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Show TVc lIze'ce lIzece lhete TV ' c COMES CONIES a MOMENTCm MOMENTBy MOMENT By y ELINOR MAXWELL . 0 o ARCADIA HOUSE PUBL1CATIONS-WMU PUBL1CATIONS WMU PtJBLICATIONS-WNU PtJBLICATIONS WNU - SERVICE : CIIAPTrRContlDued CHAPTER CIIAPTrR : Y-Continued Y Continued X Continued -ContlDued ContlDued - ContlDued10 YContinued10 -10- 10 - 10I 10I 10 - I shan t have lunch with Mr MrBuchanan MrBuchanan MrBuchanan Buchanan and talk things over overMary overMary overMary Mary thought bitterly as she slowly slowlysIpped slowlysipped slowl ; sipped the water There s no uge us usin e eIn < ugein in that There s nothing nothlDg to talk talko tallo\cr tallo cr 0\ 0 o\ o 0er ocr1 \ er cr1 I ! I Ie \e e \ \ e tried tor for years to be an anauthor anauthor arauthor author and I Ie I \ vc \e e so tailed failed My wrIting wrItingI wrItingone writingone wntinEone I one story that was worthy ot of ae ac acceptance acceptance I ceptance ceptanceas \ was \\as as \ evidently eVldently just an ac accadent accident I Icldent cldent cadent There s only one thing left leftto leftto letto to do now and no matter how re rep rep reP p ignant innant and cheap and vile I Ill Illsimply 11simply 11 11simply simply have to do it I 111 Ill 11 marry marr ; marryJerome Jerome Taylor Perhaps Aunt Lln Lin Llnme Linme Lmme me " was "as as right all along alongl ! ! At least leastIt leastit leastIts It s the only " way "ay ay out-to out to out - to save my mfamily mfamilyShe } famIly myfamIly familyShe She had an engagement lor for dm din dmner dinnor dmner ner nor and the theater with Jerom Jerome JeromeTaylor JeromeTaylor JeromTaylor < Taylor that evening evenmg He woulc would wouldmake wouldmake woulcmake make love to her some time dur durIng during durIng Ing the evening He always did He Hewould Hewould H Hwould < would tell her how beautiful she shewas shewas shewas was and how he never tired look lookIng looking looking Ing at her and he would ask her herif herif heiit if she didn dldn t care eare tor for him just a lit littie little Uttie tie tle bit She had alwa always ) s evaded thIs thIsquestion thisquestion thisquestion question or else answered Why Whyof Whyof Whyot of course Jerry you know I like likeyou likeyou likeyou you very much in a manner so sodefimtey sodefinitely ECdefinitely defimtey definitely ] platomc platonic that it forthwIth forthwithbrought forthwitibrought ! brought the topic to a closeShe closeShe close closeShe She dressed with unusual care carewearing carewearing carewearing wearing as she had tor for tha that t first firstdmner firstdinner firsidinner dmner dinner at Jerome s penthouse her herfrock herfrock heifrock frock of silver and white wlute pmnmg pinning pinningas pmnmgas as she had also done on that Dlght night Dlghthis nighthis nighthis his superb orchids high on her left leftshoulder leftshoulder lelishoulder shoulder And again agam as on the eve eveDIng evefling evenmg DIng fling of their first dinner cimner together togethershe togethershe togethershe she wore "ore ore " Leba Lelia s ermine ermme wrap Cast CastIng Casting Casting Ing one last glance at herself in m the themIrror themirror themirror mIrror before going gomg to the lIvmg living lIvmgroom livingroom livingroom room to greet him she smiled WIth WIthbItter withbitter willbitter bItter approval . Yes she told toldherself toldherself tolcherself herself with wlth acerbity I look just justwhat justwhat jus'what juswhat ' what I am-a am a am - a glorified gold dlgger- dlgger digger- digger dlggerorchIds diggerorchids digger-orchids digger orchids - - orchIds ermine ermlDe cape and aliiJerome all alll alii alllJerome ! Jerome rose hastily from a chair chairas chairas chauas as she entered the room rOODl Maryl Mary Marylhe Marylhe ! he exclaimed exclalDled at sight of her My Mydear Mydear M3dear dear you re more Dlore beautiful tODlght tonight tODlghtthan tonightthan tonigh'than tonighthan ' than I ve ye ever seen you youl ] ! And bft lift bftIng liftlag liftIng Ing lag her hand to his bps lIps he L.1ssed L1ssed kissed L.1ssedit kissedit . kissecit kissecitShe it itShe itShe She did dld not withdraw it IInDledl immedi IInDledlatey immediately immediately atey ately ] although the touch of his hi ; 1 ps on her hand made Dlade her cringe cringeShe cringeShe cringeShe She must Dlust not be aloof as she here heretofore heretofore heretofore tofore had been with this man Dlan She SheDlUSt Shemust Shmust ( DlUSt must pretend that she liked l1ked hlDl him hlDlShe himShe himShe She must DlUst bring brmg on a proposal to tomghttornght tonighttonight tonight mght-tornght mght tornght night-tonight night tonight - tonight tonightHe mghttornghtHe nighttonightHe He evidently eVldently noticed the changein changem change m her for they were hardly settled settledm settledin settlecin m in his car before he again agam sought soughther soughther soughther her hand and held it She did not notattempt notattempt notattempt attempt to draw lttaway it away although althoughshe althoughshe althouglshe she felt as if i1 it lt were IInPrIS impris IInPrISoned imprisoned impnsoned oned in m the claw of a large eagleTh eagleTh eagle eagleTh Th s is part of o1 the business busmess of ofgettmg ofgetting o.getting ogetting . gettmg getting engaged she scathingly scathmgly In Informed informed informed formed herself I 111 11 ll have to grlD grin grlDand grinand gruand and bear it lt It S-It S It s - it s all in m the theday theday thtday day s work ' You re - different tonight dar darhng darlmg darling hng lmg Jerome was saying saymg in m that thatpllrr thatpurr tha'purr thapurr ' pllrr purr ng tender voice she hatedAnd hatedAnd hated hatedAnd And my DlY dear I ve ye never seen you youqu youqu yoiqu qu te to so beautiful That corone coronet coronetbra coronetbra ; bra d around your lovely little httle head headDlakes headmakes headmakes Dlakes makes you look like l1ke a queen 1 ! Yoi You Youdo Youdo : do like lJke me don t you dear ? Some Somehow Somehow Somehow how tonight tomght I feelBut feelBut feel feelBut But Lorgan the chauffeur was waspullmg waspulling waspulling pullmg pulling up at the curb m in front of ofthe ofthe o : the Waldorf Waldod and the urulormed uniformed urulormeddoorman uniformeddoorman umformecdoorman doorman was opening openmg the door of oft o : t } , , . " , . Thankful ThanJdul that the drive was at atan atan atan an end Mary withdrew her hand handfrom handfrom handfrom from Jerome s clasp and shpped slipped slippedon shppedon on a long white glove That s overfor overfor over overfor -for for - for a " while "hlle hlle she told herself an anImperceptlbe animperceptible animperceptible Imperceptlbe imperceptible ] shudder going gomg over overher overher overher her bodyIt bodyIt body bodyIt It was not over for long how however however however ever Jerome Taylor warmed warDled by byher byher byher her apparent encouragement walt wait walted waited waited ed only onJy until after their entree had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been served to begin again HIs HIseyes Hiseyes Hiseyes eyes no longer quizzical held a anew anew anew new glow of sangumity sangwnlty sanguinity his Ius vOIce vOIcehad voicehad voicehad had lowered to a new note of ten fen orMary orMary or orMary Mary he began as soon as the thewalter thewaiter thewaiter walter waiter had left their table , , . I be beI belIeve believe beheve I lIeve you re beginning begmnmg to like l1ke Dle me melust mejust I IJust Just lust a bit after all this time How Howabout Howabout Howabout about it lt dear7 dear ? ' You know I ve ye been beensImply beensimply beensimply sImply mad about you ever smce since smcethe sincethe sincethe . the first day I saw you . . . Have you really7 really9 really ' Mary coun countered countered countered tered And then desperately fore foremg foresag foreing mg sag herself I Dl-I Dl I m-I m m - I m glad JerryThe JerryThe Jerry JerryThe The man placed bis hIs fork on the thesIde theside theside sIde of his d nner plate DarlIng DarlInghow Darlinghow Darlinghow how can you ask ask7 ? ' You certalny certainly certalnyhave certainlyhave certainlyhave ] have known it all along You re rethe rethe rethe the sweetest and the loveliest and andthe andthe andthe the most beautiful thing thmg I ve ye ever everseen everseen everseen seen And Mary I want you always always al always ways waysEventually Eventually she raised her eyes to tothe tothe tothe the Dl m-in m in mm m - and forced a smile smlle to her herlips herlips herlips lips Jerome wrapped in m his own ownthough.s ownthoughts ownthoughts though\.s though.s though .s s thoughts \ . saw nothing nothmg amiss in m her herlong herlong herlong long silence that cynical twist to toher toher toher her 1 ps Darling be he was say sayIng saybig saying Ing big and now he had pushed aSIde aSIdehIS asidehis asidehis hIS untouched food and lighted a acIgarette acigarette acigarette cIgarette I 1 vant v4ant ; nt to take care of ofyou ofyou olyou you a way wa ) s-gl\ s gl s-git git sgle s - give \ e a you the rare jew jewes Jewels Jewels es els ] that trat only you are suited swted to wear wearthe wearthe wearthe the exquisite clothes you should shouldhave shouldhave shouldhave have to accentuate your beauty beautyWe beautyWe beautyWe We U 11 travel everywhere Mary-see Mary see Maryseeeverythmgdo Maryseeeverythingdo Mary - seeeverything everythmg-do everythmg do everything-do everything - do everything everythmg there is isto isto isto to be done donel ! I 111 III ll always be proud of ofyou ofyou olyou you . . . ho So o very proud of youSUll youstill you youSUU SUU SUll still unable to bring any words to her lips she sat there now liftJng lifting liftingher liftJngher her goblet of water to her mouth mouthnow mouthnow mouthnow now s ppmg pping some water now plae plac placing plaeIng Ing the goblet back on the tableJerry tableJerry table tableJerry Jerry unmindful unmmdful of the people peopleabout peopleabout peopleabout about them reached across the ta to table toble table ble and placed his hand over hersDarl hersDarl hers hersDarl Darl ng why not go down to PalIn Palm PalInBeach PalmBeach PalmBeach PalmBeachuth Beach , \uth uth Vlth with \ me Dle tomorrow7 tomorrow ? ' My Myyacht Myyachts Myyachts yacht yachts s down there you know knowand knowand knowand knowandMary and andMary Mary glanced sharply across at athim athim athim him Tomorro Tomorrov7 v ? ' But But , , Jerry how howm howin howin m in the world could we get married marriedm marriedin m in such a short time ? The man hastily hastlly relmqu rellnqu relinqu shed her herhand herhand herhand hand and leaned back in his chair chairThe chairThe chairThe The warm warDl glow that had filled his hisnarrow hisnarrow hisnarrow narrow gray eyes disappeared My Mydear Mydear Mydear dear he purred you seem to tohave tohave tohave have misunderstood DleMary meMary me Dle meMary Mary stared at him hiDl with In Incredulous incredulous incredulous credulous eyes You weren task taskIng t ask askbig asking Ing big me Dle to marry Dlarry you ? Jerome Taylor laughed ' ' "What What 'What " a aprovmcial aprovincial aprovincial provmcial provincial little thing thmg you are arel I ! Why Whye Whyet Whye\ Whye Whyeerybody e\ e et eerybody \ erybody knows I m not the mar marrymg marrying marrymg rymg rying sort But my dear there are areso areso areso so many things thmgs I can do for foryou foryou toryou toryouMary you youMary Mary felt tor for the cape which WhlCh lay layacross layacross layacross across the back ot of her chair and andWIth andwith andwith WIth trembling trembImg fingers pulled it itover itover itover over her shoulders You conceIt conceIted conceited conceited ed old fool fooll fool ! ! I hate you youl I ! I ve ye always alwayshated alwayshated alwaysbated hated youi you ! I never want to see you youagainl youagainl youagalnl againl And grabbing her gloves glovesand glovesand glovesand and bag from frODl the table she rose rosefrom rosefrom rosefrom from her chaIrAs chairAs chair chairAs As unperturbed as if she had told toldhim toldhim toldhim him she d just remembered a tele telephone telephone telephone phone call she had to make Dlake Taylor Taylorrose Taylorrose Taylorrose rose too his sleek gray head In IncImlng indining Inclining cImlng dining in a suave little bow Don t tDlake tmake tmake Dlake make a scene my DlY dear he said saidm saidin saidin m in a low voice his lips bps fixed in a asmIle asmile asmile smIle Hemember ReDlember Remember we re In a pub public publie publie lic lie place Besides you re not ex exactly exattly exactly actly attly suited sUlted to melodrama DlelodraDla you youknow youknow youknow youknowMary know knowMary Mary flashed him hum an enraged enragedlook enragedlook enragedlook look then with Wlth steps which she shetrIed shetried shetried trIed desperately to keep steady steadymade steadymade steadymade made her way blindly blmdly through the thetables thetables thetables tables and out ot of o1 the room rOODl to the thelobby thelobby thelobby thelobbyEventually lobby lobbyE lobbyEentually E\ E Eventually Ecntually E\entually E entually \ cntually she reached the door doorand doorand doorand and in m a \ ' , oice Olce that was still throaty throatywIth throatywith throatywith wIth anger asked the doorman doorDlan to tocall tocall tocall call tor for a taxi She wondered if ifshe ifshe ifshe she had enough money in her bagAir bag Air Airv AirI AirI v I I 1 \ My 1\ly 1 ly dear you re more beautl beast beautlful beautifnl ) ful ton ght than I 1 ve ye ever seen seenyou seenyou seenyou ' . you to pay for the cab but she was so sodizzy sodizzy sodizzy dizzy with anger she could not even evenbrmg evenbring evenbring brmg bring herself to lookShe lookShe look lookShe She was v hirlmg hirling up the Avenue- Avenue Avenueaway Avenueaway Avenue Avenueaway - - away from Jerome Taylor-closer Taylor closer Taylorclosercloser Taylorclosercloser Taylor - closercloser closer to Aunt Linnie Llnnie Linnle s apartment apartmentand apartmentand apartmentand and the safety and security whIch whIchIt whichit It betokened Now the cab was waspullmg waspulling waspulling pullmg pulling up before Aunt Linnie LmDle Lmnie s sapartment sapartment sapartment apartment house Mary glanced at atthe atthe atthe the meter then emptied eDlptled her purse purseInto purseinto purseinto Into the driver shand shandShe s handShe hand handShe She stepped to the curb and ran ranacross ranacross ranacross across the canopied walk to the en entrance entrance entrance trance door Her bead head was down downand downand downand and in m her eagerness eagcrness to get Into Intothe intothe intothe the foyer she did dld not see the man manwho manwho manwho who was leaving leavmg it He caught her herarDl herarm herarm arDl arm in an attempt to prevent a col colhSlOn collesion collision hSlOn lesion then as they both came to toan toan toan an abrupt standstill she looked up upWhy upWhy upWhy Why Umbertq Umbertqt Umberto ' she exclaImed exclaimedI I 1 didn dldn t see yourThat you youl your youlThat ! That is quite qulte evident , , little littleMaryl littleMaryi littleMaryl Maryl Maryi he replied with a smile sDllle I Ihad Ihad Ihad had just lust dropped in to call on you youand youand youand and but now was leaving leavmg with a aheavy aheavy aheavy heavy heartMushl heartMush heart heartMush Mush Mushl ! ! Mush Mushl ! ! Mush Mushl ! ! thought thoughtMary thoughtMary thoughtMary Mary Why can t other men talk talkas talkas talkas as sanely as Phlllip Phillip Buchanan ? You are back early my beauU beauti beauUfutl beautifull beautilull futl full Bahanci Ballanci continued contmued his hand handstln handstill handstill stln still on her arm Is 13 somethmg something somethmgwrong9 somethingwrong somethingwrong7 somethingwrong7No wrong9 wrong ' wrong9No No Umberto I wanted-to- wanted to wantedtocome wantedtocome wanted - to tocome - - come homeBut homeBut home homeBut But then I may go up with withyou withyou |