Show J if PEN 19 Pl S S SI I I COPYRIGHT n ii- ii iiii i-i i 1927 bY gy MI Wi anne Ii e U U S Ii I BEGIN HERE TODAY Vera Cameron plain t ry is transformed Into a beauty by Jerry Macklyn advertising manager for Peach Bloom Cosmetics company who is to us use her photographs iri in advertising booklets She he agrees to the only because she he Is' Is is-in is in love with a man who ignores her Schuyler Smythe Smythe- vera spends her at t Lake Minnetonka where Smythe is va va- He and other guests mistake her in spite of ner 1 denials for Vivian Crandall princess ex-princess who after a Paris is i in hiding Vera Vera knows knows Smythe Is in inlove inlove love with the girl he thinks she Is arid and she finds further insistence upon her identity difficult Learning ot of the supposed VivIans VivIan's Viv- Viv fans Ians Crandall detectives detec- detec tives arrive arrive- one night Vera and Smythe flee itt In a car Smythe begs herto marry him t once but when she tells him hini the truth about her identity he is furious Vera is from the car by two masked men who take her by airplane to a shack In the the hills where Prince Ivan awaits them em In New York Jerry acting on a mysterious i phone call finds finds' Viv- Viv jan Crandall hiding in the the- Bronx Agreeing to help find Vera she guides Jerry to the shack which she remembers the prince w ws s interested in- in iri in- inThey Th They y yar ar i e s S- SVera Vera Verai i is fleeing after repulsing the ad- ad of the prince She tells them how she was left alone Ivan Iian after one kIdnaper was killed In an airplane crash and the other departed in fear VI Vivian an bribes the prince to go goback go goback back to Paris She She- Sheana ana anaVera Vera become be- be some come Instant friends and Vivian propOses that Vera play the Prin cess a Vivian a a- a chance to ler three months months' probation Uon peri d necessary to convince Paul Allison a a. poor poorman man she roves loves she can live on on- ona a Vera Vera agrees grees and arm a letter from om Vivian to to her parents goes to fa the At ra interview they agree to Vivians Vivian's request est and tell report reporters rs their daughter has returned home NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAP CHAPTER R XVI Vee- Vee Vee-Vee Vee Vee fe felt f that her life as- as VivIan Viv- Viv Ian Crandall had definitely begun when she as served the daintiest of br in the daintiest Of beds o'clock on on Saturday morning It It- wa was Incredible incredible In- In credible th that t just one one week before at that hour hour- she had been hurrying to work at the Peach Bloom Cosmetics Cosmetics Cos- Cos company's offices office worryIng over the fact that she had to o make some last minute purchases before sh could leave that night on herr her wonderful vac tion Jus on one weeK Life Lite sai said Vee Vee-Vee- Vee Vee Cameron to herself as she sniffed the crisp golden ellow rose that had lain beside beside be- be side her Iced honeydew melon is Very terrible and and ver very wonderful At 10 o'clock Mrs Crandal se sent t for her h hr r in her own boudoir Because her own Was vas sun still hovering about the dr dress dress- ss- ss Sing ing table Mrs Crandall folded h her r rd d pro tem teni fn her arn arms pd kissed her with every show of Id 1 But when the maid ma-id had haden een en dismissed Vivians Vivian's oth r dropped h fond and fh- fh attitude Sice ice bec me me and cool as- as vere he speakIng speak speak- Ing to a paid secretary Mr Crandall and I believe th that t will ill be best to go directly to out ou I Long Island estate on on Manhasset- Manhasset bay she said said y You will of course be in rather strict retire ment for tor the summer a a. tact act which is i explainable on the ground that you rou are on on the the verge ot of a nervous breakdown duet your unfortunate un- un fortunate fortunate- the experiences divorce and the tho I am sorry to toay ay tt will be impossible for us tc to any ot of- Our Anost inti- inti mat friends or It if We do for you to be at all In evidence nce You understand un- un ders nd of at cours o i Certainly Vee Vee-Vee said t t fly I 1 should not enjoy having to tread on eggshells all summer summet arid and the chances of discovery discovery- wO would ld b be too o I great But I have one request to tomake tomake make Mrs Crandall Crandall- By the way remember to address address ad- ad dress nie me as Mother before before- the servants and Mr Crandall as Father or Dad Mrs Irs Crandall Int interrupted Fortunat Fortunately ly none of the servants has been with us longer than a year Vivian does not even know their names eX except ept of course Now what is your request I I hope it Is a reasonable rca rea- one I Vee- Vee Vee flushed brightly b but t her eyes did not waver and her vo voke e ewas wa was as as crisp and cool as as Viv Vivians Vivian's ans an's mothers I I must have haye your formy for tor tormy my aunt Mrs Cartwright- Cartwright and my best friend Mr Macklyn to call as often as as- asI I like she said steadily Your Tout aunt Mrs Crandall r rather frowned slightly ly That complicates complicates- matter matters does doesn't t tit it Does she have to know She does Vee- Vee Vee-Vee Vee Vee retorted firmlY She already raf least she knows knows' th that t i I ave e ba been mistaken for your our and have been She Is of course as anxious tot for my R ety as you were for Vivians Vivian's I assure you rou that she Is a well bred woman r I suppose that Is not an request Mrs Crandall smiled and shrugged Now as s to the young oung- man inan h he Is young oung I suppose Yes Vee- Vee Vee-Ve Vee Vee answered flushing flushing flush flush- ing more brIghtly th than n ever He Hels Hes ls s a. a v vry ry successful young business the man advertising manager manager of of a avery avery very large concern In In- fact lie he is ismy my my- employer or was until I went away oh my vacation Youre go going ng t to marry him of Mrs case cas casually her hr e eyes es interestedly regarding regard regard- ing her j up st made st face jn in tho mt r of her Vee-Vee Vee drew in in- her bre breath th sharply An Am I Il she asked and words were a a question hot an evasive retort a question a asked ked won on o of herselt lf B But t there was xio answer It 11 was was' hard I to think of being b rom romantically i ove with J yet yet- it w was s impossible to Imagine life wIthout him him- Of c course urse you are are- Mrs Crandall Cran- Cran dall laughed nd ind somehow the COn con- str int and suspicion b tween them was was s g gone ne and they v were ere friends Will ou l let t Jerry Macklyn acklyn come come td el m. m r v e Ye c n i-I i ent y What Whai a. a ver lie he has bas Mrs smiled Crandall r I suppose he heis heis is Ip the plot knows all ab about ut It It- It S Yes Vivian likes him him enormously enormously enor- enor she add added d cunningly They are tre sw rn friends Then n since the many Irian loves you is my daughters daughter's friend frInd I suppose sup sup- pose poke there is no reason why he should not come ome to see see you as' as as often as he likes likes- I think Yo you'd better belter telephone him hini my dear and relieve re- re lieve his anxiety Of course ic I-ic has seen the morning papers and knows that you you have been accepted as Vivian Crandall both here and by and and press But he must b be bevery very eager to hear from you U my telephone there It is a direct direct- line out not connected With the ho house se phones Vee-Vee Vee called the familiar number num- num her ber her her heart pounding with a curious curious- joy that she was she was to h ar his voice again But It was Rosemary Fitch h of course who ho answered phone And of course she recOgnized Vee-Vee's Vee's voice instantly Yee Vee Y Vee-Y e she ejaculated ejaculated- and there here was as a. a note of disappoint disappoint- mont under her excitement Wh re in the world are you ou Im I'm sorry we had only a minute the other morn morn- ing When are you coming back Im not coming back Rosemary Rosemary Rose Rose- mary Vee Vee-Vee- answered with a sidelong glance at Mrs Crandall who was pretending pretending- like the lady she was not not- notto to listen Im r sign ing my place at Peach Bloom My Iy new position takes me me- out o of town Im I'm today so 0 I have shant time to come in to see you all before I go Im I'm sorry Is Mr Macklyn there now now I Yes hes he's in Just a minute I Rosemary replied a note of gladness gladness glad glad- ness In her voice which did not escape escape es- es cape Vee- Vee Vee-Vee's Vee's Vee's jealous ears ears When Jerrys Jerry's voice came booming booming boom boom- ing over the wire color flooded Vee Vee- Vee's face and her voice was low and nd rich as she spoke to himI him I wanted you to k know ow that ever everything is all right Jerry Im I'm going out of town today to begin work on my new job she explained explained ex- ex cautiously for fear the switchboard operator was in Ill write you you-at your apart apart- ment And will you tell our mutual fr friend end that r I believe I am going to like the job very much That fine Jerrys Jerry's oice rang rangin in her ears But Butwell well we'll be mighty sorry to lose you here Miss Cam Cam- eron Jerry she begged will you tell tel Aunt Flora where I am going going- and why And tell her that the she will hear from fromm m inC tor S Vee- Vee Vee-Vee Vee Yee hung r up p the the receiver with her heart curiously hungry for an intimate te word one of Jerrys Jerry's fondl uttered darlings Of course he could say nothing with Rosemary Rosemary- listening her keen little ears cal pric pricked ed eagerly eagerly- A And d dhow how darned glad Rosemary was that coming was she not back She thought it left her a a clear field did she It was positively positively disgusting the way Rosemary Rosemary Rose Rose- mary had flung herself at Jerrys Jerry's head The I house s besieged by reporters reporters re- re porters my dear dearl Mrs Crandall informed her ner breaking in On her I think wed we'd better flee fleeto fleeto to the tle country as quickly as POSsible pos pos- sible At luncheon served with pomp and state in the dining room two footmen and the butler In attendance attend ance Rufus Warren Crandall was almost genial though the light of battle stIll glittered in his eyes It If New York n newspaper v reporters re re- porters turned their persistence ingenuity and nerve to business th thOy y would become the millionaires fur for whom they now make life miserable miserable mis- mis erable erable- he he- commented cryptically and that was his only reference to the the- long Iong tournament ot of I wits its against money and influence Vee-Vee Vee learned from conversation conversation conversa- conversa tion between her parents that the housekeeper halt half a dozen maids two footmen the chef clief and two other cooks had left before before- noon for the Bay estate of the and that the big bighouse house would be at least habitable when the family reached It late that afternoon Other servants were being sent on from employment employment employ employ- ment bureaus and the remainIng servants In the Park Avenue house would journey to Long Island as asso asso so so- so as as- the town town house ho se could be order tOt for closing the butler would of course be in inthe inthe the countrY ho se by the time dinner din din- ncr ner waS waS' Waa served Wh When she returned to her room she found that her maid had packed her Clothes and was ready for the trip to Long Lon Island And at three o'clock she was I seated In Ina a long luxurious made foreign limousine between Mr and Mrs Rufus Worrell Crandall Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper photographers lin lined d up on eith either r side of the doorway ol 01 the Park Avenue ho house se succeeded in snapping the father mother and d daughter as they stepped out to enter the limousIne drawn up to the curb When two and a halt half hours hours' later they reached the summer home Ve Vee felt that the that the gates of the Crandall estate were the gats ot of a prison and that not even by good behavior could she succeed succeed suc- suc in winning a commutation or of sentence There was one consolation how how- ever would be visitors da days as in every prison Aunt Flora and JerrY would come They should receive her special special cial delivery lees that night they might even be a l tp to come the next Sunday day Dear Jerry How he beam and chuckle at the success o of Vivians Vivian's plan How boyishly impressed he would be with thIs ly country place Dear Jerry But her het very first c caller Was not I J Jetry n. Macklyn Her first visitors visitor day brought the last person In the world he wanted to see th the person i. i I she he had hoped nev r t s se e she But might have laye known that he would not be f iced o t to o of th picture so Ih he S Shuyler hu l r Smythes or of this world are sl else eise they would pe e. e Schuyler Smythes To Be d An Interview that Ve has been dreading takes place in the next chapter |