Show SPIN By VIRGINIA R SWAIN 11 I BEGIN HERE TODAY Barbara Hawley 25 breaks with her fiance Bruce Reynolds and gets a a. Job In The Telegram In order to see life Andraw McDermott the mai managing ed editor lor Is a former friend of her father fo She maKes maltes friends with Bob Jeffries Jeffries Jef Jer- fries tries police reporter and with Sinbad Sinbad Sinbad Sin- Sin bad Sullivan Su a free lance press pl-ess agent sometimes sober Barbara gets a letter signed Violetta Vio letta In the l lovelorn mall asking I i i I I I I r I I I I I I 1 I I I I i 1 i t I I II how to attract a young man socially r superior to the writer SInbad Sullivan asks Barbara to toa C Ca a a at the Lighthouse Inn J NOW GO GOON ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER TER XI III r. r IThe i The yellow taffeta dress aress lay on the bed Mrs H Hawley was powdering Barbara's Barbaras Barbaras Barbara's Barbaras Bar Bar- baras bara's shoulders While Barbara wielded the nail buffer when Bobs Bob's raucous s horn sounded out out in in front followed shortly by on the porch Will Nall you tell em Ill I'll be there In just a minute gasped Barbara front the folds of the yellow dress J which she was slipping over her head Sin SInbad bad and Bob were draped about the new newel el post when Barbara descended the steps You look like Wee a down daffy Babs shouted Bob Bb You look like a princess bf the blood royal Miss Hawl Hawley y amended Sinbad with dignity He He was spotlessly spotlessly spot spot- lessly lessy groomed and e extremely sol- sol me men Bar Barbara ara ran the front steps I 1 with a cavalier on either arm She SheI I found Miss loss B Badger silting stiffly in inI inthe the center of the racers racer's one seat I I Good evening Miss 1 Hawley the tone n no no one would have i suspected that the two women worked side by side every day I Pile In cried Bob and proceeded proceed proceed- ed to direct the loading It ended with Barbara and Miss Hawley squeezed in side by side and SInbad Sin bad badon on the running b ard Flurries of snow began to fall as they raced along Barbara drew her coat closer about her throat and glanced with delight at the watery moon that peered out now now and then I between ragged clouds I They drew up at the Lighthouse i to find several other familiar rattletrap rattletrap rattle rattle- II trap cars standing in Jn the driveway Guess the gangs gang's here cried Bob swinging out to help the ladles alight I Dinner wil not be served until seven forty five said sald Miss Badger It was the first remark she had ut uttered ut ut- I tere SInbad assisted Barbara up the I steps with punctilious care As they passed Into the reception hall Bob I drew Barbara aside and whispered doing fine isn't he I II I made him promise to take the I er off for several dances so I could oud I I dance with you He kicked like a aI abay bay steer but he said hed he'd do it I J A l large rge table in the in the corner or the j i main dining room wase waiting fo fot the newspaper party A great basI basket bas- bas I I ket het of golden chrysanthemums stood I lin In the center of the table i Just made for your yellow dress i 1 Babs Bob snipping off a a bud and handing it to her Miss Badger sniffed Yellow y Is al alI I right In flowers she he said but its it's j I very hard to wear I Barbara Barbar made a face b behind Miss 1 Badgers Badger's bar back k Bob laughed back at atI her ber I I I This Is the first time you have leen been to the Lighth Lighthouse use isn't it Miss Hawley asked Sin Sinbad bad still with i i his unaccustomed gravity He I looked to Barbara like a pugilist i I turned clergyman i j Yes Yes she smiled and I think Its It's gorgeous Oh Very ery well Sin SInbad bad was almost al- al most patronizing But they are not notI so careful as they ought to be Once I a place like e this gets to running down theres there's no stopping it I fear I this management would wink at t anything fora for a ten dollar bil bill I j Still SUIl Still Its It's the tradition to have havethe j the fall newspaper party here and andI I think well we'll have a good time j i Barbara was seated between Bob Boband Boband Boband and SInbad She watched the antics of the men and nd listened to the smart cynicisms of the women trying to realize that this was the sort o of I things she had always longed to be bea a part of of-a of a gay irresponsible I II world in the center of ot things all- all knowing all ridiculing I Why so serious little daffodil shouted Byers the dramatic critic emboldened beyond his natural timidity timidity tim Um- by the lights fights and flowers and the faces of many friends What say of Bohemia Do you approve ap apI approve I prove or shall we strike it out ut with one blow of our wand 7 Its w Wonderful Barbaras Barbara's eyes were shining in the candle light Bob ob looked at her with smiling half- half shut eyes Miss Badger sneered Course followed follow d course and arid the talk grew still brighter and stillmore still stillmore stillmore more Only Sinbad Sullivan maintained a dignified reserve From Prom time to time Barbara glanced I at him wonderinglY I I When the had been taken away he asked her to dance with him and she was vas surprised to find how sure and graceful his dancing steps were They came back hack to the table to find Bob and Miss Badger just rising ris ris- ing May I have this dance Miss Bader Badger Badger Bad Bad- I ger er Sinbad bowed a Court of St. St Jam James s bow Well Nell he did stick to his bargain bargain bar bar- gain didn't he commented commenced Bob as ashe ashe ashe he settled Into his chair beside Barbara Barbara Barbara Bar Bar- bara and watched Sin Sinbad bad lead the society editor away I Where did he get all alj al those man- man asked I 1 can hardY hardly hardly hard hard- ly believe belief hes he's the same big burly Y Sin SInbad bad that comes Into our office reeking with bad whisky sometimes someI some some- times Hes on his his his best b best st behavior that's all its Jt's ts t's in iii hon honor r of you When I told him hed he'd have to be sober tonight to- to to tonight night for your our sake I thought he heI was going to knock me down Hes He's pretty hard hit hit I think I II Hell Bob Jeffries said a voice just behind th them m Barbara looked up to find a handsome man man of f about 35 bending over the table and re reaching out for Bobs Bob's hand Greetings Jerome replied Bob rising to meet the Miss liss lissi Hawl Hawley yet let me present Mt Mr Jerome Ball Jerome and II I used to be sidekicks sidekicks sidekicks side side- kicks In the arm army reserve camp But now hes he's a man about town and Im I'm well Im well just look at me Jerome Ball was staring at Barbars BarI Barbara Bar- Bar bara bars with a smile playing about his lips Barbara felt unaccountably ill illat at ease How do you do Miss lIss Hawley I he said smoothly Do you suppose Bob will let me have this dance Say there exclaimed Bob I I 1 haven't had a dance lance myself yet I II But Bul Jerome was wu leading leading- Barbara I II r C out on the dance floor with only a mocking glance over his shoulder at Bob Dob When Barbara and Jerome whirled past the table next she s sow saw w Sinbad S 'S Sullivan tn sitting sifting I trig moodily b by himself slouched in his chair I 1 really ought to go o back to my partner Mr Ir Ball she said as the music sopped slopped Hes like a a. bear with a sore paw I have danced with him only on once e tonight e. e Jer Jerome me mas mas- smiling his winning smile what ho he gets for bringing the loveliest girl in the party Barbara smiled stilled back All All right she she said Ill dance L one more with you Youre like thistledown on the floor you ou know Jerome Jerme again smiled caressingly and tightened his arm about her ler er waist Barbara blushed I Jerome And may I ask inquired later t ohn t Y you you U n are re In the newspaper party woman Im I'm a newspaper Why oman of oC course Barbaras Barbara's voice was proud Im a reporter for fOl The Telegram That's where I met BobA Bob A reporter The su surprise in Jerome's voice was not hot to De ne missed Yes said Barbara Why not Jerome Well VeIl why not laughed We Ve Come on over to the window dont don't want to t talk k about business do we oil oft A sheet of or snow was waR shutting the outside world It beat a athe agthe aga ag agathe the leaded panes and piled on ledge outside The night w wa glimmer of lighted shadows LIl Like c a a setting for a play pay It commented Barbara j lea against the pane A noise at atthe the the other end of of 1 room made them both turn a at Others were turning In the saw same To Be Continued |