Show 6 WING C y I I rn v J JI I r J 11 4 TW NN ec INN I BEGIN mitE tF TODAY Calvin Gr Gray y arrives In to home of at Colonel Henr Henry Nelson Mel banker Gray tells the tho colonel that tha because ot of o hi his hatred tor for the th ho he to break him fI- fI financially fi financially b banker means I Nelson Neson defies denes Gray Barbra Parker buys land for tor tho th colonel Gray hIres Mallow aol And associates to l watch ot otI 0 two to eop all ol oilfields I the activities ot of Nelson In the fields Qua Gus Briskow strikes oil and 01 Gray helps the family over the th through rough rough spots pot pot-i Attic the tho daughter tails falls In lo e 0 e with Gray Bud the thi eon flon runs away from school and sn Gray follow 1 to bring him home He lb finds Bud In the b hands bands ot of an anad ar arad anad ad ad NOW co 0 ON OX STORT She was Wall Hes He's Ies dead or some Bome- something something thing I nas as bashful about callin around to see her not havin anything any anything thing to talk about but school an anoil anoil I oil wells but she took look an right away specially In the wells You'd ought to hear the story at 01 hel her life Ufe Mr Gray Its It's us as sad a as any ol no You Ton see ace her folks had ha halots atI I lots of ot money but her ma died an her pa po was too busy bullY to be both ored ered so he ho sent her tier off ott to a con con- con Int Ent Them nuns at the convent she sho run rue runa runaway as so cruel to her that a away away- And went on the stage Howd How'd you know I didn t the But But the stage Is la the I usual refuge refuse for tor convent bred girls oral who are aro abused Ive I've met set se Did she she- she was vas the old home borne Is In I 1 Sure tebbe 1 you know her bert 1 Buddy cried 1 Perhaps I stem seem to remember the story What Is her narner namer name Arline Montague bead 41 The rhe elder min n shook his nia he You said something about a mat mar IDar 1 marriage lage I dare say she married so some IDe I rich ich John whose family I proved roved of o the tho eo match o many show how girls have been deceived like I the prejudice dico that hat You cant can't Imagine lice dice of ot those Fifth avenue Pat par parents par parents I what she dono done An ht he h went vent oft off an joined the French Le- Le Legion Leion Le Legion gion ion of Honor lIonor an was killed VI What is the you men men- toned Oh Oh that's that'll her own 1 Its It's all she had tad to fall tall back on Its It's bets bein set set- set settled have her tied led up now an shell she'll money noney before long lone ong The old Virginia homestead and nd the slaves slaves- slaves Good thing she met me when she he did for them lawyers had It all 11 tied up in court and wouldn't it et go so till she paid their feesS fees'S Cees A providential meeting truly You ou fIed lard that up of course and ot ot rid ot lit 6 the etched at-etched M retched bloodsuckers ers ra 11 Ilc lse c done much the same sarno thing more moro than once Now Noa ono one thor how question question how does docs she hap p pen hip pen en to be In Dallas I Inter infer from our account that sho ho Is I Imodel n a model of f and that she he accepted our aid only upon upon the tho c condition that hat your i our attentions to her should be 0 characterized by the deepest respect So 1 Well Vell then how como come onie 1 That Mas as just a lucky chance Sho's hes he's got some interests here stocks Locks an things to the tate thees-tate tate ea-tate tate i-tate She dun dunno no herself how liable I ft they jire are nm It but inn me comin u I I u fe feiS iS an Irio in oil ti light io from Tolas an bein her hel out 11 0 n in m all she ast eat me to hep So I got her to come All that had kep her back was 1 the tho expense I Mind you you-JUddy's you Buddys Buddy's tone became one of oc deeper she admiration admiration aln am t blue or anything No sir sir-ec sir ecHer tier Her 11 lift life a 8 ben b en sad but you'd never know Ino now It She's Sites fut fat ot of o pep pcp aU allus us out outI what 1 I lIke tot fOI fun tun that's oLn-that's an that's I about her Gee You gotta meet her Mr air Gray Well ell rather But nut meanwhile mutt mut telegraph sour our parents not only that you hate ha hal e en b-en found but also tho the further good bood Dowa D B ws 1 10 I t 0 o better not say isny thing about my roy gettin married Why Jy not They'd Thed like to know Buddy stirred uneasily Why Wh It s this way I haven't ast nat her yet she sheon ton on ont t have me It ah she says ies es Til Ill I'll let cm em know Good We Vo Well II 11 make mako it for the time being a mere mero message of re- re reassurance re assurance Tonight lou ou and Miss MIs Montague shall hail dine with me mc and we II 11 go to a theatre Gray was wa prepared to find his young friends friend's light o 0 imo lo 10 c e super super- superficially attract e t and she was all aJI ot of that He lie was wag not prepared however to find her quite as ns good goodan goodan goodan an actress as she sho appeared to he be beIn In spite of ot the fact that she probably probably probably ably took less pleasure In the I meeting than did he she admirably admirably ably CO cohered cred her hel feelings Grays Gray's Gra 6 heart sank as ho studIed blond blond- blond Miss Montague She vias ens to his suspicious auspicious cc eye e 0 a trifle too blond and and she wore her lier hall hair bobbed She was waa petite and both bothIn bothin bothIn In appearance and in mannerism she as girlish nevertheless she aas as reliant self rella belf-rella nt and there was a certain maturity ity to her hOI well well- well rounded rounded figure a suggestion ot of about her eyes cyca that told tolda a 0 story I his first critical ap- ap appraisal ap appraisal Gray was as vaguely eon con conscious con conscious of something familiar about her somewhere within him the chords of ot remembrance were acre ere light light- lightly lightly ly brushed but tr try as aa he would he ho could not make himself e bolle belle ej that he had e ever eter er seen her I a I It t j I IA A I IH IGray's H Grays Gray's heart stank a HS sc lie he studied Montague The older man played host In his best and easiest style both boUt at dinner and at the theatre then thOn ho he passed the tho burden ot of entertain entertain- entertainment entertainment ment merit over ov r to Buddy DuddY first cheer cheer- cheerfully cheerfully fully declaring that he would not be sidetracked and that he be intend Intend- Intended Intended intended ed to Impose his company upon the young youns whether hether they nb I n nn M n nn M or not noi inis IDIS was pre pee precisely r ly to young loun oung Briskow's liking I and Boon soon they were speeding out to toIL toa toa IL a road bous house mentioned earlier Inthe In Inthe the evening The Tho resort was aas run on rather rathor liberal principles a number of flushed and noisy nolay couples tere cre dancing to the music of ot n a a colored It was a a pocket hip hip crowd and while there thero wa was no pUblic drInking the pitched high high of ot the merrymakers II aes as Plainly of ot alcoholic origin Gray realized that he be was In n for tor foran an ordeal for tor he had become too well known to escape notice Con Con- Consternation Con Consternation filled him therefore at thought of ot the effect ot or hl hit hia pres pt-es- presence once ence ce here might have But the music went straight to Buddys Buddy's feet syncopation Intoxicated him much as CUI the throbbing of at midnight drums droms and the pounding of ot tom torn toms touts mesmerize a voodoo worship worship- worshiper er and he lie whirled Miss Montague 1 away in hi his hia art arms without so much muchas muchas muchas as an apology to hi his other guest There was nothing conservative about Buddys Buddy's dancing He lie em- em embellished cm is hk b steps with capricious figures and when be lie led ed his part part- partner nor ner back to the table where ho he hal ha 1 left o Gray ray like liko a sailor marooned upon a a thirsty atoll he was red and perspiring his enthus enthus- enthusiasm was boiling bollin o er 0 er gone Dawg lie he cried Now It if we had something wet ct oh eh The These e pants pantis is cut purpose for a brace of ot form orm flasks but I left cm om in to the room on account of you not Mr Ir Grav In Iii spite of ot the fact that Ozark Briskow was compelled to sit out every alternate dance In a dis- dis dis distressing treating condition of at he enjoyed him aI f for tor he was play play- 1 ing lug host to the one woman and the theone theone theone one man tor cOI or whom he be cared most CHAPTER CIL Fight to the Uie Finish Why Why the S 0 8 Mallow Mallow this question as he entered Grays Graye hotel room early the fol- fol fol following lowing evening Sit down and light up while Itell I Itell Itell tell you about It In a D few Cew sen sentenCes ten ea Gray made mado known the story of Ozark Infatuation and the reason for tor his own Inter Inter- Interest Interest est eat therein The woman 1 Is 11 ot of the common rich get variety he concluded and sho she wont won't do She didn't pull the family es- es estate estate es estate tate and her fathers father's slates sla es and the orange grove rove on you did the she Oh no She used that on and ho te belh es it Implicitly Se 0 thre are dining dining- downstairs in an hour perhaps you could look 1001 in on 01 onus US Sure Ill I'll give her the once over Mallow agreed It If she shea anybody In our set SH Ill I'll know her The dinner had bad scarcely started when Gray beard beird his name paged and left h-ft tt the table In the lobby Mallow was waiting with a grin up- up upon upon up upon on his face Is that her tier he inquired That That is 18 tho the girl g Girl Arline Montague ue eh 1 trot trot- name namo Is 15 Mars to argie Fulton ulton and she had her hair up VI when aben they buIlt the Union Pacific Nonsense Youre You're She cant can't be more than titan twenty the thirty thirty at most A oman ft Oman can be as aa oung as she th wants to be If it shell she'll pay th the pio pice Margie had her face tucked up tip two years yean ago aco Cost her five I thousand bucks I cant I cant can't belte ell it Those face taco surgeons hay have Ironed the wrinkles out of at many mallY a a with with- withered withered ered peach and youre you're dining with Margie Fulton the Suicide Blonde I know her kid lI Her r what hat M gasped Sure She w was s married to Fulton the jocker jockey and they had a II boy Bennie was ruled off In New Orleans and started a gambling gambling house I New Orleans Orlane Im I'm Walt Im I'm be- be beginning ba ginning c to remember Into Grays Graya mind came an Indistinct memory the blurred picture of a race track wUI It its iti shouting thousands a crowded betting ring then more clearly a a garish over furnished over room In a Southern mansion clouds of o tobacco smoke rising In Inthe inthe Inthe the cones of at bright light above roulette and poker tables negro servants in itt white with traps mint juleps in tall tull frosted glasses oJ a pretty with straw-colored straw hair Youre right be he agreed final final- finalI finally ly Iy She was wag a on come her She worked the betting ring daytimes ln and I in Bennies Bennie's place at night When When- Whenever Whenever Whon-ev Whon ever r she ehe VI was ass a caught she That's how she got her name Just lust whit oh do you mean by that f Why WIlY the usual stuff A bottle battle ot of water with a II poison polson label If It a mullet threatened to call ull the police po police lice shed she'd cry You have my life lite Then with snaking hand shel shei pull the old skull bottle and drink rint herself to death Of ot course ourse the poor leaping tuna usual usually got the arid add out of ot her hand In lImO timo to Sate sa hei hel She saw to that thaL Gray was laughing silently MY h dear Professor he h s confessed of ot a a sort is mine some some- sometime some sometimes time times I grow weary with the weight of ot my experiences and won won- wonder wonder der why the world so seldom ebo me something new But beside you vou I 1 am as a babe Tell me what 1 has haa become ot of the tho Jockey ex-Jockey hus- hus hus husband bond band 1 i Continued in Our r Next ext Issue |