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rat several extraordinary. clauses.” {But | what,” Diana was thimking, “has all this to do with me? I'ml|py jife he said. ‘Take a moment| He was carrying a torch for somethe one who's seeking a Jjob—I| oot ced to the idea. There’s| one—someone whe had loved anshould be giving the referencgs.|yea)ly- nothing alarming about it,|other.mare than he... . - How strange that Stephen Cutt A purely business proposition. No “I can be safe with a man like should think I ought to know oto sense, because a man and a WOMan| yoi uv Diana was thinking, “until

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Stephen Curt went on. “Knowing yi pe involved intimately, in think- eon i my proclivity to bachelorhood {my |ing it need be anything else. We're I get my bearings.

father ‘made his will-to read that if |poth civilized products of the 20th| “Well, what do you say?” I have not married by the time I|century—liked each other on sight.”| “I—I don’t know. When would|" amy85, his entire fortune, except for| ge smiled. ‘Or didn't you?” it have to be?” a bequest to Adela, will go to cer-| «Qp, yes.” “Within th ti turall tain charities-instead of to me. My|. «If T had offered you a job as| gon my deer. Dll ae araralY. stepmotHer’s one purpose in life is|my secretary, you'd have accepted| Corie» MY dear, lll see that you . br . Secretary, 12 have a very pleasant time. |. tos see that I don’t try to break|eagerly, wouldn't you? Fay — #hat clause. She has the devil's| yes of course” : Clothes, the theater — whatever WAS ’ stubbornness and"—he drew| «This will be nothing more, really. Fo on Ym Te 1 ASHINGTON TUBES II a deep breath—"my 35th birthday |1f it will make you feel better, I'll , eC ’ - ig” approaching rapidly. In fact by|even let you rd notes for me.” asked you? Dont you see 1m kA) Aa RE AR WA his this time next month, it will have| “Please,” said Diana, trembling. |risking something, too” STEFPED INTO A STORE T0 GET SOME ‘€ome and gone.” Co " l“Stop talking!” “Yes, I can see that.” Ehe faced | | To@8ACCO... AND HOW I HAPPENED ~ Diana's gray eyes were wice open| He sat quietly then, looking at|hiin squarely. “When would you||+vo BE SEEN WITH with astonishment. The waiter set her, while the dinner cooled be-|want your stepmother to—to pass| fk A BLONDE something before her, but she had|tween them, judgment on me?” g no idea what it was and made no| pinally Diana said slowly, “But| “Why not now—tonight?” attempt to eat it. She was staring|gyrely your stepmother doesn’t want| “Tonight!” Again she had that &t Stephen Curt. you to marry—just anyone!” breathless feeling of running to

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~ “I mean that there is at the moment no one whom I care to make my wife—literally. Neither do. I relish the idea qf losing approxi‘mately two millioh dollars—though 1 shall certainly earn enough during my lifetime.”

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able to speak. Bae We Noms of hon a gest ef-| petite. I was a chump not to wait #'I was impressed by you as a girl {10I't. S no - 20U S€8|yntil you'd finished. Never mind, of spirit,” he went on. “When I|the woman I love is married to an-| well come again.” " FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS Ton foun i» the Sievaior, I ‘was (other man.’ Diana felt a little shiver of nerv- |. —._._ hoping I might overtake you.” i in 1 i : - ty HEH He reached in his pocket and| , ... I - | ous excitement grip her spine. BovY, 1 SURE CAN DESTROY MiLLE , YOU MAW KEEPS ME - ii Ll i | Aw, MAW, DONT 4 get ia “dpew out a small jeweler's box, OH!” SO that was it! He had (To Be Continued) ) ‘fF THE GRUB !, WHAT" ELSE iS ONE YOURSELF:ee= , TOLD A SEC ET! ID , i i A Rd oR NA : toying with it for a moment. not used ‘the past tense, either.| a; events, names and characters in this THERE IN "THE ICE~-BOX?Z AND SOMESODY'LL. IN RE ig! by [ i * if ; “I've been carrying this about,|He had said “the woman I love” "tory are Dotitions HE Na BE ’ A ‘PRACTICALLY RAISED. hoping I might find a solution to ! : 7 ’ <3. kA SN ME IN A TRUNK/ niy problem,” he continued. . “Since !f At 1p »

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Her amazed eyes beheld wto rings— 1 | nn one a large, square-cut diamond, TR Ef 7 and the other a. stone-incrusted HT | wedding ring. = © Ry 4, Ni “I hope you wowt think:«I'm IEE

ufterly out-of my -mind,” he said with’ 4 rueful “smile, “but if ' you will ‘wear those rings for a ‘short .and help me out of this diffilty~—1. will pay you $10,000 at nclusiort of our éontractl” en thousand dollars!” It was the most amazing thing she had ever heard. Things like this happened only in novels or the movies.

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