Show I II I 1 v Who r Came jame back ail Jack bodford Woodford COPYRIGHT WN URSE SERVICE THE STORY by br without without without with with- out relatives relative or rut real In In Chicago Fortes Forb young and pretty prelly yield to the Importunities of Hurvey Torrenc with whom she he fAnd herself In love She mm dl hi his hie true character end leave him hl taking r refuge fUK with I an nc Oertrude Watson CHAPTER U II 3 wakened In the morning long Inns after Gertrude had gone gene In to work She lie sprung up 1111 end arid for I the he ph me to 10 cull IIII 1 the Hie he store gru grateful that had hue tho permitted e d her to get 1 ell all of ot I the he sleep Ie ell list ut sIre she uld In tn view of ot the events of ot the 1111 night lie before furl el al ale e a hail had gotten Kolle her r department at lit store she star stared eil Id to speak plen glibly Miss II ft Truxton this thle U Is Forbes p Ie overslept o Its It's pretty lute lule but hul Ill I'll come commie right down Hot sold Miss Atlas Truxton a s little Ir Ir- I need yet yoi badly hunk up the receiver sat end thinkIng think think- lag Ing How lI eu ell ily ity almost unconscious unconscious- lv ho her mind hud hod formed p a tie lie Ile She had Imd been beon fully Intent upon Ails Trust tint that she ahe was III 11 end could out not come C down to 10 work It II ity easy Imperceptible stages one Clipped slipper down IU lIture coming coining to 10 ChiMI Chi Chi- Id hl MI eugo go It II would have hn fake taken n tier her a 8 long longtime time lo to to fo tell a lie Ile and then aims aims' il would only have hll told t It It If It were lo fu protect some Home one ine else eiRe and und there were nu no other Ilus possibly WilY way out since I and solace since learning to tell the little ties lies that she site had constantly con cou tied had to tell to lo people In con with lIh him lying hurl hud become n almost I must 1 as ns easy of ot accomplishment as os brt tike shuddered In the time clear light of ot morning lighting fighting hack back end Imd up did not nol se seen seem cm such Buch on an easy t thing to fo do mid do-mid mid after all was It really worth while Being bud bad nl ably ly got of no one olle anything but ta but ou oil tie Hie other hand what did heln good get gel one after atler nil all 1111 before the time mirror called it-called the th words word of ot the girl In the time I dance hull the lite night before She did look Inuit nl lIl nail sort of lit fre fresh h and young joung Her clo clicks eks even e lifter arising we were le it i i luto am healthy her Il eyes were deep I l Niue lu mind and bright hI lift hot Hnit stint hair all ell rut rut- tied lied und and nd d. shone thune and up III glistened glis like Ilk e ft 1 under sot is ht Alter sill 1111 she Khu hl houghl with some satisfaction sat sut slit she was as us pretty as ns sh she e bud Imd ever fr In hi been en Ill In le her r life lite prettier The r t hl was Willi tremendously ly cools rens sum Ing As she tl silt BUI pulling 01 sit nl tier her Itu stockings pleasantly I be the feel of lit soft pink Ilk against silky pi pin pint pink Ilk k t t 1111 IIii llie IIII w null wull rill phone rung rand sins huty she slie tilt tell that It If was II Harvey 0 rH Sliu RIu hu could hear the Hie blood pound lu its tier tie r ears The phone plume rung rang In tn be had bad simply asked them to ring Gertrude Oertrude Watson Watson's s roum thinking that tho I she might b be bethere bethere e there with Gertrude still He Lie ha had hod d tile met Oe Gertrude H t at time the store and anti knew knes w her III slightly hh II Ire Presently the tire phone 1 hone d stopped ringing and amid Lolila finished As she opened 1 the dar Inor to out Into the Ihl hall sir she Bhe shen e n t ran rams Into a ii omen man who stood d against lIln 1 the door jamb a 0 cigarette ciga rette between hll his Iris tips lips his hat at a Jaunty nn angle leWell le Well be tie said without apparent nt t surprise they told me Gertrude gone out It w. w was you t then who Vho called up u uthe on n f the he phone phillie was conscious s III nl a sill silly little Inward pang at af th the e f thought that hut II It hadn't after atter all alt been beer lIar Harvey Yes and oud I came up here to stun stand d II mid and HI welt alt Sometimes Gertrude gets get a II nutty U It and I let me In in inI I see see te returned stiffly She nude made ns as It to pass lass him but bUI be made madeno no tin motion to get eel out Jul of ot tier her way You Ull sure bur Ire ere re a 8 pretty kid he observed lI ld carelessly How lIow did you IOU Come cause lo to be he In III here anyhow Let Iet me mire b by please said suld olIta I-olIta I 1 am till on my lilY WI way to work and late 11 If U youre you're already late why go at hilt II me IIII III Mist I luu up ul Mime III break fist fast and H II cocktail Again she tried tiled lo to push Bush past grist him but bul this time lie Ill hi him bin ked k time the way Yay and In fuel nun noted td toward rd ner 1 so 0 that she phe was forced hark halk hi Int 1 the ire mu in 11 tie lie closed liS Id I'd I III door lr a after fler him toward Im Hie phone upon the lire wall huh hilt hl his fits ruay y laugh made he her r junior c wll with h lie trot i lea liin hia upon the lire rec re re- c c ciss r. r 1 nil thru thrill If von like tot lint Im I'm tore the theon omit on- Iud rosin ivin u who 1111 ho I Iv t to run rums i l Hi thin place I you lU Stoe ste t my mf dud dad It It tt tr titu ft ll that no II was telling the fhe tin ti-tin He II II had bad appearance e ot tit u II us yours s who hll ens M IN to lu fOr f 11 lip Ills were faultless fault fault- less Jon sod and niU It allot lailor made mude and I h he e hod that Indefinable air oil of ot corn com P piete assurance a that Is I. Indelibly hl Ol Ira as- 81 with ready mane money tie lie W was II n nut ot s she he r Irrelevantly reull really II b bad nd looking In fact hp hI was quite oils ells tl good She turned to fo fi fare face him If 11 you fOU dont don't go ro I 1 shall shah op n the window end nd call out You ou-ht ou tobe tobe to be V your way In here hert like Ike this How do I 1 know hut Nf you fOil outfit ought to o be arrested be countered I find you here In Iu a 8 gup guests guest room despite the he fact that It II Is strictly against tine tile rules rull's for far I the ht girls who whir 11 live n. n here herl to fo have i quests overnight without rl regia them For til I t know knon jots jou OU may tuny have been III shout about to In k III Iho he room roum Dont be silly snapped Again Agnin she started for tut th the HIP door Silly m my eyel eye he mete Inele gently gantly I 1 never tr was more serious In my life for that mutter matter all III Ive I've K Ko gut gutto to fo o do do Is to phone them down downstairs to o call coil rali the wagon and hove have you OU taken takeno to o the pollee station and amid held helot n is sus sus It rt would be Ill a lone tong time line be hI before before fore the thing would be III nut out probably twenty four hours houra I Ever i er sleep nil all night In a police Sill sta I have Its It's It I r 11 1 I II I lie III tt was A rp tp epI I very serious She was wag appalled ap sip- palled polled at of the thought l that lint In all ull prod ability It If would be bp easy enough for tur him to 10 do just as nil he bud bird Indicated claiming that she was WUI In tn a guests guest's room morn without any apparent right to tobe he be there U It would In fact he pretty pret ty Iy linn hind to fo get gel hold u of Gertrude nile and amid get tie the thing straightened out quickly kly Of 01 course he molded added I 1 wouldn't do du anything like that hut hue I 1 could easily emlIy Give us a little kiss nail and well we'll call nil It If sill nil square Im irn not n accustomed to kissing every etry I mt met ett I. I a asserted le stiffly pleas plena let me go go goMy My dear girl f t t youre you're him sing around with willi Gert theres there's no use your pulling lulling this Innocent stuff Gertrude Is H II great grent little kid but bul she's sires no nun and her room has hall ne e never r he bean o any ony anything thins thing at of all like a nunnery Dunner Louts 01 It II felt tier her face tart flaming Worst of ot all oil was her tier own secret em knowledge that In III one way woy she was really no belter than Ge Gertrude Gertrudee She started again for tur the door toor Suddenly he hI grasped her In to iris his Ills was Willi brutally strong and hud had no lu III finding her 1 Zips lips with his wn lie Ill pressed ahll ahot a ahot hot ll kl kiss upon her mouth end and leaned hack back exultant white In to short little gasps screamed at nt the top of ot her voice lie was a little startled Holding tier bel firmly by the wrist ht he walked over to the phone unit called the Ihl Its lIs all right I lr If bald lIld calmly and nuns flung u till the er again Ills fils attitude at nt- toward he her r however bad had changed Gee Gle youre you're n a tulln funny kid to be bans ln In lag around with Gertrude he be com com- nied mi-nied In plain puzzlement Tell jot so Ill I'll do du It If you'll let tet me drive you down to where re you work Ill I'll take you right away this Instant Thanks she snapped but I 1 prefer preter pre pre- far fer the 1 Elevated Let me go 10 at once or I 1 shall make moke such a II commotion that It will be heard clear clar out on the he street Ills His eyes yes blued blazed but bUI hi his bl voice wheedled Ou Darn It Im I'm not going to get fresh h with you any say more mor more how how could I My Jy cars car's an open roadster and sail Its It's broad daylight Ilease Please let me drive you down to work If It you dont don't I 1 wont won't let you go Youre You're sore Rore at iiI me menow now now and ond I dont don't want you fIlU to be bt bet I I 1 want to apologize and ond tell you bow hn sorry I l am for tor the lire way I 1 acted I can CUD cando do that while Im I'm driving you down What's the harm Seeing the refusal still In Ur her eyes ees he added In to a 0 purl surly manner D n O n It If It you rou wont won't leme le It let me are drive elre you down I 1 wont won't let leI you rou g go and L L. you yell ell again Ill I'll crack you IOU one alongside of ot the Jaw aw so eo that I you rOU wont won't do dl any yelling felling for tor a week welk Now come on on say AI that I 1 can ran drive you down Selecting the lesser of two evils lIs she finally consented Walking downstairs downstairs down down- stairs with him blots rather rother than trust herself herselt with him In the automatic lift which he be might halt between the floors she accompanied him burn to the snappy little gray roadster which stood at the curb urb and ond was Ju Just t climbing climb climb- In tag ing In when a voice that struck a II strange i sort ort of ot surprised d te terror at ather ather her Iler heart sounded d at nt her elbow So that's the kind of ot a double double- crossing ln you are arch arel I came come to her startled ears In Harvey's Harveys eys ey's familiar voice She turned In terror but bul he- he fore she Bhe could speak there was a sound like u II tin n apple being thrown thron n against a 8 brick wall all as os Ih the owner of ot the roadster suddenly crushed crashed his bis fist nIt against Harvey's Harveys jaw Jw I Leaning l against the side of ot tine tile an- an I weakly she Bhe watched while the ur most ost terrible right rights she Bile h e had hod ever seen In her life went on oms before her here I e eyes ell She had seen boys buys tight fight many ninny times but bul she Bhe had peter never before seen grown gru men engage In a serious en I counter It na was UI almost unbelievably dreadful The very verv all air seemed to t r seethe feel he with hate it It W was 8 as I though thu thousands of t years of c civilization hi had 1 dropped away ny and both birth of It f the tire men hall Imd reverted rc to fo the tile primordial t Their faces were expressions such a althe alt as she he had never lIe seen upon mens men's fates faces before not even even In tn pictures of ot fights In the lite movies Their lips III's were drawn hock front from their teeth like hike the lI tips lips s sot of ot a mad morl III dog ilog rime rhe hud had once see The blows that thul they delivered were so murderous that It II seemed to tn the girl that each one olle must surely kill one une or orthe the Hie other oher recently Presently the Hie blood begun to run In a horrifying stream from tram II Harvey's Harveys 11 mouth A moment later laler blood Issued from the other mans man's nose A crowd crowdu u was lq to fo collect col cob lect Subconsciously the she heard beard a policeman's whistle give gibe one of those Ihne eerie blasts ls that she he hud had sometimes ne heard late IUle at al night Suddenly lug Ing as us though to 10 pick up something from the time ground ey antagonist tilt hit him Intro such suh a terrific c blow upon the Unit hint his hie head snapped back us liS though his neck was broken He tie fe fell to the walk w hits his head striking the Ihl cement curb with a sound more sickening sick sick- ening then than any ony of ot Iho those e previous pre Harvey lay 1111 very still Ills face fuce In In- Indescribably de softened even eVIO with the blond upon ulon It II took on II the fhe must most Innocent Inno cent guileless expression that Iran bad ever seen sellI there At this moment several policemen arrived and tin tai unceremoniously shoved ed their way uy through the Hie crowd The sou of ot the owner of the apartments was leaning against the hood houd of ot his hiscar hiscar hiscar car breathing as though hI hip hie windpipe had ee been n shut oft except fI for r a very lima small II passage passage through which his hi breath whistled d tortuously lie was Will bloody It seemed to 10 Lolita sit nil o over over or r One Une of ot his bis eyes was turning a frightful fright right ful shade of ot blue Ills collar hung down the back of ot his bis coat cout iris Ids hair W was I ruined milled and his bat hat was gone One sleeve of ot his hll coat cont was torn forn almost ort off An officer who had bad been heen leaning ot over O er Harvey suddenly straightened op up and looked at Itt the others rs The tiThe guys guy's dead he said CHAPTER III That night Louis slept or rather lay loy In 10 the the dark dark and stared with wide frightened eye eyes at the one electric bulb out In the cement ement corridor of ot the womans woman's annex anne to the police pollee station All afternoon she haJ hai read the pa PRO pers per perThe The girl whom they de described 1 as Lolita was a girl girt she didn't atall at atall atall all know but who had done a few of at the things that sire sill had done thereby making It possible for the rest resl of ot the 1 things timings that bad tied been said to be be be- It seemed that her bel mind was numb so numb that she fortunately dill did not trot suffer as ns much as liS she sine would have bare baither bud bait her ber situation been less lIss terrible Toward morning she sire dropped off tiff Into In to a tortured dream sleep only to lu wake In what seemed like tike a minute or two Iwo when she heard beard the tile steel of nt the veil cell being opened Heres lIeres your breakfast salil said an faced acid Fellah bought It If at 01 the restaurant across the street and sent It II In In looked 1 do down wu I wonderingly at ot two Iwo gold white fried sf still III I I eggs s a heap of ot crl crisply n A American fried pota potatoes toes some fiume thin Guttered buttered toast roast and ond a II steaming pot of ot cofie Who was WOI the fellow she elie asked i 1 dully TO ITO OB DE CONTINUED I |