| Show I BARBARA By Julia Addams Clef Synopsis Swiftly it comes comez ou out it t although Sir James Cane ha hs ted Barbara Quentin of ot her in both Mrs L delY frIend Barbara and Leila LeUa Cane S Sir Sires Sires' meV es' es daughter have known the th te for tor some time Mrs Lodel ted t d to marry her gifted but cru cruel Hit t son Mark to Barbara Leila Leil desperation used her knowledge knowledg blackmail her father Farrell Arm ue makes the revelations and h he hees herves es Barbara Farrells Farrell's secretary enneth Poole follows Lena Leila and proK pro K ses e. e Tes r Chapter 47 INE EMERALD LESS LESSI U I dont don't think that's thata a graceful way yay wa preferring to a proposal of mar mar- I Iben Then ben Ill I'll put nut Is this way way that that I Ined ned ried to marry Mark for tor love and andIed I to marry Farrell for tor money and oth of em em turned me down I 1 wont won lury anyone else just to save my ice ue Heres Herc's the river I They crossed the wide shining ribon ribon ribon rib on on of the embankment and camp came came cam p p the parapet She opened he heind her ind and flung lung Marks Mark's emerald out ou outto lt ito to the dark For a second the i Mm m of a street lamp caught it anc and rayed up wickedly green Then i Itu it u g. j. j gone Pooles Poole's shoulder touched erS efI fl ri I wish you'd send your ring the theene kine ene way The ring you wear on nir hand Ive I've never r liked it ft Better return that to father He we we it to me and hell he'll need ever every jany eny She leaned heavily against y shoulder houlder feeling the strength elt eIt from her limbs Justa Just Justa a minute I X must go and pack for foi Ings Mallard I wonder how hell he'll Ite ke kelt it Jl Do you think that in in our common bereavement father ather and I II I will wilt learn to understand each other better No Besides you wont won't have enough time Urne We sail on the twenty twenty- I third for the Cape Im I'm taking over permanent management of one on of Armitage's concerns out there Thanks all the same but any sailI sailIng sallIng sail sail- I Ing I do will be with father and mother Do you honestly care a lot t for he e he asked I mean isn't of at m a a an a-an an obsession I 1 1 dont don't think so Im I'm not like ilke Barbar Barbara Barbars Bar Bar- bars bar Well WeIl only because shed she'd signed on with him before you got there as asI asI I understand it If she can consider Farrell why cant can't you consider consId r me me You utter goat theres there's no comparison com corn parison 1 Dont be impertinent Im I'm as good gooda goodman a man as Armitage Ask him Ah but Im I'm not as good as Bar- Bar bara Dara Ive I've heard a lot about Barbara Quentin and nd he may be as wonderful as you all sa say I dont don't doubt it But Bui what you did just now takes a lot of to beating to stand up and chuck a vote of thanks back because you haven't deserved it If It you'd shut one would ever have known There is someone who w would have known knows already Mr Frere Who's Vho's he Hes a clergyman Hes He's almost my only friend I told him hini about those hose shares once and asked him bun what I ought to do And what was his advice He said if I needed advice on a matter like me that I to take it t anyway anway Shrewd old boy Now look here Ill I'll 11 make you a affaIr fair offer Will wm you marry me rae if it and when maries mar- mar marries marries ries ies Barbara Quentin No because her voice failed herand her herand and nd she had to start again Because in n one way way not not In Barbaras Barbara's way but butin butin in n a small town conventional Kings Mallard way I am bound to Mark But if that doesn't mean anything any- any thing aing he offered at last last To me I mean or to you Ah but Im I'm beginning t tO know that lat it does mean something to me So I think it would be a n good idea I. I if 11 we said goodbye now dont don't you Must we Leila I think so Ken Ill I'll always wish you ou good meal times Goodbye All AH right If It you say so Good- Good bye ye a a aThe The announcement as it it- appeared In n the e social columns was simple A marriage said the thc column had been arran arranged ed between Miss Barbara Quentin and Mr Mark Mr Mark was of course the he brilliant portrait painter who by his jis portrait of Sir Robert Phil hay had ad ca caught the serious attention of the critics critics and by b- his portrait of Miss Patsy Raoul the most daring on n today's stage had forced the man manIn manin mann in n the street to 10 stop and stare and smile mile Miss Quentin was of course known to o an exclusive circle as a decorator and designer Her successful treatment treatment treat treat- ment of at Miss Patsy Raoul's house had laid aid the cornerstone of ot her reputation and nd her partnership with the renowned renowned re- re owned Jacques lacques Ltd had haa carried her herto to further successes success s. s Leila Cane read the e news in the modest which was now mow her parents' parents home Mark and Barbara are going goin to tobe tobe toe be e married mother Well my ray dear they've been engaged engaged enraged en en- raged long enough Im I'm sure And they icy can well afford a beautiful home together now Why they could buy Water the 1 if they wanted it Its It's s 's a shamel Dont you realize mother that hat if It t hadn't been for Barbaras Barbara's insane generosity we shouldn't have even this his flat we should have to jn in n rate fourth con continental neI tal pensions tor for or the ther rest t of our 7 our lives Leila gave it up Her mother had retired to bed on arrival from irom Kings Mallard and although she was not exactly ill she was not well and Leila did not expect her herto to recover The mouse had taken refuge in the nearest near est hole hol and would venture out no nomore more Leila took her paper along to the sitting room where her father was finishing a heavy breakfast In spite of ot herself herselt she had an admiration for him lim When a few months earlier she had lad had brought broucht him Barbaras Barbara's decision that she wished the money divided between the the Canes and herself he had done no more than chirp brightly brightly Indeed Yes I expected ex ex- no less No doubt it is what poor joor Quentin would have wish d. d Although it was making her late for foi or the position Barbara had got gother her with Leila waited until her father ather finished his final cup of cof- cof fee ee Barbara and Mark arc going to be married father Really Well Its It's been a long old said engagement the man quietly Copyright 1932 Julia Cleft Cleft- Addams sun another suitor enters the lists tomorrow for Barbaras Barbara's hand band |
