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Th Tb ' Thrtng ltt lttring , < rtng ring that he h * slipped sUpped upon bar her tOUtth fourth tOUtthfinger fourthfinger fouftifinger I Iring finger was axquislte exquisite Inde indeed d , bu but ' .be be thi . libhad thihad .beI .behod * hod had seed seen it bcfora before when ha be bad badtaken badtaken ha hataken < I taken her into the Jewalry jewelry . atora .tore tore store to tolelect tc tcselect tiselect lelect select It 1L It . . She had w wanted wantett nte to wja wealIt wean weanIt ! It home , , but Dllly Bmy Billy had Insisted fn.iated fniated . th ththa $ 1 1the ' tha the size .10 10 . % was a . trtfla trlOe trifle too tooilarg larae ilarge , * + antIt , sd sdit 11 it bad had been left tor fOl ' aUaraUon a1tetaUon alteration , r . , H , ' Billy Dllly 0 , " reftectect\\he reftectect he reflectedtlhe reflected \ \ uia patted pettee : ! 10Qt1a 10Qt1awoman yotttuwoman oeng oengwoman ( woman , , 4'1 41 ' "Is Is " 7s ' . oddly Qddly , restless restless e.t1es et1es . . " In thtstore tblt tht tbltstore thistora store ha he bad had wbll whispered whidpered e1'ed e1ed ' a and d ges gesturcd g , el sturcd . ' turcd when ha he withdraw wltbdrew withdrew with thaclerk the tha theclerk thiclerk clerk and now be he h * seemed .eemed eemed . almost on onthe on onthe 01the i the eve ot of doing a ' { ' 'shuffla shuffla phuMe shu1 , e of ot Joy .a a at athe . aihe .abe be he . stared .tared tared at hi his . lova love tokep token tokepAt tokenAt tok n nAt At that moment1 moment- moment momen momenther - her bel ' father lather en en- entered entared . - . tered , , bis his . small .man man , , sbrawd sbrewd shrewd eye eyea eyes . re.t- re.t rest re.tIng resthag restIng . - . Ing hag Impassively tfpon upon upon tha the pretty prettytableau > prettytableau retty rettytab1eau tab1eau tableau . . "Tha Tha "The The " ring cama came 'ust ust ' t t"The Just In tima time for forhe toithe the he forithe engagement party , " . , " " babbled babbledBilly babbledBilly babbleiBilly fori , Billy , wiping his hfs brow"Well brow"Well brow brow"Well "Well Well " , . , one would naturally expect expectto expectto expecto to . sea .ee ee see her wearing one . . " returnedMr returned returneeMr , . Mr Smlthers Smithers Smther ) . unenthusiastically unenthusiaatlcal17 unenthusiasticallyIs Is your dad here yeU yet ? " i iBill B1U Bill shook his alee sleek ! : head . . "He'llbe 'He'n Hen "He'll Hell 'He'nbe "Ha'Iba HaIba " ' ' . be here her * tomorrow " He H * guJp gulped gulpedflushed d , , ushed flushed , . and then murmured murrtlured "I I "ItoDk "took took " 1 1took toDk took : tha the liberty llberty , of bringing a guest guestAllcia . , . Alicia , , she s a . an artist and arf Bn art oldfriend old oldfriend ohfriend friend . . . I thought . she'd shed .he'd .hed hed ' enjoy thedoings the thedoing thidoings doing doings . II " IIMr Mr Smithers Smither . did not repress hi his hissurprise nilsurprise _ surprise , , . although bis his daughter daugbter , Inthe in inthe 1)tha 1tha ) i the flush Ou.h Ouh . of joy proper to a newly newlyengaged newlyengaged newl newlengaged engaged girl . , , tried to smirk con convinctngly convinctngly"Whera . . vinclngly vincingly vinclngly"Wh vincingly'Where "Whera Whera 'Where Where ' "Wh Wh " re 1s-she 1s she is-she is - is - she t ? ' . sha .be be she let tall faD fall be be- be belatedly belatedly - . . latedly . Billy Dilly ran his flnger tlnger finger inside his col- col collar collar collar - lar "I-brought "I I brought "I I " - brought her ber with me meShe'l meShe's mShc'a mShca * She'l Shel She's Shes ' ' out there " I Puzzled but mindful ot of her obU obli- obli obligations obitCations . - gations ga tions as hostess Alicia stepped steppedIntD steppedinto steppedinto 1 IntD into ttr the hall baU where sha she row per per- perceived perceived . - celved ceived a small and radiant figuresitting figure figuresltUng flgurisitting ' sltUng sitting In a deep chair before the thefireplace thereplace th thfireplace < 1 ( fireplace replace fireplace"Betty "Betty Betty " ' Bernard Demard , , . Allcia Alicia Allciaand , , -and and Bnd sand < . - a agood agood igood i I fireplaceI good .cout cout . scout , , " stammered BillyAn BillyAn Billy BillyAn An influx lnftux of hilarious guests al alII almost almost II IImost most drowned the ensuing words wordsand wordiand i . and Betty was . swept .wept wept upstairs with withthe willthe i :1 1 :1the : the other girlsIn girls girlsIn . In an incredibly short time , bow how- how however how'ever however . - ' , ! I Iever ever she was WBI back with tha the en engaged engaged I I gaged coupl coup1e couple * and Alicia found her herat heiat . at her ber elbow constantly through herI the theevening theevening thievening I evening Even when they all aU piled piledInto piledinto pilecInto Into cars en route tor for tha the Scarlet ScarletParrott ScarlefParrott I IParrott . Parrott , . , Betty . squeezed .queezed queezed Into BIU's BIUs Bill's Bills Bill'sspeedster BlU'ispeedster BlUispeedster ' ' speedster with them and wben when wbenAlicia whenAlicia whenAlicia Alicia becoming a trifled triOed bored with withthe withthe wittthe the persistent attentions of the goodscout good goodscout goodscout scout asked Jim to tak take her ber away awayto awayto awayto to another table at the 1abaret cabaret : cabaretshe . , , she saw with mounting annoyance innoyncethat , , ' , that hat the two were within two teet feet feett teetof feelot of ) t her herPresently Presently Intercepting an ex exchange exhange exchange change hange : of glances between the th good goodI goodscout goodscout I : scout and her fiance Oance Alicia with wlth- wlth with- wlthdrew withirew withdrew - ' . drew irew to the dressing room to ponderper ponder ponderher pondeiher ' her per future actions It was WBI patent patentthat patentthat patentthat that Betty had soma some bold on BIU Bill.When BillWhen . . BW.iWhen BW.i BWi When the announcement of the en engagement engagement engagement gagement had been made Betty bad badbeen badbeen badbeen been most attentive and her ber long longlashed longshed longlashed lashed shed brown eyes eye * . bad had remained remainedglued remainedglued remainedglued glued upon the diamond ringAlicia ringAlicia ring ringI I glowfnlltip Allcia Alicia looked up from tha the glowfnll glowing tip ip of her cigarette to find Betel Betty seated on tha the loung lounge * opposite herBilly herBilly her herBilly Billy I is . a stranger In this city cityHow cityHow cityHow How do you happen bappen to be here , , MJss Miss MJssBernard MissBernard MissBernard Bernard ? ' " " ' ' "Business Business 'Business " " . Betty Betty's Bettys ' ' . smile was wasCircelike wasClrcellke wasCircelike wasCircelikeAllcia Circelike Clrcellke CircelikeAllcla ClrcellkeAlicia Allcia Allcla Alicia flamed fiamecL . The brilliant brllUant brown browneyes browneyes browneyes eyes were again fixed ftxed upon the be be- be- be betrothal betrothal betrothal - - trothal ring This girl bad had lome some lomehold somehold somehold hold upon Billy Probably she In m Intended mtended intended tended to make a scene and claim claimblm claimhim claimhim blm him She'd Shed ' not stand the th situalion sltua situa sltuation situatlon tion lion an instant longerLeaping longerLeaping longer longerLeaping Leaping to her feet teat feet , , she sh * fairly ran ranout ranout ranout out . , . A disunguisbad distinguished looking man was wasexamining wasexamining wasexamining examining hi his . billfold and talking toBilL to toBilL toB1IL BilL * . ' I am returning tbJ this . ring ' , said saidAlicia saidAlicia saidAlicia Alicia in m her best manner 0 * ' please 0please pleasetake pleasetake pleasetake take that woman away from here hereI hereJ J I m tired of her ' Betty exchanged a knowing grin grin'with grinwith grinwith with the scarlet BillI Bill BillI 'with with ' I have bave It ft here B1U BiU Bill Is tkis thIs the theI thelady thelady tbalady lady ? Alicia Alfcla winked back a tear as a * Bill's Bills Bill'sather Bill'sfather Bill'sfather Billsfather ' ' I ather father ( handed over a sheaf of bank banknotes banknotes banknotes notes to the shameless Betty The Thebright Thebright Thebright bright dream was ended . Bill was wasa wasa a philanderer-unworthy philanderer unworthy philanderer - unworthy of her wor war worship warship worship worshipThank ship shipThank Thank you the good ccout scout was wassaying wassaying wassaying saying tucUng tucking tre the e roll ron of bills blUE in inher Inher . bE'r bEr her ' brocade bag ba ( I juit Just hated hatedto hatedto : to follow her about but your son be ber being beme r 109 ing a itranfier stranger could not offer ofTer otter any anysecurIty anysecurity anysecurity securIty for the ring and so the thefirm thefirm , firm rented him the ring for the thee theevening theeevening theevening , evening Good night and thanks for forthe forthe torthe the party Miss Ml Smithers ' Repentantly Alicia turned to hermisjudged her hermisjudged hermisjudged misjudged fianceII fianceI1 fiance fianceI I-I I I-1 1 I - I m orry sorry she bE-gaD bE gaD began began.It beganIt - . . It wal was the only way I ccald cC.1ld cC1ld . fix ftx It Itso Itso : so you d have your ring tor for tor the party par party party ty sweetheart X I couldn t find anyone any anyone anyone one I knew and-oh and oh and - oh well no 110 ule use uletalkmg usetalking usetalking talkmg talking Dad got my wire .nd nd and . nd rent rent- rente4 rentet rented - ed e4 et a plane to coma come . . . MI Misa Miss . . Bernard BernardIs Is a private privte , detective detecti1r " , you kaow know " I I Apparently tar the bem\ bem bemused bemed \ ed Bill 111 hadl bads hadlnot badsnot badnot I not beard Allcia AUcia Alicia a _ jealous speedl speeds speedlconeeminl speedsconcerning speechcoacemiag coneeminl concerning the th * aeautlful beaut1tul beautiful Betty Betf7 ; anal anal'twas aDd aDd'ur a I Itwaa twaa 'twas twas 'ur ur ' . iust jun just as a * . weU wen well . . _ I |