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Show LINDA LEE INC. .. vru. By Louis Joseph Vance 1 rca m. pvrhapa a ahada ov.rili. I for fraturta dalloataly formed. Ha affcld a nllf.rdly mualarha. and j hn h pok full llpa framed hla , wnrda notlcaahly. Hla hahlt waa that of a man at tnmm in any company, who .ta a unod valua on hlm.alf and con-, con-, fldiitlv looka for ta g?nral acceptance. accept-ance. Ha talk'.) wall, with n.auranri, nmi humor, and a fair amount nf inrorma lion. H had lived aevrtil year. In I the atalea. off and on, and on t ha whole 'approved of them. Ha had pottered a hit with tha cinema at home and he might J" out to li. Anicelea and aea I what waa to ta aeen In that capltnl of tha world'a motion picture Industry. Indus-try. England, ha didn't mind admitting, admit-ting, had a a-.iodl.h bit to learn from Amerira In the cinema line. If you iaked Lonlalne, t waa hie ron.ldored I belief that lha really top-hole produc- tlona of the future wnul, come of com- Mnln American brilliance of photoa-.raphy photoa-.raphy and Inve.tllure with Kuropean thorouihnea. in actlnf and direction Thl. foreca.t waa uttered with an authority that impreaaed even I.uclnda. elnhorately unlntereated aa ahe waa. Khe had maintained a half-amlla of amlahle attention whirh would have deceived a .harper man. and let her thoughta drift on dreary tldea of dli- content. I Hour bv hour the conviction waa atrlklna Ita root, more deeply Into her I comprehenalon that Ufa with Hel on the preaent terma waa unthinkable A loeln fight. One were mad to hope ts win. Already Hel waa loat, ;ca.iht In tha mad dau- of the aya- tern a bacchante, already drunkard and , debauchee . . . Nor might all her ; love redeem him . . And i the pity! Teara atarted to her eyee. ahe Jumped up haatlly lent her frlnnde I ahould aee, mumbled an eiriino and made her way out to tha fever, turning turn-ing toward the woman . cloakroom The foyer waa atlll fairly thronged ahe waa almoat in Hel'a arm. before !ahe eaw him. ao near to him that ahe i caught, aa ahe alnne.l back, a heavy i whiff of breath whlaky-flnvored I She heard him any, "Why. hello I.lnda' What's the hurrv?" and cut In naiantly with a gap of lndlKr,alion: What are you doing here?" (Continued In our next l.aue BKOIN Htftl TODAY. Ills Insatiable appaMte for cheap flirtation flirta-tion and rrtjumt irtoU nf heavy drinking drink-ing bad almost destroyed the love whirl. LI'O'IXI'A PRIVR. prominent Fifth avenue ave-nue no lety matron, held for her h'ia-band h'ia-band After ftve mrm of marrie.l life, ahe had uectdeti thm her benuty, youth nnd i hirni were not auffi.-nt to hold Itfllani) At a fashionable d'nner, the I'rui'ea met Kit "II A HI' JlAl'DKaSRV. l,uclnda'a old wtjfiln-ftrt, and Mltri. AMKl.IK BliVKHV. with whom Hellnoiv at one proceed to carrv on an affair. Amelle and Hellamy lunch at the Clique club and Amelia iugaenta that Bel dlvoree I.uclnda. He rffuaa and ana susaea'a thai pooilbly Lutinda may divorce him. GO ON WITH THE STORY. 'Ieal with that when it cornee up. J Frankly, don't believe It ever wilt. Don't mean to give Linda any reason I can avoid." ' What you mean la. you r ally 'love !" "I meen." he cut In sharply, "whatever "what-ever my shortcomings. I respect I -In la, I won't hurt her If 1 can help IV "How charming of you!" For all acknowledgement ah received re-ceived a silent inclination of hla he: J. and she began to laugh dangerously, nea abrlm with hatred, the heat !n her beeka ahamlng their rouge. "Well, thank (iod I've come to understand under-stand you before we went any farther:" far-ther:" "Amen to that." "And to all your love-making has been simply " "The same as yours, Am." "Then why did you ever make love to me at all, please?" "Because you let me aee you wanted me to. The brutal truth of that lifted the woman to her fet. "I don't think I care for any more luncheon,'' ahe uld In a shaking voice. "If you don't mind . . liflUmy rose, bowing from hla place. "Not at all." He offered to he'.n with hr fur. but abe wouldn't have that, threw the garment gar-ment over her arm and flung round the table, then cheked and looktnl back "You understand thla ends It for all time? "I couldn't do you the Injustice of thinking anything elae" 8he made a tempeatuoua exit through the curtnlna. ItelUmv conaulted hla watch. Just on two; l,tnda'a luncheon party would be In full awing. He had nothing better bet-ter to do. might a well look In at the HUt I.lnda would like It . . . V. To t he luncheon hour mob that milled in the foer nf the Hifs-r.irltnn hotel. 1 .iH-ltnH 1 ruce pr-n. iiie.l t he poise of a pretty woman who has never known care more galling than uncertainty as to her mont becorntng adornment. "But I never dreamed you three knew one another! " ahe waa exclaiming In the eurprlae of f Indlrrg Fannv Ixin -talne with tho whom ahe hud bidden to meet her. ' Fanny, why didn't you tell me ?" Hut I didn't know our Nelly Oueat waa Kllen Meld married" "That's so; I'd completely forgotten you both come from Chicago.' Ilueh'" Nelly (lueat gave a stage hies "Someone might hear. And all these years I've tried ao hnrd to live It down! lt'a no fair' . . . " . Stx years married, Fanny retained, and would tUl the end. whatever life j"Why, hello, Linda; what's the hurry?" J h pocrlsy that's curdling my aoul and ; ruining my lnaide.v" Fanny had Inunrhed Into a startling detailed account of London's latest fad In "treatment a" , and Luclnda's thoughta turned bin k to her other aelf How to go on. how to play out thla farce of a life with Bel when faith In him was dead Htrang that faith should have been shattered finally by such a minor so-cldcnt so-cldcnt aa her overhearing that morning' morn-ing' treachery. And hn had tried so hard to win him back, only to learn J he had gone from her arms to telephone, tele-phone, with llpa warm from hers, to another woman, to change a place of I assignation becauee he had meanly ferreted out the fact that hla wife was Intending to lunch at the restaurant t of their first choice! Her cheeks kindled with Indignation - and blazed atlll more wnrmly when ahe discovered that she had been atar-Ing atar-Ing squarely at Richard Iaubeney, who was lunching with friends at nearby table. But lobbln bowed and smiled In such a wav that Luclnda's confusion and her sense of grievance were drowned under a wave of gratitude. She nodded brightly. Wood old Dobbin: mho had never appreciated ap-preciated bow much she was missing him till he had turned, up again last night and offered to take his old place In hr life. What a pity: I But waa It? Would ahe have been 'happier married tn Dobbin? Waa it i reuaoimbie to iisume that Dobbin would not hae developed In the forcing forc-ing atmosphere of matrimony traits quite aa difficult to deal With aa B.d'a? W'Hsn't the fault, then, more with the Iti.tltiitlon than with th Individual.. Indi-vidual.. Waa marriage ever anything luit it failure? t'.miiy caught LuclndA eyeing her and amlled. "What under the aun are you thinking think-ing ntmut ao aolcmuly, t'lndy?" "You. ileir. I want you nnd your hiiahftnd to dlna with ua any next .Thureda ?' "I ilrtn't know. Thnfa one of eicltliig thlnga about being nmrneil to Hnrry Ixintalne. one never knowa what tomorrow will brlnr forth might hold In atore for her. a look of wondering and eaar youthfulneaa. Ro-manoe Ro-manoe trembled veritably upon ne laahe. She had a wav of holding fiev Mpa slightly apart and looking atead-lly atead-lly at one when spoken to. as If nothing noth-ing more Interesting had ever been j heard by tha ears ambushed In her bobbed, ashen hair. Her eyes of a deep violet ahade held an (nnocenc- of( axpression little leas than diamncfrt-, Ing. Her bedy seemed never to have outgrown Ita adolescence, yet its sllghtnesa was quite without any angularity an-gularity or 'Swkwardnea, It achieved roundness without plumpness, a stroke of physical ganlue; i! "It's heavenly." eh now declared, coolly atartng at their neighbors' through the smoke of her cigarette almply divine to be home. I'm sure Td never want to aee Kurop again If It weren't for prohibition." "You're not going to suffer on that account today.' Jean Redley promised, producing from her handbag1 a little flaak of Jeweled gold. "Put I shsllf" Fanny protested with tragic expression. "It's the frightful' got to go to Chit-ago soon, because father relented enough to leave in a little legacy, nothing to brag about, i but nothing people In our poaltlon can afford to deaptae. either." '( do want to meet your huahand." "You will, aoon enough. He'a lunch Ing some men down in the grill, a buatneaa luncheon. American cinema t peop4." "He'a Interested In the motion picture pic-ture business, then?" "In a way. He haa secured options on the American rights to some Swedish Swed-ish productions." rucinda turned round to the waiter. "You may bring coffee to us In the i Palm room." VI. I Kannv'n husband came In shortly after Lucinda and her gueata had settled set-tled down to coffee and ctgsrettes In a I PsIiVi room. Tall and writ made. Lontalne had the good color of men who care -enough for their bodies to keep them clean of the ruat that cornea of Indoor stodg-1 stodg-1 Inc. The plump and cloaely rexored |