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OT rT ry sinned smIled through her tears tearsbe tearsbe tearsyK be you can but I m sure the theorT thenony theBury nony orT of 01 my making mamg a * tool fool of ofse1 ofsell ofsell se1 sell ! before an * n editor edltor will hauntloinydyuigdiyl haunt hauntto hauntLamy to Lamy my dymg dying dayl-Mr dayl Mr day-Mr day ! - Mr Buchan Buchanlei 1 , 1ea lei es ea Mar'HITOW MarHITOW Mary ? ' ow that script In your waste wastehtl wasteeti htl et eti etiI ! ffhy htlffhy I can cant t do that . . It Its s yourcttrty your yourperty yourperty 'Itevcr Itevcr ' perty you 10U know never want to see It agalnl againl again ! 'lid lid ' 110 ' % o , , I won t . t . It 11 ll be ma mailed ed to toIn to1n toi fa In 1n proper form . . Now tell me meI meis meall \I I is \ the new tale about ? And do dofeel dofeel doa led feel that thaI you ve ye allowed your yourenough yourenough yourtnoughtime ( enough tune time on It itluj ? arrlooked ary looked at him hlm with Wlth troubled troubled'Why troubledWhy troubleda ' Wiy 'Why Why I don t know I worked workedit It constantly for two days and andballand andhalfand ndalf-and ndalf and ball-and ball and half-and half - , , alter after all a short Is only onlyClousand onlyfhousand onlyhouMnd Clousand fhousand or co so words ! in n length length70'J lengthyrt lengthi 70'J 70J yrt ? ou ' thmic thmk think I d better take it at backne back backe e ' , "No No eNo " " Leave It here 111 I 11 II glanceir glancer glance r it I , myself , , instead of submit-fc submit fc submitIt submit- submit submititto - - - ( It itto to the regular routine ThenFlel Then ThenIfeellt Thenheel Ifeellt heel ( ( it should be improved uponD upon uponrelurn uponreturn return relurn it to you for revisionVa.c revisionVac reV1Slon revision reV1Slono.e revisiono.e o.e oe . . putting puttmg it through the usualsila usual usualding ding g ( procedure Are you havingI havmgI havingt havmg having I t p cture taken this thls tins afternoon afternoonIhe afternoonthe the waY1 waY1ary way vaytary ? ( ary glanced ( lanced at her watch Yes YeslID Yesson Yesiffl lID , son , and nd its it f s time I was getting gettingthe gettingj the photographer s Thank you youBuchanan youBuchanan youIr Buchanan You ve ye been-mce been mce been-nice nice beenmcefm beennicePm been - niceM Tm fm Pm sorry I acted so silly ' , ( Phil Buchanan followed her to the the'Well theWell thew ' 'Well Well ' there s something somethmg you youghl yought youiht ' ghl ght ( do tG-ah-make tG ah make to-ah-make to to - - ah - make up tor for hav hay hayLoored havlllloored Loored oored me Just lust } ust a bit bat there tormoment tormomentMiry for formoJ1enl formoment moJ1enl moment ! obliquelyN ( moJ1enlry momentry Miry ry smiled at h m obl1quely obliquely obl1quelywhat obliquelywhat vhat what is that9 that ' Never darkenBUT darken darkendoors darkendoors doors again agam ? jr jrFTo e _ FTo "I'D ID To eTo " ' the contrary I have to drive drlve drivec drlvecar drivecar c car " up to Westchester this afterus after afterand afterand : alongo , aid and I 1 wish wash you d go alongi along 0 o W carp ear carpDon ' 'Don Don ' 1 > n t I lell tell me roe forgotten1 you ve ye forgotten forgottenarl forgottenart , " arl art " My dog you know He s srUng stAh rlJng rUng srlJng ( up an attack of ot somethmgolher somethingother something somethmg ' tllier olher other and I want to get him hnn ham to toe tof breaks1 e Tettrinary veterinary s a before he breaks breaksWJIh breakswith with WJIh distemper or the rickets nckets rackets or orMtever ever fever orever orfever ! Great Danes have We Wecan Weaid We"M WeM ' " photograer aid can call tor for you at the photogra er a s tt It ! f 11 II ll you go then after get ' get(0 get0 getgO getg gO gOcar g ( o ocar car settled drop in 1D an at Trudi Trodl Trudy s s"t st ' the sthe beefak " Boston Post Road for tor a beet beef beefak ' ak dinner dllUler duuier s r , Mwy ary Ifaty rIfaty ! . acceptan hesitated neSltated She had accept ' 'a a an ' invitation IDvltation w th Count BahanCl Balianci BalianciT BahanCldmner Baliancidinner aBrl dmner dinner " somewhere and one ot of otUSual ofusual [ of"usual ofusual " evenmgth eveninglb USual walk walks , but an evening evenmg evening"w th lb Phll Phil Buchanan suddenly ap- ap - - apired apared "w w ired ared " tar far more desirable deslrable than an MBI ening mthg anening anmthg SheW Sheild with the suave Itahan Italian She ShePhone W ild nhnn Tt-1 Tt 1 . Phone * - - - ? - - - Bal Eat BalancI Eatanti ancI anti cancel her hergageIneDt hergagement tWinent gageIneDt gagement hut'Id with hut hii him"love himlove . ! . 'Id Id 14 ' " love Osr to go with you and Os Os"anally Osanally lmage image Idontimaglul6 r ' she " " flnaIly finally said I don t lmag imag e the Photographer will keep me ote meote ' ' ' ' } than "ian ian " n an D hour - do yoU you- you - - ? ' - ' ' - - - forn 'liol liol N " ot ' a chance- chance chanceSh chance Sh Sh1 Shall -1- 1 1call I call tor for ' n " . "y y lay say " at five ' ? Yes " ' , tor'I 'I I > IYes at five Good bye by I " e ' was ' ' " " , . by the Erace grace of a friendly fnendly fnendlyJeernan friendlyiceman Jeernan iceman " "san san " . waiting tor for her in his hisaitily the lIung dung coupe when she came out Ie le btuldJDg building at five minutes atter after OScar a looking regal in spIte nose that was defimtely definitely dnp drip g , dripoccupied Iraf7 Mary ! oCCUpied the rumble seat . . bastlly hastily aitily slid in beside Bu BuBaw dn nan non and slammed the door I t dint dintknow 70r the70r know couId Baw anYbody "ody ody " short of the theS'8013 thepark e Ie sa park on Fifth A Avenue venue I ! dHow How s Oscar ? ' S'8013 S8013 'Oscar Oscar eacar ' ofan1nes ofenifltes s g ' gHow got a decIded case of I an1nes enifltes ! Phil Philrephed Philreplied rephed replied locking ' Lily Uy Worried WorriedaDd worriedand " " ' "ea ea " hear and aDd Spike says say * you a SMt sort . of . , , , , ' ea " e s t - _ Sk , - - v wheeze nc " m in W 111 hls hIs " s - _ , - - . v . nc " , , , , W 111 " eaL-like eaL like like An an ' " . _ _ _ _ tch ch chwhen . when the organ orga " m in a country organist misse mIsses masses * aMary a afe &la la Mary & fe ! ) ' tunled turned turnedabout about and looked at big ' < aog dog , winHe through the back win rlhi He 8eem seems ' to b be " enjoylne enjoying rlCht right ( htnow DOW now she he reported Sit . . g tth9"7 tth97 ethevery g ethe the up very " straight 'ebt ebt ' and regardHI regardtl regard II tl tltraffic traffic amc with WIthenormous enormous inter Inter'He 1le 'He He ' ' ' Ued fled t'df10 tdf10 loves " " people " ' "P16 P16 " the man manSly oil ou8 ! with fondly londiy ? ? . a and , IbetheUbe IbetheUbecramped I , bet he 11 U be me when he finds I m Ping PLrig mPing mPLrig E him at the dog hospital Eventually entu arivedoatiDoe lly they arrived at Doc Horner homer s Country 7 y Retreat tor for Dogs IlIled Chted and cramped and cold coldonce from the car Mary could eel'lJ eellJ cep ' the through the gathermg gathering dark darktore lDt tore ! March Marchnight night a rambbng obPhiill utllanan cchanan bUIlding once a barns barnsobPhiill barn so Phil Phll Phil"P lit ! Informed her-now her now - a heap hosp ahosp "P P " ! . til .al al tal tor for canine canme peti pall pets , , I ! : , A united umted howl from the mmates inmates mmateshad inmateshad inmateshad had set up the moment Ph Phis Phil scar scarhad * car carhad carhad had pulled into the driveway Oscar Oscarfeehng Oscarfeeling Oscarfeeling feehng feeling he had been betrayed by his hismaster hismaster hismaster master and this girl who had al allowed allowed allowed lowed lim 11m 1 im to lean so comfortably comfortablyagainst comfortablyagainst against her slunk beneath beheath the car carand carand carand and for exactly ten minutes stead steadI steadlastly steadfastly fasUy lastly refused to budgeEventually budgeEventually budge budgeEventually Eventually they Uley wheedled him himout himout himout out Doctor Homer Horner having havmg producedsome produced producedsome producedsome some bait in the shape of a very verylarge large hunk of round steak . . Finallyassured Fmally Finally Fmallyassured Finallyassured assured by the veterinary that Oscar Os Oscar Oscar car merely had bad a cold and wouldprobably would wouldprobably wouldprobably probably be in the pink of condition condi conditlon conditon tlon ton within wlthm a few days they told thedog the thedog thedog dog good by and followed by hIs hisaccus accus ne rig n eyes made their way tothe to tothe tothe the coupeIt coupeIt coupe coupeIt It was nearly midnight when whenMary whenMary whenMary Mary reached home Leila Lelia had just justgot justgot justgot got In and was wa rifling rl1lmg the Ice box boxwhile , wh while e Miss Cotswell CotsweU Cotswell , . , propped up in inbed inbed Inbed bed was readmg'Come reading readmg Come 'Come ' on in here girls " she shecalled shecalled thecalled called from her bedroom ' and andbrmg andbring andbring brmg bring some ome cheese and crackers crackersWhere crackersWhere crackersWhere Where m in the world have you been beenMary beenMary beenMary Mary ? Mary stepped Into the bedroomWhy bedroom bedroomWhy bedroomWhy Why Aunt Linnie Lirmle didnt didn t Addie Addle Addre AddieDarling Addres s - t \ t tDarling Darling Darlmg you re not falime fallmg falling in inlove Inlove Inlove love with him , are you ? * ' give you my message ? I telephoned telephonedabout telephonedabout telephonedabout about five but you weren t in and andI andI andI I told her to tell you I was drivingto dnvmgto dnvmg driving to Westchester with Mr BuchananHe Buchanan BuchananHe BuchananHe He had to take his hlS has dog to a veterinary veteri veterinary veterinary nary s and asked me to go along ' , Heavens ' ) How domestic and unexcitingi unexcitingiBut un tin unexcltlngl tinexciting excltlngl exciting ! But it 11 was tun fun Aunt Linme Llmue reallyt real realIly reallyf Ily lyf ! We stopped at Trudi Trodi Trudia s onthe on onthe onthe the way back and had beefsteakand beefsteak beefsteakand beefsteakand and German fried fned potatoes and andpancakes andpancakes andpancakes pancakes And we sat in front of ofa ofa ofa a big log fire In a room that can t tbe tbe tbe be a day less than a hundred years yearsold yearsold yearsold old No one else . was v.as vas aas there and andafter andafter andafter after Trudi served our dinner he heand heand heand and his IDS wife who cooked it came cameand cameand cameand and sat with Wlth us and we talked . . . Sounds cozy commented Lelia Leliaentermg Leliaentering Leiiaentering entermg entering the room with Wlth a tray ot of otfood offood offood food . . Phil Buchanan loves to hobnob hob hobnob hobnob nob with all kinds of people Perhaps Per Perhaps Perhaps haps that s why he s so successfulhe successful he knows every phase of life l1fe Halfthe Half Halfthe Halfthe the pohcemen policemen in New York havenamed have havenamed havenamed named their thelI firstborn first born son afterhim afterhimMiss after afterhim afterhim him himMiss Miss CotsweU Cotswell regarded her niecewith mece niece mecewlth niecewith wlth with speculative speculatlve eyes Darlingyou Darimg Darling Darimgyou Darlingyou you re not falling in an love with Wlth hun him hunare himare himare are you ? The butter knife with which Mary Maryhad Maryhad Maryhad had been spreading spreadmg some cheese cheeseclattered cheeseclattered cheeseclattered clattered _ _ _ onn _ to her plate No she _ _ _ onn _ said coldly I moot m not falling . 0 . m in love lovewlth lovewith . lovewith wlth with him ham and a darned lot of ot good goodIt goodit goodltd It d do me if I were He sinter sinterested s * inter interested interested ested m me as a wnter-not wnter not writer-not writer writer - not a awoman awoman awoman woman And not so terribly ternbly inter interested Interested interested ested at thati that ! ! He turned downTheir down downThelI downTheir ThelI Their Son today today-saId today saId - said it lt at was triteand trIte trIteand triteand and banal . Um banalUm murmured Linnie Lmme Lmnae and bitinto bIt bIther bitInto ' Into her cracker Well I can tsay t tsay tsay say my dear that I can shed bed anytears any anytears anytears tears over that . . The sooner youdiscover you youdiscover youdiscover discover you were never meant tobe to tobe tobe be an author the better it 11 U be toryou for foryou foryou you Something w will l have to wake wakeyOU wakeyou wakeyou yOU up to the advantages of marry marryIng marrying ' , ing Jerome TaylorMary Taylor ' Mary placed her plate on the tray traywIth traywith traywith I wIth a bang that was almost fatal fatalI fatala ' . . to . . marry . that . I 1 a m Ilcve never .U U . going gomg . .u u - - - - - . .u u . . . - - - - - . 1 a Ilcve . .U U . . silly sally . _ old . . man _ _ _ Aunt A . , Linnie Linme T . ' " " ' " and , "rf rf "rfvnn " vnn you youmIght youmight youmight mIght as well know it right now nowAlso nowAlso nowAlso Also I wouldn t have Umberto Bal BallanCI Balianci Ballanci lanCI ianci with bis his brilhantined bnlliantmed bnihantined hair and andperfumed andperfumed andperfumed perfumed cigarettes tor for a gift gait . . I m msick msick msick fatuousglances fatuous fatuousglances fatuousglances sick to death of their glances and their thelI silly speechesIt speeches wonderlul wonder wonderfulto wonderfulto It was wonderful wonderful-simply wonderful simply - simply ful-to ful to - to spend this evening with aroan a aman aman man who never once mentioned myso my myso myso so called caUed beauty nor attempted tokiss to tokIss tokiss kIss me No Aunt Linn'e Linne Llnnle Lime ' I m notfalling not nottaUmg notfalling taUmg falling in love with Phil BuchananiAnd Buchananl Buchanan BuchananlAnd ) And heavens knows he certainlyis eertamlyIS eertamly certainly IS not falling fallmg in m love with me In Infact Infact Intact fact there are times when I feel feeloulte feeloulte feeloulte oulte sure he doesn t even like me- me methat methat me methat - that he secretly |