Show I tic LW Jr ND x THIS COPYRIGHT use HAS JE 19 8 r Y N EA SERVICE E I Kf NOR FAPP 1 S Sibil Syb 1 Hump whose o husband was Was i filled tIle II on un n the ho hI day her divorce came to toM M lab lal l h his is in Iud hud d a a. most dramatic m meet meet meet- et- et j with an old 1 sweetheart John Law face ct ce whom ahem she believed belle dead stakes mo most t unexpected appe appearance e. ranc T Ten n rs ago John and Sybil were engaged d. d fe fea e was a sent t nt to l France on the ov eVe atell of at heir ell marriage nn and was later reported S killed m to action t Now r ow it develops t hat at ho has been a A. victim of amnesia en ho he saw Sybil he be became a sous lous and and upon being rc lv revived d. d mem b red nil alt the past that had b bees u n a bank for ten years ear ears felle lIe He tells Sybil that ho Is about to be ber beI r I arned but asks her U It she sho still sell loves Then ho he lie takes her In his Ula ar arms nl ns Sid d losses Kisses her bet wildly Mabel enters the tho unexpectedly bore Jooro room unexpectedly lecauSe of their long tong friendship Mabl tares ares to remonstrate mon rate with Sybil and ands gs s her not hot to renew her tier romance rom With hn Sho She tells tetla Sybil all she be knows bout about out him that him that his life lito has been simplY sim- sim plY Jy one ono oman a-oman atter another And she sho believes It Is impossible for lor wo YO people who have bave changed R I great deal leal to continue a romance that once was as Oung young and sweet f Sybil resents Mabels Mabel's interference and na declares that sho means to call can on en John rence fence wrence at t his apartment nt th that t even ven- DK Then she e takes her child Teddy Tedd and departs still smarting under Mabels Mabel's admonitions admonition John Lawrence during the long Years Yeats of It hosPitalization had become a tI favor favor- te with a kind congresswoman who took cn n In Interest In ht him Aim aad a ar d obtained a a. position pots po po- croon ts for or him It WS was she sho who chose be he name nan for him he ho had born borne bornt since a jost bat his hia own Own Caldwell As 9 los los-er oger Caldwell he has won wen the heart or Kitty Burns Durna f ow 0 V O HO lio OX 0 Tim TILE StORY I CHAPTER I Kitty Burns was WiS a no stenographer stcl r rn fn II n the tho office of the Allied Shoe compan company The Tho girls aUt allt all aU t fought hought she looked ed like liko Clara Clata Bow pith nh her big brown c eyes es that lashed asked aSh d and rolled like a a. first class movie vamp Frivolity was a a. sort of or Y veneer with ratty Kitty Beneath her user raspberry buge age uge she hI was sweet and guileless B. B s a little plaster saint One mornin morning Roger Koger HOg r Caldwell in in leaned over Kitty's Kittys esk and asked if It he might se seler see sec ier ter that evening o For 1101 I or six weeks that hat same same- young oung man mall had been intention and to win his notice otice she had l prayed ra d that God might light make him look her way It was a a. vel very quiet little little- romance ro ro- rO mance nance Roger Rogel had been baptized baptize d nd confirmed continued and amI taken tit the ledge bt before ore Kitty accepted the dazzling solitaire o ho chose Then Thet i she he gave C two weeks weeks' notice and th the e girls gave her hN a n. miscellaneous s hower bower and a mahogany butterfly y table able The banns were published d nd Roger bought the wedding ring ing The wonder of or the thing never hove r dimmed Oh wh why they asked e each ch other why did YOU ever love ME Ml a a a aIt It was 7 o'clock and aul Kitty in rte her r little ittle room at th the Franklin Square Squar e House was getting worried Are AIe you SURF SURE girls th there then re e wasn't a message before I camin cam camo camon b I IFor in n For heavens heaven's sake No Jo Ito now How W many more times are you going t task to o ask Hes He's gone one back on you ou Kitt Kitty y lIes lIe's Poor too bitty Ritt Kitty handsome dS me l to be true truc put ut she she laughed at their humor do ao Theres There to you xou ere's eres lV bet s the its it's e l phone hone n now w What not for me Sho raced down the hall and they heard her before the booth booth door clo closed ed Hello hello hell dear dear- dearS You cant can't v 0 an t Oh Olt that's r I too bad No don dont don't t not care really It dOesn't make mak a bit of difference Youre a sweet child t at tho the l voi voice e other end n was sayIng I wIsh to the Lord this other thing thin hadn't como come up but 1 cant can't get out out of it very well And well we'll Haz- Haz see seG old Ilo Lloyd d tomorrow night As S a 3 business woman l Kitty tty Burns Prided herself on being ree lC or course I sI E understand d. she shem told him An Anyhow how Ftc l' no a million things to do I hI love you ou Catherine h ho he interrupted solemnly m Kitty hated tho the name nam sh sho had t taken l cn in ht confirmation he The sisters made mado her do it because Agnes ivas her hel patron saint But now she ignored ig Ignored Ig- Ig nored Rogers Roger's teasing Me too she told him r I It wa i their little signal If It lh there ll was no one ona near neal Kitty would whisper whis whis- per over the wires each night I love 10 you ou sweetheart But it if th there were girls In ht tho the corridor waiting for tho the booth then Kitty when Roger Hogel repeated the thc holy ritual of lovers lovel's would reply so IO that he heI I might know there thero were listeners rs about and tho the conversation ers Wt was 3 shortly concluded moin the You bet Good night Kitty Bin girl He Re hun hung up the receiver wearily and sat deject dejectedly on oh tho bed bcd staring stat star tal ing blankly ly Oh God what a n n mess ss lit a a a Kittys Kitty's fiance lanco had sUc succeeded ec d te re- re remarkably in a n. business way The Th girls n agreed that Kitty had done pretty well by herself Now how If you ou can only hold him they told her and warned her out of their hard young oUng wisdom The Themore Themore themore more he lie has known of the tho m many ny tits Ule less ho he will wUl settle to one l For or Caldwell Caldw ll had been as M notoriously no no- sUc successful With women as with real estate The su suite te he occupied at the Fair Falt- more moro was it indicative of Iris his monetary mone mone- mone- mone monetary tar tary Achievements Sybil would b be e impressed with the tho luxury of ot hl his s surroundings A small glow of satisfaction in intruded intruded in- in traded upon hi hl big misery ry 13 Better Bette U r that she found him this hits way than tins thana n a n. broken wreck of a thing in that t hospital ward in Washington li lib He e didn't want her l pity not pity not by a darn eight II He lie hoped she he wouldn't think thin k ll lied had to resurrect ct their romance Now if lilt Kitty He ground hi his heel into the softness soft ness of tf an Oriental rug and pace 11 paced ced d restlessly about Sybil was wag wonderful won no no doubt about It lt Ho lie re remembered lQ now hoW eV every ry d detail t U of thief ll r youthful passion The rhe Avay w y sit Sh she re e lifted her lips to his The v way Y he her har r rf soft arms cre crept t about his f shoulders until her fin lingers fingers gelS gel'S clasps clasped d behind his neck and sh she dr drew W hi his s face to hers Mrs The ng agony hy of of- their I parting parting- and parting nd the way she cried God blass brass her darling heart They'd wanted so fearfully to be married What a different rent st story ry life lite would have been peen Ko o o use philosophizing about that Different too Jt It the they had found each other six months ago Now hero thero was Kitty u 1 j gentle little Kitty He lie was th the luckiest fellow in ht the world to have e her Sweet Inocent Ino Ino- cent Sybil was different nt Shed She'd been through gh the mill A married woman now no with it a bab baby Somehow beside Kitty S Sybil bH looked hard and nd a a. little wear weary Freshness was ryas something to worship There os was a a. bit of ot the spiritual In Kittys Kitty's untouched charm It set et her bet apart fr from tn all the other Jaded laded little girls The Tho discordant note not ot of the telephone telephone tele tete- phone interrupted hi his meditations Hello Oh hello Sybil Ill I'll be beri ri right ht down I a. a She was sitting in h R h. big chair in inthe inthe the rO foyer N one slim knee tin own er over the other and a n. dainty foot swing awing swinging ing nervously P Pale le with the sophisticated so sophisticated so- so pallor smart wom women n af nf at- at feet lect with lips painted vividly Her lIN costume was smartly black relieved by t y pearls about her Mr throat and in her cal cars John Sho Sito arose alOs to meet him extending her hN hand My Diy dear The little girl for tOl whom his he heart tl had ached in 11 throes t of t crucifying te tenderness d Th The darling child who brought him fudge at nt D Devens V ns and nd knit tho the socks O kl that didn't fit The Tho weeping angel who cried on l I his shoulder and blew her hl little nose S Son on a rookies rookie's s 's cotton h handkerchief f breaking her lter h 1 heart With vilh grief t b because because be be- cause she sl loved him so How hew glib he had hod changed this lt this charming sophisticate l l This 1 pale creature with hands handA h as nI cold as ice lee and ind e eyes s lute like liquid pools Of Or wisdom He took her her- arm rm as they walked toward th the elevator and aid felt lt her herI tremble they t reached eh d the tho I rooms S she e exclaimed M d delightfully at th the tiro Open fire and hd chafed h her hands hand before Its IH blaze z I I 1 W Was I t too to c excited CU d for dinner r she explained you yen u haVe home somo some c Coffee offee OW b s sent nt u up 1 Im I'm simply ly frozen Ho accepted i ted the suggestion eagerly eager eager- ly 13 su suP supplementing p l n It It with hors tors do and chicken chicken in ht a chafing dish The vel very thing he lie insisted d for a n. cold night While they waited they sat In constrained silence making conversation conver conver- Batton with effort that was almost ludicrous Until finally S Sybil shattered shat shat- t- t terel tho the polite discourse T Ten n years she sha sh cried l and nd we were lower lovers rs She le leaned ft toward him and she site was very vely tov lovely ly in n th the firelight S She he look looked d Y younger uh r with h her h hat hatoff t toft off oft and nd more girlish now hOW Ui that t h her l' l face was tras flushed d. d Mid And w were we're re talking Ilk like ft couple of middle Aged d fogies I flea J edun c Uh lightly Weve grown old Sybil I haven't she cried alid and her hel eyes etes and cheeks were flaming Youre You're extremely provocative he remarked evenly Tremendously Trem nd n- n d d desirable my IllY d dear r. r lie He poked the firo fire vigorously Im absolutely crazy about aMut you iou ou Yes Now she was angry I r never would have dreamed ed It think you oU considered d me quite beneath your interest lIe He roS rose to light lIgh t a n. t and I stood when he lib had done It With his ba back k to the tho blaze his hands i deep Iri irl his pockets l k ts Sybil Sybll I hate hato eV evasions What do you want me to do dot dotTo To Be De Continued Do Sybil SybI and John Johl go on an with their old tom romance romaneo Or r dO does s Sybil play with lire fire lr Theres There's stark tragedy tri stalking through ugh th the sad chapter ah ahead |