the neighboring tent. . uefty frowned at the white duck. bhel' M ae ioure elegant enough for the two
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 se.ty said carelessly that she had 6as ,as U Tor long time. For she had |va. tue material long timeI It bnsa a necessary to explain to her |naa sspahos sister that it had been <ha rque up that week. She hoped that NJ s u uldn't look ''fussed up." Would pa a1' hickard think she was attaching gis,.. importance to the simple little Ponss s Tor it was nothing to him, of bho se' A man of his standing, whom hioa eteat Tod Marshall ranked so esos Sh' pfobably dined out several times ana @eeK, with white-capped maids n.a eandelabra! If Tom had only Wba. 'ne most of his opportunities.
 Ss ss q gamble, life to woman! and niade a trip into her bedroom nis,a sook a reassuring survey in her simn, Sa' The lingerie frock would look spsnas. u man who would never Her a' U of handmade duplicity
 - glasS declared +bo hd ,h;nnoa lona oas ai casual and elegant. And ard e,ne ago, a lifetime ago, Rick shop,a au told her that she always
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