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Show OT'DT HT rTC Telegram Fiction by VjlKJ-i HLiWllti Priscilla Wayne rotw hem- . rm RETM WARDEN. cherm1n aucrtT of nMwnUn aniaUt. tovo I mm of t on th nornlni arte woth4 IB to the Cnurtovi boa, and aaw JIM OUTHRIB otftndin babintf the a-. Prom ihn o tbero aro ewoet j tMnortaa of nighte tnaether whan Jim almost propaaaa; until, unwiportodiv, ' Ui i family receives a wlra from bar atep-elator, CHARMION LEWI, an-otincinff an-otincinff that the fascinating girl, away eevoral yoare mod I In In Raw York City, la returning boirte for aummar vacation ttfppjng from tha Jiavn a few day latar and catching a gUmpaa of Bath vtgn tha handaocna las. Charm Ion pratanda to fall, and being caught by Jim. eomplaina of a turned ankia while? ha eerrtea har to tha car On tha rld bome aha laaroa of Bath'a dance data with Jim for that aaning Quickly forgetting th ankle, aha liuiata on going along Aa tha muaia ttarta Charm ion again falia Into Jim a arms plaadlng for tha flrat danca. Rath watcha from a lonaly aomar ItnTH DENRY, an old enetny of Charmion'a. having obaarvad tha Incident, drtarminaa to find out before tha evening la over what Charmion'a Um la. Whan Jim and Charmlon troll onto tha lawn. Ruth follows, vaadropplng. aha learna that Charmlon raturnad horn bacaiwa Jim. son of a millionaire, la working In Can tar town. HOW OO ON WITH THI STORY . hs rapid heating of her heart. It seemed to Beth that It muit surely shatter IU1( (or very Joy. Charmion suggested going homo arty. 8ha waa )uat a llttl bit bored by tht atttntiona of tha Centertown young man. 8ha knew all of them. Just gro-Qry gro-Qry clerks, drug atora attandanta, filling atatlon man and othar amall town folki. A long tlma ago aha bad raally liked Dan Stevens. ' But not tonight not aftar aho had' danced with Jim Quthrla. tha man ha had coma back to Cantartown to meet Keep Thoughts Secret Although Charmlon kept her In-narmoat In-narmoat thoughta secret, avan to har own family, aha waa alwaya perfectly frank with harialf. She had coma back front New Tork for Juat ona purpoaa. That purpoae waa to maet Jamaa Quthrie. A delightful combination af fata and providence had aent Jim Outline Outli-ne to Centertown and the veryaame ort of fata combined with luck had ent hie Aunt Phyllla to New Tork and Into Btariog'e atora. Oharmion waa too ehrewd a girl not to know that modeling did not hold a very roey future for a pretty and ambitloue girL CHAPTER FIVE i Ruth heard Jim reach to turn the key in tha ignition lock. So tha poor chap was falling for Charmion'a line, waa he? Well, little lit-tle old Charmlon would have another an-other think coming. Swift aa a flash Ruth stooped to a tire-She tire-She had learned plenty about cars helping her father In his garage. Learned enough, certainly, to spike thia little joy ride Charmlon had planned. In tha few seconds It took for Jim to turn tha Ignition key in the witch, to atep on the starter and release the brake, Ruth had unscrewed un-screwed the valve cap on tha right rear tire and removed the valve core. Sputter And Hits Jim barkd into the driveway just aa the sputter and hiss of the air, escaping from tha tire, told him what had happened. 'The verve ie gone." ha told Charmion an Instant later, on his knees examining the damage. "I didn't hear anyone at the car, but I could have sworn someone ran bark among the trees there." The fact that this beautiful, exotic ! girl eeemed to prefer him above the , othera in the room rather elated Jim. But there were othera who wanted to dance with Charmion. She waa undoubtedly the moet popular girl In tha room. Jim yielded hla place at har aide to some of her other admirers and ha tried his very best to be attentive atten-tive and gallant to Beth. There waa a Madonna-like quality about this quiet girl that attracted him atrangely to her. Lite. Cleer Gaia He liked the clear, direct gasa of her very blue eyea. He liked the proud way she carried her head. One almoat forgot her plalnneaa, her near dowdiness, at times. Tor instance that never-to-be-forgotten moment in the bank when her brown hair had been a golden halo about her head. He enjoyed talking to her. too. She waa a level-headed sort of person per-son with a mind of her own. Her conversation proved that she did some thinking, too. A thing he had almost decdied modern girls rarely did. To be sure, a model got frequent dates. But usually with some middle-aged buyer from the wast who came into New York twice a year to stock his store with merchandise. Girls who modeled very frequently frequent-ly had that sort of a data. These men took them out to the night clubs, bought them a good dinner and plenty of drinks and usually showed them kodak pictures of the wife and kiddies, or maybe even the grandchildren back home. Charmion hadn't any use for that sort of date. She believed that a girl could hold herself high, or she could be cheap. Charmion waa not cheap. She (Continued en Po0wtns Fees) Inside the dance hall Ruth slipped into one of the easy chaira that lined tha dance floor. Dan and Beth danced. Only Dan's moody eyea and Beth's flushed cheeks showed that both the man and the girl thought of other things than tha dance and tha lilting muioc tha orchestra played. Ruth waved at Beth. Shook her head when Dan's glance Indicated that they would soon coma over In her direction. "Want to rest." She formed the worda with her lips. As well as wanting to rest, she wanted to have a chance to think over the amaung vents of tha last few minutes. So Charmlon had heard that Jim. son of a millionaire chain stor owner, waa working in a bank In Centertown. getting experience? Also probably Mary had written her daughter of Jim. Told Charmion that Beth waa dating with Jim. It was very easy to put two and two together. Charmlon was clsver. And Charmion waa greedy. Want! to Gain Prestige The moderate fortune she would Inherit from her father would not aatisfy Charmion. In addition to that aha wanted more. She wanted wealth, social position, posi-tion, prestige. Instead of being a mannequin to aell lovely things In a store to wealthy women who could afford them, Charmlon wanted to ba ona of the wealthy women who bought thoae lovely things. Bit by bit Ruth put the pieces of If he had half expected, half hoped that Beth might appear disappointed dis-appointed or angry at his interest in Charmion, ha xt mistaken. Beth's clear eyea gave never a hint of reproach. Not for worlds would she have let Jim Guthrie know how heartsick hia attentions to Charmion made her. And, because she really loved Charmlon. would never let her slater sla-ter know how much she cared for Jim. Perhaps It wis because Beth did not seem to car, perhapa because she seemed so impersonal and her clear blue eyea so untroubled that Jim felt a swift surge of the aama sort of feeling for her that he had felt back in the bank on that first day ha had seen her, Aikj for Data "How about having a date with ma for dinner tomorrow Bight?" Jim asked, dancing with Beth. "Just the two of us. Charmion's lovely, but she's In tha way when I want to talk with you." Beth felt her heart lift suddenly. So that waa it? Jim had just wanted want-ed to be polite to Charmla. Hia audden attention hadn't meant that he'd forgotten Beth. It merely meant that he felt the need of showing some interest to Charmie. "I'll go." Beth aald. She hoped her voice did not falter too much. She was glad they were dancing. Above the music Jim could not hear the punle together. To marry tha aon of the man who , owned the major share of the stock In the store which employed her. waa just a part of Charmion's scheme and it mattered very little to tha ambitious girl If sha broke her sister's heart in achieving her own desires. Charmion's own happiness, Ruth decided, was all that mattered to Charmion. "Juat the safme. I ought to ba ashamed," Ruth thought to herself, "to turn myself into a mean little apy. chasing after couples to hear what they have to say, and letting down tires. "A street urchin couldn't be very much worse. But Charmion's got another think coming If ah thinka for one minute that she's going to get my Dan away from me. "Beth may be a silly ninny and let herself be run over by Charmlon. Char-mlon. But I'm not going to be. I love Dan Stevens. "I'm going to have him and I don't rare how hard I slap Charmion Lewis down to get him." Somehow the miserable evening wore Itself away. ' No Joy Rido Frustrated In their attempt at a joy ride, Charmlon and Jim came back Into the dance halL Charmion waa petulant at the happening, but Jim waa pusiled and frankly a bit aobered by it. He could have sworn that valve cap waa in place when ha parked his car. Without a doubt some malicious ma-licious person had removed it. But who would do a thing like that? He couldn't quite dismiss the incident aa the prank of aome small boy. Once back In the dance hall, Jim danced a number of times with Beth. It was not aa though he could not have danced all of the time with Charmion. from Sterxog'a and sent her mother the telegram announcing her arrival. ar-rival. "Tomorrow?' Jim asked aa he left his car at the curb and took the sisters to the door. '.Tomorrow," Beth said shyly. "I'll drive psst at six," Jim said. "Goodnight." Beth closed the door slowly behind be-hind Jim. Charmion took off her little jacket jack-et "Have a date with your boy friend tomorrow, Bethle?" "Yes." Beth waa wishing Jinn had not mentioned the date befora Charmion. (Continued Saturday.) (Copyright, 1937, for The Telegram.! Girl Alone (Continued from Praeedlns Page) held herself high. Her thrifty fa-ther'a fa-ther'a legacy had provided her with pretty clothes and even with luxuries. lux-uries. But Charmion wanted more than that. She wanted real wealth. She wanted luxuries, and a handsome husband with the surety of a lovely home and social prestige. Is Schemer Charmion waa a schemer. Aunt Phyllis' story of Jim having hla fling earning his living In his own way, fell right into Charmion's plan of life. That very day she had resigned |