Show I II I NA r S M AUThOR OF THIS HAS HAPPENED Sally Ford 16 6 ward var ard of the state stale orphanage since she was four is farmed out to Clem Carson She meets David Nash and student who is working on the Carson Carson Carson Car Car- son farm during his vacation David strikes Carson Calson a a. crushing blow when he makes insinuations about Davids David's friendship for Sally They run away and join a carnival car car- David as cooks cook's helper and Sally a as Princess Lalla Crystal l gazer In Capital City location of ol the orphanage Sally is recognized by one of a crowd of little orphans who come trooping into the show chaper chaperoned ned by a beautiful woman She learns from Arthur Van Horne Home an an ane e easterner sterner who annoys her w with th his attentions that the beautiful chaperone is Enid Barr wealthy New York matron Sally is puzzled at Enid Enid's interest interest in in interest terest in her David and Sally flee fronT from the carnival and in the county seat are arc half married when the ceremony Is stopped by Mrs 1 Stone matron of the orphanage and Barr Enid confesses she is Sallys Sally's mother but that she believed be- be her child to be dead Until recently Enid separates Sally and David Davjd and for the next two years Sally is placed in a finishing school When Enid sends out the Invitations Invitations invitations for Sallys Sally's coming out coming ut party Sally Insists that she Itee keep a promise made two years previous and send David an invitation At her party Sally waits eagerly for David to come When he arrives she rushes to l him m but he seems changed Later Latel she asks asks' him if he ho does n not t love her any more He tells her hershe heel I she must forget him bim They are interrupted by by byn an n unexpected visitor 1 Arthur Van Home Horne stands at the door Now g go on with the tho story I CHAPTER P Please dont don't gO go go i David Sally implored b but t t he mistook mistook mistook mis mis- took her distress occasioned by Arthur Van Homes Home's entirely un unexpected unexpected unexpected un- un expected appearance ance for it a plea for fora a longer Interview which he knew would only cause them both pain pam Ho lie shook his head dumbly and strode to the door or He paused there therea a a- moment to lo bo bow jerkily first to toward toward toward to- to ward Sally then toward Van Home Horne who was watching the scene with amused cynical eyes Pride mercifully came to Sallys Sally's aid then she closed her Ups lips firmly over the question she he had been about to fling ling at at David with desperate desperate desperate des des- urgency She even managed to to wave her hand lland with what she hoped was airy in Indifference as David opened the door So Van Home Horne chuckled when the door had closed softly Its still Sally and Da David vid isn't jt It it Im I'm gla glad I was vouchsafed a glimpse o ot of this this' paragon Astonishingly looking good-looking In a Norse viking sort of way but rather a bull in a China shop hop here isn't he But I I presume presume pre pre- sume aume that is what Enid fo fondly hoped when she allowed him to come I gather that she did invite did invite him A Avery Avery Avery very clever dever woman Enid Ive I've always al always al- al ways said so Sallys Sally's teeth closed over her lower lip but she said The of nothing The pain palO and horror Davids David's uncompromising rebuff were still too great groat to permit room in her heart for loi or fear of Van Home Horne O Of course he had recognized her hem at once had undoubtedly recognized her from her pictures s in the papers but what did It matter now David id was gone gone He gone He had not even kissed her her her- Still afraid of me Sally Van Home Horne laughed as her c eyes es remained remained re remained re- re fixed on his face In ina a a. blind unseeing stare Afraid of you Sally echoed her voice struggling strangely through pain Oh you mean mean- She tried to collect her wits to push aside the incredible fa it t of at D Davids David's vid's desertion so that she could concentrate on Van Home Horne and the frightening te significance of his presence presence pres pres- ence once here with his knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- ed edge e of her hel past last a Dear little Sally Van Horne Home said tenderly an and Sally clenched her fist t to strike him for using the words which had been heavenly sweet when David had uttered them so long ago I told you the thelast last las time I saw yo you that that you had hadnot hadnot not seen the last of ot Arthur Van Vail Home Horne I meant it but r give you my lily word I hardly expected to find you here J I spent the duce cluce pf a a. alot lot of time and money trying t to trace you after you I left ft the carni carni- val OM Bybee finally told me me that you'd run away and had probably marl married ed your David So I took my broken heart tp China Japan Egypt and God knows where And now like the chap r who sought for forthe forthe forthe the Holy Grail I find you at home waiting for me I wasn wasn't t waiting for fOI you ou Sally contradicted him indignantly I Iwas I Iwas 1 was waiting l for David and hes he's just told me that lIE he doesn't want me I T hoped Id I'd nev never r see you jou again Why Who Sally Sally V Van n Home Horne chided her his his' black eyes eyes' full of mocking mocking- humor Dont you OU real real- ize that Im I'm the oldest friend you ou have haCe in this new life of ot yours I Ir r really ally haven't got used to the idea a yet of your being Enid Eni Barrs Barr's daughter Of course I knew there was something mysterious about her overweening interest in Princess Princess Princess Prin cess Lalla Lahla but this thick old head of ot mine wasn't functioning very ery well in those days My heart was too full of ot that same lovely little tittle crystal But when I read the rather masterly bit of fiction in inthe inthe inthe the papers the story which go d dold old asinine Courtney Barr gave out as to your parentage and his ward ward- ship p which he had supplanted by a legal adoption the old bean began to click again and rI I can assure you I got a great deal of quiet enjoyment enjoyment enjoyment en en- out of the thing Fancy th the Impeccable Enid Barrs Barr's having haying having hav hay ing ing- ing Oh stop Sally commanded him flaming with with anger Dont dare say a word against my mother I 1 I mean against Enid Enid Enid- Against your mother Van Home Horne corrected her serenely Ot Of course I haven't told anyone Sally and I dont don't re re really lly see why I should if Listen if-Listen Listen child dont don't you think we ought to have a long comfortable comfortable comfortable comfort comfort- able talk about old about old times times' V Were We're re likely to be Interrupted here any minute by a chaperon or chaperon or by yourn your i mother n ther or by a couple of ot young oung idiots seeking a quiet place to neck in Slip out of the house hoUe when the shows show's over the over the servants servants' entrance will be better better- and nd go for for fora a drive through the the- pak I shall do no such sueh thing Sally repudiated Ule the suggestion hotly Im I'm going back to the I ballroom now Please dont don't I with me Vh When n she f arrived breathless breathlesS' at I the he e door of ot the ballroom she I bumped Enid nid whose face was wa white and an anxious ous and suddenly nl almost old t DaIll Darling ng where have y you u bee been h her r mother whispered fIel fiercely fiercely- Ive lisa had Courtney and Ra Randall dan and two of the tile footmen looking fo for you u. u This is your party you know You h have ve other guests besides David Nash I knew it was a mistake mistake mis mis- take to ask sk hihi him him- Where is he Mother Sally Sally- int interrupted rudely Ive been with someone else most of the time She could not bring herself yet ret yetto to 10 mention Van yan- Homes Home's name to hl her hier mother for fear Enid would notice that something Was vas sadly amiss I 1 haven't seen him Enid Enic l protested pro pro pro- tested But rim run along now and dance dimce Its It's the last dance before supper Rem Remember that Grant Proctor Proc Proc- tor tom Is taking you down Do be sweet to him Sall Sally She wOud like for m me n to marr marry Grant Proctor Sally reflected dully as she obediently let herself be dr drawn wn Into the dance by an anai ai eyed dent young man hian whose name she could not remember She wants m me to marry GI Int Proctor when Im I'm already married half to David But David do doesn't want me Oh Ob David Just before supper was announced an an- pounced ed Sll she slipped sUpped away to her heX rooms rooms to cry th the hot tears that were pressing against her eye eye- balls And on n her dressing table she found a note not undoubtedly placed d there thereby by bJ her own maid Her cold shaking shaking- fin fingers ers had difficulty in ire opening it Joy H for she knew at once that it was from David Dear pear little Sally Sall she read and the tears gushed then Forgive me ice for bolting lil like e this but I couldn couldn't stand it t an any ny longer fonger You know I love you that I Ill Fhi 11 be toe loving you alwa always s but you must also know klow that Sally Barr cannot marry David Nash and indo that anything less would be too terrible for tor b both th of ot us You must be be wondering why I came ame I wanted to see for myself that you are happy happ that your your mother is good to 16 you And of course J I want wanted d to see you rou again wanted to see if th there re was anything any any- thing of my Sally In In- Inthis this this' beautiful Sally Barr that that the papers are making malting so much of I think it has made it if harder for Cor me meto to find that underneath ath the new surface you are still stilt Sally Ford But Jut they'll change chane the core of almost you vou as rapidly as they have remade the surface of ot you into a society beauty And after youre you're changed ali all through h you'll be gla glad I 1 went away Ill I'll carry my OW own Sally in my mv heart always and the new Sally Barr will fall In love with the splendid young son of ot some old family marry him and make her mother very happy She would never forgive ti us Sally ally If I took yo you vou away and made nade a e you live JIve on what I can earn as a farmer and she would be rl ht not to for give I wo would ld not forgive mys myself f and nd after atEI awhile you'd be unhappy too Jem remembering all that you had lost including a mother who adores you Goodby Sally d. d She was so so quiet s so white at supper that Grant Proctor who was was already in love with her be begged ged her to let him give she her hem a drink from his pocket flask but She he refused scarcely knowing knowin what he had said to her r. Once she caught her mothers mother's eyes and shivered at atthe atthe atthe the anxiety ty and reproach in them Suddenly a fierce resentment against Enid Barr rose an and 1 beat sickeningly in her blood If she had not Interfered she and David would have been en married long ago They The would have been happy in poverty would have struggled sideby side sideby sideby by side to banish poverty might even have had a tiny David or Sally of their own by this time And now David was irrevocably gone gope so that Enid Barr might keep her daughter Sally wanted to nurse her anger nger against her mother but it If w was was s Impossible to do so for she loved her When the jazz orchestra was hi hilariously hilariously hl- hl summoning the debutantes debu debu- tant s to the dance floor again Arthur Van Home Horne claimed Sally over the protests of the half halt dozen younger young men who were nat good wrangling for the honor Youre going to meet me after atter this foolish Coolish delightful show is over over arent aren't you 0 Of f course you are he smiled down upon her as he led her out upon the floor Sally looked up at him wearily and nd saw that there was more than amusement and gallantry in his narrowed smiling black eyes There Thereas was was was' as menace which he did not try to conceal wanted her to see see see- All AlI right rig she nodded You do love your mother dont don't you i h he We smiled significantly Maybe you'll learn to love Van a little to It would be very be-very very wise wisa Jt Was half past four o'clock when the tireless deb debutantes were sere willing willingto S Sally lly braved to to call It a a. night the thing out but her face was wan as as she lIsten listened d' d to the tIle last compliments on th the success of the tile party which had officially launched her Into lute the circles of society to which h her mother belonged by th the divine Ivine right of or Inheritance and immense wealth Well WelI talk it all an over tomorrow sweetheart Enid said saili pityingly bed now Ive I've You run along alon- alonto to got to 10 give a a. few Instructions to Randall And you'd joud better stay in m bed all day or OI until tea time an any any- wa way You were marvelous tonIght darling So beautiful so s sWeet These wild young flappers flappers but but run along daughter beloved You look lookas as If it you ou might faint taint with fatigue Ha Have ve Ernestine bring you some hot milk It was easy for Sally to slip out of the house using the servants servants' entrance as Van Home Horne had suggested She found him waiting for her and submitted wearily to being led to where his hiscar hiscar hiscar car was was parked a block away What hat do you want Van she asked abruptly when the car turned into Central Park from Fifth Aye A Ave Avenue venue ve- ve street the nue at fourth Eighty wheels crunching the glazed crust of new snow To talk with you and hold Your our h hand rid and possibly kiss you you you- you you-Oh oh h. h very possibly Ve Van n home laughed at her reached for her hand What did you you mean mean nwan when when you you said it would would abe be very wise for or me mae you a little she perl persisted too toe tired to be diplomatic But lut of course she dhe knew He held helu her mothers mother's security and nd happiness Inthe in inthe inthe the hollow of his h hind hand nd That he could destroy destro h her hl l' l own social career If he wished did not occur r to her for she had not yet learned to care about it It to prize it But Enid must be protected at all aU costs I think you know Van Home Horne shrugged But why put it into wor words sl Some things are much nicer unsaid If it they are distinctly understood Now will Now will you yoa kiss me Sally Ive I've waited a long time sweet child and lm naturally not nota a patient man Not of tonight Sally said In a alow low flat Yol voice e. e shrinking into her I n own corner c of the seat Please Ip lease turn a at One Hundred and Tenth street and antl take me back home Van Im I'm utterly tired I Van obeyed cheerfully cheerfUl exultant over her Indirect promise When hen S Sally lly was creeping exhaustedly up the stairs to her room her mother still dressed In her formal ball baIl c carie e hurr hurrying ing frantically down to meet her Darling where have you jou been Iye rye been crazy with wilh worry How v co could ld you ou go go- out and meet tb that Nash boy so brazenly Tonight of all nights It wasn't Da David jd Mother other Sally SaIly sa said f in a ft dead tired voice It was Arthur Van Horns Horne He He knows all aU about me nie Hes He's known all along To be continued In the tIle next installment Sally Saly learns something new about the tile startling Van Home Horne |