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Show then Ills kiss bruised Her lips- ' ".Karin, it will ba the most tremendous tre-mendous snowstorm that ever was. She said softly, "I remember now a regular blizzard. Early the next morning sne stretched herself blissfully as she awoke. Larry, her husband, was standing at the foot of her bed looking down at her. But there was a strange look on his face. "Karin," ha said ominously, i. must tell you about a complication complica-tion between us. I did meet your sister." His whole being was grim. A moment before, he had seen his wife's red toenails. Katherine's toenails. toe-nails. Now he knew all. What a lesson he would teach her. She sat up straight. Now why was he harking back to that. "Why didn't you tell ms last night?" "Because," ha retorted, "I didn't want anything to spoil our perfect reunion.'' A look of sorrow crossed his face. "Karin, I must tell you I came here to ask for a divorce. I Larry at the mountain top cabin and have the divorce talk with him. He had already left for the cabin on skiis. But Just as she was putting her Jacket on she heard voices from below. "Good Heavens!" She peered peer-ed over the stair rail. It couldn't be but it was. Both O. O. and Gris-elda Gris-elda had followed her and Larry out, obviously on the next plane. Griselda was talking to Miss Kills. "Now I Insist on talking to someone. And since you say that Mr. Blake has gone out, you can at least let me see Miss Karin Borg." So that was It She was determined deter-mined to spill the beans and tell one ' sister on the other. What a cad that girl was. She wouldn't even stop at causing family trouble. Karin made a quick decision. Stepping out to the balcony window win-dow strapped on her skiia and was off. across the snow. "Whomever l (all in love with from now on, it will always btyou." TW04FACED . WOMAN : Adapted from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture by BEATRICE FABER CAST OF CHARACTERS Karin ....... Greta Garbs Larry Blake . . Melvyn Douglas Griselda Vaughn . . j' ' Constance Bennett O. O. Miller. . 4 . , . . Roland Young Dick Williams . . Robert Sterling Miss Ellis . . . i i . Ruth Gordon Miss Dunbar . Frances Carson side her. 'Tve got to talk to you," he said. Her voice was low and husky. "Let's not talk. Kiss me." "No. Karin," he said tensely, "you don't fool me for a minute." A thrill of apprehension appre-hension went over her. Had he guessed? He went on, "This ia not you. You're playing play-ing a part. It's because be-cause men have appealed ap-pealed to the worst side of you. Left to yourself, you wouldn't be bad. You'd be good." She was relieved. "You're always mixing me up with Karin." He shook his head. "T toll -.rrt.i ,," " Vio SYNOPSIS: In a Western snow resort, Larry Blake, a big -publishing tycoon, luis met Karin Borg, a skiing instructress. There is a whirlwind courtship and they are married. Then Larry says he is taking Karin to New York immediately as he must plunge back into work. This is contrary to wliat he has said ubout wanting to live the simple life. Karin refuses to go ana in the morning he leaves without with-out her, promising to return soon. But when weeks pass, Karin goes to New York, learns tluit he is seeing much of that predatory female, Griselda Vaughn, the playwright and promptly goes to a swank modiste mo-diste to emerge, glamorous and mysterious. Posing as Karin's naughty twin sister, Katherine, she soon has Larry fascinated But now things have taken a bad turn. In her apartment with I her he has fiercely said that I he loves her, "Katherine," not Karin. He goes and Karin weeps bitterly. but ..." v She was delighted. At last, he was truthful. "And you mean that now you realize it's me you want?" Maun. Not quite. Karin, let's face it. I have a dual nature. In spite of the many nice things I like about you, your simplicity, your honesty, you alone are not enough for me. I demand more. I demand Katherine's glamour, her sophistication " She couldn't believe her ears. "You want us both?" "Why not? Admirable arrangement. arrange-ment. You for the great outdoors Katherine . . . well anyhow, I think it'll work out beautifully." It went into crescendo from there. As Karin dressed in the alcove, al-cove, she flung one furious epithet at him after another. He was revolting. Hateful. Shameless. Despicable. Des-picable. And he would never see her again. She rushed down the stairs with Larry right after her. Then in the little front room she stood transfixed. trans-fixed. There were Griselda, O. O. and Miss Ellis, In amazement, Larry said, "What Is this a convention?" "Oh, so there you are Miss Katherine Kath-erine Borg," Miss Ellis said in a confused endeavor to straighten things out. O. O. turned on her. "That isn't Katherine. That's Mrs. Blake." "Of course," Larry retorted, "can't you tell the difference? She has Katherine's looks but neither her temperament, nor her anything." Karin was choking with rage. That he could say this to her after last night's kisses. "You fool. You didn't get two women. You haven't even got one. There is no Katherine. I am Katherine and Karin both." Larry laughed. "Come, come. You Katherine? My girl, you are having hav-ing delusions of grandeur." Desperately, Karin protested her double identity. It was one time-when time-when Griselda was on her side in a vicious way to be sure. "Of course she's Karin and Katherine," she told Larry. "I knew all along that that woman was a fake." Now Karin brought forth proof. She reminded Larry of that evening eve-ning In his apartment, the champagne, cham-pagne, the music, what they had said . . ." He laughed. "Well my dear your detectives didn't tell you half. It was much more insidious, much more romantic, much mora thrilling thril-ling . . ." That did it. Like a streak of lightning, Karin rushed to the door and strapped on her skiis. Then she sped across the snow. A few moments later, she heard a cry. A skiier was following her. It was Larry. Her heart almost stopped. He was out of control. He was heading head-ing for the lake. The ice would crack. He would go under. With every ounce of strength she flew to him. Just In time. There was only a split second to spare as she headed him off and he went down, his skiis wound around him. She dropped to her knees. "Oh Larry darling, you frightened the life out of me. He spoke aloofly. "Aren't you under a misapprehension Madame? I'm not Larry. I'm his twin brother." bro-ther." But he was holding out his arms and she went into them. "Karin . . . Katherine ..." "Which will you have?" she "Which Is the real you?" "How can I tell you when I am not sure myself?" Ardently, he drew her closer. "It doesn't matter because whomever whom-ever I fall In love with from now on. It will always be you," THE END. Printed In V. 6. A. O0P7TlgH mi br Loew's Tn. ' said, "because I have a tremendous conviction that under the right influences in-fluences you could be the most wonderful person. Katherine, I want you to marry me." The impact of it shocked all her senses. "Marry? Not marry!" "Yes, marry. Oh, I'm thinking of Karin. She's too decent, too dear, too wonderful for me to deceive de-ceive her. I want to go to her and tedl her I love you and ask her for a divorce." Completely shaken Karin was silent. Oh how baseless men were. Then she cried out. "No, Larry no. I couldn't do this to Karin. Let us spend this farewell hour together and then never see each other again." "No." He was in a fervor of reform. re-form. "Not until we stand together before the world as man and wife." He jumped up. "Katherine I've made a decision. We're going to fly out to see Karin this very night. We'll take the next plane." He went to the telephone. "I won't even give you five minutes to think it over. I'm going to get Miss Ellis to come with us. I don't even trust myself with you." He had made the connection. "Hello Miss Ellis . . ." "Larry," Karin cried frantically, "it's all unnecessary. Stop it. I want to tell you something ." He turned to her and the words burned on her tongue. She wanted to reveal the whole masquerade, everything. And then something stopped her. He was so impassioned impas-sioned in his crusade to reform her. It seemed inevitable that he should go on with it. "All right, never mind," she said resignedly. re-signedly. Now he spoke to Miss Ellis again. She was to send a telegram to Mrs. Blake that he was arriving arriv-ing tomorrow. Then she was to get reservations for three, "You and I and Miss Borg." On the other end Miss Ellis said incredulously. "Miss Borg is coming too? Are you sure? All right Mr. Blake." She hung up and put her hands to her head. On the verge of screaming she said, "I'm going slowly but quietly insane." Karin could never think back to that plane trip without a shudder. shud-der. Every detail of her deception was with her constantly and vividly vivid-ly especially each time her eyes met those of Miss Ellis. Al the resort hotel she had to act quickly. With Miss Ellis' help, she bribed the hotel people to say nothing of "Karin's" "trip East. Then she retired to an upstairs i"im, hastily becoming Karin in ski clothes so that she could meet She reached the mountain cabin first and was in the front room when Larry stumbled in. After all, skiing was not his forte. He looked at her. Finally, he said one word. "Karin!" She stared back. "Larry. You. I can't believe it." She added shyly. "How are you?" He didn't reply, "Larry, you keep looking at me as if you've never seen me before." He nodded slowly. "In a way 1 feel that I never have seen you before. And yet, your image has never been out of my mind." This fascinated her. What a Jekyll-Hyde the man was. The feeling feel-ing grew as he went on to say how he had missed her, how he found her fidelity to him not boring bor-ing but touching. She was ready to explode. What kind of a woman did he want? Herself or that wicked creature Katherine ? A bit later as they had some brandies, he told her that he was confused. He had come here with one thing in mind and now all he could think of was memories that wonderful night they had spent here, snowed in. He must have missed her all these weeks without with-out knowing it. "I should never have left you," he said ardently. Karin looked daggers at him. "Evidently you found me inadequate." inade-quate." "Nonsense. You have everything plus, " He caught himself, " that any man could want," Karin had hoped he would mention men-tion Katherine. She decided on the direct attack. "You know," she said, "being out here in this lonely lone-ly country, I have brooded and thought of the strangest things." In one gulp she came out with it. "You see I have a terrible twin sister who is a public scandal wherever she goes and I thought . . being in New York ." Larry had made an unconscious decision. He spoke loftily. "I never heard of her. I don't mingle in scandals or such things." He took her in his arms, "Karin darling, I feel like a man who's had a high fever and the fever has left him. There's something about you Karin. You see, some women are all things to all men but you you are all things to one man. And that's why I love you." She pulled away from him. Her heart was in a tumult. If she were not careful she would love him more than before. "Please let's get away from here." "That's impossible." He pointed outside. "We're snowed in again." She looked. "But it's perfectlj clear. It's not even snowing." Ha took ber in bis arms and Chapter Three (Conclusion) Karin was sitting up in bed next morning, not only heartbroken but suffering from a hangover besides. be-sides. Miss Ellis, Larry's secretary, was holding out a glass. "Here, Madame Ma-dame DuBarry, this is good for what ails you." Karin drank it and groaned. 'Lllis, can you imagine? He made ve not to me but to that utherine, that obvious, vulgar, r.ieap Katherine. That's the sort i t woman he wants. Katherine is :i thousand times worse than Gris-i Gris-i Ida, more shameless than Griselda and yet he wants her." The telephone rang. It was her hero, contrite, apologetic, worried over the evening before. He must have dinner with her tonight. No, no, not with O. O. and Dick Williams. Wil-liams. Alone. Finally Karin agreed and when she hung up her smile was triumphant. trium-phant. "So he wants Katherine does he? Then he shall have Katherine. Kath-erine. But when I'm through with him he'll wish he'd never seen her. That Don Juan, that will-o-the-wisp, that weather vane. I'll humiliate humili-ate him. I won't leave a shred of self respect on him. Then Karin will divorce him and her twin sister Katherine will supply the evidence." That evening when she appeared appear-ed at Larry's 'door, he stood there looking at her wordlessly. Then he took her cloak and led her to the couch. "It's a whole day since I've seen you." "I've felt It too," she answered tragically. "At first I thought I wouldn't come. But I gave up the struggle. I've thrown my last scruple to the wind." Then began the chase. One moment mo-ment she was leading him on, the next holding him off. They danced, they ate, they drank and finally Karin felt that the high point of the evening had arrived. Now began be-gan her revenge. Now began the play acting that would eventually bring Larry the emotional grief she wished him. Crossing to the couch she flung herself on it, and stretched her arms above her head, flamboyantly flamboyant-ly voluptuous. Larry seated himself gingerly be- |
