Show P PA X R A D T F I 1 JL by evelyn campbell copyright by evelyn campbell Campb tU service THE STORY linda Haver hIlls neer do well father dies when she Is seven teen leaving her little beyond some bome worthless stock cert I 1 flea tea these theme uhe she takes taken to her fathers friend senator converse to dispose e of after a whirlwind courtship unda linda marries courtney roth hoth too tale late she he Is ii penniless adventurer hying flying by his wits I 1 CHAPTER II if continued 5 there was one silent of certificates that binda and been advised not to sell for two years nt at least rut but these went into a brokers hands before mr and mrs alra Courtn Courin py floth eft ft boston however clever one lie buly be there are times when currency Is absolutely necessary and iloth ex e planned that with a lovely youny young bride on his hands this was one of tile tims lie he passed lightly over the fact net flail it was lindas money flint furnished the tile means no of their migration tie he forgot the unpleasantness as quickly as pos fios sible and advised her to to do the same the went well around the world but not ns as rapidly as they and phi phinney nned it took two years to go its as fur far ns they find counted on going in six weeks lint but they did not travel as the prow tiles lies thoy they went as the fox runs from cover to cover wherever tile the grass wits ans greenest and the hares most plentiful yot not a bad two years if you illint enre core too much a nay uy two biars years it if L lovely frocks and brilliant restaurants illyene enough if you mind ugly gl scenes ce with landlords and deloyed luggage I 1 ir you were careful about drinking friends and chose them people who had delightful houses and played atad cards cants binda was made beautiful and interesting by till nil this travel and change and coart courtney roth loth held field tits his hend higher than ever wherever they went people remarked about them what vital a lucky pair they have averyt I 1 hing good looks popularity and wonderful tiniest times I 1 life Is per play for them it was fl a desperate sort of play that flint carried on rather grimly behind the scenes linda learned all her husband could tench teach tier her in those two years and tf if site she did no not t respect him film she liked him in a to lerent way pitying his boyishness and sometimes even tits coolness in the face of overwhelming situations but roth had lived for ten years when unda linda lived one he was burned out with pe peculiar vullar urea fires and he wanted to rest though never suspecting his own tiredness it was a game however that had no breathing spaces graces the mad whirligig of change held both of them relentlessly he grew to depend more and more upon lindas ingenuity in managing and when she failed or seemed to fall he fie became victimized by a r silly futile rage rag elhat that blamed her for their particular predicament div di cament ament it look them two years to get to switzerland but they readied reached there at the proper moment the ice was lit at its best and at all the winter sports were as keen been as if the weather had been ordered by aerial wire roth koth meant to enjoy every moment or of it ile he liked snow and thre there were some new stunts that year but three days after their heir arrival he had an uncomfortable interview with the man ager of the hotel tie he promised to io move moe on that night then he went ent up and aind struck I 1 linda inda across the face wit with b a blow blat that left an ugly marh cmrk for time to come lie he left her lying across the bed shielding her hei shame and swaggered out determined to haie his fits ply play to tile the last 11 he hd add it for two hours later thea the brought him in on a stretcher with a broken neck and that flint was the end of a ho honey t n ey moon that should never have begun CHAPTER III the wall of Prete pretense inse the train stopped with such such a aud and den jolt flint the book dropped from lindas hand slie site had not been rend ing anyway and so site she let it mi un on nill LId she had bai bearl been the thick double glass window of the Pl illman 0 at 1 tire hie grayness flint pressed swi liisi HIllst the pane like i hl no sign of life was to be seen in n abat void told und eind tills suited her mood ad mini bly for he her r mentality was vas nt at a standstill without a glimmer liffer to ta ie lieve here its intense atrophy that in morn orn ing 1119 site she lind bened ened tier her eyes to snow ind a lenden leaden sh skies lei I 1 ind all through hirough the ll 11 day his had persisted until she had a subconsciously thrown herself upon the breast of the landsen pe and become d u purt part of its dreadin dreariness ess but the jolt and ands grinling of brakes brake shrill und nerve wracking disturbed he wood she glun glanced ced rather helplessly unfound the lighted ear car and tier eyes encountered these ot of tile the good looking young mah the aisle alai who at that flint moment to be looking toward tier hen across the tap tall backs of BE sections efforts ah through the coach other inquiring faces peered most of them stupid and acx lous the possibility of an accident had aroused every bno one from the hie lan inn buor of dullness that bell belonged bilged to auch a day what Is III 10 linda asked speaking quite naturally to the young 1 roan atan who seemed to have hare absorbed all ajl the intelligence of nit all tile the passengers pass have we run into a wall or a ditch lie ile sniffed smiled appreciating her coolness when the lie other women were at al rendy really beginning to nutter flutter one or both lie fie answered easily im afraid weve met the waterloo VAter loo of trains passing through nebraska in january A snowdrift can be a wall and a ditch as well he had tile he si smile tille it crinkled his eyes lit fit the hie corners ond ind they si tilled too nice fbrown eyes that had find u remark ably straight look about them teem ill go mid lind see lie fie sald said and swung on off down the hie aisle after the other men who were pushing one another in trio ans 5 ange 11 e linda leaned hack back arid and waited she wits it a seasoned nod traveler and knew that fretting got no one anywhere so bt aft cluse ifie hie delay was hateful and men abing slie site let it pleasant thought dofher of tier neighbor ripple across tier her mind A boy bov a chart charming ning hoy boy men had their place in her life a large place its as they must have in tire the life of ally beautiful woman bin bill she had formed curious little fancies about them she r su so without K nowling how it came about anstey found himself sitting beside the beautiful young woman saw all men as seekers of prey sleek animals well weil fed and beautiful shaggy and horri horrible ble reptilian I 1 she and her har kind were always prey of course she thought of things thing as natural and but the boy was different he had made no gesture of joining her even after she had find spoken first ile he had seemed deemed afraid to took look at her site she was vas thrilled and a little sorry sary for him knowing g what must happen whew when he did look he ile returned almost at once it Is a drift he said pausing beside her A whopper its bad news but im afraid we are stuck hero here for a few hours linda lifted her brows slowly no young man could be expected es to guess what tills this meant to her tits fits casual tone treated tied the whole occurrence as a light adventure but if she was a day late inte if she missed the Gregso Greg soni nj anti and their nice invitation to albami ti lf they went on without her tier her mannor manner nor gave no hint of this perturbation she merely sank deeper into the comfort of her fur coat as if she already sensed coming discomfort from chilli cars and insufficient food fond linda roth iloth had learned to look at men site she knew already that this one was the right sort site she could spend it bored half hour talking to him film ani and stive save herself at least from thoughts so without knowing hewlit how tt cattle came about brian anstey ansley found hafni self sitting beside the beautiful young woman who smelled faintly of spring mowers flowers in spite of the snow TO BE CONTINUED |