Show I LE YEAR GIRL GIRLA A 1 New 1 elO Rob Eel Eden elt S Story lory J I BEGIN HERE iE RE TODAY 1 i 1 Judith Avery Awry is lovely and blond blondi much in love with id d 20 She is as I q before he i oby Dby Locke as she was 5 Herriot eight weeks Donna But she gave ave up her position o o. o 11 1 the the Guarantee National bank banle here Acre Toby was assistant teller so at she wouldn't sec see him any ny more fer er cr new position in the office of Dr aig alg Mitchell has helped Judith to 1 Tob Toby But tonight she found corridor wait waiting n for her in the m In hen en she left leCt the ti-IC office and hadn't hadn t te to refuse to go to dinner courage e to tall taU tonna to ith th him He Ha has no one I- I bills he cannot nna onna is running up and the bank manager has y 0 his cd him that he cannot keep unless he pa pays S 'S his debts and mid l keeps s' s mind on his work OW GO ON WITH TIlE THE STORY CHAPTER TWELVE f There were of Toby as JuRth Ju Ju- Juth Rth U th walked slowly along alons the dark shaded fee shaded ce-shaded street D Disturbing i s t u r bin g Noughts that brought his face and his red ired ed harassed eyes very close Toby with his head buried in his IDS ms at the restaurant Toby talking that strained way that nervous isn't nt like ike him hinL Toby begging begg to see sec seer again V r need iced Judith I You give me what age I have to see you again Hs Is s voice had been desperate pled g And I 1 need courage so badly w Ive v Ive I've l' l needed it so terribly fore Like a child saying sayin that thaL A little A y 1 cant cantHer Her own small voice dering de- de deS doring I ring S him fighting with the heart of ofir r ir that wanted to see himI him I 11 feel better anyway just anyway just having en ai you Jou talked to you he said when was taking her to the thC street car ie e wouldn't let him hinl go on on so she him itched him from the plat platform olm as he jod od on the corner comer waving his hand JDITH'S TREASURE J LI The hour they had been together in inAc rL Ac Je restaurant seemed but a little min tte now that she was home and put put- She door ling I mg Irig her key in the wred ered red nothing about aboul the place nothing noth noth- r ing about the dinner she had hardly Jg only T Tc y telling her he wasI was I happy Telling her he had made i mistake 1 I 1 should have married you you you- you you-to ilat was what he had said and that n s what she would treasure 1 Her Her father and mother were sitting Ji the living room reading They I Joked up when she came in in and she rendered vaguely what her mother r uld say if she knew her dau daughter Mad d dined with Toby tonight Mrs J cry had very ery definite ideas about I going coin out with married men Once several months ago she had hac told old Judith that although she realized it was being done constantly she trusted rusted her own girls and felt sure that hat they understood it was wrong Mrs Aver Avery was old She belon belonged cd to the generation that deplored de- de divorce orce and the infidelity to marriage vows She read the news papers and sighed over them ON THE TilE ROCKS My girls she was wont to say when the question arose at her womans woman's woman's womans wo wo- mans man's club or her church circles have had proper home training They never could be involved in m a scandal I dont don't say that they dont don't do co wrong But Jut they are arc moderate in their mod mod- cm inn wholesome in their likes and nd dislikes They disagree with me mc mein men in n a lot of things but at heart thc they arc re as conservative as I 1 am Its It's al all alla a question of training Judith walked through the room thinking of her mother knowing what wha a splendid wife she had been to her father ather They shouldered everything together Finances children home There here was a budget in the Avery fam lam ily ly that was adhered to rigidly And that was the way marriage should hould be Judith decided A partnership partner partner- ship tup as her father lather and mother had hac made it A happy partnership Toby and nd Donna had started out all wrong Eight weeks and their marriage was going on the rocks unless Toby saved it Thirty years the marriage of her father Cather and mother had lasted evenly contentedly Rita was fanning a clay mask on her herace face ace when her sister opened the door of f the familiar bedroom Her auburn hair air was wrapped tightly in a towel and md nd there was a bright satin kimono of f green over her shoulders The small fan waved before the slits in the mask that were her eyes and she didn't open her lips to answer Judiths Judith's greeting reeling The girl took look of off her things and sat watch ins the mask hardening as Rita fanned it Then when it was set her eyes yes followed her sister as she sponged it off and the flesh underneath underneath under under- neath show showed cd flushed limbed and glowing Some day you'll be doing this Rita remarked as she plastered a goodly amount of cream on the skin that hat looked so fresh I doubt it on your mind A lot of things I went vent with Toby Locke ocke to dinner Rita continued to rub in the cream slowly lowly For some time lime neither of them hem spoke Oh playing with fire firer Rita was patting palling the cream eream under her eyes with quick soft movements of her fingers I I dont don't think so Well what did he say Hes unhappy unhappy unhappy- Already My God he hasn't been married two months DONT DON'T BE CROSS Please Rita dont don't criticize before you know anything about it Donnas Donna's swamped him with bills I guess she's awfully extravagant Hes He's almost almos desperate no reason why you should concern yourself about his affairs Judith That's an old story a man going to lo another woman and telling tellin her hes he's unhappy with his wile wife I hear it a 3 lot of times from fellows fellow around the office oUke Even my boss used to lo pull that line on me mc Im I'm wise wis now I This is Rita laughed I know Just because because be be- cause its it's Toby who came to you Jou its it's different Circumstances alter cases eh Well they dont don't child ehUd of inno inno- cence The They dont don't and dont don't let anybody anybody any any- body tell you they do Circumstances are arc always the same and when youre you're seven years older as I 1 am you'll see what I mean Dont Don't be cross Rita Im not cross Im I'm only trying to lo drum a little sense into your head Im I'm only trying Irving to lo tell you that you shouldn't t have gone Jone out with Toby tonight to to- night and listened to lo his tales S Sympathized Sym Sym- m with him too Ill I'll bet beL Well I 1 was awfully sorry for him him him- Sure so he put it on thick didn't he e I 1 know the game Toby isn't any ny different from irom any of the rest rest- cst lIe He Is Rita wiped her lier hands carefully on ona ona a towel Im telling you he And if iC you ou persist In listening to him and nd sympathizing with him youre you're going joing to be sorry What business has hashe hashe he ic anyway taking his troubles to you How could she tell Rita that thai Toby had lad no one else to lo go o to That he was vas really in trouble Probably the first trouble he had ever over had in m his me life ife Did he admit that hed he'd quarreled with Donna Rita Rila was asking abruptly Yes they did have a quarrel quarrel quarrel- Sure I knew it Only men dont don't usually admit it Donna and be all over the thet quarrel tomorrow and you'll be sitting silting on a very large lonely onely limb It isn't only a Quarrel Quarrel-l I imagine they've had a lot of them Its It's that thai Toby oby cant can't reason with Donna about aboul economy economy- conomy FORGET TOBY So he came to ask you what to lo lodo todo todo do Not Nol exactly exactly- Just sympathy as I said at t first Dont Don't think Im I'm harsh Judith Im I'm only telling Idling you this for your own good You thought my ray advice once was vas punk Rita Rila paused and Judith flushed She remembered only too loo vividly that hat night when she had confided to 0 Rita that thai she was going to lo ask Toby to marry her and Rita Rila had done everything e to lo persuade her not nol to lo Neither of or them had mentioned it since until now Yes Rita repeated You thought it 1 wasn't so hot And you'll probably think the same about aboul what Im I'm telling you now Youve You've got a stubborn streak in n you OU like I 1 have in me If I were you Id I'd forget about Toby and his troubles and let him figure ligure them out for himself Toby and Donna arc are married arent aren't they They're not infants they're grown rown up and supposed to be mature intelligent seines beings s. s BE SORRY SC No Toby wasn't an infant but bul he had lad ac acted d like one tonight Judith thought nought of ot him again tall and slim waving after the departing street car his lis head bare his hair ruffled Toby seeking her out when he was wasn in n trouble Toby wanting her as he had wanted her before he had fallen fallenn in n love with wilh Donna The touch of his hand on hers in the restaurant Let Lct cm em sink or swim I r cant can't let Toby sink Judith cried Then you'll be SOrI sorry dear because hes he's m married L. L to another woman Youve You've no right to him Ive a right to help l him m when I Ilove Ilove love ove him him him- The quick patter of rain fell on the window and a rumble of 01 thunder sounded ominously through the roomI roomI roomI room I wont won't say I told lold you so so some someday someday someday day Jud Judith th I 1 wont won't I promise you that hat Rita Rila patted palled her shoulder der and strolled to lo the window to look ook out at the shower To be continued |