Show t The Girl Ghi Who Carne Crne Back BY JACK WOODfORD Copyright W N U ervice CHAPTER Continued IX-Continued IX Continued 16 16 Ob dont don't say y that he hes he's quite changed drink Is op Dp his own business ln s ties tie's eo ao o different I hardly believe e you'd oud recognize him Eie's Ue asked me to merry hits him Wh t a a I Gel query could be heard henn the length of 01 the I roo room yes es he be asked ns me to 10 marry hIm Rod I 1 rejected him Oh all ili oh oli oh you Juu rejected two mil 1011 million lion 1100 when you haven't got gol enough h to lu tat rat lall I 1 1 I could crown crown oa 00 on with vilh u a l bottle buttie Why hy nn un cirth did didIon Ion fOU tutu turu hum him down dua nY r Became I 1 dont don't lose lu lo e him Well C II What whal Ilal of It II 1 Nobody could lo Inge him but think of 01 o the moue money I 1 thought ot ul It bui but nun Du that you OU It II It be Le u a diL i money does lilies mile Still SI III e even ecu cu lea leaving In that ilia I phase Abase of I We he queston out OUI ol ul it 1 I do rather like him flu BUI I I 1 most certainly don t love lo him Gertrude ell rude leaned across the Hie la laLie labie table Lie bie to 10 speak peak earnestly Nun Now uw uok kid dont don't you OU be bc un und n d-n d n foul fool r II you ou look luuk ai al II t the thing crud nut not wanlin wanting to hurl yuul feelings let me nie say ay that utter afler what's happened to 10 J you yuu you'll luck look to 10 must meu If 1 I they null find out It 11 II and and Dd they always alwa's do du somehow soon suon sooner er eC or later lind flud out tut those things crud things they never Lever forgive enl cm II Its It's the lie han entry cry uman has lias In 10 life lake I iI from me If It youve you've l got gul a to Iv grab grall a ring yo you II grab grall It It If It f you JOU dun dull I like the lie guy It wont won't be lie all any trouble St all nil to get gel i on him him late and divorce him him and knock I him for II a arow arow row of or tucks flocks crud and bonds foi tut Thal stun stuff Is all tine tile lie bunk Oh Ob be he may be Le serious enough about It und and be bc fouling fOoling e etch e en but bul take It from me I know his breed take tale a notion to about er e every five fire sears or so but bul It never Dl sticks lOUcks You'd do rio Letter to marry marry biro lo not loving him tutu than lian to marry solve someone one olle whom who you did dill late loie 10 e For e cr every reason lu In the lie world orld If you JOU can gel 11 young Watterson you grab tale him him It from frum one who etc elc etc elc etc elc I Iguess Iguess guess I donl dont need to explain LollI Lolita was a little moved mOHd IJ by the tle others other's un grammatical un-grammatical forensic despite herself If nod and the Ille fuel fact thai thil she was as a little 1 moved though not by lIy the Hie per was se-was se was was to 10 her lier significant bal got gOI under onder her skin was the thc thought hl should she slie marry ln she hl would hate lia e nIJ of leisure for fur solid study and real rr-al worthwhile writing and the tact fact that this thought did touch her made mude her lieI see In n vivid l id new light Just how thought and felt t Thoughtfully as she slie he walked toward her roost room she slie remembered the tine last word words hunt had ball passed paned ed between Ger Certrude trude milt annul her herself elf after offer luncheon sh she oDd and wun wondered Just haw ho much she slie lIe had really meant by hy them Gertrude Certrude had sold ll J at nh parlin You Yuu take me seriously now nos annul nn cultivate this th's Ills hil while hes he's In a marrying mood Well ell 1 11 maybe ma be he had been her reply CHAPTER X The following morning Sunday a n beautiful bright dU day Lolli Luella had un an appointment with Ith 11 II yin vile vileo o o'clock They were to 10 C lun II h hI u i 1 Thoughtfully Thought fully she recalled lcJ gel remark to Gertrude the Ile lII diy day before alterson site elie I- I Ine knew ne 1 n III ura b to to propose again lurl today IJ by the Ihl slight hl slightest eat esl word or look k tier Her room rent reUt she slie led cJ war M n due as-due dl due In lu the tile ning morning and she slie hal had not 1101 Ilse money to IU pay It lind only oldy filly n sewn cents alit t-he i lie hall hail ell ed It 11 carefully tine Ill II I before air 1 Messed dieted wit IJ I 1 k kIn In out the lilt ht lic III nl ill the he things that Thal sill she lug found pie lIe piuM The reull II was noi nut holh wholly Her Iler dollies dC were ht hc t to hathai have ha that thai worn d cJ look Slie- Slie Happened to to glane t 8 ut al thE lie In lu Iwo w mare days das Os O's ll II would i Il hr the 11 the first ol ul June tie hI In III the Ill lie iiI ni l I He ul o li tune e c Sl r It til lu all 1111 o n nl l til see are bin long us as she slie again as us Willi la each i week ek lilli and anil month It 1 seemed a that life g got d harder HIli and harder r in lu order to 10 conserve u lo III line Ihl In lifty fenn cents s 's the m to net IJ i I she decide to walk u jJ o to lu o the lIc meal lug Ing place This would will Id Hike lake Ibe lie ben em part o of II flu hour flour and U nece o dart yi III tog at al once ODle Drying nr 1 eus es stir powdered I powdered again ahl carefully unit und net spi nut nil oil At AI a 8 street corner comer a u vol spoke lit ut her Hr elbow 11 do do you SUU Miss Forbes 10 t lito looked II up In surprise link niu the line face rUll of Miss Wily liy Rhy sin sin- In some ra I how IIII do du Sou i u IIII du Ww bliss 11 tell ell hull geld ht tier Ier She lat was alil a a 8 01 ul thirty riy fire or Clr hurt forty of nf rude ruell hul K oll c said hen en s J no DO e thu ll shell she'll ever enl co IW wrong help lier ler l Ic ss Ne though there lie a ilni i a u hen liri this IIII lull ning ah 1111 yi l ne newt Bern acre hn hll look 1001 1111 w In II thi Ih story tore Ivf rHo often II f u eil h n K hal of you rOll J U- U J rs CI lUIa In in io u 11 You Yon were we're always such Buch a level tune tone thin Uell returned a little Jn ard h le he read tine I he ler ln lJ ally II 11 you lou ou lieu Ie cl r I- I them hut but I didn't tip to ri Yes c I rod rend some lIe c Uncut- Uncut hem There sra all thai Thal led Id me to sor I you fuu under the Vr peel 1 that even ell out on tug top some oud come stances t you'd how hoar Im fir far torn the top tap ha laughed LoIlla Lo 10 lila Ilia hut but on tilt tile lit other hand hancl 1 amnot the lie ne not exactly und Iy on Miss Ti laughed gaily at ul tills this l c often of to a lI ak ark k k and I 1 barely ha rely you yuu OU but t tel to 10 each other She thinks thilI that thaI prude nuts aud I am our an un And Ive I've nil III al know 1 nothing about life been In afraid to be he the leJ lent with lier her ny for tea tear take lale ad of It 11 und and III hit lone n on the Job blues Job miles mile's an nn saleslady It tf slie's sines held lightly In ht hand hund Lolita smiled to 10 her herself lf and asked u darling daring lj question u After After all ull what do du you OU know about life II fe Aliss lIss lass Tr UX I t For or some sUllie reason till hula quest ton caused fOI Uler ier Loss buss to laugh un be surprised my dear thai dear thatIs s is II If 1 I were Ne to lu tell you ou but I share a nt except to say that Ihal when 1 l a U good deal younger I 1 had much the SI same ox ex es lurid had with until thai Tor that you OU person In III fad fael tile the mau I 1 have ha In mind was sus so much like Harvey Tor Torrence renni rence It tusk mii l be hi tH hard bard for the devil de to tell them now no noI I 1 learned about life from from him and no other man has l e ever r gotten within slapping dig dis distance l tance Lance of ut me ate since that Ihal time thue low Um How eur eser cr 1 t was wis foolish terribly foolish lu la letting UI my experience with one man cam cause me to hale hute all ull men Shortly after It occurred another man Ullin wall wanted led me ate to marry hIm I was a fool not to do hr It ler Personally I 1 think that men ought to 10 be lie abolished but butas buta 11 as the they tile the Le best 1 way any Is to 10 marr marry It a half wiy decent one olle If you can nUll such then theu ilo do the tine best Lesl you can willI him You rou wean mean even n It you ou dont don't love lo him Jost particularly If II you ou dont don't love ue him the fIle best Lest tiling to du do about a aJUan awan aman wan JUan you JOU lure love Is to lu ruu from froin him as flom turn the line plague hell plague nurture e you ou tick sober boller out a respectable one and thank your Iu lucky ky stars blurs for him Il in I 1 wonder wunder If U youl e right 7 mused aloud I 1 gal gather her from froll that heat went event on loD swiftly that you OU already ha Inane ic e a 11 prospect Yes Im I'm on m my way nay to 10 meet him himat nit the present moment Well salt him down before some other scoops bim up laughed and then grew suddenly seri serl serious ou out ous us IlS a new nos thought ht struck her Would you OU lake ale uie back bick ul iiI tine store sture she File O asked Miss Truxton looked at al her ber cut ly res cs I 1 would you ou were an excel excellent excellent lent salL and no one olle would r remember re remember member line Ille lie UI class t-clU t cluss s news non's you pro liro provided tided for lor the tile papers the girls girl round the IIII place and gel del liver er I the he shuck the lie Ii I Lull dip diy lord lIw few C Cof of Ih them li 11 to 10 calk you but you but In lu heavens heaven's name h why go back bol tit there I couldn I t Ia vU tU liny 1111 more Inure than lian you acre erf be I ore Oll I just to 10 know whether w 0 null nol I could come back 1111 Im I'm pretty well up ll ml for fur morey I 1 iii lia e hale ha lo to Its It's been nice lo lu see ee OU II aln hy Cooil by smiled Miss bliss Truxtun on an ison was wa walling for far her At AI Atthe AtHie the IIII cod t I it the lie luncheon tile they 1 fur u II drive and al nl u a lillie punk JIll I II ht hr stopped Ilse car mid and reaching II Iliin his pocket t UI up u purple li plush box II the I sight sigh hl of struck terrol to 10 L heart sirl rl It II hue hI play dit-play d a n ul hi h look luuk bri illi away awny Sill She lingered It II 10 lovingly pill pul II ll cut cir r upon U II in- in ar ng lin linger lr and hold held ll II 1111 nit nil ill arms srm's arm length Sn Suddenly sHe idle t l l Wilt gar garIn waIn In his hi arum end ind Co he was wn covering hI het race face wll h kisses My h Uh Ohm my lilY dear he be mar nosed V VI I O Js J's In III Ids huts voice valve ulc b beyond anything Lola bad ever t heard before clore J 1 lose lo 10 e you eo- eo K wont ant iou marry nJ nisi mer It was OD on the Ut tip lip of 01 Lolita's Lutila's tongue longue to say yes ies bIn something stopped slopped her hr Ill give I e you OU my answer It you'll II inc Ille a oe as usual abut ten It'll And Anil with Ith this she slie made lle him he content though h he eg begged ed h her r for more inure definite Again and again hp he kissed ed her and Lolita shut her eyes pys P S 'S annul nirl nn tried to be lie thrilled hy by It It and did suc succeed d c In bring being b ln thrilled huh hul only hy by II the thought of h how w won wonderful U It would be were It t Mr air Wn rill rill At AI length he be drove drone her buck back to her room roam After fler reading for several hours and up ul n current n the lite writing course e la lay dawn d fully rully dressed upon tile the lie bed bCd and fat hours Ja gave up to tn a hully unpleasant In the be her room rent would he be due and she had no money y wIlli ii ti which to 10 pay lay It II After HIIr she had bought breakfast she could hose ha e no money left lert at af nil all Cere Certain rain tain It WU was that thai she would have hll to do donut nut of three thrle things ma marry mirry rry go o to work nark ork al ot I the be Emporium I or get in touch With wilh Cray Omy rs I I f's and ask I fur for help The halter lailer exigency lt crossed ed out ont of the lie hazards I nl at once once-Mr once Mr would no not like I it Still that was Willi silly somehow Mr wouldn't care a whoop even en It If I she hp married Watterson afler on It U was all quite She Slie It roue ro e and unstressed undressed rapidly and tiled to go to 0 sleep The lie very depth I or of her despair however er finally roused I deep within her nature i bud started to grow the night that she haul refused to 10 t rill on lU huts hii own o terms Since then I hi been growing now v what whatever ever er It was aas It came ame to her rescue She sat al a up In iii the dark Jaws s tightly clicked together hands clenched Ill I be c d-d d d d If Ill I'll give gI in Ie the ehe said aloud to herself I 1 wont won't marry I l terson lelson It wouldn't be lie fair air to him I wont won't crawl back buck to work at ot the Em Emporium I perlum that lint wouldn't be fair to 10 myself my myself self r and I wont oat call on on on Gray Cray Eye for help Ill I'll Ill I'll light It out somehow solute oilier other way Anybody can cnn quit nulland II and nd la lay down don It If Im I'm ever going to 10 tobe tobe be somebody I 1 cant can't afford to let ICI my IDY myself self net act like anybody 1 With grIm and a brave brae little song son sonIn I In her heart she rose turned on the I light the co cover corer er off on her type lype- typewriter typewriter writer lead the la last 1 chapter chapler of ot her serial consulted consul notes on a 0 new lIew chup chap chapter ter tel and set furiously ly to work pork later site slie drug dropped ed on inn the bed exhaust exhausted ed d nn un excellent I chapter 10 fl Steep crone to 10 her hr Instantly I The n follo following morning she ro rose e late I and dressed d In a leisurely fashion to 10 i delay delay the ment m-ment when she Ehe should have e to 10 look honk on 00 the hall hull tree down dawn downstairs I stairs I to 10 see what tine the lie in mailman bud i brought her 1111 Having IlIg had hall no supper the night before she the felt fell a little weak ind exhausted physically but men mo mentally tally lully tile the courage had come to 10 her in 10 the night WI was still There was wn a grim net fret er to her tier hI which would nave hate amazed her father It made her look I years year older mud Ulle stronger fund hEr h sheer tr I prettiness Into something per lee thus I In was n as very Ery close to beautiful Even EHn age h as ns sine lie E fastened a 0 little bow 9 on nn t her chemise and caught coughl a o glimpse glimp e of oft her Ir eyes ID do dothe I the mirror saw flaw a 0 new V I In them Walking s sh she slie lucked looked upon upun ilie rile There were ere tl eral non eral pua pox pox-ml wi tai card and a fl teller Idler or lr two u nil of ot e d to to 0 other roomers In 10 he lit lie hOU I hi ng for mr her tier Marrying ln on ou out out- lest lesi the eaume and hind her in the hall and Iud ask k she t-hp went to 10 n little res res- for fr the rent rt-nl and nd ordered rull rolls and coT colic which she ate ie d down 1 I to die the last lIt crumb An hour haler laler after n brisk k walk walk I slip she mel nul il lie He did tat not ten u sl III her hr what her answer cr HI wn j his hp read fend It II In Instantly In her i eyes evos l 11 still let lt 1 toe see you rOil w un I you cl 1 Well eil she Sill I 1 dont don't I can deter neier nl If marry mirry you nile and it a to 10 lilt me flint It would be tie better for you Jou If weere we were ere not nut to JU meet r- r again Ive I've J al always s 's been n afraid that Ihal ile ht's II taken too mud muli time limp tin from lour nor work ITO TO BE co Q I |