The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
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When 4 Girl Mayvies
By ANN Isle.

lbecause they Were two fine persons
who liked each other-or was Tom at
his old tricks?
The blue robe, Val Cosby, Daisy
Condor and Irnna Warren passed in
procession through my mind. On al
most any other score should have
been sure that Mabel Storrs could
take care of herself but 1 found my
self bristling protectively over this
spontaneous-combu stion friendliness
with Tom Mason.
After we'd settled ourselves at our
table and had acquiesced to Toms
generous suggestion that hors
d oeuvres would make a good start
he fairly lunged at us with his story.
Cant neglect Envy any longer"
he said brisl1ly. Miss Storrs, you
don't know the kiddde but [ want to
tell you now that she's a little bit of
all right and as clever as they come.
Donna Anna knows that-though she
may have been doubling part of it for
a week. Evelyn risked that because
she'd risk anything to serve pal Did
you tell Miss Storrs anything about
Envy, Donna Anna?''
"All L know is that Miss Mason was
supposed to go on a trip and didn't"
interrupted Mabel saving me the en-
barrass1nent of expressing myself con-
corning Envy Mason. And that she
has unusual voice-husky and
sweet-wrnich she's used twice to get
messages to me. One was to warn
me against a man named Rogers. One
to announce that she'd borrowed back
her car rather unceremoniously."
While she was speaking Toms eye
caught mine I've an idea that he
read doubt and disillusionment in my
glance. With "a look of understanding
and appreciation for Mabel. he broke
in hastily:
Envy took a chance calling you!
Darned likely that West has man
aged to find a. leak in the Harrison
wire.~ But she didn't want you to run
into danger, and she wasn't willing to
give you a seconds worry She could
save you.
1.-The kid cooked this up all by her
self a while ago. She knows Dick
West. She once thought she liked
him. You see she has the unfortun-
ate Mason tendency to philander, Miss
Storrs. But she's got it under con-
troll, and now she's only using her
gift of coquetry in order to serve her
friends the Harrisons.
"West called her on the wire a few
| weeks ago. He thought she had rea-
son not to be overly fond of the house
of Harrison She realized too late
that if she'd been quick on the trig-
ger she would have play-acted about
it. But she grew indignant at his
suggestion that she could pay off q,
few Things. She lit into the man.
| Fortunately not until she had a. few
| leads Then she decided to sneak
| into town and run Richard down.
'tShe came to me with her plan,
and I vetoed it until she persuaded
| Donna Anna to ask me to stand by.
SO 1 helped Envy start her game of
playing private detective. I'm not
sure it's a nice, clean, safe ga1ne-but,
somehow, I bank on my little cousin
to see it through
"She's off on her trip nova bit
more suddenly than she planned. She
hit the trail this afternoon"--
At his words something in my mind
clicked into place. I rem enbered
the telegram from Dick West and the
Stafford boys mystification at Dicks
| advice to Dad Lee not to hit the long
| trail since chickens come to roost.
''Is Envy heading for the town from
| from which Dad Lee came for the
| northwest" I gasped. She mustn't
do that-ft's dangerousI'
| shes on her way. No one can
| stop Envy when she gets going" said
| Tom concisely But I'll be there to
| look out for her when she arrived
! My train starts in two hours"
CTo Be Continued)