New Britain herald., 1929-04-23
THIS HAS HAPPENED

Mildred Lawrence meets stephen Armitage when he rescues her fox fur from thief. Their friendship grows until Pamela Judson, daugh- ter of Mildred's employer. tries to lure him away from her. Huck Con- nor becomes infatuated with Pa rEela and she plays both men. Her brother, Harold. is in love with Mill dred. who tries to keep him from rambling with Huck's crowd.
 Mildred has to stay home a week because of an accident to her moth- CT. Both men call and when Pa mela finds it out she tells Stephen that Mildred is trying to marry Har- old for his money He defends her and Pamela cables her father to dis charge her. Harold tries to have Mildred reinstated but to no avail. Pamela succeeds in poisoning Ste phen's mind against Mildred and the latter faces dreary days in search of work. .,....
 Huck becomes insistent and Pa mela plans to break with him. So she snubs him in Stephens presence and when he objects tells him that they are engaged. stephen protests when they are alone and she says that was the only way she could get rid of Huck. She pleads with him to confirm the engagement.
 Meanwhile. Huck summons Harold and commands him to prevent Pa mela's marriage to Stephen under check. Harold tells him he can't force Pamela SO Huck plans to dis pose of Stephen.
 4 prospective purchaser guaran- tees that he will take a car if Ste phen can make 1t do hundred and insists on the new window model Stephen takes him out for the dem onstration.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER XXN
 ''Ali right. Hold your breath and sit tight" stephen admonished Lefty Flint, and in another minute they were flying along in world gone mad.
 Telephone poles. fences, trees, fields plowed for spring planting or still covered with winter-dried grass and weeds. became a con- fused. jumblins procession that drew past and were gone almost before it's component parts could be identified.
 Not that Stephen or Lefty mo- ticed. The former kept his eyes glued to the road and Lefty never swerved his glance from the ever mounting speedometer.
 At a hundred and two he reached out and touched Stephens arm %. K.," he yelled, but the words were loH in the rush of wind that fairly tore them from his lips
 stephen understood his touch however, and gradually the car slowed down to 90. to 80, to 70. to 60 and until it appeared to the two men to be creeping along at 50.
 Then stephen turned to his com. panion, great grin on his face When she's done 10000 miles," he said, you can step her up to .'
 Never mind" Lefty broke in I'm satisfied. Let's go. If there's . cop anywhere around ana he ga" that we'll get the works
 stephen headed back to"e-u the highway.
 Take the first turn to the right. Lefty directed when they reached it
 Why not so back 10 the office ?' Stephen asked. We can't close the deal out hera."
 "sure." Lefty agreed. T know that. Don't worry. The sales made. I just want to have a friend look Ter over"
 stephen saw no reason for re- fusing.
 "Give you a check for the full amount when we get back te N'York," Lefty went on reassur- inely. Turn to the left at the ligh, and cross the tracks.
 stephen followed his directions. q Ittl0 puzzieu dDouI tHeII oeS.'Hd ton. It surely looked like a low class neighborhood, he thought ciancing at the row of shacks that lowered beside the badly ruttcd road.
 A bit farther on they struck q stretch of asphalt that was newly patched anad stephen increased their speed.
 ''Take 1t easy, Lefty advised. We haven't far to go."