Show The Girl Who Came BY JACK JAO WOODFORD tJ Copyright W W. W N. N U. U S r. CHAPTER VIII VIII-Continued VIII Continued 14 14 Ten TeD bucks replied the lady care care- essly l Lolita olita thought this exorbitant tit nevertheless oP she he look out a ell feu en lullar ullar bill and handed It to her ber She Sh Shead lad iad the taxi tax driver bring up hei het dings paid him oft off and set sel to un lucking lacking thankful that thaI the ludy lady had hadt t recognized her Nobody see seemed ver ter tf to connect her with the Lolita Lomita of 01 the newspaper article some months ago agu She marveled a little littlehat hat hut people so quickly forget uth uh things and 1101 yet vet el reflected thai that I tans not lIot unusual Sl so mUll ninny many tiling thine s all 1111 the time In 10 Chicago She Shead md ad gh given lien en her correct name with some 1111 sailing under a 8 specious lOll Ing as was wits unpleasant It always made er r feel tell dishonest She decided how I ter er still to write under the name ot ut Margaret Forror since the commer 1111 work she was doing might some pom lay liy lv give ghe way to 10 really worth wide while Irk urk Irk to 10 which It would world he a pleasure it 0 sign shit Im her own name nume without bavin lole euple connect It with the confes Ions tons and ond other superficial stories lone ne one merely for the money by Mar aar aret Farrar When 1 she fhe had hud her belongings around to some softie extent he lie sat sal down dawn to 10 read the remainder f t her 1111 morning paper Turning a 8 page he Ill was made almost breathless h byro hj by vo ro pictures In the society column Will Wed Ved Heiress Author the Hie pic pie uses ules were ere captioned One picture Ia its an 1111 ex extremely I good likeness ol of olinn inn for and the other was a 0 phi pho H witch which had evidently e been ready retouched ol of bliss MUs the Ihl slur story below the time pictures told tule of 01 i wedding et for tur June with i prospective e tive In I F to 10 v There was also the usual sen blurb abut about Us lis being a love mutch student student falling fulling ID la love o with willi instructor etc elc It ol alas o described Mi lias i Cringle as us u II u ng lady of II un talents since though slip she ht was cattily the he find male made a journalist t of by hy hei het 11 own n diligent efforts wondered wandered It If Mr Ir r. r arrill 1 could that part of lit the article without She Slie hit hll her lips to keep kelp I hack hUIk the Ihl tears and got gill up and went o u Ilse window and stared ofT off Into Inlo the II It March In III three months Mr would he ht married married d would o o away H to III o Europe with Miss lIss I Perhaps they'd talk of ot her over lr the little Idiot who got gill her her- foJ elf Into such an on awful mEs mE's mess Site She old fluid almost hear hEur War rills rill's rich voice olce 01 ay gay And Arid there was a time when I 1 thought I 1 war In love III with her her can can ou ui II Imagine that dear Probably Miss Mis Pringle le would be un loll to in Imagine It and would have hu no lilt about saying so with sin with The hot tears rolled 1 0 h her r face toe as she stood by the willIw win wilt winI I low Iw w. w und lei she realized that she loved 10 Ur fr Just as much ns nil ever IIer at always III ways love him Life wu way In nerd let auel I. I Ill I she forced herself to I top tup II thinking In 10 drat thit strain put on onIT IT If r hat hai and cant and onel walked out t tel ti I. tiet el et some sulue breakfast somewhere After she slie hoarded n a car cor and went 11 to the main II library An Au II puttied pointed out the file lIe can curl und finding the right drawer sir silt shea silta a me toe to III not 1101 less than a II hundred mm anI fly cry or III two IWO hundred hooks books bearing berring pirn the Ile subject of 01 writing In 10 Its 1111 ev el elI evi i I ty i phase hase She I he selected line lee that she he thought hl the most trust litter inter Mm III tn und wilted waited while lIlIe an au III d I the II volumes 01 u nil nil-II She remembered the III tin fir i Inn butt she ghe had hall stayed offer after class tl ci I Mr Ir to sign u II library I I 1 guarantee cu fur for her retailed recalled hll lit lit- nl 1101 that the she he looked noire more I I. I hi a I but thou Ihan a II bookworm it II ur er ur he possible to forget hiu III hl u 1 l k 1 v laugh e especially when one knew 1111 ante one olle else elst was hearing it II fir i lii 1111 the honks books clime came und and slit she sheI I in III oat 1111 1 to III take Luke a cur car home II AA the lilt car lar crawled along ulong Mopping I m ul every ery dirtier corner she forced her i to tit busy Itself with something noie substantial sull titan than husky laughs luus il II her IIer nand mind She de dt thai algal ante he would have hUIe to III wurt she hail bad ever er worked bl be nai if state ninety dollars was wall was nuts OU now 1111 in 11 nil milt site she hud had and she wanted i a I only lo to make wilke a living hut but to 10 toIle He Ile up III enough to pay back Gray Ut-ay Iye IH situ feel cal under no obligation obligations' o taut him Ill lo get bet he her hel mind completely oil ofT ot tit fir 1 the site begun began to tu mentally 1111 i ul ut u II serial 51 It would be bl a II story in a II KM girl who wilt bud bad all actually II taken u a und aid who whit hand had come collie hack back Sti Su lily ny saries of ot the sort sorl were trl about u ue eritt little girls who I. I c on 1111 i lilt Ilse le Ill edge of wrongdoing anil 1111 II I l were 1 sa ed td from Crull i i. i II It would I Willful to III tl get a u serial elial printed 11 w aull 1101 encourage lige t the tam oy win win- III 11 ii taken laeti steps Un l 1 11 I l help and tIU encouragement II IU Ill I'll I anti III Ii ii it 11 1 a Ilia It II fl vas lit not 1 t. III i I to i lIlu iiii tIt IO afterward Tl their li thin II Los II ni re acute und mud more Immure In la Imil 11 I tit I tu limn u limit tit r girl slit hl i 11 t V ti I I 1 I r nt II Harvey a r IY H e II He I had represented to 10 her r I Ii re r. h d tjI I. I when n site she lion hull I 4 h Gt lii stir lIp H toted ll with all 1111 1 cart ITI and Mu ul amid yet e el his hi puss pass hag Ing had meant little to her She sow saw now Ir very clearly what whal realty really hap bop She hud had been helu lonesome ter terr terribly lonesome alone In a dig big city It had been ea easy then for for Harvey ey tomake to 10 tomake make love hove to her How lIow much better one felt tell to Sl see and understand the timing thing In 10 that light In 10 Instead instead stead of thinking that a deliberate tendency toward urd loo badness had hud caused ed edher her false folse step flop How flow much wre I pen pie needed education thin limn con lion tion If It only more Inure time lime could he be spent In acquiring learning Instead ot of acquiring a 0 specious Ious knowledge of 0 tt what hut hat persons should be he condemned for tor what their were for fur going to 10 hell lieU If they did this I that hot and the theother theother other uther thing Lolita rainy Fairly glowed as os she Ilie he laid out I scenes and continuity for a serial that should Ix ex press ress this I thought bought to 10 girls who were condemning them es elves eUes us as had because he ht cause e of or some attune set st them to 10 lighting fighting back Instead of slipping lipping down Ju Just because they had done dune something wrong wrung for Cor which they were honestly sorry Suddenly enly Sums some Impulse caused tier to 10 look out of the car window stud and there before her r eyes ees stood the Inch huch elors elor's hotel where 1 lived A terrific wave e of depression took Illuk her herIt herIt It seemed as ns though If It she fhe were lre t It stay silly IU In ID the car another moment sh she 11 I Life Was Indeed Cruel would suffocate She tried to request the motorman to 10 stop at nt the next nest corner cor curr ner but he slid the car or by and It was not 1101 until the corner after that that thul he did flop stop and she stepped down Into In III to 10 the street and walked toward th the curb urb She Site still stilt had the sense almost ot of suffocation and the dull murk murky at 01 did not help II any uny She laughed a little bitterly to herself hersell us liS site she turned Into the park lurk reflecting upon what a tremendous difference there was between the unquenchable e reeling of ot love due she now had hll fur for War ur rill and ond the weak anemic little lov love e feeling that thaI she hud had hud for Harvey e Torrence and which she had for fur a time lime mistaken for the real thing She hud had walked several Ioe blocks kl elan along g the park path patio wl en wit wither with willi h her lieu head d down she almost ran Iota Into 1 a u man mun who blocked her way uy Sh Slit- She t o Mopped and looked up UI Into I the lit lie far fact e of young oung Completely at lit a s sloss I Ilos loss los she he rl 1 t Why I 1 I 1 thought your jour father had t emit ent you jou to lu I Europe urne lie He did dIll returned In M oj peculiarly dry tune tone hut but things t e blown over u and und I came Ollie hack back Im I'm a III aft fully Cully glad glud I tart nit you U Ive I've wanted to III tell It'll you jou Iu how hll deeply regret I-regret the hie trouble I 1 got you yon lIn Into Si she Fen sensed ld a u change In hint so pr pro profound lr found that thaI It was U it almost 1 She gave gate voice 1111 to In the ti thought tug ht Youve rOU Yes Yea Ive I've changed It II was waa about I time thoe I lilt wasn't II It Killing a man give ht a II fellow quite a turn turu I 1 cant can't gel get him his 1 M. M out oUI of m my mind nod mind I 1 couldn't get gel ynh 1 0 out nut of my lilY mind Im I'm through with the sort sorl of ot II lire life Ce that I l used to live on en too tiro much money May I 1 walk a I little way with you you Why hy yes t raid Lolita Lomita a little nn an certainly lie He fell felt Into step beside her ber For about half bait a I block they walked In silence lIeDle und and then he be turned 10 to h her r and sold There Is a whole lot that I 1 want to say to 10 you III Ills tone was to so unmistakably un un- mistakably earnest and end so 0 different from Irma hi his usual manner of 0 speech that Lolita was aims profoundly mOl moved ell CHAPTER IX The change chune In Fred Watterson had neon been not nol only 1111 l subjective but bUI also ob Apparently AI he be had hod dune done tars left drinking Ills race no longer had the puffed massaged look louk and his eyes ees were steady even ln solemn Louts Lolita acknowledged that he was WUI very handsome and very er appealing toan In to Inan an Impersonal sort orl of way with Ills his almost little boyish air of honest con and subdued sorrow for fur what whal he had hud done When he suggested thul that they drop drip Into the refectory In 10 the park lIrk for a bite to eat she readily con rented The Tile big refectory was almost empty and they chose seats spols by a win wini window i low dow where they could look Ink out over 1 the North forth pond toward a little bridge that spanned It at a minnow narow point With the tile leaden skies above the gluts s' s like water reflecting the leaning trees Iree at III the lilt edge of the pond the vista was waa one mule of distinct If II somewhat hut sad sud beau bellu ty When hID they thy had ordered sand sanel wishes niches and ond coffee Fred leaned to her across the to table hIe and spoke 11 with a cun constrained air a at as though somehow he Lit were almost 0 afraid fru Id to 10 ha have hae e her ber answer his questions What hal t have hUIe you ou been doing since I Ila la lust last t saw you fout Writing Writing 1 7 Yes es short stories In fact Im I'm going go go- lug ing to start a serial which I hope bope to sell sail Do you OU mean that you ou act actually lIy are supporting yourself from the proceeds of your our writing wrIting youre youre you're very young oung Yes res I 1 am ant young oung she reflected that thai he was sas hardly much over o twenty five himself tU but bUI apparently very lurk lucky Mill still that's unfair you unfair you we see I took part purl of a short story course under er a aver very excellent ln Instructor at lit Southwestern university who helped me ml wonderful wonderfully ly II I suppose I that I just have hove had some sOllie latent knack for It II all of the tile time time-or or or perhaps Its It's just that the th unusual experiences ell I 1 went through helped In 10 some way woy Ills His eyes ees searched her face toce I ly Lolita felt he tie was not sutI Old with this answer to his ques tier Uon Hut Bul how did you rou get out of o. jail how did you ou live Immediately after you ou gut got out of ot jail How tiow did you jou OU gel jel the money to 10 register ler at Southwest em ern how did you ou support yourself un an until antil til Iii you sold your our first story an and where pre did you OU go t to lay low while I the he lIe newspapers were broadcasting a I bout you Ills deep o sincerity un and entire lack of the former flippancy that had marked him prompted liar her to 10 tell him film the whole hull it Mory nry from CroUl beginning lo It end omitting only the purl part about Mr somehow she he could not bring herself to tu speak of ot hI him she sill felt tell II a lining If clue fhe did a lump would carne conn- Into Inlo her throat and choke huke tier Sh SI even fn told lold him haul enough shout about t Torn nee to 10 o enable him to tn guess 1 th II th thres res- res rest rEsl which he dl did promptly but hili with wild out nut so much us liS a II raised eyebrow f oi ii condemnation And Anol she ender endl Ive t never ne blamed d you Oil fur for what list hai was wn almost Ine 1 ably bound to happen to 10 me In armlet to 10 1 wake me tue up tip Had It II not been fo- fo poor death I believe tint that I should be hI almost glad for far II a what lust hut Imp hap Y 1111 n sincerely loved lond Harvey ey then he his quickly put II In ill InNo No No 0 Im I'm ashamed to say that i r I sincerely thought tint that I 1 did I 1 p hn however r. r but I didn't I Im I'm quite stir sur of that now flow TO ITO n US all CONTINUED I t J 4 r t n. n t tl fall It f f is f t 2 is t f t 2 oJ- oJ i |