Argosy All-Story Weekly — page 78: what you’re looking at

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By EDGAR FRANKLIN Author of ‘‘ A Noise in Newboro,’’ ** Stay Home,’’ etc. CHAPTER IX. GONE! HIS last dreadful minute, tired Henry Curlew’s perturbation had been visible; to James at least. Henry's forehead had wrinkled and his lips had taken to working; the glances he had been shooting at James mingled anger and appeal. But now, with a rush, Henry emerged from his perturbation; he sat bolt upright and beamed! “ Um—yes! stated. “ Weli, of course I can do that!” cried Dixon, and his face fell a little. ‘* That is —you can go, can’t you?” James Whitmore’s eyes, away from the others, had been fixed upon Betty. It may You could do that!” he be that she found something distasteful in them. At all events, she smiled sweetly, timidly, at Mr. Curlew and Mr. Dixon, and said: | “Why, I—I think so. why not!” “Your aunt!” said James. ‘ Your in- valid aunt. You couldn’t go to the theater because you didn’t want to get away from a telephone.”’ “Yes, I know,” murmured little Betty, and her slight confusion grew- prettier and prettier. ‘I thought, after I’d told you about her, that—that a girl has no real right to permit family affairs to interfere with business! Has she? Of course, the theater was pleasure and that—that’s why I didn’t feel justified in going. But if Mr. Dixon really needs me—” “ Positively have to have you!” smiled I don’t know This story began in the Argosy-Allstory Weekly for August 78. 63 MIGIIOO (S@) (S@)