Show The Girl Who Vho Came Back 0 D O D Q C By fly Jack Woodford gee coo V w. N. N CopyrIght U. U S Service CHAPTER VI VII VII Continued Continued L-Continued 12 12 It It was nothing nothing nothing-no no trouble at nil all 00 took It II all a 8 little too seriously that Is the death of that ap lap f You u couldn't help that and andere ere iere Is DO no reason why you OU should connia con- con nia yourself for It Of course the theng ling ng which led up to It cannot be lightly disposed of stIll ot-stIll still It would 8 e foolish to condemn yourself for lat ioL It was a lesson a rather rother hard hurd nd Dd advanced one to be sure Bure and one ut lat Is t to be regretted and yet there 1 I only one thing to do put do-put put It behind DO DU forget forge I about It and be different i the future Believe elle e me 1 I shall shull asserted Louts That Is Isoe have ho already De oe of the things which I wanted to toe e you about You Vou see Gee I cant can't allow on DO u to go on paying my expenses I Ice Ile ire le you enough as us It Is is and I wont want I pay you back just as soon as pos pos- bie ble In the meantime though I you yon wont won't think that Im I'm jl JI I 1 am going to ask you not to to er er- er ob lok after afler me any more If began Gray Oray Eyes Ees slowly you DI t Into 1010 another bad scrape who you turn to to get you out of r LoUts Lollia thought a long n time i she had hadIt ot 01 It expected a 0 question like this But I do not Intend to 10 get Into Inlo an on Jore scrapes It woe was the Orel one olle I Ier IIer Ier er Ier gut got Into ItU In nij life and I am sure hat lIal It II nis as the Ie last one lie shot IB Is t tnt nut remark r at tier her like a bullet Vet ret you ou let u a nothing good sheik sh lik lek k you up at the other lither night anti ami bring ou U out here sourly neatly getting you Into I second scrape as liS had as us the first ne LoUIs hung tier her head bend She he had to to 10 this lie Ue went wen I on ona a a soothing tone toOl Never Neer mind I know what prompt d I you jou to 10 do that I 1 dont don't at lit all ull u Iee hat you should so hll lime hose e given In to tofe tofe tore fe re as to 10 wont want to III throw thru yourself If u away of a petty till ill I have hn done so many fool things i my own lifetime I can hardly con un ems anyone else for being le Ie was silent for a long time eyeing er specula speculatively lively His Uis next remark little disconcerted You Tou are very pretty I sometimes som ate ae occasion to hire beautiful women o U sing or dance dance tn In various places ilat may not be a competent Judge of beauty i still I know the type trpe f I woman that appeals to most niost men menou menou ou on ou are particularly appealing tand Ini ou Os are deliciously young It Is un that nature does duts not equip iris as liS beautiful as yourself with equivalent to their beauty ut nt you yon are arl going to develop de strength f t and and I am om going to Lo help lp on 00 Why lire are you so 10 Interested In rue lie He did not nol HI lit once reply hut but sat mil nudity thinking his held helel eyes eyt's II a faraj far far- a aj loon ions as os he gazed out oUI of the win W ow deliberately avoiding Iw tier her pureo pure gore o 0 her ber amazement Instead of ut replying I her question he Sullenly suddenly turned ln In n her tier shifting I the be subject rom eon Ho no yo yoU inn happen hoppen to know that hal Mr Is practically engaged to tour mar marf f r a 8 Miss MIs Ii Ingle Lolita LUta felt fell something within herself h Re 1 way Almost before the she he knew Imp the tears lears were rolling roiling down tier her Hi Somehow the julet ulet unit firm I which he hud had said suld It was cOIn COil Inc Inco l she S foil felt that It was true Irue doubt II He tie rose from lila bis choir eked iM her tier up lip bodily and reseated him him I Ir If holding her tier I In III ii It hIs bis is l IU I. I Some In met 1011 within her ha banished all I Iii I a a I t a z it ii iiI r I 0 anything but I the he need for tir u a com limit She Slie burled her face Clue on un his older mid Hod cried so ISO that It shook r Ir hult hotly bUlly I Ills I is hand path d ed her hI milder Ukler and he bent over mer and amid kissed r i-r upon thi the temple For one moment e terrified thought come came to tn her tor hilIe that Hint e t s-t too tou o. o was US mm attempting to make lo loj III j I her W yet set also 1 some sonie ot other oIlier hir deeper Sling told old her with more morl that Ihal tt he he was nut not Inte Intent t upon of the kitH kind Presently she PEM Id to In her ner feet walked fl tu tue e e window looked out seeing nUt nul noth Ii h 8 of tile the scene seene without st I Jt devastating scene Sl-ene within her hr own She he hit bit her lip III and in ulla about to 10 find Ifray Kye II Just hIM her IlIr watching tier her curiously I 1 d min n t I cur eare site nhe told td him hint firmly s h vini Iad liven Iun It what yIO u I IJ I h iii Mr i r rn I I I In Is t true rUt I ii In rIl re I Im I'm m a. a not to let It lr I y J wart or ruin iu my lilY tile lIre I it It du Imp ml II lii n t I mm Hi minI I II l la Is huh In Miss MII r 1111 and lius hus been mill all lit ht t I the us I lime lame II ItS h. hI hiti beer been I I It II n love ive to 10 me IIII I 1 HI ful Ui thing that hits lias huh hup hupT I T 11 hi u flip nn- jet Pt PI hilt hut somehow Ii sv I I know iii 1 t It It m not note Il goIng lu In let ci eun tie e In life CW k me nip over O overl It l II i it Irule un fly run more ire I Im I'm m iii In III it IIII ii nn nil tie lp si II l fl I 1 hp 11 II 1 M women I nj 01 lilt ot it some sIim mim for fur furIn m tim In t liners I ii II e itt eppe sil Ho r li 51 e In II hr Ie Ler er S' S In u a firma firm lOoked feTt felt relt deeply Into her eie'S e as though K h. h were looking Into loto her very verI soul and Somehow she w wa almost proud of he be find a there It was all the time limp In her here life lite that she e bUll ban ever eer felt fell that w way war y half hair ot of her was In n chaos at the thought of but nl other another halt half it ot of her ber was singing I a brave fave little c that K song was particularly sweet and new evidently E whatever Gray Cray K Lyes Ees es saw deep dep In her eyes eyl'S satisfied him Intensely He tie let lct go 0 of her shoulders and held beld out his right hand tartly she put forth her own UP lip gl g e e her n band a no almost cruel shake and without another word turned to the table picked up his hat open opened Id I'd tIme the door and was gone Sur ur Iollia went Int over to the door to open It and ond follow him rememberIng remember remember- Ing lag that he hI had answered none of or the time questions she had hud come corne to 10 ask but the door was locked lockert A little dismayed at this she stood thinking for a moment mo mo- ment meat Almost Immediately the door was open and the man who hart had led Id her through the underground passageway passage way stood In It rome Come on on he said gruffly Automatically loilta followed him down through the house houp out tIme the front door and to a touring ear car which stood In the graveled ra roadway at al the side of at Sh She Walked Over and Sat Down In a I Chair the house lie He opened the door dior of 01 the ear cur and stood respectfully while she entered whereupon he lie mounted d to 10 time the drivers driver's seat and started at mit a 0 dizzying ln speed sled toward town In an utti Incredibly short space of time Louts found herself her tier sc self lf back hurk he before fore the tIme building where she roomed Without a 0 word the driver opened the time car door joir for her and she dismounted Ue UP climbed buck hack Into the drivers driver's sent jerked d the Ihl ear car around In the street and set off niT hack hark toward the time direction from which he had hail come corne entering the house Louts Lolita went dl to her room her mind a turmoil tur tar moil of conflicting emotions Half of her was despondent the time other oIlier half hult halfwits wits was still singing that new strange little song Vaguely I the lIme sense sene of It II all 1111 came to her The brave little sling song within was undoubtedly the time beginning of definite character tier Her very vry ears seemed to ring with new capacity to 10 heir hear and she seemed to see the time whole of life In a new light II Full to tIme the brim of this new V something she sat cat do down don n before her typewriter The man who had tad driven her home Orny ray E Hies PS the dark gloomy day duy tier her own strange lIuo buoyant lInt brave feeling mill feeling all of II It he hegan gun gan JUO to weld together 11 around I the hI outline out line of f a plot Presently site she nas ns pounding ug a am ambitiously I upon I the I ie type 1318 Page lulf after afler page wrote Itself as us an un excellent II Ill I'll I story plot Ie unfolded filled with very rent real charac characterizations ten t I cuI compounded p of ot t tie the people tie with whom ll hll she had hud come In contact I that ha I day I It I had ml grown Jr tin dark clark rk oi t hi ii e ehy hy by this the time she lied luid filled I Hie Ihl last sI sheet t il eel of ut tm paper per wit which trIm con contained I it I neil I tie the end of nf time the story HI a 8 III lit tie lary pushing away Ih time the h Ue Ie 11 up upon ii her I Immediately iii vol st sill she hull finished I the tie sri story she ste decided led I to a e gi s to III toa toa a II rp restaurant and get gel something hi to emit eat As she tIme the lighted district t tIme the very Cry lights seemed to 10 etu do dance t o with II ii h II new flea In ten she sime II ius still obsessed h ls l's loI ti In II this the dual of lit sadness and e e Ct I the Ihl I Is St rim r I feel rig I thai ii ii I she hl hail had ever p experienced In her entire lifetime lifetime- the tue feeling that hut she he Iud hind worked Into fry every line of C the he Imp She continued on hult u a k k or ir so until she readied reached the tIme pleasant little anTle shop where she he often ed edn I in 10 n for tor supper lapper r As she ahe took her s ir and two tIne her order a sudden Hidden wave wa Q of ot over u her Imer but bu she ahe managed ed to detach herself from It Completely tell and vIew It almost objectively ly as though It were ere sums some one une else who ho wa Will was feeling flIna lonesome When she he left It'll the restaurant she be started back balk the way my 0 that she nm come mind nd when hen she had bad nearly readied reached her home hOOle a 8 huge bUEe sign sev sev- eril blocks south beckoned enticingly toward one une of the tIme largest dance hall belle In 10 Chicago For just a moment lone Ion Sameness again tugged at ather ber ODe Oue could co go u to the big dance dame ball bail and almost al al- I most must Instantly s would b dissolved ed In companionship Firmly I site she continued un on toward her bu room When ben she reached It and opened oll the thedoor thedoor door she the wu was WUI to Cud find the light on j I site she came callie face tace to face with Mr U rr lio ho stood lu Ia the middle of the floor Boor ID In a mi waiting attitude i t I 1 l took the tIme liberty of reading your story und and Indicating a 8 few re changes I ou Oil the time border of tIme thu manuscript that I will l h help you yuu to sell tlell It Its It's b by tar fur tartile the tile best thing youve you've done dune yet you yet you t have ho real reul power You Yuu will some do day be a gloat writer I 1 think She Sue listened lie lis to 10 his with mixed emu emu- 1 und rind finally said Dont ont you think It Is rather ruther Informal In ln formal ot of you to come here mind and enter UI my room like this tie lie grinned In Ina Inu I Imy a u way that shook her tier firma firm resolutions to their II foundations and oud replied boy boJ I Ves es I 1 do CHAPTER VIII Without further words stepped forward and aud took her Into his aroma arms Desperately LoUts Lolita fought off olf the desire to remain th there re lilt Ills arms arm were ere big and strong strung and be he was just tall enough so 80 that her bead hend lay nicely nicely nice I ly upon his after afler a second she pushed him away with a mighty might shove sho and aDd stood bark back her ber face lam laming III ins ing trembling from bead bend to foot War War- nIl looked at ut her In surprise Why VImy what's tile the matter with you he lie asked In astonishment For a uio- uio went ment she dd did not reply Ills eyes wore were filled with frank desire Lolita a n little vainly reflected that If It he ha ho had 1 ever r seen seln her fresh Cresh young beauty reflected re re- heeled In a mans man eyes she saw II U so reflected now That there was color colorin in III her er h eks after ber her brisk walk she lIe knew and that the last Insl few weeks wl had taken tuk the he anxious pinched took from her tier face she also ulso knew v. For a moment nt she was glut glad of the beauty that was hers tiers mind and then again It came to 10 her that thai It was utter after all hardly hurdly more than thon a curse for It U was wall forever er mu making king life liCe hard bard for her ber to toI I live I ye She Sue walked over and Slit sat down In to a chair motioned for him hint to be seated slated lie He clumped down o n Into a chair end and lit lita a R cigarette After Afler a moment she said directly I 1 understand tood that you ou are engaged to 10 marry murry Miss Pringle Ue lie started and anel before he tie could think a second Unit tint ejaculated How did yuu you know Why Shy It was I only last Insl night that I IOnly I- I I Only last lat night that you became engaged yet you ou come here to mayrom my may I room rom tonight What sort lort of a manare man are lire you yu 7 I Under this tills biting question be remained re re- re- re for Cor u a moment silent Lolita he lie began slowly surely you yuu of all alt persons can lan afford to exhibit ex ex- ex hibit a mi little patient undemanding when It conies to the vagaries of If others Surely your own experiences with life have been nothing to entitle he I Iou vou ou Ii to In coll airily without trying Li to understand motives I love Ime you su I Iund und mind I do not noi love Ime Miss libs ond vet pt II I am urn going to lii marry her ber Al Al- Ali i slip ship works on II H It tt I Is only III us mis a 0 sort sorl of laik She Site Is tre tre- I wealthy or nr at least her hN palt mire are the he will Inherit It all Mime IIII day I 1 think gasped that hilt you youre re K I If It you do du nut hut consider ion CUD sider me ins In lii the at all 1111 much muchas as I personally dislike Miss I should certainly not nOI wish to 0 see 11 vou U oui bieak k nor ner r hear hIli rl h by ma marrying rr ber fi foi f hc her r hum money I wish Ish that yen yu would plea please e go II How Ilow ow cun inn you take hike k such Uth a post 1 lion objected angrily Look I at BI this the things youve you've been Involved In vou you you- I 1 did make one olle terrible mistake i It Is It I true hue but bul my lilY whole life loll ln lne e ethen thou then this hUll been arid and shall shull us III t III he e. e jun j ml un 1111 ii cIT effort i rt t to 10 0 wl wipe ie that I out nut ii nI ike I k up III mu for It In ever I. way I I i think limit rha you sou of oC 11 M 11 riI Willi would be hi big enough arid and broad I h to tH help and nut not hinder rot me In InID rn ID effort t in to i om hai Ink k ITO TO B BE am I |