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Show ALT LAKE TKLBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, MAKGIT 31, 1929. THE it's Your Birthday never would have en. Would yeit understand that 1 mean waD if I asked feu to lunch with meT I thought I bad aa engagement, but I haven't " 1 need only to look at you t e that yotf mean well." answsred Roa. "And I'd lave to go to lunch with you." " Wharef " aaked the man. " Too must choose." "Ever since 1 cam to work la London Tve always wished a young maa would Invite me to lunch or dine at the Savoy." said Rose, "and no one ever baa." " One hi doing It now. That ta. If yoa caD " me young; I'm " 8o glad eome on' older than I am! " said Rose. " I'm twenty-nintoday. Really twenty-pin- , not thirty!" " Ton look about twenty-Av- . " he and . topped short. "And? she repeated. "I oln t0 say end yoa act fifteen." " I V1 feel A f teen now," Ros said. "Before you nearly killed me I felt a hundred. It's like being born again." He stared at her once more. " When 1 came put of that house." ha ' aid. "I felt two huadred." Roe glanced up at the house windows. "Hadn't wa better start? Sh may be ' wondering." t "Will you change vr and ait on th a t beside me!" her boat suggested. ' Rons did, and hoped the Other Woman taw th maneuver. " Are you a prince?" Rose Inquired, when, without question, they were bowed to one of the most charming tables In th Savoy When the Typist Queen of Met the Chewing Gum King of New York, Romance Stepped awakened with the hbh of hanging ever her. Twenty-nine- ! to b Dtsgusttag Yeu might as well b thirty, becaus when you told people you wore twenty-nine- , they sprung Instantly t the conclusion that you 114. Beside being her birthday t It waa undayr SHE It would be! 8he had not been allowed, - eayT" .'l, certain It's not the cocktail mak this? " Cocktaui It would tak tea eock tails Tou'r "-t- ag you feel like to make me feel at all. today- - Ne. It'a you that makes ae feel You're bettor than a eld car when a man' down and put." "Good gracious! A slds car?" "If k kind of cocktail. You must try one next time." " Will there really be a next time? "One or two every day If you're willing. Unleaa you're afraid th penny fellow may object." "Would you mind if he dld?" " Not a hoot," "Aad I'd be delighted. It would be a feather In my cap." "Seem an eaay way to provide yourself ' with a ftather. Could I take you where he'U see us, and then Dirt with you until be turns black In the face?" " Ha' quit dark already. Do you know bow to flirt? I ahouldn't have thought. , child, to had been play game made to go to church twice and Uaua to her grandfather's sermons. .Her mother (a aweeU tweet person) bad anted her Roee the last nam aho ought to have had! . She had atayed at home and been dutiful to- Iter mother, who waa delicate, and bad taken care of bar grandfather, who Buffered with rheumatlem and wsa croea at borne, though to outaldera he waa the vicar and venerable. At laat both few monthe of each other-mo- ther died within of InAuensa,' grandfather of well, he bad Just crumbled. Roe waa given a eecond band typewriter for her eighteenth birthday (yea. actually ber eighteenth! when other gtrla had chocolate and book and flower:) in order to "learn to be uaaful toOrandfather." Well, aba had learned to bo uaaful to him, and aho waa now uaaful to heraelf. She had become very akllled Indeed, and her ehe'd been In London for the laat eight year with Wllla Ardaley: Typist: Open Day and aa on the - Sabbath." 8he yea half aa much aa you've " today, I could help helped " You've helped me twice aa mack already! Aad yoa eaa keep ea la the same way." th king assured her.- " Lunches. Teas, .Tea, I'll even tarn Into a tea hound. If you want me to! Dinners. Th esters What, do you e and Made a Bote, 1 Die thirty-three.- to the Footlights1 Up If , Londoa. But Roe forced heraelf to feminine' eritnla her refuse. ' knew thatsomething a woman bad bettor give a maa lea ef her than be wants, instead ef gtvtot ever ae little toe much even If she may never be going to see him again. "Too eaa drtv ros bom to the palace," aha aald. Us hadn't forgotten about th other man and th Idee, of " showing themselves oft ," but Rose confessed that evea If she consented to the " atunt," It, would be J difficult. "When Percy Germs Ine condescends to aak me anywhere." ahe explained. " be calls me up at the office at the laat minute just giving me time to go home and dress. Not to save my life would be disgrace himself by taking me to dCmer if I had not dressed.' And 1 never bear from him In between All I know la that ' he tries to harrow my feelings by talking about this or that pretty actress or well "known girl whom he take to dance at Qro' or th Embassy. And I'm just weak enough to be harrowed! " " Damn him!" aald Crimea simply. "I'd like to dig a hole In th ground aitb-hU- n and All tha hole In." Roee knew then that ahe had fallen in love with the Chawing Gum King. And h "Arm There waa no Will. It waa name." and aounded eo attracUvo that Wllla Ardaley's typewriting eatabUahmant near Piccadilly', waa one of the moat aucoeeeful ta town.. A for Roa. next to Wllla, himself (that U. air. jamee Ealing, manager! ah waa what you might call , She could ' chooc ah liked beat, provided alaald Rose. ways that ah ' worked worked worked. He ) o o k ed sur" And what Well, 'that waa that and enough about IU prised. In the worthier moment Roa read BerW1U you eayT" nard Hhaw, and YeaU. and H. O. Welle, and "I confess to the the BtUwells; and volume reprantlng the Chewing Uum King of mlnda atood where they showed moat on ber New York that I'm i I bookshelves, th Typist Queen of Roe had never, since coming to London London. To be to live, been la a better reataurant than on Chewing Gum King AaW site mere recess) or tmking m la Boho wher you got quit an elaborat multimillionaire." lulls dinner, a jaxs band and day before It ... th "WeU, aomehow, yoa did." do,king admitted. "I y yesterday' vaaa of floweta thrown In for really am somebody at home, and I deserve "Hang it all, you're right). That' my th Aged Price of four ihUUnga and to be, for when I "cam pyt of college I next worst, trouble to 'being the Chewing Tb hero who occasionally took her Cum King. I " don't know how to flirt. pitched In and redeemed my father's gum there had no profile nor ihoulders to speak I mean hia business from going bankrupt Never learned. Can you teach me? " of. He was a writer of hon at or lee for because It waa so darned old fashioned, and "For the benefit of another woman? " mcut ns, and had met her In tb course --atruck out a-- few peppy Ideas that won me that waa the big Idea. But some"Welt; or business, ror wiiia Arosiay typed ail nis the kingship, nveiat does that mean over now. how I don't believe it Say. Miss tJSS. Ho waa cut to successful. H didn't here, though? If sh Introduced m to a KendeL you'r a mighty orlgtpal girl. I ear much for her. and she cared aa little roomful of her marqulcaeea and earls aa her never met any one Ilk you. If Impossible for him. But h waa th on young man In friend. Jack Grimes, of th horn town, to think much about any other woman, I ber life; and every girl know that any man they'd give' me a Ash eyed stare to show guess, tor a guy when he' with you." to better than none. me there are no Crimea. Then, If she ex. " I've got on my birthday manners today," Well, ah looked at heraelf In ths dressing aald Rose. " They're mor bold and dashing plained me the Grimes, the Chewing Gum Ubl mirror with that twenty-nintbirthday King, they'd probably faint. It'a not done, than my offlc air." look. If she'd had smart clothe aha might " I'd like to earn pie them, too," aald Jack you knowtt In London society a Chewing Sh waa neither have had a smart figure. . Uum King ' Isn't just something the cat Grimes. mouse brunette nor blond. She had much " You can do ao only on business." Ros what th catjturned up Ita brought In. mouse colored eyes. colored hair and large nose at Why, she made an engagement to warned him. Because, you see, though I'm eh waa neither tall nor short, thin nor lunch with, me at Henley queen, the prime minister has .twice as her " Who dldT The cat? " Rose cut in, plump. But she had perfect teeth, and much power at twenty on Ermfn street had Also ah were beautiful. almost lashes aa I have." .."Well, by George, I almost thought so, . "a pretty chin and throat. when h aald I waa ' quit mla taken '; she'd "All right," aald Grime. "I'U com on 8 he acowled and felt fiendish. business. I'll com tomorrow. I don't promised agea ago to lunch at Clarldg' make to a birthday present "I'll myself with Lord Dedea. And Dedes waa on th know what time, because I've got to writ of an adventure." aha apoka aloud. " If It first." spot with words, to back her up." possible, with a man la IU a good looking " Write what? "No wonder you banged the door when man. I'll pick and choose. vea If I can't " My M8. It'll be a Uf story. I won't you came out and maybe murdered the footfive mlnntea." mora than hint for keep man." murmured Rose. ' forget the number, or th street I won't All young women, even those who think He was looking at her with real Interest give the stuff to any one but you. What now. they've given up hop (they never have, are tha office houra?" D own ona with costume " really " For me nine to Ave; nominally. Mostly pretty Tell ma." he aald. " who you are besides to match. .. Roa Rendel owned ona. th Typist Queen." I stay till after six and finish oft things. Eh pat It on, and at eleven-thirtwalked "isn't that enough," Roa smiled, feeling Now and then I've done night work. There's ut of th nous Into May sunshine. extra pay, but I don't like working all night, very. gay and happy, "to know about a 8h went on and on. until aha cam to person you're never likely to meet except In certain moods." that part of town wher Front rag people after well, let 'a aay three o'clock? ", again "What moods? " Crimea questioned her. ' live:. Lovely Ladyships and Popular Debu"Who says I'm never going to meet you Roee shrugged her ahouldera. " I hardly tantes. know. Just moods! Sometimes I feel so again?" challenged th Chewing Gum Crrwning almleaaly tnto Hltl street ah bored with everything being the same, that King.. " Fate, I ahould think! "aald Roa. "Rose Jumped out of th way of a limousine and I could scream. Any change seems better-- till tamed with a reproachful glare. But th Render my nam. It waa down In south I get it Then I work at night till I'm man driving did not see ber. Devonshire where I wa th not very dear tired of that, which la Boon. Did you ever He slowed) down bis ear and stopped In vicar1 Id not very dutiful granddaughter feel so?" trout of a house, H then leaped out, H stopped and thought for a minute. "I that unwittingly I Atted myself for my preslammed th ear door without locking It, Blooms-burent queenhood. My royal palace la a thought" today I waa going to feel exactly so, glanced, at hi wrist watch and mounted till lodging house where I make my own the porch. "Well?" breakfast, never eat lunch, and generally Roe walked paat very slowly and aaw the dine on a boiled egg and baked apple, be"Till you told me it was your birthday." visitor admitted by a footman. At that cause It Isn't once In a blue moon that I She gased at hia good looking face, moment rasa began to patter down; a few aaked out." get " It yeu were wanting to pay me compl(at drop. On 'fell on ber head and ehot "What are London men thinking about?" an Idea Into It. She opened the rear door the man from New York wanted to know. iment, you'd have aald: 'Till you saw me of th limousine, stepped In and seated " Not about me. anyhow. You're got your aittlng In your car.' Bo that can't be what on springy gray eqshtons, most Idea about 'Typist Queen from the movie you want to do! " to her pal purple dress. "No. I want to tell th truth. I hardly queens! Here most of us belong to th " Now well tee! " ah said. two million. I know only en man."' " thought about you; as you. at all when I And ten minutes later she did. Th young I type hi stories. Hia heroes know that aaw you. I waa just astonished and won man strode out of th house, evidently with-u- t hearts ar more than coronets and simple dered if you'd made a mistake or what" waiting for the assistance of th foot" Especially what! " faith than Norman blood. But he doesnt man. Ma banged the door behind him aa a " Well, yes. Of course. I've got eye in reel that way about life, himself. The only short time ago ho had banged th front door place be haa in It for a Typist Queen Is a my head. I aaw. the first Instant, that of hia car. But fury now, not of eager Soho reataurant for a dinyou were young and handsome and amaxtly and he waa In before ha noticed ner now and than whan somebody tae haa that ths buck seat wua occupied. ' left him In the lurch. Aa tor you. you treat You did, really? How aplendld!" I beg your pardon! he exclaimed. And me 40 the Savoy and a cocktail and caviar, " Yes. I really did." he waa answering; Bos knew that he waa an American. all three for the first time In my Ufa I ' " But I wasn't In a state of mind then to " She waa reckless. I beg yours." aha said, wish to goodness he'd walk In here and see take much notice of Venus as Venus. It "but you owe ma something." me now. He'd think twenty times as much waa th human note that struck me, when " " Ow He stared, you something? of me aa he ever thought before." you aald. It'a my birthday aad I promised " Yes." Roe Insisted. " Yeu nearly ran " Then he Isn't worth your thinking about , myself a present of aa adventure If It tasted ever me a tittle while ago. So I thought at all." preached Grimes. only for five minute' that got m. someowed me shelter from the rain." " No. If he weren't ths only man I know, you how. "Ira awfully sorry ."be said, (He really except you; whereas you can have as many " That's when I waked up and knew that had a very nice face.)' some girl waa aittlng In my car, and that girls in your Ufa as you like: yet you think somedo look "Tou awfully sorry about about the one who went to Claridge'a with If I bung on to her. Instead of letting her thing! " Roe said. " Something else." . Lord Dedea." go. It would be like like having a rpedaliat " Welt," he admitted, " I am. But never " followed her to England because I who never lost a ease called in when yoa mind! I'm glad you took shelter. Can I hadn't thought about much of anything sine were at your laat gasp. Did I think that I r drive you bomT" sine I met her. This haa put tb lid on! couIU alt down and enjoy my lunch aad " I haven't get a home." said Rose. " It's I'm not going to think of ber any more." look forward, again to life the way I'm I a Bty birthday. promised myself present of "Are you sure? " wondered Rose. doing now? I did notl Yet I never enan adventure. Tbi li It I didn't expect Again one of those earnest, wide eyed, joyed a lunch mor. if aa much, and it' all It to laat more than Ave minute! If you'll boyish Stares. owing to you. Tes, eome girl, you , are! " Would you help me? " he asked. drive ma to the top of Regent street, where 8ome queen!" ' "How could I help you?" Rose blushed. I eaa get a boa. I ahould aay the Ave min-vt- e The two lingered over luncheon till others, would be Just about up." "Wstt, you say y0u know only on maa who had come Into the restaurant long after Th maa looked at her ta a different way. In London .besides me. L know only one girl they came, had gone. At last Rose reallxM He am seeing her now as a woman, a creaIn London besides ber, and that girl's you. with a pang that It would be wise to tear tors of some Individuality aad Interest. looks aa If Providence had thrown us It herself away; it seemed literally that , " 111 to nothing f the sort! " be to be useful to earh other." He asked her to let him meter her Into " I haven't got any home either, together a "Useful Is mild Vord for what you ars the country for dinner. H could drive, ms m hp If I worth sneakla- - ef. ami It m." said Rose. "You're ornamental! be said, and did know his way around, out- - . about him?" " I reel," said Rose. " like somebody In the Fible felt when the Lord delivered the Phil' istine into hia hands." " You darling! " Th king grinned. " But you haven't got 'em all! The Philistines, I mean. The Lord ha handed quit a bunch to btf - aea'a! - Grime' vole. How goes th MS.?" please. The M3. la what 1 want to tell you about. It may take a bit longer I'm an amateur than 1 thought You nuthor, though aa a gum merchant I'm the whitest white light on Broadway. I'm not sure I can finish today, but I can't wait to me you. Will you dine with me at the Rita tcnlght, early? Go to the theater any play you like and dance later at Ciro's?" "I ahould aay I would."' Rose almost gasped. " Msy we see GeraM du Maurter, or have you ?" havent. nd we will. IU call for you at at you.- palace 7:15, if that's all right" ' " It would be." answered Rose. - But my Prime Minister, Mr. Ealing, haa aaked me aa a favor to stay till 7. There's some French typing being done In a rush, promised for tonight, and I'm the only mor or lea French expert But I can nasb home for my venlnc things at lunch time by hurrying over my food, and I'll, snatch a few minute after ( to drees In one of the offices that'll bs empty by then." But Instead of "dashing home." Rosa changed ber mind. She dashed Instead to a big neighborhood ahop and waa extravagant to an extent which nearly gave. her heart failure la retrospect In consequence of this recklessness, a daxxllng flgur sat In Mia Rendel chair at Miss Rendel'a desk that evening when at JO. a young man walked tnto Wllla Ardaley'a. Ha stared. " Good heavens! I hardly knew you!" h exclaimed. " I hardly know myself," said Rose. "Good evening, Air. Germain. Hava you brought soms :8S?' dropped In on th "No," he aald. chance that yoa hadn't left yet. to get you to dine with me somewhere close by and go to a movie I want to see. The plot sounds aa if they'd stolen an Idea from a story of mine that you typed; and I thought It would - be a good thing to have your opinion. But by Uie look of yoa, you've got another en- "Yes, King John. "Jack, H' e. today" , . . "I , g y , , y pux-xle- lf "I gagement" " I have." said Rose. It was the first time she had ever had "another engagement" when Percy Germ sine had blown la with a last minute invitation." Ha waa surprised and hurt "Couldn't you break It for me?" . " Aft aid I couldn't.'' replied Rose, radiant. " I'm dining at the Rita, going to see Gerald du Maurter, then ea to Ciro's for supper and to dance." . "O!? exclaimed Germain. "0, rVallyl With a rich and grateful client, I suppose?! " He's not a client yet," aald Rose. "But he la rich. He's er one of those Industrial . ' king in America," But at this moment" youth entered, bear- Rendel," he chirped. ing a box. "Mla " Flower for you." This went without saying. Th box spoke for itatlf In an expe naive, golden vole from Bond street Rose opened It and daintily drew out a shoulder knot of pale purple 'erchlda. A card engraved wlththe name of Mr. John Orimea - had. penciled kcroaa It. " In memory of your birthday." Rose loved pal purple.' The result of today's extravagance waa all pale purple, sparkling with crystals, even to the bandeau that coaxed golden lights Into her prettily, waved bob. e . - t. talk to you over th h . imtk Cn'swa gome absent minded beggar want to phone." announced Wllla Ardsley, alia Mr. Ealing, next morn, ing at the offlc. . " Why absent minded? " Rosa inquired. " O, when I answered, 'Wllla Ardsley speaking.' he aald I want th- queen I mean Mlaa Rendel.1 " ; I know who It la!" cried Rose, and In another Instant wa at th telephone. "Hello, Is that Queen Rose?" called ' m.v " Do Vexplain! " ah begged. " I've explained already, in", writing." he aid. " I finished that life history of mine right up to date, and I'U give it to you just before we part, promise you'll read it through and see If yen can do anything with if, before you sleep tonight" "But," argued Rose, If we're going to Clroe after th theater"Q, I've condensed .the "stuff a lot," said Grimes. "The laat part's the most impor-tanIt won't tak' you long to run your eye over It." " Then I promise," Rose aald. Dinner was wonderful. Th king of New York would hardly believe that th que hated, hated, hated that cold blooded, hard- boiled girl la Hill street. 1 , '"'.' new-com- happen to be laying her. That' tb secret," er.utuiel the man. "No. I'm not a prince; I'm a king. That the trouble! That's why abe turned m down today, gh prefers even an earl to a chewing gum king. That' what I am the Chawing Oura King of Nw York. Tou may aa well know It, and apeak now, or forever after bold : your peace!" "III apeak, now." top-do- lvn 8 be typed away In alienee, never lifting let she felt Jn ber bone just how much Germain' synopsis suffered from hi secret Interest In .her new magnificence. She doubted If fa had ever even thought her pretty before. th Germain Seven o'clock; seven Ov Interruption had coat a tew minutes), and Uose finished th laat word on tb but page. Deftly she placed the page aad clamped them together. She slipped them Into a big nvlope aa th door opened to admit the Chewing Gum King.. Gracious! But he waa handsome In evening clothes! And she hadn't . rsallxed how tall he waa. " Well. It you don't look the queen!" ha gTeeesd her, then caught eight of the amalllah young man not In evening dress, v ' seated at a desk in the corner. "I'm hanged If I Introduce them!" thought Rose. " 111 be high and haughty." I'm all ready, you seer ahe apoke brightly. " I'll phone to Mr. Ealing'a office that I've finished and am going.. Then we can start Thank you a thousands tttnea tor the lovely How did you guess about my orchlda. frock?" "I 'knew you liked this color, and that aald. It liked you," the Mr. Ealing's secretary came in. Ros got up and. with a amll. handed Grime her cloak which aha'd draped over the back of her office chair. Then she turned ' to Germain: " How goea th synopsis?" she asked. " I must be off. But stay as long aa you tike. Good-b- y and a nice evening at the movie." ' Grudgingly Germaine stood. He looked Ilk half a man beside the Chewing Gum King. Crystals and paste bucklea Aashing, Rose danced out as her millionaire held th door open. , , , "War that Percy?" h Inquired, a they walked down th twisting stairs. "It waa? Something told me sol How do you feel : "I k 1 bar lashes. , - of London bad never before tasted cham-rgnand this But, yea! Twenty-nin, waa the first time! i O, and a box at the theater! What exNot ae. the king defended travagance! himself. The extra seat only looked empty. They really supported the queen's courtiers, or suite, or whatever queens went to the theater with. He'd wanted tha sensation of v sitting In a box with her. " You told me yesterday you weren't " But look what the audipretty." he said. ence thinks." There were a number of opera glasses directed upon her, among them one to obtain which , Mr. Germaine had slipped sixpence In a alot. Ha had changed bis mind ' about the movie. " I had one more reason for taking a box," raid Jack Crimea. " You'll probably guess It In a few minutes. If you don't It'll be because somebody's late or you're slower oa e. - e, . , . ' the uptake than I think." The curtain went up and Rose badnt guessed yet. But just at a tense momVnt In the first act, when a bustle In the audience was calculated to be most annoying to the ctors, a tldalAravo of gold and silver tissue, summer ermine, diamonds, pearls, marceled ehlngllngSj black costs and stiff white shirt fronts poured Into the opposite box. After prolonged fluttering, the wave decomposing Into four parts: two of theso were feminine, two masculine. A girl with golden hair and a drees (what ther waa ef It) seeming to consist entirely of diamond strung together in a blaze of light, took, as a matter of course, the beat plsce In the box. An older woman with whit hair and an equal amount of dress, consisting of Jet. melted plumply into the second best The two men cat behind. On waa young, wtth a jaw of Iron. Th other, less young, had already a bald bead and waa developing a double chin. "You knew they were coming!" Rose whispered, Orimea nodded. "Then you've been to se.her?" " YouH read about that in my MS. Truth " aub-Ide- stranger than Action." " And ta on ef those men Lord Dedes? " " YoVU read about that, too." " WeU, the younger man looks aa if his ancestors had strengthened their jaw for generations on your chewing gum, so h can't be that one!" Luckily the play gave them a chanc to laugh aloud juat then. "Do you (think ahe' beautiful?" Grime questioned. "But why do I ask, when you havent looked at her once? "And she hasn't looked at m. But, yoa poor thing, dont yoa know women e each other without looking? That' what our eyea are for. Yea, she's quite marvelous, abNow I solutely perfect In every detail. suppose you dont know that's the mew of a cat!" " I waa just wondering," " Thank -- " And every year aha'a going to grew more Uk ber mother. 1 caawtah ber nothing ' worse! " " He aaw her today," waa th undertone of Roa' thought "Saw her today! I she engaged to Lord Dedea? And la be flaunting me to revenge himself? O. I hats t believ that!" knew that shs h Then, uddenly, couldn't Uv through supper- - and- - Ciro's without having read th MS. "Do yoa really feel like that? " be aaked. whaa ahe broke tt to him. " Thea my fcrayer Is anawsred." She waa pusxled. " I dont understand." (he said. He told her shs would whsn she'd reed the MS. It was only half past .whsn he brought her to th palace door. "Have youji 'phone In your room?" h ' wanted to know. Sh laughed at the idea. "There's only one In the house and that' la a kind of lair at the back of what. In eur grand moments, w call tb entrance hall." Tha king sighed. " I suppose, of course, ou can't com down, to it and call m up at th Savoy Oil be In my room, waiting) when yon Anlsh?" " What do you want me to give you." ah aaked. " criticism of your tyl? " "I particularly dont want yoa to cramp It," h aald. " Unfavorable criticism would. What I want aa I told you before, to to knew what can be don about ft. I hoped yeu were getting ort of enthusiastic, as you dropped Clro'." "I'm terribly curious." " Wn, thn, go to It! " H took her latchkey and opened the door. " Remember. I'll be waiting." With the released latchkey he handed bar an envelope. "Good night" he raid, and waa In ths taxi which had brought them. Rose went up- - to ber room and. when , shs had turned on. the light, opened the envelope. Queerer and queerer. There waa only one sheet of paper Inside. She liked his handwriting. " This is the awry W my she read. " School. A few calf love. life," College. More calf lovea. Work. Chewing gum instead of love. No time for success in both. Chos gum. War. Franc. Gun and gum booming. Back horn. IUumlnated half BroadWork. More work. way. Most work. Slump in girls. Flapper not my type. Thought I had an ideal. Next, thought I saw ft. Mother and daughter come up from south to conquer New York. F. F. V, which means first famUle of Virginia. Girl had beautiful face, beautiful manners; wby not beautiful character? Don't know to this dsy what she and mother expected of New York grab-baI waa what she got out ef It She seemed satisfied, but kept me unsatls-- Aed. Sweet looka. Smiles. But wouldn't be engaged. 'Almost sure of herself, but not quite.' Haf to see England and be presented at court. Couldn't cancel previous arrangements for ma, and wast good Introductions. Good wa th word! Nothing under a baronet, and didn't stop short of princes. I sulked and refused cordial Invitation to follow by next ahlp. Changed my mind. She must have known I would. Arrived London to And her center of drcle. Dukes, marquise, earls, , etc. . Not much room left tor me, but kept my cheek and ' also ran. despite discouragements. Never waa more miserable! None - eo bUnd aa those who won't see. But I did get my peeper opened at last, to the fact that ahe had no further use for me. "In New York I'd put her mother en to 'something good In WaU street, and it waa seeing them through' the London season. Anyhow,-theweren't ao stony that a girl with a fortune In her face and earls at her feet needs to marry' some poor Ash for money. A poor fish! I began to see that's just what I was in their eyes. Sunday put the Ud on. I slammed out of that house at my worst Never mind now I meant to drown my sorrows, but I meant to drown them! And then, there yoa were in my car, and It waa your birthday. " That Is where the Important part of my Uf began. It waa a birthday for me, too, I waa born over again. Before-w- e finished lunch I wa ur that what I felt for her had not really been love, but infatuation. And my sorrow had been wounded vanity. . I felt it go when you and I laughed together, tne way a headache goes for some people when they take ten grains of aspirin.' You said you belonged to the superfluous millions. Before we bad each other good-bI thought yoa were going to turn oat the one In ail the milllona who wasn't superfluous. " My writing this MS. began as a joke. But I soon saw more in it I planned to mak all this I'm telling you Into a kind of story I commenced en those lines till I got tangled up. It isn't aa easy to be an author aa I fancied. Mr. Percy Germaine can have the glory. He can stick to Action and 111 tick to truth. "While I was acrfbbUng away aad !ng up sheet after sheet, her mother called me up. Said the "dear child waa ao upset because of Sunday.' It waa all a misunderstanding. Would I come around T " How I'd have felt about that yesterday, I don't know. Today I guess I felt like an oyster feels whan it And itself lemoned and salted. All th aunt I went Hair that bad been golden for me yesterday waa peroxide today. Lille and rose bad turned Into powder and rouge. I knew then the ladles wouldn't have "phoned me It something hadn't gon wrong with their belted earl. " Later I learned what It waa: early editions of the evening paper announced hia engagement to the ' South African diamond debutante.' I suppose he'd found out that the American debutante's only diamonds weir in " By this tim I'd seen my way to condensing my Ufa history so aa to put It In your hand tonight, concentrate on th ending and save suspense for myself. " Will yoa continue the birthday ad venture Into a lifelong romance? Please eay yea I'm sure of my own mind this time. Can you be? Will the Typist Queen of London sail tor New York aa the bride ot the Chewing Gum King? " So now you'U understand what I want you to do about thla MS. aad about me." , e. restaurant . . . , Night."', very-thin- . " Front year friend the millionaire I" Ger main caterhlied, Roa nodded aad pinned the erchlda aa to exactly th right place. " I'm torn." b apologized. " but I must ge oa with this work. I've promised Mr.. Ealing to Aaish It before I leav. " I won't Interrupt you." aald Germain. " But if yoa don't mind. I'll alt at this ether desk for a few mlnutea and writ out a fchort synopsis for you to type tomorrow. " It'a too early to go to dinner yet." Rose smiled aa her Anger flew over the machine. 8he knew that Percy Oermaine simply couldn't bear to leave until be aaw with hia own eyes whether or no she had fibbed to him about her American mlHTbn-air- aid treat - thr-wor- By Alice M Williamson Q said Grime. you very much." For what?" ,"Wfn, If you dont know, maybe you'U read between the Unee of th MB." They then eessed to talk, and listened to the play.. Rose kept her eye Axed .en the stage, and so did th girl and the woman in the opposite box. But, If the two there knew aa much about her feature, cxpree-riudress and way of wearing the half aa ah knew about theirs, they did not waste - a moment. " Msg tin cover beauty," thought Roe. n. y i rr Also, b. understood she why he'd been - pleased when she " turned down " Ciro's. Roee went to the looking glass and stared aa sh had stared at her ti year old self . yesterday. Could she - have dreamed every-thing since? To msk sure sh hadn't she raced down at aire on tip to to th telephone . . . Carard 4341! Savoy hotel? CaU Mr. John Crimea suit, pleas. la that yoa. Jack? Tea, I've read tt. And I do know what to do. O. It' toe lata tonight. But . . . yes, I'll have breakfajtt with you tomorrow. Shall we nay IT' Well, then . . . O. not s! But I can manage 7J." ' ..." lOopyrisbl: IKS; By ... alias at. WUllaausa.1 I ' |