Show lovdy 0 durgess V 10 illustrated 16 SYNOPSIS halt artlan photographer pro parra for the day day a work in his hi studio kiddle haher sher hie his assistant remind Li him of party he la CO to give in the th studio that night and that h A 4 b iciness aln Is in bad 11 shape sit wilh t 0 r y an n I 1 austice of the aea peace calls a anil inform f 0 mall I 1 liall that hij uncle jan john a will haa has left him I 1 m 4 OUO on condition that ho h ma marry n wore hie his twenty eighth birthday which hig begins at mid light hat that night un mrs ilena to lion calls at the studio kail flail aak ask mys tier to marry him che cho arefa agrees to sly him an answer at the party that night ml bit carolyn dully dallys calle calls flail proposes pro poa to her she bh agree agrees to elve give him an answer at the party llou Ilos mund amund oal als art noll mode 1 calls kail hall trie tries to rush her into an immediate marriage marr lare kilie too defer defers her answer until he the evening flodde trie tries to show cfall 11 a certain way out of the but he li Is obtuse jonas flassing bury ilir to the ilia million millions in cae case ial falls fall to marry on tim ime plot plots with flodde to block ock flail a matr laga to an any of the 11 er omen women before py hodle ar ranges to have I 1 lyalle all a three intended mett at the studio aa as it by chance CHAPTER VH VII continued flodde reappeared at the doorway she didn dian t appear to resent the ques ion lion in the least seventeen Ser enteen a week rosamund a look bad had vitriol efm her iler lips lost some of their beauty 1 I 1 see one place where be he could reduce pretty 11 really I 1 m willing filing oh ch ive had plenty of 0 offers aid said flodde 1 I dont have to stay here I 1 only do because be he wante wants me to so 0 o much and I 1 dont see how iw be could ever tyer get along with out me well rosamund turned away scornfully I 1 I 1 think he 11 get along all right the next offer you get I 1 ad vise you to take it halt may chasle cha his hl plans pretty eoon soon and you might be in the way nose flos round emund bad led trumps so 0 o flodde fol followed towed suit alt she took her time how ever biting tho ilia end ot of her pon penholder holder thoughtfully 1 I don t know kuo but youre right miss gale hc aid said finally perhaps per hap I 1 bad had better leave you see oe mr Ilon Dou latelle la Is likely to get married any time you never can tell with a man like him and I 1 would be in the way as you say ay rosamund a chin had risen an inel flodde watched it as a tie added it would be an on awfully good thing for mr Doni stello too you iee met hie his wife rould could keep the booke books prid nd stay in the here and hed ave says by it of course he have to pay her any salary rosamund Iloa amunda a chin di dipped upped way why heaven st he think of having nil his wife oh you dont dout know him flodde did the airy fi f iry try mood besides Deel deo he be goulda t afford to marry any tiny other away M awty 4 why WAY I 1 thought by the way ha talked that be he wae was doing a pretty buarne bu alne well flodde replied with a fine frankness frank nesa its thia this way you see mr Dont stelle thinka thinks boa hos doing a lot of business when hes he not he ile doe does a lot U t work I 1 mean but he takes ro many picture for nothing it its worse than it if he were idle idle tor for nothing itow cowf why the same ae an he did your yours exactly nd women do run after him so 0 o you ballete bellota how danyl in here all the time rosamund noe amund by this time dida t quite know where the she ai being herself a woman with a pliable conscience cona clence sho he altogether believe flodde ut she ho was dot nearly so to cincent cin Ment and de determined as an when hen oh h 1 ard entered bho she had come came la walh wit the intention of accepting hall 1111 thee these hint hints of floylee Fl Flod odlee les mightily she aai at down and anti bettan to 10 look over a R pile pilo of photographs nervous ner voul her indecision and be hind her account book delighted in it bhe she tia however little tima to watch before the ioor opened and amlyn dally dallys trig and debonair sauntered into the room now here wae was a chin that was wa lifted naturally with none of Ros annual gales affectation of superiority carolyn bailla vik w i alture ure ot of herself it wn vas amen easier to too with br her than to fool tool her her eyebrow eyebrows wore were arched whimsically over her high bred aquiline cotef her cyc eyes alway always held a humor oua ous spark oh how d you do dol thank you for telephoning me mil cither I 1 was so 0 o anxious to see eo those proof proofs I 1 ran right over she he drawled a stably 11 at flodde and smiled in rem marance offs of their forenoon forenoons encounter she could hardly tako take anything erton cily ily enough to bear resentment then she gave rosamund aamund Ho a careless glance only by that of inter ept ct which a brunette alway always gives her bonde halrid sister and bowed slightly rosamund frankly stared I 1 mr Doul stelle lot carolyn inquired cate caire leisl leval flodde replied that he be was away on important bust bustness nets but that most of at ulu miss dallys proofs were wore rady would she wait walk till the imbt two had been printed in point of fact act they had been done a halt hour ago but for flo Flod lies les plan carolyn and rosamund Hos amund must mus be too left alono alone together it was her opening experiment in psychology yea yes carolyn would watt and began gan to roam about the office idly bands lu coat that pocket chin tip up softly rosamund from the deter dater valued way ta in which slie wigs was going ak through the pile of photograph photographs la in tended to wait also she would see what rome some of these women were hire like who came to see hall Donis she had already appraised Carolyn not pretty consequently not dangerous till it would do no barm to w watch rich her bar so flodde left them but aw saw to it that the stockroom door was as not quite closed the situation as tense it held bold r conflict flodde listening from the stockroom toc kroom waited eagerly for the first hot shot there was however a little littie preliminary necessary neither of the two foe foes bad had yet recognized the presence pretence of a rhal rosamund wath beauty beautys contempt for baere brain had returned to her inspection of the tho photograph photographs when i careless gesture lent sent some dozens of 1 the printa clipping slipping el all iding ding falling failing to the floor with an expression of an she looped stooped to pick them 07 carolyn watched her when IN hen two or three hand handfuls fuli had been returned to the table and rosamund listless and restless rest leee had taken a new pose one picture remained at her feet carolyn good natu walked over and picked it up then looked at it smiling no roea round mund became intrigued it at once wonder who it li Is ayou know aire alra royalton A friend of mr Donl stelle carolyn lip had bad the lightest slightest curl in her eyes was wa a subtle cleam gleam ohl rosamund gave it 11 another look aj added petulantly mr air donl bout atello stelle seems to hare have a good anan many friendel fri endal st carolyn was frankly amused enough to BAY ob oh yea yes in fact im i one raysel ft she gave a sharp womac lance glance at Rosamund kinddt Ind kod dT 1 nor wo auida munds little mile smile was wall add acid she drew hedelt up well then when it comes down to it eo to am L I 1 the two women eyes like crossed we certainly ought to be friends then ald said carolyn shrugging her iders there was but the faintest trace of in her tone not enough for rosamund to register bat but the hostility under cruth rosamund Roe amund per aelred oh ob eailey enough perhaps you think carolyn went on smiling as rosamund wa was ellent allent that a good reason for our not being friends this was in the modern mode but frankness was not kt at all the game that rosamund played beat wherefore she began to look over a pile ef pho hastened to protest oh ob no indeed why should you think that carolyn laughed she he was now thor hughly enjoying herself well then im carolyn dally she volunteered 1 I think you u must be miss gale arent you ive seen italis 1 pictures ot you you know something Soffi ething suspicious in rosamunda face impelled her to add and bee hes often oaken to roe 1116 about you rosamund amund showed her irritation at the patronizing patron liln air of ot ita oaly only by the slightest bush flush indeed she he said ian queer he bast t told me about you u oh therea theres very little to tell that was what caralyna Cart lyna lyus lipe lips cald but her hole whole face toli told a different diff orent story in to the womans language of miles mile the was wa an adept kni smile wa was cruet it waa was now evident that unless rosa mu could distinguish herself from the vast horde borde of at hall Bouls telles female friende friends she would expire of c shame carplyn Car olyo without knowing exactly acely what caul the girl to suffer vaa was rejoicing in her lack of ease she watched rosamund gr gm fr r rn rik effectual reply at last it came with a proud to of the blonde blonds head syd od a flash of the golden brown eyes oh I 1 see ino I u no bild said 1 I kaow by the way you poke spoke first bul but perhaps you know him pretty well of courso hall and I 1 are re quite good friends lou jou know 1 year carolyn vu was more attentive not that IM ive known him for raca imes a long ions ume time I 1 dont mean exAct exactly ill but yell irell were fuits intimate carolyn gave her a keen loolu but did not how show that she he wan was particularly affected really why I 1 rather un der denwood stood he be was wa interested in someone else elm oil no DO laid said romund placidly of course you understand I 1 have a right to know you know why no alsa gale gate I 1 dont know that I 1 do know you know she drew her chair up to rosamund and sat dowa deliberately would you tou mind telling me what particular tight you hare have carolyn at last bad had dropped her banter thi this wa was straight from the boulder shoulder oh I 1 can hardly go into tb that at rosa mund ald said softly by her vic 1 tory flodde behind the shelter of the door bugged hugged herself in delight carolyn stared at the girl 11 puzzled po you mean to tell me she ad sold I 1 no said carolyn dryly finally that yan are engaged to hall rosamund Ilo aamund stirred uneasily and pouted well LO not exactly that ie Is but I 1 could le be it I 1 wanted to what r I 1 carolyn exclaimed has he proposed to you rosamund nodded sedately iles waiting for my andrer right now carolyn jumped up excitedly and was about to speak when flodde emil ing liko like a book agent bustled into the room she walked up to carolyn oh here bore are your proof proofs miss dally dallys ebb baid blithely e im sorry I 1 kept you waiting so lone long she turned toward rosamund oh I 1 see ee you have met misa alias gale so 0 o I 1 jin ant t teed to introduce you no carolyn answered taking the proofs without looking at me them MIZI a oale gale and I 1 hare have made ac qua whiles we were walting ng thank you youa 41 flodde turned to rosamund Rue Rus amund ills alias dally dallys ia 1 very intimate friend of mr air Don Bon letelle latelle you know all the starch went out of rosa munds pose she Is she gazed at carolyn as at a zeam carolyn shrugged her shoulders and gay gave a casual glance at the proofs oh ch miss fisher she said would you printing another one ct et each ot of these two atwol I 1 d like to send them to my bouie and see which one iho the likes belter better she handed then them back to flodde 1 III I II 11 wait aha she added her eyes on rosamund rosamund added 1 I think ill wait hero a little while too mias bliss risher miss atlas dallys Is really so very int interesting flodde smiled well all right miss a gale I 1 knew like her aad the disappeared carolyn who had been walking up and down Impat lenCy now approached preached pro ached rosamund see here mise bliss gale she the said id like to know when hall 1911 Bont proposed to yoa f 1 I fall to see how bow it Is any of your bieness NOT well then thed I 1 suppose I 1 hall abill have to tell you the fact Is hall fall Doni stelle has just proposed to mo why mise miss dallys you must be Jo klust rosamund stared dum founded A by it was only this mo mom ing be spoke to ii e what time timea why by does the particular minute make any I 1 d alk like to know at miss I 1 daily dallys I 1 yes as s it happens it make makes all an tho difference in the n arld mill gale mr hecl telle pro proposed posed to me at about leva lelva thirty I 1 think MIA it vae waa rosamund met h her er eye to eye well he proposed propos edio to me at exactly a quarter to eleven I 1 noticed the clock oh did youl I 1 but I 1 it take your word tor for it narrow escape wysnt itt carolyn laugh tough was bard hard and mirthless but I 1 never heard of such a thing in my affel poor rosamund stared blankly at her bar cital rital no ald said carolyn ardly it chappin often I 1 hope but theres ut B use ui in a retting getting excited about it IV Etel do you mean to say accept ft A mo who had treated 1 you like therl I 1 no miss gale gate candidly I 1 and between you a and nd me I 1 don dont t blind mind out ming us you I 1 wouldn t accept him unde ij I 1 never had any llod rf pr fcc epting him hirm TO US |