Show ERI L S STORY it E G I 1 R L hh n F fro M I 1 ha ILAL 14 TWO 1 va TOWN aby by MAME VAN VORST ty sy AL G KETTNER TO i to Ow by tb 1 eula SYNOPSIS dan stair the tl 12 year old so son ot of the fifty million dollar copper king 0 of blat taws mont it is ft a guest it at the engli s it home of lady lazy hilory Oi GLI lory dana dan a father had ha d bem to lord oLti malorey orey during his visit to the united states mid and the cour courtly iery Is U now being returned to the young yoong man the youth has han an ideal girl in his hi mind he lily duchess duchem of breakwater ft a beautiful widow who Is 1 attracted by his immense fortune and takes a liking to her when dan was waa a boy a girl trl sang saag a solo nolo at a church 4 and h he had forgotten for grotten her the ga lorees kirlys lily and dan attend a london meat where one letty lane la is the star I 1 dan her as a the girl from hla his town iowa and solas going behind the CB intro duwa dua himself and she he re remember a him he learns I arna that prince 1 I altor and escort to letty lord ga lorey and a friend named ruggles deter mine to protect the westerner we terner from lily mid other fortune hunters young blair goes to ta see uly lily he can talk of nothing but letty and this angers the duchess duches CHAPTER VIII continued but bat the cold voice of the duchess ltd did not chill him simply great ha be continued and im sorry for her down to the ground that Is what la Is the matter you notice her when she came camo into the carlton that what 0 1 it silly T I 1 thought she looked its as thin as a shad in that black dress and tho the way Poulo goes about with her proves what an ass be Is wall I 1 hate hat him blair simply at ply bated 1 I would wring his bla neck tor twenty cents centa gry g III that la 13 what Is the th r ri tr trim tEher her they all ah lV alvha ha off ob the state stare the he 0 duch lud iSy augured augu red ad indifferently 4 they aa but footlight beauties theyon eastly on off the boards I 1 dare fa v that letty lane Is III though the pace she gots goes would kill anybody have flays some nore tea T ile he held out his bis cup and agreed with her she works too hard this playing almost every night singing and dancing twice at the matI nesa I 1 should think she would be dead oh I 1 dont mean her professional engagements murmured the duchess A revolt such as had bad stung him when they criticized her at the carlton rose in him now cow it la Is hard to believe he said when you hear bear her ber sing that dove song bone and that cradle song out but his companions laugh stopped his bis championship short you dear boy dont be a silly dan she sha need coed your pity or your good opinions opinion sho she Is perfectly satis fled she has baa got a fortune tn in conlo bowsky and she really to Is a perfect terror you know affected slightly by her cold dismissal of his subject he paused for a moment but his own point of view was too strong to bo be shaken by this womans comans light words 1 I suppose it she from my town at his words the vision ot of letty lane with the coral strands on tier ter dross dress camo came before his eyes and lie hi said honestly nut but I 1 do take an interest in her just juat the samo same and ebes going to pieces clear something ought to 0 o be done dome the duchess of breakwater was very much annoyed are you going to talk about her all the th timea aline she asked with sharp sweetness you ary are not very flattering dan and he be returned peacefully why I 1 thought you might be able to help her in IE some way or amot another ber met she laughed aloud me ble help letty lanet lane really why you might get her to sing out here he suggested that would fort of get hold bold of her bar women know how bow to do those things ills his preposterous simplicity overwhelmed ove her she sha stirred her tea and said controlling herself why what on earth would you have we me to may ay to lotty letty lane oh ob just be nice to her he suggested V le led tell her to take care of at herself and to brace up get some nice woman to the duchess helped him to reform her cert do her good the tha boy said gently youre too silly llly tor for words it if you yon vora re not such buca a hopeless child I 1 would be ba furious with you why my dear boy bay nhe as would laugh to la yo fotr ir face and Is mine A As th duchess left the tea table iba alie repeated Is in this what you came up from to talk to we ma ayoutt aad at the touch of her ber dress as aj ah she him bim at the look abs gave him from her ber eyes dan bushed sad aad said arld jingly Jin Lly why I 1 tola you rev thu that 0 ar o was the only thine thina that kept gefrom me rom thinking about you all the tha tinte CHAPTER IX disappointment dan blair had not been back of the scenes at tho the gaiety since his bis first call on an the singer indeed though be had told the duchess he pitied afisa lane he be had bad not been ablo able to approach her very closely even in his own thoughts when the eho first appeared on his bla horizon his bla mind was full of the duchess ot at breakwater and the singer had bad only hovered round hla 1318 more profound proto und feelings tor for another woman oman but loty letty lane was an at mo sphere in dans mini mina which helas he was not yet able to understand there was so eo hula left that yaa was connected with his bis old home certainly nothing to in the tha british isles excepting ruggles and to tho the young man everything from america had its value decidedly the nice girl of at whom h he had spoken to gordon galoney Qa Ga lorey the print frocked bonneted type the ideal girl that dan would like to marry and to spoil had bad not crossed his path the duchess of at breakwater did not suggest her nor did any of at the london beauties dane dams first ideal idea was vias beginning to fads fade ile he left park on protest and returned the same night to london and all the way back to town tried to register in his bis mind unused to analysis his experience with the duchess of breakwater on this last visit lie ile had bad experienced his bis first disappointment in the sex and this disappointment had bad len been of an unusual kind it was not that he had been turned down or given the mitten but I 1 ha be had bad seen one woman turn another down A woman had been mean so h he a put it and the fact that the tha duchess of breakwater bad refused to i lend a moral band top to the singer at the galety gaiety hurt dans dana feelings them aa 09 soon eoon its as his bis enthusiasm had calmed he saw what a stupid ass he had bad been A duchess mix up with a comic opera singer of course still he mused she might have been a lit tle tie nicer about it the education his father had given him about them was put to to ie test form closely 10 sho she wax was BS as thin ax as a candle iler her woman higgins followed closely after her and as they passed dan letty lano lane called tr to him gaily Il hello lello youl what are you hanging mound around here tor and dim dan returned dont stand lana here bere in the draft akis it Is beastly cold yes miss her woman urged dont stand hero here out but the actress waited nevertheless and said to dan chos the girl what girl why the girl you come hero here evey night to see eee and are too shy any to speak to everybody to Is crady to know letty lane looked like a little girl herself 1 in tho lite crocheted garm garment nt 1 her or small hands held across her breast areat dan put hla his arm on her shoulder eh without realizing the familiarity of till ills gesture got out of this draft got get out of it quick I 1 say eay and pushed her toward her room gracious Gme tous but you are siroog abbe bh felt the muscular touch and his hand flat against her bar shoulder wu was warm through the wool 1 I with wish you were strong you work too darned hard bard ifer her head was covered with the coral cap and feather dan saw her billowy skirt her silken hose her bor tle coral she fluttered at the door which higgins opened why you been to see me met she eho halted him you tre are not very polite 1 I am coming coining tn in now not a lilt bit of it im too busy and it is IB a short go and see the girl you came hero here to sea dan thought that the reason she baa forbade him to come in was because prince waited for her in her dressing room it was wa his bla first jealous moment and the feeling fell I 1 on him with a swoop and its lt fangs fanes fastened in him with a stinging pain ile he stammered 1 I come coma to see tiny any girl here but you I 1 cams came to sea aeo you come tomorrow toino now at two at the savoy before dan realized reali sed his bl own precipitation elpi tation he had seized the door handle as letty lane went within and Q miam hello youl what are you hanging around here for now the girl he had dreamed of the nice girl well she would have bavo had bad a way wai with her in a case such as aa this 1 back of dans hurt feelings inga there was a great deal on oil the duchess 0 of breakwaters side she had not done for herself yet she fetched him deevy acci ly up to the altar for nothing and back of his disapproval there wig was a long list ol of mi bad looks look memories nie morlea ot of many tete a betes and ot of more fervent kisses which scored a good deal in the favor of dans dana first woman tho the duchess of at mad had gone boldly on with pans dans unfinished education and he really thought he ha loved her and that he was in honor boner hound bound to see bee the thing through that evening once more la in the box he be had taken all to himself he be listened to mandalay carried away with the charm of the music and car tied away by the singer ile he was waa in the box nearest the stage and seemed close to her and be imagined that under her paint he be could see her pallor and how thin she was nothing however in her ber acting or in her voice revealed the least fatigue blair had bad obtained a card 0 of entrance ent ranco to the theater which permitted him to circulate freely behind th the scenes mind and although as yet the th run of his bla vualta had not been bea clear this night he had bad a purpose pur poBe dan stood food nt not lar far from the corridor that led to letty lan baneg ed room and ad saw w ker after bar act Iturri edly crosa the tha mage a me big 1 white bawl hot her blonder 1 was waa about to close lier her room against him ond and said raid quickly ini im coming right in now why I 1 never heard beard of 0 such a thing thine the rho answered sharply angrily IX you must bo be take tahe away your hand band and tiers hers as well as his bis seized the handle of the door lier her small email ice cold haud hand brought him to tits his senses 1 I beg your pardon pardo tf he murmur d confusedly do go in and get warm if you can dut but instead of obeying now that the rude young man withdrew hla his im por tuning mien lanes hands f fell C 11 irom from the knob and close to his bis eyes she ghe swayed before him and van pan caught her in hta his arms areas went into hr her room carrying her bet ile he had been wrong about prince save for 1119 girs the room was wag empty the woman though she bhe exclaimed showed bowed no great surprise and seemed prepared for uch a fainting spell dan laid the actress on a the hota dofa and then the him please jo go air lr I 1 can quite manage banaga she has haa these turus often ill giro her brandy she will be quite rutht TO 10 BE CONTINUED |