Show i r Wain Irna J 1925 by t MA A 5 INC 4 i f. f Jc wi Im Barbara Hawley Do you want to tee see me Barbara asked the governors governor's wife f BEGIN BEGIN HERE TODAY BARBARA HAWLEY 25 breaks with her fiance BRUCE RE REM REMOLDS HOLDS H- H OLDS and gets a job on on the Telegram in order to see life A ANDREW DREW lDER l lOTT is managing managing managing man man- aging editor and BOB JEFFRIES is police reporter on the paper ALEX A EXI F world famous fa famous famous fa- fa I pianist makes love to Barbara Barbara Bar Bar- bara when she interviews him in his hotel suite He laughs at her journalistic ambitions and tens tells her hel Women are not ma made Ie for fOl You cant can't heal beat eat life BI Bc bara banI a story about the inaugural urAl wardrobe of Mrs i Ezra Hamilton Hamilton the governors governor's wife g giving ving details pf pC the lingerie Mrs Hamilton calls Up up NOW GOON ON WITH WITH THE STORY CHAPTER VIII VIM I Th The name Hamilt Hamilton n brou b brought ht Barbara to her feet She stared stated wildly about her Bob her hel father confessor and and counselor In hr distress was nowhere in sl sight ht B Barbara looked at Wells What would he do in a a. pinch stand pinch stand by his reporter or conciliate a patron There was yas no help for it Barbara Barbara Bar Bar- arbara ar- ar bara thought of McDermott's staunchness ss and clung to the thought as she made her w way y to totne the telephone It was disconcertingly disconcertingly disconcert disconcert- Inglr near near t the desk of oC the society editor Is this this Miss 1 Barbara Hawley came the voice at t the other end voice like frozen of the wire a wire a cream Barbara admitted the charge Have you any explanation to offer of ot the disgraceful article in Jn tonight's Telegram Barbara fought for time Which disgraceful article she asked and knew she had made a tactical error Dont be impertinent snapped the voice becoming less like frozen cream and mote more like like a string tring of ot otI baby bab firecrackers I i Barbara saw the head of ot otlIss Miss lIss lIssI 1 I Badger rise with a jerk She had hadI I I caught the word disgraceful The sight of that head strengthened strengthened strengthened strength strength- I ened Barbaras Barbara's nerve She replied I t more bravely If I It you are referring to m my story on your wardrobe Mrs Mrs' Hamilton I have no explanation other than that it tells the truth and it is interesting to the public I A rustling of oC papers behind heri her i told Barbara that Miss lIss Badger was wasI I feverishly hunting bunting for the dIsgraceful disgraceful dis dis- disgraceful graceful story i 1 Indeed cried Mrs 1 Hamilton I Ishall Ishall I shall be down at once to see your employer You may wait until I get there 1 The receiver banged Well Veil thought Barbara as al she turned vay a away from the telephone Im In for It this time The rho situation was distinctly un un- comfortable She must warn Wells of the impending visit of ot I state She She found him in a more mote sunn sunny mood than usual It was that i i blessedly relaxed time of ot day when 1 I even newspaper men sit back and andI I the universe pipe in mouth and feet on desk Mrs Hamilton 1 he drawled 1 so we so-we we did run a story about her today I think ire He smiled and looked at Barbara from between half halt closed lids Barbara smiled too But It was wasa wasl a w wry y smile She did t t like the l I story said she And she's comIng coming coming com com- ing right down to see you ou about it And she wants to see me too The man looked at her Well Yell he drawled shaking the ashes from his pipe and letting his I feet down from the desk with a thump weve had worse than govI governors governors' governors governors' gov gov- wives in this office Though I I doubt whether weve we've had any wore worse trouble makers than this lady is liable to be I Barbaras Barbara's mou mouth h drooped lower than ever Suddenly Wells Yells smiled I Stand by br Miss Hawley he said We wont won't give up the ship yet Im I'm official welcoming committee for bootleggers crook politicians I and annoyed governors' governors wives Fifteen minutes later Mrs Ezra Hamilton swept in She looked around for someone who might be Bambara before she he swished her hera ea saes a es s through the little swinging bate Barbara was not there to be impressed She was was was' out in the rest room standing before the vavy wavy mirror and d dabbing handfuls of ot cold cream into a n. very grimy face I When she left leet the rest room It was with a velvet skin and peachy bloom that would have given battie battle battle bat bat- tle tie to the presidents president's wife herself if need had been i Mrs Ezra Hamilton Hammon was standing standIng standing stand- stand Ing beside the city desk talking volubly and using her ringed hands lands to emphasize e each ch sentence Barbara assumed her best professional professional professional pro pro- manner manner manner-a a manner de demure demure de- de mure but firm She marched straight up to the enraged lady Iam Ia I Iam a am 1 Barbara Barbar Hawley she she said saidI coolly You wish to see me nie I Mrs Hamilton Hammon stared at the girl with her smooth skin her childlike gray eyes and her unmistakable unmistakable unmistakable air all of oC assurance But she was not be deterred i j How dare you you follow me she cried Is there no no- privacy left leet the public nowadays 1 i Those who seek seel pub public c place often pay for it with their privacy said Barbara conscious with that absurd school teacher mind of hers Inthe in inthe inthe that there were too many ps the sentence But the scandalous language of ot the piece cried the governors governor's lady again I was never so mortified in my whole life IlCe i Here Here Barbara knew there was legitimate cause for tor complaint if not In her story at least In the headline which the copyreader er had written for it But she knew that an admission would be fatal VI fail tali to see anything scandalous about the use of ot terms that are used In Jn the advertising c columns every day she said In fact I with a flash of oC humor I should I think you'd appreciate that robe de denuit denull null nuit phrase They The cost more than mere nightgowns I Her Impudence surprised Wells but not more than it surprised Barbara Barbara Bar Bar- bara Mrs i Hamilton was gasping Wells Velis Interposed The managing editor Mr 11 McDermott asked me mei i to show you into his office when YOU you arrived he said He Is really the person in authority here and can give you greater satisfaction Wells looked at Barbaras Barbara's calm profile pro- pro file fUe His eyes expressed a a. mixture of ot anxiety and admiration Theto Theto The Theto to the governors governor's wife Just com coin this wa way When he came cane back he said t tB B Barbara No use In riling her farther Miss Hawley Though ll dont don't blame you much There Th Thes squawking women get my goat Barbara was exceedingly She crossed the room took topic down the file of ot The Telegram and ana settled herself herselt to reading it It In ina inta t n. n vain attempt t to divert her from the angry lady in McDermott's office ottice After many minutes McDermott's door opened Mrs Erza Hamilton Hamlton issued from it She was putting on on oh the gloves her gloves the gloves very McDermott stood In the door t be eJ hind her He was smiling his most I charming smile the one with the little whimsical curl at the he corner corner of his ups lips Mrs Hamilton teas was is chattering to him as though he were were a long lost friend The last amenities performed Mrs Hamilton again advanced ance upon the city desk Wells Yells brought his feet to the floor with a heavy thud and rose to meet her t tOh Oh Mr Y Wells said sald the 1 lady ady 1 I in the voice like frozen cream t was a disgraceful thing to Co do you know Really my husband hus na sh should uld sue the Telegram t I i But and her voice almost con conn con congealed with sweetness s since Y you U have done It It will you see that 1 get f five fe e dozen copies of the paper and send the bill bill to tome me me M MI I I V VI I I It had been a heavy heay da day B Barbara Bar Bar- r- r bara was so tired that she let her JI heri l' l clothes lie on the floor where they I dropped and crawled into bed Eight ho hours rs l lay h ahead before tb the hie I turmoil would start again aan aan eight blissful hours of ot unconsciousness But she liked d to be tired out n when n she went nt to bed It kept her from lying awake to think about Bruce It seemed only a moment later that she was startled from sleep by py Y thel thelong- thelong ng and violent ringing of ot th the n pep bell She tur turned ed on th the night light by her bed and gl glanced at at her clock It was Vas 2 2 o'clock i She seized a kimona ana and ran to i the telephone J Bob Jeffries' Jeffries voice volee came over th the wire wire Terribly sorry Barbara ol old ola X girl girt But its it's McDermott's orders Theres a woman woman that that's s man down at Nellie Maries Marie's es night nightclub nightclub club Th They y say the killer r is the sister of oC a man high In national politics Shot him o over er some someI ma kind I of oC triangle I To Be Continued |