Show II fhe Girl Who Came Back THE STORY with with- d by loneliness t real friends friend In or fit t r i Louta Forbes young w yields A to the Import Hirv with nd f Torrence I of herself In love t fancies t whom dorn e eh he his hi true character f h b d r t Mm him taking refuge ad Gertrude with an n a the Is s accosted c LoUta watso th owner of th 00 of Lini the Fred She Bhe apartments f advances advance but he be In In- hll hereto herto the tore etore d dea lilt Torrence In I w wilt walt lt- lt oa ea the T attest treet the worst wort put pUll In ing U. U Lolita Loilta's being with V VAt Wat- t. t ion 1100 oa two men engage the end nd tenon a battle batlle In which TorU Tor Tor- Is 10 killed ear U Is CHAPTER II Continued III-Continued Continued 4 the h I b-I 1 do da I 1 know Inow respond respond- now How matron with a shrug us ns she set the M upon one end of the Jen term things en bench bench down wh which ch let down with Z the other side of the cell ton open ulon with so sa n d-n mixed up o been them wouldn't J 1 of of them thelo you rou probably ember which be he was If you seen winced She looked up the hard bard face of the matron It U was hardest face that she ahe bad had ever everi everIn i In a her ber life Ute really believe that Im I'm asas as asas asas Do o you rou as the papers say she asked smiled the matron 11 Ui no kid Ive I've handled enough know better d ones in my time to j that You iou cant can't be such a bad yet let but youre you're catching up on worst forst I ever er saw pretty fust fusty th b that she slammed the door and ands s gone Lolita Louts was so heartened by bywords bywords words fords however that she ate ev ev- bite of the breakfast and finIshed I la In time for a turnkey soon came tome tomette tile the cell remarked I fer Tte r wanted upstairs be he tier Her heart beart thumping Lo- Lo followed the man upstairs and ando to o the office of the station captain I snapped that Individual large are man with a a paunch Ton Iou told this Harvey guy to walt wall Ide de the Grantham and beat up ung jg Watterson didn't you ou t Nol 0 o l I saId ald Lo l LoiRa horrified at nt the mh uh ugh 1 Yf Y Dont lie Ill to met mar me roared the the capla cap cap- la a DIn In a 11 voice which seemed to cause very floor to vibrate Lolita shrank Ick ek ck Into her ber chair If you didn't do that w went nt on the plain as though be he felt that be was Ling a self-evident self truth you IoU told tag gag Watterson that you was hooked with lib thIs Harvey guy so 10 deep that only way you rou could break with ID I'D nas sae for him to croak him Oh Ob no sir it all aU happened Just justI I told you rou yesterday I 1 Youre lying Iring to me mel I roared the plain again Again Lolita shrank back Into her ber lair air air Never In all alt of her ber life hade bade had bad e bEen talked to like that She had iw ver dreamed that there were men meni i earth who would talk that to woman om on With horror she began to toI that the situation In hi which ie I e bad had placed herself bad had put her I pond jond th the pale of polity people did lid didt lidI t I feel any necessity for treating her herI hert I I t lady The captain suddenly aped led toward her ber Ingratiatory scull 91 g Tell you what Ill I'll do kid HI Ill get geta ft a out of this whole thing turn you youse se and everything If you'll come comen eta eaD n about the whole affair Give p the low down Just for tor my own In In- I wont won't say nothing to no- no noy j. j and you'll be sprung This Is II Isi i the level lerel sorry sir she began and Vank rank back again as the kindliness medIately began to fade from his hisek pt eI ek but Its It's all just as I told you yu I 1 told you the whole truth trutha a II and nothing but the truth really T. 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I r- r floure Youre a hard hard boiled boiled baby he told r sternly you know how to keep Dr w trap shut Ill I'll give you credit for forM forat forat at M but It aint going to do you yon good whet when they get you over to art because believe that Ft t bull bult you yon slipped me yesterday and ond ande ft e hand you a 0 couple extra estra ars ara for to him jOh Oh but please please- began the thenn nn an streaming now down do her cheeks F e could feel herself trembling aller all oil PW er as though with the a ague e The Ignoring her turned hrs his back H d pressed a button on his desk Al Al- Nt ost Immediately the door opened and ande fe e turnkey motioned for her to fol fol- w hIm blai tack Back downstairs In tn the cell eel again M e lay down upon the bunk and ond cried i she had never nc cried before In all nil r life t I She remembered the night before I ww w It G Gertrude had bad convinced con her ber that en n despite her misstep she alte was vos fn tree free e work back along the road that she shead shead ad gone cone to be somebody yet ret Rut Bui easy y philosophy had been Clout clous Life ue wasn't as easy as u that w De couldn't ju Just break moral laws s t I WU will and then when you got gat tired F r f It t turn arou around d and ond go right on onT on I T here bere e you had left oft otT before your oral vacation There was the piper pay iiI P and the tie pipers piper's f fee e was alJ al- al J more than adequate Darkly larkly h rt Cr IU kept p resenting p pictures of e male penitentiary at lit Juliet worn wom- I G the coarse coarie food fond edding Gongs With spud forted forced her mind I to Inua ua I ikIl With lIh usher oilier things That it It d I 1 love 1 lIun mIld renild never nl are e really r I ImPI blur the rhe he now nn knew dy 1 too ell cell The furl filet thill thin he wits was By Jack Woodford W W. 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U Service Copyright dead made no real difference to her except as It bore upon tier her present pre pre- She could never go back backo to o work at the Emporium She could never neTer work anywhere In Chicago again lignin Every ery paper In town had con coo talked her picture She could never go home again the Elgin papers would have copied the stories there stories there was absolutely no DO hope In any ony direction tion Suddenly the matron appeared again outside the door Heres lIeres nn on answer to the telegram you sent to your old man she said crisply and banding handing the yellow en en- It It eo II e e Co r V VY Ve e Y C V Y Here Heres an Answer to the Telegram You Sent to Your Old Man vel ope through the bars withdrew v Lolita opened the em envelope el ope with trembling eager enger fingers lingers I 1 never neTer want to see your face again the telegram read simply It seemed to Lolita hours hour later that she looked up to see the matron bendIng bendIng bend bend- Ing over her ber a glass of ot water In one hand and a bottle of ot smelling salts In the other Come come buck up kid 1 I think your troubles may be over she said comfortingly For some reason Lolita felt fell an no- no uncontrollable controllable desire to lau laugh h She laughed and laughed while the matron matron ma ma- matron tron frowned down at ot her Presently Present ly Iy when she had forced forred herself to stop laughing she saw that some rome one was waiting outside the veil cell door It was the turnkey Terrified at lie trie thought of again being questioned by bythe bythe bythe the captain she grasped hold of the matrons matron's hand hanel with both of her ber own Its all right said that lady a little lit lit- little tle tie Impatiently I 1 1 think youre you're sprung Buck nuck up and ond come along Not knowing that the verb to spring means to release a prisoner to Lol followed along knowing kno not what to expect but this time she was not nol taken to In the captains captain's office She was taken token out end and rather unceremoniously shoved Into a patrol wo wagon on As the wagon rushed through the streets Lolita looked miserably from the small barred window dumbly appreciative ap ap- of the fact that people were Vere now flow looking at of the patrol wagon and anel wondering what she had been arrested for Just as liS she many times limes had done She remembered what she had always alway decided women whom she had bad seen seln In patrol wagons had been arrested for forthe forthe forthe for for- the thought was Vas overwhelming She burled her face In her hands and wept Velt bitterly One of the two policemen police pollee- men In the wagon leaned over and ond roughly patted putted her shoulder Cheer up Up- kid he lie uld said In a B kind kindly kindly ly Iy manner Its a writ of habeas corpus that's taking you downtown the chances chan s are you'll be sprung Never In all of her life had been so grateful for fur a kind word ord and I tone though she bad had no Idea Mea what whal the words meant A moment later laler the wagon stopped and Louts was assisted assist assist- ed out passed through a gauntlet of cruel curious eyes eres and Into a lar large e forbidding gray stone atone building She wua hust Into a o courtroom and found herself before a 0 Judge who looked n RS' RS though there was nothing but machinery back of his eyes charge charger he be snapped at a city prosecutor who stood by apparently appal- appal bored She Isn't bunked booked he replied Well growled the Judge here on a habeas corpus writ Like to keep kelp her awhile o for ques ques- tinning returned the prosecutor care care- lessly Yen had her for twenty four hours reminded the jud Judge e O 0 r. r K Let it her go go agreed the prosecutor pros pros- We V can pick her up later for questioning If It we want to to to-haven't haven't enough nough evidence c to hold her ought her ought to tobe tobe be he sent out to city for the usual examination though The Judge was about to open his hll mouth when then a lawyer stepped forward forward for for- ward and said Mid a few words which Lolita did not catch The Judge Julge nodded and looked at her Dismissed he sold said curtly The prosecutor looked queerly at the lawyer lawyer law law- yer and then walked out of the room as ns though bored with the whole pro stared starell at the Judge Dismissed he repented Impatient Impatiently ly Iy sprung Youre You're free For or hen ens en's rake what are you rou staring nt aU The lawyer la stepped to Lolita's side You fou are nrc free to go churl child he said quietly taking her arm and lending leading her toward the door nut Hut why have you done this for forme formet me met she asked him dazed by the sudden sudden sud sud- den knowledge of liberty when she had bad expected years of penal servitude Me the he lawyer tawyer laughed Why I l Idid till did It fur for money of course my dear There was nothing In to It they had no charge against yon But Iut who Is goIng to give gh-e you yon the money Dont worry Ill I'll he paid he a assured u. u her ber as they walked down the stairs Was It young Mr Ur Watterson or hl his father Nope Hope nobody you yon ever saw In la your life lite In fact I 1 dont don't think you ever even heard of him They were out on nn the street now Leading her hr herto herto to a taxi standing at the curb he tu opened the door and ond banded handed her In and after she had seated herself he suddenly handed her a sealed envelope envelope envelope enve enve- lope tipped his hat bat sold said a few words to the driver and disappeared In the crowd As the taxi wheeled Louts Lolita tore open the envelo envelope envelop f The first thing that greeted her astonished gaze was two one hundred one hundred dollar bills There Then was also a folded sheet of white notepaper note- note paper She unfolded this and and read the typewritten ten words I 1 hope youve you've had a lesson that will last you IOU for awhile You will be betaken betaken betaken taken to a respectable rooming house Your room rent there Is paid for tor some time In advance I 1 have bave talked to the Gertrude person and ond know ex eJ exactly exactly what happened The Gertrude girl Is not a 8 half balf bad little IC scout scant oUt She told me what your ambitions were and I have hare arranged to let you take a whirl at putting yourself back on your te test fed t but I would prefer that you stay away from Gertrude In the fu fa- ture lure With this money get get some more clothes If you haven't bavent any others so that you will never have bave to wear the outfit that the newspaper photographs showed you In Ut Use e the name Margaret Margaret Margaret Mar garet Farrar for awhile until this thing has hns blown over and dye your hair and oud wear neutral glasses glosses so you wont won't be he recognized When you OU have thoroughly rested up go to the tbt downtown downtown down down- town college of the Southwestern university uni I ha have re paid your four tuition In la advance once there for far a year If It you do dowell dowell dowell well I may moy pay It again n next Jt year Dont Don't be a II d n d-n n tool foot Im I'm old enough to be your father and have hare no DO Intentions of any kind toward you yon If It you youdon dont don't do da as I tell you rou Ill I'll wash my hands of you ou and you yoo will probably get Into worse trouble than you are already The least you u can con do In return return return re re- re- re turn for what little I 1 have able I Ito to do for you Is to follow out my my In Instructions to tn the letter TO eTO BE DE CONTINUED |