The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
HAPTER CLII.

Jim and Anne are staying ooWn- to see Terry through .ne ions, ionvy ,,oIS Tony. if you and the Rev. pr. Piyfnp- ton are" said Virginia smoothly.
 was grateful to her for the saVoif faire which enabled her to olssuse the fact that Jim's unwihngness 10 share a ride with me as passenger III Tony's car. and in another momeuI was even more grateful to Iony loi the interpretation he put on J1nS al- That's fine of you. lad-fine!' he said. 'HTerry's a mighty good friend of yours, and I'm glad to see he gets loyalty as good as he gives" .I I.oyaltys a fine bird," replied J1n, nonchalently. Tt sometimes gives man things he doesn't want-jobs, Tor instance, that smack of charity. Ana the sort of charity that makes Anne and me stay and force our soeae'S oh T,i yesi Loyalty forces a It on a man 1 he'd rather not take There was no mistak1ns Jim s meaning, his intent to make clear '1 to Anthony Norreys that he knew all about the plot Terry had concocted to find him work in the Norreys of- flee when Jim had so sorely needeo work He was fiinging down tne gauntiett Breathlessly I waited through the silent seconds that tlckeo off before Tony replied:
 Look here, Harrison, I'm mighty sorry hat you got a garbled version of the situation that time you helped me out by learning accounting and coming into my place so Fred Harper could be released to fight. The httie girl who told you wasn't big enough n in her soul to want her man to go and fight
 "She wanted me to claim his ex- emption. You helped me send him off to do the right thing, and she's a better woman for it, though she J Nyaf f.l 2. thing. and stood the boredom of it like a soldierS
 That's your version of it! Big words. Norreys. But you and Terry tort Jim curtly.
 twill you come and have lunch with me tomorrow and talk this over get it straight?'' asked Tony pa tiently.
 "Can't.' muttered Jim Busy" Tony studied him for moment. He made no further attempt to make friends on his own score, but as he | turned to go he yentured a good word | for Terry:
 Maybe it was a blupder, Harri- son. Again, l say I'm sorry. Bu! I'm glad of one ne thing: You ; ,+ don't T; I friendship and loyalty. Have you said good-b to Miss Moss and the i Mat-on, Vee?"
 | res" said Virginia, who had been | as we stood witnessing the clash be- 1 tween Jim and Tony.
 Now she 1oosed my arm and went | over to Jim. She seized both his hands in hers and drew them to- gether, crushing her palms tight
 about them. Then she turned and smiled at me for second-wistfNlly
 It came to me, even as she turned
 back to Jim, that Virginia was strug- | gling to find courage.
 1 Jimmie" she said, 'you've stood 1 by me through thick and thin whether I was right or wrong. Nc I girl ever had a better brother. We'll fI-wanted to stand by you. Ina
 whole thing of getting you into
 Tony's office was my idea. It was my idea, JimH
 Jim pushed her away roughly tThen I got some notion of how mucI courage it had taken for Virginia tt lspeak as she had. She needed Jim he was her best friend. She knew better than any one else, his arro Eant temper, his capacity for bitter.
 ness. And she was invoking them fol