Show Jf 1 EDEN r TilE THE STORY SO FAR R r 1 Sally Blair Bar climbs the first run runs 0 h f her ladder to business success I When she becomes temporary secre secre- kary Q for John Warner sales man man- Ja ger er of f th Davidson Insurance company cornAt com corn pany At dinner cUnner at the thc home o 0 soung oung Peter Douglas Mrs Dougla Douglas her plans for tor her son anI am and plainly shows Sally her dislike fa for a I working girls A girl named Linda calls caUs Peter much to Mrs Douglas On the way home Pet Peter Pete Sally he loves lo her And Sail Ball forgets that she meant to keep love lov from interfering with her future i CHAPTER TEN k We were cra crazy J last night Peter Crazy They were walking In th the park park ark Sally with her hat in her hand the night was wa So o warm wann Q No we weren't Sally We were wen sane ane and sensible I 1 told you OU J I I gloved oved you and you told me mc you loved lovec I mc- mc But we vc cant can't love each other Peter You know that AJ Peter lit a n. and flipped lipped thew the they y w I burning mat match h to the thc cinder walk valk Why may I ask 5 should she Oh because because because- Why Stell him that his mother didn't like her Never would like her In a 2 thousand years ears All nl night ht long she iad l d thought of t Mrs Mr Douglas Oft Of the conversation they had had alone i t when Peter had cone gone to the store Mrs Douglas' Douglas smooth wl white te hands 1 caVing in and out of the tapestry Sot Soft hands but cruel on ones Her un- un cold brown eyes the set of ot J her ler lips when she talked about Petter Pe ter ter Mrs Douglas meant to hold on J tto to her son the girl knew 5 You mean it will wUl be so long Iong beMore be- be i More foro we can be married Ive I've solved all ali that dear Dont Don't worry Well We'll V be married whenever you like the sooner the better so far tar as I am concerned conI con- con and and well we'll all aU live together I for a while you OU and mother and I I. I It wont won't be for long only a few years ears until I earn carn more money money money- MOTHER l DOESN'T KNOW J 1 I Have you oU told your our mother V Not she wasn't this yet she yet up momI mom mom- I ing and I never a awaken waken her In the mornings and she was in bed when I I I came in last lost night I know she likes you though I asked her last light Just before we went out She couldn't help but like you ou Sally Salty I love you ou so And mother IsI is I suc such a good sport sport sport- I L t- t I dont don't think sh she m likes me mc- mc 1 Sally gald slowly Youre only imagining things dear You wont won't mind living iving with mother when were we're married Id rather live by ourselves The Joy of or having Peter to herself Sharing Sharing Sharing Shar Shar- ing him with no one We Ve cant can't do that that et yet You see I 1 promised mother Id I'd take care of Mer her I r We Ve could give her half hat of what wOOt you ou make and get along on the rest ourselves I could work work work- A different dif dU- di- di ferent Sally than the girl who had talked so glibly to Ann the other evening Sally wondered at herself She who had wanted so much willIng willing will will- ing to have so little Ann was vas right I though You did things when you ere h ivere in love that you never thought I you ou would t r EVERYTHING IS SETTLED f t Im afraid it wouldn't be enough for mother Sally You haven't a mother so you rou dont don't understand It takes a lot of money to run lun a house house- hold More Marc than you rou think Wouldn't i you do that much for me Live with mother until we e can get on our feet r f Id do an anything thing for you rou Pet Peter rIts rr r- r r Its all settled then I In the shadow of at a tree they sealed the ithe bargain with a kiss i Ive something here for you Sal Sale 1 ly Peter dug his hand hi In his pocket l You You cant can't look until its it's on on- on She felt him fumbling for her hand felt feIt something hard and round slip sUp on the third finger of her left hand felt Peters Peter's lips cool and soft on her wrist I Sally moved under a lamp and andl looked at the thc ring on her finger A Asmal small smal gold band with a quaint old old- old old-I fashioned setting A diamond surrounded surrounded sur sur- rounded by seed pearls sur-I sur All AM I have to offer you dear That'll be bc your engagement ring until until un un- un- un til tn i can afford to get you a better one It was a ring that belonged to tomother tomother tomother mother years ago Before dad clad died she she- gave C it to me and told me mc it was as asfor for the girl I 1 married Ive I've had It lL ever since in a box In my dresser Thought of it last night after I got home so I took it out I An en engagement ring A ring that meant that she hc and Peter would marry arry RALLY'S SALLYS SALL S RING i Its sweet Peter Your mother wont ont mind my having it iL J t. t Of course not She gave it to me years ago She's probably forgotten it tt by now anyway anway I almost had I Your mother may not want you to marry marry- she wanted to be reas reas- X She doesn't care as long Jong as Im I'm happy and in love she he ever cr said anything about it U- U Sally was recalling the conversation th the the- the evening evening before with Mrs Douglas when the older woman had bad told her of Peters Peter's promise noto notto not noto o to o marry Had Mrs Douglas lied For 5 r evidently e Peter knew nothing of at he promise M Nothing and she hc wont You'll be a daughter to lIer ler Sally didn't think shed she'd quite be daughter to her She couldn't magino herself even en calling the lately aristocratic woman mother lut ut that was the only way she could ave e Peter and ond she wanted him Peer Peer Pe- Pe er cr her husband Peter D Douglas uglas Monday she had met him and she would be his lus wife a eek week only i i But that had been the way with un tim She had met Mac on a Friday nd came home thrilled and excited un day night telling Sally she was to him Sally had scolded er cr for being so hasty But Jut I know Sally Ann had said I know kno I love Io Mac and I now he ne loves me Why should we a atH 7 And nd now Sall Sally knew Knew she Ocd ved Peter Knew she wanted to any rry him OVE VE IS ig TIlE THE WINNER Living i with Mrs Douglas Seeing r all aj day longs long walking through ms 4 that were full of her things moUld Would bo be h her r home not Sallys Sally's T life e. e not the girls I t wish we could ha have hae e n D. place of own own 1 she whispered softly so do I I. I and we vc will wUl In a few ars re ra Ill I'll buckle buckl down and work vork ocr than ever AI Arid d I r have been working hard Sally doi t think I ha ent But now Ill I'll do more Maybe we should wait wait wait- She couldn't get l 1 Mrs s. s Douglas out of her mind She seemed to be there beside them In the thc park shaking her mar mare celled white head I cant can't wait walt two or three years years' for tor you OU Sally Peter cried I cant cantu But weve we've hardly known each other a week I Ive rYe known you forever dear Not just lust a week weel but all my life tife Ive I've been waiting for tor you ou for tor twenty five years years- The rin ring sparkled In the darkness as Sally flung her arms around Perer's Peters Peter's Pe Pe- Pe- Pe ter's neck Later when hen she quietly opened the door of ot the apartment she was surprised ed to find Ann reading In bed bedI bedIts I Its Ifs s 3 o'clock Sally 1 I Ive I've been worried about Where have you jou you OU been IM I'M IN LOVE IOVE ANN Oh walking and talking Three o'clock How fast time sped when she was with Peter It didn't seem any more than the five minutes that hat they had been together And Andt it t had been five hours Peter Douglas Sally nodded and brushed her herland hand land across her lips Bps crushed with his ils kisses She had wanted Ann to tobe tobe tobe be asleep when she came In so she wouldn't have ha to talk So she could sit in the dark and think some more about Peter About their love To sit and chat now with Ann seemed a sacrilege after her evening with Peter Dont tell me yo youre you're re in love lovd- with him I II I am Ann Ann Ann- After what you said the other nl night ht Even after that I was wrong I didn't didat know then I do now The ring that had belonged to his moth moth- cr er Queer Queer- on her finger when she wasn't used to rings The first she had lad ever had In her life The first piece of Jewelry she had ever eyer owned o Hers because Peter had put It there Dont take It of off until I can give you another Sall Sally he had whispered when they parted at the outside door of the building And she wouldn't take it off then She didn't want another She wanted this because Peter had put It on and kissed it afterward Shed She'd tell teU him not to get her another All her life shed she'd wear It and love It ItS The simple gold band and with its diamond like dew In Inthe inthe the he center The small pearls so perfect perfect per per- feet a wreath around the clear stone PLANS ARE FORGOTTEN What about the glorious plans Ann broke Into her thoughts Ill In forget them Sally reached for her purse with the list still stUl in one of at the pockets She took the slip sUp of paper out and looked at it A smile trembled on her lips The terns items ms which she had considered so Important the other evening left her cold Good clothes a decent tire ive apartment hand made French lingerie ingerle a squirrel coat cont a a. Job paying seventy five dollars a week a millionaire mil mil- husband Someone else must have ha written this his numbering each requirement so carefully Someone else ele Not Sally Blair Not the girl who was vas sitting gazing at the paper so vacantly How long ago Sunday night was now Years back Sunday night she had not known Peter Douglas existed when she had written on this slip of ot paper Her fingers started to i tear ear It and stopped No she wouldn't destroy destro it Some da day shed she'd show it ito to o Peter and they'd laugh about It d' d Tomor Tomorrow o perhaps What about the n new new w job as as' as Warner's Warners Warners Warner's Warners Warner's War War- ners ner's secretary Ann persisted ruth- ruth I essly lessly I I told Peter tonight I wouldn't take It it n. Im glad Sall Sally What did her future matter when she he had Peters Peter's to think about She tucked the bit of paper back in her purse and looked again at the ring To be continued |