The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-29
When 4 Girl
 Marriuo
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t.t-- --lD better than EE1lS
 me. Eaean,t he sad with a shaken
 and feeble srl--e.
 Steel.us my aearc against th= weak
 ness l Lel- he Wa ua.ug to keep me
 from treating L-Eu as ne deserved,
 said ruthl-z=.y:
 (Which s.ae are you on? You cant come to me for a.d and usa my money
 to keep yourself Tt to work agalnst
 my husband. You owe me d great
 deal I'll ask ouly partial payment.
 But l insist o- rla-- 1 want DICK
 Wes-.s
 A sudden change came over Dad Lee. He uas neither pIacalug nor tintd. Instead he. in tarn. was grim.
 "1oou have 50 deal with me. he said.
 s.Ye=-I will deal with you-sn
 time" ] replied uoncizrly But l cant believe Laat you are the master rnud back or all these Irtrigues To ruin Jim II 1 permitted myself 10 think -lar, Id ae aerc-less t1 you"
 TO ggar odd LaJher2' he 4uavereG. ] changing front again
 "The more so because Of that replied If you arc rhe one who hires spies and whg tr-es to unuo every plan H.e have to save our ror- tunes it's twice as rorrs5L. as 1t would be f lL were Dick West who has at
 
 I'm only acting for my - boy. sulveuea Dad Lee
 sIsu'L # too Iatc2'' demanded. l 'Ffe'Te almost won. Come now. throw | down your losing hand and save IS further arravarrnatr'
 He flashed me a strange grarce ana l got 70 hl~ feet with an lncongruous l air of d5-ElE~s-u- me.
 T have q trust" he said. I'll l thank you to rememD.r that"
 Plainly there vas nothing more r0 he said. So I permitted the dra6 lit- lie old man to escort me to rno door Ther. he stopped me with 8 sudden acc. ss of passion
 See this hig warm. elegant room ?'' he cried. .-Ee-I, m'Eear-s94r money paid for ir All eor= going for Dick What yau gimme seemed to be to buy me tnls comfortable stan"
 I'll pay you~ rent every week" I Said -But ] don't want to see you as long as you're my Husbands enemy"
 T got a rrus-.~ he whtmpered again. "Tm doin' whats right
 So I Jeff him and went back to Lyons in a grim silence his irst5nctive courtesy forbade him cg break. Like the gent -@T"ar N# F. H~n-= E~rrr to my office without question or conn meut. sa-a 10 s=- ... .s.- ......- ... .-. me out or the car:
 Any comm. +s-.on for me. Mrs. liar risou 2''
 'Tf there's anything NIr. Lacy hap pens to forsct-ln the case Of len ninEs-tohocco - any little thing - EouH rernf mber 1t. and that [ want to help-f
 "Besganz your pardon. na'am. TOT making so hold" smiled Lyons r.Tr there's anything AIr. Lacy forgets I'll be the first fo forget. too. lIr. Lacy r F7 7F4-T-
 With a sldden sense of power ana reinsurance I hurried 10 tn oafcr - where everyone was hard at work but still had the time and the reerlng 10 send me cheery greeting. I had i no sense of time eIapsfng until I found Betty standing by my desk
 We've an arrangement. Anne.' she said. "l made it for you because I knew it was SO perfectly rtght"'
 What is it"'' I asked idly tryiur 10 pull myself our of my problems and to react fully and generously to Betty and her needs. "Is it for lunch 2''
 Its for more rhau that smiled Betty 'Thou=h I suppose we might as well heEin with lunch in view of the fact that my regular partner has deserted me for one HoadIey and you don't seem to he rushing the usuaI glass of hot coffee and sandwich Into your samctam."
 Count on me for whatever you like" ! said trying to conquer my IUeer Ie--6own feeIing-
 w re promised tn Jeanie for the veeN-eud-' said Betty. 'I thought you'd like goinE and like best of all 70 see me-aotluE human agatn. } snow how ynu'ya stopped to worry -hout me Tn rha midst of all your ozvr worries And ! rhought I'd be abIa - Q remove uys=rf from my state c- ,eins a cloud on eour horizon. -ou couid see me oat in a norma hahav5n= like folk, gain
 '.You brave thtgr.. cried rtsin. O embrace her and finding the warr .de of affection ! felt for her -re1- noush to ensulr the f-ah reel.na rom which ! hadn't been able to e- ape from rha time ! saw Dad Lee Almost sally Betty and went on Inch toE.the~- Then we came hacr Q the office tn wind r- some affair nd taNted home -o pack our bas or the visit ra Ta1u.a Pats ca. anne for ms ar anrre rnur and W. -arted off for r-aa--n.aEF in a rar- hood ou~ -ssz was mostly or t~. usinesSs hu- He.rr.s cute interest a-- ferr sus= ~tEo-- made this ~gr 2e usual feminine DOTS. .uaE.c.es rour- yer be
 Jea0te greeted us ra"g on our ar val Rosa 6Ed nor appear u- r-r ,eDa for taa nor during the rns- our that followed. Tn spite ar -l,. sl.ef l felt thus ca ne free from ne~ ~tcks and stans. ! found ~ysc-r rr le Gui vtve Tor her coming fert zo -ear need for talk .rz things o7--~ - ith her tra- } was almost eaze- -.r t i ave our -a1re+.r and +~Ee-<5Iz- a- osphe~e ~a.rs~oeF Ny the needs of Pal lis crisis in T5n7-- affairs F.. Tho Cantu~e of Jennings suggested V ar taa"@ were o--e~ spies worNtng rou r Dick. wanted n r--- Rosa rr lbs r Eun~i for ! @arr that Dad Lee The as in ra~sTe~s frame If --s-F nv T cH 0-.~rr lead tr -o-ra insane was