| Show I 1 THE GIRL GIRI IN THE CAR I 1 X J 2 jiju 31 jt Q B by EILEEN PARLEY FARLEY mr richard dillingham crawled horn under his car unit and surveys surveyed yd his hands dismally ile he looked at hla his wath and that the alie time of his dinner engagement was past then hp relieved tits his mind in a single ex plosive word naught naughty chided a in his ear and wickedly useless dillingham wheeled about and the shadowy bundle perched oil in the fence stirred and laur laughed lied then the bundle shook itself and jumping to tile the ground trenchantly smashed I 1 beg car pardon said cald mr oil ling ingham liam Ifft ling his cap I 1 took you ou tor for a wistaria vine thank you said the glit gill grave gravely I 1 y then abruptly abru itly Is it fun full to ride in au all automobiles automobile 9 ile he hebl then will you step into lily autom said the he spider to tile fly tile he girl finished as she put her hand band into hla his and cd lightly up ter iter face was indistinct in the thick ening twilight but he could see eee that hat she ehe was nas tall all and he liked the musical ot of her voice and the tilt of hi bi head bead the girl had been settling hiFt elf in M lence ind now she laban 1 tan abruptly abrue aly its horrid to he be first one has a date with a man and I 1 was five minutes late on oil burpoe dumb with amazement ga gazed zed at her silently she turned suddenly and peered nt at him through the dusk then oil oh she ehe cried I 1 believe you re sorry sou conic come and vou oil think am horrid and silly and it vou ou do why did you vou come and why are you voil so and oh ila I 1 ain very much ashamed per her voice olve faltered and I 1 ralpd aled lit at tho the suspicion of baia eat a in her voice don t that hat lb Is not et all dont don t mention it lie ile sloped suddenly with rith the feeling that he was as making an oss of assuredly the orl was laughing what kind of if a con puzzling woman thing was nas it he be demanded indignantly put hut of course you vou dian didn t know it ft as a bet bhe went on oil brightening up and that makes a difference you know I 1 d have to come on it a bet don t 3 iou ou I 1 sul I 1 ose 3 oil think school joel billy things I 1 awfully suld bald dilling hani with conviction com let ion the iho girl bl s ide him laughed suddenly an ld dd gurgling low ill i huckle quite tile the kind hind ot of a lauh he bo thought to accompany the 1 voice bs be had ever heard you should be rel relieved leed that hat im I 1 only a school girl she bhe rebuked mock angly I 1 be au an lady lunatic tt you know le of course ou u dian didn t have to come b because PC a u be 1 1 wrote arote iou ju the note she went rent on and injury had bad replaced tears in her tom font a and I 1 would never have it it if annabel hadlic hadn t bet me a M five e pound box of choL chocolates that ou oil never even noticed me when 3 iou ou zipped past if ou oil knew new annabel only vou non nt want to ashes such a catt call cat but if ou oil did you d know why I 1 simply elm ply had to take that bet and of auree you did see tile me vsev in iou billil ld throe three times BO 80 1 I clotild bouhl almost count comit dour our in the bloom the girl missed the he twinkle in B eab arid and lie could feel bet aci start of daany as be responded grimh and now what am I 1 doing to do ao with alth foul vou rake vou brick back to madam what s ller her name I 1 sul purpose pose and tell hei let how I 1 found you vou str straning aNing from the fold nou ou can an some borne ution for madam that will both our fe clings why did ri oj i enni coin then you nein t have the she cited in a quick little flare dare of aali she bho paused and added in a ni nik niek nie k title little voice A and nd I 1 in so BO hugli y a in silence at the forlorn tone but what abat E hould he be do with hera ter suppose he lid take her to dinnee he was mas hungry and then a little fatherly fat heily beily advice he lad ad h s or of own well 11 m chere here khall it t be he asked briskly aloud ye old ion inn is here bere about I 1 fancy olt oh that bould be lovely ehe e cr td cd and at abe th id 10 eyed eved brightness bright of her voice he be laughed aloud in the of the vine covered boich lie he surveyed the girl curiously blie bhe flaa as than he had thought thou feht ath with deall dead white skin and black I 1 air and older than her school schoolgirl girl shatter batter bound sound fI d 20 per haps hapa he be decided then as an she ehe list eat down domn hastily basell and pr prop ing her chin on her hands closed her ekes in seem bingly sheer exhaustion tie be hastily su summoned the waiter in a minute b he e was dt at her elbow elliod be holding idt n g a glass of wine ine to her hib bile ache sipped a little then took it from him and swallowed it matli a quaint grimace the wine wailed the I 1 ador of her iskin eltin and when the soup coup come she at lacked tacked it ft with mith dainty atis she looked at dillingham serene and good looking jn in li fi reproachable even ing dress dreps and he wondered wonder cd it if she sh would dier die dl er r now that he be was an impostor but there was no suspicion to in her frank ees but an unconcealed approval that amused him bim all this globy for a ample school girl she bhe questioned question cd I 1 so simple you have not bit even told me your name he be said eald gravely dear me bow unfortunate im I 1 ra lit ILL cognata to she bhe regretted I 1 ilow how as first aid to conversation conver I 1 will admit that im I 1 m mary just plain mary blary dillingham wondered whether any body had bad ever discovered that tiny dent of a dimple mar her loft left eye ce that winked at hlin him wickedly when she laughed no one could ever call ou on plain mary lie he sidd absently and started to find himself aloud and it if perchance I 1 might wish to address vou one never knows what may happen what her dancing ees questioned quest toned him for paso ease ju in conversation im I 1 in richard lie he assured her I 1 just poor richard poor richard in an automobile she laughed lie ile ordered sweets with the coffee coffea and she bhe munched thern them with walh tile tho abandon of a child then with a sudden return to schoolgirl babool girl she ex claimed as she bhe fillad her wisp of a handkerchief with alth almonds oh dear dar I 1 forgot that pl ariley ou old school and now I 1 ive ve rut got to tc hack back I 1 llie he girls will be just crazy when E L tell ell thin and I 1 im lit going to take those to prove it it was a lovely dinner and youve becu beat lovely too then she added slowly what must I 1 on think of in me lot what must lie he think of her dilling haw ham wondered it if she blie would bo be very angry it 1 he be told her all that ba h thought about tho the dent of a dimple lind and tho the sweet barsh imse of her lor voice and alio tantalizing tantalising tanta lising lUttig witchery of her eyes and the pointed oval of her chin and oh wel web but it la is what hat you think of me that hat Is worrying worming nio me lie ho binally BS as suied her forgetful of tho the fatherly ail ad v vice lee I 1 want to go home ionic said bald tile tho girt girl and at the insa ot of bar tones jumped up repentantly three nil minutes nuts after tho the little talle looked desolate with its disa disarray iray of emptied ile ha looked about uncertainly where she bhe had sat bat a pink coral stick pin stabbed blabbed it a torn coiner of tile menu 1 card ard to the table lie he picked it up and read I 1 nea never er saw Gray bani manor there to la no annabel lorils you wore were enla illy iou and nicer than I 1 deserved dower deger vod ved it was all notion ceet except pt that I 1 was hungry with no i of dinner to or li lamast to morrow good by plain mary dillingham mon wondered moldered dered next day and again at intervals all tho the eucce Aing week why she was hungry mid ind lit hl benit brood sull at the thought that she bhe might be bangiy at tile the of his ble thinking lit in some obscure coiner ot of the city then n one nii tit gloomy and ra lie he into tile the modern theater to watch atch ali hf opening night of A new comedy listless lie he watched a baizaire ballet in mismatch ul stockings and poR powdered derd mibs tome on then hla his glante wandered wand ernd erml over oner the audience and tack lack again to the stage and there winking disappearing Ain hing again in the face of a girl ac at the end of the front row was a tiny dent of a danille near the left eye a dimple which lie he foolishly felt be by light of discovery an hour later laler she walked swiftly aiom the stafe cri entrance trance her manner ie and ignoring tho the wall wait ing groups of men about tho the door one lifted his hat and smiled broadly at her silly idiot billot she eho murmured beneath her breath us as she escaped hla his hoar bear log ing naughty lity plain mary a voice chided in her car and she wheeled heeled A suddenly rosy from thin to tore forch h ad of course in the saffron journals it was headed millionaires romance begun at stage doo ends in orange blossoms but dillingham himself knew from the first that the stage door was ras really the finish opy copyright right by dully dally atory pub co |
