Show Telegram Fiction I LOVE HON HONOR AND ND NEGLECT NEGLECT By VIDA HURST BEGIN HERE TODAY Frances Sherman whose father fathers is s a wealthy Kansas City banker has fallen in love lovo with Bill Bm Bond a railroad office who Is working hard for a promotion and who vho realizes too clearly the wide social gap between een them At first Mrs Irs Sherman refuses to let her daughter have an anything thing to do with witha a i man of oC Bills Bill's social position but butt at t Mr Shermans Sherman's suggestion they consent to occasional dates hoping hopins that liat Frances will recover from Cram her first Infatuation Now Go on With Uh the tire Story CHAPTER 5 It was the tho da day before ThanksgivIng Ing ng when Bill telephoned that he had something to tell teH her Were going to celebrate he added by having dinner at the Celebrate what Frances de de- de I 1 cant can't tell you 1 0 over the telephone tele- tele phone hone he replied excitedly Frances was delighted to have an excuse to wear one of her ber more formal dresses She had begged off from rom as many of the tho seasons season's social events vents as she dared Sue-Marie Sue had insisted that she appear at some of them but Frances begrudged every night ight she was not with Bill BUL Instead Instead In- In stead tead of the occasional meeting her mother had suggested they were seeing each other every other night Frances knew her parents thought this lis was too often but she could not refuse to see him The nights he did not nc come were blank dreary stretches of time to be endured as stoically as possible That evening she was ready long before beCore he called You look like a symphony Ingold Ingold in ingold gold her father said glancing up from the book he was reading It i must be quite an occasion No Chan Change e It is s she he admitted smiling Mr Sherman lit a before he spoke again Youre seeing a good deal of oC him Frances nodded And your opinion of him hasn't changed he inquired hopefully No Hes He's wonderful Daddy Hos Ho's so strong and dependable Hes He's different from anyone I have ever known The Tho light In her ber e eyes es was enough to make him realize that his plan like Sue-Marie's Sue had failed The attraction between them was more serious than he had thought He was glad he had instructed his secretary to inquire about Bill through every available channel He would have the report the following following following follow follow- ing day But before he got it his daughter had decided her own fate The Tho evening being a gala one Bill ordered a ta taxi As soon as they were in it he took her hand Tell TeH me now now Frances asked eagerly He lifted her hand in its soft white kid glove to his lips rye Tye had Jad my promotion he said With no idea of ot what this meant except that he had been longing for Cor forit forit it Frances cried Good Oh that's wonderful Bill No wonder were we're celebrating Theres been shift all a along the line he lie explained but the new manager Isn't very well so Im I'm goIng goIng going go go- ing to have to work harder than ever for a while You must do everything you can canto canto canto to get ahead she agreed It means so much to me nrc Frances Fran Fran- ces In more ways than one have a larger salary she inquired practically Forty dollars a month more he told her Gold Dress Forty dollars S was less than half of her monthly allowance but she could tell teU from the tone of his voice that it meant a Q great deal to lo Bill Later at the he confided confided confided con con- If you were anybody other than you ou are we wo could be married Darling she cried in ecstasy Do you mean that Ho He smiled The chap who had the job before me supported a family of four on onit it But she didn't wear golden dresses Ill throw it away tomorrow she promised recklessly You will not Its It's gorgeous and ond you ou are so beautiful in it that I could kiss the tips of your little gold slippers he declared But it also aljo makes me realize what asap sap I am to think you can ever belong to me I 1 do love pretty clothes she admitted admitted admitted ad ad- honestly but they are arc not nearly nearh so important to me mo as you think Id I'd rather do without them and have you You haven't any Idea what it means to do without them he ob ob- ob- ob Cant you take my word for it she asked childishly Frances disliked these discussions about the differences in their cir cir- cir cir- It always seemed to her that she appeared at a disadvantage disadvantage disadvantage vantage in them It doesn't make malte me very happy to know that if I were the girl who lives Jives next door to you OU instead of myself we might be married she said Finance Talk Ive no desire to marry Estelle he stated but it is true that she would be able to manage on what I will be making Frances looked so 80 hurt that he cried Darling cant can't you understand understand understand under under- stand I want to marry you so so much that Id I'd take a chance tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row so far as I am concerned But what about you 1 If you were really considering me you'd let me prove that I can be just as capable as a girl whose I parents haven't anything Bill shook his head I It would be bo asking too much of at I you but if it youre you're sure you want to we ve can be engaged Across the table she stretched her hand Done uDone she cried but there were tears in the eyes which met his With the understanding that you tell your father tather and mother Bill qualified And supposing they dont don't agree Then it will have to be off oft forthe forthe for forthe the present It will not she insisted Ill IIi be 23 next month and no ono one can keep me from being engaged to you rh Til tell them but with the understanding understanding understanding under under- matter what they standing that no I Isay say we are still engaged d. d She did not explain this In so many words to her ber parents but they felt it in the tone of her voice Continued d on Following Page Love Honor J and Neglect i i I J f I Continued tom from ree ln Pact Page when she told tod them the following e evening Bill BLU and I are engaged she said holding her head high He has had a promotion and just as soon I as I I Ican can convince him that I can cant canI t r live on his hi salary we are going to tobe toj toi j i be married I Sue-Marie Sue cried I hI was afraid of It This is what comes of letting 1 t you go with him Her father said Dont you think p J I youre you're being a little hasty my I a dear No UNo I know my ray own mind Im I'm j I as old a as Edith was They Agree I But Edith married a boy she had bad hadr badI r I known all her life You know nothing noth- noth ing about Bills Bill's I I background Youve You've j I never even met his parents n His father is dead she informed J I him II And he lives with hi his I mother Does Docs he support her hez H HI He helps she admitted But i she the has a pension and owns her 1 own home t I She did not suspect that her fa- fa father I ther already knew these things His i investigation had satisfied him as asi i to Bills Bill's reliability It was because bei be- be i t cause of it that he ho said now IJ It IfS ItI i S we WO agree to your engagement i r you promise to wait for awhile i t Frances t nodded Her eyes were i t dancing They were offering much i less resistance than she had ana an- an j a i Bill thinks we ought to wait walt j about a year she be said i Well I should hope so exploded exploded ex ex- Sue larie I Her husband glanced at ather her warn- warn j In the meantime un I r suggest that y you U meet Bills Bill's mother and visit in inI I his home so that yo yoU will know I exactly what whal will be expected o of I you I r You think it will change my J p mind Frances Prances surmised but I it I wont won't Where he lives or what his hi 1 I mother is like will make no differ differ- ence Im I'm not nol marrying his mother moth moth- I er ez daddy Cant Can't you see The exaltation on her face al ala almost al- al a- a a most broke his heart but he an answered tn- tn swe ed diplomatically Just as a favor to your father do it anyway Obstacles 4 Frances promised but she found J an obstacle her father had not fore tore I seen een When she mentioned to Bill I that sh she would like to meet his 1 f mother he said unhappily I suggested suggested sug- sug it to her honey But moth- moth I 1 er cr er is getting old and has some peI peculiar pe- pe I 1 I culiar u ideas i DO you mean she doesn't want to meet me me- me Frances asked i frankly i He nodded Please dont don't be hurt about it e Shell She'll adore you when she knows s a you but she he she thinks that youre you're the p spoiled polled daughter of the idle rich r Ive I've tried to talk her out of ot it but butS buti i S mothers mother's pretty obstinate Shell She'll ShellI I change her mind eventually but t- t S i fOr th the p present I think it Jt will be t better not t to insist upon a meet meet- ing k I Frances laughed S 'S Were Wre We re certainly being engaged under difficulties arent aren't we wc Bill t f S tJ But we are engaged he re reminded reminded reminded re- re minded herIt herIt herIt her It doesn't matter what any one else thinks does it she asked Nothing matters except that some someday someday someday day you arc going to be my wife he cried kissing her hor Continued Saturday Copyright 1936 The Salt Lake Telegram |