| Show S 1 BEGINs HERe TODAY Barbara Barbaro 25 25 wants want to seo see life She Sho jilts jilts- pel ier fiance R Reynolds architect and gets a 0 Job on Tho The Salt Lake Telegram ram Sho ho meets Bob Jeffries police poUce reporter and Jeromo Ball BaIt man about town Bruce meet meets Lydia Stacy wealthy widow 19 who is attracted to him ro ro- ro- ro A prominent man kills himself Barbara covering the story finds a a. red scarf she Units links with a dress to Mrs St Stacy C Bruce who Is with witha a real estate firm promoting promoting promoting pro pro- a a. civic project ct rejects the thead ad advances ances of Mrs Stacy so 10 she tells tens Andrew McDermott editor of oC The Telegram that firm is is' crook crooked Bruce is indicted after atter a member member mem mesa ber of the firm absconds A but is clear cleared d when unknown to him Barbara forces Lydia to testify In his behalf by using the scarf as a threat Bruce weds wed Violetta Cranby factory factory fac fac- tory tod girl advised by Barbaras Barbara's lovelorn column Barbara shares an apartment with McDermott's daughter ht r Fanc Fancy ncy X A chIld Is 15 born to Violetta Fancy against as Barbaras Barbara's as warning elopes with Jerome Ball Barbara is 18 lonely and takes n II job jobIn jobIn jobin In New York on Footlights Maga Magar zinc zine S B Barbara seeks seeks' companionship in Greenwich Green Village but hut becomes become at the superficiality of or the people she meets A spinster friend Elizabeth c m- m suicide and Darb Barbara ra begins to tole le fear r for her hel own fate Late B Barbara meets Fancy and Jerome Jerome Jer Jer- ome mae They talk all 1111 evening about Salt Lake Lak City an and Ba Babara Barbara bara in a rush of or homesickness takes a train for home that night The Telegram publishes the story of oC her visit and D Barbara goes in to talk tant with Mc- Mc Dermott NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER For a noW moment nt there there- was silence Then l cJ McDermott shrugged his should shoulders rs slightly and lit a fresh Cresh Lydia Stacy Is is' back In town he said Blew in a couple weeks eks ago from froni rom Cape Town with a mon mon- mon mon- a little black boy servant and anda a magnificent black diamond from the Kimberley works works' c cut cut- t. t at Tiffany's Tie TIC fany's anys They say her wardrobe is African African ACrI- ACrI can too with dazzling white linen and a leopard skin coat and what not Always th the good showman sho I LydIa Barbara Darbara w wa was listening ln Intently I I 1 myself saw a a. dramatic Incident incident inci Inci- dent the day day- after she he g got t back She was dining with s some me niale male hanger oh of of exotic aspect Should not wonder winder if Il he was wa a sheik In hi Amert Americanized costume br brought back from her travels Anyhow the lady was wa having a anice nl nice e time with sith him looking over the edge edg of h her r wine glass at him with those thos ta tawny eyes of hers and lolling back in her new African AfricanS furs Curs 5 S I watched the poor devil with a mingled s sense nse of lof envy envy and pity Between n the moments nom of or dizzy bliss there were moments when he lo loOked looked look loOk- k ed the most wretched hed man ian alive alive- c cAt At last the they arose to go And to tomy my astonishment I saw that young architect you ou used to know rn w I v rs r S S s I The door swung open and a woman appeared With her right arm akimbo she glared at Barbara Well she drawled out with with with- it What do you want Im I'm not buying any books today I I approaching Lydia from across the room She Sho did not see him until h he S was directly In hi front o of her holding out his hand And then with sith a toss of her head she gave him hini the most beautiful cut you ever saw and rind swept out ut of the room with the African oddity following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing her Young It Reynolds stepped back staring blankly after her Arid And there were titters on all sides aides from diners who had SIo seen fI the incident It was the most most perfect example I ev ever r saw av of the guilty party tak takIng Ing spite out outon n the innocent victim vie vic tim of his own wp wrongdoing Lydia simply couldn't bear beal the sight o of the man man because she had once In InJured Injured In- In lured him But Dut evidently the architect architect archi archi- doesn that she had anything to do tIo with the V Vale le Acres exp expose se t know lenow gasped Bar Bar- baraNo baraNo bara No and its it's a crime too She's getting all the credit for freeing Mm m. m In the trial And he was probably probably probably ably about to thank her lOt for her testimony when she delivered the cut and stalked away Some day when I get a good chance Im I'm goIng goIng going go- go Ing to tel tell tel that at yo young ng man where we got the tip on Yale Acres Im not a crusaders crusader for Justice or r anything like e. e th that t but somethIng something some some- thing within within me me cries for Lydia to get hers McDermott looked at Barbara Darbara arid dropped her eyes He used to be a good friend Of pf mine she said said and he always gave me the credit for that expose All AU the the- themore more reason for Cor me to set him right declared lI McDer- McDer Dermott Der- Der mott B BOt t t tell n me ab about ut Fancy It seems we misjudged that whippersnapper whippersnapper whippersnapper whip- whip husband of hers aC after er all S When hen Barbara came out o of t McDerm McDermott's McDermott's Mc Mc- Derm Dermott's tt's office It was lunch lunch lunchtime time She looked around for someone t to I eat with But Dut Miss Badger was was was' the only jonly in the room Barbala Barbara Barbara Bar- Bar bara bala glanced g at the men EveryOne Everyone Every Everyone one one of or them was married Bob Jeffries was the one she wanted of oC course but Bob Boh was InN InV in N New V York City and by by this time probably married t too o. o Bar Barbara ara left I Ithe the office alone alone- and crossed the street to the little tea shop where she had lunched so often while while she was cas as on The Telegram staff 1 It se seemed med much the same ame T The e. e waitresses Wore Wore- orr the same green and white uniforms uniform the the orange lamps on the tables h had hOd d not been Changed han ed the menus looked looked fa- fa millar There here w were re trip cent 40 bargain special lunches printed at the top Just as in IIi the flays days when when The Telegram Telegram Tele Tele- gram lam reporters used use used l to gather at atthe atthe atthe the te tea shop to to tot t take ke advantage of thorn S SS Barbara lra smiled as she read the familiar S list Ham sandwich bean soup coup choice at and and coffee cortee 40 to cents The rhe waitress came ame to ti take I. I her ord order ordel r re recognized per her ier Why how bray do you volt do miss 1 I haven't I s sn n ou in months Will you have one of ot th the specials specials' i ls' ls today No r o Barbara said with a touch of ot asperity Ill have he Conid some som salad I and hild English muffins muffins' and a peach Melba elba J The Th first home editions of The I were v yere ie en on the he street wh when n Barbara Barbar emerged from th the restaurant I rant She bought one and strolled ba hack k to the Ut Utah h. h hotel with it Under under un un- der cler her arm In the lo-bb lo lobby she sat down to look at it A two two column picture o of ot herself her her- se-lf se confronted her hel from the first page If It the picture ture In the morgue had riot not l looked Tike like a success this one oise one did Barbara smiled at the haughtiness s of the shoulder over oer which she looked out front the page The headline said Former Salt Lako LII Girl Wins in Gotham The sto story began Salt Lake Is Isas isas Is' Is Isas as good a II town as New NewYork York says sas Miss tons Barbara Darbara Hawley former re reporter reporter re- re porter for The Telegram who is visiting In town today Miss Haw Haw- lev pv comes cornea cUrE directly from New York City where she rhe has scored a a. signal sig sig- sig nal pal success In magazine work I Id as soon work for tor the Salt Lake Telegram as r for any naper In inta j I declares lares Miss ls ta n de Hawley Oh my heavens saM salt Barbara BarDar u under lder her bar breath and laid the sheet sheel down suddenly She went up to her room and tood looking In the mirror for some minutes Her clothes were different differ differ- ent eat from Salt Lake clothes There was more swagger In her bearing But Dut there were Unes lines about her ey eyes s which had not b been bOen en there when she left six months before She left her key at the desk downstairs 10 a 1 few lew minutes later and turned back ack to the telephone operator suddenly Have Hav there been any calls for me this mornin morning morn morn- in ing S No No there ther haven't Miss liss Haw Haw- Haw lay ley Barbara turned away two-thirty two motor motorbus motorbus motorbus She caught the bus for Bountiful It flew between fields and ancl across roads that were like pictures from froman an old dream Barbara leaned close to th the window windo She found herself repeating the names nameS' o of the th-e stops as the coach approached th m ing the words oyer o again for their curious unreal sound Bountiful would be the next stop She sat upright and moved toward the inner edge of the seat a as the conductor came through the door shouting something unintellIgible The bus stopped and Barbara Darbara climbed down She was the only I passenger p disembarking at ful When she started down the street I toward her mothers mother's home I Iwas wa was not a human human- being in sight The houses on either side were grayer more hopeless than toon she re remembered re- re them The troop of children children children chil- chil chil chil- dren th that t us used d to run from porch to porch and scramble over fences and nd hedges had vanished Barbara listened for the familiar sounds of or orthe the neighborhood But there ere were no sounds She went on down the street The big brick house on the corner was much the s same me in appearance as it had always been heen But there was a broken window light upstairs upstairs up up- st stairs and the p. p grass had not been cu cut t. t In IIi front of the the farther down 1 In which ch Wilma Collins ns had lived a gra gray and tattered washing flapped on on a line across the lawn I And on the top step which was I cracked and there sat in instead in- in stead of Wilmas Wilma's spirited Boston ton in I terrier a n grimy poodle staring starin at the world with bl ared i eyes Yes be behind be be hind a n fringe a pr Qt hair Barbara wa walked waked kell Her slowly Her own old home was Ju Just ut t ahead She ShO pot not look a at t it It as she walked but ke kohl kepi L he her ey Vc M on the sidewalk At last Jast sh she In 11 at atthe the and passed through h the thet tate ate U It swung creakily upon one She We up th t e steps and rang the tho ell It failed t to sound in the depths depths' of oC th the house and she knocked with her hEl J upon the door 5 Nobody answered Barbaras Barbara's eyes wandered to the living room wIndow window win win- dow but th tb blinds were closely drawn The porch was bare of ot furniture but bur a 1 mop leaned against the post lost t by t the le steps Lumbering footsteps within lh the house announced the h of if someone Barbara braced herself and moistened her dry lips The rhe Thedoor Thedoor door swung open slowly and a woman appeared With her right rg-ht arm akimbo sh she glared at Bar lIar bara barn Her hair hal streaked about her face and her mouth was Insolent Well Yell she drawled led out with It It Whit t do you want Im I'm not buying any tny books today r Barbara a n x I red boldly Im urn not selling books I came to ask aSic you to to rent no mo a Toom a TO roam ru for Cor a 11 t fw w days Im I'm told d th tat t of o the the- bous s here vt Poma to let Th Tile y looked bolted at Barbara arbara suspiciously cl you ou pl pick lt this she snapped Just t took a 1 fancy fancy- to to It 11 as asI I passed alsed U ll lied d D a rb l I I think tt iA like Uke that room ro m upstairs With the i wi V S The woman shook the hair out of oC oCher her eyes and considered d a moment Oh all 11 right sh she said It hapPens happens happens hap hap- pens to be empty empt But Dut I get fet eight dollars a week for tor It single She was VIlS surveying Barbaras Barbara's Clothes lothes All All right I dont don't c care re to to see to-see s see It now May I take possession this evening when Ive I've checked che out at atthe atthe atthe the Io hotel bitel tel and brought my baggage baggage baggage bag bag- bagI I gage I suppose so replied the woman woman wo wo- wo- wo man ungraciously 1 S Barbara hurried down the stets steps and out the gate In tho the street she walked d still sUIl faster Caster As she called caned for tor her key at the hotel desk the clerk consulted a acard acard acard card In her mall box There was a i c etl ll f for you ou Mi Miss s but b t the party larty Wouldn't lea 1 name Barbara leaned forward tot a man or woman she ak S si New Ne girl r l ii t our ur ago knOw anything is abe nb cr r. r took Barbara the key and and v the th elevator i ii fee be continued |
