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Hungry A nc LOU BROOKMAN Lii N I BEGIN Y TODAY centers conters th the lbS lit ot of C Celia ClIa ta 11 t II 17 wh when n ih she abo learns Itaru th the th rather fa father ra- ra ther flier she nha h 11 1351 dead and Tt She lav leaves levei II her horn hon In Baltimore for a horn hoin In New NewYork eW York with her bet het t father Mitchell hell and her Margaret or her divorced Mitchell and remarried and anS 1 ii I. now OW a Q widow Barney Dune Shields Shield young oun paper la Is In Jo love with the girl and ami before leaving Baltimore Cell Celia promised to be tie loyal lo al to tOt hla his love taye She II la lonely In Iier new home borne Mitchell sick Evelyn elyn Par oni beautiful widow to o Ir If the girl to OURA people J Mr Mrs Ir considers Cell Celia it means to Kin In affection and She Invites th the girl Irl to h her bor r Long LonE Island Uland home horn for a week wuk and end Ted Tad Jordan but with a dubious reputation tation Is fJ attentive to Cell Celia Mitchell joins th house houte party on Sunday Mr Mrs Ir Parsons the thu father and aDd daughter together becomes Jealous She tells tell Mitchell her pearl are missing and cut casts suspicion on Oils but the tho Is I. unsuccessful It i in III arranged for or Celia Cella to continue her visit lIlt f u- u leVerAl sev leV era rAl erAl days day Sho goes con to to her hr room and anda andis is II a Awakened by i n knock knoel at al the doorOW doorOW door OW GO CO O OX ON WITH TilE THE t ORT S CH CHAPTER Thelyn EVeln Parsons ent entered the room She wore a n fluttering turquoise negligee Oh Oil m my deai I didn't think you OU were asleep Asleep I I woul wouldn't nt have wakened you ou Cella Celia propped herself up on one rounded elbow and ind rubbed her hel eyes She smiled Guess I just dropped oft off th the first thing thing- Has Plan anything ns happened happened hap hap- 7 Xo I only onh came camo in for a bedtime bedtime bed bed- time chat Shut I your our eyes again Im I'm going right away Dont Don't go ho Anyhow Im I'm awake no now My you My-you ou you i look Jook ok lovely ely In that shade of ot blue Mrs Parsons wr wrapped the fragile garment about her and sat down on the opposite side of Celias Celia's s 's bed ed Have Jav a good time this ev e eve evening ning she asked carelessly Yes Yea I did And I enjoyed the tennis afternoon too toe LisPs a wonderful tennis player laer isn't she I Lisis Lisl good at all nil sports Mrs Parsons a agreed reed except the rather important on one of or attracting acting the men t noticed cd that a a. certain littie little lit lit- 1 tIe tle young oun lad lady had more dancing lancing partners than she sho knew what to todo todo todo do with tonight Oh Mrs Parsons No ne need d to blush I saw A it au all ri right ht And why not All men like to dance with such a pretty prett girl as you ou are I Celia Cella I r must have you OU hero often otten You'll make all my mT parties arties successes Sees It It Vo was s the sort sott of oC talk td to which a a. girl 0 of Celias Celia's s 's age e I is susceptible u Mrs Parsons c casually brought Tod Jordans Jordan's name into the tho conversa conVers tion lIe He was vas eyer everso o popular on shipboard ship ship- board Evelyn said 1 My dear there were nere women and girls who ac actually dog dogged his footsteps II He di didn't nt PR pay the slightest ll t attention tt n lon lonto to an any of ot them I guess that's why h I I couldn't li help Jp but bul notice 11 liOn how W at attentive attentive at- at he le e was from the minute he ho hemet hemet met ou Of Oc course cours he's hes that dark darl type t that lat usually does doe attract attract- Oh o but youre you're ure mistaken Mrs Parsons Ho He was ia va 8 just being polite paUle to mf me mc And an anyhow j how I only danced with him blin once once Celia Cella said Mid th these e things because she h want wanted d to hear Mr Mrs Parsons deny them Perhaps if It Evelyn Even thought t Jordan had been impressed it might be tr true e. e Only once Why n that's impossible sible I k know he canie cave le to me halfa half a a. dozen s this evening a asking where he could find you Celia Cella Mitchell I do believe youve you've b been en coquetting C C S SCelia Celia laughed I 1 she said sald I 1 wouldn't no Know how to Tell that to someone else my myde de dear r Someone who's younger than Evelyn Parsons Well ll I only hope you OU wont won't ont be too lard hard on the smitten creatures s Tell Tel me me-do me do you OU like these young oung men a as well wellS as S the ones ones ones' you ou knew J in Baltimore Balti Balti- more morel Oh Oil there thero weren't crent any I Iu u mean mean ean- ean No Xo young oung men in Baltimore Nonsense You know you ou can trust me C Celia Cella lIa Who's the th one lad ladIn ladIn ladIn In There Isn't that Isn't that is we- we w e his name name Celia forgot her cau caution tion said There is someone she shyly I ill 1 mean theres there's a bo boy I like awfully well ell He's Hes well lies well he lie doesn't earn very iery much yet t but hut buthe's huthes hes he's going to some some day He's Hes a newspaper paper photographer and he lie does tho the most exciting things s. s Of OC c course urse we arent aren't really eng engaged ged but he he's hes to i S says aya S 'S some somo day going n arr marry me nie You'd You'll like him toO tod Mrs Irs Parsons I know you would Hes He's tall and slim and he lie has the most wonderful e eyes es They're gray Barneys Barney's his 1115 name B Barney Mr Mrs Parsons r repeat peat cd ed Is that all aU Bu Barney oy Shields Dont Don't you ou think Its It's a 3 pretty name 1 I do And oh ob Barneys Barney's always alwa's been terribly ter rib nice to mc me There was a faraway look in Celia Cella Mitchell's Mitchells ey eyes s. s She was thinking ho how tender and gentle Barne Barney Shields Shields' voice could coull be She Sho could see ee his hlo gray eyes looking at her Iier Ce Celia l forgot about Mrs Parson She did not ace sec the tho the hard U tightening line lino ab About ut the older olde womans mouth Did your ul mother approve ve of Ui this is engagement Evelyn Evalyn asked But t we r really nUy Rr aren't arent nt ent engaged ed We couldn't be You Yoa see ace lice Barney said Mid It wouldn't be right because he hasn't enough money money- and lie he didn't wan rn to g ve up p coming to New Ne York and everything everything- Of ot course mother likes him him but she doesn't kno know he ho c said anything to tome tome tome me about getting married I 1 thought it would on only worry her But do you care nrc tor for him aCelia a lot loU loUCella Cella Celia nodded her head It was comforting to have ha someone to tb whom she he could talk in this Confidential con way Mrs Parsons seemed so understanding I I suppose Evelyn went on ba on carefully care care- I eare-I full fully j you you miss your our mother a deal dial The girls girl's face tace sobered Lots Lols she a agreed ced I Dow POM she ever ever come to New NewYork NewYork York I Oh no She couldn't do that You see m mother ther works hc docs does sewIng sew sew- iii Ing for tOL Margot's shop Its It's a er very ery nice place she's worked there for tOL years and ea s Mrs Mrs' P Parsons brows raised expressively ex cx- heW I Tonight Celia Cclia went ela on impulsively m my father said something I awfully nice Ho lie said t l' him of mother when she w. w Wi a a girl gill Wasn't that thai sweet 1 With the light behind E Evelyn Parsons' Parsons head hend and her face in shadows the girl could not see seo the angry flare which cross crossed d the woman's womans womans woman's wo wo- wo mans man's face tace Celia Cclia would have ben been amazed if It the iho could 1 have o caught tho the cruel in blue glint Evelyns Evelyn's cesA eyes ces A moment ment passed d. d Then Mrs r Parsons said saM rising That was isas charming charming- But It Is dreadful of oC me mc meto meto to ke keep I you OU wake awake like this Forgive Forgive For For- give II me mc Ill I'll 8 slip lp along and In the morning we e can tall talk to our hearts heartt content Good night dear deal elial Goodnight 1 Mrs Par Parsons ons closed the door behind behind be he- hind hel hei Celia Cella extinguished the bed lamp and in In ten minutes she was was asleep cp again In the morning th they had breakfast breakfast break break- fast at a. a a table set on the shad shady end of the th porch It was a glorious day dab cool but bright with sunshine There was vas a a 8 bird b bath th at the left and throughout the meal a. a chorus o of ot tiny kept up a L' L cheerful s serenade renade Celia Cella could scarcely finish fler er muffins for tor constant constantly praising prali ns Larchwood She was looking cool and dainty herself herselt in her sl sleeveless elu white frock Mr Parsons pouring the coffee coerce seemed pleased at Celias Celia's enthusiasm There Thero Therewa was no sign this morning of the angry hour houra the widow had sp spent nt the thc night before And 1 d what hat would you ou like to do this morning she asked Celia Tho The girl Irl IS said d she would like vcr very much Just to follow tho the g gardener around and ask k questions and If It it would be all right to dIJ dig in the ground here and there and pretend she was really helping the flowers to grow ow Mrs Parsons PaTons laughed If Ie Ben Is willing and wilt will tell you where iou ou can dig and nd where not to to I guess you OU can g garden to your hearts heart's content content con con- tent she said Ben was tho the gray gray- haired gardener who had taken care of or the grounds around LarchWood Larchwood Larch- Larch wood f for r twenty years cars He was Vi t taciturn when Celia Cella found him clipping clipping clip clip- ping pint a a hedge of r bushes When Ben found she he was M a. a listener to his tale taic of r prize roses and chr chrysanthemums which he had raised d. d the morning sped ed along and they the became close friends The Tiie gardener gardener gar sar- dener sent her back to the house bearin bearing ln one of his choice black blackIn rOtes roses In tho the afternoon Celia Cella wr wrote te a aletter aletter J. J letter to Barne Barney Sh Shields and another to h her r mother She t told b both bath U of them about the week cek end visit adding to her note ioto ote 5 several eral paragraphs about her lovely new gowns gown f. f In neither letter Jetter however did she write anything about Tod J Jordan sh She had b begun gun to wonder If It she could ha have been mistaken about s seeing J him lm with Mrs Brooks The They drove to the countr country club for dinner Mrs Parsons seemed to have a a. great man many acquaintances and she Introduced Cella Celia to every ever one After dinner there thero was dancing and Celia Cella found th that t apparently It made no difference with most mORt of ot these young oung people that thc they had never ne seen her before Evelyn played bridge and Celia Cella had plenty plent of or dancing partners A largo part of tho the evening c she spent with a good natured youth whose first name was Red and who seemed to have no rio other Thc They were dancing when Mrs rs Parsons came to say flay it was time to drive home Oh Mrs Irs Parsons tho the girl I said 18 car sped over the winding road Im so glad you asked me to sta stay Today has been wonderful Ev Evelyn ln acknowledged this with a. a a smile We Ve must must plan pui more wonderful wonderful wonderful won won- da days she said S S S There was as excitement from from- the minute Celia Cclia appeared at atthe the breakfast break bieak- fast Cast table next morning Surprise Mrs rs Parsons greeted her LIsl LIBI Just tel telephoned phoned Sheh She She's h having a 8 swimming l b party part this af afternoon afternoon afternoon af- af and youre you're invited In Ive I've al alre already already al- al re ready dy accepted the invitation In for you ou Of ot course you want to to- togo go Kate and ami Walter Carr are going to stop atop for Cor you jou u at 2 o'clock Yes les Celia wanted to go 0 She ran upstairs as soon a as l breakfast was finished and packed pae her swimming things Sh She had luid a a. neat green n beach case large enough to hold her jer Jersey jercy q suit and cap cal and th the little Japanese clogs for lor her feet After that she did a a. good di deal of fidgeting until 2 o'clock arrived and down the driveway she saw the brilliant blue roadster Walter TaUer C Carr ri rr drove 1 Celia Cclia was waiting when hen th the car stopped Amid ga gay cries cries- sue she climbed Into the rumble seat and the roadster away awny It was m nearly rh an hours hour's drive to The place was a a. b boat at and swimming club which s seemed to be lie liethe bethe the favorite resort of or the youri young youns in m List Duncan's Duncans Dun crowd There was waft wasa a white club house with broad verandas bo boat t Houses 1 and smaller b buildings and md stretch stretch- stretchIng In Ins Ing ai u far as the ye could see Bee to right and left JeU a beach of clear gleaming sand B Beyond yon was Long Island sound The dark green s rolling water ater plunged l and splashed and bro broke e 1 n ii foam topped waVes LIsI Lisl was waiting to greet them Huri sh she slie cried Hurray Hurry flurry up u and get dressed Everybody y else is here Celia followed Kate lo to tho dressIn dress- dress In Ine rooms There were a dozen girls there thero getting getting- Into Inlo bathing attire Most of or them were browned by sun There Thero was much Joking and lau laughin laugh laugh- h- h in Ing In less than five minutes Celia had pulled on her piece one suit sull anil tied a gay ay orange bandana about her head Then rhen s she he stepped into Inlo the clogs and ran lan after Kate Duncan out onto the sand No o one thought thou of introductions There were ere young oun men waiting down on tho the shore Somo Some o of them wore were already in the thc water ater I ISho Hello there Sho She was facing Tod Jordan Evidently Evidently Evi I I dently he lie had Just come from a dip How Ho tb do you do s said ld CellI elIc Then she fhe turned and with a n. running running un r-un- run run- ning dive plunged into the water ater She began swimming rapidly with easy ens strokes J Jordan walked ana away He lie turned I as a sharp cr cry cut the thc nIL air 21 To Jo Bo Be P. 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