| Show I fl R TL GR BY I t U S HURST I CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE TWENTY That night she wept bitterly be before before before be- be fore she slept burying her head Inthe in inthe inthe the pillow so that Hazel would not hear She did not know that the theother theother theother other girl roused by her muffled sobs was lying in her own bed across the room smiling with satis satis- faction Thinking It wont won't b be long until shell she'll be getting a dose of her own medicine Ive I've taken plenty of It since she's ahe come to live with me Angelas Angela's face the next morning was a white blur in the mirror Her eyes were darkly tragic Hazel making it a point to breakfast with her tier asked with assumed sympathy Anything wrong She could confide when she was riding the crest of the wave but when she was suffering Angela withdrew into a shell of reserve No she denied You look as if you'd cried all night Hazel informed her buttering buttering buttering but but- a piece of toast Not that Its It's any of my business r right Angela agreed No Spark Although they had shared the same apartment for several months Hazel had roused no spark of affection affection affection af af- af- af in her breast Hazel had the curiosity of a cat and Angela felt her resentment without understandIng understanding understanding under under- standing the reason for it At the office Angela sat with downcast eyes fastened upon her typewriter but her nerves were keyed to their highest pitch waiting waitIng waiting wait- wait Ing for Philips Philip's arrival By 4 o'clock she was ready to scream Where in the world was he What was he doing The fear that he might l kill himself tortured her She could imagine him lying dead his mouth sweet and wistful even evenIn evenIn evenin In death If anything had happened to him it would be her fault As soon as she was free she hurried hurried hur hur- ried tied home without stopping for din din- ner nero She was not hungry and she I wanted to be there In case he tele tele- phoned She could not believe he would let their silly bickering of the night before develop into an open rupture She had quarreled with him so many times but never like tike this I When she reached the apartment Hazel was dressing to go out I Dolling up in tho the long black dress I which she wore only on special oc oc- oc oc-I oc Angela thought she looked prettier than usual as she finished 1 her last minute preparations 1 Spraying perfume behind her ears curving her thin lips into a crimson cupids cupid's bow drawing her blond hair high above blue eyes which seemed to sparkle with tri tri- When she was ready she ordered a taxi tai and departed leav leav- ing Angela to pace the living room fighting the desire to telephone But that she told herself she must not do Never in her life had she been the one to seek a recon recon- dIlation She would not do so now If she did her hold over him would be lost I IA A Letter I There had been a letter from Aunt Anna in her mail man box which she glanced over hastily It mentioned Daniels Daniel's return He had dropped i in to see them one evening and suggested that she drive up to the city with him the next time time- he came Perhaps for Thanksgiving Aunt Anna wrote unless you are planning planning planning plan plan- ning to come home Daniel has rented a larger office and has a nurse nurs-e to assist him Your father went down to have his blood pressure pressure pressure pres pres- sure checked and he says Daniel must have spent about everything his folks left him for new equip equip- ment Angelas Angela's eyes eyes skimming over the gossip which followed were arrested arrested ar ar- ar- ar rested by Leslie Baxters Baxter's name Evelyn and Leslie are engaged Her mother mother- announced it at a luncheon yesterday They are to tobe tobe tobe be married during the holidays No pang of regret assailed the girl who read this news She thought dully Yes Well Evelyn will make a good wife for him At midnight she drank a glass of milk and went to bed She did not hear Hazel come in But when Philip entered the office office office of of- fice the following noon Angela did not glance his way She was so angry with him for making her suffer that she ignored his nervous worried pallor He was waiting for her as she left the office that eve eve- ning fling As they walked toward his car he said Forgive me Angel I must have been crazy I wasn't myself yesterday What did you do His eyes avoided hers Hazel tell you What does Hazel know about it If It she hasn't she will he said mi miserably I asked her for a date last night I wanted to make you jealous Im I'm sorry darling It was wasa a childish thing to do So that was why Hazel had left leftin leftin leftin in a taxi and looked so smug Angela said calmly a game two can play But Angel I 1 told you why I Idid Idid Idid did it I used used to go with her you see Some time ago Other Dates Do you mean while you were engaged to your cousin Well why shouldn't I he cried I resenting her tone My engagement engagement engagement engage engage- I ment to Muriel was just a business arrangement So that was why she was so BO anxious for me to live with her So that she could check up on me thought Angela beginning to understand the motive back of Hazels Hazel's Hazels Hazel's Hazels Hazel's Ha Ha- zel's seeming generosity All right Ill I'll move so you can go back to Hazel If that's the kind of girl you prefer to me You can have her I refuse to compete But Angel Ive I've never cared anything about Hazel either She's always known that I was not in inlove inlove inlove love with her Angela remembered the collection collection tion of p perfume bottles How many of them were presents from Philip PhIlp If there wasn't anything between them why hadn't he told her about it before instead of trying to persuade persuade per per- su suade de her ler to move A Angela gela had thought he disapproved disapproved proved of Hazel too much to have them live Jive together but perhaps the idea of separating them was for foran foran an art entirely different reason Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps she thought sick at heart he had intended to go on seeing Hazel and her too She stared at him with eyes so drenched in tears that she could scarcely distinguish his handsome features Take me home she commanded as she climbed into his car What are you going to do he asked anxiously Where will go gogo gogo gogo go I dont don't know she admitted She couldn't afford to go back to the hotel where she had stayed in the beginning But she could go to toa toa toa a cheaper one It didn't matter where she sho was so long as she was away from that apartment She would not spend another night inthe in inthe inthe the same room with Hazel Continued Thursday Copyright 1938 for The Telegram |
