Show r 0 I r h h Q I f i ht t f i fl J r Came back ack Woodford COPYRIGHT SERVICE TH THE STORY Influenced by loneliness li Ii Chicago Forbes young and pretty prellY yields to 10 the of Torrence alth whom she ChI fancies herself In love 10 She he eI his true rue chu charade Nel and nd leaves ICI hIm slung refuge with an nn acquaintance Watson l llla Is accosted by th th- th thon son on of or the llie wealthy owner of the th apartments Fred I lie In In on her to tilt lit store tore Un On the street Torrence I It waiting lie He puts the worst wool con con- con on I berng heln nth wll h V and the two IWO men engage en gage In a battle In e Is Ie killed t nl night hl of misery r In a n loll cell She inform informs her father rather bt b wire of her situation s bill but hf he ani answers cr thai that he lie rover never wants to see se her hr f face e again QI Next morn morn- morning morning ing the Judge al nl the Instigation allon of a lawyer a 0 stranger to Lolita the case The lawyer r gl gives her and an unsigned note nOle Informing her that colle college f tuition IDS has been paid for a n year yeartie fie refuses refus's to give glee the name of her benefactor She takes up short hort story V writing and meets meet Mr Sir fr writes II a short story which Mr highly bl Miss Silas Pringle R a member of the class harshly criticises it The story Is sold for 1160 Miss bliss e Lolita's Lolila's real Identity CHAPTER V V 8 Tr Ti Ing nut not to tile the lie eyes ut of nn any anyone one flue she ruse rose e and lied the class classroom s room As she went do dual n u the hall JlII pail t the 31 Mis JI 1st- 1st culled out oUI a n to lo her find II It stabbed her like a I knife hul SIli-s SIli 11 s Marion think or ot her her what would nil all of her tier mw new friends of M her and ind Just as ns she hurl had he be begun gun to pluck up bile hupe Tire Tile tears titian down n her lier checks as ns she descended in the lie e A young I Student who was running lt It slopped ll it bet between een ht t anil said all ild Gel Gee kid It lIlt I I do anything for tor you you IIII ale aleIn In 10 get lt ion Sou nu u a ell Snell ell Jle fur for lilt stop snip In between lel s tIr ti tio o t ra fought fur for lc while till the In 10 the car re J the llie angry r calls fur for the ele cle elevator vator atur upon half I a n She wiped her IlIr f e r r tri trie l 1 11 to II takee malc herst her lier st If she slie roan mall II ig III il to III Ill I'll ill III tilt young man mall and he h started llie cur car down lIln On in tilt the wall hour She UI ou out nut III ollie tit lilt lIlly lobby dreadfully f inci u that thaI clue he was lf ina 1 ill nil all this dear 1 fa re of tit and that thill here bore the Ille signs of 01 wear ar of two o of for llie 1110 last time lime hell n she reached her lier room she flared dared noi not stop sli to One IlIin thing heal Ii eit hilt Inin her rier c ii s Sh Rh l make herself prilly u again Slit Sli- nil nn ni Iunger ll it to n see set her u ugly ly ensemble In III Ih the ibe glass glas Ins In's At AI hl 1 If slip She hud nothing rise else she hail bad Ii and ut hll beauty why h no not nuke make tile ot of them Standing In the llie middle ot ut the ilni able he pulled oT iT 1 her clot hes find and pick link ran run to Ih the bath Ir un an hour she splashed mound In Irl the tul tub tuba tuba n a idle Ittle ns fis ns lung long Ion us as II She Ill rt ret fUl fused 11 to 0 think think-by think by tile the lie cares CUrt ut ot warm cater upon tier her body Mell uli ii l She il d es e e lr ery e lit of if dye r I out lit her lither hair tend then out of or tile the thel Her things lied curate from the suite She slie wpm went Into Inlo the next morn moot and them II ll was svgs Cued in 10 dress draw on soft limy feel III kiss of virgin silk III upon het only In the frill frilly un pier ller nt slip sire tile long lI glass clas JI s 1111 n the hack back nt of the I closet nS n'S il 1 fur for e several era I au S In Inthe Inthe the truths frothy black silk und things and pink colored ili IOe kings she Sl e well as ns slip she l il In III II the glass Insl Ihal slip slie l Sweet If Mr r- r could see sec t her hel helnn nn I And t yet she didn't wool him to lIe He wouldn't he be really living 10 her It ii would tip be I else cipe like poor I Donning the new nr dress she slie sal sni nl Ill be before tore fore the mirror and ilia iliaH inis nuns nuns- H applied with till nil 0 of the old cosmetics she hll ha 1 l ten n ee-n to n a i l she sh hail eschewed Ine Ince the he ol ot purvey Into her tier herr r combing I P out wild curving cur ln it 11 at nt the ends In front so fin n a curl of 01 II It upon each ea ah b side warmly war tickled tickled her cheek check Even r she slie was WOR amazed at ot the girl eirl who al last In the llie mirror For severn severe moments the she Lilt tui apt t i knit fingers elbows upon th tit tb- tb dresser elres cr top herself She Slie aa nit as pretty startlingly ly so 80 and tie- tie light fully yi-ung yi yi ung ants ani was nil 1111 lint l Kos is al left to her Her lIer abler had sold t Ihal hat slie sl rn I i g h t never lIe curn n i inc inc- 1 r Url III r probably never ne ti h 10 Nei I PI again It rt the ibe Oil con if f f her ear for n tad iad IUt d i ue She realized now that thai all l of ot the gayety she had af ot affected while s Ing hn had hai peen been put puti on n arid and non that lint there was nu ou more t lo 0 he done i of mem were wert rolling up upon her threat threat- threatening ening every e ry to tu break k over o her ber herin III n storm She u oI rt j-rt 1 tried to b bi bt good had tried to start o over as us Gertrude Gertru e hlll suggested II li hadn't worked hy by then Ihen gc gut on When lien ii hod title done 5 1101 she slie had lucre was no forgiveness fur ih hh then try t I I earl enri It nol Just go on since there was else len to live Ilse for De De- ste sIe ro ruse e antl stood by hy lh 1110 windo win rIo do looking out The big white sign ro the call she slie coil co 11 see front the lie lIa hack k she slie caught n a If ha 1 ml 11 nil and guild oll sign full of ri rl s pling lights upon the Uptown then let ler 11 u little to th th- th left lett the Die le u n there was she kne a new ife afe n fe U user pr T there hEre t she ha had I over o a n hua tired dollars which sloE she had bind i from the star stor lint afternoon as dill hange ne from her ber check cherk The devil de with I this beating back t stu t she he said at las Ins aloud to herself her her self wl f She opened the IOor door u oud nd pa sed tl Y w t d All All Agreed Agrees Lolita Caring Little What Happened to Her Into the lie hilll hull led fed to run Vl away from tie lire stator whose e clouds tsar crt gelling blanker and hInt ker willi wilh each passing nt inu ent entAs nt As she slie he the stairs abut abut- AlwIS wIS IS aguel ulI 11 sons one v tool hinl gust u Coll Iou inn Mrs Irs and no nj aar stud h og up p the Ille lie On the lie landing she ell clout III face to iii faie Mr Sir she lae stopped d In la JI I II I directly In I his pill pal me he ho salt said but JUI I I WIS wi In lu search of Miss er Miss cr- cr Forbes 1 I lIn tier der If- If If J Im hei het sister r cut ID In Lollia slips slip's 8 nut Clur up their thel I I wis wa plug to III le ee tier her hu till sites site's gone one out OUI for the he evening e hal I Ia lick a n k If 1 Its It's nil nul d a l n did Ind you ou fu u see pe 1 hei het hout I Well III lug i In III I I Just SI wanted It to t ius liS 11 rueI 5 her lier If a re true I guess 11 II doesn't t Pi II 1111 iol tut T Pd Ir 1111 hose line l yon iiii II were her lier sha shalet r let es e e eti u If you yn Id lilt nip 1111 un Mr Ir Id hi lili hit 1111 o I ure are 11 il tiei het lie in IIII lois It III w ln ways but er very cry in m others ills III Irl fu un hi I l P es lS S i JIll r Nei 1111 11 o a n she sliu he howled nn 1111 i i UIe IIII stairs 11 bin 1111 II rater II tier her r SIp She 11 rI de I han stet nIn n KI la all 1111 the Ihl rout IllIn tiling tr t rude lp had hed preau lull bill lull iril r lell eI She ht Mr I r 1 I f she sh now S 'S ml might eVen hl though she s could see Fee that have It lt It It h wor Worth the wouldn't be the forthe Outside e her ot or of having It was only y for tor her her her her- nc tie was the new ew outside of or There Just like nil all other oilier men ns nas not nothing t orth good or fine or having org she turned g In the world Outside resolutely r with mental toss oss that a n final toss loss to of ot the caused a n physical head held firmly new cafe toward the I CHAPTER VI Walking nl along ng her mind a wild with her head bead end down do ant and kaleidoscope of ot scorn heard hopelessness Lolita a l voice ole close suddenly nt ot hand haDd Hello girlie 1 I cheerful voice sang sung out a boys boy's In thinking ing Almost t without think think- she slie he turned lJ HeUn ClIo and replied She Slie saw aw a 8 I live young fellow of perhaps nt fit tile the coupe roupe evidently e evident i wheel of nt a sport from the he had seen her nc rand scudded along ns us she walked ani anti taken first Often O advantage ad of the curb to 10 drive parking space alon along th In 10 and ouId call to her Going any ony place ID in next nest asked particular d the lie youth o i Nfl no place In II particular Lollin In ID re- re re was us thinking ing lilly Idly that n hat dull he tone was tt-as good she lutti Irm J happy ns as though he hadn't n a trouble III the world nop lop Into the car he heI I suggested and well we'll both bOlh go nii no place place In particular par par- Without a n word of remon she climbed Into the lie car At once one he lie swung the lie automobile about and started back bach Then he suddenly sur turned to her The rho whole trouble with yon he now pronounced airily Is that you IOU probably inn drink enough LolIta looked t him IL Ir astonishment ns he went on You Yeh that must be It you probably dont don't drink enough I no- no no 00 noticed how n d-n d n blue you looked Me S Say MeSay lY I Ink plenty find and I 1 always feel teel flute Im I'm heading for the Goose and Gander and what's n lints lint's good for tor both Ca Care re What hat Is the Goose and Gander asked Lolita Loilta A road house nine olne miles out Swell S place Nobody has ever been beeD nile able to remember what they were blue ab about ut five O minutes after they got Inside All right agreed Lolita carIng little what happened to her After nil all what whal difference did anything make Site She had done her level best to redeem herself herselt rile lie had failed tailed In er e every particular there was waa nothing left leff to do the that she ehe had would never he furg en She had often wondered previous pre h ft tt mak teak making ing It why girls who wiio made one ODe false step always kept on going downward It seemed so o silly when wilen all that lant they hey needed dova do ilo was wa va to Turn to 10 the HI flight ht and ond start o cr again 10 Now she un- un understood un understood She Slie twits vis grateful that tier her did lild not speak tu to u her lier Silo She Just wanted to sit sir anil and hult halt think ut nothing nod and watch the lie night and ond the lights olT of In Iu the lie Held field In farmhouses rush by nut ami hear the tile chorus churus of 01 uL the crickets sn so loud bind that It II sounded above e tile the noise daft the car made Almost she began begal to Iu feela feel Ceel a II little puppy happy In till the car csir ar stopped slopped before an anold old Id use house 1 thill ha I oled Il a US though It were sadly In III need of ot repairs It was dark lark but bUI as ns she slie looked sll she saw sa that tha dozens ens of ot other curs with all nil ut lIf their thelt lights out were svere pal boil eil I flour the 01 II fra II II II g unto un lIer ber companion utter afler lie he hall had found u a parking place 01 till 1111 his ills lights She Slie ul lo al-lo lu lowed cd 1 lo Iti assist ns her lier froni from tile the lie tar lir They 1110 up a u short of opened u JJ rickety dour oud pl passer passed erl Info InlO u hall WilY Her Iler her lier pushed her forward Another dour up ned und and suddenly II a burst ot of oui nul lit at II it'll I 11 II liln e eI nt i t light lilt inel naI undo and t t lobule site h knew It II evus n II h her lier escort h When n the llie musk music slopped sli and ond II tie loll leel hellO 1111 u 10 n II s SuaL il she slie fell ulmi light air uin gU guy The place Inside was u ul I nod lion II ion I i giving In 1 tIe the liE Ile lo to till the i X 1 tlell ell rI ed rt eel lull ill people lIple were ln lr I and lin s I scented lo In saturate t etc g Sued her escort when 11 II n cc niter alter lied ouel d 1 fur IlIr II the goul K III fur ti II he r TIIe- TIIe wailer nodded and walked nfl in Ii he was back Wilh lurked like Ilke In lu two glasses es hilI hull but upon upun It ItI ItI Itu I ul lin ed f nl al flee r It 11 wit Willi n u milt bui 1101 It was ens mort- mort like fire Orl wilier She SlIe roughed coughed and lift uri laughed 1 ITO BE nE CON |