Show Lovely Dave Is Introduced as New T Telegram Serial Seria I Along Came Cinderella Chapter One The topless old jalopy creaked to a shivering uncertain stop Its narrow tires and high crate- crate like body and the gasping sputtering sputtering sputtering protests of its engine were honest evidence of age They mocked the eternal spring of its light green enamel The girl who Jumped out impatient impatient im im- patient of ol old doors with uncertain uncertain tam tain hardware was part and parcel of that light vivacious green The legs she thrust over the door bare to the knees where navy blue slacks were rolled were tanned and shapely She made safe landing on a pair of battered old white pumps with extremely high hee heels Hurry up That's her second name Cant Can't wait walt for anything Big awkward Joe Hulse wres- wres By Vivien Grey jung with a huge picnic basket grinned at her appreciatively and a trace possessively He was proud of the easy symmetry of her lithe body and the blossomy prettiness of her fate face She was pert and smart in her inexpensive sive clothes There was a full lull blown oddly contradictory note of lushness about her blond slimness Joe Proud of His Lovely Friend Cant even wait walt and give a fellow a chance to be polite Joe went on pride running like a bright thread through the pattern of his plaint be knocking yourself yourself yourself your your- self out Joe The girls girl's voice fitted her smooth her smooth colorful an unexpectedly rich note in it Joe with another fellow and his girl were unpacking the picnic picnic pic pie nic things from the old car that gave up its burden burder with an air of surprise that its small high square body could have held so much The girl was looking at atthe atthe atthe the river her large brown eyes glowing her lips Ups that wouldn't have needed the exaggeration of lipstick parted slightly Oh its it's beautiful she said unmindful of the clatter of practical practical practical activity back of her Shut up In the city you forget there are such things as grass and trees and rivers and air and flowers and birds Chow I called the other girl who was putting a substantial steak in a broiler while the two boys built buill a fire lire We eat first and dream after Well Vell said my hearty Bill Stark thoroughly approved everything ev ev- dark diminutive Katie Connor did or said And Katie felt the same way about Bill all except the tattoo on his right arm just below the elbow that had a scroll of flowers entwined with a heart and read Mabel June 20 1937 If It you'd only had sense enough to have it put where it wouldn't show so Katie used to say her small chin held high refusing to look at the offending offendIng offending offend offend- ing thing Mabel MabeU I bet she had buck teeth and knock knees and softening of the brain Now honey Bill would say when Katie was in one of those moods You know Id I'd cut my right arm off for you Gosh every guy has a girl or so before he finds the right one Forget Tattoo for Sizzling Steaks Yeah But they arent aren't all saps enough to have their names writ writ- ten In their skin Why that'll birthmark your kids see If It doesn't 5 And a fine line window washer you'd make with your right arm gone Bill had turned window washer for a big firm that did most of the high office buildings In New NewYork NewYork NewYork York after leaving the navy The Mabel tattoo was a hangover of one of his leaves leaves' in a southern port Thick steak was sizzling In the broiler Joes Joe's big hands were maneuvering maneuvering maneuvering ma ma- expertly Katie was getting ready to toast and Bill was atte attending to the large coffee pot The blond girl In blue slacks was spreading a table cloth layIng layIng laying lay lay- ing out paper plates and napkins what passed for silver sliver and putting putting putting put put- ting a gay ay wild flower at each place She moved absently about her activities still intent on the beauty around her The voices of her companions brought her back to awareness of her surround surround- ings Suppose hes he's going to chase us Joe was asking I 1 dont don't like the look In his eye was Katies Katie's comment Want me to change It for you kid Bill asked Immaculate Stranger Approaches Picnickers A young man was walking toward them down the slight slope He was in sport things expensive expensive ex ex- ex- ex pensive sport things and had an anair anair anair air of assurance authority and well being It was Immediately evident to the four picnickers that hat he represented a world wide wide- ly separated from their own own own-a a World of wealth and luxury and privilege Putting heat to the groceries for an outdoor feed experimentally from Joe as he grinned up over over his fils steak Yes I see He was close enough for them to see his clothes were immaculate that he was as tanned as they but with witha a subtle difference A hand In which he carried a stick while not soft looking was exceedingly exceeding exceeding- ly well kept We wouldn't be bp trespassing Bill ventured and then with Inspiration in inspiration inspiration in- in he turned to the girls Meet the ladies ladles The little one there doing a job with the toast is Katie Connor Watch out for her tongue She isn't Irish for nothing And the tall blonde there on vacation from the movies movies' is Lovely Daye believe It or not The youth acknowledged acknowledged acknowledged edged Katie briefly and then passed on to the other girl with every appearance of having stopped at a hurdle He means Lovely straightened straightened straightened straight straight- ened from her table setting and turned the full brilliance of ot her dazzling smile on the young man my name name Lovely Lovely Daye I 1 cant can't believe It the stranger stranger stranger stran stran- ger said Im Roger Cosgrave How do you do Mr Cosgrave And that's Joe Hulse and Bill Stark Lovely blithely indicated the two young men and though Cosgrave had not taken his eyes from Lovelys Lovely's vivid face lace Joe took the conversation in hand Have some chow with us Know who owns this patch of ot greensward Hope they wont won't object object object ob ob- ob- ob to our moving in on some of their fresh air Changes Mind and Asks Them to fo Stay Cosgrave laughed faintly Well we own the land I 1 had come down to ask you to find some other place to picnic You see some of the women at the house were alarmed by the fire Its It's been SO dry thie r Rut please Please stay and and ard h hv have v your ii party ty out Ill I'll tell them at the house youre you're remarkably careful peo peo- pIe He glanced at Joe momen momen- Then his eyes were back meeting Lovelys Lovely's bringing a faint and beautiful flush to her tanned skin Sure From Bill Well put putout putout putout out all the fire and leave the place clean You know us boy Were We're not the average picnicker from New York No sir Were We're high class we are look are look at them dames Having chow with us Wish I could there was no doubt about his sincerity But I have guests at the house Sorry Joe said easily and as Cosgrave turned his last Jast glance for Lovely Joe gestured him on speedily When he was out of hearing Leave It to to me brother broth broth- er he said It was that Invitation Invitation tion to feed that got him Politeness Politeness Polite Polite- ness sure pays If I 1 hadn't tho thought ugh t of that pre pretty tt y little stunt wed we'd be packing our baskets now and pouring our drinking water on that fire He expanded pleasantly and Innocently Innocently Innocently Inno Inno- under his own praise Katie Sets Joe Straight Katie glanced at Lovely her dark eyes bright with amuse amuse- ment Some people are so blind they need 8 4 tin cup and a cane she taunted mean Joe asked Indignantly I 1 did It didn't I Joes Joe's vanity was impregnable be be- cause he never recognized it as vanity You heart of my heart and 10 other guys It was Lovely did It if I 1 must bruise your vanity Scored again tall blond and beautiful That last to Lovely Why you waste yourself on that unappreciative Joe Hey Lay off oft will vill you from Bill BUt I 1 always get the jitters when I see a couple-a couple smart dames ganging up on some square guy Sweetie pie Katie soothed him Mamas little jitter bug Heats been put to the groceries groceries groceries gro gro- ceries boys and girls and how Joe was putting thick slabs of ot perfectly broiled steak that had beeh bem buttered and salted the minute It caThe came off oft the embers on pieces of toast He never found it difficult to concentrate on food Here he said to Katie who still had not subdued the devil In her dark eyes sink your ivories in that and shut up And then turning to Lovely more gently Yours angel he said Eat It up It'll put hair on on- your chest Continues to fo Rib Him And after I 1 get It what'll I Ido Ido Ido do with It Lovely asked sweetly Look like a mama bear darling darling dar dar- ling from Katie Not that it would mean a thing to Joe You could have horns a set of Ivory eyes and a pair of ot glass teeth and Joed be blind to see It It Lovely caught all of Katies Katie's meaning She knew Katie with that subtle psychic Irish sense 11 au lun u VU LUU vui V UI LU i air while Cosgrave stood looking at her Not that Katie was tryIng tryIng tryIng try- try Ing to make trouble But shed she'd always Insisted Lovely was too good for Joe With Bill and me Katie ha had said time and again were just dead level Im I'm pretty but I haven't got much brain Ive I've got gotto gotto gotto to let Bill do the thinking for us But you you youre youre you're different You are not just pretty Youre You're beau beau- Youve You've got the kind of looks that makes every girl that sees you reach for her lipstick And youve you've got brain when you want to use it But youre you're not using it when you let a bird like Joe bog you down Joe was looking at Lovely momentary momentary mo nm- anxiety in his eyes But when she smiled at him in inthe inthe inthe the old sweet way he was confident confident confident dent again Even a little swag swag- gering Joe was comfortable He never thought much beyond the moment You could handle a guy like that Make a fool of him if you wanted to Not that Lovely Lovely Lovely Love Love- ly wanted to Finds Sympathy for City Dwellers Up at the big house that looked down across its we well kept lawns to the Hudson river Roger Cosgrave Cosgrave Cosgrave Cos- Cos grave rejoined the group on the terrace with their before dinner cocktails Well darling did you start them on their way There was wasa a pleasant note of cultivation and affection in his mothers mother's voice Rogers Roger's reply came after a moments moment's moments moment's mo mo- ments ment's hesitation No Mother I They seemed really quite nice and promised to be careful I thought it wouldn't hurt to let Jet them finIsh finish finish fin fin- ish their party After all they cant can't damage that woodland Emily Perry looked up at him and smiled Getting soft Roger she asked No slowly from Roger I wouldn't quite say that But It must be tough for the poor poof devils shut up In the city all t w find a little breathing nic in and then be chased t 11 To be continued continue |