Show S N INNER INN ER I lj AllE bi aStin FICTION 9 ustin iii NE R E nUT HAS IUS CONC COM GO a I l X L LANE 1 18 It n a I t p p- p p teal flapper napper has u n long lone list of r admirers One Ono Is UES TElL HAUT lL a former fornier beau cau of ot her sister 1 the tho nt stay-at-honie stay drudge for tor the Lane lAnc ranul family Others nrc arc C CHillS IUS WILEY ILE honi Cherry meets clandes finely OX a traveling le 9 y 1111 1 BOn I l to sIoni hom Is h 01 also alfo 0 attracted hut mit who has lias ees ces only for petite Cherry 1 life lire Is largely mAde UI ill of ot getting 21 And nd Cherr Cherry out of ot trouble and hl hiding lIn their scrapes froni their parents Cheater Hart b I r I n g pe 8 n boll on of ot ono one of ot the theto theton's theton to tons ton's ns n's richest fa families III Illes to o call all callon milon Oil on nj tall womanly body ex cx- cx ex e While hUe Cherry It Ii at work worle orI the lie next Uy Faith lio a n great box bos of or Amer mer American lean Jean 10 roses ro-c ro from lit n and nuel Ile Cs her hu I though her Iier heart Is t Io t lo to Halh a While UL HATTIE I Ii i C Cn an n nc kind kiml hearted spinster tI ts is I Faith o 0 make n a new dress the girl rt a n l for or Cherry and hurries dun lown 10 toIk to tell lell the tho girl ehl in- in I worried nt lIt tills thIs el- el C cil I- I of r an Intrigue Cherr Cherry and Albert I J who is mai in She lio finds Hulls erl being l lovo Io to lo b by he lies her elderly Mil MIt CLUNY and her Cherry that Cluny means no liar and lies n about tho Iho of Ettleson's OIl telegram hell Cherr Cherry sees ees George Joses sho i they are nrc for or her Theu Pruitt tele- tele telephones phones to e the 1 0 girls s-Irli to a 0 party nt at t his home Cherry I Is furious 1 and that lint she can an dl interest to 10 herself yOW NOW GOOY WITH STORY CHAPTER XI i It Il was after one o'clock that night when Bob Dob low low ow 1 slung sports roadster drew up Into sleeping Myrtle street Como Come In lit for tor just a 0 wee little minute Bob Dob Cherry pleaded prettily and Ill I'll give you ou a piece ot of special Cherry-special gingerbread It If It you ou made It II it must be b god Sio l he h smiled at her as 08 a he climbed out of ot the th ncr Cherry laughed happily but neglected to explain that the gingerbread had been made by Faith The delighted pressure pressur ot of her ler small hand upon his arm he took tor lor shy thanks for tor his hit com corn compliment Someone still sUII up-In up up in th the dining room Cherry whispered as they the tiptoed Into thc the dirk dark liv- liv livin in In room She snapped on the light In n a heavily shaded floor which lamp which Junior had hall accused her of ot buying for tor petting pur pur- purposes pur- pur purposes purposes poses only and only and then tiptoed to open the dining room door noise leuly Wiry Why I Faith alth you old darling youre you're oure making makine m my dress she ehe P y ecstatically Come Corn on on In Bob Dob Its It's It just Faith Tuck ruck up your our hair darling its it's simply licking ng yo r cheeks sIte sho added to Faith alth as ns she ahe leaned over to kiss her Faiths Faith's tired face flushed as asher asher her er startled eyes rested on Bob Dob BobI I standing uncertainly In the tho th doorway Its If been so hot and Ive I've been awfully busy she sho explained apologetically as she h rose roso hastily dropping a a sort soft jile of ot green chiffon riotous with tulips A slight silent breeze lifted two or three sheets of ot unfolded tissue Paper pattern fro tro cluttered dining table and drifted them about Bob Doh Hathaway Hathaway's te feet t lIe He them up clumsily and nd handed them to Faith The girl dri winced slightly as his fingers touched hers her Faiths Falth k a silly old darling to it up halt half the night makIng mea mea me a party dress Isn't she the Cherry flung her arms arm about her older sisters sister's shoulders and laid her hor curia curls lov los los- lov tousled gold copper against Faiths Falth's Faith disheveled dark head bead ead The Tha contrast between th the vivid ld glowing happy face tace of the little beauty and the tin tired strained untidy Faith was wa start start- tart lint and ling and Cherry knew it It It- You must go co rIght to bed bcd you ou sweet tired Cherrys Cherry's Cherry voice olce was compassionate and ten ten- tender tender ten tender der I cant can't go to bed yet Faith Falth sail said aid brusquely for tor or somehow the look hook of ot almost foolish fondness and admiration In Bobs Bob's Bob eyes ryes ns as they devoured Cherry hurt her Intolerably Ive Ivo got It cut ut flut and tha th iodice io tasted lasted up but 11 vu lavo vo to 0 get ret It all ready to- to night to-night bight hight tor for a fitting In the th morn morn- morning morning ing since you'll bo be working all allday allday day I 1 phoned Aunt Hattie Hattle and she sho ho said laid shed she'd hed he'd come over and hell me finish up both bolh dr dresses dresses- dres es It perfectly adorable mIL mIL- material ma material Bob Dob Cherry snatched matched up i Lw c- c p c lIe you ou lie he h lie though Cherry 1 n hushed dl lick k h hr 1 flushed handS hand Oh boy Sonic sheik ld e a length of ot the chiffon and draped I It deftly deWy about her small bOd body I bought a beautiful blue and orchid pattern for or Faith cre goIng to knock knoel cm ens dead nt at George Pruitt's party arent aren't we 7 But Dut her eyes were laugh Ins Ir Into Bob Dob Hathaway Hathaway's Oh Faith Bobs Bob's Bob been Invited to George studio party too Isn't that heavenly lies lie's He going stag I wonder why Oh hes he's blushing the adorable child Sho She laughed laugho and seized selz d his hand Come Como on now 1 big biff lg boy Well We'll tiptoe into the kitchen so soft IS ft not to 10 wake up lip my ray sweet old Muggy gy und and n Daddy and nd Ill I'll Iv at big I chunk ot of gingerbread If It you'll be seal good Im afraid theros thero's there not any left lert sald Faith who had bad seated herself and was again plying her swift needle Junior da dashed ll cI in at Ii 11 o'clock and before I 1 knew what lie ho was about hed he'd dashed oft ocr again with the tho cake bix under his arm orm He Ho and Fay Aile Allen Alien ato to It sitting out In her car I only made one pan pall you know Cherry flushed painfully with anger and embarrassment The selfish pig she for for- forgetting for forfeiting getting tp keep keell her voice v low Stuffing Slurring that terrible Fay Foy Allen with our bread ginger Fay AllenS Allen'S that awfully fast rast high s hool girl that eloped with a Il high school boy last year she ho explained rapidly to IG Bob Hathaway in an effort to divert dhert his hi mind from the fact that she sir had been caught In a fib about the ginger-bread ginger Their parents had the marriage e Annulled you know because they were both bolh under age and sho's the simply been town Own talk ever since tince Were We're just scared stiff that shell she'll rope Junior In Im I'm going to make mako Dad and Muggy put theIr foot toot down down- down Cherry Mr r Lanes Lane's voice un- un unusually un unusually usually loud and harsh called abruptly from the tho th bedroom across the tho hall ball What do you OU mean menn coming In this time o night What time Is It anyway i Why Dad Cherry answered Innocently Its It only a little after I eleven Im I'm just trying to get Faith to go 0 to bed Well ell cut out that palaver In I there and get to lied bed ed her ber father grumbled Were folk around round here and I for or one have to get my sleep tiptoed he ho runny funny Cherry tip tip- tiptoed tiptoed tip toed into Inlo tho the living room where Bob Hathaway had retreated twirl twirl- twirling In ing bs s hat between embarrassed hands Hes ires really a darling but buthe ho he thinks think h he ha has to sho also w sv Ms his authority the she laughed Indulgent indulgent- Indulgently ly Iy Well just shut abut tho door and whisper and he wont won't know youre you're 1 till here S Iv Ive 10 really got to be going Bob Dob Hathaway told her avoiding her eyes eye Oh youre you're mad at met me Cherry cried In a 0 low 10 stricken olce I Just because I 1 told Did Dad a tiny white whilo fib And Bob she said her tiny body wavering to- to towar toward to toward I war ward him so close clo c that a copper curl brushed his hi coat I t wasn't fibbing about the ginger bread r-brend r when I mid It was a a Cherry Cherry- special Honest I 1 wasn't I-I I I Imado made up the tho r recipe myself and nd I I I used reel to bake boko it every Salu Saturday day be- be beI before be before fore rore I had hind to go to her work work I I voice trembled tremble ever so o and now nosy Faith who ho stays nt at home borne you OU kno know makes make It some some- sometimes ome times But nut the family till calls It the tho special Cherry ginger bread ginger Please dont don't be thinking bad old oid thoughts about poor little Cherry Bob Ic Im I'm not perfect perfect- perfect I think you are arc the man mon said th In a 0 low thick voice Then mm- mm sur surrendering r- r rendering completely to the vivid beauty of or her hi his s arms arnis went around the thC tiny body y In a crush crushing ing embrace Cherry raised her face toce stood on tiptoe to meet isis his first kiss hIss Her Iler cheeks checks were ros rose rose her ce eyes like me yellow diamond diamonds when hen Cherry re entered tho the din lin- din dining linIng ing lug room Faith Faiths knew at nt the tho ho first quick glance Ianco Into that ml lovely face tace but she he could not spare upare herself the torture ot of asking rIo lie kissed you didn't lie 7 Didn't he hl though Cherry laida laid II a flushed cheek against l er clasp clasp- clasped clasped cla p-od p ed hands and laughed a low rich gurgle of or happiness Oh boyl boy Some Porno shell thell And who sho would have thought It He ire looks so quiet and steady steady- Did he aslOU ask asic you OU to marry him l voice oleo shook In spite of ot her ler effort at control self Goodness Faith you ou sound souna like Aunt hattie Hattle Give GI the poor darl dan darlIn danlag darling In lag ing time This isn't ump ump teen ump n-ump teen lt Its It's nineteen twenty six twenty Gosh I 1 dont don't feel trel like Id I'd ever go goto goto e eto to sleep Thrills Js thrill thrills Lord Im I'm gla l Im I'm young and little and beautiful Arent Aren't I 1 beau beau- beautiful Faith 1 Shin She stretched her tIny Uny rounded white arms above her head executed two or three dance danco steps then flung herself herselt upon Faiths Faith's lap Iop I want to talk to you serious you serious seriously ly Iy r- r Faith picked up her small sister as It if she had hael been a 0 child and set her upon tho the floor Go Co Goon on and get ready for bed bed- Ill I'll be beIn bein beIn In when I finish this seam scam But tho the seam scam took longer than any ony other seam Faith had eves ever for tor the tho tears to be b denied no longer loncer gathered In he her hel great tired brown ees eyes and ard overflowed blinding her Every nerve nene In her body hOdy was qu quivering at nt th thi thought ot of Bob Dob Hathaway Hathaway's lip lips upon Cherrys Cherry's At last she sho ho folded up her work dabbed at lit her Ier les yes with her handkerchief and walked walk slowly and softly so as s not to awaken her parents to Cherrys Cherry's room Cherry In lit a pale pal pink night irown gown 1 was brushing hr her curls curl be- be be before tore fore the tho mirror and und her dresser h her r lips HIs curled In ft a fond smile S I asaho sho aho studied her reflection Quit admiring yourself like that I Faiths Faith's Faith strong trong hands closed upon th ho pearly little and shook them ni I bate you OU when wilen I Isoe Isee Ino see soe you ou doing r that Oh Cherry life lIe Isn't you fair fair you a arent aren't fair You take toke and ond take and take anti never give any but a n few In Ill Insincere sincere tweet sweet words ord that snake make sic n nall all your slaves God gave pavo you ou every everything In the way woy of or beauty anti ond Instead of ot being eing content yoU take tako everything else els you can lay Iny sour our hands hand on It Isn't fair Cherry Cherry- Such Such 1 Is life lite Cherry impudent impudently ly Iy quoted her father To him that thol hath bath you know Dont Don't he on no oll 01 1 grouch Faith Aunt hattie Hattle has ha a 11 terrible influence over you Cherry and Faith dropped from rom tho the general to the particular lar lar with a n helpless ee pOStUre gt Urt or of are ar you ou In love lIh Bob Hathaway Crazy about him Cherry nn- nn answered an answered flippantly dipping her Iler fin fin- fingers fin fingers in- in gers gems Into a jar of ot cold 1 am Are Arc you going to marry him Faiths went on relentlessly r I Item 01 rne face drawn with paIn pisin Not ot If It I can an pot get George Georgo Pruitt Cherry rry answered n w red calmly as she rubbed the tho fragrant creAm Into I her cheeks cheek with an nn upward rotary let him fall fail genuinely in inlove love with Bob you you Bob Hathaway I and antl and you'll play him against Geo Georgo o Pruitt anti and break Isle his hi heart without a qualm Faiths Faith's was bitter and very d II tIes Hes old enough to take care caro of himself I may marry him It If I cant can't land o and If Albert Albert- Sho She stepped short hort bit bither bither bither her lips III's lip with Ith vexation It VIto Albert cant can't t al get II a front from isis his wife vu x l u meant mean voice was os full Cull fish At Qt genuine horror Oh Cherr Cherry I 1 what on onearth onearth cart earth II will you ou do next f Walt Wait till 1111 tomorrow night and lInd see sec what turn up at George Pruitt's 1 pal parly Cherry answered nn angry ry Impudence To lo Ii U-j U Continued |