Show T tomm IN 11 abam W BADE by evelyn campbell service copyright by evelyn cam k IM THE STORY linda other father neer dowell do well dies when she Is seventeen leaving her to race face the world with little money or prospects ifer her sole possessions ar are some borne worthless stock which her fathers fathera friend senator converst Convers tf agrees to dispose despos of she instinctively dislikes dislike ts the senator linda becomes engaged to courtney roth CHAPTER II 11 continued 4 pearls like these me ate a passport anywhere amy ralston said thea site elie ninde a curious remark slightly humorous liu slightly vulgar and intensely prophetic it if she had known with your looks and those pearls no one would ever dare land hand you a bill linda 1 they both smiled it was so unlikely that linda would ever again be troubled with bills 1 the wedding was the smallest se affair imaginable lindas looks made it unique tier her proud face seen been on the society page of the right paper said that small sudden weddings were the only sort to have the bridegroom was a proud and happy man lie he was a true product of 0 the fevered times and there were features to tills this wedding which nobody knew about and which gave him new thrills of irresponsibility twenty four hours have ande changes in many a love affair linda was married on tuesday and by wednesday night she he was wondering why she had never noticed that koths manners were not all that they should be and that he was more than bad tempered meals should have been served by a genie and no service ever pleased really it if it was going to be like this linda shrugged her beautiful white shoulders they were hiie in boston and she was surprised to fand herself at a hotel whose name meant nothing to her and site she had been lu boston gudny many thos 1 I thought anything would 0 for the few hours we will be here her new husband said hurriedly the ba big places are always full at this sea son and we dont want actis a rus do we you could have telegraphed for rooms site she prof protested ested puzzled roth began to pace fince the floor nervously ills his color wits was high and the impatience she was beginning to know knew came into his eyes now look here linda kept you it in cotton wool too long I 1 wanted you because youre different from other women youve got an air that makes everything you do seem right even this second rate hotel would seem scein smart if you yog made a habit of coming here linda was waa bewildered slie she knew i he wits was trying to tell tier her something without committing himself but site she could not guess What it was she felt annoyed and a little cheated but when there Is no renson reason for second ante hotels she murmured lie he blushed a deeper crimson and screwed up his eyes in a way she particularly ticul arly disliked ilenson theres jolly well reasons ons enough ile he clapped his hands on his pockets with an odd add boyish gesture that touched her through her bet bewilderment and downing dawning fear ll it reminded her of jim Ila haverhill Haver hlll then he be grinned at tier her sheepishly fact Is dearest den reSt im stony oh I 1 know youre soure shocked attacked but get I 1 used to shocks lis rather a lark if you look at it from the right angle married Alar ried to a beautiful luxurious crea ture and hardly a bean in your pocket gad it makes a fellow sit up linda dont look like that I 1 why did you marry me ehy you tell me why do you think im a end cad leave you sitting on the alie church stoop id say not nol besides I 1 it I 1 cabled for money and expected plenty but the at old wire caire anek like a knock behind your ear no more money id spent spen tit it rid ail 11 hend bead whirled how could you have spent all your money without knowing it manti managed ged to say she had never known that moment how much she had counted on Rotha fortune he had seemed seemed secure as a stone wall she felt feli him staring it t tier her and suddenly slie site saw behind the higi high lights of his dominant gray eyes merely cly a boyish boastful something that ant brought contempt stronger than fear into her being all my money roth koth burst out in agh ing so it III I 1 and she felt ashamed hamed ex 1 I never had very much he went on indifferently lord love you child yuu cont cant run about al a ive done without wIL hOut spending a pile that african can expedition whee the other fel lowr pay up put the he final crimp 0 o roe and faded bitt blithely bily its a good goad thing you dont have to depend entirely on me linda was enveloped in a blaze of swift indignation you married tile nia believing I 1 lied had money I 1 she ghe accused and writhed in shame and self disgust didgus t its just that old joke about the biter bit but he shook his hend head no und lundn 1 knew nil all about you I 1 looked you sou up tip of course youre taking too tragic a view of it nil all it require actual money to get along theres ways anys of getting everything you wont want you vou possess something flints worth more than money and and le ive a little of tile the sante same tiling thing it got over with alth you and your people which proves it we dont need money you und and 1 we e enn can have everything it site she was struggling alth a sensation of utter collapse certain phrases plira ses tie he used its as filets facts appalled tier lier ills his 1 I looked you up tit of course filled her with lon loathing thing for him ond and for herself lie lind looked her up tip h hut tit site she had been a fl fool and taken him on trust worse than a fool a failure U re why you are just an adventurer adventure rl I 1 site she cried scornfully nully ho hij shrugged hut but not bourgeois I 1 ani am afraid rny my dear you have more to learn than I 1 thought you found out that its not what you are but what people think you are that counts all clever persons know that or not 1 I it t to meet the world tills this was all oddly familiar talk she had heard before talk in it a brenin she sat still pressing tier her fingertips against tier her pale lips thinking of what slie she should do of course site she could leave roth hut but she reject rejected eit this thought bought jis na it came to tier lier she wits not an ad adventuress adventure ventur i ess if he was an and no linda I 1 know all about you I 1 looked you up of course aside from that it was impossible to admit to tier her friends and to cousin amy that site she had been a fool in spit satte of her attitude of cleverness sit she thought of senator converse and the sureness of whitt what he would say and this thought made her shudder lu in some indefinable way she phe seemed to ta be closer to him film now than before her marriage ile he was so close that she could touch his hand something within her warned that one mistake now one more error and she would not escape from liln hin as she had in tile the insl of course she trad lind not been blinded to the enet t that hat he be admired tier her that he would have paid any price for tier her cousin amys world had not left her in ignorance of that roth felt sorry for her though he be was far from reading her thoughts slie site was so lovely and childish with that droop to her lips he took her in his arms and kissed her tenderly dont fret dear when you worry you let people behind the scenes and youve got to watch out for that its a wonderful ganie game once you learn how to play PIRY and fand a lot of clever amusing people playing it with us as let tile the duds with the bank accounts pay the bills while we arouse amuse lem cm eha eh its a profession in itself ranking making the other fellow pay and abd ten teaching ebing him to like it her tears dropped upon the pearls on her breast TO BE CONTINUED |