The Raymer enterprise., 1920-11-04
CHAPTER xIl-Continued.

"Oh. he's going to take look at II
On his way West" said HIlliard. diff
IDENTIFY, and added. with more generos-
ity than Waring had anticipated
"Rufus and both asked him to. Let
Rufns-and Jack-handle 1t together.
Between them, they'll make rather an
exhaustive study. don't you think? And
they might turn up something that all
Of us would want to know"
That's right! It's thought. Well
-" Cullen looked ut his watch. 81
can't waste any more time on this tom
fool business. ought to have been
In the office an hour ago. Anybody 60
Ing downtown
II am-but I'll walk" said waring
sulleniy.
"Can stny?" asked HillIard of An.
gela, In an undertOne.
Il want you to-" she said. Her eyes
followed Waring to the doorway.
After they had been alone for a full
minute, and neither Of them had ut.
tered syllable. 1t came to HIll!ard
that the chief difficulty In being evil
Is to make m end Of 1t, but that the
chief difficulty In being vrtuous Is to
begin. His brain was active and his
emotions were placid but 10 his mild
perplexity he had no compelling de-
sire to make start. There was no
restraining impedIment working
against him. MS on the occasion OF his
Interview with Carol; his impulses
were merely lazy. Indeed he was
rather highly cratfed at the course
OF things this morning; he argued
that Warnings zeal and Armstrong;
itinerary had relieved him from any
necessity Of an out.and.out avowal OF
his innocent fraud; 1t was much more
satisfactory. Since all the issues were
so confused. to turn his affairs over
to Cullen. and TO await the inevitable
verdict on an lmpersona basis. In the
meantime. he was deeply touched by
Cullen's confidence In him; Cullen and
Carol Durnnt alike had refused to be-
lIeve the obvious truth; he wondered
stolidly what II would have meant to
him TO hive had such reputation
from his youth onward; the gratifca.
ton now would have been superlative
provided only that he had been en-
titled to his pride.
Hes jealous Of you" said Angela
abruptly. That's all-he's jealous.
Simply wild with It. You know that
don't your"
Hllliard started; for It wasn't an
emboldening beginning Not the least
so; 1t implied exactly the sort OF rival
~ which he had feared and which he
had come to relnquSh.
"Who Is? Oh! Rufus Waring?"
TERRIBLY Jealous. Perfectly cruzy
with It. That's what oil this whole
mess Is about" She tossed her head
wlllfully. 81 don't care; do your
The unreserved buntness OF 1t near
~ took him of his feet; renewing the
devastating suspicion that Angela had
grown to care too much for hlm-too
much for her own good.
"Why. Angela !" he said lamely. "Of
course | do. Ii hurts me-"
She hammered gold.embrodered
sOfa-cushon with one tiny fist
"Oh. he's jealous Of everything and
hal
more. Only 1t made me perfectly
furious. wanted to scratch him
-. the very idea Of his daring TO say
anything like that about you! Even
II you do like me lot !" She sighed
heavily. "And yet II you stop to think
about 1t. It was sort OF brave, too
stunding up to all Of us wnen It was
three to one, and he was wrong-pOor
dear!"
IIllllard looked down at her with
deep affection and troubled relief
"As long as I've a defender Ike you
] wouldn't worry" he said, but I'm
afraid 1t won't be for so very long,
Angela, that you'll feel like defending
me-"
"Why not?' she asked
Just a notIOr Of mine. II strikes
me that you're fonder OF Rufus than
you let yourself think. And he needs
champion worse than do: I'm more
used to taking care OF myself"
The corners OF her mouth were Pc
cullarly ssasitlve.
Such queer notion" she said
"Where'd you ever get it?"
''Oh, 1t came Of its own sccord.
.. ;"
Its been such funny day." she
said. musing. Rufus was funny. and
Dad was funny. and you're so funny
and Carol was funny this morning,
and I'm funny now. and"
"Carol!" he echoed lnvoluntarily.
She laughed at him, enjoying his dis
cOmfture with the sweet insolence Of
q naughty juvenile; and It was note
worthy that her arrnignment Of War
ing stopped short at this point.
Il know something about you!" she
taunted wickedly.
"What do you know. bright chlldY'
hs demanded, red 10 the temples.
II knowl", Her tone was singing.
$50 do you! Look at the man blush /!
Why. you guilty thlngl Why, you red