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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1929.

RIVAL WIVES Perfectly-Cut

By Anne Austin.

THIS HAS HAPPENED., " After three years as private secretary ATTORNEY JOHN CURTIS MORGAN, NAN CARROLL discovers she is in love with

Having a high sense of honour, Nan belikves

Author of The Black Pignon,"

Along with the other spectators, Nan stood at attention while tho judge entered and took his sent: Then the members of the jury filed

alse can no longer work for him and deterin, looking vastly relieved -- and mines to resign. Her resignation is postponed,

hambery, benso she knows Morgan le polog to need a faithful arcretary during hlà de-

friend, who is Indicted for erabestling funds

scheme.

proud of themselves. When they were in their places Morgan hur

fence of BERT CRAWFORD, A supposed ried in and went straight to Craw Accumulated from whalelwind stock-sellingford, throwing an arm across his ahoulder, as if to demonstrate to the warld that this man was his friend, no matter what the verdict might be.

Nan distrusts Crawford and 1818 MORGAN. bekutiful wifs of the lawyer. By means of K, Tatening in derice, Nan hears Crawford awliness, ALICH DELTUN, former switch

board operator. Nun confronta him with what she has heard and, rentininu, ba is craz ped. Crawford asks her to name her price. Bhej, tells him that her price is for him tu xlre up fria Morgan, i

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There was no time to speak to him. It was too late anyway....

And what is, that verdicti

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He at inat agrees and Nan agrees to keep gentlemen?" she heard judge fins every prediction is for an mequittal, on Hewell's grave voice inquire.

allent. Morgan defends Crawford so ably that

Ja day of the trial, Nen prepare to G

"We find the defendant not guil

to the court room to hear Morgan ty!" the foreman answered loudly. the case balore the jury, when Iris Morg comes in mind tanves little Curtis, her boy, o N's hands while Iris hurries Crawford's aida. Nan furkon. When the child at Inst falls sur Mae finds beside him a note, evidently taken from his her's headbag, in virrantly dmit, bis suilt, Nan le in tutte vanfic. Wall she take the note to Mare In order to save ka prefenatural for she withhold it, knowing contents and proof of his wife's faithlessness will break his heart?

work Crawford protests hie 1ose for trik and

CHAPTER XIII

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There were a few cheers, quickly broken off by the sharp rap of the judge's gavel. A moment later, the judge had adjourned court; Crawford was blithely shaking hands with the jurors, and Iris Morgan, in an excess of joy, was throwing her arms about her his band's neck....

"That there's the greatest lawyer in the middle west," her ball

"I am!" Nan choked-and ed.

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Asking Evans, the grumpy mid-friend told Nan feelingly. "It's dle-aged law clerk, to keep

gol is a jury won't convict a man eye on the sleeping child, whom that John Carla Morgan defends, because they believe him when he she had made comfortable on a couch in his father's private office, man's innocent. Reckon Nan snatched up hat and cont and you're right proud to work for a ran for the elevator. As it de man like that, Miss Carroll scended, crowded with stenogra phers, clerks, and executives, all inden with Christmas gifts and She could stand no more. beaming with holiday goodfellow if Morgan caught sight of ship, she prayed alternately that she would have to congratulate there might still be time for the him. She enuld imagine the hurt incriminating letter to be used in his eyes if she failed to do so, against Crawford, and that there....Why, all these years he had would not be time-that the jury brought his triumphs to her with might already have brought in its the vanity of a small boy, sure that. verdiet.

she would understand......

"Maybe he will be found guilty! Why hadn't I thought of that al-

And

Jer

She did not stop until. she ternative?" Nan's milling thoughts reached the crowded shopping dis- took on a new turn as she battled trict, and then only because trafle Christmas shoppers on the crowd-compelled her to do so. She had ed downtown street, "I'll prays den where she was going-cor for him to be found guilty before tainly not to the office-but she I can reach the courthouse," she could have sobbed with rage at he

"Goodnessing stopped. decided childishly,

knows that's the only prayer 1 can put any heart into."

"What are you, so sore about, Nun? Christmas grouch?"

Her lips moving wordlessly, she A hand touched her shouler and ploughed through the crowds. The she whirled to' face Willis Todd, spirit of Christmas was every whom she had not seen since the where but in Nan's heart. Salva, night in early November when she Uon Army Santa Clauses dangled" had refused his offer of marriage bells over Iron pots and grinned at that memorable night when Wil- wide-eyed children through their lis had forced her to realize that white wool beards; women with she was in love with a' man who their arms full of parcels admon- was already married, ished children to "Stay right by Her face cleared somewhat. She Mama, now!" Traille police strug was amuazingly glad to see him, had gled with hopeless jama of cara missed him......"Hello, Willis1 with unusual amiabllity; shop I've missed you. Friend or one- windows were crowded with use-my 7" Her brown eyes smiled at less dainties of pink silk and lace, him wistfully, and there wha.joy everywhere— but in Nan Carroll's heart,

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"Eat your soup, honey," Willia

cerns Mr. Morgan. But I've been he grinned "Let's so troubled, so torn with double as "Hey, wanna be killed, sister?ave lunch. I've wanted to call you a what my duty is And to Watch where you're going!" And dare.. Knew you had a right to be was bringing the consomme she be- up a hundred times, but I didn't the amazement of the waiter who good and wore at me. The Traylor gan to cry. jerked her to safely. Then be all right? Won't be many people grinned at her and wished her in the dining room today. Every "Merry Christmas" before he sent body's snatching a quick bite, bat urged, as the walter seutiled away. her on her way.

"If I'm killed won't have to Christmas shopping to finish up?" you please and I promise not to maybe you're in a hurry, too, with "You're going to tell me anything tell him," Nan told herself wretch-

"No," she answered, following light. I like and respect Morgan edly, but her life-loving body him into the lobby of one of the and I love you-love you well skipped out of every danger that most exclusive hotels in the city. enough not to quarrel with you any threatened it in the crowded", want to dawdle over lunch, if mora for loving him, instead of streets before she reached the you don't mind. Everything's been. And you have my word that beetle Intely......Um! Nice anything you may tell me will go table. Flowers and everything, no further. But I think you know The imminence of Christmas Thani: heavens, there's no orcles-that. You've done a goodish bit of lind chunterl Crawford of turge audience for his

tra........ You order for me, Willis," cofiding in the past, you know." whatever it might be. There were her at table again, nice to have him tears with her napkin, and obed!-

It was nice to have him opposite

She smiled at him, dabbed at her only

a foe loiters about the thinking of her, waiting on herently drank most of her consemme courthouse as Nan ran panting up No one else had ever discovered before she began her story. The the steps. A deputy sheriff recog that she needed and liked being walter left them in peace sa long nized her, greeted her with a waited on. But Wills had always that Bert Crawford's letter had "Merry Christmas, Miss Nan!" been a dear. Why couldn't she love

"And news yet, Bill? Or him instead of John Curtis Morten slipped across the table before Mr. Morgan finished his speech?an, who only needed her but did not the chiree was served.

"The Morning Sun reporter said Jove her? Maybe that was why they were expecting a verdict any minute," the man told her. "Mr. Willis asked interestedly, when he small voice when the young man "Is the Crawford verdiet in yet?" thing Willis?" Nan asked in a Morgan Buished his speech about had given the order.

had finished reading the letter. "I an hour ago, and the district at torney only took about 10 minutes "Just. Not guilty," "Nan an-hurried to the courthouse with it, for his final summing up. Knows swered ally. Now why did he that Mr. Morgan could do what- he's licked, I guess. You'll find have to bring that up, just whenever he thought, best with it, in Mr. Morgan in the judge's cham-abe was beginning to relax a bit cake the jury had not reached a hers, Miss Nun, unless the jury's "Congratulations for you

verdict. But I was too late. 'Not and coming in."

Morgan are in order, I suppose, allty""she repeated with a shrug. She thanked him and hurried Willis said. "I know you two De

"Shall I give it to him now?" into the courtroom where the lieved Crawford Innocent, or Mor- Willis Todd looked at her with Crawford case had been tried. gan, wouldn't have defended him, amazement in his There were less than a score of but personally, I believe the big "Why, for heaven's sake? To warn spectators. At the press table a blonde windbug is guilty as hell him that his wife's, going to skip Kroup of reporters, Including two How he could have fooled you out with his best friend, a man women feature writers, were idly

he has just saved from the talking and joking; and at the

Her pride was stung, but an ir-penitentiary? If this thing's true, counsel table sat Iris Morgan and Bert Crawford, their heads close resistible desire

to confide in Morgan might as well not know it they're going to skip anyway, and together, their volees low and low, rapid voice: "He didn't fool killing Crawford, do you?"

someone made her answer, in a till they do. You don't want him carnest. At the sight Nan's anger me, Willie. I believed he was gull. rose again in a hot, tide, and shoy all along, but since he was Mrhlm.

Her gasp of horror answered i beckoned to bail lolling in the

doorway.

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ford and But never mind that if you really love him, you don't! The man was turning away to now. What's that you're saying The sooner she's gone the better of

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as the Great God Morgan fallen know it for a long time. No, Nan, and suppressed a little evidence?" you can't show this letter to Mor-

Nan snatched her hand away, her gan: Better tear it up.".. eyes blazing. "He still belleves that

But Nan did not tear it up. She

about believing Crawford guilty? Morgan will be, though he won't

Pm afraid It's too inte now Crawford was innocent! Miss Carroll," the ballif she had know why I started to confide in thrust it into her handbag. "Thank before I would have hurt him by I don't folded the stiff sheet carefully and cally, I really would have died addressed told her. The judgo is you. Wills. I might have known you, Willis," she smiled at him. "I showing him this letter!" coming. Looks like the jury has we'd just quarrel, because it con- Just wanted to be convinced - jógi- reached a verdict,"

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