Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-04-28

thing far more thrilling to talk about
now. Ed and | are getting married,
Jen, tomorrow. At midday. Eds fly
ing tonight, but he seems to think
he can be back in time. The ceremony
IS to be kept a dead secret but you
must come"
"Oh, Georgiel Oh. | am SO glad
you're marrying Ed, after air.
But, you lear little fool. whom
else did | ever think of marrying? %
A long as no one actually spies
on me during the next week, the risk
and lit a cigarette. after hat with
Ed away, | can always spin some yarn
any yarn. Even" she glggled sud
denly-"that it was you Eddie mar
ried, not mel
She sobered suddenly and sat star
ing at her cousin.
Infant, that's rather an ideal The
Old mar knows we share the same
names. At a pinch / could tell him
but, OF course, the pinch is not re-
motely likely to come. Only If 1t did,
well-Eddie would never know it, out
there In Mexico. And you wouldn't
mind, would you? 1t wouldn't make
the faintest difference II you? Would
1t? Well, would it?"
"N-no,' stammered Jenny. No, I
suppose | shouldn't mind"
She was taken aback, tingling with
that sense of affront hat George
could so suddenly rouse in her. How
how dared Georgie-course grained,
reckless, successful-how dared she?
Then, on the dark screen of her
anger slid the outline of a tall man
walking away from her without fare
well; threading his path eagerly round
thru which George had gone. .
mo" she said heavily, cit wouldn't
make the faintest difference to me-"
Old Grafton Matching took up his
bedside telephone, gave the number
OF his general manager, shook the
instrument v~iciously when no voice
Immediately answered him and, hold
ing the ear piece in position re-ab-
sorbed himself in his model dynamos.
who's that?" ne muttered absent
~ when at last the voice of Harold
Fl. Croze came to him mo. | didn't
ring you up. Yes, ! did" His voice
climbed to his nerve racking squeak.
yes, l did, l wanted you to know
that my nephew, a complete strang-
err to my secretary, this evening Of
fered her $25, 900 down, $4,000 a year,
half her salary-to repeat the estim-
ates that have gone by plane tonight.
h And she refused and reported the
- ~ INV dhs no was
acting on my instructions-who ell
SEES? You didn't know her salary
was so high? Let me tell you unless
she's fool enough to get married, it'll
be half as high again before she's
done" His squeak became almost a
scream. only person who can hear
He threw aside the telephone,
switched off the lamp and. fumbling
for a p~ear-drop, lay sucking content
eddy in the darkness.
Jenny strayeu into q park with a
gasp Of gratitude. She had an hour
to wait before George got married:
here was the place to wait In. She
sat down on a bench ana a tabby cat
came and began to side round her.
1t was a fat, friendly cat and Jenny
hoped IL would not soon go away; she
would have enticed IL on to her lap
but she had On a clean wolfe frock.
Not by any a a "wedding-gar-
ment'-Georgie had been emphatic
about the omission Of wedding-gar-
ments IF we can all three slip In
and especially out-of the City Hall
without attracting attention, we've
got a good chance Of getting away
with the whole scheme"
Yes. ! can see that. I should think
so long rs Eddie isn't recognized we
shall manage all right. It's afterwards,
George, when I'm at the hotel, that