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glasses. Tits mighty fine OF you,
vira. 20 notice that I haven't been
looking quito right. I didn't think you
cared any more for me tina for h
rest OF them. To tell the truth I am
worried . but 1 can't tell any
one"
81 don't believe it's over exams
You don't seem TO be carrying your
Horace or calculus around in your
pocket You're not in love. are you.
Glenn7' vin give him a look that
would have thrilled the audience OF
any movie palace from coast TO coast
Glenn reached over. took her hand.
passed his foot under the table and
laid it gently over her dainty ankle.
Honest to God. Vira. / love your
Then he added fervently. Il want to
get you in my racer, soon, n wen
motor out to some nice quiet spot
like Canoe Place used TO be =.
and I'm going to tell you all about IT,
VIII you let me tell you . . how
much I love your"
Dear boy, I'm Just dying 10 90 on
that ride with YOU Her eyes were
sparkling like dew drops on a green
leaf in the morning sun vira knew
1t. mean them to sparkle. At a lower
level she would have reasoned. how
could one get over dramatic moments
on the screen unless one lived them?
As It was she merely felt
Make IL tomorrow. Vira,- Glenn
took her hands and toyed with the
ring finger on the left hand.
"wGl. you ~dumbbellsf' laughed
Rae, suddenly poking her pretty pi-
quaint face around the corner. What
are you doing. Vira? R~ehearsing a
score on Glenn7 You're not falling
for it, are you. old dear?" With a
sb:ug OF her shoulders and her arms
akimbo, she threw her head back and
laughed silvery. Quickly leaning her
beautiful body Onward she waved a
mocking finger toward Glenn. with
three cocktails. vlra. he would say the
same things to me Don't believe a
word he says"
Somehow. RAGS Jocuiar remarks
bred distrust in both lovers. They
glowered at her for the interruption.
But they both fell for it. Love
claims all or none" is just as true
among tho sophisticated as among
the simple
Suddenly sitting down, Rae beck
oned a boy. Three soothing sirups
in a hurryr' Then. turning TO her
companions. she said, lower. 1T have
some important news for you. I've
been hunting all over for you
Her voice dropped to a ''bzz-bzz-
bzz." Georges had been called away
from Garrick and Dick to some OF
his multitudinous business in pleas
ing the ultra particular. They
strained their Ears.
~ was just up there" Then n
break. And it came n over Pinkey's
wireless from :" 1t was lost.
TT said. Watch out for Ga-rick and
Dick. They got shore d.
To New York . Get them out
of the way for good"
Garrick and Dick exchanged
chances. "Forewarned. forearmed,"
| whispered Dick.
"our forearms are about an we've
got, toot'
There was a swish of someone pas
sing their Dor and along the hall.
Dick started. It was Ruth herself
Both he and Garrick were on their
feet in a moment. quickly. down the
la after her and around a heavy
carved newell post up the stairs to
the second floor
She turned as she heard their steps
in the wide hall on the second floor.
And along came Ruthi' exclaimed
Garrick smiling.
What are you boys doing here?
Shopping again? It's a bad idea
Shoppers never come to any good
end!'' She laughed. but neither could
be so obtuse as not to see that thera
was a kick in II.
She had her hand on the knob OF a
door at the end of the hall. She
turned it, looked in, shut the door
again and faced them.
"Show us around. Ruth. I'm
crazy about this shack"
well, Guy. you might think I vas
a meghaphone man in a cI,aatown-for
-a-dollar rubberneck bus . or the
guide in many museums. Just what
d. you want to see this timer"
Her lightning mind seemed to tune
itself to a fine adjustment. She did
not wait for a reply. Instead. she
opened the door and admitted them
into a very pink room.
Wal here a minute. Does any.
body know you arc here7"
mo one but Georges"
She did not wait for more explana-
ton but was put in the hall again,
closing the door softly.
Garrick. running true to form,
opened a cedar chest between two
closet doors. He beckoned Dick. "A
radio frequency amnlifierI' he NUT
tered to Dick. IAN wired up" He
closed the chest upon the complete
paraphernalia, though a moment.
then stood up on it. running his fin
ger along the picture molding IA
circuited the room. He blew the dust
from his fingers and wiped them on
his handkerchief
Along forty feet of wire placed be-
hind the picture molding about h
room where it's out of sight .
The receiving outfit in a cedar chest
where nc one can see it. Numphr
Dick went over it, making a hasty
examination of his own.
"a loop outfit of this kind gives
pretty fair results over reasonable
distances, although it doesn't cover
the same distance that the same
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