Show the girl who faille came 1 a 1 ack bajack by jack woodford 10 copyright W N U service THE STORY influenced by loneliness without relatives relative or real friends lenda fr in chicago lolila forbes young and pretty yields to the importunities tuni ties of harvey torrence with whom she ehe fancies herself in love she discovers his big true character a and n d I 1 leaves aves hl him m taking reful with an acquaintance gertrude watson loilta lillta to la accosted bv the son on of the wealthy owner of the apartment ts fred watterson she repulses his hig advances but he insists on driving her to the store on the street torrence Is waiting he puts the worst construction oo on Loll lollias tas being with wilt wat terson and the two men engage in a ostle battle in which torrence Is in killed lolita spends a night of misery in a rell cell she informs her father by wire of her situation but he answers that he be never wants to see her face again next morning the judge at the instigation of a lawyer a stranger to lolita dismisses the case the lawyer gives elves her and an unsigned note informing her that college tuition has been paid tor for a year he refuses to give elvo the name of her benefactor she takes up oil short story writing and meets mr air lillta writes a short story which mr praises highly CHAPTER IV continued 7 great he be sold said enthusiastically there has never been anyone in my class that I 1 could take more plea pleasure zure in ID helping and I 1 shall also have something interesting rod encouraging to report to mr now yes I 1 only know him as charlie ne be drops in at the paper ever onre once in a while here I 1 write book reviews la in the morning and wants to know how youre getting along hell be just tickled silly when lien I 1 tell film abou your wonderful story Is he be raid paid lolita br breathlessly eathle asly a rather small man with graying hair and serious gray eyes alair and eyes hair and eyes mocked mr lightly its tile very first thing a girl sees with her eyell yes him to lo a T to a pair of Ts 11 1 I hope you wont misunderstand mr lies hes lies hes never even met inet me im sure I 1 dont know why e takes such an interest in a nie me but f please dont think that ue leaned an fn janack aach to laugh boyishly jit listen to her he be commented starting upon tits lils soup as it if id ever br be led to believe that little miss prim would have a snappy love affair with an man with graying hair and gray eyes will why my dear you have nerve nouga enough to have an affair like that thal you got it lo in you llis bis eyes challenged her mis and maddeningly as he ripped tits bla soup she had an inward pang of compunction as she realized how bow wrong he was and bow little he be would think of 0 her it if he be knew how wrong he was face clouded as she reflected that she would have given anything in the world to be able to know that she was good enough for this min whom she had grown to loie loe more than she had ever dreamed it II possible tor for her to love anyone un cn consciously the she sighed aloud lie hv shook his lead head at her reprovingly dont be silly be objected 1 I can imagine from various things in that story of yours that youve had a pretty hard time of it but heavens nothing why its almost good for you remember that crack of eddy guests about 11 ll it takes a lot of lintn in a house to make it a homp home well it takes a heap of bivin to male make a writer everything else being equal you yon start right away to write another story I 1 want another one from you inside of a month she promised him that she would and then silt sat elbows upon the table silently ellent ly contemplating him as tie lie received the bul balance pince of his order from the walter waiter what an extra strength double dear he was she wondered with a poignant little regret why she could never see the slightest flicker ot of admiration tor for her person in his hi eyes such as she had been accas tomed to seeing to in mens eyes ever since she had been thirteen or fourteen and then it came over her will terrible force for the farst time lusi just why this was she had been so used to thinking of herself as herself that thai she bhe had forgotten what she had done to herself the plain apparel the spectacles the hrit dyed out of synchronism with her natural vivid coloring suddenly in frightful agi tation she rose 1 I oust must be going mr she said st stiffly diffly aha be com commented merited admiringly the young authoress Is seized of an A jer plot ill bet go on hone and amil arld it out see you friday she briefly and walked out leaving mr to hondr to himself uby it was that invariably good look ing girls vere tere dumb und and seurt intel legent girls were plain looking now that bliss farrar for fur instance charming intelligent girl but colorless no DO taste for dress those distorting spee spec tittles suppose one ought to wholly admire a girl for her intellectuality but the human animas was so go made that it wn was impossible so to do dla dist missing the anie matter with a shrug he be turned tm 0 his steak too bad dartt nice girl but oh 90 CHAPTER V lollon had of course taken no n rea stock in what mr had said gild about her chances of soiling selling tier her story when one morning a month later inter mrs hardy flardy the woman froin whom slie she rented her room brought the hp return envelope which she had eo en closed with the story an ohp was immediately struck hy by its ts thin ness opening it she found a check for 0 we are paying you the letter letter said sam five cents a word our highest word rate for your sevenia hie hundred word story good in tent tendons ions in the hope flint dint this will spur you on to send more of your work in ID a perfect fever of excitement lillta phoned mr to tell him A I 1 r dont be silly me he objected the good news to her char chararin grin he seemed nut tile the least surprised well ills slightly drawling voice said oner oer tile the phone 1 1 told you sell it 17 I 1 and its no wonder that they want more inore of your work go to it kid I 1 think you will eien een dually catch up on madame GID it 11 you hurry ills ilia husky laugh fol lowed this sally loilta had bad by now a little begun to get over the fear she had find had find of the circumstances attendant upon and following the death of haney and one day calling tile the court in which she hud had appeared she asked for the clerk and got the name of the lawyer who sho had dei her going cuing immediately down to his of nee fice she die found him blin in and tod him something ot of her good fortune one he be said stroking tits his hall hair and not exhibiting any real in terest charlie er that Is the lie man who hired me to defend you will be might pleased to hear it im cm sure what I 1 came dorn don for nastily interposed lillta 1 I w at to give him part of this chis three hundred and orly dollars to help square accounts and start paying him back at ali trai itai he has bar spent upon me wont you ilease give me his name and ad dress 11 1 w 1 not said the lawyer sit ting ling abruptly forward forwar in his sent scat in palpable alarm anil and besides he nt take the money anway thres thred hundred and orty fifty di liars means about as much to him as three cents would to you why bother about it KO go out nut and nd spend it or pul pill it in 10 tile the hank or do anything you like with it but dont expect me to tell 1011 you avy acy names Ilow pier it if you yon ener eer feel liko lk seeing him real bud bid just pull something wrung wrong thai flint you tr tit and 1 1 11 11 probably turn up all right I 1 dont know for sure but I 1 imag imagine gine that lies hes got ot some one watching u most all the time but bill bly y should he pe persisted isted l allta oil oh daut t gut get exited cx lies not a 8 bit in love loe with aou ou lie had his reu rea on and perso personal nall id say it was a dro good one just you yiu run moll blon and dont be IT ing to kle an old tit lawyer into lelling you something tie lie oLg hint to mystified lillta left we me office sn sh felt and and happy end restless 1 I 1 it ef was a lei beauty ache in side of her she sli wanted to be prett again pretty for but then sliu site hard ly dared anred say the name came even to her self it II stirred tier so almost before i t knew it she found herself to in tile great geat department batore where slie she had find ways before shopped when she bile could afford to do an shopping the check fairly burned ter purse to in its anxiety to its get cut out ind pay lor for some soine of the pretty things that she saw i nil III sides and at last yielding to temptation slie she bought some onie bev un der wear a new dress and flat bat and tome some sleazy flesh colored silk stok slip had no deri definite nIte idea as to tip just what site she auld do with the bals but just to own them was something going home she elie regretfully clil climbed libe it into tile alie but regretfully beckus becu e the lie had limped that mr war rill might call tier her and risk tier to go for it a spin in III tile snappy grapy little roadster she had biad once bouce or twice sern seen ailin leae school in As she bullied she reflected sadly that there was little chance that he would have tiny any time tillie for a girl who bo had bad deliberately made herself bergelt homely hoiu ely and too this tact fact pruned that he be could not possibly lue loie tier for even though she were to male herself beautiful for him blin it would be purely upon the surface that hut he would then fall in love with this thought mude made her slid sad she washed tier her hair remembering that tills this would necessitate its being soaked in dye again for ao an hour afterward with a little poignant regret she ex the jellow gold fluffy hair lo it the llie mirror before slie elie again applied the darkening dis coloring deadening dye it seemed a shame yet then was no help for 14 it this was part ol of her punishment the alie following day armed will fill an other confession story elie die arrived ot at class a little earlier than tile the rest spurred on by lie glorious news abail slie she had to tell soon tile the others came in and mr bit apparently as pleased oves tier her success as slie she wase wa herself called the cliss class to order and then said A member tit the class has already made a substantial sale to a magazine dver one looked at loilta miss farrar I 1 am pleased to say any sold the story we e read a week ago tor for 3 iu A wave of net lien t swept around the room somehow lolita tell fell a little sorry for fir miss bliss pringle that young lady she knew would somehow take it to heart she was queer about such things especially when it broin ni another feminine student into chesun of mr War rIlls favor she glanced oui of the corner of her eye at miss bliss pringle or and was a little surprised to find in ID stead of an envious look a look of such extreme venomousness venomous ness that she was for a moment startled even as she watched wal clied her lillta saw sav the young lady suddenly start to speak with her eyes boring into her own it Is no wonder began miss bliss pringle in biting tones that miss far aar as she chooses now to call herself la Is so successful theres a rea son tor for it lightly sir mr cut in well perhaps its something that will help the rest of the class tell us what it Is miss bliss pran prangle ie and well all ape her in it immediately Il ardly miss pringle smiled pol 1 I 1 for one would rather never sell beell a story than have that ren rea son for or being able to write a convincing one slip she stopped now cono clous chilt every eye in the class was turned upon her lillta sank down in her chair weak with agony slie she recalled that miss pringle did society notes on a chicago newspaper with an infinitesimal cincu lotion lation apparently slie she find sepo seen the of her in the hie piper paper and somehow tit at least associated them with tier her miss farrar went on s prin gle slowly Is the loilta forbes who ahn wits was lately mixed up in volt sligh tl odorous torrence killing in which young watterson Watters nn was involved she Is the one oer whom they fought after a night of well after a night of nd adventure venture ont no wholly bolly dissimilar from some of the more torrid passages in her late story which aich drew such it afe nice 1 lirlie 1 ripe no wonder I 1 it seemed tu to 1 I allta that the lie deadly silence wh I 1 ct feill followed owed tills this announcement vias aa the most mos t horrible thins thing slie she hild hart ever ex ei perlen ced in her life it ft was na though she lind had tipon suddenly uil denly hung c in llie lite middle of a terrible black acoury the very walla seemed to bp be closing in upon tipon tier ato TO HEC CONTINUED I 1 |