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BFfilS HFRF TODAY MONA MORAN r*r*.oUoni*t In a v,iiiffir ;■>* nffir*. *<**■ with her childhood Mrecthmrt, saCCaRIIXI, to a popular Mipper report. th Halcyon Club. Mon* *uppor* her Im-alld father, nether, nine futrr KITTY. and nr *>rbrother R”D S ! <-ve h ben Jnvsterloiislv ebrent lor Ihrre voar*. He Jia* returned. *ell dressed and prosperioitK. With no thoiiuht of lmproprtefv. h ordered a gown end wrap sent to M on*. -rhieh. niter much indeclnton. nhe % earr At the ofTt'-e that due Mon* has met BARRY TOWNSEND rtrh and nociailv Prominent hut reftised hi* Invitntlon to dine with him Rid Moran eomea to the Halcron Chib to see m;n HAPICTNS the prorr 'tor. oho has underworld ronnerUon.e. Mona >ef' her brother and fear* Yie i. asoriatlng with B*ng*ter*. Steve O'iietß her fear - -. ItOTTIE CARR, fashirfn model, dlaRitsrej her es-ort and join* Mona and Rtr> Then Steve* h'lalno** partner • rrlven. He proves to be Barry Townsend. Barrv tells Mona how Steve year* before had befriended him. how together they sailed for South America ano ha-e b-'n operating a diamond mine that Townsend Inherited *'t" Mona and her friend* leave the * oner rlub, Harkins tells his lieutenant that Steve has a huge diamond, known as ' The Empress of Peru.“ which th sancs'er* nlan to steal. Mona Lottie Steve and Barrv go about together freouentlv Oa evening w-hen they are all at, Steve's apartment. Harkins tell* Bud to go th"r and sav Mona's mother is 111 Harkins plans to *f|. the daimond that night. now no on wmi the story CHAPTER THIRTEEN IT was, ns Steve put it, “n man's sized supper.” Steve had completed "a deal,” he explained rather vaguely, and was in the height of pood spirits. Barry just had returned from Twilands, the family estate, where

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Sympat h y Needed PITY the poor Republican representative who has had his tootsies toasted at two fires. Outside of such blatant pro-rail-road and utility legislators as Miles Furnas, Republican house whip, and his kind, the remainder have been cursing the day that the railroad lobby got. Fabius Gwin, <Dem„) of Shoals to introduce House Bill 701, which would make every farmer hauling his produce to market in * his own truck a public utility. Under the original provisions of this piece of legislation, frankly intended to injure bus and truck operators to the railroads' profit, Ivan C, Morgan, Republican state chairman, would have been forced to pay a heavy tax on his sixty-odd trucks which carry the products of his canneries to distributors. So Ivan wanted the boys to kill the bill. On the other side is Henry Mar-

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he had attempted without much success to persuade his uncle to aid in financing the dredging machinery for the mine. “Maybe we won't need your uncle's help,” Steve announced. •'Tomorrow' we may be all set. Who fan tell?” This possibility did not seem to please Barry. “But what am 1 doing?" he complained. “Not m thing!” Plainly he was disgusted, until Steve pointed out that after all Barry had provided the business and that things were coming, alone as well as they could be expected. Bv the time the two girls had arrived. Barry's good nature was restored. The apartment, charming and attractive, met with even Lottie's rather tart approval. “Motion picture stuff!” was Steve's dismissal of the surroundings. The living room might almost have been planned for a skating rink. There was a fireplace, huge comfortable chairs, low tables, ash trays. The floor was covered with expensive rugs and in every corner there were attractive lamps, graceful bronzes, books. Lottie picked up the lovely mandarin's coat from the grand piano, enfolding her sinuous body in its richly embroidered satin and paraded the floor. Mona noted with pride that in such surroundings Steve was perfectly at home. The young men

shall, Lafayette publisher and adviser to Governor Leslie, who is a director of the Monon railroad and wants the bill to pass. J. Frank Smith (Rep.) of Lafayette Marshall's representative, is one of the floor leaders for the bill and has managed to carry many of the minority with him. As the bill has been amended, it | is satisfactory to Morgan, but it is not satisfactory to approximately | 100,000 bus and truck operators in Indiana, upon whom it puts an extortionate tax, and the Republicans, who want to come back, will hear from them, tt tt * Activity of Fabe Gw'in, one of the authors, and principal leader of the defenders ot* the measure, has caused open - eyed amazement among observers. They recall that in the last session the bus and truck operators had no stauncher friend on the floor of the house than Fabe, and they wonder at his change in attitude. But, of course, those who have studied Fabe's legislative history, realize that Gwin's course in one session never is an index as to w'hat hp will do in the next. This bill also finds the lion lying down with the lamb and the lamb is not, inside the lion. We see two bitter enemies of yore—the lobbies for the railroad brotherhoods and the railroad operators—fighting shoulder to shoulder for passage of H. B. 701. XXX They frankly explain that, if 5 passed, the railroad business would I improve if the truck and bus companies found the going hard under a i heavy tax and that would mean j employment of more members of j the brotherhoods. Behavior of the rail lobby has ! provoked many smiles. Bert Byers, its dean, who between sessions of the legislature w'ould no | more think of talking to a rural ! legislator than favor the full crew i bill, has been walking about arm in i arm with such representatives as William E. Wilson (Dem.), Greenfield. And the railroad lobbyists have shown a generous hospitality that | should not be permitted to pass without comment. Their rooms always are open to such members as care for a few moments’ rest on a hot night, and a cooling libation to quench a thirst occasioned by vocal exertion in behalf of the bill. Who mentioned something about a stockyard smell surrounding H. B. 701? Three of its authors evidently thought it present when they asked J the house for permission to have 1 their names stricken from it.

displayed various treasures which they had brought from South America while Morgan laid the j table before the fire. On the velvet divan, Mona smiled ! and meditated while Lottie con- j versed. Steve and Barry listened,! now and then interpolating bursts ! of amused laughter. Presently the table was whisked away and coffee served in front ol j the dancing flames. Barry and Steve lighted Turkish cigarets! brought from the American Virgin islands. They spoke again of the Empress of Peru—-that mammoth diamond found by Steve in the mine. “It’s one of the largest ever found in South America,” Barry explained “It’s Steve's, of course, though he always speaks of it as 'ours.' He pickpd it up just as you might pick up a golf ball. “It's worth a fortune. I’m still only a working man, but your friend here has made his pile.” "Our pile,” Steve said shortly. It j was plain to be seen he was not' enjoying this turn of the conversation. “Yours,” returned Barry evenly It developed that the stone had been ! picked up on land deeded to Steve by Barry during their first year a; j the mine in lieu of cash payment of salary. That made the Empress Steven's. “It must be wonderful to dig diamonds right out of the ground,' Lottie said dreamily. XXX STEVE rose, carelessly thrust aside a tapestry, twirled the knob of a safe and drew out a thin string of glittering stones, which he held for a moment against his palm. It was a ch t of diamonds. The i girls gasp'd in delight. Steve fitted the chain about Mona’s neck ! and she Fose. too, copning her hands in front of her as though she expected the precious string to break. Before the mirror she twisted and turned, murmuring excitedly, “This is the nearest I've ever been to a diamond necklace!” “Old Steve collected those for you, Mona,” Barry told her. “Every week or so he'd add another. Used to eai-ry them around in a little chamois bag and every so often he’d count them.” Mona looked at Steve, who stood near her, silent. The necklace, catching the lights, shone no more biiehtly than Mona’s eyes. Steve nodded. “Yes, they’re yours, Mona.” She flushed, started to speak and her ey**s met Lottie's. Then Mona laughed suddenly. “Why, how silly for me to think—even for a moment —that I could take them!”

She unfastened the catch and let the necklace dribble into her hand, holding it out to Steve. "They're perfectly beautiful. Thank you, Steve, for thinking of me, but of course you know I can't.” Lottie looked on in bewildermentA diamond necklace and Mona was passing it up like that! “Call it a birthday present,” Steve entreated. “It’s past my birthday.” How could Mona refuse Steve anything when he smiled that way, Lo fi ic wondered. • “Past your birthday? Be smart then and. have another!” But he took the necklace, slowly returned to the safe, and tossed the glittering handful into its allotted space. Then he closed the door and came back to the embarrassed group. “You’re a fool, Mona!” Lottie observed. shortly. “You're a darling, Mona,” Barry said quietly. But he. too, knew that Steve had been inexpressibly hurt by the refusal to accept his gift. Throughout three tense, hard years of labor Steve had been spurred on by the thought of the gift that some day he could lay at j Mona’s feet. He had called her Min then and what a picture of the girl he had painted! Harry found himself wishing Mona could have accepted the jewels, while at the same time he understood it was impossible. “Show us the Empress, Steve,” Mona said to hide her confusion.

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Steve's face lighted. He raised his eyes and for a moment looked thoughtful. “I'd love to see a fortune rolled up in one stone the size of a peanut,” Lottie sighed. XXX STEVE said nothing and Barry put in briskly, “There aren't many like this one! Steve keeps it right here in this apartment.” “Risky, isn't it?” Mona asked quietly. 4 “Risky? Sure. What isn't risky nowadays? It seems." Steve's voice became suddenly bitter, "that it's even risky to offer a gift to an old friend. “If it hadn't been for you, Mona those diamonds never would have been mined. I wouldn't have fin-

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Ished the job without you to think about.” • Save the necklace for a wedding present!” Barry suggested hastily. “Maybe she'll wear it then.” “Will you, Mona?’ Something in Steve's voice frightI ened the girl. “Yes.” she answered. [“I will. If only you don’t stipulate whom I shall marry when the time | comes.” “I'll leave that to you,” Steve said gravely. “But about the Empress." Barry reminded. “Even I don't know where he keeps that.” "The Empress? Oh yes.” Steve straightened. “Tell you what I did with it. Remember. I Know a thing 1 or two about crooks, i “There was a man in the old

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gang named Bridgie Hayden. He was a ’dip'—used to steal jewels right from the necks of women who came into the supper club. Time after time police would be called in. but no one could ever find the diamonds on Bridgie. He'd sit there drinking ginger ale and maybe eating a sandwich before a bowl of cracked ice. “The table would be cleared right under the eyes of the police and there were the jewels, hidden in the bowl of ice!” “Is the Empress to be found among the sardines and maraschinos?” Lottie asked. Steve smiled and shook his head. “Not exactly. I put it in the top ice tray of the refrigerator.” “The refrigerator!” Even Barry

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gasped in amazement. Barry had net guessed Steve's hiding place. “Yes. I bent the tray so Morgan couldn't take it out very easily and would be sure to use the lower one when he needed ice cubes. The Emperor is as secure there as it would be locked in a safe!” “Oh. Steve—you didn't! Worth a fortune and you left it waiting to slide into somebody's ginger ale!” “Let's see it, Steve!" “Wait." -Steve said mysteriously. He rose, twirled the dial of the radio and strains of dance music floated into the softly lighted room. nan HE and Lottie whirled into a dance, while Mona and Barry sat watching. The dance ended and

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the four had a few hands of bridge. The game was going merrily when the telephone rang. Steve answered to return with a serious face. “He looked at Mona sympathet- ' ically. “It's for you,’’ he said seriously. “Bud's downstair* and wants you to come home. “He has a cab waiting. Said he'd rather Barry and I didn't come' along.” Mona's face had drained of color as she arose. 'Til go with you.” Lottie said, disappearing into the region where : they had left their coats. She was j back with Mona's wraps before the other girl had gathered herself together sufficiently to speak. (To Be Continued)

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