Show SO go tarry larry cutter TOUT STORY STO jacqueline anthony with hotel ry car the wr at t la 11 by stenographer wate bint b her e from rom the lobby jck ge jacque acque efrost called rt ns to met ineat he h dae cali toted an image positive that the she was quelene killed larrys carryl 11 dinner invite reclined so admitting she did recall st frequently ay dined down in 1 ne ar cadete cafeteria tin and might do annear licht ight mr cutter r had accepted promise a nd taken himself s a p TU see ace you smiling th tha a ol 01 ning thanks like that t quelene anthony had been en cn truthful when she told larri cutter that she know had listened to him in tho the she he I 1 alace As she recalled it the amused than angry been leen more startling tt ling proposal she was ely ell interested in his remarks travel she had been attract there was some him as well in his direct assertive man appealed to her especially billat illat idt assurance that she forthright tome some day re aleze her area greatest test lon of course he interested casual solution for a trip to orient stunned her for the mo me left her almost speechless be had g gone a away n y without hou t div F tt je n a chance li one two to r reply cepl ly when ty he returned the she would put a further conversation on to 0 any topic t the he call from mr dennison Denn lson c anaed evereth everything ing everything world now how could he have 0 i d that very moment to come 0 put the finishing touch to an situation why edg re was no answer unless I 1 i late ate mr cutter said eald it was ant nt dennison Denn lson was a 8 partner in roke brokerage rage firm of falk and den j quelene quel lne had made two est t investments with them and contacts always had been with anfor partner was vas a sharp little man managed in some way to give that anyone who I 1 the market was more or less but it if the tool fool was deter to part with his money s i folk falk and dennison Denn lson might as hive ive the commissions morning dennison Denn lson had come 4 I 1 to the point of his bis errand in lynear mind lound a memorandum on my yesterday wit erday miss anthony that hal id called quelene kellne nodded apprehensive dont at know where you got your W buy I 1 that stock in the first but you have plenty of corn com when it started going up the it did we were a little of it inside manipulation we 1 I tee see any logical reason it now ow as though we might have correct ou i mean m afraid so it if you remember gg ested ted that you clear your W 1 investment before buying cond lot I 1 dont blame you abot doing it the way it moving iving up but you may have on i too long of course youve following it yes ye our s loss 1083 would be heavy at the ot atlon it might be wiser to it for or a time but whatever r let us know at any time there ire anything else no thank you very much deason enlson for your trouble rouble shuble at au all miss anthony mr dennison Denn lson had hurried out hs i hands thrust deep into the d of his flapping rain raincoat coaL A him went all of jacqueline DYs s dreams of the future all ity and in a state somewhere tell i inertia and panic she had ed to a renewal of larry cut mating proposal in a mo me bof sheer and unreasoning des tion i she had said she ebe would hirn iro she was sure by this she i had promised wai wae a gamble noth more or less it was the sort 4 her father would have done aeline ne reflected promise first afterwards erhos P she was more like her than an she suspected cent 1 anthony loving and ir ble f failure a 11 ure that he was had his daughters outstanding trial I 1 her w more mature years she apted him as her particular le when aben she was seventeen the that trail frail little madge anthony lold down the same burden jac e was the e pairs airs only child 1 l t always was in quest duest of about ul to lo overtake big money dl mrk hii an and systematic saving no for him let others if ey y eared cared to anthony knew would a strike it rich some day had a ready eady excuse for each sue suc 14 failure allure with the fading of n he was off in fresh pur 1 I the e mother who was waa forced 8 os of the nece necessary an fn tot w herself and jacqueline Jacquel lne iol vincent when he chose to the e nall nail home with his pros pres ln th that at waa the nume jac 44 og stowed bestowed upon her parent As toon loon as she he was able to quite the most charming 0 aa child could inow installment NT nay my letter to a noted arche archaeologist archeologist when the she told him about her great reat longing for or travel he casually replied that she h could realize her drem dreams by marrying him another man entered the office before the she could answer larry returned ft H ft at tho the time lime the wife and mother passed unobtrusively from tho the tarn fam lly ily picture jacqueline Jacquel lne had managed to complete a business course and was happy in her first position vince harboring an idea that tho the motherless girl needed his care and protection took time out to give the world some needed inventions ile he always had intended to do that when ho he got around it the antho nys nyal living room promptly became a workshop housing an amazing miscellany of gadgets financed from elines meager salary several years passed in this unusual situation jacqueline Jacquel lne pros and finances became less of a problem the girl lived two separate lives one was in the world of bust busi ness where she exhibited unusual proficiency appreciated by employers the other life was almost entirely between the four walls of that living room where she listened with patient enthusiasm to vince as he put with his contraptions one of his favorite pursuits was to outline a world trip they would take as a first celebration vince would produce an old atlas and with jac quell nes shining head close to his vince assumed a politely injured air map out r routes and ports of call this was one recreation in which the girl always was ready to join joh outsiders almost never intruded in this life the anthony home had no room for guests nobody else would understand vince and so eo all her acquaintances were made in the workaday world and remained there with the building of the twenty story had bad come a change in the life of jacqueline anthony A former employer arranged an opportunity port unity for her to become the new hotels public stenographer she was highly delighted it meant being in business tor for herself at last at that time the serious little stenographer with the shining cin namon brown hair had reached the age ot of twenty two and looked eight een cen days in the busy and fashionable opened an entirely new vista to jacqueline Jacquel lne anthonys blue eyes here was a small world in itself the inhabitants of which she came to know in a 8 quietly friendly fashion it was much me like that round the world trip yet it all exerted a strange and steadily growing int influence luence it planted seeds c P 1 revolt jacqueline anthony began to appreciate more and more what her mother had endured for r so many years growing fears assailed her she was following the same path already she had mis missed sed the life enjoyed by most girls her intimate friends social a 0 age A home contacts men had no part in her existence save as she encountered them in business it was all wrong then one day vince 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 infinitely greater returns and it wont be long now he assured his bis daughter dough ter airily in six months well be sailing vince ive got to tell you something and jacqueline clino found herself hurriedly reciting her declaration la of independence vincent anthony had been on trial for a quarter ce century n in his own house hereafter he might find b bed ed and b card board there but not one cent for dry batteries the family must and savings account would have a growing jacqueline Jacquel lne mann managed ged to keep her voice ste steady lidy there was no a answering ns outburst vince assumed a politely injured air if jacqueline Jacquel lne wished to throw and riches he was aside the leisure all it about to div alvo tr after when he left to and jacques eUno really greatly depressed ened lie offered a marriage cork COB tract permitting her to retain her mode mod of 0 living and to cancel the matrix marriage 1 aftel ix months month ill do it she he agreed ito e d now with the story atory was about what a father might expect these days it the first arst time that a genius family had proved a stumbling block it was a hard task for the girl to steel her heart against this martyr complex but she knew instinctively that she was doing the right thing for the two of them it was doubly hard to witness his lurt hart air going about like a small boy waiting tor for solacing negotiations three days of the new order then vince was missing when jacqueline Jacquel lne came homo home to prepare dinner she was almost ready to give in had her father known on the table was a note a note the girl deciphered through blinding tears vince was very sorry but he must conduct his work in a more congenial atmosphere following her first season of depression and anxiety jacqueline Jacquel lne was rather ashamed to find a certin certain feeling of relief taking possession of her she found a modern one room apartment in a much more attractive part of the city and established herself there she planned to start life iffe over to really live ave A great mental uplift came from that courtland street home very different from jones street and business at the hotel was satisfactory is for the most part miss anthony public stenographer gained the reputation for rapid and accurate work slowly but surely she built up a local trade in addition to the hotels transients dreams seemed to be coming true at last even the great dream of them all was slowly taking shape jacqueline Jacquel lne was saving her money with calculating intent first there must be something against a rainy day and vince when that was attended to the cross crossing it might be the one and only trip of her life she might spend the rest of her days paying for it but it would be glorious and daring there was but one trouble it if only there were some nome way to speed that cash reserve in the savings bank it was a chance remark from old martin jacobs that showed her the way jacqueline know knew very little about mr Jacobs save that his occasional dictations revealed the fact that h he lived somewhere out of the city H he must be wealthy how would you like to make some money had been his unexpected question to the stenographer you could use it I 1 dare saya say of course was elines cautious reply do you ever invest in stocks my dear no sir air im amazell youre probably the only girl in the city who mr jacobs lowered his voice let me give you an inside tip watch an industrial called southern fur since nace something nice is going to happen to it buy some shares and hold them thank me 1 my dear girl jacqueline pondered the information she ventured some discreet questions to archibald potter the first time she had an opportunity so the fever has caught you miss anthony mr potter was tolerantly amused yes he recalled hearing southern furnace mentioned favorably it might be good forn for a flier bier why miss anthony talk to falk and dennison she might tell grant dennison that potter sent her hiss miss anthony did in a spirit of grand recklessness jacqueline Jacquel lne invested a goodly share of her bank account in southern furnace mr jacobf jacob was right southern furnace forg fordfd cl slowly but surely up in price she purchased another modest block against grant dennisonn Denn Denni hons sons lukewarm advice it was waa evident that mr dennison Denn lson much of a gambler then something happened the rh e whole list grew erratic some stocks stock fell sharply and southern furnace showed an ambition to lead the retreat almost in desperation she decad decided ed to have a talk with dennison and learn the worst he was not in when she called today he called upon herl r the great dream suddenly had vanished into oblivion reduced to ash in the devouring maw of southern furnace and now jacqueline Jacquel lne anthony had bad gambled her future on a wild and unheard of throw for what 1 A I snatched at security paying for it with herself things of that sort never hn nap bened in real life when she saw mr cutter agian she would find that it all had bad been a hoax if only she never had to see him she run away though she needed the worse than ever she would tell mr cutter what in some fash fashion lor the day dragi dragged geo to an end TO BE CONTINUED |