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SERIAL STORY-
BARGAIN BRIDE
CHAPTER 1
(Continned).
Barrett glanced at the hand holding her cigarette, noticed how it shook and glanced quickly away. "Poor child" he thought. "Poor child" The pain of others always aroused in him a blend of fierceness, tenderness and strength.
Marcin drow another deep breath before going on with her story. All "Dick's extremely conservative.
of
his life his father went to his office at exactly 0 each morning and left it at the stroke 4. He never vario. And Dick's mather !!! feels that no lady' appears on the streets before & in the evening with bare threat. She wears those funny little boned net collars. Dick her and-oh, I know it all sands terribly
mixed can't sagged back for a
up!" She
seom to tell the story but they're that way, all of them, about every- thing! Never getting away from the of what they're supposed to do. wish I could make you under-
I think I follow better than you suppose," Barrelt put in gratly. alone."
hope so. Barrett, I'm so terribly
It was Marcia's old cry, always voiced while someone else shouldered burdens. "You see," she went on, "for a man. Dick hna lived with such eerlain decency. He's nimolutely
was completely innocent and In- experienced when we were married. Oli, Barrett, if he knew the truth he'd never get over it! I'm afraid to risk it. I can't live without i Dick--now."
Barrett saw her!
Her eyes blurred, lips tremble. "But what in it that's Set you to thinking about all this?" he asked, leaning toward her.
"Well, partly it's seeing so much of Dick's family and finding nut how they feel about things. The Radnors are so truthful it's almost a trial to dine with them. The other day Dick found a new servant had led and ho dismissed her!"
"Ife didn't have her.” Burrett pointed out, smiling a little.
"Ok,"
KATHARINE HAVILAND-TAYLOR
ELINOR STAFFORD
she murmured miserably.Į For a second
she closed her eyes. Opening them, she glanced at a small, jewelled patch that ticked against her wrist. She rose quickly and Barrett rose, I must be off," she
"No, but could he love anyone who lied?" Murcia questioned, a brink in her voice. She went on quickly with out waitin For D answer. "But... that's only part of it In Janney I'ni going lo
childr
In t
her
windy street, followed by the stillly deferential Jensen.
Barrett felt his heart rise. Coming down the steps of the house opposite was the girl he had seen before. The girl who had been little Elinor Staf- ford" and an ugly duckling. She was beautiful now, he saw, as she crossed the natural, way, We've a dinner engagement. And, dear, when are you coming to see us?
"1' wager you don't remember that I quite know when we're me?" he said as she neared the curb. free, but I'll look it up and det, you "Oh, but I do!" the girl contradict. know. you come to dinner?"
ol shyly yet with a flush that he did tand. The grip of her not understand. "We haven't time now to settle any-small hand was strong and honest. She smiled and for a moment the thing but I know you'll come to myller deep vielet eyes mot his levelly,
view point. You'll realise it's the could s eclipse her dark, Span-
"We'll see.. I'm only trying to be beauty, fler hund turned beneath only one! his to grip his angers.
Sis..
10 barn
"My dear!" Barrett leaned forward to lay a hand upon hers. "I'm happy for you!"
50
smile ile hu sombreness that j
Ish
NO
"Of
course.
Thanks, Barry. Sweet of you. But Jair. won't be fair to me if you
what
1 wanted to sny-Dick's my keep me in terror!" she contested child-must not be threatened!"
"How?" he asked, perplexed.nly.
"I think we'd better nut discuss it don't follow you
now, dear," he said firmly. She raised "Well, Mr. Dexter brought the buyer slender shoulders. Her chin went
" she stated, to town the other
high. Without a word site turned day,
"But I don't see—
toward the hall.
of
Barrett felt suddenly within himself
a glow of an almost forgotten wurmth. "It was so kind of you, Mrs. Radnor, to offer the girl began.
Murcia cut her short. "Hop in, child!" she said. "I'm inte now. cide home with hum. Isn't that isi- inret Dick down town every day to eurally romantle?"
it's nice," said Elinor. "I think Barrett laughed; a leugh prompted by pleasure, It was exactly as she would
**Nice." like her to think.
"Aunt-Ella-wants to see you. Mr. Colvin,"
said Elinor Stafford. go to see her very soon," he re
"but you used to call
me
Frowning, he-followel-her-unhap "He brought him to 100-me-He presented himselfand the chilin pily. He saw her pick up a pair the most assured manner. Dwight gloves from the table, watched her was away, thank heaven A new pull them on with two sharp tuga.
plied, mald whom I dismissed inmediately He hoped Marcia wasn't
for man should fet him is. Mr. Dexter said he leave him angry. He had locked Barry and I resent the changes, A around to keep the want to see my broward eagerly to seeing her, his small home fires, thought I would
burning," She smiled at him. Marein, cou- ther's ward. There was
a sigh, he stared down at her, a sulting her small watch again, mur- small, so seemingly frail but capable, mured something about having to he knew, of bitterness and artfully hurry on. The door of the car was a moment later the molor pur- She raised her heavy eyelids for a red and Barrett watched them dis-
the way he said it, Barthing in M-sister and only relative. Suning
"I'l
attend to that," Barrett pro mised angrily. "What happened?"
።
closed
Well, he and dyed her that he wrought its fr ivy cycl
been delayed and
moment to give him an insolent, chill appel Stafford, ho decided, was the
needed the monoy."
"He lled. Did you give him any-glance. Then she melted, to ellus thing
to him sobbing and 'Yes." All I had at the moment. I
ama beast, Bag think a little over $200-"
must help me!"
That
very foolish, dear,"
sort
of youngster one needed to meet But you on a day when the air was weighted by chill mist and one's temples were different growing gray. She was so from Marcin with her genlus ing tight corners and
"I do want to help you, dear," he her. He patted her shoulder
for
find-
Barrett commented lovelly. Ho star- assured he mopped her dark everyone near her into those cornera
ed, frowning, at a rug at his feet.
"I was in terror for fear he'd slay "Will until Dick came. There's strong eyes) "come and have a long talk familly resemblance about the boy, with me--"
promised.
Loo
and
Poor passionate,
for druggiag
blind impulsive, and selfish Marela! Well, this true He tooku sa much like you, Barrett, "Whenover you have a frer menient, He's going to be tall and, lean and telephone and
I'll come running! he would think first of the boy who deserved frst thought. After all, he
Murein, thought strong and he has the same square he
comparatively chin. Anyone seeing him would notice "Barry, you
sweet!" she young, had not are so
ahend the years it. They couldn't fail to. I want broke out and, to his embarassment, them that the child had. Marria's you to get him out of the country—
She leaned toward her half-brotherised his big, tanned hand. She child, his ward. Gerald Moore."
always been as extravagant in
Be seemed strangely empty "Barry you'll help me." she asked. showing of and to remember that fuct. and, in spite uf
love as late. Barrett wished
05 hy returned to it. rather dismal She added, weakly, "There's 116 one he had not
A comfortable tem else to whom I can n.
No one
He held her mlak conta moment
little cold.. perature, later.
too, Barry,"
she worry,
For some reason he did not clearly Burrett rose to his feet to pace the was saying, "because the boy looks understant a vision of Elinor Staf taomi,
of Higgins much like you. People who hear ford's face remained before him. entering, carrying a shaker and tall, that he's your ward will think-you wondered when he would see her stemmed glass on a tray, of Higgins know that he is your son, hidden to again, mending the tire and tip-toeing
away.
cise!"
Marcia,
was aware
amall, smouldering, dark 4
Marack
him. was toward she was hoping by
beauty, sagged back in the chair she Barrett
made seen large. She sipped her repeating this suggestion to frightan Corktail, set it down on a nearby him into exiling her son, snall Gerald
table and
and the click of glass meeting Moore. She should have known lim mahogany was loud in the heavy better than that!
Ullness.
"As I said before, Marcia," he out slowly, realized that
At last Barruit spoke. "I can't nointed when I adopted blu. As-a
promiss you anything," he said al
most harshly, i have to see what family we are a rather
is best for the boy."
"Bug.
pronounced
you're not going to be un would never let me hide him."
my own peace and comfort type. But: About this?"
the unked! "Oh, well she flung out petu- plaintively
lantly. To followed
wed her down the He
smilled
a little mirthlessly, steps, tucking a sleek rug around her Anyone who dared to oppose Marela knees as the chauffeur waited instruc was invariably "unreasonable." But, tlous. Standing at the open poor child, that was not her fault. Barrett felt the heat reaching She had been pampered, petted, in him from the car in which orchida
In their silver vase
cushions, foot
door
toward
dalged absurdly, and that fact hind tremble, CILSE, Teter-all wero
innile her tragedy,
"I must do what I feel to be fair rests, elgaretten, -
to the boy," Barrett repeated, "and within the car and the windown were I'll start by firing Dexter," he ended firmly closed to keep out any chill. Barreit thought, Unnatural and grimly.
"If people see him and bear he's wrong. Makes too much softness, too your adopted as they'll think he's much shielding-just as I have?
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(To Be Continued)
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"Dick Soon?" she asked. always known it. Wo have "Any evening you name."
"I know that," Barrett ngread: will
characteristles na family.
She glanced idly across the street, But I'm not worrying aboub turned quickly to the chauffeur. "Jen- that, Marcin. I want to be certain sent? sho said crisply, "please sten to do the thing that is best for you, ncross the street to ask Mirs Stafford -for-him,-for øveryono.".
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