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L BY A t 11 L VIDA HURST CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Daniel said cheerfully Youve been been een doing right well for yourself yourself your- your self elf haven't you Two men inlove in inove love ove with you in less than two weeks Why had she confided in him She ic might have known he would distort stort the facts into something uncomplimentary un- un complimentary to herself Angelas Angela's first impulse was to withdraw into offended silence then that newborn new- new newborn born orn sense of her own power urged her ler to win him as her champion No matter how indifferent he height might ight pretend to be to her charms she le knew after the episode that day ay in the country that he was human luman He hadn't seized her in his ils arms and kissed her just to teach each her a lesson as she had believed believed be- be at the time He was attracted to her even though lough he resented it And knowing know- know knowing ing ng this she would be so sweet and gentle that he would be ashamed of f his sarcasm Judgment With this idea in mind she said Dont Don't make fun of me Dan I suppose my little affairs do seem very ery trifling to you after the more important things you are dealing with ith But I am so confused You Youre are re so wise and strong I feel feelan I Ican Ican can an trust your judgment when I cant can't my own That ought to work if anything could uld In the darkness a small smile of satisfaction crossed her lovely face ace as she listened to his reply I 1 can give you some good advice advice ad- ad vice ce all right but will you take it Why Dan of course I will wilI Then dont don't do anything he advised Dont make any moves of any kind until you know what it is all about Dont marry Mr Jamieson you mean ean Not yet Wait awhile But he wont won't wait she ex- ex He says he doesn't want me ne after Ive I've lost my girlish bloom bloomy by y bucking up the cruel world orld Then he doesn't really love you Dan an stated If he did he would be willing illing to wait until youve you've had a alance chance lance to understand both him and yourself If its it's only your youth and beauty he loves that's going to fade eventually And then what That time seemed to be so far faraway away way she could afford to be flippant flippant flip- flip pant ant about it Maybe by that time he will have learned earned to love Jove me for myself You may laugh about it Angela but ut there is nothing sadder than such uch a marriage Where a young girls sells herself to a man twice her herje age je His words made her shiver with distaste is taste a horrid way of putting It Dan An n Opinion Its a horrid thing to do You asked ked for my opinion and youre you're jetting getting it So far as the other chap chapis chaps is s concerned he sounds like a bad actor to me The less you have to do with him the better But ho isn't at all the wa way he sounds she defended Maybe Ive I've not explained it very well but he has been terribly unhappy You see hi his father killed himself when Philip was just 15 It made an impression upon him he can never forget Hes always been afraid hell he'll do dothe dothe dothe the same thing some day and money seems more important to him than anything because it was the lack o oit of it that was responsible Dont Don't you see Who told you all this Dan de de- de- de He did And how many times did you say you had been out with him Just once but That proves my point Angela He must be pretty sorry for himself himself himself him him- self to tell you all aU this the first firs time you were together Why shouldn't he tell teU me He knew Id I'd be interested Sympathy He was just making malting a bid for your sympathy Dan stated as i if making a diagnosis I know you wont won't like my saying that but its it's true Hes He's weak and dangerous be because because because be- be cause he can always find an excuse for himself No matter what he does it will never be his fault but because because because be be- cause the circumstances were against him not fair Im I'm sorry you feel that way about him but after all I guess it doesn't matter Its It's allover all al allover I over between us anyway I hope it is he said And now that weve we've gotten both of your suitors out of the way lets let's have hav some fun for ourselves and forget forge all aU our difficulties It had not occurred to her that tha he might have any and so far a aher as asher asher her own were concerned she felmore felt fel more confused than ever She ha had promised Walter Jamison a definite definite definite nite answer within the week Sh She herself was in that impatient mood where action of any kind is preferable preferable preferable pre pre- to waiting as Dan had ad ad- ad She wanted to do something now Make some sweeping dramatic gesture gesture ture tune which would force Philip t to realize what he had lost The old impulse to force fate and make something happen surged like a reckless tide within her Philip had confessed that he was supplied with an overabundance of nervous en- en en en- ergy Perhaps that was true of her also It might even oven be what drew them together She felt a mad desire desire desire de de- de- de sire now to dance and be gay Pretend Pretend Pretend Pre Pre- tend that Daniel was someone more exciting Play up to him Smile into his eyes and lure him deeper into the web of her magnetic charm until he murmured Angels Angela you darling and tried to take her herIn herin herin in his arms tenderly tenderly not not as he had before She had never thought of Daniel Danie Danielas as a potential husband He had iad not registered with her one way or theother the theother other until that day in the country But there had been something about him which had both repelled and attracted her then There had been beena a moment when she felt herself going going going go go- ing limp in his arms An Urge An urge which she called curiosity made her want to rouse this same violence in him again But Daniel did not respond to her wiles He danced with her heras heras heras as impersonally as if he were her brother When she attempted to provoke him into action he laughed And on the way home instead of making malting love to her he chatted about his own affairs Telling her stories about his experiences at atthe atthe atthe the hospital which interested herin her herIn hern In n spite of herself perhaps because because because be be- be- be cause they seemed so far removed from her own It was after midnight midnight midnight mid mid- night so he did not go in with her when they reached her apartment Angela kept her promise to press I the buzzer three times but there was no answer so she decided Hazel had gone to bed Angela hoped she had lad The evening had been pleasant If f unexciting and she felt that she could really sleep for the first time since leaving Mrs Davidsons Hat in hand she opened the door into nto the The smile faded from her face as she saw Philip Crawford He was alone and he had been smoking what must have been innumerable judging by the overflowing ashtrays Angela stared at him dazed by his presence now when for a little while she he had managed to forget him And Andas as if he understood her emotion and shared hared it he said quietly Come in Angel Ive I've been waiting for you Continued Monday Cop Copyright right 1038 1938 for The Telegram |