Show P prudence de i ces s daughter D aug i ht er CHAPTER VII continued 15 those lays in jerrys lovely home with jeers Je irys fattier duane felt were the happ happiest lest of ills his entire life they had breakfast together in ID the morning the lie over their coffee drove to die lie factory together and went out for luncheon to a cafe or club somewhere and in the lie evening they played ie smoked and read B just smoked mucked and talked they went to tile lie princess to fo patron IP iff tile the stock company which will go BO down in history no ng tile the start ln in life of iny Ba balster litter once jerrold had some men in and they played poker sometimes dunne duane foight that jerrold was to be life ills father ln in low law thought of him film only its as a remarkably companionable old chap and easy to have around you know sir mr harmer he said mid one night since le ive been soso so so keen on jerry and so BO d n rond mod at tier her stubborn ive sort of lost interest in you know women and not natural does docs it hang over or do you get buck back when bouvo ouva been married a while you act like a blaip old roue jnue said bald jerrild jerrIl ld hut but you talk like it kid and then he sald with it great assume tion of sternness sep see here boung oung fellow im on jerrys side aide dont you try to ret get anything out of me that you way tuny ile be able to use against me inter filter on oil you stick to the straight and nar row lie laughed a little 1 I wont say auy that in ill nil hit my illy twenty years I 1 lin vent felt the lie fleeting intrigue of it foreign dimple or curl or maybe an bild theres no denying that it a woman does get on your our nerves especially pec ally lally the way site she luga your tobacco out of your reach but im strong for hut but of course tit ere arent funny Pru dences you expect that one night lie asked about that tha t picture in jerrys room the lie ocean allder its it haunting thing lie he said it makes you of jerry Boine somehow how oil you know theresa the picture gave file lip creeps too at first tile the eyes are jerrys she lies nice eyes youve noticed it 11 lie added slyly lly not us its nice now I 1 think hs his when she left she looks more cloudy but iery nice tho the picture Is it shock at first sight makes you ferl feel as aa if bouvo caught tier her stopping stepping out of the he ablith ile he told duane dimne then lien of therean find lier tragic death tier even wore englc 11 lire re dinane afis nna shocked hurt it hoenick it a terrible tiling thing for jerry to go and locking lacking the llie support of ills and lit limed himself self ns AS thoutle lip lind hild failed her hei n in 11 slie she till had need of him once it lie sold eald why fly do 10 you suppose sit she flirt with me ine when site sin did till illi others ut lieis anti and I 1 know she liked tile me well enough ellough jerrold sold 1 I dont know what alint do 1011 oil th thrill lill and did not realize lie ho hod hi it cl cleve ciesa of evi evasion islon front ills his wife afe bild lild she tell oil i I 1 it ns drunk that nellil nl lil bualle I 1 bleil jerry air i h all 11 it us bilings until sin sho livedis nei il u s gorrold kroml IY slie struggles floii 1 s edwi li liei elf until sli ili i li laimos lv liis she Is whipped alien slip klie iliin s ti nna sin ns s slit was its 11 filthy kiil liil would donld bolh fri for half it 11 trying to IN 11 it n broken brokell toy 1 by 1 v herself liei self 11 diang I 1 kalil do lii if lii it manule 1 but she blie neer clime until she had li id oni norn livi saif out in kins ut lit it etione lul fondl it too much nun li tor lot lier her prudence inn me liles likes that mie lie s it shows hlin charach inri r after it 11 blissful week k that wits was full of ie eliis anns of if prudence nicil jair lit in the llie pusi liast and hopps s for I 1 brud nce im mid and jerry in tin the future the cle gram ennia to tf their re lurn turn inu iniz lint mid 11 i rold it ili regret fully snit old lellow fellow ive ie got to clunk chuck you icil out the girl s will be home hoine this belling eun eel liia ling luines s and lili hn regret tit lit wire ire almo almot t childish in ili tile of jerrys home lie hail forgotten for totten their estrangement aud and felt she should le be coming it to I 1 ii us its irnine aice nine anine back to jerrold ler rold 1 I wonder what would happen bi inn it if I 1 just hauck on clid faced the music he said B to jerrold is as if I 1 had bud it right to lie he here oli oil good aird was all jerrys to ta flier lind to say so si diane D iane packed tits his bugs bags bitterly and back anck to the sordid stupidity of his hotel room jerruld jerrold spent the lie rest of the lie day going through tile he house I cry er trace of evidence its HS to tho the presence of a guest lie he cautioned the over and over to breathe not if a word rd of what had transpired and in lie he evening met tits his wife and daughter at the station in deference to the returning of prudence he fie generously removed tile the drome bronze smoking stand from the llie side of the bed find put it back in the stairway lounge where site she find left it he always WH VB made that concession on the kigik lint lial prudence returned and by E ethel thel hueston copyright by the he dobbs bobbs merrill C co gervice Pru prudence denee in gratitude tor for his generosity ener always carried it back when they went to bed and put it where hla his hand could not fall to find it the moi moi he should awaken he kissed prudence first kissed her twice then lie turned to jerry jerry always surprised him she toole took hold of both bogli of ills his arms and looked deep deep into his eyes her own unsmiling pleading anxious jerrold met them bravely although ills his heart sank guiltily beneath the weight on tile hla conscience ile he wondered if he bore a murk mark engraved upon ha file features that i tier her lynx bright eyes could read and understand der stand but bill jerry said nothing site she re led sed tier tense grip upon his file arms lifter after a moment and kissed him CHAPTER VIII between r friends diving tile the dinner hour on an early opening in november jerry wa waa called to lo the telephone and when sit she cuma came back a later to tier lier ainee there hero was a 11 curious quizzical smile upon tier her lips and in her eyes it wits adelia longley site sho ex plain vo she wanted life to go to the theater with tier adela Lr ingley ill prudence was gently surprised are you going asked jerrold with ills usual luck hick of nf inter penetration it wits adela adda longley jerry repented for his enlightenment of course I 1 nm aim not going I 1 told her I 1 lint am very busy tonight jerry and her mother exchanged exchange glances of smiling tolerance tolerance oler for jerrolds mannish incomprehension lion sion or of delicate social situations stil smiling lillig they hey loved loud him for front from new york down file he hamlet lins its central select set set wins ills it tiling filing of Il mens lerest idle folio chance vet ct the lie ls laws of the modes medes till nal Per shins themselves were not a whit inore e binding bindi nr adela longley was vas one who hovered 11 it were mere lit in tho the remote whorls of that society which circled about jerry as a S a point pant of pivot phot she belonged to tile the large social life of des dea but was ia not mul lind fould could not be a part or of hint inner nucleus which la Is so rigidly rigid 1 it a tiling thing lapart and yet et jerry wits tit HIP very UT soul or of democracy she said site abhorred t of nil all things in tile llie world slie she tunde no slightest ats liin us its to 0 o place or person only us as to personality lu site she lidit enre en re for fi adela longley oil it VI Terent ort lort vety very nice of course I 1 dont care rubout oer ner it MIS Adela jerry felt wl ho i it kept adela in the lie social fringe gunyho ehe alle thinks if she gets a n little littie clubby with you cu I 1 may give her n better price on oil a cur car suggested sus jer HM ild always glad to help out w will ills ini iiii jeri juriy y v ns it interested A curl carl an othor cir car why liy slie site lins has a cur car n no 0 I 1 slips fired of it she ants wants to trade it in ili tin in a harmer slip liis has been in three lint liitt till hla 3 w eel celt to see abbout it jarry lowered the he misty lashes re fie clively only jerry knew how very tl a tiling lint wits slie site ans ns not voun bounding ding fattier father for con in million of tier her suspicion she ailts lilts ti it harkness it cost near ly the lic thou thousand saud dollars more than yes slie site said she would have noth ing IHK lint butti u Ilar kness in the te ginning lint site ID MI t lile it now site she bus it slie site aunts ants lo 10 trade it in ili for a harmer ll arnier i ivr filhe ours ouis like infiel hilt but you ou had find mine for lue jue and I 1 de yes I 1 know dunne duane told her ginlio alio told lold tier her oli oh mr allerton you know duane allerton ile he Is on tile floor you soe see lie he showed ined bl tier the models find and ashes alte h heen been lail izing to 0 o him about it IL oil I 1 see jerry had tier confair nuit lon all go on what did lie tell her ile he said we will not duplicate the he body of your car for uni uns bodi body but that e will design another special for tier her any style bite likes but we vc do not cuie are to duplicate yours youra under any circumstances cum stances adela longley made fun of the he cariner fl ariner when slie site got tiers hers said jerry reflectively slie site suld buld she fhe wanted a good cur car or none ul at all the gh garli th used to lease ease me about it well maybe mabe site she thinks more of it now dunne says she was enthus las tie about the demonstration akio wl io gaye gave her the demonstration ile he did dad 1 I should think jerrys voice ewas wati so soft as to lo be almost inaudible 1 I 1 should think thick the salesmen would do fil hat laLl they do ordinarily out but the che had talked to him on the floor several times and asked him particularly to take her out so of course he be did jerry lind lost her appetite for din ner her thoughts were running along a new line myrtle ingersoll and I 1 went to a matinee wednesday ay she eh said bald slowly she wanted toco to come meby by the office and ask you to go witia with us ask asil who you father she thinks you are such a dear I 1 told her are a per feet slave to business and never go out in the afternoon and she wanted to come by and ask you anyhow thought you might be pleased with the attention I 1 think anything 0 of f it then but im thinking plenty now jerrold laughed easily oh ob they think up sillier excuses than that to get a look at him not that I 1 blame them at all I 1 there arent enough good looking tourig fellows to go the rouno rounds here you know 11 it had not before occurred to jerry to wonder what duane wits was doing dur duping the evening with whom lie he was going out what friendships he was I 1 forming arming now that this phase of the situation woo so BO forc forcibly itly drawn to tier her attention site she realized very clearly that lit ID a town the size of des moines it a young rani of good appearance who could dunce dance plo play bridge and with great personal pei bonal charm to tits his credit was uns not nt at fill all likely to pass by unobserved anti and if further corroboration were necessary site ehe received it in painful plenitude cu ca monday evening at gra McCart shower for hue forsythe Forsyt hc alien hen ull all lie file girls of their particular cular clique were together jerry wits was late in arriving and wits was greeted ut at once with a gu go protesting outburst oil oh jerry jerr tiow how could you be LO jerry harmer you ought to be ashamed of your Loy anything thing as rood good looking its as that 1 where lit in the world did your father find it jerry it would be foolish to pretend ignorance as to their meaning in if u town ton its as small and us as rat ernal ir ades moines site she laughed it 1 off as 11 s best she could explained gayly hut sit left the lie nna gement of the it r liter motor to tier her fattier father and agreed flint dua ij alleton allerton alle ton was certainly 1 very handsome thing do you mow him derolf as red u edith weatherby yes yea I 1 met him in new york this was greeted fill merry signify signi fi cant exclamations and laughter in uliter oh off so its like ilke thal tha 1 toey aled tried no wonder I 1 it seems lie ho hit had reome tort ort of finan caal reverses site ent on quickly 1 I dont know giuili about it hut but lie wanted to tn insle it a change clini iKe and you know father la Is always taking on oil men do you like hini jerry jeny persisted edith weatherly berly y jerry was not dot to he be call caught bt ed col of coulse why no I 1 hardly know the nuin man and youre not personally interest Int ed me fire you continued lier her intern anterro gator tor because lie told tile me lit in bali lost it it lot f CY d I 1 told falther lilliar fl lilli lowr tr likes liliu hini viii ery ind I 1 lold father I 1 its stile lie fauld ritt lier work ork li if a bank than in a futory you ou kl diio w i r y fattier is alluis taking inking on men inen too jerrys eyes were serene find and un till clouded cloin ltd ua yes of course alint bouli le ile doely for mr allerton I 1 all sure lila ills oplie Iti lilly would fie lillvis h clealer lit in tile the bank than with my lily father fi lher moie alore than aluin ever eer jerry jerr regretted that hasty impulse of liers hers chih v had bail brought duane allerton to lown loa and ut et site t lic took a bitter ald satis file tion lion lu in them iiii illow that after afier ill bhe he had known liliu first that site had been in a sense the motive of liis ills as indeed blie bite hud had ar ull 1 in a far fai more inore intimate sense than jerry have them suspect un 01 the evening of thanksgiving ieng occurred the annual dinner carcle at the caul one of tile the N arteal al evula cu ius of tho the year to the younger set lit at least looked Co forward rivard for weeks with fill keen oll usually jerry jerri amle one of 11 group of tier her friends while prudence und and jerrold filled billed of a tible table walh hilll of their own on age and interests but for tills this night jerr jerry persistently refused fusel re till all invited eions conj insisted on a fa trio prudence jerrold and herself to tier her friends she said eald she ehe thought tier her another would like it to prudence she said honestly uh oh mother ild tired I 1 I 1 dont feel like pretending to be interested in a lot of things when I 1 sill nm not on the afternoon of the dance she sat curled in a big chair before the ore fire with a magazine she did cot read anfe jerrold Jerro lil sat opposite tier her with the evening paper smoking and neither of them answered when prudence reminded them for the third time lime that they must hurry and dress finally at her insistence jerrold dropped the paper and sighed im getting too old for such ing on oil he be said plaintively 1 11 feet feel just like sitting bitting here la in my own bouso by my own fire and going to bed ava ata respect respectable atle hour too late prudence told him laugh ing you tou have to go or you get oo 00 dinner mary alory and katie have gone cone no out and there Is nothing to eat you must must go with us or fast jerrold jerrold sighed again them he be turned to jerry with the news that had been a burden to him fur for two days oh I 1 jerry by the che way duane will I 1 be there jerry did not move did not turn her oh will be yes the Weather bya bys asked him to go and I 1 told him film jo to go by all means I 1 dont feel that he be should miss a good time just because you feel a tittle little er r sensitive about his presence do you its a wonder you 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