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A T ION S Wayne Priscilla By BEGIN HERE TODAY Nancy Tilton fresh from a small town obtains a job with Blair Benn Bonn 8 Co and promptly falls faUs in love with dashing Don Blair son of the head of the firm Eager to impress his mother whose social aspirations dominate her life Nancy tells Mrs Blair that sho she is related to tho the wealthy of Chicago Nancy pretends pretends pretends pre pre- tends to be working Just to be in independent in- in dependent Mrs Blair is Immediately immediately imme Imme- impressed and becomes solicitous so so- so about the girls girl's pseudo- pseudo grandmother and father who are abro abroad d. d Before long Jong the innocent pretense pre pre- tense becomes involved and Nanc Nancy hasn't the tho courage to confess confess con con- fess it to Don who is proud of at her family too To Nanc Nancys Nancy's consternation consternation conster conster- nation she reads in the news newspapers apel'S a- a pars pers that Mrs John Tilton Sr and her son James will return to the city In a few few days NOW V GO ON WITH THE STORY CHATTER CHArTER XVI Sleep Sheep did not come very easily to tc Nancy ancy after that Life for her had suddenly be become become be- be come ome a bit more complicated than I she he wanted to endure It was in inho ir t ho wco wee small hours just before botor I he the dawn that the tho girl camo came at last I 10 0 tho the only conclusion sho could couk I C como come to that to-that that was that she sho must go goback goback g 1 back ack to Her old position waited her there Ur Mr r Cass would be glad to have havo her hei jack back again Mrs Cass Case would wol wel- como ome her Into their home It would I be je O a place of refuge refugo and of ot peace She smiled grimly to think of ot al all he the things that had happened to herIn her hern hera I In n a the tho few v brief weeks away from t ho the home town Openly accused of heft theft engaged to be married to the man she had ever 1 known but mown but afraid to marry him because because be be- cause of tho the awful tangle of pre pre- tenso she sho had built up about her her- self seU seUI I 1 deserve to be bo unhappy Mum- Mum sic ic Nancy whispered to the picture of ot f Mary Lucas I brought it all on myself Im I'm giving up the tho dearest man in iii all the tho world Hod Hed never me inc because of the tho lies Ive I've told old and Ive I've hurt another man so deeply that hell he'll never nover forgive and never nevor forget Didn't Remember It might havo seemed queer to Nancy if it she sho had analyzed th tho situation sItuation sit sIt- that not once in all thelong thelong the tho long worry of the tho night had it occurred occurred oc oc- oc- oc to her that If It Don Blair really really really real real- ly loved her ho he would be bo willing enough to forget all the pretense pretenses sho had made made just just for the tho joy of ot winning her She Sho did not even remember as she ehe he packed her bags the tho next morn- morn ling Ing Her mind was made up Don would not forgive her He Ho bated pretense His whole life had boon boot made up of it Hed He'd never forgive it in the tho girl he loved She Sho had been a fool ever over to think that ho might and she was profoundly grateful that the tho courage to confess con con- fess less the truth had never como come to her Queer that that ver very minute o over ver a belated breakfast with La LaBelle Belle oB B elle Mere cre Don was saying saing that v very ery thing Ho He had come como home e earlier arlier than ho he thought ho he could c caught aught a n night train at the last minute and hurried home for breakfast break break- f ast fast a shavo shave and a n clean up before c calling alling Nancy to tell her he ho had got g ot home ho he hant expected t to o and the tho precious Sunday need note not t be c e wasted for them in loneliness Ho He was glad that his stepfather lad had h gone off for his usual round of at S Sunda Sunday morning golf golt A. A M. M B. B c called it starting the tho Sabbath r right ight It gave him a chance to d discuss his plans with La Belle I Mere I 1 want you to manage somehow some some- h how low ow sho she s said ld and felt herself q quite within her rights not to let Jet lethis t this his engagement nt fall through I d dont don't ont mind telling you ou Don that your y our marrying Nancy Tilton means a n ery very great deal to me Ive I've tried t to o be someone In this city I haven't q quite succeeded ed d. d Having married nto into i iu tho the Tilton family wont won't hurt u us s. s Don Understands Don could understand this streak o of ot f ambition in his mother He would h have ve fallen in lovo lov lov with gor gor- red headed Nancy Tilton If Ii I shed she'd s been tho the most humble sort ola of ot ofa i a person person but but ho he hadn't regretted t that hat she could point with considerable considerable consider consider- able pride to her family's prestige They're not fabulously wealthy l he ie said thinking aloud His mother finished tho the sentence Exactly But they've got plenty of ot prestige You'll havo have money e enough nough Mr Blair has told me If II y you ou ou keep on Don the tho way youre you're going Bair Benn Hem Co will win make you ou a partner In tho the firm How about that precious nephew o of ot f his 1 He hasn't a a. chanco chance In the tho world worM f for or anything but a n modest modost legacy His treatment of mo me was enough to anger angor your stepfather And Don was obliged to laugh at t that hat Why he didn't treat you badly Ho He just refused to stay around hero here after you married his precious uncle Ho He had a right to leave l eave didn't he Yes Ye but Ive I've always hated him I for tor ignoring us You treated him pretty shabbily You'll havo have to admit it it But Mrs Anthony Blair would not admit anything that reflected to her own discredit Her Hor pr pretty tty face tace was wrinkled with ono one worry that that worry was to get Nancy Tilton Tilton Til- Til ton into tho family as quickly as possible so there could not possibly bo be any chance of at Nancys Nancy's grandmother grandmother grandmother grand grand- mother shocked that her grandchild grandchild grand grand- child chUd was In love with tho the son Bon of ofa a n felon doing everything in her power to prevent their marriage nh Why Not Net Marry You love lovo each other Don she wont went on un and youre you're both of at legal age to bo be married Why dont don't you just go off oft and g got t married and ande e explain about it later Then there isn't vcr very much Mrs Tilton could do about it even if It she sho he wanted to to and you'd bo be safely into the family You m mean an Id I'd havo have Nancy I dont don't care a tinkers tinker's damn about the Tilton family I love her and Id I'd marry her if she sho didn't have havo any family La Belle Bello Mere Merc smiled patted her beautiful coiffure with her ringed hand I r know son But just the same you arent aren't at all sorry that little ittle Miss Red Head is really and rully one ono of the Tilton red heads arc are you ou 1 And Don couldn't deny that he was vas glad lad Nancy packed her bags and went over every dresser drawer and corner corner cor cor- cor- cor ner ncr of tho the room and closet to see sec that she sho had not left anything She wrote a n letter to Mr Dwight of I Blair Benn Bairn Co resigning and sating that she was going back to take her old position in and that her liar check cheek might bo ho sent there The Tho letter somehow seemed scorned to her proof that sho she wasn't running She hadn't done away anything criminally wrong she eho told herself hersel again and again She Sho had just made madea tt a lot of silly pretense from which she sho was escaping Writes rite to Don DonAnd DonAnd DonAnd And then she sho wrote a note to Don Sho She told him simply that she sho was I I going back to and offered offered of ot- no reason for her actions Ithe If It lie he cared to know if ho he wanted to see sec her again he could very well follow her there thore sho she reflected And then If ho cared to renew the tho engagement engagement en en- if he lie truly loved her for herself hersel alone and forgave her after shed she'd confessed all tho the sorry dp do do- shed she'd be bo the happiest girl in all the world Just that Just that And then she sho donned her wraps and took her bags and wont downstairs downstairs downstairs down down- stairs to pay Mrs Murphy a n week In irs advance to compensate her for Lor Lora fora fora a roomer leaving the room without notice call a taxi to take her liar herto herto to the depot Mrs Murphy said ald she couldn't understand modern young people she just couldn't I cant can't understand understand understand under under- stand why youre you're leaving I thought you had a good job down there And even If It its it's not everything you want young lady just tho the same you'd better hang onto It A good job l is not to be bo sneezed at these days das Ill I'll tell teU you Better hang onto one while youve you've got it It But Ive I've got as good a one back home Nancy argued a bit amused even through her despondency atthe at atthe atthe the scolding of ot Mrs Murphy How do you ou know youve you've got It Folks cant can't bo be any too sure suro of ot jobs these days I want to tell you ou Maybe Maybo May- May Maybe be bo when you get homo home you'll find that you haven't any job Maybe Nancy said but Ill I'll risk it it And so Nancy boarded the taxi she sho had summoned with her bags and said what she thought was a last goodbye to the kindly Mrs Murphy Tho The taxi bearing Nanc Nancy to the tho depot had been gone less than half halt haltan an hour when Dons Don's car rolled up to the tho curb in front of the Murphy rooming house Surprise Planned Don concluding liL talk with his lits mother had planned to surprise Nancy He wouldn't even telephone just her just drive over She would bethinking be he bethinking thinking she had bad the long lonely d day to spend b by herself Mrs Murphy Murph wiped her hands on her ler apron She had just taken them out of oC the dishwater and hoped loped to goodness this would be thelast the thelast thelast last interruption for it seemed she wasn't ever to get anything done this morning gone she told the eager young man waiting on the thresh thresh- old She went less lens than half halt an hour ago in a taxi In a taxi Where 1 Don bewildered be bewildered be- be turned to his car ear leaving Chicago She didn't tell teU me why nor nor anything Just Juat going back to where she came from to her old job Her old job Where was that Some little lIlUe dinky town in Iowa Port Port something port something that's that's the name Iowa Don dimly remembered re remembered re- re remembered something Nancy had once told him about Strong That she had hat worked there They Thoy hadn't talked much about it Nancy had changed the subject as though she sho hadn't meant to mention It In Inthe Inthe the tho first place but Don had gained tho the impression that she had worked there thoro a short time before sho she cameto came cameto cameto to Blair Benn Co Probably getting getting getting get get- ting a n little preliminary experience before applying for a position In a larger elt city carrying out tho the quixotic venture of ot a 3 society girl earning her own living Jiving But h his i heart was lighter aj s he got quickly back into his car If It sho she took a R. taxi to the depot I to return to Iowa that must mean the La Salle depot With luck he could overtake her Didn't See Sec Her lIer HerAnd And ho had luck of a n sort Although Although Although Al Al- Al- Al though he ho paced tho the long rooms of ot the big depot anxiously ho he did not see seo Nancy Ono One of at tho the ticket agents however told him that only a few minutes before a girl with gorgeous red hair at least it seemed gorgeous as it peered from underneath her hex small hat had purchased a a. ticket for tor Iowa but her train would not leave until late afternoon The Tho good natured agent peered between between between be be- tween the wickets the tho matter matter matter mat mat- ter Your dame running away from you 1 Yes Don said savagely Well Ve Vell I dont don't blame you for tor beInG being being be be- be- be ing sore about it and Id I'd run after atter her too She's a classy looking gal Have Havo you asked the tho man at the checking stand Maybo Maybe she checked her bags there thore She had checked her bags bag there and only a few minutes before And that meant that Don must spend a n long afternoon just sitting waiting for a n red headed girl to re return re- re return turn and claim her baggage He was afraid to leave the depot lest he miss her hor He even ate a a. despondent despondent despondent despon despon- dent lunch in tho the depot lunchroom bribing the check stand boy to come quickly and tell him if the redheaded rod red headed girl came back while he wasa was a away way And the tho red headed girl air came late in th the tho afternoon weary from having seen three picture shows when sho hadn't wanted to see any and having s spent pent ent the most miserable miserable ble da day of her entire ex existence Continued Monday Copyright for Tho The Telegram |
