Show the gars who cam coo dy jack woodford Q 0 0 copyright W N U THE STORY influenced by loneliness in chicago lillta forbes young and pretty yields to the imbor of harvey torrence with whom ehe fancies herself in love she discovers his true character and leaves him taking refuse an acquaintance gertrude watson lillta Is accosted by tie son of the wealthy owner of the apartments fred watterson H insists on driving her to the store on the street torrence 1 waiting and the two men engage in a battle in lorrence Is killed lillta spends a night of misery in a cell she appeals to her father but he answers that he never wants to nee her again neit morning the judge at the instigation of a lawyer a stranger to lillta dismisses the case the lawyer alve her and an unsigned note informing her that college tuition has been paid tor vear he refuses to give the name of her benefactor she takes up short story writing and meets mr lillta writes short story which mr praises highly miss prangle a member of the class harshly it the etory Is sold for miss prangle discloses lillta s real identity discouraged lillta decides to give up the struggle and beets out for a cafe she allows herself to be picked up by a youth in an auto and taken to a roadhouse there her escort intuits her she Is rescued by her unknown friend returning to her room abe finds there CHAPTER VI continued there Is no telling where loetta may be at th hour of the ight Is the rl you remember ho was inched in a very ajl scrape oer the death ot a iraq ailed haney torrence not ion ago m ed that u re so concerned such a girl a good looking chip lk you lie looked q bickly and airily doan at her suddenly bunding in the middle of the floor acano her he seen cd to realize for he first time that he was alone in he room with he he gurnei as it 0 go but she put out a hand swiftly nd aught hold of his arm chats your huro mr uuie baited this lorg you as kell watt unlit she comes in ue troed baik again irresolutely and in way she moed closer to him ind smiled up at him archly 1 I cant why all the concern over llla ashes not even good looking Us fleure became suddenly rigid lie saw little tight lines form about ils mouth as he looked down at her miss I 1 he said slowly 1 I ion 1 care a whoop what houi sister las done and as a matter of fact I 1 mure or less vioree alth you that ashes ait particularly good loo klOo but 1 n it all I 1 loe the poor little tiling is lie nehei love a woman ind if I 1 can eier find her again If dreadful s happened to her 0 o ali it she wi n ever come back 1 m g to ask cwi iwi to mar y me atie that I 1 euln bee her lillta stepped buck a pace as though be bid serui k he but she still carried n the masquerade pouted up i bilm i punt you think that I 1 m than my sister oure quite glnn wh bu she could see that ner be uty was as nothing to lim compared to his eident worry foi he safety of th other lillta who nas n as not she stepped close to him put both upon ahli aers looked up lit his ees i sir arrall I 1 v been 0 o you kach time tint you ve seen me this its been in a dim 1 oro lolita t abe girl youve known as ali rgaret farrar 1 am the one falio was op in eliat dread ful in the papers that s why 1 dyed my hair all that sort of those adful spectacles abil dowdy dollies with the long dressed and high collars he cooled swift b about the room saw he electric light strode oer and pressed it noudong the room lathi talking hick to the center of the flour where she awaited him he looked closely at her and then was las antly convinced his arms were about her delay As the felt ins embrace it seemed to lollen that ache was A thousand times ohp ind arms about her but in her wildest dreams it had oder seemed as as it actually felt DOW ills kisses mined upon her upturned face her closed eyes and fion lly settled upon her lips with a warm that was BO delicious that lolita ren weak and drooped a attle this be picked her sp as easily as though elie were a year old child and sat down with tier in a large eusy chair cradling her in hla arms lillta burled her ketel uron bl moulder and cried softly was all ao beautiful somehow he ande up for everything that she tind missed in life lie sat fluid held her tightly until she and snipped irvins and and pulled a inre handl frimin hufi and biln Ii ln her eyes hii n it ashly hr liend afraid to look at him blie spoke softly ie lined you from the farst moment tint eap I 1 you that daiy diy when miss introduced u old yu benr lie lifted up her nead so klinl he billit look into her eyes ou poor little tiling I 1 WHO so afraid that after what happened in cluss today you had done some desvernie des pernie it was when I 1 col to thinking that that I 1 realized that I 1 loed you the words sent a thrill down to lollins toe she lacally how did you feel when ou first realized it oh I 1 dm t know how to describe it I 1 ve written the sensation into a hundred stories thinking that 1 knew all about it but I 1 dlan t really nor have I 1 eer read any one else a story that described it exactly cut tell roe she begged breath less with the desire to hear oh let me see well first 1 felt a sort of chill all over and then little sensations came on mv scalp and nest I 1 was lust breath less with fright ajr fear something and happened to you I 1 kept seeing there la no telling where loetta forbes may be at this hour of the night you as you looked after that prangle person told on you and I 1 just ached all over tor you but then all hit doean doesn t half describe it it was ull just too wonderful for words all there to it and you don t care about all that stuff tint was in the newspapers bisot a bit ot een it I 1 were to tell you that part of it was really true certainly not do you tor one minute that 1 giuld permit mv self to hold anything against any girl knowing what n beyll of a apropo life Is as every x her who studies it at close quarters must anyone with an ounie of perception can see tant there isn t a modicum of intentional vicious badness in you hie fact that you ande one mistake doean doesn t make adv difference at all in fact it inkes me want to love and protect you all the more and te sides 1 dm t believe in all of the moral rights and wrongs that so many people so glibly talk about 1 ro not so sure that I 1 am wise enough to calmly point to one thing and sav tant Is wrong while another thin Is right people who are so sure about rights and wrongs mile me supremely sick put cupl se I 1 were to tell yon that even tonight I 1 and no more moral courage thin deliberately to start to bilings and gone wrong im im not is god as ou think I 1 am the fact of he matter Is I 1 let a sheik pick me up and take me out to a and kiss me that Is 1 let him anke me out there I 1 let him kiss m he helped himself in spile of al 1 aoud do hut 1 got away from him in alme ahr which fact no Is due myself he 1001 ed a little thoughtfully at her for a second hut waved aside too after i moment not een to comment upon it as he bent to kiss her agton and aeils for a ions aline they sal t a word as te t e hugged lier closely 10 him suddenly however a terrific fear look hold of lolka loving him with t her heart she that at read she ans at the adert line aln pi ital to the aind the other to the wring lie ciul hut a subtle hail aie avei him anil iner hir it was e a in mhd room A unes 1 peril lell leu lit lillan i ew fraught with mie ruse nd stood he f i re I 1 liu hen her win la they were almost a whisper ou had cettei go now he ri s aid stool bufore her tate ins hoah of her hands I 1 es couyou must at once too pleam 1 I ill yoi told me you loved inel 1 I do r ou must po at once he her in ahli arms and he huk honed klis kl is i pin her throat her chel and her lips 0 o no no no she said pushing him tier 1 auni y u to to pease almost she pushed him from her without ti nother word ht turned toward the dext hut at t e door he stopped turned around smiled warmly little anel he said dent let think that there s unit liina had about you I 1 was telling y u deliberately libera tely cure true blue if you haan hadn t ed me to 10 it would lauve broken my I 1 coult litt auve stopped loving iou but it would been dilT erint not liula so as it Is no alth that he opened the door and was acone for a ewt time slie stood in the middle of the lour feeling his kl ss still upon her his narin anus her ihen she sat down before a little enamel dutile and removing her clothing drew on a pair of silk 18 and slid in between coot cobers ahlie and hubald her pillow unil all at once it came to her flint she h id w changed for alie better how wu it eliat she had ordered him to go though every ounie of her plis luil being wished him to stay it ns boidie how wonderful nond erful because it proved con that slie was not us ralie liuo a little let herself gradually think six ft as A feeling of happy triumph shot her 1 or the first time sines blaney terrenie Tor renie had ome into hei life she felt good clean as she were really to be able to lh up to her highest ideals in spite ol 01 berj thing CHAPTER VII the following morning lillta bobi up to find it raining heavily barlly a tray rainy morning like hit one would have made tier feel ly sad and blue but tills lt was just the opposite she en joed the steady sound of the rate against the window even blut he intermittent woo oooo of the fog horn at the rivers mouth six could faintly hear even though six nas a long way from it as friendly and beautiful mentally slie went al over hie events of the night and again so real eliat she blushed she could feel arm arm around her feel his lips upon own she wondered how soon he would call her up perhaps he would come around or bend flowers how perfectly de niclous it was to know alint one nai cared for wanted by cirilo by the one body in all of th wide world tint one most cd to be cared for by I 1 presently there was a nock at th door ho Is it lillta called out cheer fully it s me came back the voice of the landlady acme in lillta bilk llie door opened und mis hardy en blie us u n inured hai py 0 o lucky soul blie hud and two hus bands both of had died but ih firmly imd eliat beai hus band she laid ever haid would any day show up and carry olt t an ivory tower bile and fat down upon lie ede of llie bid and I 1 a long envelope enve loie wilt her nidine printed upon it lillta tore ll 11 01 en and a heck for finity was hot do commented alra lourdy sold another story I 1 cure be a big writer some daiy slim llorens or I 1 hurst gee I 1 wish I 1 ability 1 1 thial with our expert enie that you write tin eniet bettar stories lhnn 1 ed I 1 olllie lint sure was a swill alow tailed liere to eie 1011 lust night mrs how ard bercun enviously TO ab nb CONTINUED t |