| Show The Girl Who Came Back BackBY BY JACK WOODFORD e Copyright W. W N. N U U. U Service THE STORY Influenced by loneliness In Chit go to Lolita young oun and an pretty relt yields yield to the of Harvey Torrence with whom cite ehe lie fancies herself In love Sho She discover his hll true character and anti leave luve him him taking refuge with an ae acquaintance Itc Gertrude Watson Lola Lolita l is I. accosted b by the th theion theion ion on of the Hie wealthy owner of at the apartments apartment red Fred Watterson He lie maid on driving B her to the tore store On tin the street Torrance Torrence I Is I. waiting wailing lie putt pub the worst wont con on being with ant and the two men en- en engage 1111 gage In a It battle In which Torrence e It Is killed Lolita pen spend a night of at winery In a police cell ell She ih Informs her father by III wire of her het situation but lir I answers answer thaI Hint he h. never wants want to tore see re her tier face again Next mornIng morn morn- log Ing the Ju judge ae at the Indication of ot a lawyer wyer a stranger to Lolita the case caie The Th lawyer I gives give her tier 1200 and an unsigned note not Informing her that college tuition ha hu ha been paid rail for tor a year He nil refu refuses e to give rIve the name of ot other her benefactor She take tak up short dory writing and meet meets Mr writes write a holt hock tory story which Mr air I praises praise highly Ml all Pringle a aI I member of ot the class harshly criticises It The story I Is II sold old i for tor 1350 bile Mi Tingle Pringle discloses Lolita Lohta's real Identity I aged Ix Lolita decides decide to give up the struggle and aid sets set out tor for a safe fafe a fe CHAPTER VI VI Continued Continued v Q B Like Uke nil all good medicine he raid mill I It Its It's a little hard to take but oh ob boy It will Ile 1111 yo you up flue fille Mel Me I Im I'm going to get liquored up a little If tr you dont don't lie Ile tossed off his tats gin 10 without with out flU so o much as a wry face and or or- more mure Now tie lie announced were wore going to 10 get acquainted Me my Me-my my names name's Lawrence l stalling Stallings I live at home V with my fairly vel elJ i but not par particularly honest parents heard of Dr my dad he rims runs restaurant In tn the loop the only restaurant In 10 town where I 1 cant can't get liquor I was wai lust driving around looking for tor a playmate play mute mate wh when I 1 d you jou ou Im I'm to dont don't mention It It l smiled In to spite of or herself He Ill was i as gay anti jolly joll though she deep down didn't quite approve O of ot him himA himAt himAt A At any nl rate rale be he looked n wholly holly harm less lees Me lIle she began Imitating his hI die lion m my names name's Margaret Farrar Im I'm Im I'm a writer I live e all by my lone lone- some innie I 1 was 1103 out for a walk when I heard your extremely nervy hall hail and tame lIme along wIth you fOU and anI m IU a little lorry sorry I did already because It If It you IOU drink very much more of or the gin gla you'll overturn O the car In 10 a ditch going home Thanks for tor the buggy bU ride commented com corn the youth tossing oft off another plus glass of ot gin and nodding for tor tier her to 10 finish here terr which she promptly did Theres only one thIn thing hung that thai I l like bester bet bes better ter than gin and If it you dont don't want to In Ret get damped Into Inlo a ft ditch on oo the WilY way home you toU belt better r lure ure me me 0 away way from the gin gin with Ith a ft little lot 10 loving Ing Loving Lo laughed dout dont be silly why I t dont don't Know you jou OU at lit all 1111 However r she bhe nas as not particularly I offended of J fended at III what hat he had dad said laId hlll did It muLe male tiller after all IIII And besides the till gin was beginning to make her tier frt l happy and tind carefree Bhe She rose at ot hU his nod Dod to 10 dance lilli It I seemed to tier her that lint In all of ot her life lite the she had lud never oe d a dance B s. s much herme lie Ile held her so 10 lightly that the breath was WOI almost almust squeezed t out Dut of ut her but bUI she site rather rother liked It II tint that is Is until suddenly Ih she saw a ft fa ra figure emerge from II a door or on the other side of or the room look about carelessly ll owl and thru then n clad tier her As the calm gray eyes ejes of oC the nian wits wits' 1111 lied 1 been bIO mysteriously caring raring for her ber hermet met hers her site ele felt suddenly sobered There wits 1 l something positively ely fright MU cuing In lu them He lie swung about on en till his heel beet made I U boa D or Of two 41 with his liU mails and ami turned turn bask bad h the clour duir out ow of 0 which lie hI toad bad emerged II a moment t before blore Almost three or ur four ur looking characters r l hIm through uh I the he door fluor l decided d to III say slY nothing the lie Incident to tu Iu Laurence lie ale led her tier buck 10 so tl tube lube Youre H II damns fool toot he lie told her hl hill evident e to Gaiter batter tell l ue 11 o. o can rail you jou ou toe love e like you jou cuss IlIn dunce rr Sr you jou rather take tak taka a turn urn nt at be Ibl t I iii le first t 1 f think that what hilt we e had helter better duIs do du doU U Is lent ien e e at sit nee she site oM told him dim amIon am any Ion Iro y 1 i lieto you jou OU gi go n again U 11 til the matter with you jou Iut I tell you 11 you jou ou positively er don duat t drink ti wind 11 uJ all till there 1 Is to tn It ItI I Ile III If over o the lute nailer to In III- III defter In tier her character At the Kline babee Huse be he tugged ed al at he the alter alteri i r I I unil pulled Nita O over lr to I i 1111 li hit rt to hits his nr ar The waiter niter nodded dried Law Lew Lawn LawI n out iii-c iii rose r rOl m e tnt iu nn In he hI said sal crl Ily I 1 fuest guest fues gueste uel H e t- t t. t t Her tiler pet get out of ell all hi 1 nol nul nuke e 11 11 1111 I r. r hut JoU rou lies lie's j. j tou nu Ir 10 In gel u ire IIIi a quiet tabu up III liti lIh ml III Unit Ilan she hI well tuu-i abide H Mi with the tilt thought that nothing mattered anyway Louts Lolita followed fol tol- lowed him upstairs The walter waiter led the way any out upon what appeared at 01 first glance to be a large second ator story porch but saw law at once that It ass partitioned oft off Into Inlo little tittle sections which opened out Into large trees that grew all about II the house bouse but bill was shut hut off from the rest resl of the house by a door which the waiter closed after he be had hod brought two more little opaque glasses es of or liquid Ore fire and Louts walk walked Id I'd to the window and told stood looking honking out Into Inlo the calm t. t tees eel with lIh the moon above them She thought of her father of 0 sir Mr of ot the tie girl friends friend she had luid had bud down In 1 Suddenly she fihe felt Celt tears starting She Bhe w WI rated no so 0 much some one who would cote care en re for tur her man or Ot woman some one CIne tp whom wham she mattered In some way shape bope manner or tram form and there was no one onel I Suddenly however she found herself held tightly lightly In Lawrencee Law rente's rentes arms For Tor a moment she In lay against h. h shoulder grateful for or even this specious lIs solicitude anti and then theu he ire mole made a during daring move which sent anger Into Inlo her ber veins like molten fire She struck out at him with i all II ll hei het might but hut he woe was surprisingly strong Completely Completely Com by the knowledge of or hIs bis Intentions so pointedly demonstrated demon strafed she fought like a young tigress every evry atom olom of her being In instinctively ely loathing Ind fearing the youth now It seemed too late for the realization to do any ony good but she shedid shedid shedid did very definitely have the consciousness conscious conscious- ness that however much she might believe that last she did not cot care core what whal happened to her and RnO how far tar she went nt along the wrong path she did didn n II re a 8 matter of ot fart fact care a whole lot She Rhe would have given anything In the theo world to be back safely In tier ber room alone She could feel her strength fulling tailing and knew that In a mom moment en I the battle buttle would b bl be over and that thai she would have lost Lawrence feel feelIng Ing lag her hr weaken foken clipped clasped ped both arms about her outside of ot her OWl arms tinkling holding tier her completely helpless and pressing hU lips down upon her own In n a wet kiss that sent a nausea of ot revulsion through her She struggled again to free tree herself bulhe buthe but bul buthe he picked her up bodily and was car her ber across Jae c room TV when hen hen out of ot the dark a gruff grutt voice sounded Put Iut ut tier ber down was nil all that the voice said but Its timbre was such that even erD the Intoxicated half fout youth h obeyed instantly Again almost Immediately LoiRe heard that horrible sound so like an un apple being ln thrown up against u II brick wall wull which hoc had presaged liar vey's veys death She slumped to the lour and would have hare fainted If It a still had not nut suddenly grasped tier hr She saw now b by the dim Tight light of or the moon that thul there were three or tour four men In the Ilse porch alcove e The stood stolidly purposeful like black wraiths Dont kill him oh please dont don't kill him tutu I I Loll I n begged mindful of xv lint hind bud followed a former occurrence occur rence of ot this kind lies just JUKI 1 out sold said a II gruff grul voice vo It a kindly that thaI heartened het hel Come Collie around ID in a minute or two IWO Can you ou walk now asked theman the theman man who Vito was ns holding her stood up and took u slap su-p p fur for wind sly the tie door dour opened and the light from the thou hull bull shone out For or Just u a tI 11 g uio wu meat she caught a II glimpse of ot the fu ru collier form of 0 he the waif tutu w wi 1 the gra eyes ejes lu III the and then be tee down a stair Malm-ay Malm vay a II word woul she e walked along Dions between tw two j u of the Jeo each of or whom wham held beld one une of tier her II rill arms while another walked before them and snottier another behind Dunn through the house bouse and out oUI 11 a hack ruck diH dour r they took look her ber leading leu dill hes 1111 hesto to a large black louring calf and 11 Ns 4 tier hEr Into Inlo It Without u II word V. I W ot III the men wen tutu moist the th front seat and two Iwo more ink Int the Ille hack rk sent one oue on side 0 of her The cur r started with 1111 it s jer and anet soon n wits Will r p In lug hark 1111 1 town at III a frighten lu Iu lag talc rate of ot speed Not a II ward was us sunken spoken by any Rny of or the men 01 nil all of whom ore note caps taps pulled down low Inn over o their eyes je A In Insi Insl I she he I turned lamed 1 to 10 the one upon 1 b bPI het i right T TAre Are you sure lure that you JOO didn't kill that young man mant Both of ot the men laughed throatily Kill him himl I II 11 U II Takes rakes more mor than thon thana In to the kill lies He's d a 4 poke jaw to a R guy gur probably behind us In tn the road by br this time Who Is that gray eyed tuna man who sent you to toke lake me Ole home There was no reply to 10 this she he e turning to the man mon on 00 her left lett I 1 want very much to knO r Still no reply For or several Be minutes she plied them Ulem with questions questions' bear boul n nt nl upon upon this sub Jett but hut nut not a oJ word would either one ol of the them say eny th they sat it like In duns staring out at nt th Ih the III side de of or the road rood s liB though they were totally that not she wes was In the car r Presently the sound of ot racing en engines glues gines behind them attracted the men mens attention The man at ut her ber right culled out an on order to the driver and ond ondI I the he en car r slowed down don from Its ter this pace of SIll sixty tulles miles an hour 01 of more Almost Almust two motor mo lor tor cycles each vv with a 0 uniformed policeman police police- man upon It ft It came up on os both sides ol of the cat car The car stopped and one ot of the approached It while the theother theother other remained behind with as os Lolita I could see twe when she rhe looked through II rear glass gIlls a drawn n revolver re In tn Lola hand She was frightened to death but no sooner had bad the er who bad I dismounted walked over to the driver I than he turned called out to the om behind the car Charlies Charlie's men and promptly drove ort oft The car started again gradually working up n a speed even more breathtaking breathtaking breath breath- taking than before In an Incredibly short shott space of ot time tillie Lolita found the car stopping before the building In which she site rO roomed Without saying u II word to her one of ot the men took tier her arm led her tier to the door waited while white she opened It 11 with ber her key tipped his big hat hal and ond was gone From the one glance she got gol ut al hIs bis face ale with the light from the halt hall upon It the clue knew that thud be he was wui l the kind of ot man mon whom she ate would Instinctively ely have hove walked around several eral blocks to 10 avoid old Ills face was wal the sort which can Iun only be he properly described by br the adjective hard hurd and aud his hla eyes ejes were almost murderously murderously mur mur- cold and unsympathetic and und yet such men had bad rescued her ber The wonder of or It So 80 occupied her mind mint as us she walked 1111 up the tile stairs stair to t the rho second door that she stumbled over ewer feet where be he was sitting asleep lu a hall chair S e e Wart III rose ruse unsteadily to hIs feet felt ln bably hud never n presented such a II perfect of or youth and beauty In 10 her life lire She Site had Inid taken aRher off tolT her hat hal mid aid was 1 a It II In 10 her ber lOlL bund Iles bobbed hair caught the light gull recesses Her Iler cheeks were lied from the IIII effects of lit the gin and the evenings evening's excite excite- ment She Site looked dunked a B little frightened softly ft feminine lint and anil tremendously up lip but hUI frowned it at ul her Im sorry bliss Mis If It Im I'm In trading rutting tout but Im I'm worried your sister A quite terrible thing hii hlll hill In class cluss and Im I'm She's done dune i K I I cl de decided ceded to tot tuv II here unlit she slie carne t buck busk or I until you jou lIlI virtue buck huek I guess the lilt lady of ut C the hn v p thought that hut I h tin hail ii gone Bone out There d in e-in to t bo III lIoI around I suit Sill down hl here heie i. i to Willi and went to III o steep sleep He lie poke In Inn n II 11 very verv Iu low v tope tone t I 1 Is motioned fur for hint him to I follow her IlIr I in Eu II h tier her room rm shy she was n careful to III turn on an 11 nothing hut hul H II t little tamp Itin I JiM lighted barely esI the room Closing the Ih dour dr still ly she sill to h. him My Mv Iy name site t-he hl said watching watch III trig ing hi iii aid what hud hill lie Ur caw of rat I the hI gio glow v of nt fur for furher her hosting that l the she lied bud seen In Ili hU Iii eyes ejes earlier In the Ih e euing Is not nor herror If It Is Farber My Iy sisters sister's name Is 1 Poi hes too So 0 II I was told tills n ft or noon She hl find been 1111 intend M a ln ilni class i nt ut t mine mile I hut but I hut IJ i make any one bar way 01 of hr Till The iii thing Is Is ruts luis olne bec-olne o of her Where nit lUIl she fhe he III nt et title Ihlo hor of ot the Ihl night hl carrier carried on no ties bei dt STa T UE rag CONTINUE n. n i |
