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. THE ARGOSY Vol. LXXV ESQUITE Renee Zz Katharine Eggleston. Author of ‘‘ Taming Fierce Elton.’’ MARCH, ae i. ee i Gaeta eS (A FULL BOOK-LENGTH NOVEL COMPLETE.) CHAPTER I. A WEDDING AND AN UNINVITED GUEST. REDERICK RADFORD looked from the window of the limou- sine toward the red-carpeted steps and got out of the car quickly. He lifted eyes, so keen and clear and blue, to a window where a girl in white peered between the curtains, which she drew back hastily. He leaped up the steps, three at a time, and landed in the arms of a strange butler. “ Hello! What’s up?” he demanded. But the butler was engaged in get- ting his hat from him and thrusting a fresh pair of gray gloves in his hands. The girl, so perfect in the appoint- ments of her costume that her rarely beautiful face had nothing to detract from its loveliness, came hurrying into the hall. The fragrance of flowers and the sound of many low voices came with her through the door. “Get on your gloves!” she urged. “Bess! We're not going to be mar- ried?” ‘ed demanded, with a cheerful EA expectancy which indicated his way of taking the good things life was con- tinually offering him. It was the pleasantest interpretation he could put on the appearance of the house and the hasty surmmons that had brought him home. And he always chose the pleasantest interpretation of everything first, descending to less agreeable ones only when forced to do sO. “Come!” Bess exclaimed, slipping her hand in his arm and bending her slender figure to propel his six feet to- ward the drawing-room door. Ted bent his head and whispered something about going anywhere if she went along. But Bess appeared im- mune to his love-making. She jerked him a bit impatiently. Ted’s curiosity took the place of his sentiment. He accepted the jerk and walked with her toward the door. Evidently somebody knew what to expect better than he did, for the doors slid back, the heavy curtains were lift- ed, and he and Bess entered the draw- Gomichoo <S) (C©)