Show fl a TEL BY I S I I J I VIDa HURST I CHAPTER CHARTER 21 24 Philip sounded angry So youre you're there he lie asked as if there might have been some doubt about it His tone flicked the raw edge of her already upset nerves Where did you expect me to be I fI didn't know considering that you had put yourself int into the tender tender tender ten ten- der care- care of Big Shot Jam eson I thought he might have you Maybe Maybe- she was she was too sensitive Maybe Maybe May May- I be he was just being funny Are you joking Philip What f do you think he re re- re If youre you're not she said coldly better stop and count 10 Im I'm not not- in the mood to take anything from you or anyone else You weren't too clever either it seems Compromising yourself in front of the whole office Her Her End What do you mean she demand demand demanded de de- de- de mand d forgetting that Daniel was listening to her end of the conversation con con- I couldn't help fainting fainting faint ing could I Im Im not not talking about that But Why did you let Walter Jamieson Jameson tak take you home Do Do you think he would have bothered if it had been I any one of the other girls Why didn't you yu order a taxi I r did suggest it but he wouldn't let me Of course he And having having hav hay ing no mind of your own own you let him get away with it You should worry if the whole office is laughing at me She asked quietly Is that what you ou are worry worrying worrying- ng about Philip Does it matter so much to to- you what Hazel thinks Hazel has nothing to do with it You know how I feet leer about bout Jamieson Jamieson Jamie- Jamie son con yet you deliberately There was no use trying to stop him bim once his jealousy was roused It would be only fanning the flame I to try to defend herself Realizing this Angela said I cant can't talk to you about it now Ill I'll see Bee you tonight Oh no yoU you wont won't he declared Not tonight Angel because Ive I've made other plans Fine she retorted I 1 shall make other plans too then Goodby Goodby Goodby Good- Good by She was so furious at the moment mo mo- mo- mo meat ment that she told herself she did I not ca care e what he did Let him go out with Hazel His sarcasm and biting invective made her cringe but he should not know it She would 4 fight him with his own And you call that love Daniel Dan Dan- iel lel inquired lightly She answered recklessly I could kill ill him when he talks like that Hes He's the most insanely jealous person person per per- son Ive I've ever known Just because my boss brought me home from the theoffice theoffice office today Two Men Dangerous business Angela To play two men against each other But Im I'm not I cant can't help it i it If Walter Waltee Jamieson wants to marry rae mo Besides Philip flaunts Hazel in I my face all the time so Ill Til know how it feels You told him you would make mak other plans for tonight Was that tha true Yes Im I'm certainly not going to sit at home having a nervous break break- down Her words were sheer bravado To conceal the fact act that her heart was breaking Youre right he agreed Ill Il come me back hack in time to take you some som place f for foe dinner i After he had gone Angela indulged indulged indulged in in- herself in the fit of weeping she he had been fighting all day Then feeling eeling much better she bathed and dressed Daniel had promised to return return re- re turn urn at 6 but it was only when the he telephone rang Philip again Remorseful but sullen Knowing that hat that that-he he had been in the in-the the wrong Where do you want to go for dinner he asked Angela was touched but she re reminded reminded re- re minded herself that it was reS high time Ume timeo to o te teach tesch ch him a lesson He couldn't talk alk to her as he had and expect to o be be forgiven the next time next time he tele tele- phoned Im going out some one else she said I thought you YO had other ther other plans I didn't mean it Angel You knew mew I Too oo Late Im Ini sorry she said regretfully but bus its it's too late now I cant can't break my other date With Jamieson I suppose none of your business The hell it isn't he shouted Far from Far from being frightened Angela felt elt only a thrilling sense of her own own power Let him think it was washer washer her ler employer Let him suffer a little ittle of the pain he had made her feel feel eel all afternoon I cant can't even talk to you if youre you're going to act like that she said re- re Angel he begged Darling please dont don't go out with him to tonight to- to night Im I'm sorry I lost my tem tern per but I wont won't do it t again Sincerely Sincerely Sincerely Sin Sin- I wont He sounded almost as despairing lOW as as' Louis Brown Confident of her ability to handle the situation she said Some time maybe you'll realize that you cant can't treat me like that an and get away with it I have to go now Ill I'll see you tomorrow All her nervousness had disappeared disappeared disappeared now that she felt the reins in her own hands Serenely she met Daniel and for the first time tAme in weeks enjoyed the food he had ordered Men were all alike You couldn't be too sweet to them She had permitted Philip to dictate dictate dictate dic dic- dic- dic tate to her because she loved him so much but when she showed her contempt he crawled at her feet How exciting to know that you were young and beautiful enough to make men act like that Daniel said Youre feeling beter better bet bet- ter er arent aren't you Angela She smiled at him Yes Copyright 1938 for The Telegram Continued Monday Hollywoods Hollywood's Olivia de Havilland has hasa a petite evening bag of soft white kid cid that has small perforations throughout the surface In them she inserts tiny flowers to match her corsage 4 |