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out Of her sight lest the blow fall
when she was not there to comfort
him? But that was silly, Of course.
How could he suspect?
Curiosity" she repeated more in
dignantly. Well ike that. Here
I say to myself. says I, Poor Mr..
Morgan will be working At the Office
ill all hours on that Lois Downs
case. and the least you can do, as a
private secretary who's Just got a
fat raise, is to sit by with notebook
and pencil
"Yeah?' Morgan grinned. You're
just dying to know all about An
drew Wards testimony. Couldn't
wait till the morning papers came
out. But if anybody should ask me
what I really think, young lady, I'd
have to admit that I don't believe
you trust me 70 handle even one day
OF a trial all by myself.
of Of course, if you're going to
develop an inferiority complex, just
because yOu haven't womans in
tuition" Nan retorted laughing
and flushing But what I'd like to
know is-vho's been encouraging
my Unsuitable curiosity for three
years? Who's taught me to-
Oh, all right, all right" Morgan
pretendd 10 Capitulate resignedly.
Get your notebook and pencil
and your womans intuition and
come along. It's your health I
suppose YOU can be permitted to
ruin 1t IL you insist"
XNHEN they were seated at Nor
~ sans desk. with the leaf for
her notebook drawn out between
them. Nan wished t<at a magic cir
Gle could be drawn about them, be-
rond which evil and change and
even time itself could not pass.
She loved him-yes; loved him
With every thought in her mind,
every throb of her heart, every
nerve In her body. But she thought
that if he could be spared the pain
auc establishment which she still
believed was hurtling inevitably to-
ward him, like a deadly missile
hurled by Iriss beautiful, cruel
hands, she would be happy to go
Gil like this with him forever.
cold, child?' Morgan asked So
licitously. You're shiyering. III
see if the heats coming IN"
NO, I'm not cold Nan denied
hastily. Nov, tell me about An
drew Ward. He's a rotter, of course,
but I blieve he's really in love
With Lois. II he threw her down
today, YOU can chalk up long
black mark against my woman's
intuition"
No black mark yet" Morgan as
sured her, his deep-set black eyes
twinkling. He behaved pretty much
as you predictefhe would. Brainerd
was wild by The time court ad-
iourned. for he'd turned Ward over
to me at half past four and within
five minutes he was making a bet
ter witness for the defense than he
had for the prosecution.
"Brainerd had TO get it into the
record. of course, that Ward had
been making love to Lois Downs, so
that he could establish a motive for
Lois numbering the old lady. Ward
also admitted on the direct eX-
animation that his wife and he had
over his attentions TO Lois
Just the day before the old lady was
Just a minute" Nan interrupted.
frowning thOughtfully rs there no
Ioopllole at all in Wards abb? He
says-and of course can prove-that
he was playing bridge in another
apartment in the same apartment
house that he and his wife lived in.
Why couldn't he have slipped out
If the room when he was dummy,
hurried over to his own apartment,
and slipped the poison to his wife in
her medicine?"
ID RAINERD had half a dozen
bDwitnesses on the stand today to