Show a e B a p SO FAR Larry cutter cutterS STORY HORN S witt Anthony II h lose loV er at the Hotel notel Ray leDO watching her ber from the lobby ay 1 meet u lk J- J Jacque a Wc roe etor wiled wiled-be I to w dIctated c an m that she shed sheI sherri uel ne ire was Vas positive I e Larry s s dinner clIed d admitting But Bul she d dd d recall frequently dined down in m t she cafeteria and might doton do AL Mr r Cutter had accepted ton tea se and taken hi hiou himself tai I as a prom promse sm sin ling I IU Ill II see y ou wJ 11 a ete dining e Th Thu Thanks a n ks u S I like that Anthony had been bce en told Larri Larn truthful when hen hen she that she d do t know cutter re e listened to him himin h nun m in the bad had be fie place As she recalled recalled it she sh been more amused than angry proposal She wassell was hIs startling sell sely interested m in his remarks el She had been attract t I Ira el inn There was some asell ell ell b m as his direct assert e t e man m g that appealed to her especially that she shed B assurance d some day realize reame her grea greatest test d pu he interested Of Ot course lb lion as If lIS casual solution for tor a trip toIe toC to I Ie C orient stunned her for the mo iest I Left Lest her ber almost speechless tea hen be bad had gone away without II d her ber a chance to reply When 14 Jf be returned she would put u a alop atoo i lop lo to any an further conversation on lit ut top lip c But gilt the call from Mr Dennison if ad changed every everi ever thing Everything the be world How could he have ked bed that very moment to come comeTo To To put the finishing touch to an antel tel bel vable s tuat teat on Why unless There was B as no answer was sal fate fale Mr Cutter said it wasI wasI was wasL I I L Grant Denn son was a partner in m brokerage firm of Falk and Den w Ie Jacqueline had made two oi od st at ins with them and andi i 1 contacts always al had been withe with e junior partner He Hi was a sharp little manto man manto I to ho managed in some way to give impress on that anyone who aged the market was more or less I cot aol But if d the fool was deter aed to 10 part with his money sirs Falk and Denn Dunn son might as asel I el d have the commiSSions b its t s morning Denn son had come I I only feUy to the point of his IDS errand m in ine e I 1 1 found a memorandum on my myA A i h yesterday Miss Anthony that thata a 11 a had called Jacquelne Jacquel ne nodded apprehensive I 1 don doa t t know where you got s y our p to buy that stock m in the first iCe ice But you have plenty of corn com ny VI When it started go ng up the theay lf ay It d d we were ft ere a little vs of ins IDS de manipulation We elfin t see any an log cal reason It now as though we might have H en correct You mean 9 1 T m afra aira d so If U you remember suggested that you clear your goal investment before buying at second lot I don t blame you your r not do ng it the way it as moving up But you may have Id Idon on too long Of course you ye ve vet en follow follo ng itOh it itOh Oh Db yes Your loss would be heavy at the theat thet at on It might be wiser to toM old M t for or a tome time But whatever tD au say sal y Let us know at any time as there anything else Db Oh no Thank you OU very much r Dennison for tor your trouble No trouble at all M ss Anthony Q ad Mr Dennison had bad hurried burned out lh th h s hands bands thru thrust t deep into the eti of o his flapping raincoat W Nth th him went all of Jacqueline iny ony s dreams of ol the f figure failure ure All Allour our ly 4 I And in a state somewhere een inertia and panic she had bad ned ed to a renewal n of lorry Larry Cut nE etl r ng proposal In a mo mot led Dt of sheer theer and unreasoning des Uon on she had said she the would trey airy y rum hun She was sure by tins this ail she the had promised Her deems on was a gamble noth I more or less It was the sort her father would have done 5 Wine reflected Promise PremIse first fink afterwards Perhaps she was more like Ilke her other her than she suspected V cent Anthony loving and it ir failure that he was bad had ten orb his daughter 2 s outstanding trial ng her ShelI more mature years She lI pled him as her ber particular urge ie when she was vas v as seventeen the Ier ear that frail fral rail little Madge Anthony lid II 1 la Is IS d n down dawn rini tl- tl the same burden Jac was the pair s a only child Vincent always ot of ofed was Ul in quest ed about to overtake bIg beg money add Work and system c saving d I DO 0 aPPeal for 1 or him Let others kd I If they cared to Anthony ony knew of a would strike It rich some day l had a ready excuse for each sue suc Ong It ng failure With the fad ng of dream Wl he be k purk was off m in fresh pur purIt It was lias Id 6 the mother other who was forced provide most of the necessary Come me for tor lor herself and ly Jacquel ne for far incent when he be chose to nor northe the e small smaIl home with his pres q eUDe that thai was the n name me Jac JacI bestowed I moat stowed upon her parent L as soon a as aa she he was vas able to toM was Was g quite the most charming M child chad could oud know w I i INSTALLMENT THREE nary letter to a noted When she told him abol abot t her ber great real longIng for travel he be casually replied that she could realize her dreams by marrying him Another man entered the om office before the could answer Larry returned x l t X r I i At At the time the wife and mother passed unobtrusively from rom the tam fam sly picture Jacqueline had managed to complete a bus ness course and was happy in her first fast pos tier bor Vince harboring an idea that the motherless girl needed his care and protect on took time out to give the world orld some needed invent ons He always alwS had intended to do that when he got around it of The Antho Anthonys Anthonys Anthonys nys living room promptly became a workshop housing an amazing m of gadgets financed from rom J s meager salary Several years passed m in this un unusual unusual unusual usual on Jacqueline pros prospered prospered pored and finances became less of ofa ofa ofa a problem The girl lived two t separate lives One was in do the world of bust busl bustness business ness where she bated unusual proficiency appreciated by employ employers ers ems The other life was almost entirely between the four tour walls of that liv living mg ing room where here she listened with pa bent enthus to Vince as he put puttered puttered puttered with his ons One of his favorite pursuits was to takei outline a world trip they would take as a first on Vince would produce an old atlas and with Jac Jacqueline Jacqueline s shining head close to his If I l J G f Y l Ill rip R Vence assumed a politely injured air map out routes and ports of call This was one recreation in m which the girl always v was as ready to loin join Outsiders almost never intruded in this life The Anthony home had no room for tor guests Nobody else would understand Vince And so all her acquaintances were made m in mt Ue t e workaday world orld and remained there thereWIth With the building of the twenty t story Ra near had come a change In the life of Jacquel ne Anthony A former employer arranged an op for her to become the ne y v hotel s public stenographer She was hIgh highly delighted it meant being m in bus business mess for herself at last At that t me the serious little stenographer with the shining cm ramon brown hair had reached the age of twenty two And looked eighteen eighteen eight eighteen een Days in the busy and fashionable opened an entirely new vIsta to Jacqueline Anthony s blue blueeyes blueeyes blueeyes eyes Here was a small world In to at- at it itself self the inhabitants of which she came to know in m a quietly friendly fa fashion It was vas much like that round the I world trip Yet It all exerted a strange and steadily growing influence it plant planted planted ed ad seeds of revolt Jacquel Jacquelne ne An Anthony Anthony Anthony thony began to appreciate more and more what her mother had endured for Growing fears so many years assailed her She was following the same path Already she had missed the life Ide by most girls her age A home intimate friends so social contacts Men had no part m in her existence save as she encountered encountered them in m business It was all aU wrong Then one day Vance announced blIthely that one of his pet schemes had been adopted previously by a fellow inventor He was dropping it for another project that offered m in infinitely infinitely finitely greater returns and It won t be long now he as asI assured assured assured his daughter airily In six months we U be sailing Vince I ve ye got to tell you something And Jacqueline found herself hurriedly reciting her Dec on of Independence Vincent Anthony had been on trial in his own house for a quarter con cen century century tury Hereafter he might find bed and board there but not one cent for and dry The family must savings ae ac account account would have a growing count Jacqueline managed to keep her voice steady There was no answering outburst injured V nee flee assumed a politely air If It Jacqueline wished to throw aside the leisure and riches be he was about to give her After all it when he be left left to find and Jacqueline greatly depressed He offered a x marriage con can contract contract tract permitting her ber to retain her ber mode made or of U Dying thine and to cancel the marriage after six months JUdo I U n do It It the be agreed Now continue with the story j i i iwas y- y yit it- it was about what a father might ex expect expect expect these days It wasn t the thc first exI I tIme tune that a genius family had proved a stumbling block hadI I It was a hard task for the girl to steel her heart against thus this I complex but she knew instinct vely that she was doing the r th ng For the two of them It was doubly I hard to witness h s hurt air going I about 1 1 I ke a small boy wait walt ng for forI I solacing ons ens I Three days of the new order then was m ss ng when Jacquel no ne J came home to prepare dinner She was almost ready to give in m had her father kno On the table was a note a note the gIrl deciphered through blinding tears Vince was very sorry but buthe buthe buthe he must conduct his work m in a more congenial atmosphere Following her first season of de depression depression depression and anxiety Jacqueline I was rather ashamed to find a certain tam feeling of rel reI et of taking posses possession possession slon sion of her She found a modern one room apartment in m a much more attractive part of the city and establIshed herself there She planned to start life Wc over To really live A great mental mel uplift came from that Courtland street home Very dIfferent from Jones street And bus ness at the hotel was sat satIsfactory satisfactory satisfactory for tor the most part M ss Anthony pubic c stenographer ga ned the reputation for rapid and accurate work Slowly but surely I she built up a local trade In 10 add bon tion bonto to the hotel s transients Dreams seemed to be coming true I at last Even the great dream of them all was slowly taking shape Jacqueline was saving her money With calculating intent First First there must be something against a rainy ramy I day day And Vince When that was attended toI to The crossing I It might be the one and only trip of her life We She might spend the rest of her days paying for It it But ButI it would be glorious and daring I There was but one trouble It If only there v were ere some way ay to speed that cash reserve in m the savings bank It was a chance remark from old Martin Jacobs that showed her herthe herthe herthe the way Jacqueline knew very little about Mr Jacobs save that his onal ons revealed the fact tact that he lived somewhere out of the city He must be wealthy How would you like to make some money had been his unexpected unexpected petted question to the stenographer You could use it I dare say Of course was Jacquel ne s cautious reply Do you ever invest m in stocks my dear No sirI sir sirI I m amazed You re probably the I Ionly only girl in the city who doesn t Mr Jacobs Jacohs lowered h s voice Let me give you ou an ins de t p Watch LetI I an industrial called Southern Fur Furnace Furnace nave nace ng nice DIce is going to happen to it Buy some shares and hold them You U 11 thank me my dear girl Jacqueline pondered the informatIon information lion tIon she ventured some same discreet quest ons to Arch bald Potter the first time she had an tySo tySo ty tySo So the fever has caught you M ss Anthony Mr Potter was tol tolerantly tolerantly tolerantly amused Yes he be recalled Southern Furnace ment mint favorably It might be good for far a flier fuer Why didn t Miss Anthony talk to Falk and Dennison She m tell Grant Dennison that Potter sent her Miss Anthony did In a spirit of grand recklessness Jacqueline In Invested invested invested vested a goodly share of her bank account in Southern Furnace Mr Jacobs was right Southern Furnace forged slowly ly but surely up in price She purchased another modest block against Grant Dennison s lukewarm advice It was eVident that Mr Dennison wasn t much of a gambler Then something happened The whole list grew erratic Some stocks fell sharply and Southern furnace showed an ambition to lead the re retreat retreat I treat Almost in despera desperation she decided to have a talk with Dennison and learn the worst He was not in when she called Today he called upon herl her The great dream suddenly had vanished into oblivion Reduced to ash in m the devouring maw of South Southern Southern ern em Furnace And now Jacqueline Anthony had bad gambled her future On a wild and unheard of throw For what A snatched at security Paying for it With herself Things of that sort never hap happened happened in en real life We When she saw Mr Cutter again she would find that it all had been a hoax If U only she he never had to see him She couldn t trun trun trun run away though She needed the worse than ever She would tell teU Mr Cutter Cutler What In some tome fashion the day dragged to an end TO BE CONTINUED |