Show I The Girl 0 Who Crne CaIne Beck BeckBY BY JACK WOODFORD Copyright lf G M MW W N U Service THE STORY Influenced by loneliness with without without without out relative or real friends In fn Chicago Loilta and pretty to the th of or Harvey lorrence with whom horn oho he fancies f herself In love CHAPTER Continued I-Continued I Continued Hancy lIan ey you yU y u Iced to me from the t loo me e lied lIeli to me every eHry day we e e ce been together It you lied about one thing bete e Is no telling about v how hon many other things you lied lIeli I Ican edO can t stand It nil It all of or the I 1 things that line hl pissed between us- us usand as nod and It Its s all nil teen Icen L eeD nothing but comic opera fron the stirl ill III you ion take me to the llie Grantham or shall I 1 get cut and calk all r Ob Oh I h-I h 1 he lie sib tild disgustedly and started the llie car It was as but a matter mailer or of n a few fen bloc s lie He loi ped pell the car without a n word cord ord before the door nn I I cie gl get git t out Immediately t I you vou OU to Liss me good goodby by kid kid he acted ed ell her ber In toes tinged with real In ii u She 1 i cd ed I I Led nl al him for tor a moment her eyes Jed by tears and lu In that moment fur the firt time she slie caw him distorted sou n the loud hers of hie hie- hi check suit the oS I nets Dees of his tie lie the lie angle at nt which his gray fed ra hat bat was pitched the lie way time the diuretic hung nuns limply from his under lip tl tI c e cheap good tools looks of his weak face It II was ns as though a mirror had been meld I 1 eld up before her and she were somehow v seeing herself Ith out a o word ord be he turned and Oed fled into ti II e a foyer It wn was waa after 2 a m 01 Men Ien wore were not allowed In the hotel be beyond oDd the lob ty Iy L tut ut they i all cornero of 01 the lobby with lIh Its subdued lights They were ere sitting silting ery e everywhere here nit lI girls who lived In tn tl tI c e hotel talking laughing loudly 11 past them her head In the air Lolita approached the automatic laLic lift ho ho Is It t came the lie sleepy voice olce of lolita s friend when heD she knocked upon her Imer door It Its sin S I eald ald I loilla olita weakly wea through the panel 1 I I 1 should like lI to stay Hay with Ith you bl If It I maye may Ulay I e Itch ell for lr erring crying In out loud I Lolita heard her friend say slY as ns she snapped on the light and came to toward ard the Ule thedoor thedoor door Harsh light streamed out to meet her fn from m the time open door Gertrude her friend who ho ol oleo also o at the time Lm Cm was as an on thing thine but JUI prepossess Ing with her hair In strings 3 her eyes end and her CO covered ered with cold cream Lolita aching for tor companion chip and ond S sympathy threw thre herself into loto her arms 11 hat lints s II lie C a big Ide m I objected Ger Gertrude crude trude In ID startled surprise Oh Gert ert t let lei me stay slay with you Louts begged TI Tl e a oil er cr girl held beld her herout herout out nl at arm arms s length looking at al her sternly and un J then with Incredible sod sud sl lI 1 e a melted softened s e elead stend lead tend was a up n u her shoulder and oDd she was as cr crIng In gorgeously Tell II me roe all nil al out It It kid n Gertrude Si bl b along aring I 1 olita told her lier time the wh h Ie le story holm flOm the first time that the Ehe tad lad seen pining parting that night nl hL 1 lime llie he other ned carefully until she bad tin fin Hell ell l Lollia Lolita when she sheI I ad tome come to 10 the en of her tale lule and Gertru Ie he 1 ne t e a no si n of hl h Inline r Ing heard made oo no comment Us lea eS erv thanks said Gertrude lly 11 onder w why I m W not Dot sur surprised cd or excited or aU thing timing Fl fI e a st ry you Just col toll I Is as much mine us ours Id In fact Its lt It a a n very oil old story stor tint that d t belong Lelong to on anyone one tI pert ere s m Ol thin thing original about it It- It but Lul If its It s fl new W to me protested Leilia 1111 h ml It il el I all I do du It seems as though I 1 Id d t I teen un eln asleep ft Cl fir r six sir mutts walking In iii a n dream doing things tl II at I l t 1 have e done and now v I in awake o and I see ce I low ow awful O It all 1111 w j i Jq t und and I d m in terrified Oil Oh Ger Gertrude Gerrude Gertrude rude trude e a tell me stall shall I 1 du I Ie e only cne ne Idea self and and some some- someI some low v lo I I cm I do that hat either cither II It would kill bill did And Aud besides returned Gertrude lIter waters s told old as 01 a I h-I b 1 this time of year I t I t ung her leid I It IL teemed as astl a tl 11 this tills other girl sirl s experience Std hel hell I so much that n i not nol e esen een en tl tI were ere new Dew to her Ii iid d you like hike to 11 llie Ilse e here It II me mc awhile 11 Gertrude n moment cUll cud have brie hd e tI tie Ie t bench ofa ofa of a horrible example Oh before you OU do do you gird gr d Sl St 1 c e stop loPI cd ell to 10 Inu laugh h 1 tut ut there was no humor In her lau Loilta seD tended sensed cd forshe for she he lie could see sec I ier cr story bid greatly affected time the er cr girl I t 1 I be lie a n boll cr er elk Heik no rou You d be lie welcome All Ali AllI Alle I Ise e got now Is In mT my salary from time the store store my uly sweetie s I 1 lulled out a n week Hek I ago noo 0 If It yen yu j D II pay half the room rent roH It II will III be he ft a lot tot chenier er for both of usand us usand and nd then you can have hale a little money to do what hat 1 1 I m going to till tell you lou OU to todo todo too do In n n nun null looked about the little room were re two t large laree o Coking d chairs a 8 r des desk and a n thick taupe rug rue She could see that the bed folded up dUI log lag the time da daytime time and was as concealed by t two 0 t I rench doors which now stood open A small door next nelt to the French I- I rench doors stood open an and an nn Ironing board led from It fastened fa to the wall It was a n rather cory y convenient look 1001 Ing lookIng little room Time fhe entire building had been becu built especially for Cor girls who wort orl ell the lines of a n new thought In working girls homes Jomes In th limit It It had hall nothing of or the flavor but seemed just like a hotel Gertrude watched her heras heras heras as her eyes roved royell about the room Like tl II e a dump she ed at nt last Il Its 8 losely Cly Lolita Lolila conceded whole whole- whole heartedly flunky I remarked Gertrude cr p ita lt It s hull yours youre from now DOW on lou said that t you were ere going coins to tell me something a little while ago ogo prompted Lolita Loilta anxious to have her friend keep leep on talking till Ling so to that her Jer mind not Dot veer eer back baek too sharply to thIngs that cut her as os she were with sharp glass class cs les Gertrude I I haven iven t forgotten I guess you re ready rendy to listen listeD now DOW I don t t want you ever er to repeat on anything of or what I tell you The rc rest t of the girls at the store t nj c-nj Take It From One Who e a Never Been Able to Pay Her Own Way would kid tl ti e a very ery life out of or me It If they heard about It b lots of ot us iii e a to pretend we e don lOD t nil care care all lima thu sort of slut It its s the only defense defence we e ye e got col- colbat bat 1 1 I wanted to tell you Is simply this You rou stand tonight right where inhere here I 1 stood about ten ears ago ngo with Ith the one Terence difference that per hops hupa you e you ie e got cot a little more sense sense- tense you ou had belter Leiter training at nt home or I I can cnn f feel 1 a difference In III you fOU somehow I let a rat put It 0 offer o eron er eron on me and break brcik my blurt and then ben like Ille a n I f fool 01 1 I went wt t ahem ohe I amid finished myself what he doni d oni started In those days there cons some kind of o n a delu delusion lou In time tile theland lund land that wl wien I en a n girl cirl was as dun do down doD D a she Lime was as out TI Tl o ose e d are gone for for- forever ever tle er t eier-t like mke It from me Since SInie war or orI I eople somehow v j list area aren ts t v C s nor row ro roOne One drink don t t make maLe a II drunk and Just Ju t because bei-au bei e you you e me e made one une mist ike don t bet the lien Ilea 1 lea that time the umpIre Is to send you to the bench lench lou ou II 11 have ha a lot of chances ut sit situ uttie u II e date laic yet the yet llie Imi thing ts Is Isto Isto to prout I ly y your experience lou knew Inow a n curie cune DOWhen now DOW when milieu you see sec It I and u II be nil the more likely now to recognize a n straight slow v ball boll nhea hen you see se It- It Itou null It-null It ou II know Inow how bow to dodge to keep from Crom being bit hit by Ur Ule fast ones lou lou o io e played placed pin cd around In the lh bush league plenty long enough b Make Makeup Makeup up your sour mind tonight not to step tep down and out to give elve up and condemn your yourself yourself yourself self but Just make a n game anie out of life from now no noOD on OD lou oure re at nt the bottom In ID your our own estimation right now just you start out tomorrow to have hn havethe havethe the most fun you c c ever e er had hod In your life seeing bow high to toward ord the top you youcan youcan cnn can climb III play along alone with Ith you until you feel as ns though you could hong hang on to the ladder again and start climbing why hy there Ian Isn t really 00 thine you cnn can t do If It you make up your mind to what It-what It whit say Lolita 1001 cd ed at time the now thor thoroughly thoroughly earnest face of ot Ur Ume girl ciri op- op opposite op opposite her You Tou You really think that n er what e 8 happened I 1 can cnn still still- still hy by sure surd I 11 ho ho knows know anything about Itt lt It t But nut If It I should ever eyer fall Colt In love loe a real man one who who- who hoIt If It you ever er fall Call In love loye with a n enl cal calman calman man lie he will be Le one who ho will be proud enough to listen to tJ your story tory with without without out blinking If he let lets s you tell It at atall atall all There s very ery few Cew men couldn t pole poke a pretty stiff chapter Into the book of ot life themselves If It they ever eyer opened up as ns frankly as a Q fool Cool woman does when she s honestly In love Out Dut But It Its S going to be so bard hard at first ril miss Harvey lInn ey somehow even e while I loathe him and I 1 don t dare go home borne rather d II see instant instantly Instantly ly Iy the moment he looked at ot me that there was os something wrong easiest way out of ot that old girl Is to find something to do every rain minute ute you re awake lint But In time the e e 7 Teh In the evenings e by the moon moonlight moonlight moonlight light remarked Ur Ule other bitterly nut But there s a way out of that too I suppose you think I 1 got a Q lot ot of nerve ner to be lecturing you like this when I haven en t amounted to anything myself but maybe Ie I ve ye got all the themore themore more right to do it Il Just because ot of that 1 I see sec the bad bulls I made and andI andIc Ive 1 c also seen bow how I 1 could have c avoid avoided avoided ed cd them 11 uy hy by not go to school In Inthe time the evenings hunk of all nil the things you can learn leorn If It you want wont to why there s all nil Linda kinds of ot schools There s secretary secretory schools where they place you In a n good Job wI en you ODd and trade Is why hy I know a girl works work In a beauty shop learned learnell her ber trade In a n year at night school mak fag around a a week now V eats dinner nt at the Ld Beach Deoch every ery Sun lay and pays for It Il Believe e me when hen you re In a n post ion to pay poy your own way then s when you re sitting pretty In n pretty prelly little city take It from one ODe on who s never ne been able to pay her own way LI Listen ten kid Lid Gertrude Gertrudes s stone tone shamed Do you know that you re r actually smiling for tor the first time since you came In here She broke oft off with a laugh lough and suddenly pulled the other girl Into a standing position upon the floor loor and started to unfasten her ber clothes A few moments more and the light was off oR oRand und and they were In bed lied Some Some- Somei Somewhere Somewhere Somewhere i where from from Crom across the now fly faint faintly I ly IS rumbling city the chimes on OD a achurch church struck struel three measured strokes Three out strikes strikes out 1 I thought Lo Lo- Lolita lita Ilta wilt witt a little cr as ns she slie lay be- be ninth be-ninth the CO erg and then though she acted nel ed with lonesomeness and de- de de sl e a gritted her teeth r but tomorrow another snottier game starts she the told herself TO Bb Db CONTINUED |