| Show w. r T d I I fi H. H L Love u Trapped r rap p e By e c Or I Ro n Bob ob c Craddock r. r d doc I Loves Sweet Mysterious Mar Margo Maro Haynes CHAPTER ONE ONE It It was the s second cond time Ime that r eri er- er i that Ted had oed closed the door For or the third time Craddock rose roseand arid and VCr very quietly opened it it not so o wide this time perhaps time perhaps about a foot fooL But by moving his chaIrit chair chaIr- u and it r craning his neck neck neck-he he could see seethe the front of the desk and the back backof of ar r he her head bead When he settled down in his re rearranged rearranged re- re r arranged d chair he be didn't resume the the w work rk he should hould have been doing H His s mind Ind had been Jeen torpid for tor some ome sometime t. t time o on tho virtues of ot Gracia soap It was as torpid to everything and everybody but but Margo Margo argo Margo He wrote Tote the short crisp V. V name name nameon on the tho layout In front of ot him quite spoiling ng the the symmetry of ot the copy c py that was was' to be presented to Tt Mr Tucker at He printed it n next in nice block lett letters rs Margo Then he shaded in the letters care care- f fully Ily In his waste wate b basket baket ket were scraps aps of the same yellow paper which which had started out ut to be glowing glow glow- l ing testimonials of Gracia soap and andt t w had become in the he same way r- r filled l his own thoughts There i were even some crude sketches Inthe in inthe the basket for basket for Craddock cK drew draw well lri enough ugh to to suggest to company artists artists art art- Isis ideas of Ideas of t the his advertising e b back back j. j ck of ot Marg Margos Margo's s 's he head th tho back baek of ot h her r chair and nd her profile which he c could uld see I w when en she he turned It R was was wasa a nice prof profile profil 1 This time I h he be drew it front from memory memDry without r 1 so much muchas as looking through the thel l door The forehead high and yet g. g n not t too oo high the he nose so pert was pert was pert the word for fora a nose certain 7 certain certain- Jy it was the word for Margos Margo's s nose which turned up t too o far for c classic I 4 b beauty auty The upper lip very short Again too short for classic beauty The Tho lips Ups so well molded and the i chin n with its te tender d r lines A fine chin she had he ho decided as as' as he tie Ih shaped ped it with his br broad ad flat fiat pencil i N Not Nt t too firm not too soft Boft Whistles to Him Himself el I He Ho was whistling to himself as L h hev l to tossed ed this other ther profile and the Gracia copy into the waste basket and d took a fresh s sheet of bf paper t 1 He didn't dIdn't concentrate lo long brig g on tile the Gracia ad however In Izi a a. few r moments he be was was looking out ut the open op-en door at Margos Margo's s hair In the thet t dull light of the main office it was brown Quito Quite brown One would n never ver think that In the sun it w was ws s reddish with i h. h a tawny glow to it il Yet Bob Craddock Craddack knew what the sun In did to lit Jt it and nd he liked liked M Margo hatless the wind blowing the sun Bun shining hining and her hair glowing That 4 was the way she had been last Sunday Sun- Sun r. r day wh when n they had ridden out into U the country c the top down on his car n I f Her j yes had the same same same J Jf way of changing When ho he first saw her they seemed blue a deep violet blue Then nen the next next ti time me t they ey were gr gray Cray y and now he knew they could be green gree too T They ey had been very f green ree last night 4 r- r Another sheet of Mr Tuckers Tucker's scratch paper went into the waste vaste wastebasket wastebasket b basket and Craddock lighted a aj j an and stretched his long legs J under the desk Sooner or later h lieI tie lie I would have to get busy on n Gracia Gracia cla I p soap but but not yet e He still 1 i 1 an ho hour ur r before the closing conference e. e L. L Day Dreams s I He e frowned as he drew in deeply o the It w wasn't Jike him to toc c diy dream day y especially especially about a girl c He couldn't understand nd himself and andr I r yet that was just what he wat wc do- do if Ing Jn In n Nc New York York he be had hadn't t doneL doneIt done L it It Girls had been well been well girO gIr He t took k the them out when he wanted to and and that was that But Buthe he didn't dream day about them He h had d only been day dreaming a Ince he had bad been here which here which in in length of time was precisely 30 days r Thirty days day ago he ho had haa come to the J Tucker Advertising dv agency fr from m mi mt i t- t New York Thirty days ago ago he had ae Ie seen ri n Margo for tor the first TIC ne e. e Twenty nine u days daYI ago he had been feen g glad d that the worn quarter he had t. t tossed in N New w York to decide whether h be he should go to the Tucker ker t. r ai agency ncy or t stay y wit with the he Gr agency genry had brought up the r able ablo Roman cou countenance nance of Lady Columbia Tails TaUs he lie would have remained in New NewYork York Tails and t hi never would have known Tirgo a and id he wouldn't be daYd day Through J the ef ope door came the clicking g of Df many typewriter keys keys keys- 1 hers hirs rJ amon among them He could see seethe the J alight rigidity of f h her r sho shoulders which Ich told him her fingers rl were a r 14 4 I N iI dr I 1 S 4 r c y j 2 d t 4 t t J 4 A A i j I I d' d 5 4 4 t s I 1 4 4 F 1 I I 4 I 1 4 I r 4 k yc- yc c M j tp 4 1 7 c i 4 I 4 Ti 41 6 7 t t I 9 6 4 4 t 4 fr 4 q I Iq I I Ir r moving her head bent forward a little and nd the ringlets of her hair were above the white collar of her hel black dress A Gypsy Sund Sunday y she had hd reminded him ata of at ofa a gypsy in her plaid frock with a agreen agreen agreen green scarf tied carelessly arou 1 her neck Tod Today Today Today-today today y-today today she was a anun anun anun nun nun all in ln black with the prim starched collar fitting up to her throat and her hair p parted demurely demurely demurely de de- de- de in the center the wa waves es smooth and n neat aL Cr Craddock opened the middle drawer of his his' desk which he always always al ways looked locked when he left the office for lor forborne home From it he hc took a calen calen- dar The top sheet was yas the month of AU August which would have to be torn away tomorrow for Se Septem September tem tem- ber her was beginning at midnight For some time he studied th the sheet sheet and his eyes yes went from one cir circled led figure figure figure fig fig- ure to another THe circles aroMnd rond the fi figures ure w would uld have been u un unintelligible unIntelligible un- un intelligible ble to anyone but himself The They represented tho the dates date o on n which he had gone out with Ma Margo go There were eight of them In the past 30 days arid and nd ere lere would h have vc been more except that Margo had refused him several times A schoolboy trick he knew this knew this ca calendar but he couldn't help it The circles around the figures gave him pleas pleasure Anything that- that concerned con concerned concerned con con- Margo gave him pleasure s re The he sight of f h her r when he wal walked ed past her desk in the mornin morning mornin The sinking dismay when sh she wasn't there She hadn't been th this morning morn morn- ing and Ing-and and he had thought for loF one I frantic moment that she was was ill I But Bu no no she was wan late and he was early that was al all The Tlc quick joy oy that came came over him when hn they were were passengers In the same elevator or or when t they ey met et unexpectedly ly in th the ha halls Or when she passed his open or door papers in her hand for one of the other other of flees 1 Open Open Door d the office boy came caine again to the thedoor door This time he didn't close it He Ho walked through It and laid four lett letters rs on Bobs Bob's desk Mall Mail he sai said importantly for tor he was always important when he be was deU delivering g the mall maU and Mr Tucker is havi having the conference conference at 5 Instead of of- 30 Bob f frowned wn d and looked a at the fresh unmarked yellow sheet Ii In front of him Do yo i want this door doo open or closed Ted had his I hand hanon and on on the knob Ope S' S The Theother other Ilke their d rs 1 t k g jr- jr JA j. j closed Mr Craddock They're heyre always always al always al- al ways razzing me when I leave em m open pen Mine is to be open O 0 0 K Craddock picked up tip the letters and went through them Two he put in th the basket without opening for they w were ro advertisements ve The Th third he read without much inter Inter- est st st. A friend I in New York wanted a loan oan and Bo Bob h had d alre already dy lent him too much The handwriting on th the thC envelope of the fourth w was tin un- n- n familiar Gavin Pa He Ho had never h heard of ot the thc t town wn before re I He turned the envelope over but buther there her was no senders sender address Then Then he slit it open and tossed the he envelope envelope en en- v lope Into the basket hl his usual procedure with his mall Instead of of a letter Iette however however he found him- him sold said holding a sealed envelope with witha a piece of ot paper atta attached hed hed io to it by a metal clip The writing on on the pap paper r r. was the same as the envelope I His n name in and nd a f few W words only No signature Mr Craddock Will WiIl Will you kindly give glye the letter to Margo M Haynes Bob unfastened the clip and anU looked at the envelope It was was was' plain white smaller than the other othir On tho face tace of It nothing only nothing only y the pres pressed ed mark of the clip On U the e eb b back bick ck of i It nothing x He retrieved the Ufe empty envelope from irom the bask basket t and pu put it lt beside the slip of paper which still tili had the clip cUp on It The e empty pty envelope read rend ve very 3 clearly Robert Mr t Craddock Craddock Crad Crad- dock Care of Tu Tucker ke Advertising Agency Bolton Building Peculiar that t Margo should hould haVea have a letter conje come for or her th this s way y Through gh him Very peculiar peculia The writing ing was essentially masci masculine inc too Bob decided as JU he studied it again Bold capitals Ts T's crossed strongly the As A's printed A mans man's ans an's trick of habit Slipping SUpping tho letter in one pocket and had the empty envelope and un unsigned unsigned unsigned un un- signed note in another he lie walked Q over cr to the window w where a gazetteer gazetteer teer was lying on the ledge It took h hint him m only a mo moment ent to t find nd the map map of f Pennsylvania but much longer than a minute to find Gavin Cavin even with the aid of the tho index When he did find it it he be discovered that it was miles niiles out of Pittsburgh with a a. population of 2000 mostly workers in hi tie the Gavin steel mills mUIs A man ap writing ri in to M Margo g from a st steel l to town n. n A A. Why than didn't he write to o her het openly if It he wanted to tb o write Why did he have baye to send a aletter aletter aletter letter this way If It Margo had bad said she hc waz was expecting eC nl a letter and nd that tha j r. r Bob Craddock was deadly serious Promise Se me inc Margo largo that if this mysterious s bo boss bose of yours gets fr fresh sh you'll let m me sue know Margo promised and they shook hands quite solemnly over ever ver the luncheon table t That promise was sacred to Margo l Haynes Why did sh she not keep keepit it Why did she allow the man she lov Iov loved d to lose his respect for her her why why did she risk I. I her good name name everything everything she held most dear Read Trapped Trapp d by y Love daily beginning September 9 in The Salt Lake Telegram It would d come como to but him him but she hadn't She hadn't mentioned suc suca such sucha a a thing In fact they had never J talked about letters v r Knows Little About Her What had they talked about Ten minutes ago Bob would have declared de de declared dared positively that he ha kne knew everything there was to know about Margo Now low he wasn't so sure ashe as al as ashe he thought back to their fir first t meeting meeting meet meet- ing jag and the dates that had followed it They had danced together eaten together ridden together lIke together like any normal man and girl will wUl do They hey had talked He corrected himself im immediately edi He had talked Mos Mostly ly when hen they were together er he had ta talked and Margo Marg had listened in her quiet Interested way Ho liked the intelligent way she listened even when he hewa wa saying no nothing hing but nonsense He liked th the bright eagerness of her ey eyes s the quick nod of her head the tho smiling invitation n to tell teU more Bob had never ever had such an appreciative audience but but then he hc had never told any girl the thc things he e told Margo About his mother whom h he s seldom m mentioned to anyone about hl his boyhood boyhood boy boy- hood about ils is s first job in New NewYork NewYork ew York which he lie lost ost the day diy he hest st started i it t. t A About ut his dreams which V ro precious to him andi and which 1 ich had n never ner yer been divulged before Drea Dreams ri of the future and timi what hat he was going goin to do f Margo listened to them as as she had listened to the ciles tales tales' of hl hI his youth and his love lovo for tor h his liis s moth mother mother mother-as r-as r as if she wanted to h hear ar more as it if he must tell teIl her n more ore She made him talk and he l liked ked to tD talk talk But she he he- realized as he ho sat down heavily in the chair back back of ot his desk had not given n confidence for tor confidence Oh Ob she had talked too but not much H He h had d no vivid picture of her lier childhood although ho o knew her mother and father father were vere dead and had been since ince she was 10 A train wreck she abe had said and then changed tho the subject He r d distinctly Uy that i t il iq changing it a passed over over- her eyes deepening the blue bluein blueIn in In them making them almost black black Margo left lef alone Was Jt alone She I hadn't said Bald anY anything in a about o t b brothers e I i t and sisters and she was alone now with with no tics in the world Tiny Apartment Not once but several times he had been to the tiny coop of ot an apartment where where- she lived by her her- self Living room with a pull-down pull bed bed bCd t too o small to accommodate accommodate accommodate two persons and bath He Invariably felt cramped when he entered and not riot entirely comfortable comfortable comfortable comfort comfort- able until he left Margo laughed at athis athis athis' athis his his' discomfort and told him the apartments in the Seward w weren't rent built for tor six He liked the i way she laughed as well as the way she listened Her laugh had an In Infectious Infectious Infectious In- In gay quality to it IL Someone was was Ja laughing outside his door door but but it wasn't Margo The laugh was wa shrill aI and high Margos Margo's was low and musical and she didn't lau laugh h often Another thing about her he ad admired ired He Ho hated hated hated hat hat- hat hat- ed girls w who laughed at everything without provo provocation His mind nind went from rom her laugh back to her ap apartment her He w was s seeing seeing seeing see see- ing it again almost dissecting it The living room stood plainly before before before be be- fore him a ft conventional living ro room robin om couch easy cha chair r which wasn't so O easy and was much too short for tor him table badly scarred on n top l two o lamps an ai and d da r a adew few plc- plc pictures lures tures on the walls An Impersonal room The first time LIme he went vent into It it it seemed strange that such a arl girl rl as Margo could live Jive here for |
