| Show RICH R RELaTIOnS By PRISCILLA WAYNE CHAPTER MX It was only a few minutes later although to Nancy it seemed hours when Don decided he was was' ready to continue the journey t I Guess maybe we wo had better be going along he ho half halt muttered to hImself Guess I was a kind of dunce to leave that car parked right ight under the lights out there How long have we been in here sweet 1 Nancys Nancy's flaming checks cheeks flamed even r redder at the words Don was was drunk There was no denying that even to her unaccustomed eyes Why shouldn't you leave your car out there she ventured Its your our car and you have the right to park ark it where you like safer in the strong light than It would be back in the shadows Don laughed He had never seemed handsomer to the bewildered bewildered dered girl than ho he seemed that min mm i ute Maybe Maybo so sweet but were we're like ike Eliza fleeing over the tho ice and being icing pursued f I Pursued 1 S Hadn't Given Ghen Up He was drunk enough to thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- enjoy her bewilderment Yes pursued Trixie Lane spotted us is when we left the depot She's been een coming along all aU this time split But I thought we had hadeen been een going fast enough to leave her behind so far it'd make her head swim Well We'll get the waiter walter and pay our check and roll roU along She's given up b by now and started back But Trixie hadn't hadn t given up In a sober mood Don Blair would never have thought for tor an instant that she hc had given up But Don hadn't been seen exactly sober since ince he left on this determined trip Trixie hadn't given up Mile after aCter mile she bhe urged the taxi driver to Step stop on the gas step on the gas And he had not been unwilling to todo todo todo do it Trixie knew taxi drivers very well In fact so well that she had shown him as they careened along that nice roll roU of ot bills bUls Dons Don's mother had thrust into her hands You see I can pay reassuring him Ive I got plenty here I know kno where that guys guy's going Straight as ashe ashe ashe he can to Missouri lies He's got a one track mind Hell He'll never guess hea hes being followed and hell he'll never trouble to leave the highway to throw anyone of off the scent oven even ii If he knew lenew he was being followed And sooner or later hes he's got to eat All this reasoning was very wise but in the end the they would have missed the tho big car if it hadn't been for sheer luck that luck that is if you ou can call having a blowout sheer luck For that's exactly what they hata hada had hat a a blowout just as they approached hed heda a fair sized village and within one onehundred onehundred onehundred hundred feet of ot a brightly 1 roadside restaurant Ill go get some sandwiches TrIxie advised You get tho the tire off oft and nd lh the spare on by the time I get back Just that thaL And then in her Jer hurry she almost ran into Dons Don's car parked securely and conspicuously right under the big entrance light Trixie's mind was like chained chaine lightning Her hands trembled thinking of ot this quick decision as ns she paid the taxi tad driver Then you dont don't want me rae to wait he asked incredulously I 1 said sald no Hero's Heros your mone money walked with determination into the sandwich shack That car had probably been park parked cd in that tha spot for an hour That meant that tha Don h had d had plenty of chance t to celebrate That meant that th thred the red headed girl would be anxious and worried That meant that Don would be in a near maudlin mood mood- the rest was e easy y to The platinum haired l girl ha had diagnosed the situation very ac ac- She pretended not to tOt tono- tono no U tico o that Nancy shrank back startled when she stopped at the doorway of tho the booth She was Ls absolute mistress of the situation Well Veil look who's here Don seemed a n bit bewildered be His Hi excited mind did not com to be registering How flow did you ou get here S began gaily making conversation with her herself elf Why lady I flew lew And how did you know wo we were I hero Why a 11 little bird told me c sure suro enough She dropped down Into the seat by y DonWell DonWell Don Well Vell cant can't cantone one of 0 you say youre you're glad to see m little lo Trixie she sug- sug How about you Don Make Hake a flowery speech Say its it's a surprise and and pleasure to see me Come on please do Its Us a surprise and pleasure Don grinned too confused to know exactly what he was saying Nancy flamed angry making fun of us Don cant can't you see co it Come on please lets let's get getaway getaway getaway away from here Before you feed me rae a bite or offer me a drink That isn't very hospitable Is la it it Don Why no Don summoned the tho i waiter with a trembling hand Now that Trixie's here we might as well vell let her celebrate with us Trixie's Trixie own hands trembled as M asahe ashe Bhe ahe he prepared the drinks Don was Wa playing laying right up to her plan She laughed when Nancy pushed her herg g Jas glaas ass back untouched No Well VeU dearie deane you dont don't know w what youre you're missing The blonde girls girl's assurance that she mastered the situation stung Nancy to action It was ridiculous unbelievable Whenever this girl appeared on the scene sh she made everyone else ridiculous I It was un- un bearable Nanc Nancy rose suddenly picked up her bag hag Come on Don I dont don't propose to be insulted Are you or or are you staying with S her her Yes choose between us Trixie said in that melodious insulting voice of hers that was like a whiplash whiplash whip whipS lash stinging at the other girls girls' face tace Yes talc take your choice This is is very very dramatic Don Sit down Nanc Nancy Don said aid stu stu- Lelh sit down and talk I It over over like like Trixie said You said to didn't you ou Nancy left quickly She could hear the other girls girl's taunting laugh as she went At that moment Nancy Tilton hated Trixie Lane Lane and and she hated Don Blair as much He lie had permitted per per- Trixie to be insulting He had known all an the time surely that she toll followed owed and he had al allowed allowed al- al lowed this thing to happen happen get get getting ting gloriously drunk too loo Blindly Nancy fled Not fo for worlds would she even stop to ge geher get gether gether her bags from Dons Don's car Let them then stay where they were He could send them to her later but she never wanted to see or speak to him hm again The next hour In the girls girl's life lite was to stand out forever as a dizz dizzy nightmare She found through he her bewilderment that the Toddle Inn Bar B Q palace was on the outskirts outskirts out out- skirts of a small city Electric trains conn connected this little city with Chicago That was very clearly evident because the fact was plainly plain plain- ly marked ed Afterward the girl was to wonder wonder won won- der what influence it was in he her Ii life e that ca caused ced her that tragic night to double back over he her trail Perhaps it was as because her pride prid would not permit her to go back to tho the car to get her bags bass She could scarcely return to without clothing of ot any kind Smal towns are queer enough without being subjected to such a test No there was only one thing t to todo todo do go back to Chicago Get he her clothing some way and make m-ake another another an an- other start back It was wao in the morning when she left the L station and wen went down into the crowded streets o othe ot of the city Sho She had done considerable thinkIng thinking think think- Ing during the l long ng hour hours that sh she waited In the small town depot and she had hatt accomplished more mor thinking as tho the electric train clanged its way back to the city that had brou brought ht her at one and the same time lime so 0 much happiness and so much worry Maybo Mabo It would be as well vell to go goback goback goback back to work wok Maybe Mabe Mrs Murphy Murphy Murphy Mur Mur- phy was right Girls GirL l all over th the city were ere losing their jobs The Th economic phase they called the de depression depression de- de pre Ion was yas getting worse instead instead in in- in stead of better Maybe Maybo she ahe ought ough to go back to her work But down in her ber heart ah she or knew the fear tear of ot being out of ot a ajob ajob job ob was not the actual thing that sent her back It wasn't that Instead Instead Instead In In- stead it was wao the realization that the he blonde girl had won She Sho had determined to win Don Donaway Donaway Donaway away fr from m Nancy she had said aid positively that she would and she ahe he had lad moved deliberately to do that exact thing Other Girl Won on onAs As the h l ho lour o our u rs oS went on that thought hought stung Nancy more than anything else The other girl had won And Don hadn't done anything any any- thing hing especially for her to be so angry about True he had got drunk That in itself was disgusting but maybe not enough for a girl to leave him that that is is It if she he loved him Trixie had been clever She had used the tho exact tactics that would drive Nancy away and leave a clear clearfield clearfield field for tor herself I Through the long watches of I what remained of ot the night Nancy thought hought of ot this And when she had thought it through her course of action was clear She Sho would go goback goback goback back to fo Blair Benn Co She would ask Mr Dwight for the lett letter letter let let- t ter r she had sent the foolish letter in n which she resigned and shed she'd prove to Trixie Lane and all aU the he world If It need be who really loved Don Blair the best It was within a few minutes of ot time to start the days day's work when she left tile the L station and went down into the crowded loop street where hundreds and thousands of men and girls hurried to their work P Perhaps it w was wis s a kind of tit malevolent malevolent malevolent 1 I. I lent fate that caused N Nancy ncy to open the outer door of the Blair Benn office upon a scene that was dramatic and intense Continued Thursday y |
