Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 December 1941 — Page 51

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By HELEN R. WOODWARD

THE STORY-—lovely Diana Tucker and Stephen Curt, famous writer and commentator, arrange a8 marriage of | convenience when she is fired by lawyer | Richard Thorpe. Diana is te receive $10.000, get a divorce In six months, | thus saving for Stephen a $2,000,000 in- | Beritance he would have lost had he not | married before he was 35. Evalyn | Thorpe, beautiful blind wife of Richard | and the woman Stephen loves, and Phil Bruce, Stephen's best friend whe is strongly aftracted to Diana, know Te ETE — nothing of the arrangement: Adela, COPR. 1941 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. Stephen's piteful, spoiled, jealous sister, and Richard Thorpe, who is having an | affair with her, do know of it, go ont of their way te be rude to Diana, Also aware of the contract are Bill Jackson, | Diana's childhood sweetheart, Mr. Tuck- | er, her farmer father, Ellen Curt, | Stephen's stepmother, although the latter | two hope the couple will come to care | for each other. Diana learns from Phil | that Be and Scephen had agreed in | childhood that one of the other of them would marry the gentle, loveable Ellen, | boch were surprised when she chose | Thorpe. i

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CHAPTER SIXTEEN Next morning, feeling the need of | contact with someone of her ownm.| Diana took the shining coupe and | drove 20 miles to spend the day | with Elsa. As an afterthought she stopped for Evalyn and persuaded the blind girl to come with her.

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“They drove leisurely, enjoying! : ) the warm sunshine of another day hands in his warm ones, held them borrowed from spring, and often tghtly. Diana felt that again he Evalyn’s hand rested on Diana's af- might be soins to forget their bard fectionately. gain.” Surely he was going to take : bbeai oink her in his arms. They reached the little white cot- | “Stephen!” tage an hour before noon. It wWaS| yey both turned. Adela stood in spotless and shining and Esa the doorway, her face distorted with beamed with happiness at sight Of rage at the tableau she had wither sister. She seemed a little awed ‘messed. She quickly controlled her of Evalyn at first, but soon Evalyn features. said petulantly, “you promwas delightedly holding the fat, ljseqd to help me go over some of my

fragrantly talcumed baby — younglaccounts, Stephen. Cant you do it Bill, Junior — a cooing bundlé of pow”

beauty | i \ yi | Stephen pressed Diana's hands “I wish YT could see him!” Eva- i x . PY & *~ hard, then dropped them and, withIvn said, and buried her face in his ..

soft white neck, thus winning the oid word, followed the triumphant undying affection of young Bill's mother. They left Evalyn holding the baby while Diana helped Elsa prepare

Adela from the room. "2 5 | DIANA WAS dressing for dinner | {an hour later and heard the hum/| {of a motor in the driveway below. !

lunch : pry, ! Hardly knowing why, she stepped tehed ca and 3 v . ~ . Hoh aiched Bisa and £0 3 to the window and, looking down, alld > LA WLLL a Ad val Aa ? 3 good-looking and confident, and caught a glimpse of Adela getting adored his wife his baby ‘and his into a car which backed swiftly out | home. He worked hard for them Dt0 the street and disappeared and gloried in doing it {around the corner. It was too dark & = {to see who her companion was.

a BILL RETURNED to work after a] She was conscious of a savage cordial invitation for them to come gladness that Adela was gone for again and the promise to bring his the evening, until a few moments family to see Diana soon. {later Essie, the middle-aged maid As Diana and Evalyn drove home [Who had served the Curts since the sun disappeared and a cold wind [Childhood, knocked timidly on the sprang up. {door. . “This has been one of the hap-| “Well, Essie?” piest days I ever spent,” Evalyn as-| “It's Miss Adela!” Essie blurted sured Diana on their return. “And|out. “She's gone, Miss Diana—with every night since I've known you, Mr. Richard!” darling, I've given thanks for you!”| Was it possible that Essie hadn't Diana, too touched for words, before suspected the sordid affair? could only press the slender fingers “She's been out with him before, in fervent gratitude. |you know, Essie,” she said gently. As she put the coupe in the ga-| “I know, maam—but—but this rage, snow began to fall in large time it's different! Miss Adela white flakes and Diana was glad of means to stay the night. She took the shelter of home. The drawing {things with her! Oh, Miss Diana room with its shaded lamps and if Mr. Stephen finds out about § crackling wood fire was warm and this!” inviting, and she stopped to warm S. woul her hands before going on up to her Sey ad a. si a room. A sound behind her caused his sister with the h her to turn. Stephen stood there |. y e husband of the smiling woman he loved! Diana thought of » Evalyn and her trustful love for

“I was afraid you had run away,” he sald, and Diana's heart absurdly V Chard, and her throat contracted.

skipped a beat. i — “I went down to Elsa's—took Eva-| Iyn with me,” she explained, a little! breathlessly. “We had a nice day.”| Then she added, “I didn't think

you'd want—need me.” “Did you think that, Diana?” he| asked quietly. She did not know that her cheeks were pink from the wind; that her! eves were glowing like stars. Stephen

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If she'd only known about this before Adela left! “Thank you for telling me, Essie Do you know where they went?” “Yes, ma'am—I heard her talking over the phone. The hunting lodge, she said. “Where is Mr. Thorpe's hunting Indge, Essie?” “Fifteen miles out the River Road. You can’t miss it, ma'am. The name's on the gate, I drove out several times with the family —for picnics and such.” “Dont worry about it any more, Essie,” Diana said. “Perhaps I'll think of some way—" A Jook of relief passed over the woman's face. “Thank you, Miss Diana.” At dinner Stephen said, “Adela has gone to spend the night at the home of a friend. Looks like well have a quiet evening alone.” He said it as if he were looking forward to being alone with her. Diana's heart skipped a beat be-

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do something about Adela. “I have an errand to attend to,” she said regretfully. “But perhaps I'll be back early.” She saw the look of disappointment on his face, but he had never questioned her comings and goings. ‘I'll work until you return, then” he said. Later he helped her into her coat and hovered near while she adjusted her hat. Diana felt surrounded by his quiet desire to take care of her. “I could drive you if you like” he suggested. She smiled brightly, managing to hide her real concern. but it won't be necessary. I shan't be long.” (To Be Continued)

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