Show V V T TD V liW J l J rn v EUGaN EUG nV LEAN q Jj JJ I U r V Co Continued inu d From Yesterday SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS As thIs chapter chapter opens John Parrish Parrish Par Par- rish is in Ogden where Marcie Allen has hIm by y a a. few Parrish ha haS left his rich young w fe Audrey angry angry and humiliated hu- hu at her frequent ent references to his own poverty Marcie Au drey's O lorely young friend has made love to Parrish and also to Audrey's handsome father Harry Morton Morton laughs at her hel and l 1 Marcie leaves Salt Lake leavIng a note for Morton that If she cant can't interest him hi one way shell shel try another Mar Mar- Marcle cle cie is registered at a hotel as Mrs Audrey Parrish When ParrIsh joins her she calls him pet names but he insists he must go and find tind a Marcie sayS shell she'll help him hunt a room NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Names Kames and situations in this story are fictitious Why w we cant can't BOTH be here he protested in alarm Think what Vit would look lIke Besides I cant can't afford to take a room at t an i expensive pace like this V VI I carl can she said steadily her ey s I expressionless But you vou have more than a thousand thou thou- sand dollars he explained Ive only got abo about t three hundred and its it's got to do until I find a job Sh She sighed as if engaged fr a difficult task Matter of fact I 1 ought to start looking now he proceeded Dont want to sleep outdoors tonight The he girl aros arose anC apa adjusted her skIrts All rIght She laId her er hand on his arm as he stood up beside her Ill go wIth wIth- you Vel both look for your room CHAPTER A block os' os so from t the le business cen center tel of Ogden is isa a street of older buildings fa ca trifle shabby relics or of the earlier days das of the town Among these buildings are a few cheap hotels flanked in some cases by tumble down rooming houses houses' of doubtful virtue Down this street John Parrish with MarcIe on his arm walked slowly into doorways arid hesItating now and again before a place that looked cleaner than th the r rest st st. V w kId he sVa sa said anY ank of these h hOtels would have looked good But I 1 guess Ini spoiled assocIating as- as with I ich ch people lIke Mr Morton and Audrey t He stopped to peer into one hotel Its lobby was narrow w and aM shallow and lie he could see a tat fat coatless clerk derl lounging behInd the desk The bIg biggest st advantage of beIng rich is that ha YOU ou c n keep clean he saId starting on Clean Cean rooms clean lInen clean food food-cl food clean an every thing That's w what at J being eing- rich rich means I V And furs and diamonds and gorg gorgeous ous gowns and traveling in Europe the gIrl said dreamily I 1 wIsh you were ri h h. h John Id I'd tell yoU to get dIvorced from r AUdrey drey right away and wed we'd get m d. d He stopped sh short rt i it understood un- un that were we're to bo be married when Audrey a divorce he e edem dem t V V She dd not WB V ilse Are re We ve here in n Ogden for or he went wenton on you intend intend in- in tend to V V Oh John She clung to his arm You are so fierce when youre you're aroused He shook her off and t faced ced her o Do you intend to to marry me or dont don't you 7 of men standing in the doorway ot of a rooming house re regarded regarded re- re them with lively livey Interest Parri vas h oblivious V V he insisted OI Oh John She took his arm armand and tugged at it ft Are you you goIng to be angry and give me another shakIng She tried D 0 pull hIm after her Come those John men men are looking I He started looked at the laughing group and walked on with herI her I f you didn't care who saw zaw 81 he said sourly V I that dont was just my way of gettIng YOU started walking again she told hIm Dear boy dont don't be beso beso so stern with poor peer Marcie You didn't tell me If you were going to marry marry me he repeated doggedly Why John She smiled up at hIm You never asked me to you know inow rhe Fhe annoyance in his face faded to a look of faint surprIse I believe I never did he ex- ex ex- ex claimed Are you to ask me She leaned against him as they they- Why now He gulped Look here Marcie l how can I ask you ou while Im I'm still sUIl a a marrIed man It wouldn't It be-It be square Its It's not rIght you know Then you dont don't want me to marry marry mar mar- ry you Her eyes were innocent as she looked at hIm This turning turning turning-of oC the tables puzzled and exasperated him Confound It lie He frowned Why I yes suppose I- I His voIce trailed oft off in lack of any Idea what to say Honey boy She was hangIng on hIm tenderly You understand now I 1 couldn't say Id I'd marry you ou It wouldn't have been right I suppose not He stumbled In his abstraction Its a hard situa- situa tIon Im I'm married and We cant can't make any re real plans until until- But We can be together she In- In You love Jove me dont don't you lIe Ie c considered this at sonie length I 1 IiI like e to be with you he s said ld at last I dont don't mow know what it is-I is like you iou I 1 know that Is that all Her tone was on of Injury At once though sh she brIghtened But we wont won't tease each other any more here and nobody knows us and we dont don't have vorry to do we wet Well go look for your room I I forgot about the room he said NIght had fallen and they had looked looked- into five or six lodging places before he found an apartment apartment apart apart- ment th that t w not too battered and soiled V JI Looks like a dugout in wartime he criticized but It'll have to do I suppose He pal paid a weeks week's rent in advance a suggestion of the and clerks then went out with Marcie toward the garage where lie he had left his little car and hIs baggage Ill run Into the hotel a minute while youre you're taking your your suitcases over she suggested Then you come back for me and well we'll eat din din- ner Im I'm hungry I forgot all about eating he I Isaid said V Ini Ins forgetting everything to- to day AU All right Ill be back He left leet her at the hotel and turned back in the direction they had come MarcIe went to the des and asked for her k key y The clerk ed it to her hei and WIth it a sUp slip of paper paper Mrs A. A please Parrish-please call Cherry was written on it in ina a rapid scrawl She bIt the knuckle of her fore fore- 1 ingel as she looked the atthe sUp slip m D who she asked V I Came over the telephone the V clerk said there any name name He shook his head If the party hal a name it woul e on th the paper hEL he saId Stil staring g t the sli sh she wall walked slowly elevator Once in her room she deep in thought the paper in her hand At last she arose and went to the rhe tee tele- phone Give m me information please she said when the operator an- an I want the information desk at central l The There e was a delay de- de lay during aha frowned in- in When the Ion was made she asked ed Can you Can you tell me me whose number Cherry is I have a call caU from there there-I want to kno v who se sent t it There Thero was another another an- an an- an I other pause What 1 It Its s a Thank you j r She went hack back to her chair Damn she said aloud At arose and began openIng opening open open- Ing her bags bags'S S 'S haking out her garments garments gar gar- ments she hung them in the closet placing her shoes In a peat neat row upon the floor stowIng her underwear underwear under wear In the dreer er drawers One small heap she laid on tO tOof top of the dresser and stood considering consider consider- ing it doubtfully Then she he shrugged her shoulders and swept the heap Into a drawer TwIce she stood before the telephone telephone tele- tele phone her hand upon the receiver Each time she turned away She was standing before the mir mir- rot rot- combIng her hall hair when the telephone telephone tele- tele i phone rang i For a moment she stood uncle uncle- and when she Mie answered dId I so in a small high voice unlike her own full tones Oh she said in relief as n a man mall spoke to her Hello John Yes Ill I'll be down In a a Im I'm starved V ShE put on her hat and rab ran out lut locking the door and dropping the key into her wrist bag Parrish wab waa waiting at the foot of the elevator i Theres a restaurant around the I corner that's pretty good I think he said Shant we eat here she asked Ive got to economIze Marciea l he said You wont won't mInd eating at a cheaper place will yoU 1 Not Kot thIs tIm she said I She dId not say about the mysteriOus call but her eyes searched the lobby for a familiar face It was with n i air of relief that she turned back to him Whatever you want me to do 11 Ill I'll do dear she said He walked out the gIrl besIde him and swung into the side street She dipped into into- her handbag and stripped Goodness Ive I've left my money Upstairs she exclaimed Will Viii you wait a minute until I go get it il He nodded and she sped back into the hotel ParrIsh leaned against the wall watching the evening crowds move by The moving picture plc- plc ture theatres were alight with electric elee- elee sIgns and at one of them a along along long ln line of citizens waited patient patient- ly y In an upper room In iii the building building build build- ing across the way an early dance was starting Through the open wIndows Parrish could hear the music and see the heads of a few couples moving in in ina a lively hopping step He shifted to ease his feet MarcIe had been gone a long time Tp 10 relieve relieve re- re lieve the tedIum he counting automobiles of do ct certain make nake as they rounded the corner At last Jast he lost h interest terest in this He looked at his his' watch Gee she's Sow slow he said aloud Idly IcIly he swung into the entry and through it to the hotel lobby AskIng AskIng Ask Ask- Ing for the number of Mrs Par Par- room he took the house telephone tele- tele phone There was a long walt wait There Is no answer front from that I room the operator said CHAPTER ParrIsh stood trou ed and in doubt running his fingers through his hall hair Then he took a seat and gazed hopefully toward the ele- ele vator The usual hotel crowd moved past but no Marcie l At At last he clapped his hat on his head and went out the door As he disappeared Marcie herself herselt came from an alcove at the far end of the lobby looked cautiously at the door through which P Parrish had gone and hurrIed to the public telephone telephone tele- tele phone desk Get me Cherry she told the operator Hello she said when the connection connection con con- con con- was made Give me Mr Mi Mortons Morton's room There Ther was a short wait Hello there This is Marcie Marcie Mar Mar- cie I called as soon as I I 1 was delayed delayed-delaYed by a I haven't had any dInner No Ive I've had so mu h company Who Oh a girl friend ran Into me in the Yes Ill I'll w wiit It She sped to the dressIng room on the mezzanIne floor adjusted her hair and her hat approved of her and returned to the lobby where she took a seat near the door It was only a t. t few mInutes miss mIn utes before Harry Morton came in swInging his cane hIs hat cocked jauntily on the side of his head How on earth did you find out I Iwas Iwas was here Z was her greeting Come on Ill buy food tood and tell you all about it lie he said They turned to the hotel dining dining- room room It was late and ny two wo or three of the tables were The captain ushered them to a corner corner cor- cor ner behind a discreet palm Morton Mor 1 ton scanned the menu ordered dIn dIn- ner ner for Marcie and a grapefruit for h himself and turned to the sUbject of their conversation It Wasn't hard to tell where you'd gone gone- gone Parrish lie he said Ie re- re garding her gravely Marcie laughed Did I do wrong she inquired guilelessly Goodness knows he replied But before I 1 go on In would you mind telling me why on earth you chosE Audrey's name when you registered registered regis regis- I simple she told him I didn't have any suItcases or bags bags- t they're eyre all at my fathers father's house So SoI I took Audrey's and they had hadA hadA I A P. P on them I see QuIte so Ie He acceptEd her explanation without further comment Wheres Parrish H her r fingers pressed lIght against tl tle e tablecloth at the questIon but buther buther her eyelids dId not not quiver I 1 think hes he's staying at a little hotel a coupIe coupie cou- cou pIe ot of blocks away How dId you know he was here She could not control o of anxIety that came Into her voice I Continued Tomorrow |