Show The Girl Who Came Crne Beck Back BY L 9 I W v t tl U CHAPTER Continued X-Continued X 17 17 17 Dont be silly he tie answered her o 0 little sharply you ou are the for tor the work Since I 1 found yuu again Ive I've done better betler every ery day J 1 could afford nOord now V to take cure care of ot you rOil In a fair Calr degree of ot I luxury usury Just Lin what I make myself without recourse IIII III recourse to duds dud's money In lu fact Ive I've begun to In ray pay him back what whal I 1 owe him liliu lie knows s nil all about you ou I explained nil all about how what hap i ened before was sill all my fault und and he didn't l nt b believe lIere It at first Orsi but he dues Iol now Un How hythe bythe are you I getting along hy by l the way with will our your stories lire are you ou selling youE-elling youE them rl right ht along su Sll s that Ihal you have ave plenty of ot mone Ive I've money I e Im I'm noticed e looked a little peaked lately For A R moment Loilla debated het nus ausner er to this question Sl She e Inett she had but hUI to 10 n Intimate ilia Ihil Ihal she wanted a o small loan loan- loan Im getting along niong nil all nil rl right ht she told him hint thinly firmly working harder thul's that's all lH they tiey came 10 to I a Mach I d and nn l down duan silt sat For tur U u owe bu sm t l in to complete silence La 10 I Ilta's thoughts drilled buck back to EI ln She saw the lie lawn before Lefore the Hie big watch where here as liS n rr little girl Irl sill slie hall hail played with willi outer oilier children who Clime came cament at noun noori to III bring their fathers father's lunches Lonesomeness s In lay upon ullon her hel like a n pull pall lI Presently s she slie felt fell Watterson's arm arni he be behind hind her along the tup of the bench Ills 01 other oilier her anti crept along her furl fore fore tarn un until III tt It reached her hand She turned and und looked at him I 1 love lo yuu ou so bt lie Illi Sll said softly softy under breath There was vas Infinite lunging loughl In Ills his e eyes c She made no to reSI reSt re reSl Sl St when he tie bent over t 1 and S kissed isseI het heton on the lie Aching herself herselt fur fill fume Lime me cue that she loved lo sin she sh had till I the heart 10 to put hi him in from hei het nie lay II luck hack e eyes es cloSEd ulOn upon his hi r II us hi Ills his kisses er e every few ow uio brushed d her lier face fale I suppose Its It's useless to ask you ru youn n will lulu to me but bUI let 11 me roe see Ste you rOil every eHry da day Even lO it II U IU ever er intend to marry flurry nurr me toe I Ilove love c to 10 he lie with whit you 11 it lakes you IIII away rota that thai work of ot enough lo to assure your gelling a II exercise and fresh air all You will will s see e me rite wont won't you Slie hc opened her LeT eyes ees anti looked squarely into hi his fhe expression t ere arc startled st and frightened her but billIt It vanished almost Instantly It was wasas its ras h for a II moment the Hie man tarn that thaI lie he litH hail had I been had looked out through the lie es e eyes of oC the lie mail maji that lie he was She decided ld that It II had just been a notion rot of f her own and ami dismissed that thai thought Yes Ill I'll meet you ou at the Ibe old place liace day la after tomorrow and we must go o ono no Its It's line lime flute I for tor the second mail ruall null nud there may clay be something In It for Cor forme forme me mc Y Youre sure you don dont don't I nerd need nn any money he u again aln asked as ns they Ley rose No u she die told lold Urn t Thc They w to where he had park parked lJ hl his car When Then be lie had barl driven en away Lolita hurried home Her lIer first upon entering the Hie house was at ut the Ihl but Lul but thou though h there rc were Mere ere Ilona 1 pieces of mall there showing the thc lie lo ha had marie made his Ins s second call I II there was as- as nothing fat foi her Sh Site wanted to go to her room and Dud work tint sloe file darc dared not since the lie landlady hen her typewriter would In till nil come and ask for the r rent nt She wa was a 8 stickler for Cor inthis In Inthis this connection GollI Gong Going hUlk buck to 10 the street I reel Lolita again ngu-ln n u n walked toward 10 the park pari walked through It to o the OUI outer drive Ive clutch ran run along tile the lie shore of iii the lake hike and aid darted walking t She had no very fery definite plan s nl III tUlln Only grim s 's d tier her she slie would not nut give bu buto I iilo to III In to any particular ulal char might It If was iwo and time tor for the thelast last of or the day She he Il met II the nUll anti and ai him tutu If It there were Jill for or tier her There here was lS not l and ind weary ellry she leaded decided to III gut In lu und and hnIt have hn It nut Iut with viii the IH lall lolly Site Slie lIe walked calked through tine Die house and lo to the Ille lien kite Tune Tile u a bLit 1111 tend worn corn worn old Il lady y of nut Quill II six lx old uld v in to spile ol ul tin the obvious fact of her few ew years In rs II e I Okel from froni up a dl full all ot of cli dishes Thin fiat you Mis Ji H s r she slie asked fur for jou yuu ou ull all day Spry ul came for you iou this au and I yuu ou e sere H not nut up so I signed fi for r li h hurt lul alien I 1 went vent to IouI rin m you e were lre gone guile Didn't Dido I want to ICI o h i leave e 1 iy It ion nu 1111 th the l rack It looked hll She her lier hands upon tier islic l 11 a lures loni t n out Citron II of some us i In III her tier dress With l took the envelope elope and sill It II open remembering us as soon sutiri U tit as- shut lib saw V the haute In hl the upper u left lefi hand lefthand Ihal she t h had asked the to send the cluck ck for th the II p delivery In case Cuse they story bought uhl It Sure ellou enough h was WIS u a check for fir Illy dollars enclosed It lucked a time better huge umi green unit signed h by three than Ihan tile the that she ha had gotten fur fir 1 her first story She sho showed ted It 11 to tI totI P woman You couldn't take Juke my roy rent reut out 01 O H could you mid iliad give ghe me luo Ulo differ differt Luce t TIe The woman shuttled lobo Into the pantry I took look du do down don n i aul a 8 crock marked e a e ul roll of ot bills counted l Finally paid t O t 0 ecks In Iii lid advance II me instead ln III of one slot Oln e ethere there w WI not nol enough b mone money to cash cashI the I hI check Chech otherwise c 11 With II brief I to fu the Hie la She turned und nod ninde for 11 II she th the fu I 11 Hying stung along plure and III entered The Ile waller eyed lie rather and dainty II girt III with will which tie lie could 1 hardly rIll conceal II at t the order site she gate ga a him A OA steak sirak a II l large r e one medium one medium All Au tutu order-tutu 1111 not nol 11 II Fide Ide lIi dish dit li h mho you ut ol I c potatoes A 1 plate of nr silted salad with Ih of lints outs And oil uh yes CS while Im I'm willing walling for the tin steak bring tile 1111 u II lull suave sonn- French bread reid and anil huller ller And Aud for fur dl- dl d ert a p l nicee of ot custa custard rt pie nod and dun doii t I forget orel 11 II pot pit of leu teu BI ill thai rigid vay 11 away 1 If you u I c U it seemed in Ili g k i i J J t tI ti I Y i e Se S SY 4 L J ty IY 1 I His Kisses Ever Every Few Moments Crushed Her Faco Face Lolita that thul It was tile the most loll she lead hall ever er eien In h her r life life lIh el e every bile troubles doubts tour worlie ties fears Ceals feat s tIr dropped 11 fled I away uway from flom 1 I herShe She sew saw herself In arms She saw lung long vistas of time lime rod punctuated only with tile the receipt of increasingly large enecks for stories She saw wagons paper with whit her lier them them and the lie title of iii her s serial temptation below her manse to 10 smaller letters After dinner her she slie walked gaily back tier lIer head fairly lIh a U new Ill chapter for the und and a n shunt story to be bl written before II fure gOlu going to 10 hell helland In-iland In Iud and gotten off Immediately to tu the lie pub Jub lashing company which In the III the Hie cheek check had u asked ked for more At AI the llie corner ot of the street streel sir she d nt III the drug store u J package of cigarettes On the nay uy out the thc cover cU ot of tile the lie ine I tuu cou wining story her lier lJ eye It II looked 1111 ling II g 11 t Crum the ruck u I quad down upon u the llie counter unit ruin the Ihl he store little that under liei het arm arm- within the rovers II er Of the llie th n was the lie story of 01 that would hate linie made her liei I s Ii i happy hall had hi she rend read It II that liei het pros pres prest-nt prest cut 1111 would have l sf il 1 the Ihl deepest I grief griet In lIn luk Burk BUI k in her room toIle bile stood tor to u lu In the llie conler of t the hi- hi hill t flow 1110 ll IIi ili the magazine miga llIe haw hawe howe er er e e er before her lur e eye cie e nanie moue n II WI fea Itch to III hp hI in tit the llie tor 1111 story ohl he had lind of In III the hotel room took hold held of or her She Slie lle I them hn th Ih lne down the llie ruin hei het typewriter and sel set It II lo furiously Cu CHAPTER XI The following 1011 ning mo-ning 10 lit a still felt lucky y rind lind bunny but bill she slie decided that this tills tune time she he would could lf Ill mare pro pru prudent dent than she had find been after the lie ar nr e J rival rhal of oC the llie last check for tor she had learned what every cry he beginning author t IlIUS-t that checks s for Cor stones les almost lIe peter er come COllie when needed and that best time lime to look for them Is la when one olle doesn't care whet whether her they come or tint Going to n 11 neighborhood bani lic binks she he opened a 11 small savings account wall aD nn Ih to he lie must mosi frugal with what whal money she slie lift did not deposit cI In the a as ac account count Later on she slie went downtown tv tt take Inke t back acl some sun bunks books to 10 the library and to 10 I get ct mute more Site She had just finished Orf Drester's Sier's Tile Genius and been fair It by It n admitting In all I Ilief'S ness lief'S that thil If it Dr Dresler's picture of ot life to It II was a n true Irue one cite as liS she slie had hul every Ny IHeI I reason to 10 believe e It II was as her lier own awn ex In fn comparison n had been hen like I ty III ke sprawled 1 upon an au Elinor GI Glyn n Gish ni tied hell of ot roses under n bright sun tomes Straws und ant er Hooks lord lind begun to wake make her lieI herice ice ee her writing uniting in iii a II mute I serious light than ever e before Site Slie knew that hat het hel was On considerably III Improving anti and she he wits was beginning to tu I realize that she had hac ns us yet vet cl but bill scratched the surface so o tar far as us her l understanding of tile lute Into of ot the llie verb erb erb to tn write was US concerned Site he could now dimly see long vistas ISlas of or study yet vet et to tome come that thaI would could stretch out 11 to cover er years a II vista isla which hid hall no do Je ahe In ending lIns ft rr t a was nut not like learning an anything cd else e where e Line came to 10 the end cull of ot the and then stopped learning there was never lIe any uny possible end to 10 it Bitterly she stopped to relied II If It Varrill arrill and OI she bhe he could have ha worked III ellier through the lie years how bow beautiful that would IIII have been I sill she II had ad e exchanged the books she sh deci decided to t get gel t a bite Lite to 10 eat cat before guin howe and as u a familiar tea lea tearoom room was not ant far fur away awny she glue III hi there II It was as after lifter twelve and oud the place was jammed willi young oung stenographers as rappers raphers is usual tr trying ing to 10 look frightfully lIy aud fwd and young male clerks from rota near near near-by by offices eo en to 10 look link interestingly danger dangerous dangerous aner ous It was somehow nice tube lobe In 10 till the lI a here she had lidd luncheon so many times In III n those care cure carefree tree free lIa days dais s at alt thc flue Emporium Suddenly saw a n form ei II III Its way ay through the lie tables tailles lend un recognized the girl trout from the tile Eul 1 WillI thaI thill fateful night In lii tu till the dance d lItt hall had hull fold lod her tier for the tir first t time how lIa Harvey larvey I ey Torrence was mak making ing hug a u fool ol of her The fhe girl saw a her herand and came at ul once toward o the table tuble We l ell for crying out nut loud Where dill did you come collie from from Lolita milled UI up at al tier her anti and ludl rated the Ibe empty empi chair ut the table able lallie I went lul on ou the thc lie newcomer Dc Im glad to tu set see you lIU I 1 often List asi Gertrude about you but hut slie's she's got gut a II mouth like a une Va olle way one way pocket How did you come oUI out n after afler rr Er your lJur S swell friend bumped Torrence ofT off Jeez that thai wa was wasa J a good Idea on his purl part you OU should ought to of given n him hint n a lot of credIt for IL It Lulita looked painfully about to 10 se see It If anyone bud Jull heard No one had UI ap- ap up tilt the other oilier observed el ed her look cud lowered her voice ke fur For cry cr cry l I kid kIll tell ell en me want you IOU doing ung eVet erel since IllIn 1 I seen you iou lust Lolita thought fur for a u moment m Oh 1 Ive I've been ell work working ill ha hard rd and tr III Ing to be a very ery good girl in lu order to 10 make up Ull for fur lIa having been u It d de decidedly cur careless one lIa Ila Hal I exclaimed the lie other uther I 1 tried that Illat e Luce Its It's Ih Ilse bunk It II cant can't be done dillie brn heu youre you're dUn down the Ihl lie parade runs IJ Liter o er you you Il ed boots Io 1 I No o use pulling hal you yuu want to do du kill kid is II gel el married inure Youre pretty to lU mirry Olin ay a I 1 oud knock a 8 Use millionaire use use to lu o I bee Ct in hag u a lot of o dried up society so lety chickens for for a II row of or IIi ash uMi curls Wit Why dont don't I you haul liang around tilt the su swell s elt holds acid I II I let t one olle of Lit theta them pi pith pUk I you yuu up 1111 ui and n lien say ay naughty und tumid ruin mil every ever el I III II me he ilia hes love to 10 you Oll he hc gets crazy marries you iou I flats Thull a u thought li rid did null not like the lh- tart 1111 huh liui who VIm I Ih she hall had heel beet I could III her lier nu one utne I bud been n u little I 1 I of gulling ITO TO n nB tie CONTINUED |