Show THE FICTION ION TEENa AGE LOVE Lov CORNER By Richard Hill Wilkinson IT T was only natural that Rose should be thrilled at thoughts of meeting Loring Hunt After all Loring Hunt was the most glamorous ous of modern day screen stars A And n d Rose well Rose well Rose was just another an an- 1 Minute 3 other young girl Fiction with dreams She had fallen in love with Loring Hunt when she was 12 years old Maturity had rather dampened her enthusiasm at least she never betrayed the real depths of it When told of Loring Hunts Hunt's pending pending pending pend pend- ing arrival Jerry had snorted What he cried disgustedly That sap coming here To your house Why your mother must be out of her mind Mothers Mother's far from out of her mind Rose replied furiously Its only common decency that she ask Mr Hunt to stay with us while hes he's in town His father and mine were close friends Since Daddys Daddy's death the Hunts have been splendid to mother She added spitefully Were giving a party in Loring Hunts Hunt's honor and I guess you'd better better better bet bet- ter not come Try and keep me away said Jerry Im not letting the girl Im I'm engaged to run run around unprotected with that lizard Inthe in inthe inthe the vicinity Were not engaged Rose told him Were practically engaged said Jerry A week later Loring Hunt arrived He was wearing a mustache and colored glasses both of which he removed as soon as he was inside the house Its my defense he smiled by way of explanation Id be mobbed without them Loring was all and more than she JIM Pf N 7 N y MA yAA y w c. c t r L. I look under 30 eh Loring chuckled They do marvelous things in Hollywood had expected There were a a afew few grey hairs about his temples but what are a few grey hairs when theman the theman theman man of her dreams was here in the flesh lesh and seeming to take a particular lar interest in her At least Rose imagined he was taking a particular interest in her the first of the evening D DURING Jerry assumed an attitude ol of aloofness He stood In a corner and tried to look disdainful and superior But when this attitude failed to impress impress im im- im press Rose he abandoned it and took ook to following her around Toward the end of the evening Loring Hunt asked her if shed she'd meet him turn outside on the terrace in five minutes utes Quite a trick getting aw away y from that crowd Loring Hunt smiled He drew her to a hammock and sat sal down I wanted to have a few moments alone with you before l left Yes whispered Rose You remind me so much of ot yow your father He was a fine man I Ire re remember remember re- re member him well You remember my father But 1 was only a child when he died You were at that said Loring Hunt I was young too He H sighed Ah me How time does fly Here I am almost 50 and and and- Fifty cried Rose Why J 1 thought that that is is-in is in your pictures I look under 30 eh Lorini Loring Lorin chuckled They do marvelous things in Hollywood But here Let Lets Let's s not talk of ot me Tell me aboul yourself Are you in love I no noticed noticed tried a fine looking boy giving yon yoi yona yoa a lot of attention Rose was a bit overcome She hadn't dreamed that her Ideal was was was-was was an old man She started to speak but a figure figun had glided up and was standing ii is 1 front of them It was Jerry In tin thi p pale le light she could see the set bob loo to his jaw Ah Ab said Loring Hunt rising here he is now We were just talking talk talking I ing fag about you young man Rosi Rost was telling me me- me well me-well well rather was telling her that it was a pit pitt I her father couldn't have lived It ti see his daughter grown to woman womanhood hood Yeah said Jerry There was a pause Rose to her feet Mr Hunt was ask asking asking asking ing me if Im I'm in love and and and- and I told him yes I told him I wa wain wain in love with you Jerry Slowly Jerry relaxed Rose hat hai taken his arm and was hanging 01 of for dear life lle It was a good thing thinS he told himself importantly fo Loring Hunt that she had come ther t ther ther her senses |