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THIS HAS HAPPENED.

NAN CARROLL for three years private Secretary to ATTORNEY JOHN CURTIS ber work and In her prospects for acon passing the lar PEAMISKŬON). The only discordant noir" la

MORGAN, ↳ happy

ת

her days is the Insolence of IRIS MORGAN, beautiful and selfish wife of Morgan, a trenta Na* It she were a mental and a servial

Able

Decause of her brilliant ind, Nan

" Morgan with his chan and he depensia on ber. When WILLIB TODD, an ardent auitur of Nan's proposes mariage to her fer the fifth time, she retuace,

abe ennnot give up hez, position. Will,

iralous, socuses her of being in love with Morgan and Nun, stunned by his words, at - fast-furos) to whwil to himself that they are trup

Het herdurable and quare e

when dewplant herself for being in love with anulher woman's husband and determines to turn in ker resignation the next maraleg At the office she finds a blackmall note warn ing Morgan to "ny of the enemies of Grace Cox, former telephone operator of a fashion aile country club who is indicted for black- tall and whom Morgan i now defending.

Asterist to the rule contains a nonly

furigantian About Tria Margah. -

Author of The Black Pigeon, "

of a

night, Iris bells me. Sort celebration for some high-finance deal you've put over, isn't it? Con- gratulations right back at you!"

"I take a back seat tonight.". Bert Crawford laughed, his blue cyes beaming fondly upon his friend. "It's going to be your cele bration! B jove, Iris le going to be proud of you already is, of course!" He turned to Nan, giving her the full benefit of his extra- ordinary inagnetism and vitality. "Hello. Nanor do I have to be formal around the boss and call you Miss Carroli? We're carrying on a desperate affair behind your back, old man. You'd better look out or you'll find yourself minus a secre tary."

sport

"That being the case," Morgan twinkled, "I'd better, be a good Tate is n apportunity in the rush of Nan's coming to dinner tonight, und encourage the affair. resigualun. When the transcript at the esas to-that is, it's really my arrives, as sent it steklously some

the luxy hurning for her to turn in r

cole-

elve, that night lend to the real truthration, for just between you and The Cux cos. She finds it-in a few war me, Bort, it was Nan who discov which rend her dying to locate ANNIE ered, Annie Crayfish and brought CRAYFISH, former maid in the country club, Auple, admits to Ban that a MRS. FLEMING her to court this morning. She re- went her (Annia) west because Auntie had fuses, to accept any credit pubtiely, ren her writing suspicious note with her but of course you and Iris must Inft hord, Man believes rbc has run down the truth at last and pleads with Annie in know what I owe to her-my junfor Pital with her to the surthuse to tell what partner!" she know about Mrs. Flemitage, thiha saving Grace Cox and winning another victory for John Curtis Morgan

CHAPTER VI.

the

Nan flushed can't cong to dinner, Mr. Morgan, Really I can't. I

brilliantly. Oh, I

"She's going to say she hasn't a thing to wear," Bert Crawford Vincerit the other night in one of laughed, and yet I saw her at the

the swankest

you."

21

evening

dresses

In less than two hours it was all over; the sensational Grace Cox blackmailing case had come to a sudden and dramatic end,' with John Curtis Morgan the undisputed among a pretty swank lot of flap- hero the superb last act of

pers. There with Willis Todd, my drama, and humble Annie Crayfish heari

rival, Morgan, breaking my its heroine. For Annie had testi-"Of course you're coming Nan," fied singly, convincingly and un- Morgan, said brusquely, "It's an ahakably to the facts which lie official order from your boss. If had previously told Nan Carroll, you've already got a date with and Martha Fleming, pseudo- Todd, bring him along. I'll phone society wom and adventure, Iris as soon as we get to the office, had collapsed into a nivelling con- and she'll be delighted to have fession almost as soon as Morgan had put her upon the stand which

Nan accepted as gracefully as Annie Crayfish had just vacated.

Grace Cox was free, or would be her real reasons for not wanting to possible. She could not tell him as soon as red tape had been cut, join the diner, party, for those for District Attorney Brainerd, confronted with Annie Crayfish's Casons were, simply, that she dis testimony and Mrs. Fleming's own trusted and disliked Bert Crawford, confession, had been forced to ask Morgan's and Iris' closest friend, the court to dismiss the indictment and that she hated Iris Morgan so against the hysterically happy tele-much that the thought of accept phone operotor.

ing her hospitality was abhorrent Nan Carroll received and desired to her. But she could not dash her. none of the congratulations which beloved employer's joy in victory, were being showered upon John could not cleat him of the pleasure Curls Morgan.

of paying a portion of his debt to No one but Mor gan himself knew that it was hier As always, she put his pleas- private sceretary whe had discoy. ure, his good before her own ered and brought Annie Crayfish

As the three of them left the into court, and it was Nan herself courthouse and entered Bert Craw- who had insisted that her part in ford's expensive sedan, in which the drama be kept a secret.

"Don't dare tell the press how we lawyer and his secretary to their he had insisted upon taking the got hold of Annie Crayfish," she

office, Nan studied Crawford hud whispered urgently to Morgan when she had turned her witness covertly, and wondered for the hun- over to him "Remember the papers distrusted him.

dredth time why she disliked and are going to call you the greatest

He had been a rather frequent criminal lawyer in the state when this trial is over, and they mustn't caller at the office during the past

year, ever since he had come to

get an inkling that neident and the city, in fact. Nan had only a luck had anything to do with it.

hazy idea of Crawford's business.

ihe

And I was working under your it being covered by the vague but orders, wasn't I? Hadn't you told me to go over the transcript of magnificent term, "e." the case? You had a hunch, and papers occasionally alluded to Her- bert S. Crawford as a "promoter" you let me play it-that's all?"

But Nan would not have been or as a "fancial wizard," but his human if she had not remained it lordly activities were to Olympian the background, drinking in every for Nan to understand, even if she had been interested enough to try detail of the dramatic triumph to do so. which she had helped Morgan achleve.

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At first it had been enough for her to know. that he was an old friend of John Curtis Morgan; she The anonymous letter, by which had accepted him aimply on that Martha Fleming or someone as-basis. Then it had transpired, sociated in crime with her had at through a chance remark of Mor tempted to blackmail the defence | gan's, that Morgan had only known attorney, was still safe in Nan's Crawford slightly when the two handbag. The teeth of the tigress had attened college together. But had been pulled by her own confes there was no question now as to the sion. A rumour was already cur-firm place which Bert Crawford rent that Martha Fleming, would had made for himself in the plead guilty and throw herself on affections or Iris and John Curtis the mercy of the court, without Morgan. The three of them went talk over before dinner, and I'l subjecting the state to the expense about together constantly.

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thanks to his secretary's culpable Crawford tactfully remained do to my dress," she explained off-SWEDISH SEAPLANE MAKING tampering with his mail, would in in the outer office with Nan handedly. all probability never know that his while Morgan talked on the tele- peace of mind and the "sanctity" phone

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EHOU 2. ONAM,

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of his home had been threatened, versation lasted so long that Nansion of relief that lighted up Bert

"Let's get out of this, Nan," Mor-became hotly embarrassed, gan called to her across the re-that Morgan would emerge finally porters who were still clustered with the humiliating report that about him. "I've got a lot of work Iris could not after all arrange to piled up at the office, boys. Ex- have four at a table instead of

three. cuse me, won't you?”

Black, the young lawyer who as- But Morgan, in hin jubilation sisted him with routine work, had over his dramatle triumph at the that nasty anonymous letter la mak-trying to make her lips form the already been dispatched on red courthouse, must have exercised ing me full of suspicion. Bot-words. But he forestalled her:

ler curb your imagination, Nan "I can't begin to thank you, Nan, tape business connected with ab. some of the masterfulness which taining Grace Cox's immediate re-marked him in the courtroom and Carroll,, or you'll get yoursdf into for what you did today. I might have forced a confession out of lease from jail, and Nan was help-in his own offices, but to which Iris trouble!"

Morgan was almost a stranger, for

"I'd like to see you a minute, Martha Fleming, with what evi- ing Morgan pack his brief case when Morgan did rejoin them, his Nan," Morgan stopped at her desk dence and conviction of her guilt when a blithe voice interrupted:

"Hello, Morgan! Been trying to fought, his words

face flushed with the battle he had after bidding Bort Crawford good-I already had, but your bringing

bye,

Anno Crayfish into court today Remarre. get a word with you, but the nowe-shameful confession of failure:

were not a

"Now's my time to tell him I'm was a stroke of gentua. papers boys had me crowded out.

"Nan," and he laid a big warm Batavia "My wife is delighted to have going to resign," Nan, realized, Congratulations, old man I'd just you, Nan. Dinner will be at hulf with a dreadful sinking of her hand upon the small cold one that Jantos drapped. In to see you strut your past seven. You'll bring her, won't heart. "ne's so clated over lila vic- was clenched upon the edge of his Halphar stuff, and was lucky enough to be yon, Bert?"

tory that my news can't make him desk, "I've been calling you my Honolulu here when you touched off the fire- For a second Bert Crawford hest- terribly unhappy, and since he junior partner, half seriously and Kowloon works.

Some show! I'm proud tated and Nan saw the colour husn't any very big case on right half in fun. Let's make it come London to know you, boy!"

deepen slightly In his pink-and-now, he can do without me better true, Naa. You're going to be "Thanks, Bert!" Morgan grinned white checks, "Delighted, old man.

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