Show PARADE by Evelyn Campbell 1 Copyright right by Evelyn CampbelL Tlc Sei-Tlc L J l JJ J t THE STORY j Linda Lind Ha neer ne'er-do- neer ne'er i t c father ther dies die when she ahe is sevens seven- seven s I teen leaving h her r little beyond some worthless H stock certificates These she lake to h her r father rather e friend Senator Converse to 10 dispose dip die pj pose e of ot After a 8 whirlwind Linch marries Courtney Courtney Court- Court nt ney Roth Koth Too foo late lote she dl dI ov Cov Covi r i er ert erP he Is a penniless adventurer J living by his wits IC I- I C CHAPTER APTER II Continued II-Continued Continued 5 i There There was one sheaf sheal of certificates that Linda had Iad he-en he advised not to sell for two years nt Ht t. t least least But these went into a n brokers broker's before Air and Mrs Irs Courtney Ruth Koth 1 left Boston Roston However Ho r clever er one Hue maybe may maybe I I b be there are times when currency l Is i necessary and ond Ruth floth exi ex ex- explained J that with a B IU el lovely young yn bride on his hands this was oho uhe of the times dines He passed lI lightly over O the fact that shut It Iti i I was Lindas Linda's money that furnished the i I means eans of their ml migration n. n He lie forgot the unpleasantness as os quickly as possible pos j sible Bible and and I advised her to do the same me I c The The went around the world j I but not n as rapidly as the they their l' l had harJ planned It took two years to go as far for a as the they I had counted on going In six Rix W weeks w But fint they did not travel el as th the crow flies Hies the they went n as ns the fox runs from runs from cover to cover cr wherever r the g runs na war wan greenest greene t and the harts hares mCl most t plentiful ful full l rot Not t a bad two years If you didn't care cure too much a gay ay two years If ii lovely lo frocks rocks and nt re restaurants were enough if tf you yon didn't mind u ugly ly scenes scenes scenes' with landlords and delayed ed luggage If you were careful about milking making friends and chose them amour among people who had delightful houses curl and l played had cards Linda was fiS made amazingly ls' ls beautiful R and d Interesting by byall nil all this travel el and change and Courtney Courtney Court Court- ney ne Hoth oth held his head hl higher ller than thane e ever r. r Wherever re pr they went pe people remarked re- re re remarked marked about them What a lucky pair The They have everything e g. g Good looks louks lop I popularity IoP and wonderful times s Life Is perpetual per play play for for th them mU It was was was-a a desperate sort of pray play that carried on rather grimly behind the s scenes Linda learned all her husband could teach each her In those two years ears and If she did not nut respect t him she slue liked him himIn himin In a toler ent way pitying his hn boyish boyishness ness ness and sometimes even en admiring his coolness coolness' In to In the face of overwhelming o situations But fiut Roth Huth had bad lived ed for ten years when Linda a lJ lived d He was burned out HIt with pe peculiar ullar tires and und he wanted to rest though never ne suspecting his own tiredness It was a n game gume however how bow ever that had no breathing spaces s The he mad whirligig of change held both bothof bothof bothof of them relentlessly lIe He grew to depend depend depend de de- pend more and more upon Lindas Ingenuity In managing and ond when wizen she failed or seemed to fall fall f he tie b became came victimized by hy a n silly futile ro rage e that blamed her for their particular pre pre- predicament It took them two years td get to Switzerland but they reached there thereat at the proper moment The Ice tee was at at Its hest best and nil all the winter sports i were were a as keen as If the weather hind bud been ordered b by aerial wire Roth m meant nt to enjoy every moment of of It UP Ile liked snow v and Rud th ire re were sortie some new stunts that year jear hut But ut three days after r their arrival nl he had hod an Rn uncomfortable uncomfortable un comfortable Interview Inter wit with h the manager man mun ager alter of 01 the hotel He lie promised to Inure inove on t that ha t night t then Iwu he went nf upstairs upstairs up stairs and struck Linda across th the face fare with a blow that left un an u ugly ly mark for time to come HM liE left her lying across 8 the bed hed shielding her hei shame and swaggered ou out determined der to have hae his bis play to the last He tie huIt hadit hart had It for two hours l Later the brought f him In on a 8 stretcher with n a J broken neck and that thai was t the he end of a II honey honeymoon honeymoon moon that should never ne have be begun un to CH CHAPTER PTER III Fk The Wall of Pretense e eThe The train stopped d with such a D sud sudden sudden sudden den J jolt that the book hook dropped from Lindas Linda's hand She Site hud had nut not been heeti re read readIng III frig Ing anyway and so 80 she let It If lie II un on unnoticed noticed She had been heen staring starin through h the thick double glass wined w I of If the pull pUllman man at the grayness ness that pressed against the pane like hike r i. i blanket No Noi i sign of life was t to he be seen In ins that I void and this suited her mood R ad- ad 1 j for her ber mentality u was at a It aI standstill without a n glimmer to rei relieve reI re re- i I lieve lle Its Intense atrophy That morn f 1 tag las she had hind opened her her eyes ees to snow sno and a leaden leuden skies and unel all nil through I 1 1 the day this had persisted d until she shet t bad subconsciously thrown h herself I upon the breast of the landscape and und 1 become a pu part rt of ol Its dreariness I 1 But the jolt and u accompanying grinding of or brakes shrill und rind nerve nerve- i wracking disturbed he hei mood Site She J 4 rather helplessly around the tire alt United car and her e eyes encountered tho those o of 01 the good looking young youn man across the aisle who at that moment chanced to he be looking toward her Across the trill tall harks backs of 8 sections all nn through h the conch coach other Inquiring faces face peered red most must of them and lous bus The possibility of an accident had aroused every ery one front from the lam Ion glint of or dullness that belon belonged ed to such much mucha a ft da day What Is It 7 Linda asked speak speak- In lag quite naturally to the young foung roan man ho ho deemed to have e absorbed all all- the 0 Intelligence Intelligent e e of all the passengers rs Have l we ruts run into a wall or a n ditch n He lie 1 appreciating her cool cool- coolness ness when WIlen the other women were al al- ready beginning to Mutter One or or- lr hoth horh Ite he answered easily Im l m afraid weve we've met the l Waterloo of trains passing through Nebraska In January J A snowdrift can be a it wall waif and lII a U ditch us as W Il ne lie had hurl the tte smile It crinkled his eyes res at the corners and t they hev smiled too Nice own In-own eyes es that hud had H a remarkably remark remark- remarkably ably SI straight look lonk about them Ill I'll go o and see ee Im It said and swung off lifT down the aisle nl le after t tire fie vi ter men who were u-eie p l pushing em one another hel In the tire pus nas- sage age AAe Linda loaned hack and waited She was IlS a n seasoned traveler rind and knew v. that fretting got int III no nu one un anywhere So b b. b cruise cause the flit delay a was as hateful and men men- menacing acing she he let Ie-f a u pleasant thought of her ripple across her mind A hll tiny u u a charming 1111 hay boy M Men n had their place In her life o life-a a large place place- us as thiv must mast ha have eln ein in the life of any hea beautiful fill woman n. n but she he had for formed curious little fancies about them Sho She I f i. i l I K r 1 So Without Knowing How It Came Carne About Anstey Found Himself Sitting Beside the Beautiful Young Woman saw all nil men as ns seekers of prey sleek prey sleek animals well fed and beautiful shaggy shag shag- gy aril and horrible reptilian reptilian I She and antI her kind were always s prey of course She thought of these things s as us natural nat nat- ural and unavoidable But the the boy buy was different lie Ele had mule merle no gesture of joining wining her ber even after she sire had spoken en first He had seemed almost afraid to look at nt her She was was was' thrilled and aril a n little litte sorry for him knowing what must happen when he did look He returned almost at once onte It Is Isa isa a a. drift he said sold pausing beside berA herA herA her ber A whopper Its It's hail had news but Im I'm afraid we are stuck here for a n few hours bours Linda lifted her brows slowly No young oung mn man could be expected to were gues what this meant to her UI Its His casual tone tune treated the whole occurrence as us asa usa a n lI light ht adventure But nut If she was Aday a aday aday day late lute if It she missed the Gregson anti and their nice Invitation to Miami Miami-if Miami If they wenton on without her tier tier Her man mun manner munner ner Her gu gave guno no hint of this perturbation She Rhe merely sank de deeper pet Into the comfort comfort com com- fort ol of her fur coat us as If she already sen sensed ed coming coining discomfort from chili chilly cars and und food Linda Muth Huth hind had learned to look at Ht men urea She knew already that this one was the right light sort Sire She he could spend lend lendH a H hared bored half hail hour talking to him un unit anil I Isa sa save sae e herself u at t leu least t from thoughts So without knowing how It came about Brian Brinn Anstey found himself him himself himself self sitting beside the he beautiful young voting woman who smelled faintly of springs spring lowers flowers In spite of the snow TO HE BE C CONTINUED |