Show at yak T JL nardi L E r j by MAE FOSTER JAY copyright by W A wilde oo 00 service CHAPTER XII continued 21 after lunch she set out for a walk anything to dull this restlessness not far from the hotel she met nell goodenough Z going or staying t nell she cried interestedly going but only because I 1 think I 1 should leave what jobs there are to married men OH I 1 mary looked thoughtful and started on iswalt wit a minute mary deliberately ne neil 11 ll overtook her how he drawled d can we finish our race to the top it 1 were not on the same track we go together mary did you ever look up that antonym in your thesaurus Dl distress stress welled in marys eyes nell neil slowly 1 I did and ebat did you find 01 1 I 1 I found friendship neil liking affect affection loa but abat iwas all bravely n 1 I cou coumont t take them all neil I 1 had h ad to t 0 select 8 lec I 1 his chiti chin was set and steady Ms his eyes kind and worshipful and disillusioned lusio ned 1 tl I 1 was afraid the right one was reserved for some one else mary he said quietly quiet v well friendship is 1 I something its a apt lpt lt nell neil she slipped her hand band through his arm and walked with him aw far as his tent returned the steady Ires pressure sure of his fingers on k hers and curried on down the hill around the i foot of lone mountain she must think t thank get rid of the storm of emotion penis cral craigs s entreaty had aroused in her banish the pain of her refusal of biear old walt wait a minute something very tiery sweet was beneath her anguish however two men wanted her rid of her gold old ball and chain two two nl mn n of the r right I 1 lit sort wanted herl her j she walked rapidly and came to the part of the project 0 eject where the dorseys and lir leifels h lived in their new houses on ada adjoining ining hills A group of girls eirls was gar gathered hered on the leighs veranda it libada made mary think of that day in foggy gulch don the one five june was saying nall have something in a short time athe hard part Is having to stay here herd until he gets his first check so he can ship his belongings with a gay i gesture t I 1 esaure that in included eluded herself and the children in the yard are you go goy ng or staying mary mr oral cral told me I 1 might be telephone cenan 11 ll she grinned good we ou ought ht to take care of a girl nt so bad for a man to be shifted abo about it and we wives are all used to these uproot ings 11 mary male mac je an abrupt escape it was the orly only way she could go it hurt so tj TI hey bey had g grown rown so dear to her these j girls eirls strange it that power within that governed go verned you like a despot that made you deliberately smash your own dream castles quash your longings t back off a stage all prettily set for your our own act that power that matae you unable to put away suggestions hints that been intended ris cis such at all As mcfry entered the engineering offices ne she h met the father of the pr projects oj first fir st born ills his face was a little tragic ue ile was so young and this was th 1 first time he had bad lost a job lai I 1 land anything temporary fred mary asked no chance with bravado corie back in five fire minutes and there vill ivill be said mary succinctly she went inside then she had it out with wi th hilt and john its utter nonsense mary for you to leavel leare lea vel re 1 if you dont want to take this id jab b stay on with creesh and me mel I 1 bu but tf mary was adamant she left a note finally for denis 1 I just aust stay denis ill be at the palace ne he ifould write to her there come to herr heir there she flew to the packing of her hei trunk she thought her heart was Fire aking she going to stick to denis through his slump going to prove her loyalty y to him ar and id the job by being his telephone central c 1 I she the daughter of the rich david brown she on the train now it was stopping s at foggy gulch how well she remembered that morning nearly three ago when she had stepped off of here here dere here 0 on it the platform was stank dfrank johnson himself of coursel course 1 hed have to know who was leaving he be mary rushed brushed from the train to grasp his hand 1 I kant atwould happen I 1 just a money makin scheme the kingpins king pins made his hiss little wad sir mr johnson 11 1 wants me to pay cash for or my place I 1 I 1 wont do it mary smiled at him accustomed now to demonstrating the contradictory theorem that was hank johnson she wrote the Q E D hank would pay cash that would help denis some need money miss mary no 0 it it if you yon did or should I 1 could lend it to you marys eyes filled as she turned toward the steps of the train all their differences were wiped out in this minute but id charge you yon eight per cent its 1 hank shouted after her it was tough going for mary brown the next nest few rill minutes this was what an ell engineers t inders life was like makin making 0 friends like hank like the ones to whom she say goodby good by on the project weathering the ups and downs of life with ali them em for a year or so and then having to leave them but gradually mary got herself together after all she had the friends it would be wonderful to leave a trail of them behind tier her at every project to cross trails with them again through the years and she had behind her achievement A background for greater success she had one hundred dollars and the adventure ahead of choosing a new job soon denis would come to her by that time she would have thought of some excuse to give him for her leaving ln CHAPTER XIII no quarter yet tet a month from that day when she was turning away from the hotel desk in hurt amazement as she had bad turned away from it repeatedly she men are like that was called back by an astonishing bit of advice see here my dear I 1 its none of my business but the sooner you snap out of this the easier it will be for you mary look looked ed quickly into the wise and friendly and somehow familiar eyes of the girl behind the desk a girl about her own age in years but immeasurably anyone could have told her senior in experience believe me miss brown I 1 know a case of the letter that never came when I 1 see it you are bitter said mary noncommittally commit tally men alen are like that not this one mary defended theres some reason we women all kid ourselves like that until we learn I 1 suppose hes going to send for you when he gets a little stake ahead or something like that mary smiled somehow she take offense at the girls friendliness she had liked her ever since she came to the hotel and now even resent being asked are you married to him miss brown no good at least you wont have divorce and a baby to worry about you listen to me would you miss brown and go home to your folks while the going is good mary flushed in apparent embarrassment 1 I 1 cant do that then why dont you find a job and forget the villain in the play mary laughed with a new cani cynicism cism ive been walking the streets for a month looking for a lob job the girl threw out her hands ive been there too something I 1 suppose its that has drawn me to you from the first ive worried about you actually worried am sa s1 1 I being impertinent mary made a husky noise purported to be a laugh 0 1 I never realized before how heavenly it was to have some one worry about me ive liked you too wistfully 1 I wish I 1 could help you you arent the same girl who came here a month ago youve lost weight youve lost the sparkle from your eyes your cheeks are pale you look and act positively weak she broke off to study mary closely 11 miss brown lets go out to lunch together and talk as we eat thanks said mary but I 1 time to eat I 1 must pack im leaving the hotel this evening 0 the girl gave her an eloquent look then summarily snatched her hat from the rack and came outside to link her arm in marys on the square miss brown how ion long since youve eaten mary laughed weakly in surrender all right it has been two days and im strong and husky and quite able to stand up under a little dieting dieling when it seems expedient they were walking down the lobby side by side if youve the sense you look as if you had said the girl lunch with me today and take me out sometime when youre on your beet as youre going to be you win said mary and they made their way ay to a cafeteria ill fill your tray said the girl whose chos name mary had learned way wag edna dale mrs edna dale 1 I know a lot more than ban you do about how big a surprise the stomach can stand up p under TO DE BE CONTINUED |