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I that the thought of accepting her
/ hospitality was abhorrent to her.
But she could not dash her be-
loved employers Joy in victory, could
not cheat him Of the pleasure OF
paying a portion Of his debt to her.
As always, she put his pleasure, his
good before her own
A S the three of them left the
n courthouse and entered Bert
Crawfords expensive sedan, in
which he had insisted upon taking
the lawyer and his secretary to
their Office, Nan studied Crawford
covertly, and wondered for the hun
dredth time why she disliked and
distrusted him.
He had been a rather frequent
caller at the Office during the past
year, ever since he had come to
the city. in fact. Nan had only a
hazy idea of Crawford's business,
it being covered by the vague but
magnificent term, finance" The
papers occasionally alluded to Her
bert S. Crawford as promote"
or as a financial wizard" but his
lordly activities we're too Olympian
for Nan to understand, even if she
had been interested enough to try
to do so.
At first it had been enough for
her to know that he was an old
friend of John Curtis Morgan; she
had accepted him simply on that
basis.
Then it had transpired, through a
chance remark of Morgan's, that
Morgan had only known Crawford
slightly when the two had attended
college together. But there was no
question now as to the firm place
which Bert Crawford had made for
himself in the affections Of Iris and
John Curtis Morgan. The three OF
them went about together con-
stantly
crawford tactfully remained
~ in the outer office with Nan
while Morgan talked on the tele-
phone with his wife. The converse
ton lasted so long that Nan became
hotly embarrassed, sure that Nor
gan would emerge finally with the
humiliating report that Iris could
not after all arrange to have four at
a table instead Of three.
But Morgan, in his jubilation over
his dramatic triumph at the court
house, must have exercised some of
the masterfulneSs which marked
him in the courtroom and in his
own offices, but to which Iris Nor
gan was almost a stranger, for when
/ Morgan did rejoin them, his face
flushed with the battle he had
fought, his words we're not shame
full confession Of failure:
MY wife is delighted to have you,
Nan. Dinner will be at half past
seven. You'll bring her, won't you,
Bert?"
For a second Bert Crawford hest
tated, and Nan saw the color deepen
slightly in his pink-and-white
cheeks. Delighted, old man. About
seven fifteen, Nan?'
please, I'd rather join you both
at Mr. Morgan's," Nan answered.
I'm sure you three have lot to
talk over before dinner, and I'll
want to arrive at the very last pos
sible minute, if 1 may. Things to
do to my DRESS" she explained Off
handedly.
She caught the fleeting express
sion Of relief that lighted up Bert
Crawford's blue eyes.
Hes as much of a snob as Iris
Nan told herself contemptuously.
He didn't want to call for me for
fear I'd presume on the intimacy
later, regard him as my boy friend
I suppose. Or maybe-but that
nasty anonymous letter is making
me ga-ga with suspicion. Better
curb your imagination, Nan Carroll,
or you5ll get yourself in trouble"
I'D like to see you a minute,
Man." Morgan stopped at her desk
after bidding Bert Crawford good
by.
"Nows my time to tell him I'm
going to resign" Nan realized, with
dreadful sinking of her heart.
Hes so elated over his victory that
my news can't make him terribly
unhappy, and since he hasn't any
very big case on right now, he can
do without me better than at almost
any other time. I've got to do it!
I can't stay on, knowing that love
him"
She followed him into his private
Office, stood trembling before him,
trying to make her lips form the
words. But he forestalled her:
L can't begin to thank you, Nan,
for what you did today. I might
have forced a confession out of
Martha Fleming, with what evidence
and conviction of her guilt al
ready had, but your bringing Annie
| Craylsh into court today was a
stroke of genius.
Mar" and he laid a big, warm
hand upon the small cold one that
was clenched upon the edge of his
desk, I've been calling you my
junior partner, half seriously and
half in fun. Let's make it come
true, Nan You're going to be ready
to take your bar examinations by
next June, aren't you? Well, then
how about it, Nan? Partners?"
To be Continued