Show W 10 came back bl ack woodford Wood forc COPYRIGHT SERVICE THE STORY influenced by loneliness in chicago lillta forbes young and pretty yield to the imbor of harvey torrence with whom bhe fancies herself in love she discovers his true character and leaves him taking with an acquaintance gertrud watson lillta Is accosted by the eon of the wealthy owner of the apartment fred watterson he in ests on driving her to store on the street torrence IP waiting fie puts the worst con on lillta s being with watterson and the two men en gage in a fastic battle in which torrence Is killed lillta spend a night of misery in a police cell she informs her father by wire of her but h answers that he never wants to see her face again next morn ing the judge at the instigation of a lawyer a stranger to lillta dismisses the case the lawyer gives her and an unsigned note informing her that collect tuition has been paid tor a year hr refuses to give the name of her benefactor she takes up hort story writing and meet mr lillta writes short story which mr praises highly miss pringle a member of the class harshly criticizes criticises it the story Is sold for miss pringle disclose lillta s real identity CHAPTER V continued trying not to meet the ayea of any one she rose and flad from the class room As she wen down the hall past the registrars office alls marion called out a cheery greeting gree tinn to her and it her like a knife hal bould miss marion think of her would all of her new found friends ot her and just as she had be gun to pluck up hope the scalding tears trickled down her cheeks as she descended in the elevator A oung medical student running it stopped een floors sympathy and said gee kid cant do anything for lyou somebody flunk you want roe set you a swell anodyne grateful or the stop in between floors lolita folant for composure while the in the ar reg st ered the angry calls for the ele JiB vator upon half a dozen floors she her ees and tried to make her presentable Tese nth she to nod at the young min and he started the car down again on the main floor she hurried out ot alie lobby dreadfully conscious eliat the was leavan all thie dear and fa atmosphere of friendly smell fand failings railings rai lings that bore the signs of cf two generations of students ahe last time S hen she reached her room slie not stop to think one thing u itself into her consciousness sli t make herself pretty again she no 1 stand ft to see her in gins at least she had nothing ele she had youth a why not make the most them WS standing in the middle of the floor she pulled olt her clothes and slim clorand pink ran to the hath for an ehe around in the tot ittle comforted as ion as ahe to bv the cares care s of warm upon her body every vestige of dye out of aps her hilr and then limbed out of the 0 her and come from beli the store and she went into the lexi asi room ind unpacked them it wa bood ie p draw on soft filmy tf feel the als of virgin silk upon her ori llma pressing only in the un ia ler she the gk ans hal ilias on the haik of the closet amr for several in the silk and i g ink flesh colored sto kings she knew ati well as she looked in aglais glais tunit she looked lr if mr see her bowl and vet she dian didn t want him to lie be really loving her t would lhing ele ike poor harveil the new dress she ant be tore ohp mirror and carefully inns edged all 0 alfe old tant she and been aci nci stamen to ai had inie the reath of into her nir voni hing out acif curvin it at the ends in front so jut a thick curl of it upon each elda warmly her cheek even she wn amazed at the girl who at last in ftp mirror tor sevyrn moments she ai chin yip knit upon th aresser top surer ln cpr elf she ae u and de stung that was oil war lefi to her her ather had nid tant she i never iome home amr probably neve tn hei again agnin it WH the con n it her eni for what luba d d nu she realized now that all of ohp which she had at while drang drs ng had een pul on and aon that there was nu more dressing to he done cloi ij of mem orles were rollan up upon her threat ening every lomeii to break oer her lo 10 a storm she un u n tried to good and tried to start over as gertrude had suggested haan hadn t worked hy then go on tying lien n had done what she had there was no forgiveness h then try earn it chy not just go on since there was nothing else left to hie for de ale rose and stood by jhb win do looking out the MB white sign 0 the montmartre Mont marte alt she see from the back ohe caught a of tho red and gold sign full of rip pling lights upon the uptown thea ter a little to th left the allvie u agn there was she knew a new ate over there she had over a hun decd dollars which she had tec elved from the stop that afternoon as change from her check the devil th s beaulne beat lne back stuat ehe said at las aloud to her self she tre door and an all right agreed loetta caring little what happened to her into the halt to run away from the storm whose clouds were betting blacker and blacker with each passing i loment As she descended the stairs ehe was irately conscious that some one below had just finished a coner sn alon with hardy und baj start ing up the stairs on the landing elie ame face to face with mr ll she stopped la araa ement directly in his bardon ine he said but I 1 djs in of ilis er forbes I 1 won der if im he sister cut in lillta sties not up 1 was coln to ee ber bu parent v tune out for the alint nav I 1 ask it s not d wholly impertinent did you want to see her about uell temporized noth ing ao 10 particular 1 just wanted to us her if u ertain thans were true I 1 guess it doean doesn t autler duif saad crisply 1 I d hive known you were her el ler eun if you haan hadn i ild me on air his hat or are i k ln r in lots ot ways but vry different in others ills enli lv frain hie eyes somehow till revolted tier a word she on diun the him tind lii looking after her she liia diore lie eier n to nil the tlitha ahn had hut m t she t want mr now even though she could eee she have it it be cortti the t only for alie outside of her the new outside of her wae just like all other men there was nothing good or fine or worth having in the world outside lie turned resolutely with a mental toss that caused a physical toss of the head firmly toward the new cafe CHAPTER VI talking along with her head down her mind a wild kaleidoscope of scorn and hopelessness lillta suddenly heard a voice close at hand hello girlie 1 sang out a boye cheerful voice almost without thinking she turned and replied hello slie a young fellow of perhaps twenty five at the wheel t a aport coupe evidently he had seen her from the road studded scudded along aa she walked and taken advantage of the farst open parking space along the curb to drive in and call to her going any place in next asked the youth no no place in particular responded lillta in a dull tone she waa thinking idly that he was good looking happa looking as though he haan hadn t a trouble in the world hop into he car he suggested and we II 11 both go no place in par ti cular without a word of remon she climbed into the car at once he swung the automobile about and started back then be suddenly turned to her the whole trouble with you be now pronounced airily Is that you probably don t drink enough lillta looked t him lb astonishment as he went on yeh that must be it you ann t drink enough I 1 noticed how d n blue you looked mel y I 1 ink plenty and I 1 feel fine I 1 m heading for the goose and gander and anat s good tor both hat Is the goose and gandera Gan deri asked lillta A road house nine miles out swell place nobody has eve been able to remember what they were blue about alve minutes after they got inside all agreed lillta caring little what happened to her after all what difference did anything make she had done her level best to redeem herself he had foiled in every particular there was nothing left to do the mistake that she had lade would never be forgiven she had often wondered previous to mak ing it why girls who made one false step alwaes kept on going downward it seemed so silly when all that they needed do waa to turn to the right and start over again now she un der stood she was grateful that her companion did not speak to her slie just wanted to sit and half think about almost nothing and natch the night and the lights off in the field in farmhouses rush by and hear the chorus of the rickets so loud that it founded above alie noise thai the car made almost she began to feel a little happy presently the car stopped before an old bouse that looked a though it were sadly in need of repairs it was perfectly dark but as she looked ab ut she saw that d zens of other cars with all of their lights out were around near the ramshackle old frame building come un prompted her companion after be had found a parking place and off his lights she al lowed him to her from the car alicy walked up a short hahl of step opened a rickety door and passed into a darkened hallway her companion her arm pushed her forward another door opened and suddenly a burst of music fillroy leaped out at tapin a blaze of light met them and almost before she knew if lillta was dincin with her escort hen alic music stopped and titled her to a seat she felt almost light lien ried nu tay the place inside is a ot beauty and perfection completely the lie to the 11 arcs ed jolly people etere everywhere about laughter and seemed literally to saturate specified her escort hen a waiter approached hints 10 1 I for alie akse and tood for alie waiter nodded and ed ot presently he was back ath looked like water in evvi hisses but sipping it I 1 discovered al once tant it war but water it was like fire alinn water she coughed aart choked ort ato BE CONTINUED |