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IER fER TER VI VI-Contmued VI Contmued - - Continued Continuedvt VIContmued7 -7- 7 - 7Wi 7vi - vt Wi vi ched chef Jim Jun Ormsby as he hemoss heacross cross moss across the room and finallyred finally finallyred finallyred red through the door mtoShe intoShe into mto She liked hked his Ius vo ce the theumed thecarved theearned umed carved h s shoulders the the'bang thebang thelang 'bang bang ' of his well cut cutHe cutlie cutHe He lie looked Just ] ust the sort otrtom of ofhom ofwhom whom , hom Leila LelIa Leha might " , well ell have havem haveshorn haveirhoffl shorn m Leila LeIJa Lelia might well still stillIh stilllb stillIh Ih lb all her heart hearL . He s very veryve veryre veryTC ve re , , , she said more to her herto hera to 10 Philhp PhIllip Buchanan Buchanan.H-lops Buchanan.Hlops Buchanan.H BuchananH lops . . . - lops tops the man replied aliBieeiently al algerently algerently gerently and to my wayaag way wayg dirtySi g he s been gn g1\ g1 gig g1en \ en a dIrty dIrtywife dirtywife wife d vorced hun a couMS cou cous s ago on what was merelyifacual merely merelyual merelyhal ual hal evidence Never'IUB NeverIUB Never Neverh.rn Neverl.m ' h.rn hrn l.m lm . . a chance to explain elplam eiFplam andl and andtoo too 100 damned proud to do soStemed so soSeemed soSeemed Seemed to figure that it I if ! she sheve shere sheiwe ve re more faith in m him thantared than thanand thanared ? and ared to have he might as ( her asher goJeane goleaned go goleaned leaned Jeane leaned < ! across the table Is Ise Ise Ist e , e . by any chance named- named namedale named - namedshe . - she ale he asked excItedly excitedly11 " Buchanan replied sur it 11 7t surit sur7t IS isl ! 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CIlAPTEa CnAjR CnAjROrmsby _ VII Onnsby Ormsby the S/1611 S 1611 east ' was : " / seated " a at * the theh'51 when h'51 h51 Wmdow window 0 " 1 In " the liv hv Mary tawell tsweB tawellI tsweBa I a returned to talled called , . apartment Ma heanng heating In the the cIJck click clickLeif Lelia Leif Where wha latch y are you ' , ' bere here In ! n the I a ahere Perfect peKect living room g all the , inysene - - whirl - for * * " ' * mysel myself ! abOUI , travel literature hterature I 14Ung 'cling cling tcI'cling ' the troPIcs tcI ItcI There s for the fttletnth lnth Indiesfttletnth deslnth fttletnthand lnthand West Indies des about dabout r and I belIeve tha that t d ght ( ht for talDe 0111 our ' tnp trip tripstarry J . -f f - cyesf ltarry starry starryt starrybeg " * " ' Into ? ' t Her .lIer lIer beg begj beglea . he view , j tace face lea her ner flushed fiushed cyes eYes Good heavens 1 I ! cried Leha LelIa What Whatm Whatin Whatin m in doingYou the world have you been dolne doing ? You look as if I ! you d caught the theworld theworld world orId by the tail taill tal1l ! I Ie \e e \ e never seen seenanybody seenanybody seenanybody anybody quite qwte so-aglow so aglow so - - aglowl 1 ! Did you yousee yousee yousee see Mr Buchanan7 Buchanan Buchanan7Mary ' Mary fell Into the cushions of the thelounge thelounge thelounge lounge and prepared to relax in incomfort incomfort Incomfort comfort Tha That t s just it Lel1a Leha Lel1ashe Lehashe Leilashe she replied her voice husky withexcitement with withexcItement withexcitement excItement . . 1 'I I ' ' not only saw MrBuchanan Mr MrBuchanan MrBuchanan Buchanan but he took me to lunchat lunch lunchat lunchat at the Lafayette And Leha LelIa hewants he hewants hewants wants me to write wnte a series otshorts of ofshorls ofshorts shorls shorts for ( or his magazine magazme magazineDarlmgl magazmeDarlIng magazineDarling Darlmgl DarlIng ! That s wonderful ' Didhe Did Didhe Didhe he mention the delicate subject otpay of o1 ofpay o1pay pay ? Yes Lcl he did ' He s going toincrease to toincrease increase the size SlZe sue of the checks as astime astime tune time goes on providing provldmg of o1 course coursemy coursemy coursemy my stuff clicks with the public 1m 1mso I m mso mso so happy You can t imagine imagme what whatIt whatit whatit It means to me ' It means Leha LelIa said her blue blueeyes blueeyes blueeyes eyes serious that At Sea must be bea bea bea a darned good tale and that Phillip Phiilip PhillipBuchanan PhiilipBuchanan PhlllipBuchanan Buchanan feels he s made another anotherof anotherol of his well known finds 1 ! Congratulations Congratula Congratulabons Congratulatoons bons toons my dear By the way how didyou did didyou didyou you like Phil Buchanan7 Buchanan Buchanan7I ' ? I 1 liked lilted him hun-well hun well him-well him - well enough Maryreplied Mary MaryreplIed Maryreplied replIed but he acted as if I i1 ! he werebored were werebored werebored bored to death with every word Iuttered I Iuttered Iuttered uttered and he looked at his watchat watch watchat watchat at least six times tunes timesOh tunesOh timesOh Oh well , , chuckled Leha LelIa "he he 'he " ' ' isa is isa isa a busy man manLeUa manLella manLeila LeUa Lella Leila Mary began . . Yes Yes7 ' replied rephed Leha LelIa not looking lookingup lookingupLeila up upLelIa upLelia LelIaIImet Leila LelIa -I-I-met I met - I - I - met Jim Jun . Ormsby Ormsbytoday Ormsbytoday Ormsbytoday OrmsbytodayThe today todayThe The older girl glI'l glIl ' did not move but butMary butMary butMary Mary could see a deep red slowly slowlyrIsmg slowlyrising slowlyrising rIsmg rising to the nape of her neck . . He s sa sa sa a friend of Phil PM Buchanan s LelIa Leha LelIareturned Lehareturned Lehareturned returned evenly her attention ap- ap apparently apparently ap apparently - - parently riveted on a colorful pictore pIC pie pICture pieture ture of the race course at Havana HavanaYes HavanaYes HavanaYes Yes Mary returned . . Heasked He Heasked Heasked asked Mr Buchanan to spend theweek the theweek week eek end at his house la in Connecticut ConnecticutLeha Connect Connects Connectscut ! cut cutLeha cutLelia Leha Lelia turned about about , , a little smiletwisting smIle smIletwlstmg smiletwisting twlstmg twisting her lips lJps her eyes as blueand blue blueand blueand and unfathomable as a wintry wmtry seaThat sea seaThat seaThat That house in Connecticut is- is - isYes isYes is - Yes Buchanan replied sur surprised sur- sur surprISed surprised - prised it at is ' Do you know her ? ' sweet White Wlute clap board and sortof sort sortof sortof of straggling stragglmg all over the side of thehill the thehill thehill hill hill , , and a fireplace in m every roomWe room roomWe roomWe We lived there most of the tuneJim tune time tuneJIm timeJim JIm and I IThere IThere IThere There was a revealing nostalla nostalgia nostallam nostalgiain ; m in Leila Lelia s tones as she spoke ot of the thehome thehome thehome home she and Jim had shared to- to together together to together - - gether and Mary sensing sensmg the ache achethat achethat achethat that lay beneath those words longed longedto to rush to her and place sympathetIc sympatheticarms arms about her shoulders Instead Insteadshe Insteadshe Insteadshe she continued contmued to stand by the WID win WIDdow window window dow He s attractive LelIaYes LeliaYes Leila LelIa LeilaYes Yes Lelia Leha replied dully There Therehas Therehas Therehas has never been anyone else like himm hIm hImm himin m in my 1 Ie fe And Mary there neverwill never neverwill neverwill will be D d be he seem well well , , and andand and- and andand andand - and happy7 happy happy7I ? ' I saw him for just an Instant Leha Le LelIa Leha lIa ha Mary countered wishing shehad she shehad shehad had more to tell the other woman womanHe womanHe womanHe He merely came to our table atthe at atthe atthe the Lafayette and spoke to MrBuchanan Mr MrBuchanan MrBuchanan Buchanan about going gomg to Connectcut Connect Connects Connectscut ! ! cut for the week end He said two twoother twoother twoother other men whose names I don t re remember remember remember member were to be in the party partyand partyand partyand and that they d play Badminton Badmmton and andBridge andBridge andBridge andBridgeA Bridge BridgeA A second of silence followed bro bro- bra broken braken broken - ken finally by Mary Was thereany thereany there | any mail mall marl tor for me Leha Lelia in the eleven eleveno clock dell delivery dehvery ? ' o _ _ . very . _ d _ ' _ _ _ . _ L _ _ _ . . _ d _ ' _ _ _ . _ L _ |