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V . hinny I s financial fsanclal plight to her aunt auntreadthg radlnE readthg ng ! it the she forces herself hersell to be bew ben [ w . : k . on her next short story which whichIllJlicult whichdl&cult whichhut difficult IllJlicult dl&cult dlcult & to write than the first firstbjn firstigers firsttVxa b\jn b jn igers \ ) on until unUl her aunt informs her herC41mt hertoo5t herit edict C41mt too5t Uniberto Umbero Umberto ! whom Leila Lella Lelia terms termser termscr termsvaitt er cr lsi and fortune l rtune hunter Is 1s to take takea takeb to 10 b dinner diDner disner that evening He takes1 takesto takes to i a garish ( arisb restaurant In GreeniTOlite Green GreenVillage GreenVinage Village Vinage . . That evening eenlng etenhg e\ e \ enlng Mary sendsI sendsley sends I ' rtir ley ry . The TttrSon r Son to the Nat Dna onall onalShe onal onalJShe ] She foes goes to see Phllllp Ph11llp Ph1111p Bu Buelllior Bueditor Butdltor l elllior editor of o ( the National Natlona ] Weeklv Weekly Weeklvm Weeklyi Weeklyshe i JShe m she hn has given her hcr last story He Heber Hebet Henr ber bet to lunch He lie congratulateshr congratulatesfor congratulates hr for . . . the lI1e timple sImple treatment given the theIAry thetary theI MIT IAry tary and says that her last offering offeringreceive offeringI ! < Kcelvi Celve receive Immediate attention At AtL Atshe AtH ihf she L e ' > i3 Is Introduced to attractive attractiveOrmsby attractiveOrmsby attractiveI OTOsty Ormsby Leila LeUa Lela i s former hu band bandIeIJ5 bandtells bandS tells IeIJ5 Leila LeUa fella that she has met Jim Jimtm Jimknows JimIkBiin tm knows . from mm Leila LeUa Lelia s a actions that she she1Dves thelltva sheloveahlm 1Dves loveahlm Uni him A letter from home tells tellsthat tellsB tellsthat Ihit that Christopher finallyDazed Cragg has finally finallymi Dized Dazed by the news Marylixniiserablee Mary MaryI Marya I a mISerable e a ening enlng with her aunt aunttrey * untInrflaylort 1117 trey Taylor I a penthouset penthouseC penthouseCHAPTER penthouse t C : * , CHAPTER Vin VIII VIIIS VU VinVszj ! ; -S- S - Shad --Vszj Vszj - * - typeferseveral had taken out her type iCTfeveral ferseveral severallm1es times tunes during durmg that firstafler firstafter first firstk k liter afler after the arrivalof arrival ot of Ellen s let letttllmg letI Idling ttllmg 1hng ot of Chr s marriage She SheIr Shetied Shet feed tied Ir ed torlle to \ Bnte \\rlle rlle orate \ but her mInd mIndg mmdM i g TO ve ye forth nothing nolhmg and at atb5 atlast atBlast b5 last , she had decided not to topt topt toraipt pt anyork any \ work \\ork ork cork for another solidShe solidShe solid & Sheould She \ would \\ould ould tsould accept every m in inton in'ftm inftm ' .on on ton ! . showered upon her by Count CountOIlCI Countiliaci OIlCI 5011 ! and Jerome Taylor try to torl to"rt tort tort " rl rt her thoughts from Chris by byg by"t byt " g 1 aa an interest IDterest fh Ih its the al1'use al1use amuse al1'useIs amuseis air-useits air useits ' - Is oSered offered by these two men menappeared menappeared men"ipptared menipptared " appeared to be vying vymg with eachr eachttorherCompany each ' entuallyAiDs EentuallyAiDs entuallyhaps Eventuallylaps r ttorherCompany lor for her company Eentually Eventually E\ E \ entually haps laps she ( he would be refreshed by bydlvemons bydiversions dlvemons diversions nivtrsions and able to return bUSIness b0SI0eSS returnItMBess returnbUSIness returnb0SI0eSS In consequence ofshe ofshe ot of withtr , " . the she pent spent ( every evening evenmg wIth wIthtr withte tr te ( Bal Balanci anCI anti or Tailor Taylor Ta ) lor evenaccompan even C evenC accoaipan accompan ed by Aunt Lumie Lmme Lmnie 10urney Journey Lmme10urney LmnieJourney iwnieTi S End Taylor s estate m In ' "tie tie " he Le Inhe inLe ter ler for ( or a week endere endera end ere era 'e e ' the she danced with Jerome Jeromewalked Jeromestalked Wilted walked stalked with him she played aatrocIous aatrocious a titroclous atrocIous Bridge as his rus partner partnerittind partnerInIDd partnermind InIDd mind however was back in inUwaie inwtlO5ife wtlO5ife tuJsv Uwaie ? lle andshe and she would never "e e " never"e e teamed dreamed neverteamed dreamedof dreamedo1 ot of o1 what was tran g trang had h d not Aunt Lmnie Lmrue Lennie re re"al real recd irked " cd nearly Dearly a dozen times tunes a 1 flear dear the man s simply sunply mad mada211 you madyou you " , " , and " I ; swear swe It at its s the first " firstInYbody firstanybody nybody InYbody anybody s sever ever known him . to toFT leriously seriously Ul in love "I I iNith " th " anYbody " " " ity hand ityhand FT "yDoayLT yDoayLT and asksand Mile urn ! urnrny l > he . e emo'fly mo'fly mofly most rnost ' nly rny st dear lt If he h asksst asks certainly will Justl Just darling Justdarling " "line line " I l what he can do forcould for lIould could lIouldreply couldreply ould reply Yes Aunt ite hut but Aunthut OUt Jerome Jernme s old 13 enough . , - _ . to . . ID1 m1 father I Ireally really bhn him himc couldn t o c " "WurtAuntLiimie WurtAuntLiimie Vllucb which Aunt At LInnle Linnie would re Ob Oh , , nonsense I ! What If he IS i s enough efough Heg to be your father ? He s 'lOOking lOOking g ' and he s $ charmmg charming he Ile 8 a r cb ch cbas chas as about Croesus All thiS s ilbout Young love love oVe cockoVe wears IS poppy cock Yearn e firste off after the first firs t rs : And then what besides ! S des have Worry 5n4 how over the grocery ry 4104 you 11 deottst ! nbst for forsteeth manage to pay pa y 1 steeth steethstraightening teeth tee ? stralghtenmg straightening alehtenmethechl1 the ch chil chile e 8 a and & Leba Lelia as s t ! Indies les cruIse plans tor for aII a II . d They were now com corn a ' me the th6fi ? Were sal1 sail s ll "e e ng " On n the th thecled e ate ateme fifleenth fifteenth fifleenthof fifteenthof to of 0 ( Marchand Marchan M"ch Mch March " an and c cgone d dL dLto be gone at Innie SIXInnie least ast astndedtto SIX SIXt ix extended ndedtto ndedttoMary t 1 to eord.Jal eordJal COdial [ . Mary a invltabon invitation em ! , hut but Mary to aCCompa wince ee her finaJly finally managed manage managedr d er ! r d dee des es re to aunt of the Sl11cerlty smceri ty towrite write I can never neve r You ou in enough "ehAuntLinnie ehAuntLinnie " , , , Aunt LIDDle Linnie eonclus ronctus , shuso she sh sb e < uso on " but I O butlameomsting am gomg gomgoa goin g writing rlttng oa On anOn t tever : e erlttng ever r my bus business mess and an anc d I It u 1 1go amount to much muchof of a aou gO ou ! Pleasure I IgO easure gallivantmg gallivanting tfips trips off on o n C + 4 Linn l & e ; . tor e a said firmly . , * vr r you ynn / the thebn th un e bn bnr bnou ant antoa ! loafa,10 loafa10 /ou ou oa / " , , to do j SI11Ce since e you youn re rents r e ! nts ntsa is inteis a 111 is . 1 ' 1ant to belonging " "e'ng eng " ' to the intel mtel inte mtel'Ii 1 'Ii Ii ' win winark 'i i ' remain right 'iark hcre here herewin ark arkand and 111 in 111IlPlIsb IlPlIsb IlPlIsband ! Dllsh Dllshanything andWork Work You can t toI vlU vlUanYthing villc anYthing by return ng to t o I 1a11n 1a11nethand ! ethand and You tnlght might as well we weman 11 be wellbe betullI tullIIS IS apartment o\ddle o ddle \ ddi ddia tullI man e ! just a ni Z it it3ust 3ust the thesame same sameddi same ' a . Mary rushed to her aunt and andthrew threw grateful arms about her hershoulders hershoulders hershoulders shoulders Oh Aunt Lmnie LI11D1e how howwonderful howwonderful howwonderfiill wonderful hereThank I ! I d love to stay here Thank thetune you } ; ) ou so much Why in the tune you re away I can write at least atleast six shorts ' ( Itas It v.as vas \\as as was \ . the morning mornmg of o ( the second day secondday in March that Addie Addle called Mary calledMary to the telephone It s MIss HIckenlooper MissHickenlooper the Mulatto said in ina ina in.a ina . a anyhowtha stentorian whisper or anyhow anyhowthat anyhowthat tha that t s all I could make out ot of the thename thename thename thenamePerhaps name namePerhaps Perhaps she s calling up about aboutTheir aboutTheir aboutTheir Their Son she thought , , rushing rushl11g to the tothe telephone Or do editors edltors have havethell havetheir havetheir thell their ' receptionists receptIorusts attend to thmgs things thmgsof thingsof thingsof of that sort sort7 sort7But " ? But Miss - Hickenlooper I-Ilckenlooper I Ilckenlooper s busmess business businessdid businessdid did not concern the manuscript Instead In Instead stead she informed Mary that she shewas shewas shewas was calling callmg for tor Mr Buchanan He Hehad Hehad Hehad had asked a number of o1 people to toh toh toh h s apartment for cocktails at five fivethat fivethat fivethat that afternoon . . Could Mary come ? Mary accepted with the only bit bitof bitof bitol of enthusiasm she had experienced experiencedfor for an any anything ) thmg in days Thank you MIss youMiss Hickenlooper she replied rcpbedI repliedI I II 11 ll be thereMr there thereMr Mr Buchanan s apartment apartment-the apartment the apartmentthesecond apartmentthesecond - thesecond second floor of ot a house which had hadonce hadonce hadonce once been someone s very smart smarttown smarttown smarttown town home-was home was home - - was located In the East EastF EastFifties EastFifties F Fifties hes Mary climbed one flight fught of ofthe ofthe otthe the graceful old mahogany stair stairCase staircase staircase Case and stopped timidly tunldly tumidly before a aI atall atall atall tall tall , , , paneled door through which whichcould whichcould whichcould I could be heard the buzz : of ot o1 conver conversat conversat conversat sat on No bell was to be seen but buta a knocker of ot dull brass occupied occupiedEventually 4 4Eventually Eventually , \ Mr 1\lr 1 lr Buchanan Buchananfound Buchananfound Buchananfound found time to come and sit on onthe onthe onthe the arm of at her chair chall chaira ' a spot in m the middle of the center centerpanel centerpanel centerpanel panel and with a gloved hand that thattrembled thattrembled thattrembled trembled in spite of the self sel ! control controlshe controlshe controlshe she was trying trymg hard to exert Mary MaryWted Marylifted Marylifted Wted lifted the metal hammer and andknocked andknocked andcnocked andcnockedThis knocked knockedThis This process had to be repeated repeatedthree repeatedthree repeatedthree three or four times tunes before it elicited elicitedany elicitedany elicitedany any response but eventually a ahusky ahusky ahusky husky male with a large pugnaClous pugna pugnaCIOUS pugnacious CIOUS face turned the knob and andasked andasked andasked asked Mary to come in tn in . . He wore woredark woredark woredark dark trousers and a white duck coat coatand coatand coatand and Mary assumed that he was Mr MrBuchanan MrBuchanan MrBuchanan Buchanan s servant He looked tar far tarmore farmore farmore more like a pugilist than a butler butlervalet butlervalet butlervalet valet and she learned later that thatday thatday thatday day that Spike actually had been beenmore beenmore beenmore more or less actively engaged in infistIcuffs infisticuffs infisticuffs fistIcuffs until a night Dlght several years yearsprevIous yearsprevious yearsprevious prevIous when Philhp Phillip Buchanan had hadliterally hadliterally hadliterally literally dragged him . out ot of thegutter the thegutter thegutter gutter and installed mstalled him m in his mod modest modest modest est bachelor abodePhil abodePhil abode abodePhil Phil Buchanan surrounded by byguests byguests |