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Show sT Mammasaeseaaaasal I aesssaaeMaawii I . A TELEGRAM SERIAL ' : 1 FSWING MADNESS Sgl i CHAPTER SIXTEEN Judith haunted the house like a nervous ghost flitting from room to room. Manufacturing email tasks which would make it appear that ahe was busy. Even descending descend-ing to the kitchen to help the ur-prieed ur-prieed Ethel. "How would you like for me to make the dessert for tonight T" Judith asked. -You -ell doat know hew to oook, Ethel said eusplolously. "I studied cooking at school. And I oaa make aa upside down oake that will melt 4a your mouth." Ethel looked akepUcal but obediently obe-diently brought the required Ingredients. In-gredients. When the telephone rang Judith was stirring the bat-tar bat-tar la a bright yellow bowl. She tfnnniil - Iff urelvw4. .gagement to Karl was practically, banging by a thread, ahe thought aa ah followed Elisabeth Into the living room. Dressed In Hack Ml Amy was dressed la black with apotleae ruffle around her wrinkled throat She bought her elethea at the most expensive shop, but her body was Uke a pole with a faoa set oa top, which waa eed and emaciated, bearing the unmistakable un-mistakable eigne of the numerous "breakdowns" eh bad bad. "The poor old thing," . Judith granted with reluctant compassion. "She aaan't bad much of a life. "It wouldn't be any fun to be the only one In your crowd who bad never married." .did mine. There le no faithfulness In them." Judith tried to think this scene was funny but shs bad a audden viilon of herself aa ahe might be at BO. Disillusioned, bitter, unloved. Her young face blanched as she imagined herself In Miss Amy's shoee. Jilted for some one more attractive. at-tractive. "X appreciate your telling me," shs said, patting Miaa Amy e withered with-ered hand. "But thla la aomthing no on else can advise me about You muet know that" She had apoken wisely. Miss Amy's face assumed aa aspect of gratified importance, "Well, my dear. I can only hope for the beat I don't aak you to consider my feelings la your de-.l.inn de-.l.inn Nat tha lans vasra durinjr "Hare, Ethel take this I m answer an-swer the phone." But I wes only Miss Amy Weather Weath-er by wanting to know If her mother would be home at five o'clock. Judith eald she srould, and returned re-turned dejectedly to the kitchen. The cake waa a aueoaee and at five o'clock, browa and tempting with its crusted, sugared pineapple, wee cooling ea the table. Sniff. Instead of being pleesed at this sign of her daughter's culinary skill Elisabeth an If fed: "It's a mistake, Judith, Ethel Is buy enough as it la. She'll never he able to do the baking U yea atart helping bar." "I'd rather do It than eat the oakee ehe makes." Judith aald. Before her mother eould answer, the door bell announced th arrival of Miss Amy. "I wonder whet eh wants," Mrs. Pegs eighed. "She's been running . Wtarv" "jay ueara, ' suae m7 twiuim, "the most amaaing thing hae happened hap-pened to me Just as I knsw It would. You remember, Llssle, X told you weeks ago that sooner or aster I would run across him." Judy's heart skipped a beet aa hsr mother said: "Do elt down, Amy. Now what are you talking about?" "I've eeea him Jacks son," Miss Amy faltered with the bright pink flush of one who confesses oa In-dlscretloa. In-dlscretloa. "Where?" Ellis bath Inquired. "At the hotel. I went to the Muehlbech for tea and be was there . . ." She turned to Judith lifting a soUmn forefinger. "Juat Uk hie father, Judy I He waa with another." an-other." Judith etumpted to amlle. - "Wes ehe a blond?" ' "She wee. One of those too perfect per-fect creatures who eouldnt possibly be as angelic as they look." Judith's heart sank. After lunch- which t have carried my burden uncomplainingly. A burden no one, not even my best friend, baa ever understood." Elisabeth snorted: Tv etood up for yeu more tlmee than you'll aver know. Amy Weetherby." "Stood up for me?" demanded her friend. "Why? Surely I need no defense. My life le an open book Judith left them arguing and returned re-turned with a piece of the upalde down cake. Try this, Miaa Amy! I made It myself." "Oh, my deer, X couldn't possibly possi-bly eat anything. Tat too upset" Miss Amy aald lifting a generous bite of It to her trembling mouth. "X will taste It, however, sines you mad tt Ah. It la delicto ue. Dslleisus . . . ehe murmured eea-aumlng eea-aumlng It avidly. Judith felt sorrier than ever aa ehe watched the older woman Tbey eould hear Miaa Amy' l blrd-Hk blrd-Hk volo chirping In th hell, then Ethel appeared. "She eay ahe want to see you, too. Mis Judith." I "Oh. dear, new I am la for It Judith groaned . . I So far ahe had managed to ea-oape ea-oape eay of the pitiful converaa-1 converaa-1 tlone her mother reported. Never eeuld there have been a worse time for one than now when her ea peared at the unromantle hour of three la the afternoon. Making ne attempt to lead up to the newe gradually, he announced: Tve organised a band of my own. We're playing our first engagement engage-ment tomorrow night" He seemed preoccupied and distraught dis-traught aa If be had many more Important thing oa his mind then hie relationship to bar. "So your promiae to give up musts didn't mean anything after all?" ahe asked. "I seal do It" he admitted. - (To be continued) Copyright Rsgister and Tribune Syndicate . ing wltn aer, arter tneir quarrsi about Fay be bad eought her again at tea time. "Its all right Miss Amy. X know all about It He's helping her get a Job." "If that la what he hea told you, you are a fool to believe It" ths older womaa advised. "No one with a heritage like hi oaa be trusted with any girl, much lass one Uke that I'm telling you, Judith, X knew all about it "1 ha vest forgotten how Jack Morgan made love to me. Like father, like son, my dearl But they are aa good. "Why be evea looked at me today to-day aa If he knew there waa some strange bead between aa. If I hedat beea ae thoroughly dkultu-sloned dkultu-sloned by my terrible experience I would have sworn be waa interested interest-ed la me." , Thla was to much evea tor Ellaa-beth, Ellaa-beth, , Act your age. Amy I He probably prob-ably didn't evea see you." -Ah, Usale, yeu aever did understand." under-stand." Miss Amy cried, touching a daintily embroidered handkerchief handker-chief to her faded eyee. "Only eew who has suffered aa I have eaa realls th fatal attraction such men have. ' "But I'm warning yeu. Judith, he will break yeur heart just a Jack t amaca ner iipe. 1,7 r grief eould be assuaged by a piece of eeke. Yet bow terrible It would be whea such a tlms came to her ae It obviously ob-viously bad to Miaa Amy. When ahe had goo a. Elisabeth said: "Sometimes I wonder if Amy i quite normal Wea Judith, you oaa aee what happens to a girl wbsa ahe leu herself fail la love with the wrong person." Yea. Judith, bad eeea and It did not bring peace to her already befuddled be-fuddled mind. She felt aa if ahe bed Just witnessed a poeelbie picture pic-ture of herself to yean from now Her engagement to Karl had brought Utile happiness- How eould their marriage be a euecess? Moat disheartening of all waa the sue-ptetoa sue-ptetoa that h waa beginning to ooneider it a mistake too. If he hadn't he srould have at least telephoned. But she heard nothing from him for almost a week. Judith suffered la sllsnos but ehe lost pouada, Whea he did finally call, ahe was almoat too weak to care. Karl voice sounded strained and enf am liter. "I should Uke to eee you right ewey. Judith. I have eometbing to tell you." She had hoped he would want to see bet that night. Instead ha ap- I |