Show b COPYRIGHT ail TR 5 BEGIN HERE HEREAfter After the bitter ordeal of her wedding wedding wedding wed wed- ding night Mar Margie ie Garver feels as if nothing could b be right again acain Mar Margie ie is madly in love with Dennis K Killian llian and could not for forget et him even while he was engaged to Zinna Keating Kenting But Zinna eloped with another man and Dennis and Margie were married On their wedding night Dennis confesses confesses confesses con con- that althou although h he loves Mar Margie ie and knows that she will be a perfect wife and companion to him Zinna is like a fever fe in his blood which he cannot forget Margie l br bravely consents consents con con- consents to go on with the marriage and andin andin andin in a months month's time they have become ideally happy Dennis seems to have forgotten Zinna and if h he does remember remember remember ber he shows no sign of or it Jt to Margie Margie has gone one back to her position as interior decorator tor for r the Colton Construction company compan Her boss Maurice Stone has always been Margie's Margies Margies Margie's Mar Mal gies gie's adviser and friend since ince her fathers father's fa fathers father's fa- fa athers ather's a- a ther's death but this time Margie feels troubles to as if it she cant can't confess her Maury l biu Just as she arrives at atthe the office one morning Margie gets a long distance call from Chicago CHAPTER SIX Margie called the long distance operator op op- orator complacently It would be her brother of course Since moving to Chicago Wallace n never ver wrote but was apt to wire or telephone at unexpected unexpected unexpected un un- un- un expected moments At last the call ras was completed and she was saying Hello Wall Wally but the voice which answered was Is this Mr Wallace Garvers Garver's sister sister sis ss- ter Yes And then like a bullet shot with unerring unerring unerring un un- un- un erring aim straight at her heart Im terribly sorry I have bad news for you ou Not Wally she prayed Oh God not Wall Wally please There has been an accident Your brother and his wife were on their way to his office this morning Their car was hit by a truck Hurt Margie Marcie questioned fearfully fearfully fearfully fear fear- fully knowing the answer before it came The They were killed Margie learned that it was one of the men in Wally's office calling that he would take care of little Daphne until she came Daphne 3 years e rs old left without either cither father or mother Margie replaced the receiver and sat staring starin blankly at the floor Ioor Wally Wall dead Wallace and his au au- au- au burnh haired burn ired adoring wife killed together together to to- gether leaving their child behind I I cant can't believe it it Margie said between between be be- between tween stiff lips It cant can't be true truc She rose and passing blindly through the outer office opened Maury's door without remembering to knock He was d dictating but at sight tight of Margies Margie's face Maury made a motion of dismissal to his secretary Margie darling what's the matter matter mat mat- ter In his arms as if he were indeed the father fattier she had lost Margie collapsed It was Maury who telephoned Dennis Maur Maury who called the station to ask about trains train But it was Margie's Margies hus hus- I band who put tender lender arms about her shaking little figure and comforted her as no one else in the world could have done BEWILDERMENT Ill go SO with you OU he promised Can you get away Ill do it You dont don't think Id I'd let you OU go to Chicago alone He took her home and packed the bags for both of them tar l Margie ic wasso wasso was wasso so stunned she did not seem to know what she was doing If it had not been for Dennis she was certain she would never have made the train The short ride to Chicago was like a nightmare Her brother was all she had left in the world of her own Their motherless childhood had drawn them closer to together than the average brother and sister He had been three years ears older her hel adored BIG brother When their father mard married married mar mar- ried the wealthy wealth Grosse Pointe widow wid wid- ow ow Margie and Wallace had turned to to each other for Cor comfort Later when Edith's selfishness had excluded the two lonely young oung people forcing them to find their own interests interests interests inter inter- ests but at nt the same time giving them their freedom it was Wallace who had always taken the initiative He had gone cone against Edith's crisply announced announced an an- wishes when he married Daphne Edith had ideas about family family fam fam- ily and such things The fact that Daphnes Daphne's parents were hard working laboring people had made her outside the pale of Edith's I approval Wallace had sworn he I would never submit his wife to an Introduction with his stepmother and had kept that promise Before his death their father had occasionally visited his grandchild but Edith had never seen the old 3 Daphne MARGIE SUFFERS All these things were turning over I and over again in Margies Margie's brain What would become of or Daphne now now Who would take care of her Would Edith who had never had any children chil dren of her own want the adorable youngster Margie suspected that nothing would please Edith more than to make the magnanimous gesture of adopting Wally's child She would like having her if it she were entirely unhampered and permitted permitted per per- to bring her up in her own way But I wont won't let her decided MarIcle Margie Margie Mar Mar- gie Icle instantly Wally would never forgive me So far as she herself was concerned Margie MarJie would ask nothing better than to take Daphne as her own But was it fair to Dennis Their married life had just begun Was it ri right ht to bring her tiny niece adorable as ns she was into their home so soon after alter their marriage Particularly under the circumstances which were less fortunate fortunate fortunate for for- than those of or the ordinary couple Margie looked at her husband anxiously anxiously and Dennis feeling her gaze saze upon him took her hand and held it warmly in his own Dont suffer any my more than you youcan youcan youcan can help darling They didn't you know kno DENNIS AGREES She flashed him a swift grateful glance Its Daphne Im I'm thinking about Im I'm afraid Edith will want her Why not dear Edith has more money than she knows what to do With and nd two beautiful homes Lake Angelus would be the best place inthe inthe in inthe the world for a child Not Wally's child Margie Marcie said firmly Wally hated Edith He said she was the most thoroughly selfish elfish person he had ever known I cant can't let Edith have her I Her blue eyes were so pleading Dennis was forced to understand Do you want to take her yourself Margie Marcie She nodded unable to speak What about your our work Id give it up Id I'd never leave her herto herto herto to the care of or maids and nurses as Edith would Dennis said comfortingly If you are willing to take the responsibility I w will ll do all I can to help It doesn't seem fair to bring someone someone some some- one else's child into your home no nol matter how dear she is to me Margie Margie Mar Mar- gie faltered Dennis smiled reassuringly Dont you worry about that If you want her you may be sure it Hi w will ll be all right with me i WHERES DADDY I Such unselfish loyalty such unspoken unspoken un un- spoken affection was in his reply Mar Margie le lifted the hand which held hers and pressed it passionately against her lips His devotion was all that upheld her in fn the bitter hours after they reached Chicago From the moment when the bewildered little Daphne ran into Margies Margie's blessedly familiar arms it was a ghastly ordeal The auburn haired auburn haired dimpled child looked enough like Mar Margie ie to be her own She cuddled into Margies Margie's s 's arms raising her baby face to Mar Margie's Margies ies ie's s with persistent questions which the girl could scarcely answer Where did my mummie and daddy daddy daddy dad dad- dy go o gone away sweetheart When youre you're older Margie will explain explain ex ex- plain Why didn't they take me with them They never left me alone before Daphne complained Poor mitel Margies Margie's mother had died when she was 5 She knew the bitter childish lon longing ing which no one else however tender would be able to assuage But she would do her herbest best Mummie and daddy couldn't take you ou this time darling But you shall come and stay with Margie Marsie and Uncle Dennis Wont Won't that be fun Dennis standing beside her stretched ou this hand Hello there Daphne Are you my Uncle Dennis Yes he smiled Were going to have some great creat times together Im I'm quite a person Daphne I can be a camel or a bear Really she demanded dimpling Really And take me riding on your back the way my daddy does docs Sure he said but tears were in his eyes I guess Ill I'll come then Daphne decided To be continued |