| Show j 1 JAN JA 0 N AL f JELE ELEANOR ELEANO ANOR EARLY EAL 1929 Y By EA Jervice ce kc I I I T TillS THIS lS HAS US HAPPENED Molly I lly Burnham graduating from col- col 01 Inherit And It Mums dc du- du l to brine her nothing but misery In It ithe he tint t place 1011 Molly II Is dc pcr In Ill Inlove love t bo boy with Jack n a without any nr money moncy Jack lore her but Iut ut flatly declines tn to marry her until hI he t can cal cars take care of ot her hr They quarrel Jun she ho offen him Iter ler They pend ft A ml rable eve eve- bickering over tr money monty And Molly 1011 In ln t tear tears announces announce that sh ah the is goIng to tot t a ft Job and live her hr own on Her fler n newly acquired fortune will make mak It oaI hlo Mo for or her hr II to take lake an A apartment an n l live Jive comfortably while she he look for work She Pho My says ar that she ho h hart 2151 rather do that than return to tn th the mean mun little prairie town where he lives u After Moll Molly hall haa cone one In tears to tn her room Jack Jock takes taku front from his pocket n a little r r H Ste Ho had meant to 10 It to her that nl ht but It seems leema very try and cheap to him Ho drops it 11 mournfully back l In hit his pocket let and anil departs for or the last train trim N morning Molly ROM JOU Job Job Joh with her hr derL friend Rita nit a flIt Rita nUn li is brilliant cynical yount thing thine who wito l Is Is experimenting xv w marriage r. Eventually Molly II a a Ii chance f on a Ii a She meets metis Jack for dinner fUnner und and to tn tell him bun her We big news v He Heb Heis Js is And m cI dampens damp damp- ens her ardor Then h h he remarks re re- marks mArk that lie he ha hs om w XO NOW XO GO CO O ON- ON WITh i l TJ TIlE CH I CHAPTER PT VI W Yell Well II sweetheart sweetheart- Jack t told lc her the old man n called n nic ln In toda to to today da day and asked me mo how Id I'd like to work vork ork in itt th the New York office Its It's a biff biff- chance Now ow f if YO you'd d donlY only RO go 0 l home sweetheart lI like e a n good girl and wait walt a a a- little while dx months mab maybe Howd How'd you ou like to New In New York ark Take an Apartment apartment Apart apart- ment in Izi the Village l But Jack I want a a. l' l career too A career Molly toJI what's vh ts t's this buS bug youve you've got Oh Jack youre you're so gO unreasonable unreasonable unreason unreason- able y You Toil expect me to get et all alI excited cx- cx cited about your our work Of DC course I am awfully glad Ia I think Its It's wonderful But I should think you'd know Id I'd like a little cn eh en myself Tell me about it It H. Molly he lie said flatly I suppose 1 am very verr selfish I was thinking pretty much about myself Have Hae e you rou honestly it a Job Hn Have ve I she he cried I 1 should say 1 I I l. hind had G Gu Guess Guess' ss' ss what Im I'm going gainS to do 0 Oh Lord LordI 1 I dont don't know What hat do girls SIlls do In newspaper offices Write rIte rilo things about cooking and cloth clothes s Is that what youre you're going to do do dear Molly Molly preened herself proudly C Cooking and clothes Indeed Im ItIl going to be the Inquiring she anno announced porn pom fl Im going around with a a photographer and md ask people I f. f qu questions What hat If It lio had bad said raid ld she sho was Wal going around with a gunman unman and hold people tip liP Jack J could scarcely have sounded more inore more horrified i. i Youre 1 g going g ln to do do nothing of ot the kind Mack Ja k- k Wells clIs what hilt do you OU mean im Im going to do nothing of ot tile the kind But see here Molly do you you- OU think an any mans man's going to stand for having his sweetheart run around ac accosting g a a lot of bums Asking Askins fool q questions Getting herself In In- In suited What hat J In hi blazes are you ou goIng goIng soIng go- go Ing to sa say to o people It had been a long da day and a nerve wracking Bracking da day anti and suddenly Molly folly began besan to Cl cry Oh Oh Jack Jick Its It's awful to q quarrel this this' wa way Ilove I love Jove yo you 50 so It Jt simply breaks my heart Oh Molly Molt Molly sweetheart c rt j jealous that's I all 1 don't dont want nt you ou working walking with a lot l lotof of or men Youre You're such a little thing Molt Molly 1 Well We'll take a 3 boat on the pond In Inthe the Public C dens Gat And listen darling the m more re I think about it Well gosh sh I hn c any tl right ht to ask ask- you OU ou to sit lIt around and wait walt for oi me mc mc If H I was any larn good ool you ou wouldn't have to illi any how ho S C C It wa taS lovely lo on the flond The rue moon noon moon hid behind the tho do clouds ds And the tho d dark rk was was soft sort and nd sweet s n and fragrant with I h the he moist odor of or flowers that bloom In the ilie starlight And j. j you u honestly dont don't mind if J I go to work vork she asked d him Not t a a bit l. he hc lied gallantly un tI I 1 to t Ihl promise never to accO accost sl t a l bum she Vowed And h he kissed her Inu laughing hl lg UP You know kno hon liOn honestly estly dear deal I think this Is simply a golden olden opportunity Ive I've- been so 80 awfully hedged In 11 all an my l life fife rc Now you ou see Ive I've a chance to learn about life and mid love and men Jack Jack- look looked cd Hey ney rather alarmed larme J. J Lay L off ort this life JUe and anti l ve and the men stuff She patted his liis arm m lovingly 10 H He lIe smiled From his pocket he lie drew tho the little white box that held tho the solitaire lre that sparkled so o small and so 0 hi e He was embarrassed and trying to make Ugh lISh o of a momentous momentous momentous mo mo- oc occasion aslon What is it demanded Molly I Oh Jack quick let me see It Oh Jack its it's beautiful Its It's lovely Lovely 1 She slipped it on her finger In eor and held up her bet hand and watched It sparkle Do you like It Honc Honet lr Like it she exclaimed Im Im crazy about It Its sort SOtt o of small he offered apologetically polo either Besides J Why it Isn't hate great hit big stones Its It's the yel very vely I loveliest thin thing I ever saw Jack smiled A great load vas as lifted wear it to work vork in inthe inthe th the morning Molly Moll h hesitated A shaft of ot moonlight moonlight moon moon- light caught the diamond making it sparkle I liko a a. little stone olive alive And Molly Moll with th her hel hair bait gleaming like a ahab halo turned the ring around and andalo alo nd on her hel finger and never saida said saida I Ia a a word You dont don't want to wear It do you jou Moll Molly C Suddenly tho the eJ 10 lovely night was tilled filled with ha tragedy ed She bent toward him and the tue creeping t scent of her bet perfume H w was s wafted sort softly Wh darling she he held out hor hand What do you mean macan You see its it's too Jar large e dear Id I'd lose ft it No NoHo Ho Ho shook his h ad Not Noi that's not miot it It Molly 1011 YOU You dont don't Jike Ik it SC Its It's little Youre You're disappointed pointed I can tell Never over mind ill i'll get yo you another one A big one like Claudio Claudle C bots bot's lIe He boasted arrogantly Iro antl Ill have o a n. raise pretty quick and get you OU a knockout stone Im I'm sorry sorry I bought that thing Jack W Wells are you ou cuzy Molly's eyes ces were full fun of ot shining teats tears She smiled luminously And bending kissed him hl softly How v could she s 's say eay y that it might not be wise to wear vearan an en engagement ring Jing t tw to w work rk the first ng Like t telling crone C about everyone yone you were vere Just mat mar ried I j A girl without t any uny r ro romantic ro- ro mantle mantic entanglements got along better in bu Men Islen arent aren't in interested interested In in- in engaged girls giris I Then s suddenly Molly was WilS sorry she abc hud had hesitated What hut did she lc hc care about newspaper h m men n Didn't sho love loe Jack all cli her bet heart And nd hurt his feelings Sweetheart she he cried and h held hild ld the time little tittle ring toward him Wish It on for fol me And rut Til novar never take It oft off till Ull you OU put a wedding ring beneath belle it But Dul her lover tl was filled with shame arid and humiliation and sort nort of ot heart breaking nJ anger H Hr Hp reached rc and taking the ring dropped It lt overboard Oh Molly's l startled cr cry broke on Jack i You didn't want ant it he said But I 1 did Oh Jack Jack She leaned over ovet- the thc side of or the tIme I she said and her boat bont Its gone one voice was flat fiat anti and empty It wis was wasso wasso so white while and shining and now its it's gone Sho ho put lUt lice her white fingers to her fac face ncr Yes he n I answered cred dull dully And nd nd he wondered 1 if there was wai I L anything symbolic In In her her words I If their love which was waft also white and shining had also gone sone Cs C's C Molly IolI was crying soW softly My I poor dear little ring S she 10 I sob sobbed I loved it HO so much And now nos' Ill I'll never see It again Its It's down downIn dOIn dO 1 In nil all that awful mud Way down at t the bottom of oC thin the pond And Amid nil all that money montY thrown awa away avay Oh Jack how could you youl nothing lie he he bragged Money Monc Isn't going to co count nt with pie much longer longet Ill I'll have hn enough of or It to bu buy you any darn thing thins your our little heart wants ants By the way darling did I tell you OU Im I'm S to New York first tiling thing in the he morn morn- lug ing f r Jack Wells Youre You're not either cither Yes I am I 1 report for 01 work ork Wed Wednesday ay And d Ill I'll be bp In Boston n all ahi 11 alone Oh Oi 01 no no He corrected her gent gent gent- I ly Y liae Rita Hila and Bob and anti Ruth Woods and her husband And theres there's your new nev job You ont sont be lonel lonely B But t I want you silo she cde cried Never No nn anybody bod but you ou Jacks Jack's mouth looked d dla drawn wn You have made your our Ul choice ho he her here re reminded re re- re minded her never be satis satisfied r fied unless you'd found round something to do Its It's better you OU said than sitting around hemming d dish dishtowels II is s ii h towels and playing bridge Have Havo you OU packed yet cl No It wont won't take long IonS Throw a afew afew few shirts In a n. bag Only Thing 1 I have ha that's worth anything Is my sweethearts sweetheart's arts picture pl t 1 and arid the beautiful beau beau- cuff cure links link's and and th the tho she save gave me Ill help you OU pack she offered What Jack pretended to be De shocked slI silly admonIshed Dont be She would lJ be shocked i Mrs Mr Maloney wo to Gee she sho he put you ou out 1 Molly consulted her watch Its Ils exactly 10 minutes p past st 10 10 she said And OlAnd Im I'm not a abit bit bit afraid of oe Mrs Maloney Come Com on omi on Start rowing Shell have hae a fit tit he predicted clarki darkly Maybe she wont won't be home Oh shell she'll be bo be home all right She's always as home She hasn't an any anyplace anyplace place el elO to togo toga 0 Molly had never been to Jacks Jack's quarters before and ever every cry girl 1111 Is curious about the sort port o of a place a. a malt man lives iii in Particularly when she loves 10 that man You get a n. 1 kick kick- lck out of oC visiting my ny room observed Molly But I will out of or seeing yours ours An And 1 sh she shie reflected that thal Jack so mun many little II personal things thing'S about t her that there would bo be nothing particularly revealing about he Her room He lIe knew more than a mere I bedroom could ever e tell him JJ He knew for Instance that alf u used violet toilet soap And J sweet f fICa pea ICU perfume perfume- und baby's babs talcum powder He lie knew that her f favorit color colot was orchid And he ha hada had 1 a taffeta coverlet co that she sh bought hand from a girt J at collect coller for or 20 0 because c he she had t told ld about it Yes YC after all nil a m man n kno much about a girl But Dul a girl not know much of or anything a man until she's seen his room Or Ori Or read his let cr his family Or Orf looked over o h his snapshots vj Molly loll like all nil woman was curl ous X o And AmI Jack It happened was wyo wro about t ML Mrs Maloney Sh She o hadgos tt to the show hiot at th the movies marks And nil there was n-as nobody In the tite h house cx excepting Miss lIss Blake who vho JIved on the first floor r fronts front and rind wa was waa deaf as as' as a t post The place was In pitch I darkness except for tOl a light ht In li Mise Blakes Blake's es e.'s room She he always always' s sat aCt t u u J. J late reading Home and Fireside i They Th tl tiptoed up the the- stairs J L the stairs creaked status stairs ns as 8 always alway do Jack stumbled and giggled I ITo To Be Continued t |
