Show The heG Girl rl Who Sio Came Back BackO O Dee DeeDy Q 0 Dy By Jack Woodford a C Q C Q D W W. N. N Copyright U. U Service THE STORY Influenced b by loneliness In ChicAgO Lolita Forbes young oun and end pretty yields yield to the Importunities I 0 of ot Harvey HArey Torrence with I Ii whom the she fancies It herself In love lov i She Sh discover his hi hl true character and leave have him him taking Inking refuge sigh on en acquaintance e Gertrude Watson I to la by tie rte tt p son Mn of or the Ih wealthy owner of nt the apartments apartment Fred H HIn He In I U on driving tier her to the store lore On the I street reel Torrence l Ic waiting wAiling and end the two Iwo men en en tn gage In II a battle In which hI h IB le killed Lolita upend a night of misery In a cell She appeals appeal to her father but bUI he be answer tre that he h. never wanti to ne xee ee her again Next morning the judge at the cation of or a lawyer a stranger to dismisses the rase ralle The ThO lawyer gives her and fInd an en unsigned un un- signed note Informing her thAt college tuition has been paid for fora a veer vear He lie refuses refuse l to give the name nam of or her hn benefactor tor She takes taku up short story diary writing and l meets Mr writes a short hort story alory which Mr Ir 11 WA praises highly MI Miss Mire e Pringle a e member of the cIa class III harshly criticizes It The story etory Is la soil anti for 1350 Miss Mica Pringle dl discloses lop L real Identity JI Discouraged our our- aged d. d decide ht te to give up the struggle and et sets eels nut for a II cafe are She allows allowe herself to 10 he picked UI up by a youth In an auto and end taken laken to a roa roadhouse There her escort Insults her She Fhe I la rea rescued by her unknown friend Returning Return ing In to her room site cite find Verrill there CHAPTER VI Continued VI-Continued Continued 10 10 There Is la no telling leiling where mu may he be a HI 81 th hour of HIP Ilia night bight She Site Is the Irl rt you remember lio shu was u In ill a 8 very ery disgrace disgraceful ful tul scrape set ape Ie over I the he death I h of or a 8 mom named Harvey lar Torrence out not Ion Inn lung II ago go Im I'm that thai t r nire so concerned over oler such a girl a nod looking looking chop chap Ilk you Ue UI looked quickly il kly and Jo Jon down n at her standing In the middle ul of ill lour dent facing her he seen rd to 10 realize for forthe the Ibe first tinge time that hot be was In iii Inthe the room with hi ht He lie turner turne as U It Uto to go but she put out a hand swiftly and caught laughl hold of ot his bis arm um your 11 Mr AIr youve you've nailed waitea this lorg Iorg you fou might assell ns as sell II wall wait until she comes conies In Ue lie turned bock back again Irresolutely And 1111 she moved mo closer to 10 him and smiled up at him lira archly oreilly I 1 cant can't understand why all the concern ern over 1113 she's not nOI even een good looking Lila Ills figure became become suddenly rigid she fhe saw little tight lines form about lil his mouth as be he looked looke down at 01 her bel disapprovingly Miss Forbes be he sold said slowly I dout dOllt cure u tI whoop what OUI sister las 1151 done dune and ond us as u II matter of ot fact falt I 1 Imore Imore more or less agree with you that she's not particularly good looking hut but d o It oil ell I love loe the Ibe poor guar lithe thing on U I Ive I've nevet love lovet a woman hero hefe re and If It I can ever eer fled tier her again II II nothing dreadful's fuls ful's happened tel to l tier her herN N sit that she wont won't ever come hack hackIm Im I'm going to 10 ask hei het to II mur DIU y f me lute the till moment that I u again see tier her M stepped ed hock a 0 pace jc alf as though h Ii tit tit- struck lie he but bUI she still carried carrIer en Oil the Ibe masquerade pouted up i t I Dont you think 11 that a I Im I'm lr r tiler thus lilY my sister Youre quite beautiful Then wh wit Bu U she could see set that thOI her was as liS nothing to lu toMm Mm MID compared to 10 hi his hia e 1 evident worry f f be the safety of ot th tb other who whit whoa lOS sus a out nul beautiful She stepped close to lu him put both loth t n U upon upun hi hlo shout ghoul tiers looked up twit l-it bl bla eyes Mr Ir Iv Ive I've been belD o ae 1 ling hug you F Each ith time that youve you've lu e seen seeD me lilt Mils hula evening Jr Its It's been In iii a dim Ulm light I IBm Iam Itin tin Bm l Forbes the girl ou e known as ae al I am 1101 the theone lie one cute who 10 was 1 mix op rap lu Iu I thai hUI ful tul anal In the papers that's why hyl I dyed my hair hair all all that Ihal sort of ot thing lg wore wire those awful ful spectacles au anti l dowdy clothes clothe with wilt the long dresses dressea md lad high collars lie He locked louled swift swift- I about the room saw the electric I lI light hl R Itch strode stroda and pressed It t flooding the room fUDI f h lI high h Walking hark back the to 10 center of the nW door where she Ihl awaited hi blur III he hI looked closely at her ants and then lien wa WU In Instantly convinced Ills arms were her without d ahoy A As AA she fell felt hie tight It II SI seemed to tu HIM rim he h. was wall welling melting A thousand time she It had Imagined Iii Ills his a arena IIrmA about her c hut but In her wildest dreams It II hid had newer T seemed scented as u I as Oa It II Ml felt r now aw lits III in kl k ff mined upon her upturned face her tier closed eyes end and t upon Won her 1111 with H II Ut m J I finality that thai was 88 no go delicious hut l fl felt fell II weak Ilk arid and a II little I Sensing this be he picked tier her UI up as ss pu easily lIy a iI t though ugh she wore were a II I I 1111 ld grid en sill t ii n-n n will wild her In lO H II large e. esy chair cradling ter Lead Lell lr In his arras arms a Ulla burled her I upon upa iii his tib l shoulder and cried softly It w was wag all ell to so beautiful Some me bow how he be made ml up op for everything l that she had ml missed et In life Ufa lie Ill sat ant find and held ber bet tightly omit she had bad stopped ed crying md end had pulled a e large handkerchief from his bis pocket and ond was 1108 wiping her eyes trel upon It Shyly biding ber bar mend head afraid to 10 look at him she ghe 8 spoke Oke softly mJ Ive ve lot loved Imd ed you from the first mo mo- meat ment that ever lver I sum auw you that thaI da day when Miss Marlon Introduced us IlL Did you den dear He lie lifted tip up ber her bend to so that Ihal he might look lork Into Inlo her ber eyes Ton Yuu poor thing I wasso was waa waso so o 0 afraid that after what whal happened I In class S today you bad done some slime thin thing desperate It I woe when I gotto got KOI to thinking shout about that till that I realized that I loved ld you rou The words sent gent enl a thrill cleat down downto to 10 toes she wriggled How flow did dirt you feel when you OU first realized It II II Oh I dont don't know how bow holto to de describe It Ive I've e written he the sensation Into Inlo a e hundred stories thinking that thai I knew all about It II but bul I didn't really reali nor have bare I ever tr rend read any ony one lIe else's Isel story i that described It exactly nut Hut tell 1111 me she begged breath breathless less leM with the desire to henr hear Oh let lei me sea PI Well Veil first I felt felta a 8 sort sorl of chill chili all 1111 over pr mid and then little prickly sensations III rue came on rn mj nay scrip scalp and nest neSI I was Just breathless breath breathless less les with fright t. t rr Lr r fear lung had happened to 10 you yu I kept seeing y l el ell l 1 f T There Is II No Telling Where Lolita Forbes Forbel May Oe De e at This Hour of ot the Night you as you looked after that Mint Cringle Pringle person told rold on you and I just ached nil all lIver nver for you hut but hen tall nil I ha doesn't halt holt dl describe It It tt was ns all tip Just too tuo wonderful for words that's nip nil there Iere to In It And you yon dont don't care about aboul nil that stuff that wn was In the newspapers Not a bit Not Nol even It If I were to 10 tell you that part of ot It II really true not nol do you think fur for forone furone one minute that I wr RI uld permit my myself myself self felt to tn hold anything against any girl knowing what who I n devil of a tI proposition life Is la as III very every er who studies It II nt III close cloe quarters must Anyone with lIh an tin oun ounce e of perception cnn can see that I there Isn't a modicum of Intentional badness In you yon The fact Rat 1111 you rOil HIe one mistake k doesn't nl make any difference nt nr all alt In filet fart It II makes me want to 10 love anti and protect you yon all the more And be hI sides I 1 dont don't believe holove In all 1111 of ot the moral rights and wrongs s rhal so ninny many so glibly talk nl about lur Im I'm Im I'm not nor so sure Mini I am nm wise willI enough to calmly point in 10 one thIn thing and say guy that Is wrung wrong while white another thing hung Is right People who ho are so sure about right and wrong make me mp supremely sick Irk Hut But siiM I were to 11 I tell II you yon that t tonight I had no nn more morn moral I courage titan than deliberately to rn shirt out outto outto to ro ml ieline e things In had gent gonn wrong jm Im I'm 0 afraid Im I'm nut mil n no nu grand grandas as ns you think 4 I am nun The lime fact of the mailer matter I Is I let lei a II sheik pick me rue up lip mid amid III take eke JI me out to a 8 1 and kl kiss s me that mp that Is I let him hire take me IIII till till out I there I didn't really let lei him kiss me IIII lie hI twilled helped elt In spile ot 01 till nil I cuo clI corM ld do hut hot I gut gal away awny from him him In fat foi f. f which fact no credit Is due doe myself lie Ile looked a 8 little thought thoughtfully at nl her for a II but hili waved Ih tidy aside too ton after i r out not even en stopping to 10 urn earn comment mph t I It ns n. he hI bent beul to 10 kiss kills her ber will II und and again For a lung long time lime they sal sol u II word B as te to hugged her closely 10 0 o him trim Suddenly however er H a terrific fe leer feu took rook hul hold of ot lovIn Loving Loring Wm Mn with all n her heart she ht realized that already she was III gain again II at t th the crossroads l where hue one ODe plain lalo sign ported d to the right and end the Hie other to the lie He had bAd sale soh nothing but somehow a subtle ince had come rume over hIm and over her ber It was wai almost like a presence In ID the room mom A consciousness of peril delicious seeming leemIng yet Jet lolite lIta LI ew with portent She rose and stood before re ff Mm Ihn eyes averted prEd When her ber words cams they were pre almost a whisper I You Ton had hod better go nolIe now no lie rose roS roSall all stud and stood before her lakIng taking lak tak ing both bolh of her hands bands Mast Musi I IT 17 Yes lII es you you you-you you must mut it at once onre too plea please e. e nut But yot told tolt me you rou loved me meI met 1 I do dr Then Tho Thor r rYon You Yon mu must t go n at once onee He lie caught her lu tits bill arms and bending he back blick allied kisses I pon her throat threat her tier clicks cheeks and finally tier bet lips No no no DO no DO she Ibe said laid pushing him from her I want you OU to gap tI- tI go gop tIp p ease Almost violently she pushed him from her Without another wo word 11 tit he turned toward the door but bul alt at al att t t t. e door he stopped turned around round smiled warmly Little angel unI he wild said dont let yourself Hint that theres there's hud had about you yuu I was as testing you YIU de tie Youre You're true blue II you yuu asked me to to jO It would have hll broken III my ury heart I couldn't hue have stopped loving you OU but It II would have e been been different different not mint half halt so n beautiful us liS It II Is now n With that thul he opened the lie door and was WItA gone For u a tong lung time she Blue stood In the middle of ot the tile flour reeling feeling his hula kl lSe stilt still upon her his bis warm arms about her Then she sal sat down before a 5 little dressing table loble and started re removing reni ni moving mf lie bet hel clothing Presently sh shut drew trew on a pair of silk pajamas arid and slid slit In be between wco cool era covers She sighed and und hugged h her r pillow ond and all ul ot once oneE It came Caine to 10 her thai that she bad tind somehow i changed for the better beller How 9 wits was It II that she he had hod ordered him ulm to ro go though h every ounce of or her physical being be beIng ing wished Iii him mu to stay It If was sours some v lio wonderful because It proved lOn eon elusively lint thol she was vuis Dot not as os ale nhe ban hon bana a II little let herself gradually think she was S A feeling ol 01 happy huppy triumph shot shoe through her hlf For Fur the lire first time 8 since net lIar y ey Torrence hud bud cone come Into Inlo her hei life lire she fell rell good clean as though siu were really fInlly going to III be he to 10 live up 1111 to 10 her highest In ID Sill spite Ie ol of everything er tiling thing CHAPTER VII TIle The following morning woks I up to 10 find Ord It II raining a grimy gray rainy morning like lilt one would have hn made her feel Infinite Infinitely ly Iy sad sud and til blue tie but bul tills Ibis morning III Ill effect was just the opposite She enJoyed en en- Joyed Joed the steady sound ol ot the rail ralE against the window I even een thought thin the Intermittent of ot the fog foghorn foghorn foghorn horn at ot time the rivers river's mouth which sh slut could faintly hear bear leor even en though she was as a long way from It It was friendly friend I jund j und anti beautiful Mentally slue she went al alOer over O the events of ot the night before and again so real reul that she blushed she could feel warm arm around her feel his tips lips upon lon her own She wondered how bow sawn guon lie Ill would en al her up Perhaps be would I come luDle or send flowers low pet perfectly feel ly de It II was to know that one war wai curet erred cured for wanted b by somebody b by the one body In to all ull of lh Ih lit whole wide world that one most what WInt ed Id to In he hp cured cared for h byl I there here was a knock at the door Who Is It II Ill OO Lolita called out cheerfully cheer cher full fully Its me came corne back burk the voice Iolee of Ib landlady Come Cultic In cull culled ailed d back buk The rue door opened n nod and Air Mrs Hardy en She SIll wits was H a go luik go-luik soul She lund had hud hind two 1110 bus hums bands both hoth of whom whoa hud had died but alit u was convinced Hint luau 1 tae Hie l heel hebl eel nus pus bund hand she bhe he tint had ever eHr had would vuu Id any liny dl diy day slow show up ull und and tarry carry her tier oft ulf t U it Uan an h Ivory tower lover She Site advanced und and sill sal down upon I he the edge of ot the tile bed und mod handed a lung long envelope lilt I her r name onue printed UH upun M It l tore lure It open und a II check for or ninety dollars was re revealed re I I Hot lot dug II I d Irs biro Hardy I Sold Suld another story Youre You're going le tt te tebe be a II big JIg writer some sUllie day like Mary Mury 1 or Funny Fanny Hurst Burst Oe Get I 1 wish I land hurt your our ability I II I I should ghoul think your jour expert I 1 cove ence that Ihal you OU could write ten len timer 11 met I better stories than I I. I remarked halt Thill wire sure wits was a swell fellow ft called here to see se you OU last lost night Mrs Mra How flow Howard I ard and begun began enviously TO eTO EB III CONTINUED I ov |