| Show LEGRA f FICTION r BREAD AND AD BUTTER GIRL GIR BY ROB ROIl EDEN BEGIN HERE HER TODAY ula Trevor nee Weston haEn ha has hasI has hasS En S I ped as a she arrived arrived a aE at E train traIn traIn-to to go away with wih her husa hus hus- a Jerry Trevor after their their their-se- sc terse t c wedding wedding The Tho kidnaper is isErt i Ert Graham artist artst suitor of Paula has been uppermost In Paulas Paula's ha even during the te marriage marrage rE p a ul l bad had gonG gone through an agony indecision in choosing between b rt and gd Jerry Kurt Jerry Kurt Jerr-Kurt Kurt the charm charm- r carefree ree artist artst Jerry the only fa I of of cr the te who owned mos mose most the e town and dominated its it life tr Ir r te moth mother moter had advised her to irry Jerry Jerry and was as pleased when iula persuaded herself herselt that it was ua Kurt whom she really rr rry not fed ed Paula had written a 8 fare fare- til ed U noto to Kurt and resolved d to tot tol tout ut t l herr her her mind to thoughts of him ling hug n herself that once she was to Jerry Jerr her doubts would Appear Paula and andr ro o avoid publicity r ii ride rde from front the church to thein the then in n in separate cars Arriving at ati alone Paula is met b i station bj by byrt it rt t who refuses reuses to leavo leave unless i will wU come to his car to s say y good good- Wakening Paula soon finds herC her her- C helpless in the arms of Kurts Kurt's pinion Tom Yorke as Kurt eds ed dj away to his hi island home thing hing at her demands to be bed bei d i fter er a sleepless night In Kurts Kurt's tm i in Paula is still sti furious Kurt Kurl fa her a paper from town tow an an- icing ing her marriage to Jerry Jerr f rt t takes her to the te shore of theLOd the LOd id cd and shows her through his hi cop Keystone the tho country ii d Jerry Jerr the tho society story an an- e of the where Paula ced would live lve after their Unable to convince Ir of th the foolishness of or her mar mar- e Kurt promises to take her to toI town lawn wn after dinner if she will wI pose poser poe I I r him hi that tat afternoon I. I Jo Now w go on with wih the tho story CHAPTER CAR SEVEN They started for the tho mainland a t right after dinner Kurt Kur am and Paula Paul in the Ar Archer her Tho last las lat dregs dregs dregs' of the sun were were staining the dull dul water dirty diry scarlet scarlet to the west of them darkish darkish purple ahead I o of them The man was WS wa standing atthe at atte atthe the te wheel in the little cabin and ond the girl was sitting behind him the fresh breeze breeze- that came through the tho hoope open ope port blowing g her hair Beside her heron on the seat were seat were h her r purse and hat Every now and then en he ho turned to look at her at-her her but she never looked bolted at him Neither had they spoken In the hour hou they had been riding In the te launch launch Their lunch together their afternoon afternoon after after- acer noon together and their dinner to together together to- to gether geter had been passed in much the same same silence Paula had sat quietly In n the living room room while Kurt blocked in a sketch of her on canvas can can- vas The only words he had spoken to o her were directions he had given her on what to do with wih her hands how he wanted them how he wanted wanted want want- ed her head tilted Short terse directions tat that he might have given to any model he was wa hiring The sitting however stretched from two hours into four but she didn't com corn complain complain plain and when every little HUe while he ae told her she could rest rest she got up from rom tho stool she was sitting on an went vent to the couch and stayed there tere until he told her to t come como back She never went over to the te sketch he ie was making and he never asked her to Clean Cool Coo Col Spray The Tho lake was wa still sun with wih with the the still stillness sti- sti ness that tat sometimes comes over a great body ot of water with wit the endot end of ot the te day and the launch cut through it sharply Sometimes a aspray aspray aspray spray came camo through the tho port and the coolness of it felt clean and good rood on Paulas Paula's face As the tho twi twi- ight left and ad night descended she c could see seo eo the pin nin point u. u P flecks fleck of light ight Ight that tat were the te city They grew brighter and antI brighter but hut the Archer Ar cher wasn't making making for for the lights It was as swervIng to the right right te Ill Il i 11 have to go to my own dock Kurt urt announced Its Is th the tha nn wt WI A left eft from and my car Is I there I can drive you any place in town from there That was all al he said until the they tied ted up to the to little dock which in the darkness seemed to tho the girl much more forbidding and deserted than tha it had hd in the te twilight of at the te day before Careful of the tho walk Kurt warned as a he played a flashlight ahead on the old sagging boards bord Paula followed him and aid ad the tho te light up the te wooden walk over the water and then up the path that led to the car which was wa parked under a tree on the side of the country countr road The headlights when ho he turned them hem on shot out pale yellow through the night and tho the stabbing glow sent a feeling of confidence through Paula She Sho got in beside Kurt urt and he turned to her before he ie started up the te car Youl want want- want to go into town towI tow tow- I want to get to a a telephone I dont don't ont care where it is Ten sTen minutes later he was pulling up p to a suburban an drugstore Ill wait he be said You may want me meo meto meto to o take you to own You needn't I can manage by y myself very ver well from hero herD on But Jut as she went into the thc store she noticed that the car was wa still sti standing stand stand- ing ng outside and that Kurt was ing ng The phone booth boot s 's ws w's was saR an op open r one but Paula didn't ere care are In a I few minutes she would have tho the Chauteau Chauteau Chau Chau- Crillon Crion In Quebec in Ina a few minutes minute's s she would she would find out whether Jerry was was' there waiting for or her If I he want wasn't at the Chateau Crillon then she could call cal Gwen but she was hoping and praying as she sho gave the operator her call caU that she would not have to She wanted this between between be be- be tween herself and Jerry Four dollars and a a quarter for forthe forthe forthe the call cat She changed her 5 5 bill bi the only money she had in her purse except a n few dimes and pennies pennies pen pen pennies nies into quarters and slid them into the little muo slot as a the operator instructed her And then a n feminine voice was telling her the tho welcoming news that thai Mr r. r Jerald Trevor was registered at tho the Chateau Crillon but that he wasn't in at pr present ent He would be bo later To Catch a n Piano Did sh she want to leave leavo a message For a moment Paula thought she shedid shedid he did and then decided against it it Any m message sage she sent ent through a telephone operator would be bo so cold and heartless and Jerry needed a warm mess message ge Sh She c could explain much better to him than through trough somebody else ele to him Is Mrs rs Trevor registered she asked frightened No she isn't int but but she's expected Th Tho connection was Wl broken and with wih another dime dimo Paula called caled the Central airport and found she sho could get get a a- plane to Buffalo at 1030 and connect pr with wih another to Montreal and Quebec And that the tho fare are was 65 The fare are was an afterthought when she remembered what money her purse contained It I was wa exactly when she hung down the tho to receiver and on the way out to the tho car her mind was making lightning calculations If she made the plane lane at 10 1030 1020 O which she must do she wouldn't have time to go home and get the tho faro fare money from her mother moter Embarrassing to have to tell teU Kurt her financial circumstances show him the tho 78 cents in her her- purse and tell tel him she needed 65 right away More embarrassing to wait wai frantic and worried while Kurt turned out his hi pockets and counted his mone money Her face fell feU when sh she she- found he had only 6 6 and 10 cents cent That meant going home to her mother explaining explain explain- ing all al that had happened happened and and the explanations would bo hard harder than any she sho had ever made mado before Delay getting to Jerry A Wedding Gift Gf take a a check Kurt said sId and she brightened at that that At leat least they did for me a couple of ol months ago when I h had d to make mako a hurried trip to New York by plane Ill 11 pay you back as soon as I get to Jerry You dont don't have to worry about the money Im Im not worried about the mone money Paula Well We'll call cal it a wedding present present pres pres- ent although I ha had another one planned for tor you Tho The car sped ahead and spun around a corner on two wo wheels Kurt was wa making time Like Liko to know what kind of a wedding wed wed- ding present I had thought of giving you rou he asked when they were on tho ho straight road again and had flown lown town past two cars Like to know enow Well Vell Vet you probably dont don't but Ut Im I'm Im going to tell tel you anyway Yesterday I thought it would be bevery bevery very nice to paint a a portrait of myself and s send nd it to you Rembrandt Rem Rem- brandt was a Jond fond of painting him him- self sell anti and although Ive I've Ive never tried I might make a a good subject and they hey have b better ter mirrors now than they tey had had- when Rembrandt was wa alive alive alive- Kurt urt you wouldn't No I wont won't now Im I'm Im all al over that idea Gave it up this morning moring when I was coming back with wIt your Herald Dont Don't like liko it at all al any more but I am ann going to send you and your husband a portrait of you Tho The one I started this afternoon Dont Don't know just when Ill I'll Il finish it H but you can cn probably expect it in ina ina ina a month mont or so Ill IJ send it back back back- Everything Is Finished Then Ill I'll Il send it on to you again and if j we continue sending Bending it back and forth tho the express office will wi do doa doa a nice business on it it The lightness lightness light light- n ness s dropped out of hi his voice No uNo Paula I wont won't send it it I was wa teasing teasIng teas- teas ing ng you Im I'm keeping the portrait for myself I had no intention of giving it to you Im I'm painting it for or myself and when Its It's Is I's finished H Its t's going to hang in my bedroom at the te island Iland Ill I'll Il take out the other oter pictures pictures' and put them tem someplace else Ise eJe Maybe some day Ill I'll Il sell sel the others but but Im I'm Im never going to sell sel yours ard and you dont don't have to worry about my exhibiting it i Im I'm Im not going to Everything I think Is s finished now between you and me You dont don't have havo to worry any more This is our last lat ride together I dont don't want want it to be but that's the way it has t to be apparently You sound more like yourself now flow You dont don't sound quite quie so so- so so Insane Kurt Kurt gave a short laugh but said nothing more and in a little mUD while they were pulling up at the airport As soon as the car was wa parked he heran heran heran ran into the station and when he came camo out he ho was wa holding a 8 ticket Paula Paula took it gratefully Tho The piano plane leaves leves in five minutes and you can get on now but I wont won't go out and put you on I got your ticket under tho the name of Paula Weston because I thought it would be less embarrassing for tor you That's nil all I think except to give you ou this money money- he ho held out a 5 bill and anda andI a 1 i. i billI billI bill bi I wont won't need it It IL You c cant can't nt travel with wIh 78 cents cent and you might need it It Ho He opened her purse and put the two bills Inside in inside In In- side then hen turning quickly got into ho tho car and started it it He was zed he ho was wa going backing away before belore the te girl gir real real- Continued Tuesday for The Tho Telegram Copyright 1936 I 1 l |
