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U Service L CHAPTER XIII XIII-Continued XIII Continued 20 20 Latr r stepping nut of ot the bath holh she down diwi briskly and find clad only In her hr went bock to 10 her room the Hie landlady following follo her Ing to 10 spend the night In either cither writ writ- iti In Ins or rending reading la to order to 10 staunch what seemed like a 0 literal now flow of blood from her hr heart henrt she dressed fully lully and carefully Hut when she had fully hilly dressed Mie hie could not nol rend fIod She Nhe lle open opened Id I'd a 0 book bank lint and for diversion started to 10 rend It II aloud to In the other other- with lIh the result that Hint the went to 10 sleep again to 10 awake Instantly when there lIIS a peul pul at 01 atthe atthe the front door bell below helow stairs l Lolita paid no attention as ns the theoni woman WOol oni nn an d fro from III the room and she still Ignored the sounds of several se people entering downstairs un until III suddenly us 1111 they Ihy ascended a 0 husky III laugh ugh guli gul gal i her Into Inlo almost painful at at- fc Presently there was a knock at 01 the thedoor thedoor door e It seemed to Lolita thin hut her knees knes llOd turned to water wilIer She supported herself with one hand blind upon ullon the bureau bu hll reau as us she managed to 10 squeeze out outa a II squeaky Come torne In The door opened A solemn looking individual whom she had bad never ueler seen Ilten before It strode rode through Immediately followed by u a tuna moo and a II woman whom she did not recognize then Gro Cray I ryes Kyes yes followed them and after him an nn apparition which sent her ber Hying across the lime room roam to 10 lit ut her lead head In a familiar old grimy suck suit soaked with tobacco f fu u nines Illes oes Father she managed to get gel out and nud theu then she burled hurled her head on his shoulder afraid to 10 look up at 01 Mo hit face tuce I for tor tear fear of ot seeing disapproval ol there Y y Il forgive me and ond take hake me buck wont won't you dad I t promise to 10 tobe tobe be er e so 8 good I ID I'D II so 10 sorry Forry nl mil out what happened Suddenly a u misty form resolved Itself It It- self before her eyes At Al she 1 thought that hut It was merely un an sloe slun but us as her eyes cleared of tears she saw tint that It van VUI no II li was Don lIon In the flesh and looking like Ike Ikea Ikla a small b bl bey y ot at a mineral lie smiled relle edl as 1110 she at III him Ulin us liS though her notice had hud hili marked riled tutu him d i as al on who hud had some right to 10 be She rose ant and walked over o to 10 toj j him l i tl Von Don she begun buo wont you Oll leIl let leI letI I I l me the Ik t theNo No he be said almost roughly not nol f what hot youre you're thinking about explain t. t tug Ing but If you can 00 explain to 10 me ate how haw you yon manage to have any pa Hence with a c c. c 1 d who Jumps to fo conditions conclusions r V like a schoolboy cud and runs I t li Irv U a hurt huff without an ounce of ot faith front fronti the most wonderful girl In the world i whenever It II appears that she needs need him most most most- Oh Don theres there's nothing to esplain ex es plain about that that wh-i wh could blame i you I seem to have harp a II perfect 1 for getting Into Inlo ridiculous situations 1 but I do lo e you OU t en If it I do gel KII Into all sorts of ruLY tL fixes es You'll 1111 l r 1 Relieve believe ellee that thaL wont won't you your lie Ill asked li 1 like a man who fully tell believed IJ ed TIll The II 1 r room was literally crowded tie The t strangers one one of whom now saw BOW was In garb lId II about I uncertainly time the landlady stood In the i i door door don wide eyed Gray 9 1 r f- f inning coming out of a reverie re If It one could I only conjecture ore what hut thoughts thought motioned to 10 the ninster lie III en across the room ai at stood before lion Iron and elly opening lI his bin It nil all like ilkI a i the girl Irl us ns the words u o L tl tI tie e a were token ken anti Din J U kissed 1 ed IlI lieu lioi for flit the Ihl he 1 UK us list liei i I Sha was u e t c r happy lI to 10 ask i k quest questions herself lf III r t with an g one aIli y When hen It was all ull over lI the two Iwo old nth i er Ir strangers a 1 paper nut inn 8 Byes i gave gute them en each li u a bill 11 they 5 tj II left It'll the room unit lIlI closed the Ihl dour r tu ln I es tier her hat her if l ou Moue together If It was 1111 Lolita's father wh who i first 1 fa s1 broke the thus silence Bj t Im m n no 1111 i end glad clad to III 1 ete ee 11 you jou our r ned rued you ou need neld a s hu Lord knows with slI such I a 1 m old 1 bigot fur for a 0 father Im I'm d of or having hll acted toward you us II I 1 hll have hate 3 e especially el since I here harp told hh 1 me sae of your e brace tight fight all alone after 1 Y i J jour n ur ridle Im I'm a td of r 1 the h wu 4 m Ive I've ocl acted toward Charlie bun to nil all of these A A. A yours I w nas us 1111 brought Iol up tip In III an age aget j v when v hen initiation d. d was t supposed to follow a II wrung J when amid mull ull gamblers were trl considered emissaries i of nf hell 1111 I still i V dont don't approve e a of nf gun ing and that thu sari surl of thing hut huh Gad Cod lIlI only knows where yo jd hue been by this time lime If It U tl lull 1 l been mul e for Clint barilI lie e here UI m y brother You never ne lieu rd lit iii men Honed at home hOUle another I one of or my finesses Im I'm d do downright o w n r rIg I g h b t ashamed after the way hes he's acted j a Well Veil I 1 suppose a pair of or old bucks like ourselves are entirely out of ot place here right now DOW remarked Orgy Ory ryes Eyes with forced Could you kids possibly excuse e us we want to talk over oter some plans Im I'm gi giving up all of m my connections In la Chicago n. n Your dad and ond I l hue have In mind a 8 farm proposition lion tion on a large targe scale down near neat Kl gJ tin gin tie Ill did not walt wall for nn no answer but walked toward the door hU hla arm about fathers father's shoulders they hey passed through the time door and closed It I 1 never ne knew him by any Rny name but Charlie ex explained Don nobody no nl bol boil body ever er called culled him anything else eon Con you rou forgive mo me for Cor having hating doubted doubt ed ell you rou you 1 or l answer she snuggled Into the circle of his hula arms and raised her head for fur what purpose Don was not nol long Iong longin ID in discovering Weve We still got gol time tilDe to 10 catch the time Century for tor New York fora honeymoon honey y moon among all of ot the people you yuu and andI I 1 hll have C been blen selling or fir trying to 10 sell Bell stories to 10 for so flO long Its It's a great town for fob a honeymoon Cant Can't you ou just throw some same things Into Inlo a 0 satchel Hitchel and come I t want to 10 get gel you OU a whole new outfit any anyway ray In New NI York I dont don't want you to 10 hn have e anything you joti run eln In possibly get rill rid of to 10 remind you rou yount of or nil all the things jouve youve been hn through I 1 can con do It It It she agreed and I Hoy V about the room gathering up thIL things tier Her eye lit III upon the package on nn the bureau and she tore herself from flour her arms to 10 run rim hack back a n moment Might be some sort of a letter or something In It It she pleaded I Id t ll Oh Don Theres There's Nothing to Explain About That think about It tt all the time time we were gone Ione It If I dont don't see see Torn open the package proved Indeed In deed to 10 be her returned story On 00 top of It was a 11 typewritten letter leller She Sim hl glanced through It I then read It agan uan aloud Dear Deaf lIf MI Miss s Forbes This Is la a 8 tremendous piece ut lit work We me pleased to accept It It We wish to 10 start It II running In to Inthe the paper In not less Hum two months We iVe are ore returning It so BO that you OU may write and chapter headings ns fur for the chapters we 1 hn have marked V When hen hIli tills this Is done return the mil manuscript manu script and we will whit forward our check For a moment Lolita stood by the literally petrified To 10 think that her message would now go gu to III thousand of or girls throughout the Ill I'll illy Ity perhaps he be published In III ti book ink form furm later inter perhaps even t In III motion the pit lines the vital and true Irue IIII'S Jt I that l a 0 girl exactly like a It man way may he be I down n but never ne out our The hue thought was liS transporting nun Don tier her rave fate Dial that he had end only sun begun to In know her homily Me tie opened his hili II aroma arms r illS and she slit ran rno to 10 them with a B happy cry 1111 KM END I sn |