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u d who was looking at coupe
when Pamela returned.
Come along" she sang out, rush.
ing up and taking him by the arm.
Excuse me, Miss Judson,"
Stephen said politely. Wont you
wait for me at the hoteI?" He
thought further explanation ought
to be unnecessary. Surely she would
see for herself tn he couldn't drop
a prospective buyer at a moments
notice.
mo. indeed" Pamela retorted in
stantly. Il told you Id come for
you'
One of the older statesmen. q
friend Of Stephens came to his
rescue. lie took the other woman
off Stephens hands with the high
motive of saving sale for him, not
to take one from him.
He knew that Pamela Judson
would not tolerate being kept wait
ing. He'd had experience with
spoiled daughters of the rich.
The next day Stephen learned
that the woman had bought the
coupe 1t had been an easy sale.
Had Pamela been ten minutes later
in arriving he would have been
credited with the transaction.
AS it was, the other salesman
shared the commission with him.
Stephen could not expect more. as
the other had closed the deal, which
is admittedly the toughest part OF
selling.
When Stephen learned of his fell
low salesman's success he was COM
PEELED to smile over an incident that
had taken place at luncheon. Pa
mela had handed him small leath-
er box with the remark that she'd
bought him Something else in
place of dancing shoes.
Curious, Stephen opened it, and
discovered an expensive cigaret case
within. He snapped the case, shut,
put it down on the table and with
the tiff of q finger slid it over to-
ward Pamela's plate.
Nothing doing" he said, and
there was no humor then in his
}
usual order Of things has been
merely funny, Miss Judson, but this
is too thick. 1 don't take presents
from girls
Pamela gazed at him a, moment
in silence. Stephen saw that she
was making an effort to hold her
tongue. Speech, and plenty of it,
seemed fairly bursting from her
frightened lips and blazing eyes.
Then suddenly she smiled, and
Stephen had an impression that
she was weighing him. She picked
up the box and put it in her bag.
L didn't buy it for you," she said.
It's for Harold, but I thought you
might like it. But since you have
such quaint ideas. e.
IF you want to make me a gift"
Stephen declared frankly, buy
new car"
IF I don't need it? That would
be a gift. I'm surprised you would
accept it. But I do promise to buy
my next one from YOU
She smiled lazily. but her
thoughts we're agile. Just for that
I'll string you good and plenty" she
was saying to herself angrily. 80
I'm only a prospect! Well, you'll
find me hard one to land"
THE luncheon might have been
d a flop, considering how it be-
gan, but Pamela saw that it wasn't.
She exerted herself to be pleasant,
and when they left the dining room
she was hanging on Stephens arm,
laughing at him, while he looked
down at her quite happily.
More than quite happily, it
seemed to Mildred. who was cross
ing the lobby with a dozen letters
in shorthand to be transcribed i'm
mediately.
She hurried on, but before she
passed out of sight she looked back
and saw that Pamela and Stephen
had been joined by Harold and
Huck and that Pamela was intro
ducing Huck to Stephen.
Mildred bit her lip in a troubled
manner. She did not like the
friendly way in which Pamela and
Harold had taken up this stranger
He was suave and good hammered,
well dressed and pleasant, but there
was something else, something Mil
dred could not define. She felt.
simply, that she would not trust the
man.
He slipped from her mind soon,
in the press of work she had to do,
but a dull feeling remained. She
felt detected, blue. The picture Of
Stephen and Pamela together would
not leave her. 1t spread itself over
the sheet of paper in her typewriter.
Presently she put hand to her
eyes and pressed hard.
When she put it down again she
saw Stephen coming toward her,
and the sudden dissipation of her
blues, the leap Of gladness in her
heart terrified her. Falling in love
with him?
The question flashed through her
mind, but was unanswered. She
hadn't time to think. Stephen was
quite near now. looking directly at
her. She smiled a welcome, try
ing to be coolly composed.
And then the smile vanished. Her
face became a blank, betraying not
sign Of the shock she had just re-
ceived.
TO Be Continued