| Show ROES EDEN EDEN- THE STORY SO FAR Peter Douglas engaged to marry Linda Davidson takes Sally Blair for lor forne lorcne cne ne last ride before his wedding Sall Sally Sallys Is s secretly engaged to Lindas Linda's father lather Harvey arvey Davidson When Peter learns that hat Sally Is going to marr marry he crashes rashes the car and Is seriously hurt although Sall Sally escapes apes with minor cuts and bruises Peter has no de de- Jre to live but after Sally sees him and nd promises to marry him when beIs he be heIs heIs Is out of the hospital he shows a marked Improvement Meanwhile Linda plans to marry Peter In the hos hos- pital Sally goes to Dr Randolph to tell ell him that It is she shea Pet Peter r wants to marry many She She also tells Mrs Douglas who previously estranged Peter and Sal Sally ally arid and engineered his engagement to o Linda The hardest task Is to tell Mr Davidson S CHAPTER 48 It was 1030 when she got back to the he Douglas apartment and found Peters Peter's mother dressing leisurely Sally Im I'm so happy Linda called she she said shed she'd told last you night night- and nd said that she and Peter are to tobe toe be e married at noon in Peters Peter's room Its It's t's ts to be a surprise to him Were We're just going In in and they're to be marled mar mar- ned led there Mrs Douglas was beamIng beam- beam lag Ing ng as she hung the familiar string of f pearls around her neck You should hould have hae given me mc her message la last ast t night nIght- MRS IRS DOUGLAS IS ANGRY Now was the time to to- tell her but Sally ally hesitated Mrs Douglas looked so happy happy- Ive l been waiting so long for lor this Sally ally All my hopes Im I'm to be at athe atthe atthe the he hospital at eleven Mr Davidson Davidson Davidson Da Da- Da- Da Is tending to the license and making all the arrangements Its It's all II to be very quiet because Linda doesn't want the papers to get hold ot of f it Very wise o of her ber Im I'm sure because be- be i be-i caUSe ause all the reporters in the city would be up there taking flashlights ot of f her and wanting to see sec Peter Perer Mrs Douglas Douglas- But Mrs Douglas didn't hear She was too full of Lindas Linda's plans to think ot of f anything but the wedding As soon as Peter Is able abla to leave the ic hospital they're going away on onie ie Davidson yacht for a long cruise until Peter perer gets back his health Lina Linda Linda Lin- Lin da a Is Ie letting tUng me go to Europe Wont Won't that sat be lovely I haven't been over there here for years I Mrs Douglas there Douglas there wont won't beany beny be any ny wedding this noon Why what do you mean Linda called ailed up at nine She's sending send- send tag ing ng a car for me at a a. quarter after eleven leven Peter Isn't going to toO marry Linda Mrs Douglas Hes He's going to o marry me You Youl Youre You're crazy razy I Peter Is is' go goIng gong go go- Ing ng to marry Linda Mrs Douglas Douglas' face ace flushed angrily Im sorry to break It this way way way-I I know enow youre you're disappointed but I promised Peter yesterday afternoon that hat Id I'd marry him and Im I'm going to do It I saw Dr Randolph this morning and and and- Mrs Douglas fell lell helplessly In a R chair hair and started to moan then to tory cry ry the hysterical sobs of or a child chUd cheated heated of ot a cherished toy Sally felt elt mean despicable but she had done one her best There was no way waytie she tie could soften the blow Any wa way she he would have told the news to Mrs Douglas her reaction would have been the same SALLY CALLS DAVIDSON Im sorry sorry sorry- sh She ried hied to comfort com com- fort ort the older woman but Mrs Douglas shook her away Go away Peters Peter's mother kept saying aying brokenly Go away I never want to see you again again- So the girl left hating to leave lea but jut knowing that Mrs Douglas wanted her to For some time she stood tood In the hall hail her head pressed preMed against the door listening to the womans woman's sobs hating herself for havIng laving hurt her so badly heartbroken heartbroken heart- heart broken at nt Mrs Douglas Douglas' last words I never see you again again- Then because she had hart delayed too long ong she went to the lobby and put In n a call for Davidson She was lucky to find him at home Can I see you ou this afternoon she asked weakly t Will Vil 2 be all U right A At l t flat l Sally said it would but when she left the booth her eyes were filled with tears She had to hurt so many people Linda Harvey Davidson Mrs Douglas She dreaded the afternoon with Davidson d dreaded it more and more as the time went on and 2 o o'clock lock slipped nearer and nearer She was at the flat promptly at 2 and Manfred led her silently in to the living room Mrs Douglas had said she never wanted to see her again What would Harvey Davidson say a At Davidson had not come and Sally was as beginning to get ner nero I She had steeled te-cled herself to tell him that afternoon and If it he did not come The room was warm and she was very ery tired so she lay back In her deep chair and closed her eyes only to open them every now noVi and then to look at the small clock on the mantel Relaxing for lor the first time in a day and a night she he was con clo of ot a throbbing pain In her head which she had almost forgotten Sleep that was what she needed and If U Mr Davidson Davidson Da Da- Da didn't come pretty soon she would be he asleep She did nod off ort once and when she awakened with a start she found Manfred standing over her hanging down the receiver of ot the phone which stood on a a. small table near the fireplace It was Mr Davidson Miss He wanted to know If U you were still here He was delayed he said and will be here Immediately Then he padded quietly out of ot the room and Sally was left to herself hersel again She hadn't even heard the phone ring Three She was still sUll wearing her coat so she slipped sUpped It of off her shoulders shoulders shaul ders and sat staring Into the the- theIre fire Ire thinking of ot the promise she had made to Peter that Peter that she would come In and see him this afternoon thinking thinking- of or Mrs Douglas who had been weeping so o bitterly when she sho left the apartment apartment apart apart- ment thinking too of Davidson and trying to toO form lorm words In her mind to tell him what she had to When she saw him when he was as here beside her it would be easier casler she oSbe decided Shed She'd wait wat for lor the explanations ex cx x she Bhe was working over and andover andover andover over again seemed so BO pitifully weak so 50 Inconsistent A LETTER FROM DAVIDSON At 4 o o'clock lock the door bell rang and she sprang to toO her feet excited every nerve in her body tingling She saw the servant come through the doors at the back and cross the thc room I not Mr Davidson Miss Hhas He Hel has his key He never rings The relief as she sank ba back k Coward that she he was Why did she sh hate so much to face lace him Why couldn't she shebe shebe shebe be brave about It The man came back bearing a letter let ter and laid It down on the arm arth arm of ot I her chair For you Miss A A special ape cial messenger Just brought it Sally looked at her name written on the envelope Davidsons Davidson's hand handwrIting writing The doors closed on Manfred Man Man- fred red before she slit it open with fumbling fum fumbling bling hot fingers To be Concluded Tuesday |
