| Show LOVE LOV SCHOOL By MARYSE RUTLEDGE j 3 CHAPTER CRAPER 30 Unconscious o of the stares and whispers whispers whis whis- I pers her beauty attracted Faith moved rather hesitantly forward to a glass room toom that winged out outon outon outon on the terrace A middle aged gentleman stood in ina a corner corer with wih his back to the door monopolizing a pretty brunette brunett in yel yel- yel low ow As he turned turne the florid good looks look of his profile Faith aith gave an anIn Involuntary involuntary in In- voluntary exclamation It I was Philip Stevens but something had happened to o him He was wa debonair and bland as if i f he had been stroked the right way He was was' toned down and trimmed off off oU My dear Faith He came Ing ng forward wih with the cheer of a host hot he Grace drew the brunette withIn with with- brunete In n the range of introductions wih you remember Ive I've Ive spoken to you about Mrs Hunter Barclay Barcay Mrs Hazard is isa isa a wonderful little woman Faith He i stepped back as if i he had explained a lot that needed explaining Mrs Hazards Hazard's soft pansy eyes took in n Faiths Faith's gown gow Awfully nice of you to t come Mrs Barclay She was wa aim aim- pIe le and cordial cordIal Phil Thi will wi you get Mrs Mr Barclay a a glass of punch Someone Some one out there seems to be hunting for me With Wih a friendly frendly nod she left leU them hem them Philip Stevens adjusted his hi white tie te ie a trifle self consciously sel reddening under Faiths Faith's questioning gaze A Aman Aman Aman man can stand just so much from his hi wife wife he hc said as if i he were willing to o argue I dont don't know kow what brought you over here Faith but but I butHis His expression grew confidential and he hep p poked e his hi finger liger at Faith Let me tell ell tel you this yon this yon can monkey with dynamite but you'd oud better beter run away before it explodes No more fireworks in n my life le He thrust his hi florid face nearer Im Im more than half hal in love with wih Grace Grace and and Gertrude can go to hell I told her so before she sailed saied Philip Stevens would have nothing to o do with the airplane motor He told old Faith so quite testily testy the day after the he party My dear girl Im I'm Im a broker not a promoter he protested Inventors are a drug on the market I dont don't care what this thi young youn mans man's done or how much youre you're willing to put up for him What's more youre you're crazy to throw your money money around aroud when the rest of ret us are drawing in I gave you credit for more Imagination imagination nation Faith retorted with spirit You wont won't meet Paul Paul You wont won't look at the thc model model You wont won't even listen liten to t me mc when I tell you ou that no noone noone one has ever made a lighter cheaper motor that's that's near as safe Doesn't il it i mean anything to you when I 1 explain ex cx- plain that hes he's used a special alloy of metals for an eight cylinder eight in inline inline line line line- lne I No it doesn't Philip interrupted very definitely How about some apple pie And for heavens heaven's sake lets let's talk about something else They were lunching in the rather dreary corner Forner of ot a downtown restaurant restaurant restaurant rant whose specialty was oysters and ad grilled frilled chops Faith sat slimly in her dark green tailored suit her ash blonde hair folded in the slant of her tiny green hat her mouth a scarlet wing under the brooding gray of her eyes It I was useless to argue further A All Al Philip wanted to do was to talk about Gertrude to hash and rehash his hi grievances Lord what Ive I've Ive stood I from rm that woman he he gr ground d out out can you ou blame niame me lor br taking up with wih Grace Now th theres there's res re's a girl for I you you sweet you sweet sweet gente gentle loyal loyal You dont don't have to watch her every minute minute Faith looked at him almost pitying pitying- I ly Philip didn't seem quite quie as jaunty jaunt and complacent today Youre just jus trying to sell sel yourself and me the idea that youre you're in love with another woman she said But if Gertrude so much as crooked crooke her little lite finger she could have you again Philip frowned fro squinting down his cigar Perhaps youre you're right he ad ad- m cd But that goes for lor you and Hunter too or I miss miss my guess Faith gathered up her gloves and bag aag Even if I could she said with wih decision I should never never go goback goback back to Hunter under the same condi condl- Jons F FAITH AITU FEELS DEPRESSED So she and Philip Stevens parted after lunch with wih the unspoken sense that neither could be of further use to the other Faith went thoughtfully back to her hotel She felt fel depressed I and uncertain now where to turn tur Fifteen Fifteen Fifteen teen thousand dollars had seemed such a lot lot and Philip had told her herit herit herit it wasn't enough to do more than ge geall get getal all al involved in business she couldn't couldn swing You had to have friends and influence The Thc advice advie of experts Yet she couldn't desert esert Paul PauI w whose s hopes she had raised to such a high higl pitch pich All Al that a afternoon Faith sat in the salon of her hotel suite dreading the te talk she must mut have with Paul that tha evening for expecting Philip Stevens to help she had told Paul she might have news for him How complicated everything was she thought with the beginning of f a bad headache headache CIa Cin Ci derella derela ba back k from the ball bal with no hope that the prince would come after her A Cinderella wishing wishing Faith wishing kew knew suddenly what she did wish ant and ad laughed at herself hersel She wished i it could have been Hunter who hod in invented invented in vented the airplane motor Hunter with a future to make Needing her trusting her to share in his work his dreams Lovig Loving her in poverty as he would love Jove her when success came That was what welded man ma and weman woman wo we- wo woman man together And there was nothIng nothing noth noth- ing in all of Hunters Hunter's life he had had to earn ear 31 Nothing she could help him achieve When at 5 o'clock her telephone e rang she answered it i listlessly miK ing it was Paul Paul But the name the desk clerk announced electrified her cerk Mr Dan Rider to to see Mrs Mr Barclay Barcay Faith had not yet recovered from the shock of her sm surprise prise as she opened the thedoor door and stood staring I kicked myself from P Paris Pans ris over here on the fastest myel boat Rider saidI saidI said id idI I suppose you'll youl never fOI forgive ive an old meddler Faith mean I dont don't know what you ou I Faith answered uncertainly She knew now that she was glad to see him kew no matter mater what trouble he had nac brought ne up upon n her He at least had been sincere And he looked so sold solid so dependable standing there n his s two shiny disks under his bushy glasses brows his dark darIt suit sui so trimly fitting his soldierly shoulders shoulder Rider took Faiths Faith's cold hand in his and led her to the sofa I was was wa a blind old fool not to know kow that a gir girl with those loyal e eyes cs wouldn't wouldn t get ge mixed up tip with a blackmailing skunk But well Hunters Hunter's like he said But wel own son and though the lad ha has my his faults fault I guess Ive I've Ive always lei felt fel for him the best was none too good him Rider With something like a sigh took Wih off aU his glasses wiped them on a t silk sik handkerchief arid and fitted t t back over his anxious eyes VS Hunter found out out ut then then rtE i Stirred ln in Faiths Faith's pale C I Mr Rider nodded check From what he told m me the d de L t Woman went all al to t. t pieces tt you ou sailed saie sied Sh She got 0 Hut there here swore him sore to and him the whole ad rotten story was vas on her she conscience Sa 5 rie ne thought nought you'd leave Th was vas no doubt of Dan Riders Rider's of ot Madame de Luze Luze op jS S So S H Therese Terese had come through though al I j all al Did Hunter send you r p i. i asked after a pause Her slim lov hands twisted untwisted in her herl 1 Mr Riders Rider's face face grew grew pink J eyes seemed brightly brIghty to jump jup at t glasses No he didn't didt young fool he said in a loud vo J Too proud But youre you're going b bj I young l lady theres there's there's theres to be no o m nonsense about a divorce divorce Hell tl mighty glad to see you you I Faith shook her head sadly Mr Rider she said said Hunte sd hove love with someone else elc Hut 4 I Pouting and bristling the old 01 i teman jumped to his feet feet feet a he snapped mapped sapped II I r I seen the boy when I 1 told him himl himlI l-i l I going to send you back you say sy such things a aAll I All Al the same Faith insisted 1 in love with wih Gertrude Stevens 1 I she sailed saied Saturday Steven I Mr Rider straddled In front of 1 his hi grizzled head thrust for forward youre you're going goig to let Iet that tat hussy huy leth are you he hc said sId harshly Goin GaI lot let le his hi life Ue and yours be b ruined r Tears stung slung in Faiths Faith's gray eye eyu i sprang up her ber hands hand clenched atsides tt at sides side He SHe doesn't want wat me I I you she cried cre What can I do dol doV sides side even il If i he hc did did wed we'd never never happy the way we were living once told me Hunter was wa an i idl idi she went on fiercely Well Wel I tell tel you that tat Ive I've Ive found foud out not the light kind of wife for an mid anid id Money society arent aren't enough enogh wouldn't feel fel safe ever again ua un u Hunter had some real work to keep him away from wor like Gertrude Hed He'd have to t r me and Id I'd have to respect ret hl hirn- hirn By George you youve you've ve hit i it Rider exclaimed with the of a boy You pan Fan can do it it too t. t EXPLAINS FEELING FOR PAUI PAm Suppose I tell tel you Faith za s sak saka a low hard voice voIe that I know a r now who has the very thing ting I 11 Hunter had had had-an an object in life life a r 1 who needs nce me rae to help him hi Oi 01 dont don't love him she went vent on OD smi s faintly at Mr Riders Rider's apoplectic fit No it isn't int that Its It's Is I's j just t t a job for lor me to do right here i me show you you you- Impulsively pulled Mr Rider over to t a cornei cre the te room where covered by a airi 11 cloth coth was wa Pauls Paul's Pauls model moeL You b ball ball all about machinery she said said L Lat L at that that its that its it's an airplane mothr here are drawings drawings drawings- drawings drawings' i iEh Eh Eh Vats Vat's What's this spluttered 1 Rider Scowling he bent bent model touching it with expert expert fug i turning tring to the unfolded dw Faith spread on the floor flor What WaL you OU up to young oung growled but his hi expression h hid had d come intent 1 You can see for lor yourself r i se ti anH nn n l at t a i u u n d door do i Paul had come unannounced unannounced face under its it thatch of red h grew intense intene with emotion a u as glanced past her to the theold old gentler genUe stooping over o his h model moel 1 Am A I I- I Were you me he h- h stammered I 1 Come in Paul Paul Faiths Faith's voice i ia a little lle strained Explanations cu be avoided now and she was wa alff am glad to have the situation cleu cU Mr Rider this this is i Paul who invented that motor she he i slowly fl 1 j Mr Rider Paul sprang form his hi Hand outstretched I could ly wait to see se you sir Why it i ithe i the greatest day in my life le when F F told me joud you'd oud advanced the nw zno I so that I could come coe over here i get my patents patent before we tj Ij Mr Rider whisked about to ILat gl IL g gat glat what 1 at Faith I r dont don't know young oung lady was thinking of Mr 1 Tu 1 erman he said I never author her her- her His keen eyes bored bore tf his glasses his hi lips were t a thin line lne Two spots of red burned on F 1 high cheek bones as a with mU mute q q tion he turned to Faith Fait ton She had done aone her best rt but it i f hard to meet the thc trust n in bis i ej Today is the first tm time Mr its l lever ever Toay heard of ot you Paul we she she C feed at last lat You weren't wern w enough in Paris Pari to think t things th J c for yourself I Iwas Iwa was afraid you take any money from me mel her her q qu I used ray my c Oi voice faltered faltered so so voie so judgment in what I told you YO Paul stood as if stunned stunned R terrible to see the i hope die in hi Wf h fJ U Theres was never ne anyone Inures Teres rye c cover then he said dully And Tye duly O un over here on yo your r money mane I God I 1 t i Dont take it that way fa cried in distress i Dont you I ditre crie Paul I believe beleve in you The Te mo arO moa arOa a loan What does do i it matter mater Paul strode to the door dor iW's about as he reached it i. i Fa Faith Fait tho again of ot a flame ame as she sheA looke loed the a. a w torn ragged by A flame lame tor te but never extinguished There isn't int anyone anone like lie yO you 1 Fait Faithe catch h in his voice he said with a ca hi 1 I 1 cant can't let you do any mor more that you get back every pen I lent me me of course He as a started sun sou to w op on my feet feet feet- fee fee- the Hold door dor on young man in dry note of coI rapped out a r You and he turned turne t to Faith Fait t 9 something the boys boy's s got Yes Ye oy I do Faiths Faith's Faits Fait's i ened Mr Mr Rider Ride studied studie the move moved mnO moel a P Paul Faith nor Pa Neither jul clicking so J made a su he enty HIS Faith Cye walked up to HL piercing I rm am 1 singularly Heres Here's mY p to agree with you agre went on blunty g sion he aul GO back to your G wa wa knoW not may twinkle behind his hi glae fl i 15 anything to do with wih him get t tup Hunter If I yoU can Mr up this thi into inlo It with him might go Im I'm making no jn in tb Im shrewd t. t was a wa look O mans man's lok Oh Ob Ill I'll Il have rushing to t to h her C cried the the color ot the d. d cre tel Shell Shel that's out If tats tat's burst out I It I Mr RIder refu 1 ton r 1 ll |
