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has Mildred discharged.
Harold sends another message
to his father. asking him to REIN
state the girl but to no avail. He
offers to help, but Mildred asks
him why he fears Huok. He re-
fuses to tell her but says he ap-
prcciates her sympathy.
Pamela succeeds in poisoning
Stephens mind against Mildred
and the latter faces drcary days
CT searching for work. But Huck
is SO persistent that Pamela
thinks out a plan to dispose Of
him.
NOW. GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXX
Pamela had promised to have din.
ner with Huck. And then she hae
made date with Stephen for the
same night.
wait for me in the lobby near the
main elevators" she had told Huck
"Seven-thirty, sharp"
While to Stephen she had also saic
that she would meet him in the lobby
near the main elevators at seven-thir.
ty on the minute.
At seven tWenty-seven she gathered
the cointreau velvet wrap her maid
held for her about her shoulders, took
up her small, silver vanity bag, ano
turned for a last inspection OF her
self in the full-length set Of adjust
able mirrors that occupied one entire
side of her dressing room before
starting for her meeting with the two
young men, each Of whom believed
himself to be the favorite of the hour
She. had wondered about that off
white shade of her wrap when she
bought it, thinking that pure white OF
a color would have been more daz-
zling. but now she was pleased with
it, and the particularly alluNng swirl
the coiffeur had worked into her
smooth hair.
She put up hand to touch It light
ly and the jangle of her many brace
lets filled her cars with delightful
music.
Steyo, as she sometimes called
Stephen, would have a Lard time re-
sisting her tonight. she thought. Even
her perfume was more beguiling thar
usual; something her father had sent
her from Paris with an admonition to
use It sparingly as It was priceless.
At first Pamela had thought the
gift nothing more than a string o1
imitation pearls which she tossed an
grily aside with a mental note to tel
her misguided parent precisely what
an outraged daughter thought Of him
in her next letter, or scribbled note. tx
be more precise.
X X X
But even before her anger had sub.
sided she had made an interesting
discovery. A whiff Of odor so delicate
that 1t seemed it couldn't have come
from any earthly flower waited up *
her as she lay on the cushions of hel
chaise Tongue and thought Of scath'
ing things to write to her father.
Pamela shifted. Then she sat W
erect. The elusive odor had growr
stronger Where could 1t be coming
from? She hadn't anything like 1t
It was indescribable.
Pamela glanced around investigat.
ingly and her eye fell upon the string
Of beads that she had flung from
her q moment before. They lay neal
at hand, showing up plainly against
the black velvet carpet that Panels
had demanded when last her room,
were redecorated.
She paid scant attention to then
as she leaned over for q better view
Of the floor, thinking someone might
have dropped ) perfumed handker'
chief there. Then she noticed that shl
was, as the childhood saying goes, get.
ting warmer. But there was nothing Il
sight except the beads. She gavl
them q closer look and saw that on
was crushed.
She reached down and picked then
up. At once she guessed their secret
They were tiny. drop by drop. per.
fume containers that looked likt
pearls.
How perfectly entrancing." shl
raved and began to search for thl
card that had accompanied them. 6hl
found It beside the gray velvet cas-
that had held the beads. 1.-THE rareg
perfume In the world" her father hak
written. Priceless: don't waste It.
Pamela promptly broke anothe
bead on . fresh handkerchief an
inhaled the odor. Dads buying "a