Show fr P prudence r d ence s D daughter aug ht e r by ETHEL HUESTON Cotty richt by lir the th dobb dobbs merrill co br YOU 11 synopsis VART at a merry party in tho th studio apart ment of carter alak new now york jerry jorry Oer aldin It armer pru lence donees daucett meet meets duane Al alterton lorton wealthy idler lie its admire hr her and she he like likes him but allerton gets a bit exhilarated with rah unfortunate result ro jerry hie his as of leave the th party abruptly the tory story turn turns to jerry and youth at her home in dee des moines only child of a wealthy father when she he to twenty sh h feel tools the call of art and take her parent parents to let lot her ca to mew now tork york for tudy study with son conr misgiving they agree to her bar kotoe in new tork york jerry makee makes hr home with a mrs delaney mint Min tl an act of roes re who with Thersa Ther ekk a paint or r its ali house jerry take an n liking to 0 o there theresa who I 1 talented and and tho th two b become ca fail tant friend friends jerry anuw devote henold to thra theresa who return returns her liking jerry poses for ther exas mater the rho ocean elder Al alterton lorton call calls on jerry the cirl refuses la to as him A at ft a hotel dinner jerry mass dunne duane and to I 1 conscious of him hi admiration but to change he her attitude toward CHAPTER V continued 7 when tha aroi to fo go she be turned and ad looked squarely equa rely la in his direction rho could have answered the call his sober gono softly to allm touched ats hand are you ready ehe abe aid sold to taral draling dral ming ng up the folds of her cloak an the amorous youth placed it about her dennee dunnee eyes followed them ae as the ther passed out jerry would not tum her feud to look away from blut pretend the he did rut nt see sho she would have been ashamed of or subterfuge she looked at him frankly and did not know him jerry there theres your friend L lant he the best looking thine thing you ever aw saw she turned th the effective lashes upon him brightly and duane nodded 0 her tier and smiled Bt jerry jem laid sold nothing on the following morning theresa went down to jerrys jerry Is room before the u abal time for tho th dally daily break breakfast faut tray taj was an occurrence of euch such infrequency that jerry jey could not ide a flutter of fluttered pleasure when he she appeared lo 10 the do doorway orvay cut but theresa even in 14 her most formal moments wasted DO no time in idle talk she came for a purpose and wen it with dire emMs 4 see here ja jerry I 1 thought of some thing last night she began bristly brt bris sIy are oare you sure you want to give up studying tudy inc absolutely sum sure you wont chance change your mind after a little and begin adalar absolutely sure what are you going oin to do with ith lessons les you bald a whole term in advance youl you are you colne to set get your money back backall 1 I dont think I 1 can ru just have to let it eo co see here jerry you waste euch such an opportunity now poor old mcdowell needa needs the money he teaches for his bread and butter you know but if it you sop so soon he may feel he has to make a partial refund anyhow chy why dont you transfer the lessons to some one who would like them but cant afford them To whom for instance toa you have j mind ha vent your you theresa admitted that she he had that she he had bad just thought of it the one she he had in milad was greta VI val an tin un I 1 prepossessing country tirl who ho had appeared suddenly from somewhere and was a hard existence by ser 1 as chambermaid at the old grall vr studios on ninth writh treet street jerry had veea ee her once when she went to of the studios alth with mimi for CA ea za remembered her as a stiffly rigid person with whom one would intire likely associate scrub buckets avd ned apo than delicate paints and briches briJ hes ahel vely ugly sala theres bat asat that kids a genius all the th same aba sa know known nothing hae has never had P isson in her life and god only knows r ahat hat she came here for without friends lends Ir altho wl tho money oh you jou know how people cre jerry they think it 1 they am an only squi atze into he village just tatu naturally rally absorb an art with the nir air they breathe well ehe the lo cant do so badly for all that the fellow are good to her give ber her craps scraps of paint and canvas and tell ber her little wags that help her greta val may be ugly she he may be green ven but bhea arwa cot got it jery and 1111 boll over urne some tine time you mark my worda jerry waa almost childishly pleased ah slob thereto thereta get ber her buic I 1 she can have all art things the easel the paint get her right away way a font you tau ril 11 feel so bucl a bett r when ira its all out ou of my night AN abd while theresa went opt to the telephone bone jerry with her buoyant W et f werk putting pul lira out rexee wes ut canvases d cwb we all 11 1 all should be 7 la in readiness nets for the ciri girl who had this thine thing that jerry herself bad had not 0 6 0 0 0 0 4 she came at once greta val ant nj theresa thereon took her down lo 10 jerry a slim straight cirl girl aa as she be had remembered with thin unsmiling lip ana an wide unsmiling umu unk miling yes oyes jerry caught her hand and drew her impulsively into tho the room are yoa you greta vail listen I 1 lave paid for a term of lessons arith grave graves Ide Dowell and I 1 dont wont want them I 1 dont want to study art AM but they are all 11 II paid for and it Is a shame to waste them to I 1 want you to take them in my place and look she ste ran quickly to the table and flung a inclusive hand over the boxes and jure jars piled high 1 I 1 hava alt all these chinee brushes br paints points juet just solas going to waste for I 1 cant uee use them want to get rid of 0 them I 1 dont even like to hare bare theto them about and cay my easel it nearly fell down on me in id the tub last night and might ha bae e killed me willylu hlll lyou you take it and aad it and and the lessons lexa ons and every thins are you yon making fun of mar demanded ureta val in a passionate throaty strangled voice 1 ob BO no how can you think jerry laughed nervously how can you think of such a thing I 1 jast just want to set rid of it it takes up such a tot of room it makes me nervous to have it plied piled bout about and how dare you make fun of me I 1 greta val lifted a sharp resentful band hand and struck jerry angrily across a how dare you make fun of ket the face and then with a cyclonic burst 1 cf f I tea teara ea ahl whirled about and ran from the e door reverberating loudly to la in estu ouis wake jerry at sto Meone one 01 pe petrified trIfled a slender hand upraised and motionless her face showing deathly white except for the splash of red where hand band had strode struck fler eyes were wide with horror her ber lips parted in rout mute bewilderment while theresa flung herself upon the couch and screamed with helpless hel tiel pleis laughter CHAPTER VI jerry adrift for a ions long time jerry breathless bewildered ID in the center of her room a lovely flur figure in her amazement while theresa rolled on the couch with choking laughter lauchter D did you gee see what that creature did to me anel she he gasped nt at laid oh jerry jerryl 1 cried theresa The glins up to a sitting posture wiping her eyce eyes with the sleeve of her he paint stained smock did I 1 ace see itt it I 1 1 I can aee see it newl theresa ituau herself joyously Joy oaly among the cushions aguin tho ansol insolent ent imp impudent u dent ill bet you never cot one like that before betom interrupted therea theresa the little spitfire I 1 were you ever slapped before jerryl jerry shook her head ahe she vr wae etil awed still till breathless breath les with th he anex of it never I 1 wag wa never deliberately hurt by anybody in ny my life P prudence do duct sue things theresa sobered suddenly its a shame she aid said zYm sympathetically th the poor kid I 1 she was to 10 happy ehe she know what I 1 happy I 1 do you call abat happl well if the way a genaus feel feels afify affa thank god im common clacel place im glad she was mas happy it sh bad been a little peeved ehe she would doubtless doubt lesa have killed xue we outright 1 V jerrys eye eyes were flashing with re sent sentient went be f ane alne lips twitch iz tears came into her eyes 1 I I 1 thought she would be b pleated plea bed stammered Abe 1 I would like it IL theresa there reached for her lund ca rested it with unusual gent leneL dont take inke it that way jerry she you dont understand think I 1 whit a barren bitter life the V poc A little tramp lead leads rhe ash ran was beyond reason ehe she bellero it you t ere fo 0 o bright and so joyous of course she bo thought jou you were making fun run it was too good od to be he true me these things wars dont happen hopper once in is e lifetime shell be sick about tills im ia why slid 16 know what she eh was doing hes an awfully nice little thing I 1 1 I hope you arent going to hold it against her and oh the h can hav have the stuff if that what yea you mean dut but keep her out of my sight eight I 1 I 1 never want t see her again 1 I 1 hate her herl on oh cry very well theresa knew know the temper of thia this kind of human tint with which they had to deal she knew no kindly messenger saenger roe could bridge the gap orta greta had so dramatically created between herself and the tho one who wished to help her that she would inept of no second hand bounty after her ber stormy passion pa selon no use to end send a word of forgiveness for greta would not believe and so 10 Tk therecia erema fia knowing that jerry herself must reach across the breach stayed with her petted her coaxed her tier into yielding on oh very well have it your own owl way then jerry eald said at last 1 I know im ial a weak minded little dunce and let you twist me ins around your little finger come on then L lete lets ets go and find flad the wild little heathen and tell her what we think of her theresa promptly accept accepted eo the sub mis masslon slon knowing full well dwelt she could trust ho the end to jerrys inherent sweetness and the two girls set out together at once la in search of jerrys she did not answer their ring at the greller studios ind after persistent pressing on the tho button one of the artists on the second floor looked out from the window arid recognizing theresa agreed to press bis big buzzer to give them admittance 0 W we want greta val said theresa where la Is her room r in the basement he colled called cheerfully and dark as the leuca so 80 watch your step fil as you go down the door on the right clear at the cad cid very gingerly they ther rondo made their way hand in hand dowa the dark stairs and through the dark basement corridor to the door at the end on the right listen Ll iten theresa whispered didat Dl dat I 1 tell your the sound of strangled sobbing came out to thera them from behind the loor door therese knocked smartly but rec received elved ro answer she turned the knob but thedoor was locked from within she pounded heavily incessantly and presently the strangled sobbing ceased and intense silence prevailed greta come here and open this door ordered theresa go away was the muffled rejoinder open the door you little simpleton said thereto right away it Is theresa brody brady go away I 1 tell you I 1 greta you ought to be ashamed of of now you come and open this door as fast as ever you can or ill bane it dohnt the sternness of her voice had bad ita its effect at last greta shuffled across the room and opened the door A pitiful figure she stood before them her thin hair stringing about her face fact her cheap blouse twisted and pulled awry unlovely wib weeping and stained with tears team when she realized that it was jerry who stood with theresa in the dark hall way she cried out faintly and covered her face with her hands theresa stood back made way for jerry sh had done her part sho that jeraj now could be given a free loo loose te rein jerry jerri ran into tho the dingy basement room at once put both arm arms about the wretched cowering figure dont cry the said dont cry I 1 dont mind a bit honestly I 1 dont we all do silly things when were excited she pulled her softly across the room toward the cot and gat sat beside her holding her in her amis arnis ballint her soft cares names silly little goosey gooe 11 and foolish child valle the resi res watched abern soberly her unfathomable eye eves not on greta who by rights should bare been the center tithe acene scene but on jerrys tender sorry 1 face fam after a little when greta lay quiet in her ann arin except for an oca atonal racking budder of her thio thin shoulders hould ere jerry explained you see I 1 thought perhaps I 1 could pain a little myself but I 1 cant really and I 1 dont want to be bothe bothered redL but it would be kicked to throw time those lovely things avray away and when theresa told me about you I 1 was so happy I X coald hardly to get hold of you it was cry ery stupid the way I 1 old told yoo you I 1 do things so quickly all in 14 A 1 flash on the spur of the moment and I 1 dont wonder you thought I 1 was vas canzy but I 1 really do not want the thiam and it will make me so happy if you ill just take them off ny my hands you you know greta did nut not speak but pressed her thin unlovely lr fervent lips upon jerrys fur wrapped shoulder A few minutes liter later when greta kas was ind and washed and brushed they returned return eil the three of them to akber to jerry room and joyously to or ott street we k bazel ur the easel the block ef of canvas jerry jem called a taxi aad and they drove away to room with her hor vrea avrea pric elef treasure treasures when theresa and jerry were tare tara iff inc at sit anat at to leave her etione with her riches suddenly the th power of speech returned she caught Jerr jerrye yat band hand ilass harmer ah xh stammered tam ur words tripping each other up 0 on her eager eater tongue the first picture aballa J get bung hung at the academy you ball have it for nothing I 1 the air with which she he ald said st it wu was triumphant and jerry jem thanked her sweetly but when they were on the th street alono she he about it therean turned upon her somberly dont laugh if it may be years from now but some day pet get that picture and one day jerry be proud and clad glad to remember you gare gave the poor little fool her ber chance chaum you wait watt I 1 the daya days passed lowly slowly and jerry not find an avenue for the acturo expression of her personality she be so 0 o ardently desired she had no illusions in to record regard to herself abe she waa won an ordinary girl irl very charming char very beautiful but one who had not mot been drawn upon the knee of the gods ode she could ply zil nicely celys sing very sweetly but could do no more with music than amuse herself upon hr college work ahe she could obtain a for teaching school but he she felt no such inclination she might take a business coarse course and become one of the countless alert eyed trim clad business dris girls of the great city girls who audred her warmest admiration without creating la in her ber a desire to become one of them the grandeur of crork as work did not impress her she required a motive if rf her father had died suddenly jerry would have wept swept courageously into his great motor factory in lova iowa lt it struggled with it learned to control it a reason there for her wort but with jerrold himself in such shrewd and successful dominance oc of his own business she saw no suca occasion and still ebe she believed that somewhere lome where somehow abe buet strike jn non a thins thing that would command her effort and hold her lu interest terent in the she devoted her time to catering sweetly to theresa theresa nho vrho n ho vas v as working with a more consuming passion than ever before |