Show Iy By A ct Service JOe Inc THIS TillS HiS HAS lI F Fate Fat t Introduce Jury Jerry B RaT flay r to Mister wh when n h lie he crashes hu his Into the cam came eatna she be b ti S. with hr her roommate W m likes like hU hS pilot pilat l Pan Dan n lt liar Har- r ye y r. r but Mister bower her hr with at t tuition flea IMn tri tries r. r to tn w win h her r. r ob b but bat wh when n b be pro pro pro- Poles h he tills tell him she ho o dot doe not belIeve P In lor Joo bat but hop hopa to m marr rry monty money J Jerry rry hoses loir h her hr r job on Muter Iter ae cc count and nd h ho he c gets U her hr a pl place piau In a chora She work works hard and b. b her to City for tor th the tho Opining but bat she abt h sneers ancen him br by r fu to 10 attend a midnight ht chorus chona j part party nut But she he h wins wIn promotion to a special p cl cli lal dance i nc numb number r. r Th The no second on J week of ot th the show how is I ji In no Boiton ton cad nd n l Al tr mauls maulson on driving h her ber r thin thre hut But h he be delays delay starting and then top stops at a notorious for tor dinner Jerry b bees him to hurry burrT but before she he b can ret get him away 7 It U is night and nd Car trouble spoils her chance of or reaching not Dotton n In time Um Th Thin TbD Atter Alister thinks think of or the aIrplane but Dan Pan r u. u to to 50 0 up on account of or th the weather wather INter r prepares prepare for fr flight an and when Dan sees ti th th they y ar are determined h he takes take the wheel and got goes Up In th the x xII II n lee run runs Into an all eI electric term clone Trig Trac edy dy dy threatens threaten when c et t eti fir fire to 0 a pUn plane wing but bat th the heavy havy rain molder It and h he c get etC tj the machine down to a safe Nt f landing They Thy catch a train on Into Cotton Boston but strive arrive too late Itt for tor rehearsal The pre press prete agent Int wants want to pl play up th the tory story using AIe Alester ter name but Jerry object They Thy persuade him to tell the truth featuring featuring jerry for tor show how publicity and Dan Pan for tor his hi braer bravery By Dy the time tiro I the show how reach a New ew yr York Tork Jerry ha has become o beO quite a finished dancer and Meeter U is more enamored than ever ver Ji lie asks aik her hr to marry mary him him him- I deciding to risk the family wrath fath j XO V OW CO CiO 0 OX OS TilE THE STORT CHAPTER LIV How can you want to marry me Jerry said to Alester when you ou know I 1 do not love Jove you She was tva insane she told herself to say such words nords to the tho only millionaire mil mil- who had proposed to her It was like taking a a. pot of ot gold and throwing it Into the OCe ocean It did not seem m to discourage him how how- eve ever Because I love Jove you enough for tor both of ot us us' Alester replied and eland I khow v that y you U arent aren't in love with anyone else Because I told you rou I dont don't believe be believe be- be lieve In love Jerry questioned Uneasily un un- easU easily Yes Would it make any difference if Sf I did feel that way about another man Alester did not reply immediately No It wouldn't he said finally because I 1 want you Jerry Jerry Jerry-In in spite o of a a a. lot Jot of things s. I think Ive I've known it since I first tried to kiss you oU and didn't get away with Ith it But if IC there IS any such lucky devil Id I'd like to know it He paused to give Jerry a a. chance to say something Well who Is it JU he said after a a. moment of ot silence Jerry evad evaded an answer by walkIng walking walk walk- Ing Ing- to the parapet Alester followed her and put hi hands on her shoulders shoulders ders turning her to face him Its Dan Harvey larvey he said hoarsely S a e Jerry pulled awn away from him his him his fingers ers were hurting her her- herBut But she returned his boring boring- gaze with a a. st steady ady one It Jt might have been she said quietly if U If I I hadn't found out that love is only only only-a a oa mirage Alester laughed You dont don't know what youre you're talking about he told toM her impatiently but Im I'm satisfied When hen we go to the ends o of the earth on our honeymoon you'll forget target any lukewarm ideas I you may h hive have e about Dan Harve Harvey Then you ou still sUB want to marry me Jerry asked her young eyes ees candidly searching his fa face e Of Ot course more course more than ever ever- everI I wouldn't lose Joso you rou Jerry for anything any- any thing else in fn the world But what if IC afterward I should find out that I had made a mistake face darkened You would have to go on with It It Ithe he said flatly taU You are going to be bemine bemine bemine mine forever fote His own o words seemed fo to stir him to action Jerry found herself caught to him again and held immovable Immovable im Im- Im- Im movable while he be took the kiss that I belonged to the victor I But later when he be wanted to announce announce an an- I their engagement she op opposed op 01 posed pose the idea Why Alester asked Oh I dont don't know Jerry said vaguely vaguel I 1 guess all aU girls want to keep it Jt a secret secreta a little while You arent aren't sure of at yourself Alester pressed in a a. voice that be betrayed betrayed be be- his worry Life might have many surprises in store for him for him but the most be bewildering bewildering bewildering be- be one always alwa's would be that occasioned by b- Jerrys Jerry's tion lion Despite the fact that he feared her interest in Dan Harvey might divide dl her heart he had held no doubt of ot her desire to marry well welt It simply had not occurred to him that she would hesitate to wed the greatest matrimonial catch o of the season It isn't that Jerry said lion hon estly I 1 dont don't know what it ft is ls unless unless unless un un- un- un less its it's just that Id I'd rather tell teU my mother first or Myrtle Myrtle- and Evelyn Eve Eve- lyn Alester understood better th than n nhe she he that she was wa still sun struggling 1 with her indecision And nd her failure fail faU ure to respond to jo o his caresses caresses hadn had n nun n warned him that he ho must consider her wishes Ho lie decided to let Jet her have her WI way but ho lie told himself ho tie must obtain her consent to an early marriage mar mar- Before she she- really does fall faU fallIn fallin In love with that bounder h hadded he added thinking of oC Dan Harvey I know youve you've asked her Betty Detty said to him bin before the thO party ended You look so glum Which way did It go Not that It matters You'd look Jook the same in eIther cither case When you go to Florida with mother you ou can start warming her herUp herup herup up to tho the Idea of ot having a no daugh dauch- ter in Alester replied You mean a no different daughter- daughter in in Jaw Betty laughed You know she expected you to marry me I told her up in Nova Scotia that I wouldn't marry you ou If It the president president president dent of oC the United States commanded commanded com coin me Alester returned unemotionally un un- un- un emotionally what I told her too Betty Detty admitted and one ono would have O thought they were discussing the weather BO so casual were they You might cajole the mater mater Into inlo announcing the en engagement l gement Alester Alester Ales Ales- I ter tel said when he and Betty Detty were threading their way back to their own particular group roup o of friends It had occurred to him that tha Jerry would be too pleased if his mother were willing to do that to want to keep their engagement se se- se cret It seemed not at all aU strange to him that he should be bo devising ways and means of ot Inducing a a. former former former for for- mer shop girl Irl to let the world know kno he had proposed to her A few weeks before hed he'd have i got a hearty bearty laugh out of ot it ft S SI He ne did not care to tell Jerry what ho he hoped for tor from his mother and andy by y morning though he did not know it he was farther away from his hislope hope lope of having the news broadcast than he had been the night before for Jerry had decided not to tell her mother She couldn't have 11 explained her ber reasons for tor this decision because she did not examine them The truth was that she hung back from taking aking irrevocable steps Not that telling her mother of ot Alester's proposal proposal pro pro- poal would have made her irrevocably his but it would make It harder larder to draw back Jerry was not even oven aware that she wanted to draw back But Dut she was conscious that for some reason she did not want to announce the engagement lJ Ii In spite of oC Alester's pleadings she continued to keep It a secret even from Evelyn It was as though hough by doing so she held open a door for retreat Alester urged an early marriage but Ut Jerry begged for tor a a. few tew weeks more In the theatre she said In reality she meant of freedom freedom freedom free free- dom because she was telling herself herself her her- self Helt that once she was Alester's bride she must never let herself herselt think of ot Dan Harvey again Dan again Dan Harvey would not be forgotten Poverty was not quite such a tribulation to her now either She resented the change in a no way Why couldn't someone have e come along and said Heres your our milIon mil mil- lIon Ion while I I was working at Fanes Fane's or when I wanted to send some little thing to mums she he thought hought discontentedly That day she had sent her mothr moth moth- r a no silk crepe dress two weeks before she had mailed a bl big box contaIning a coat a no coat with a areal real eal fur collar Tl The letter that came camen In n acknowledgment made her weep tears ears of ot happy sympathy and und understanding under under- r. r standing And she had Insisted that Aleser Alester Ales- Ales Alester ter er accept money to toO repay Dan Harvey Jarvey for tor the expense he had been put to in providing auto and railroad rail rall- road oad fares tares to Boston Doston after their n forgotten never v flight It had given her Mr a feeling of delightful de de- independence to bo be able todo todo to too do o this Why should it be allowed ved to o cost him so much she had said saido to Alester when o he didn't want wanto to o go He Ho was as asked to go o under my orders Alester replied Til uru tal tale take e care are of his expenses But ho let Jerry give him her I share hare to forward to Dan because lie he 10 saw that it ft meant a no great deal dealo dealto dealto to o her He lie guessed that she didn't want wanto to o be under obligation to his former for tor- mer flying flint instructor Neither did dide he e want her to so he sent an anqua equal qua amount to Dan at his hometown hometown home town own where he was as on a a. visit to toils his ils parents and bought orchids to her her- er with Jerrys Jerry's money plus money plus some ot of f his own A week later Alester t came to Jerry crry after atter the tho show with a very definite r request that site she announce their heir en engagement Jerry prepared to o raise objections as usual when Alester Alester- cut her short Im not going to wait walt any Joner Jon Jon- longer long long- er r he lie said resolutely Leontine Is s giving a party Jerry said In sur sur- rise prise Yes res es Alester went on levelly and Ive I've accepted for tOr you ou Jerry lifted her head in a flash of f anger I wont won't accept abe che said aid hotly hOU- hOUI I should think you would know that Jerry Alester caught her hands and nd held them tightly Leontine Is an old friend of mine I might ns as s well Wen tell you OU that I was nas pretty deeply Infatuated with her until I Ilet Imet Imet met let you I cant can't deny that since ve Ive not treated her well I we owe it to her I 1 cant can't see why Well that's the way I feel about it lester Alester said taking a a. different attitude And if It you OU refuse she will think she's d i lot Jot lotmore more ore important tant tan t t to you OU than nothing at all aU to me Alester made an nn Important ses- ses ture tur ure After were we're married mamed he said aid she wont won't b be of oC course You will vill move In an entirely different circle Ircle Jerry but were we're not married you OU know he ho a. a added ded with an n accent that Jerry sensed wa was WiS a pointed reminder You mean that Jerry Ray flay cando cando can cando do things that Jerry Jerry- Carstairs mustn't she flared at him hm Damn jt it jt Alster exploded Cant Can't you ou be sensible You Tou knar knol hats hat's what in this world as well velI wella as a I 1 do But Dut you have e no legitimate legitimate mate mato reason for refusing to accept Leontine's invitation Im It was not nother nother her cr fault that you Ou met with an un- un 2 pleasant occurrence at her place very ery anxious to have you let Jet her announce our engagement and ind if It you oU want to please me Jerry Jem you will consent I had in intended in in- tended tende asking askIng- nh my mother to do It but she's shel left for Aikin we e wait alt until she rc- rc urns S Alester turned a a. suddenly hard expression upon her ber Jerry he said In an exceedingly exceedingly exceed exceed- d- d steady tone are you OU playing playing play play- In ing with me If you are he ho went lon on not a a. bit more gently Im through You know Im I'm not playing with you you Jerry replied but I think you ou ought to s ee see e that it would be embarrassing for me to be thrown with after acter what youve you've just told me Nonsense Alester raid ald crisp crisp- ly Jy But if It youre you're Just J y making excuses excuses ex ex- CUlle Ill I'll know what hat to think And Andone r rone one thing i is fl certain certain youre youre you're being very ery selfish Im not Jerry JeffY cried It If you care so much about it ft Ill I'll go but To o be continued i I U f 5 |