The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-03
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When 4 GirZ M0rries
Copyright, 1920. King Features syndi- cate, Inc
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By ANN LESLIE.

| Copyright, 1920. King Features Syndi- 1 cate, Inc 1 CHAPTER 551 ! "Please tell Lyons I will see him in
 a few minutes" I said to Bertha. | Then I gave a quick, reassuring 1 pat to the burning cheek beneath my hand.
 Lyons. Tony's chauffer, is here ! to see me. Hes the man who used to | drive our car in the days when Jim
 and own one. He wants to see about
 a matter on which he's helping me. l Perhaps I'll come back from my inter-
 view with news of Tony.'' Just why said this don't know.
 I suppose it was because I couldn't
 to leave Carlotta without some word | of comfort. I'd never before seen tho | big splendid, self reliant girl so com pIeteIy to pieces. Somehow it gave me l the sense of embarrassment I suppose l I'd feel df someone's pet Newfound- land were to try to sit in my lap. | Carlotta smiled wanly Then got up | to her superb height and said quiet | ly:
 Forget me sister Anne. I guess I ] needed storm to-get 8. lot of things | out of my system. You'll find the old
 Car1otta back pretty soon, I think I | feel her getting ready to push through the sod
 Something her tone startled me. It thad the racy flavor and the tone of | the flamboyant Car1otta of olden days. l With strong hands on my shoulders, | as if she were taking command again, | she pushed me through the doorway and flung a cheerful good night after me.
 l I went across to the library, where found Lyons standing respectfully | and with an air of not being quite at
 ease.
 Good evening, Lyons." said, add | ing as I sank into the cushiony couch, l "sit down, Lyons"
 "Oh. no, ma'am. I cou1dn'tt he cried, the training of years protesting
 against such a liberty in the presence
 of a lady. So, knowing that he was far
 more comfortable in the standing
 position he felt 1t due me for him t.
 take I said no more.
 "Pm going to start off tomorrow. ma'am to pick up MT. Norreys trail and fetch him back in the car. Guess he's had enough of the steam rail way"
 "So that's why Pat bought his car" murmured without thinking.
 'No, ma'am, MT. Dalton. he told me that he had a chance to get a car at a great bargain-leastways Mrs. Da1- ton picked up the chance. So he said I was to have the car and my time to
 myself again. Ordinarily I'd have reported to you. Mrs. Harrison-but begging your pardon, I had some thing more important"
 "Of course." I replied. Naturally you had to put the car in order for Mir Norreys' tour back to home lands"
 'ENo ma'am-that wasn't 1t.
 don't think he'd have asked for hds
 own car to call for him. Only I tele-
 graphed him that the Daltons had a
 limousine and you were running a car too, so wouldn't he like for me to call for him som ewhere along the line. It were a liberty. But take a most personal interest in MT. Nor noreys, ma'a;m- And 1t certainly ap- pears to me that he needs to be took care of like a child when it comes to his own interests. For he never seems to consider them a-taH.'' "You're quite right, Lyons" I re- piled, smiling wistfully at this mod ern example of the old fashioned
 loyal servitor who was a living proof
 of the power there is in men to come