Show If- If HIE HE D D D By Beatrice Burton urton n y I. I FLAPPER WI I c I CoP Copyright 1925 r lEA Service Inc ed from preceding age e. e i ise se was sold out except for forTS fori i 1 TS in an upper box Gloria i 1 ne ne of them just dust as she shelie he lie box the curtain went up y was a western one Wayburn walked out onto e with his spurs clanking ned forward She wanted ut iut to him Hello Heno there s 's Gloria e Q felt sure he would never z shabby Gloria loria Gordon ini in i Welled veiled creature a g. g en Wayburn looked up I id d d straight at her And he minutes after the curtain down on the first act an ane le e into the box He lie gave gavet t folded sheet of paper rire e eliss Miss liss Gordon arent aren't Basked asked Gloria nodded o dear Its It's good to see you ant you run down to my room for a minute or two b will show you the way read It was signed Stan ook took her gold pencil from come Im I'm not Glor Glory Gor- Gor 1 more Im I'm Im I'm married she the back of the note Way Way- sent up to her e hesitated Should she Or should the she run down downe downa a n e ill all 11 would it be so BO very see see StanlEY Wayburn in ir r Ing room for five minutes ind nd what if it it was wrong ild ld Id probably near hear of it gloria loria longed to see Way- Way if only to dazzle him new splendor To show even if he ho wanted n her another man had hadman hadman man who could afford to fur coa coats ts and diamonds na a violets in the middle of se to her feet me to Mr lr Wayburn she the waiting usher fetor etor was waiting for her in- in room that had a tin Un star starn n the door t she breathed 1 she knew what was hap- hap he he was in m his arms anns The the Turkish that fa s smoked d struck her nos- nos he kissed her again and andt i. i t Gloria pushed him away eks vs were WE're scarlet shouldn't have done that Im married its it's it Wayburn said His pt her hei f from flom i om her 50 hat hati i shoes with ith their silver 1 When I 1 saw you vou up in the I what hat YOU vou were us- us oney this year vear year Who millionaire youve you've rd d Gregory Gregor the lawyer Answered Ever EYer hear of tn rn nodded Jt t know Me he was ao so darned i lid aid J i i I I j i j r rI ris I n I is I I a a 1 t tr Do you you think you can afford the c coat at Its It's four hunared dollars the one I want dear she said coolly Oh were we're not rich Just C comfortably tably well off ott Gloria told him Weve Veve a darling little house out on Yale avenue and an automobile automobile auto auto- mobile and a maid I have everything every j thing I want really Ill Just Jot that address down I Ill I'll II be out some day soon soap to see yo you I to have a quiet talk over old times Stan told her He wrote Glorias Gloria's address in a small smaIl leather book on his dressing l table fable If you should come make It I Thursday Gloria said Thursday was vas Maggie's afternoon out She did not want Maggie to tobe tobe tobe be there when Stanley Wayburn came to call She would take no chances on having Dick or Dicks Dick's mother find out that she was having having having hav hav- ing a handsome man calling on her less than three Weeks after her wedding at that Not that there was anything anything anything any any- thing wrong in seeing Wayburn She would make him behave himself himself him him- self when he came But people would be bo sure to misunderstand if they found out Early Thursday afternoon Gloria was all dressed She stood before the long mirror in her bedroom trying to see herself herself herself her her- self with Stan Wayburn's eyes Under the crown of her golden red hair hall her face tace was very pale And the cupids cupid's bow of ot her m mouth uth was rouged to the soft red of at a geranium Gloria had pu put t on an afternoon dress dregs she had bought on her honey honey- moon It was a clinging thing the color of new green leaves Dick had told her that she looked like a wood nymph in it The doorbell rang loudly As she ran downstairs Gloria laughed maliciously She would give Stan Wayburn this glimpse of at her in hi her beautiful house She would let him see how her husband cherished her like lUte a Jewel in its casket And then she would send him away She would be cold and distant She would make him suffer sutter as she had suffered when he had cast her aside like an old glove more than thana a year ago Stanley Wayburn looked all allaround allaround allaround around him as he came into the living living living liv liv- ing room His ice-blue ice eyes took in the long room with its cream walls its ChineSe Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese rugs its gay cushions and lamps There was a tea table drawn up beside the fire tire So this is what little Russet has hassold hassold hassold sold herself for Stanley said For Fora Or Ora a saucer of cream and a cushion by bythe bythe bythe the fire Ire like a kitten Sold myself What do you mean Gloria asked She was stirred by the word Russet on Wayburn's lips It was what he had haden when he i had en called lIed her long ago he made love lore to herI herI her I mean that you ou dont don't love this husband of yours Wayburn said You love me You ahva always s 's have Glory dropped her eyes If If you knew that she said If If you knew I loved you OU a year ago why did you ou treat me as you did You didn't even say goodbye when you jou ou went As soon as as she had said It she wished she hadn't This was not the way to keep Wayburn in inI his place His Ills voice went on I Because I knew the sort of ot woman you were I knew that this was the kind of life me you wanted I II knew I couldn't afford to give you ou I the things you wanted Oh the world Is full of your sort of women Gloria They want every- every I i thing They take ever everything thing And I they give nothing nothing at atall at all I Gloria laughed scornfully It seems to me I have a faint I recollection of your saying you wouldn't marry anyone who didn't II have a mint of money yourself she cried That was where I 1 I learned m my lesson to take all give nothing From Prom you And now you'd better go I Her voice was choked with fury Tears of anger stood in her topaz I eyes To Wayburn she had never II seemed so lovely All right Ill I'll gO go he said coming COming coming com COm- ing across the tho yellow jellow rug toward I her chair but first Ill I'll take this and this thIs and this I He lie kissed her violently brutally Gloria leaned back in his arms and hit him full in the he face I. I Then he was gone She rose from her chair and went into the sunroom to watch him go down the street And the first thing she saw was Dicks Dick's gray roadster swinging into the drive Gloria rushed upstairs She tore off the green dress as she went She slipped into a linen house frock She was back in the living room by the time Dick had put his car carin carin carin in the garage Hello there he said when he came in Who was the sheik I saw leaving the house as I came up the street Gloria didn't answer at once Suddenly Dick seemed very dear He was no pirate love spending his time trying to win the forbidden love of every woman he saw saw but a good man who loved her with all aU his soul Could she tell him a alie alie alie lie Gloria rushed to him and hid her head against his breast She kissed I his necktie I Who Vho was the man I saw Dick asked again His deep gray eyes were very serious Gloria drew a. a a along along long breath Oh that was Mrs His What's Name the man I bought my lamp shades from Crom that's who it was she said He put the wrong kind of ot silk in them I wanted them to be georgette crepe Hes He's used taffeta What brings you home so early eary You said Dick I knew ew it was Maggie's Naggie's day out and I 1 thought wed we'd go somewhere for supper How would that suit you His Ilis eyes were thoughtful Gloria wondered if he had believed the lie she had Just told him about Wayburn Way Way- burn burl The lie lay heavily on her mind Long after Dick had gone to sleep that night she Jay awake thinking about it She had told thousands of at little fibs in her twenty years white lie lies lie But this one had been differ differ- ent She had told it because she sac was afraid and ashamed of the thing she had done don of letting Stan Wayburn mal make e love to her In InDicks InDick's inDicks inDick's Dicks Dick's house It had been a a. despicable despicable despicable despic despic- able lie Oh well perhaps all married wo wo- i R Rf f k kI I t 2 k 5 i ir r E r rh h 7 5 it a i 11 o t 1 1 s s sf f z i rf 3 1 t. t r 16 7 a i I i j S Kt yi r I StanI Stanl Stan I she sho breathed Before Before she knew what was happening she was I in his arms men told them That is is If they hey were going to have hav any fun and excitement excitement For toeing the marK marx marKwas marKwas was very dull I There was May Sey Seymour ur for In In- In stance stace A fine tine time lay May would have I if shoe she sh sta stayed ed home waiting for Dr John to take l her er out H lie Hot was never home day or night the busiest busi busi- ost est doctor in town What was wrong under the circumstances for May lay to go out driving or lunchIng lunching lunching lunch lunch- ing with other m. m men n. n with Jim Carewe in particular And suppose the gossips did talk about her They were probably jealous of the good times she had With this comforting tho thought Gloria laid her bright head on the pillow and was asleep At 10 the next morning May telephoned If you arent aren't doing anything special today lets let's go downtown and bat around she said Ive got to buy huy some new cream for the dear old face Im I'm getting crows crow's feet Fancy that sweet cookie At my mv age age Can you go with me me Gloria Glona said she could An hour 13 later tel she and May were rolling downtown in Mays May's little car car Arent you ou ever going t to drive Dicks Dick's car May asked I guess not He lie takes it every morning himself Gloria answered Well Veil dont don't let him get away with that stuff Just let him learn to use the streetcar right from the start or walk May advised ad ad- her Better sun still make him buy you youa a little car of your our own for bridge parties and luncheons May olay went wenton on on inspired Youn never get anything anything anything any any- thing in this world if you ou dont don't ask for it Ive I've found that out An hour later they were sitting in the Vienna cafe I love to eat down here May said When Im I'm at home for lunch II i iI iI I never can eat a bite It gives me the blues just to be there alone Gloria wasn't listening She was wondering if it she could make Dick buy her a a. car She was pretty sure she could she felt sure that she co could d manage him make him do anything she wanted to do so long as she paid him in the coin of or her kisses kept his senses en en- en She looked at May critically May lay was coarsening She wore too much rouge May was smiling smiling smiling smil smil- ing with narrowed eyes ees at someone across the restaurant And in a minute or two Gloria saw Jim Care Carewe we leave his table near the wall and cross the room toward them Jim Carewe was one of Mays May's old flames The town gossips said he was still in love with her Dont you girls want to go for fora a nice long drive this afternoon Jim asked looking down at MayOh MayOh May Ma Oh Jim dont don't ask the bride to togO togo togo go joy riding May said in pretended pretended pretended pre pre- tended horror Wait Valt a year or so till she's bored to tears with home and husband Confine your fascinations fascinations fascinations fasci fasci- nations to an old married vamp like me me to She broke off orr following Glorias Gloria's terrified gaze across the room A Afe Afew Afew few fe tables away Dicks Dick's mother was sitting in all aU her glory of black silk and sables On her broad florid face was a look of disgust as she sure surveyed surveyed sur sur- e ed them Continued tomorrow |