Show 4 a 1 11 I j 1 HEA IN I BEGIN HERE TODAY Barbara Hawley 25 breaks with her fiance Bruce Reynolds and gets a job on the Salt Lake Telegraph Telegraph Telegraph Tele Tele- graph In order to see see life Andrew McDermott the managing managing man man- aging editor Is a former friend of her father Lather Bob Jeffries police poUce reporter reporter re re- re porter proves friendly Barbara gets a letter In the lovelorn lovelorn love love- lorn mall mail signed Violetta asking hoW ho hoto to attract a young young man socially so so- so dally daily S superior to the writer Barbara attends a newspaper dinner at the Lighthouse Inn with ith SInbad Sullivan a press ag agent nt There she meets Jerome B Ball a aman aman aman man about town While ThUe she Is dancing with him Sinbad drinks drinks' too much ch champagne and climbs climbs' on the table to sing To Barbaras Barbara's horror she sees Bruce Reynolds staring at her The sound of ot a shot comes froman from froman an Inner room in the roadhouse Norman Hollowell a prominent broker was found dead In the he room A A. doctor said It was a c clear cear ea case of ot suicide that Hollowell was alone In the room at the time but Barbara Barbara Bar Bar- bara finds a womans woman's scarf under the t table ble When Barbara returned to the theoffice theoffice office she found Bruce had had been making rep repeated efforts to get her heron heron on the telephone NOW GO ON WITH THE E STORY CHAPTER XV The call came Just as Bargara was ready to leave the office S What Is the name please she heard the switchboard operator say No Ng Miss Hawley Is not in Yes Not till Ull tomorrow morning Barbara took a step step- toward the telephone and halted Then she walked aw away and caught an elevator ele ele- dc- dc vator going do down n 5 The Phe hall of the Hadley boarding house was quite dark except for a roW nit of ot light from a transom Bruce hung up the telephone receiver re- re and turned away wearily A triangle le of ot light struck across the wall by the staircase Someone had opened a door upstairs BrUce started 4 A A. girl was standIng standIng stand- stand Ing lag Ingon on the lower lower steps suddenly revealed by the half halt light He drew back I I beg your pardon Idid I Idid did not know there was was anyone Inthe inthe In the h hall ll Oh that's all right came a childish voice Guess I scared you more than you did me Ive I've been standing here for tor a couple of ot minutes minutes min min- min mm- utes trying to figure out who was using the telephone Why Its It's Miss 1 Cranby said Bruce the lady that couldn't use the hammer He smiled a little j She giggled Aw now Dont Don't rub It In None of us women can But what are are you doing at this this hour of the night night its Its It's after 2 Bruce hesitated then spoke rap- rap Idly Telephoning a a woman who doesn't want to talk to me That's the kind of a fool I I am Violetta looked at him sharply Then she sighed and sat down on the lower step propping her chin chinin chinin in her hands Lifes funn funny she said When you em emS Y you U cant can't have em And when they want you you cant can't see em for the dust Bruce crossed the ha hall l and sat down beside her I I guess guess' theres there's nothing to It ft anyhow this anyhow this love stuff Better forget it all and go about your business Violetta shook her head and shot shota a sidelong glance at him Oh no that's not so Life be anything anything any any- thing without love Id I'd hate to think I had to go through the rest of my life all by my lonesome B Besides Be- Be sides some women arent aren't lIke girl gir of Qt yours Bruce did not seethe see seethe seethe the gleam of ot malice In Violetta's eyes No they're No they're not he hotly Some of them really love He broke off oft In embarrassment But what Idiots we are to sit here hereIn In the wee small hours talking a alot alot alot lot of ot silly bunk Violetta answered him eagerly eager But it Isn't bunk Sometimes It helps help lots Just to talk about your troubles I 1 says to myself the first time I aw you you you-There's There's Theres a gent with a secret sorrow And I wished like anything that I could help you Bruce turned That was nice o of you to both bath bother r about me but really Miss Cranby Im I'm afraid it isn't worth it I guess Ill I'll always be be a it bungler where women are con Im I'm m made de that way He I tried to smile I I Violetta turned turned her great shadowy shadowy shad shad- shad shad- eyes eyes toward rd him Mm How Rosy c can n you say that t Mr why why I I. I dont don't be believe ber- ber believe lieve I 1 even know your name 5 I Reynolds said Bruce I thought yOu knew No I I. I told you mine that day you hun hung the picture for Zor me me but you didn't tell me me yours and an I didn't like tp to ask But I knew wed we'd be good friends S Bruce smiled rather absently Its good of ot you to say so But I 1 mustn't keep you sitting here I It must L be L' L nearly u 3 o'clock uL j io gin ClOser cu DUL Lu j. j want to talk to to you I cant can't sleep Im I'm not happy either Had a lot lotof lotof of ot trouble In my time But Ive I've almost al- al most roost got through the woods poW now Im I'm not In love with anybody any more So Im I'm not so miserable as I was But I Im I'm n lonely Nobody Inthis In this whole town to tp talk to Most Mast of ot the Janes that work at Campbell arent aren't my my class not class not that I fee stuck up but uP-but but you know how It ls is A girls girl's got to be ca careful Bru Bruce e sat moodily staring Into the shadows of ot the hall hail VIoletta looked at him Detachment was wS still strongly written on his face lace Suddenly she put her face In h her r arms and began to cry silently Her shoulders shook She brought out a of ot a silk handkerchief It was was som some moments before Bru Bruce saw that she w was s weeping He sat lost In his own troubles I Why Miss Cranby he sai said ending bending over oyer her dont don't cry like that Please dont And then as the sobs robs shook her body still more irre violently violently Is Is there anything I can cando cando cando do do She shook her head without lit lift lifting tIng t- t ing her face Theres nothing anybody anybody any any- body can do she whimpered I wish I was dead that's all And I wont won't tell you anything more about It it I wish I was was dead lead f Bruce looked ked at her helplessly At last he a fresh folded handkerchief and proffered It in ln place of the tiny silk one Til tell you he said at las last Youve You ot got the tie blues from sticking ar un t this jold l boarding A r irig hoti houe We Wen Well 11 have to o get together some someS S Sunday and go out to Stony P Point int or take tak hike You need to get out outdoors d doors or and I do to Violetta lifted he hex head but no not to too eagerly Her e eyes es were dr dry That T at w would uld be swell she sie e ex exclaimed claimed But why couldn't we go goto goto goto to a show or to the Anything you like like replied Bruce But now now nov you'd better go goto goto goto to b bed beil d. d Well We'll plan this party in a a. aday aday d day y or two And promise me you wont won't cry like that again It really d doesn't pay Y you U know No love af affair affair at- at fair Is worth all aH that that S VIoletta smiled baring white t teet teeth eth All right she said Maybe May May- Maybe be belt it wont won't be so bad if theres there's somebody to talk to sometimes s. s I Ih h have ve been so lonely I thought Id Ia bust He helped her to her feet and went up the stairs with his arm through hers At the door they said sald good night Inside his room Bruce crossed to the window and stared out at the I snowy night The frown had returned returned returned re- re turned to his faceA face A picture of ot Barbara Hawley stood on his dresser On the tho study stud table lay a pile of blueprints and some architectural plans and moa moa- els ala Bruce Druce shuffled shuttled through the pile picking out several sketches On top of these he laid the picture of ot Barbara Then he opened the door of ot the little coal stove that stood In the corner of the room and thrust the wh whole IG pile InThe In The snow had stopped falling when Barbara awoke next day She saw that It was 9 o'clock three hours later than han per her er usual rising time But she only turned over and lay still a moment Her mother came into the room The office called and said you need t report till noon Babs she said why I let you sleep You looked so tired when I came in into into to wake you Barbara rolled over again to look at her mother Why Is It she asked that whenever fate gets me Into an awkward situation it brings Bruce ruce Reynolds around to gloat over Ime me me Why did Bruce have to be Inthe Inthe In Inthe the Lighthouse Inn last night when Sinbad Sullivan was making a fool of himself Oh I could die when I think of Bruce sitting there looking at me while the whole crowd laughed She hid her face In the pillow Mrs Hawley went on stirring up the logs f for 11 n a fire Those things do happen Babs she sho he said Just have to forget forget forget for for- get It It But Bruce had the Insolence to tell me I had no right to be in the Inn mother He tried to tear m me from prom the place before I had covered away the suicide story AT I other other- man there to there wasn't any quickly quickly- Then take me home but It hurt not that I needed one see me without an art to- to have Bruce I Sinbad escort In lit that place and drunk on the table No o use thinking about i 1 It Barbara Barbara Bar Bar- bara dear Her mother came over overto overto overto I to the bed and stroked her daugh- daugh t ter's hair Jump up and r nil l 1 you wattles waffles for breakfast 9 The Telegram Offie buzzed the u cide story that t You and Bob certainly d J all the luck said Jepson th ture writer Imagine being li o on the s scene ene of ot a story lIke It And me rue at home taking car pars teething baby I told the wi wiM ought t to break our necks to to a that party Wells VeIls called Barbara to the the 4 Continued on following pa paiM |