Show I I TELEGRAM A 77 By ANNE I All That tt Glitters VC FICTION jT JL na t ers GARDNER I r j S I BEGIN HERE TODAY Jerry Richards has come to the ranch home o of her elder sister Bette because there 1 is something to settle I in Itt her own mind Gordon Brock has proposed to her and Gordon is the richest and most eligible bachelor in Jerrys Jerry's home town of or Huntington But there is Ross Taylor who vho is poor and with whom Jerry has quarreled So she comes to Bette whom horn she finds struggling to make an live tive home for lor her husband and her five children and who Is s losing her youth and good looks in the pro process ess Belle Bette is shocked to hear of or the activities activities ac ac- ac- ac 0 of society under the stimulus 0 of or prosperity for the time of the story is 1928 Now go o on with the story CHAPTER 4 Sally came to the kitchen the next morning while her mother was getting gettin breakfast Aunt Jerrys Jerry's going oln back home Make her stay mammal Bette hurried to the room where Jen Jerry was buttoning the pearl buttons o of another heavy lustrous I blouse Sa Sally 11 thought you were going home Bette said Good morning Bette B Well I am You cant can't You just jUit got here Jerr Jerry smiled Her eyes sparkled he hc seemed fairly to crackle with vitality vitality vi- vi poised birdlike for instant flying movement This was just a trip rip Ill I'll come back soon for lor a real visit and bring mother Jim loomed up behind his wife wIre filling Illing the doorway lIe He had heard the he conversation Better Betl r wait a awhile awhile while Jerr Jerry Its It's ls l's going goin to storm Ill outrun itt ill Jerry pulled her little hat down do over hr hairAt hairAt hairAt hair At least you'll have some breakfast break break- fast ast Bette was as half halt exasperated half concerned A cup of coffee coHee J if its it's read ready Ive I've got to beat that storm She will beat it too Bette thou thought ht hta a little bitterly as she hurried to poUr poUra a cup of or coffee and brin bring it to her sister ister The very elements clements bowed before be- be fore ore the arrogance of or this generation which lad iad had its way about ut everything every every- thing hing and demanded its way as a divine di- di vine Ine right These ch children of or prosperity prosperity prosperity pros pros- what would happen to them j if f reality should catch up with them some ome da day But they traveled too fast for or that The world had outrun real real- it ty Sally SaIl and year old Jim hopped on the he to open gates gales br Jerry Jerr She was standing Up ip waving h her ler r hand she hand she was gone In full m light flight ht again back to the feverish unreality which was life liCe in 1928 Jerr Jerry Is Engaged Jerr Jerrys Jerry's s picture occupied most of the front page of the society section that Sunday morning Mrs Jane Richards announced the en engagement and approaching marriage marriage marriage mar mar- of her daughter Geraldine to Mr 11 Gordon Brock president of 01 the Brock Investment company at a large arge dinner last evening at her home The wedding which w will 11 take place December 30 will be a leading social event of the season M Miss Richards known as Jerry to her intimates the members of or the younger social set belongs to one of Huntington's oldest families Educated Educated Educated Edu Edu- at Miss Sims Sim's school in m New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City she has taken a prominent part in 10 social activities since her return re- re turn urn home She has been app appointed chairman o of the charity ball baIl committee commit- commit tee ee for fOl the Junior League and serves on several committees of 01 the same organization Mr Brock is a recent addition to Huntington business and social circles circles cirdes cir cir- cir cir- cles des but has already assumed a leading leading leading lead lead- ing position He belongs to the Hunt Hunt- ington club the Pioneer club and the Bachelors and is chairman of oC the membership committee of the chamber chamber chamber cham cham- ber of oC commerce Mr Brock is a graduate of or Yale where he he- he and so soan soon an on and on through h many paragraphs The Richards-Brock Richards wedding was the seasonal high spot in m the life of ot the thc society editor of oC the Huntington News and she made the most of oC it The list of prenuptial parties alone lone occupied half haIC a column Immediately following the wedding wedding wedding wed wed- ding the newly married pair will leave eave for lor an indefinite honeymoon stay in Jn Europe Upon their return th they hey y will be at home at the Hotel Huntington where they will occupy the he presidents president's suite on the eleventh floor which is to be entirely redecorated redecorated redecorated rated for them while they me are away There were many paragraphs paragraph about that Too bad that Huntington boasted no penthouse and that its most glamorous glamorous glam glam- Iam- Iam orous couple must start housekeeping in m the presidents president's suite so o called because a president of ot the United States tales had once been entertained there Studies Jerrys Jerry's Picture Ross Taylor Talor alone in his law Jaw office that Sunday morning forced himself as a sort of or medicine to read every ful fulsome ome word of ot the account bitter to take but guaranteed to cure him of any lingering sentiment for HuntIngton's Hunt Hunt- ington's most publicized bride He Was as not surprised that Jerr Jerry had iad risen men to the golden bait He would have been surprised if it she had hadnot not What girl of her generation would look twice at a poor man except except ex ex- for amusement when she could get a rich one He lie stared a long longtime longtime longtime time at the photograph taken naturally naturally nat oat urany by New Yorks York's best studio The lighting had given Jerrys Jerry's skin the appearance of some marvelously rich soft material The dark hair waved alluringly about the templand temples and the nape of ot the neck the pose showed every feature to the best ad ad- vantage But the vivacity was lacking lacking lack lack- ing lag the fresh surprising bubbling qua quality lit that gave her most of or her charm Here she looked like a delicate piece of bric bric-a-brac perfect cx- cx An expensive c piece of a brie brac which called for a costly set set- ting Ross Taylors Taylor's mouth grew sar sar- donic How near he had been to falling lalLing in love with this appealing bit of ot merchandise Would have been no doubt with a a. real heartbreak heartbreak heartbreak heart heart- break ahead if U circumstances had not called him away to tackle a new wretched matter connected with his fathers father's estate guaranteed to blast any delusions of grandeur It was wason wason wason on h is s return to Huntington after this that he had found the Brock- Brock Richards affair already nicely under underway I. I va way He picked up a letter from his desk land and again ran over the Shah shak shaky lines linC- land with his eye eyes o 50 to deep deeply regret 0 I 0 c y rj yiv 4 PT J 4 0 4 S. S w I 0 IJ 1 0 1 f fi i r a It was at Barbara arbara Hiltons Hilton's part the engagement ring son that I should have b brought ought this trouble rouble on you and y your ur mother I Inow know now the expense here at the sanitarium sanitarium sanitarium sani sani- is very heavy on you Hope soon to relieve you o of this at any rate Ross Ta Taylor lor picked up th the society section and dropped it deliberately into jito the waste basket baskeL Jerrys Jerry's face still looked up at him serene ing He turned the section over jammed it down ruthlessly into the conta container iner Jerr Jerry Is Busy Jerry was in ill constant motion now never stopping except to sleep for a awhile while at night So many things to toe see sec e so man many parties to go to so M man ninny many fittings to stand for impatiently while thousands of things called to tobe tobe be je done Gordon might have complained that hat he never got to see her alone but jut one of ot the nice things about Gordon w was s that he was not given gheen to 10 o complaining He seemed completely com com- unmindful of oC his own superlative superlative tive Jve attractions and humbled himself before Jerry accepting gratefully any lime ime any caress that she could spare for him It was obvious anyway anyway any any- wa way that a bride with the mechanics of oC a society wedding on her hands could spare little time or thought to toa a bridegroom Sometimes she had lunch with Gordon Gordon nordon Gor nor don on the rare occasions when noone noone no one was giving a luncheon for her Sometimes she stole an Hour from the lie shopping and the fittings to slip into nto a movie with Gordon or to drive out to the country countr with him and plan lan excitedly He took her of or course to th the dinners and evening parties parties and hovered about her throughout hout the evening a dark handsome shadow Perhaps it was her wit her social ocial J y I for lor them that Gordon gave g Jerry grace which which made made Gordon feel himself himself him him- self so inferior to her Gordon himself himself him him- self had no repartee no gift for lor light exchange He could put up a good enough talk he told Jerr Jerry when It came to selling stocks and arni bonds and certainly certainly certainly his company compan sold enough At parties though he was happy to sit at her side or ot orto to stand at her elbow listening smiling enjoying her stories and her thrusts contributing little or nothing himself It seemed to him that he was a slow awkward stupid fe fellow II 0 and he could never understand his good fortune In securing securing se se- se- se curin curing such a prize It was at Barbara Hiltons Hilton's party part for them that he gave her the engagement en en- ring It had taken time to get it because he had Inspected many stones and then had ordered an original setting from a famous craftsman The ring when she displayed displayed dis dis- dis played it created a sensation Demure Lover F Fran an Hudsons Hudson's blond prettiness turned sulk sulky with envy and Barbara Hilton drew a deep breath I 1 suppose suppose suppose sup sup- pose that's the finest diamond we will ill ever hope to see sec And that beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- setting But its it's heavy Jerry You'll never be able to for forget et you belon belong to Gordon As Gordon drove her home afterward after alter ward vard Jerry slipped her white glove off so that she could hold the ring under the dash light and watch its fires This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen Gordon youre you're oure a fairy prince right out of a story tory book H He drove the powerful car ear with his left h hand nd slowly his right arm aim holding the girl close to his side and nd he leaned down often oUen to touch her hair or her cheek with his lips lipi Now he pulled to the side of ot the road and stopped put both arms around her dreW drev h her r to him and sought her lips Jerf Jerry was demure In this lovemaking lovemaking lovemaking love- love making for a modern girl After Arter a brief contact she pulled her face away and hid it on his s shoulder I love you so Jerf Jerry Do you love me She nodded as IS shyly as her grandmother mi might ht have done 0 Tell me you love me me Jerry Let me me hear you say it it She tried to form torm the words but found herse herself unable unable un un- able to do so That was strange for forshe of course she loved him How could a girl help loving Gordon Brock Certainly she loved no one else Yet some inhibiting power prevented her from sly saying ng I love jou you Gordon She buried her face on his shoulder again Never mind darling Gordon Gordonk k kissed herIve herIve her Ive never said aid It to anyone anyone Jerry apologized That must be what makes it so hard to say now I love you That's enough As long as you let me love lo you OU Ill I'll not complain Let me love you OU and do things for lor you you you-that's that's what I want ant Jerry sweetheart His humility moved her Youre much too good to me Gordon You'll spoil me to death I never dreamed you would be like this this this-so so dear and sweet and generous and patient Gordon laid his hand gently on her lips Wit Why Thy shouldn't I be when you OU are giving me the most wonderful wonder wonder- ful thi thing g in the world world- yourself world yourself To Tobe be continued tomorrow i 1 Copyright Register and Tribune Syndicate |