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Heart of Liane

by MABEL MCELLIOTT

CHAPTER XXI

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Fanny who had now consumed

"Don't start on Tressa napped.

that again,"·

But Fanny was persistent. shall if 1 lke. I'm frankly baft- ed. I'd almost gol round to buy ing our tickets for the south."

"Woll, don't. At least, don't buy one for

The" She oraned the frown for a anile as Van and Muriel approach. ed their table. “Stop a minute. Fanny and I are boring each other An office boy brought in a card her soup giggled. She was molli-tiff. We long for a bit of gossip to the shifty-eyed man In the fled by the sight of that ridiculous to cheer us up." swivel chair. The shifty-eyed hat. It made her own seem bril man read it, ran his grimy finger lunt. appraisingly over the past board

"Ok, but that's Lady Devenant. can get away with clothes like Sho and said, "Tell her to come in."

He did not rise. Ils lids droop that." ed with scarcely velled Insolence. "Missah Lord ?" He pretended to consult the card again.

Branch 7, Beaconsfild Aandar.

The tall girl wrapped in bor furs, a little half veli concealing the upper half of her mobile face. nolded haughtily.

senn You

since Florida In

forgotten me."

The man smiled evilly.

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Tressa shrugged. "She looks like horse."

me a

Muriel sat down with a clatter of bracelets and vanity boxes. "Don't know a thing. Sorry! Every thing's dead. Give cigarette, somebody,"

Van produced one and conversa- tion halted as it was lighted.

"Yes, but doesn't she? She's a qualat old piece. Frightfully rich. She naked Bill and me to stay at her place in Surrey once years ago for cigarettes?" but I had fu and we couldn't

"Cut out the acting," she said, He was terrifleally disappoint curtly. "Just because I haven't ed."

Tressa wasi't Hatening. Fanny reason for you to pretend you've rambled on. "Look, Tress, I'll stop int her table na we go out. She's taken a marvellous place at Paim

The biggest "I thought you preferred the Beach for January.

one there the one with the most ab connection to be severed, paid you well. You and you kilt on the roof. Perhaps she'll as. You'd like that, wouldn't wanted to get out. Haven't

Acen ask you since, What's on your mind you?"

"No, not a bit. Besides, I don't now? I suppose you're in the red again. You damner

think I shall be leaving New York around unless you want money.

so early." Not one of you,” he whined in

never come

nurk pathus, does a hand's turn for friendship's sake."

"Friendship?" The young mon in fur sneered,

wwway.

•

down her knife and fork which Fanny was ad horrified she put w.she took pains to handle in what is known as the continental man

or

"I have what I call a hat tip 1 come to you. Otherwise I stay I don't like you and it's to your advantage not to tell anyone you know me. I've got a tip now What will you pay?"

The man spread out talon-like hands in curiously expressive gesture. He shrugged falmis.

"Whaddya got?"

"It's good," said the giri quietly. "Good for the sheet or good for the rackit

It was her turn to shrug now. know? Maybe one, "How do I maybe both. Either way it's whui you ent! juicy."

The man reached into à pocket of his wrinkled coat and produred a greasy looking packet of cheap cigarolles,

"Have one?**

The girl movereni

of with

"So early" What on earth do you mean? You know how desainte town is after Christinas, Why. you were saying only yesterday that you hognal we could 'break away before that!"

"I know but I've changed ' my mind." Tressa smulled enigmati. eally.

En-

"What." Fanny Amberton quired maliciously, "did girls say to men before they learned to ank

They pouted" Van told her promptly. "Or they blushed and Brilled."

"Not a blush or a bridle in the lot of 'em now, more's the pity.” Fanny remarked briskly.

Muriel and stumped back in her sent, looking extraordinarily like a paintest doll. She had a taste for the faintly bizarre in clothes and to-day she looked like the girl on the Christmas posters, She wore a short jacket of white fur and close fitting white fur hat, In this frame her sharply etched impudent and unreal. highly coloured little fire looke

the mont *hin Is

paisonous town!" she drawled. "Can't thinki why anyone lives here. Van, take me to Cannes, won't you?'

Alt

"At once?" His tone held the amused superciliousness of adult for a troublesome child.

"Well, to-morrow, Layway." "Sorry. I have a board meeting to-morrow.".

Mantel forgot her draal for an instant and became all sparkle and "Or all the ingayuty as she bowed to

a burly What have you got mon in a blue suit.

"That's linty, the fighter. Met him at Adele's Friday for tes Rather

Fanny sniffed. sane notions! up your sterve?"

"Nothing at t Or yes. per haps I want to stay for the Beaus Arts hall, I haven't been since the year I came out. They say it's a grand party."

Fanny planted her elbows firmly on the table and took a sip of water from a glass of sapphire colour.

fan. Everybody pulled his lex and he didn't know it. alore fighters, don't you?**

Tresna, appenle.] to, sníd, don't know any."

"Oh, but you should! It's very chie this season. Van, don't take wook. me to Cones until next "Now, Tressa Lord, don't dareWant to see Hinty at Madison drawal was so faint that another to look me in the eye and talk such Square Garden on Friday."

know you're 110t Van

lids. "I The nann sense! 1 might not have seen it.

dropped his did and his lips curled back over going to hang around New York thought you were going to the

for any such silfy reason. What is Garrisons dinner!" it all about? You might as well tell me,"

his yellowed teeth.

She

Tressa frowned in annoyance. "You de make a fuss about nothing at

as

"Too nice for these, heh 7" "i smoke my own, thanks,” tapped one a black ennmeticl case and lighted it.

"Well, spill it. Things have been quiet lately.

Fanny used this away F can start a

irrelevant. "I know you. And Eva'a going to be relieved when we take ourselves off. I shan't dare to broach the subject of any such ex- tended visit. She'll be busy thi winter if her plans work out as she thinks.".

break.

The girl began to speak. Her voite rose and fell eagerly.

At the end of her recital the man said shrewdly, "What you got against this doll? Sounds persound

ta

"You mind your own business!" Her valee had an unaccustomed shrillness.

He shrugged again. "None of my funeral it's good. We'll hop to .it. What say we jump the young vent right away? He'll pay plenty."

She stood up, why, or it's out. work.

Lazily Tressa announced, "Oh, you needn't broach the subject' at 1. Trust M TH have Eva You needn't begging me to stay. hang around unless you want to. Go south if you like and well, maybe I'll join you later."

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Muriel clasped her, hands in mock dismay. "Heavens. Van! Don't ask me to do that! I'd die of boredom at the Garrisons. Get Ime out of it. I must see Hinty in his little green shorts. They say he's the cutest thing!"

Fanny Amberton, having listen- ed to quite enough of this, began

draw on her 'gloves. "No, don't get up. Yan. I'm just ruaning over to speak to Lady Devennul Hold the check for me, Tress. I'll be back in a moment."

Muriel drawled, "I want to put on a new face. Van. See you on the Madison Street side in a jiffy." fare- He started to make hin wells, but Tressa halted him. minute, "Mind stopping for a Fanny shook her head in per- Van Muriel will take nges doing "You do it myplexity. "It's all beyond me. For her mouth with lip red."

He turned his dark, curiously I tell you it will daye now you've been raging to be

op and away. You said it was un-inscrutable gaze upon her. endurable to stay at Eva's with Treasa smiled. "Do sit down! that girl lording it over you' Fanny will be back In a minute although where you get that crazy but there's something 1 particular- notion I can't think. She's they want to say to you." pleasantest person imaginable."

"Oke, baby. You haven't muffed anything in the past. Why don't you came in with m regular We'd make a team."

She laughed.

**Thanks. It only interests me as a side line. And only when I'm hard up.

Remember if you ever try any fumuy business on me that I know more to your diandvantage than you do to mine. can deny ever having seen you. But your record!"

His eyes glittered, "Forget it! We've had this out before. I'm a good guy if you treat me right."

She was drawing on her gloves. "know. I just wanted to remind you."

She went down the dirty stairs, picking her way meticulously. The man watched until the street door closed after her. He grinned.

"These dames," he muttered. "High hat as the devil and mean as hell, What's it to me?"

...

"Where have you been?" Fan- ny demanded petulantly from her station at a corner table in the Ritz. "Eve been waiting for hours. You said you'd be here at one."

Tressa smiled good-humoredly. "I stopped at one or two places and you know how hard it is to get any place in this traffic."

Fanny hold up two fingers and the captain rushed toward them.

Do let us sco-a-menu-she de- manded pettishly. "I'm starving." Tressa refused to let her sister's crossnces spoil the delicious lunch- con she presently ordered. She was vivacious. Her eyes danced and she chatted animatedly. When she capled two or three people she knew she wavod to them.

"There's Van and Muriel,” Tressa announced, ignoring Fanny's cold politeness. Poor Fanny who was always abysmally out of sorts when she was hungry.

"Where?"

"Over there behind that woman in the purple hat. Did you ever see such a headplace? It's positively pre-war!"

NEA

(To be Continued)

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