Show the girl who came BY JACK woodford copyright W N U service THE STORY influenced by loneliness in chicago lillta forbes young and pretty yields to the importunities tuni ties of harvey torrence with whom she fancies herself in love she discovers his true character and leaves him taking refuge with an acquaintance gertrude watson lillta Is accosted by the eon of the wealthy owner of the apartments fred Walt he insists on driving her to the etore on the street torrence I 1 waiting he puts the worst con on lillta s being with watterson and the two men ei rage in a battle in which torrence Is killed lillta spend a night of misery in a police cell she informs her father by wire of her situation but h answers that he never wants to see her face again next morning the judge at the instigation of a lawyer a stranger to lillta dismisses the case the lawyer gives and an unsigned note informing her that college tuition has been paid tor a year he refuses to give the name of her benefactor she takes up short story writing and meets mr lillta writes a abort story which mr praises highly miss prangle a member of the class harshly criticizes criticises it the story Is sold for miss prangle discloses lillta s real identity discouraged lillta decides to gle up the struggle and sets out for a cafe CHAPTER VI continued like all good medicine he rold its a little bard to tale but ob boy t will fix you up fine mel I 1 m going 0 get liquored up a little it you don t aind ue tossed off his gin with ut so much as a wry ace and or alered more now he announced were going 0 get acquainted tie roy name s awrence I 1 ave at home alth my fairly n ell off but not par honest parents youe beard if my dad he runs stalling ant biggest and bummert restaurant n the loop the only restaurant in own where 1 cant get liquor I 1 was ast arcond looting conr play nate when I 1 spotted ou tonight am blead to don t mention it allta in spite of herself lie ras gay and jolly though she deep lown dlan t quite approve of him M any rate he looked w holly harm ess me she began imitating his die ion my names margaret farrar tm a writer I 1 live all by my lone lome I 1 nas out for a walk when I 1 leard your extremely nervy hall and same along with you and m a little lorry 1 did already because if yon very much more of the gin you 11 probably overturn the car in a ditch going home thank s for the buggy ride commented the boutu tossing off another glass of gin and nodding for her to finish which she promptly did there s only one thing that I 1 like bet ter than gin and if you dont want to set dumped into a ditch on the way home you better lure me away from the gin with a little loving losing laughed lillta dont be tally why I 1 dont know you at all however she was not particularly of bended fended at what be bad said hat difference did it make after all I 1 and besides the gin was beginning to make ter feel peculiarly happy and carefree she rose at his nod to dance and it teemed to her that in all of her life the had never enjoyed a dance sc much before lie held her so tightly that the breath was almost squeezed out of her but she rather liked it that ir until suddenly she saw a fa figure emerge from a door on the other side of the room look about carelessly and alien suddenly SIK her As the calm gray eyes of the man who had been mysteriously caring for her net hers she felt suddenly sobered chere was something fright enang in them ue enung about on bis heel made cne or two EM aft motions with his founds anil turned back through the boor of which he had emerged a moment before almost airee or four rough looking characters allowed oll owed him through the door lillta decided to siy nothing about he incident to lawrence ue led her ack to table youre a dancing fool he told her evident intent to flatter tell me can iou loie like you can bauce ur would ou rather take a turn at the roulette wheels downstairs first that what we had better do Is ci e at once she told him nax lou fy 1 here ou go worrying adalu bol the matter with you tell vou ou positively dont drink bough nough und hints all there Is to it lie called over the waiter to remedy tills deceit in her character at the came time he tugged at the waiter a ut and pulled bilm over to r nto pir the waiter nodded law r nee ruse t ernp on he s lid crisply 1 I guess we emiler get out of all this noise hints what upsets you hes ing to get us a quiet table up felig with misgivings that alie iam t ut aside wll b the thought that nothing mattered anyway lollen fol lowed him upstairs the waiter led the any out upon what appeared at first glance to be a large second story porch but lillta saw at onie that it as oft into little sections which opened out into large trees that grew all about the houe but was shut on from the rest of the house by a door which the waiter closed after he and brought two more little opaque balses I alses of liquid alre and wn lillta walked to the window and stood looking out into the calm tees alth the aboe them she thought of her father of mr arrall ll of the girl she had had down in elgin suddenly she felt tears starting she w anted BO much some one who would care for her man or woman some gnp 41 whom she mattered in some way shape manner or form and here was no one I 1 suddenly however she found herself held tightly in law reccea arms for a moment she lay hi shoulder grateful for even this specious solicitude and theu he made a daring which sent anger into her veins like molten fire she struck out at him with bit bei maht but he was surprisingly strong corn sobered by the knowledge of bis intentions so pointedly demon st rated she fought like a ecung tigress every atom ol 01 her being in loathing nd fearing the youth now it seemed too late for he to d any good but slie did very definitely hae the conscious ness that however much she might believe that she did not care what happened to her ana how fir she went along the wrong pith she did as a matter of fact care a whole lot she would hae given anything in the world to he back in her room alone slie could feel her strength falling and knew that in a moment the battle would b over and that she would leaie icet lawrence feel ing her weaken clapped both arms about her outside of her cwi arms holding her completely helpless and pressing hu lips down upon her own in n wet kiss that sent a perfect nausea of revulsion through her slie struggled again 10 free herself but he picked her up bodily and was car ryang her across the room v hen out of the dark a gruff voice sounded put her down was all that the voice said aut its timbre was such that een the half intoxicated youth obeyed instantly again almost immediately heard that sound so like an apple being thrown up against n brick wall which hid presaged liar vei s death she slumped to the floor and would hae fainted if a barong arm had not suddenly grasped her she saw now by the dim light of the moon that there were three or tour men in the porch alcove they stood stolidly purposeful like black wraiths dont kill him oh please don t kill him lillta begged mindful of what had followed a former occurrence of this kind lies just out said a grutt voice li a kindly manner that heartened hei come around in a minute or two can you walk now asked the man who was holding her lillta stood up and took a ftp for word immediately the door opened and the light from the ball shone out 1 or just a festl g moment she caught a glimpse of the fa mallar form of the wl the gray eyes in the hall and then he vanished down a stairway without a word she walked along two of the roan each of whom held one of her arms while walked before them and another behind down the house and out a bick door aliey took her burlly leading her to a large blick touring car and as her into it a word tw of lie men into the front seat and two more in the mick seit se it one on eacle side of her alie car started with a jer and soon nas fo ing hack town at a in rate of spied 1 l a word was spoken by any of the men all of whom wore caps pulled down low over yes at last she turned to the one upon he right are you sure that you kill that young man both of the men mil ilal U lt akes a poke in the jaw to kill a guy lies probably us in the road by this time ho is that gray eyed man who sent you to take me home there was no reply to this please she tun ing to the man on her left 1 I tint very aruch to inov still no repay bior several she plied thiera with questions briar nac upon this sub eject but not u word would either one ot the them say they like in out at the side of the road us though they wire totally unaware anat she was in the car P evently the soend of racing en alnes behind attracted the men 8 attention ahe man at her right called out an order to the driver one the car slowed down from its ter pace of sixty miles an hour 01 more almost immediately two mo tor cycles each with a uniformed policeman upon it came up on both sides ol 01 the car the car stopped and one ot the officers approached it while the other remained behind etli as I 1 allta could see when clie looked the rear glass a drawn vii in his hand she was to death but no sooner had the oilier nho had dismounted walked lo 10 the driver than he turned called out to the behind the car re charlie a men and promptly drove off ahe car started again gradually working up a speed even more breath taking than before in an incredibly short space of time lillta found the car estopi ing before the building in which alio roomed lt hout saying u word to her one of the men took her arm led her to the door waited while she opened it with her bey tipped his lat and was gone from the one glance she got at his face with the light from the ball upon it che knew that he was the kind of min whom she would instinctively have walked around several blocks to avoid als face was the sort which can only be properly described by the adjective hard and his eyes were almost mur de cold and unsympathetic and yet such men had rescued her alie wonder of it so occupied her mind as she walked up the stair to the second floor that she almost stumbled over War rills feet where he was sitting asleep in a ball chair rose to his feet probably lillta had never presented such a perfect picture of youth and beauty in her life slie had taken olt her bat and was carrying it in her hand her bobbed hair caught the light burnished gold recesses cheeks were flu hed from the effects of the gin and the evenings excitement she 1001 ed a little frightened softly feminine and appealing but frowned at her 1 I m sorry miss barrar it iro in trudl ng but I 1 m worried about your sister A quite terrible tiling happened in class today and I 1 in afraid ashes done something desperate 1 decided to stay here until she came back or until you came back 1 guess the lady of the houe thought that 1 had gone out doean doesn t seem to be anybody around I 1 sit down here to wait and went to sleep he spoke in a very low tone thoughtfully loetta motioned for him to follow her ln terling her room she was careful to turn on nothing but a little reading lamp that just barely lighted lie room closing the door softly slie turned to him sly name she said ste ddlly watch ing him and wondering what had become of the glow of admiration tor her beauta that she had seen in his ees earlier in the evening Is not it Is 1 orbe my sisters name Is too so I 1 was told this afternoon she had been attend nis a class of mine but that doean doesn t make any difference one way or another atie important is what has become of ter where can she be at tills hour of the night mischievously lillta carried on her deception TO BB CONTINUED |