Show P ARA E by evelyn campbell copyright by evelyn Cain Cani servi service CHAPTER VII 12 loves labyrinths her step lugged lagged a little but site she as she entered I 1 the ie hotel the elevator was was be before afore tier her and the she could tune have guined it with a few steps site she turned tm eer weer an anil walked tofu d tile the grilled wed enclosure em insure where a gentleman a 11 lesser gentleman hint ionian with other dimmer figures In ures wits in stalled in that curious daughly 1 I 1 lence that Is peculiar to lilli high pi leed hotels lindas walk was waa one of tile the rarest qualities blie lie possessed slit she wits so au tall and slender that site she seemed nl ill ways bays about to hend bend and break lire lie under tile denmond of effort tier her wrap were always slipping fruin from tier lier shoulders but nevet lid did her eyes half liall belled appeared appealed to see nothing but kite find seen distinctly the lous looks that and greeted her the bellboys tin on thell bench were watching hir her furtively tin the second gentleman nt at the desk leaned on ills his pointed elbow to listen to tier her and watch all of them saw the new expensive hat and the pearls slipping front from tier rich fur mv aly letters please lindas s voice wits sweet und very eis jow she as little atle as possible to lo such persons as alic se the llie idlers ln in hei land hand slid and she was ans turning tinning away before he said thank you jou in fit u negligent tone toile as though that grilled ln in group hall no meaning for tier lier they looked after her hopelessly she seemed rich ilch and prosperous the cleric looked doubtfully nt a letter tint that had i id been separated from the rest finnila lie he luched it away aw a in a private ageon liole hole it would not do to mike make a til mistake litake in tills case hut but I 1 anda knew noth ing of tills this she passed on oil to the lie elevator elev leisurely ex the letters in lier her hand linda I 1 no longer occupied cousin amys house when the family way tile fiasco of tier her marriage man lane was a lulf told secret discreetly discie etly 11 by bi her hei relatives whose number seemed to have dwindled perceptibly it la Is one thin thing to chaperon and chain plon a young loung girl gill very beautiful and itally hut but quite another to be responsible tor for a widow however young rind beautiful whose afT affairs airs to siv say the least nie are in a muddle and deeply mysterious lous cousin amy It alston told tell some of tin tile olluis ors that slie site always felt a cold chill down her back when she heard indas voice in ili the lie hall so it liap hap bened d that liy by degrees tier lier own voice become so cold so brief that flint 1 linda anda not wishing to give pain refrained at al most wholly iolli front communication with her sensitive relations she had plenty of friends any woman free and pretty dressing more than well and seen nt at tier her best every where viere Is s hound to have friends and involutions only to linda the hie people who li took tier her about find entertained her seemed oddly less like fi lends friends than ader ailcy it wits a curious feeling that hall had grown upon her lately site she wits was always on guard always standing oil a little while site she smiled anti talked softly it was as will if a hundred pairs of eyes were seel ilni for a cravit in he her aimor which waldi site she was determined 1 l they should n not ot find 11 nd for it a long time she find had a splendid time site was nut not in the strict sense of ill flip word a of soe lety rather slie she took what hint she minted of society and let the rest tile bores tile the dull bartles par part lies les the commit tees alone the ibe people site she seen with were usually u harming charming though some were a little vague about them selves there were always plenty of hosts dazed hv by the ease the flip of 0 linda and ber Ir trends lends who wire were quite ready to tiny pay for the party it lind puzzled them all that she hid had in not 0 t married again hn chere fiust have been plenty of men to marry her rich desir tible men inin who could kle give lier hi r the HIP setting slie site deserved dt served kilt iut I 1 inah wits faintly by this ills won der talk of marriage always brou gilt tier the lip vision of alvi cal biath of her twenty four hour honeymoon for it ind had lasted no longer than alint she knew but lifter after she mt met dilan brian ansley adise site blie bornn t to think of again not mt consciously though hin Ma fairlie irlie as a forni forin or ceremony lid did not enter tier lier mind she would hae love checked the ideta alfa in ili its hirth it if her cori selous self had nol heen been drugged by the art ful subconscious eliat knows so well lauw to take lake its victims unaware landu could have argued herself ou oui of lov with will a poor young nian if lavt lov lind had not stolen cupoli bip n her anti hilli hillides dej tier ier with beauty and silenced hur her I 1 lips and deafened her with dr dreams earns she never thought lit of it marriage f lint slie site began to chute ill at ilse lie life site she led the ilie handsome rooms site she occupied strewn with costly trifles trl lles prisoner firl her restlessness silie she wearied of ging about and wearied of lier her anil and fit meaningless jargon of tier lier fi lends friends slie she begun began to think of quiet ool cool sim sni pie spots to visualize what she sli had never known she blie found herself re mem mein bering every step ol of that pit all gri grimage viage nude ninde with ili bilan ian ansley in ili snowy dusk find and ve te little house with their lamps on ant red fires site she would arouse from these mem orles try to elude hem try to hate them but it was no use time and lma line again they returned each time with the humble plen plea of pence she dressed herself carefully for that first dinner with brian it would be simple because he must not spent spend much money entertaining tier her site sin contently remembered that he was pour poor site she chose tile plainest frock in her hei wardrobe urn tin had ti 1 rol allne to t look more lovely thun than over ever against its her beauty shone site had not rj I quite bille lost that faint exal cerallo Kenil liin ii of every ery point that women always frind a flow at the last mo merit site she flung tile double strand ol of pearls courtney Cou riney prea pre ent cut mound her neck she wits was trims trans ill once to splendor but when site she saw tills this slie she tore re them roughly off IT and tossed iss fil them into their case she wanted nothing like that to have a in ili their hour slie she knew froin llie file first that irian adored lie her und so sweet was the knowli ilie of r tills ills unaccustomed girl that tip slip yielded deliberately closing tier eyes eves t to consequences slie she thought she could draw back in time one lie night there wits ans a pirty party with the 1 cs unit aini slip site watched the pretty klinl girl grow glow pule little and flus flush h under it 11 word or look from brian who wh 0 wits entirely liely unconscious of it all tilie site loves him thought linda monr little ng I 1 site klie hns has everything bieri thing site she his has wine everything to please and aad I 1 who have 1 ie dinue nothing slie site fat suddenly humbled and she ought to RO go away and because she has money linda finished as frankly as he leave ionic these two alone they would tome come together as naturally as two birds alone in the sky pretty Ilc tty arent aren t they said simon 1 entres at tier her ear lie ile was watching and daisy with a rather sardonic smile that lie afterward turned upon pon u linda youth la Is always charming churn ang sho she salt said how those beady black eyes looked tutu into tier her now w you are young too only a couple of years older than dalsy daisy and yet you ou are not youthful youve been taught things my girl gari win will never know because she luia hits money linda finished as frankly as he not entirely it in the child to 10 know site she lilies likes muslin frocks his eyes traveled over her lang graceful figure how shortsighted nature Is ast 1st I 1 if you sou had been born my daughter his kindling face bold with the light of adventure said what a splendid r life they would have hadl bad I 1 what worlds would have been con quei ed I 1 you m think I 1 hate muslin gowns said linda with her faint smile unless they are made in parts you iou think I 1 could not endure pov eity she persisted lie he gooud lit at her a long time it would he be a great waste my dear he sa auld id gently as if lie he was sorry for her senator converse did not remain to in ignorance of nil all tills this lie he fell at first lulu lire life natural error of imagining filat linda wits attracted by the of 0 f the 1 11 entress millions but tills liu ill lid ld not survive sun he watching her dance with irian ansley one night TO BE CONTINUED |