Show y f oH NESCE NE R E WHAT HAS S M GO-M BEI JLANE w n ml aten- aten Is 15 utterly front Iper sister FAITH rAITH does all nl the work ork for tor the ram foul lIy Ily oP ci six Including her mother lier Imer fattier father who ho hoIs Is a 11 L i 01 contractor In II a IL small 1 way nay her hr I brother brothel JUNIOR or Lung Long Lane Lant and Joy JOl nine lime r i c h snails snail's son oit amateur f ho raith with ith hut Faith ralth cares carts only for tor hathaway ay who ho Is infatuated wIil lIh Cherry Cherr t At a 11 party at to t cannot go CO of or a 0 heart attack by b her ny sees s Cherry In Chris Wileys Wiley's s arnis arm and gocs to 10 for com tori not iio 10 loses with Cher Cherry ry Mho ho lio retorts that t elm she u IlL not marry hathaway ny If site Iio con po land nd George continues to Ia pay T marked attentions attention to Faith and ami amion an anon on a ii ISunda Sunday takes her lier to 0 corI for rOl il Inner lie lie- Before Be Before fore leaving It tracked and aini locked suilen c lit III Cheiry's closet and the lie mem mem- memory memory ory of or a Cherry has lias front from I lIeson fills tills mind mini II lh lilt fc J r bhe has no rio hub limo to discuss the Hie lIh but ks buin-ks hide the die cult Junior to to truck case e In hIs Ills automobile telli that lie he lo loves love ts t's her lier neil anil asks her to kiss tIg him Strangely nouh ilie he hc raises her lips ups lo to lila Ills NOW cow GO ON 01 uSE rue STORY CHAPTER XVI When George Georgo Pruitt Pruitt's famished lips III's pressed hard upon her mouth mou iI h fn rest haS haS- I t In i Jug Ills arms bu but when be- be be defeated ho he raised ral d his face tace and glared at her out of oC cheated accusing eyes she shuddered dered and flung an arm across her face flee so that thaI she would not have to witness his pain Why did lId you OU let me kiss you 1 he demanded hoarsely It was a brutal way to show me mo that you you you- didn't care I I-I I I wont won't do It again he be assured her his head dropping upon lii Ills breast his big freckled d hands locking tightly be between be- be bet tween t een his bis knees Im sorry lorry G George George-an George cor g e a n S j ashamed she whispered huskily You see I wanted to know know know-be- be beyond yond ond the tho shadow of o a doubt Ive I've heard that love comes sometimes like a 0 rushing torrent In the he kisS I wanted wan led It to come come If It It would I wanted to love lovo you OU be bec bc- bc causo uro Im I'm so EO grateful for or love I need love but love but I need more Inore than anything else to give lose lo 10 e Soni Some women are like that George Gcorge and some are like like-like like like Cherry greedy to take having ba little to give Im I'm sorry lorry sorry Dont pont blame yourself the man Intel her fiercely Irn Im ashamed of o myself for having flared up like that Im I'm sorry too all all broken up Faith I think Im I'm Im I'm a little off oft m my head For Forten Forten ten days Ive I've wanted to shout about and slog sing stop slap people In the streets and them to listen SlY Say Say Ivo Ive foun finest girl girt In the Ibe world and Im I'm going to marry her 4 Thata That's what I wanted to yell fro fro- fro fron 1 the housetops faith alth I J 1 know Faith I-alth rested her chin chinon chinon chinon on her clasped hands and brooded over him her brown bro eyes drowned Rith aith tears of pity pity for tor herself as aswell well viI a as for tor him bin I couldn't believe belle at first that It was Faith inc me Faith Lane that Lane that you OU wanted Its It's IL always been Cherry Chern Cherr bu but I couldn't help bell knowing after a bit and I tried to keep you OU from It because I knew It had hadn't had had- hadn't hadn't nt happened to me too Why George dear Ive I've prayed on my knees like a child these last few that a miracle would hap happen hap hap- happen happen pen and that Id I'd wake walo up and find my soy heart haart filled to overflowing with love for or you OU It fl you want ant to lovo love me so 30 much George said slowly pain pain- painfully in- in fully why not lets let's try get it It tins ting married you know Ill I'll be beso beso so good to you I Faith It makes make mame sue me sick and so so angry I could fight to see you OU slaving from tram dawn I Ii midnight for that ungrateful tam Cam tamU U ii o of yours taking ta the tho leavings shieldIng them propping them up u iii 11 their weaknesses weaknesses- not ungrateful she stiffened and brushed her tears lean away with an nn angry hand They need me rue George I love mothering thorn them all Dad all Dad and Mother and Junior and Cherr Cherry and Joy You dont don't understand that I love 10 to te give give- I want to give too too-to too to give you OU everything lovely that you OU ou OUght to have and cant can't Fine Ino sort soft silks Ellks and gracious velvets velvet for Toil your wonderful body and delicate food that you dont don't have to coo cook c cover over a 0 hot stove sto books and leisure and travel to feed that clover clever brain brof of oC yours ours Listen Ligten Faith Ill I'll hire litho the best housekeeper In town look after alter your family family- family Im glad Dad didn't hear henr you isay Iou OU say Y that she sho Interrupted sharp I The Lanes dont don't take charity the i George Were We're as proud as Lincoln Oh lets let's not Quarrel Dont Don't you think I want Wi to marry you OU and live as your our wire wife c will live beautifully live beautifully Put But I cant can't cal G George I would bo ho broken Inthe Inthe In the plunge George no matter how h fine tine and soft the bed I landed on You knew that when you OU sketched that picture you want to paint pal Lets Let's bo be friende George GorAe Ive I've nov ne neer ni er cr had a 0 real friend I 10 lovo loo 0 yoU Inso so many ways ways- ways All right be he said abruptly springing to his feet teet Well We'll have our swim now and then take easy casy going home lie reached a hand to help her rise Friends sho she when hen she Hello Faith smiled into Inlo his haggard blue ces eyes when ho came striding up to 0 the car In which she oat eat I 1 saw W you OU passing pasing and 1 wondered why Cherry wasn't with you She Sho said Raid she had a late date late with you for tor this afternoon dont don't think Im I'm just prying prying- Of cours course courso not fob Cob lInth- lInth away lean leaned d upon the tho door 3 at C the f car his bare unburned sunburned arm arm- he had been driving a as well aa 08 hatless with the tho sleeves sleeve of oC h hs white sport shirt rolled above the touching elbow elbow touching Faith Faiths Faith's S h e c quivered at the accidental contact t Cherry phoned mo me at two that thai she was Kick couldn't come como with wl me mo this afternoon Sho wouldn't let me mo come over for tor or even a few t minutes so I suppose she's hes feeling pretty badly badly It lt Is anything seri sent serious sentous ous I admit Ive I've been rather worried Her Iter voice sounded odd odd- She sho She she seemed all right when I left leCt at eleven Faith said slowly her mind racing to grapple with whatever this might mean That packed and locked suit su easel case As 1 she studied the worried sIncere face faeo of the man lounging against the car she ahe realized that all day In tho back of o her mind had been the tho suspicion that that packed suitcase had m meant ant that thatCh Ch Cherry rry was planning to elope dope with wl Bob Hathaway And hero here was Bob alone Bob alone But hut I remember now she went wenton wenton on rapidly that she sho seemed list list- listless list less tired I suppose its it's nothing more than a n bad headache You'll pardon mo ms for stopping you like a traffic cop wont won't you th die Ehe smiled smil reassuringly but her heart was wal w beating heavily with dreadful fore fore- forebodings forebodings bodings When they were saying goodby good b Faith stopped him on a 0 sudden Im- Im Impulse mi pulse You might telephone In about half halt an hour fob Dab It if Its con can and It If youre you're oure really wor- wor wo wor- wor I I 4 i l t 4 v v dv d- d 0 t f Lt y r yI I 1 i I I f k Ito He shook 1 11 Id I'd hao c you for it friend then than aug as is a wICe stood beside him holding his band bandin han hanIn In both of her hers Ho He looked away as asit asif It lila his eyes were searching for Cor strength In the tho le beauty of o the tho low how wooded mountains Then he be turned turne back to her hi his hia face faco Illuminated with that sudden gay smile ol of o his hisa hi hia II a a gaiety that touched her heart hear more more than his tears of a few mo- mo moments moments mo moments ments be before Core had bad done Friends lie shook hands vig vl- vig- vig vigorously vigorously Id rather have havo you for fora fora or a 0 friend than In any other woman as asa asa II a wife They talked eagerly as If It to prove their comradeship as George drove smoothly at twenty tenly miles un au hour back to the tho city Now that ho could not havo have her heart healt George Georgo reached out hungrily for fot her Iter mind Did you ever read read- read was was wal the burden of their shuttled conversation He Ho would bring her her Somerset Of Human Bondage which Ie ho liked better than any book lie he had read In ten years Did she know Rupert poems He had had a sophomoric enthusiasm for them during and Immediately after aler the war Ho He Wa was waa still young enough nough to admire tho ho young Eng EnS- English lish poets poet's boyish disillusion and nud I Idealistic cynicism Did she ho have havethe tho Oxford Book Dook of oC English of-English English Verse T lie would give her a copy tomor tomor- tomorrow tomorrow row row- row George Georgo Faith Falth cut In sharply gripping lii Ills his arm that Bob Hathaway who passed us just then Ihen Quick Turn around Catch up with him Its It's awfully Import import- important Important ant Please questions Without wasting time with ques QUes- quo quo- lions liolis or quibbling George swung his car In la a II wide wido circle without losing speed then accelerated d to miles an hour bour Bending over overlie lie steering wheel h he watched the therOld road rOld for tor chance to cut In between carl car going Ic swiftly grinned at atthe atthe atthe the curses the drivers flung at him him and gained steadily on the I dark dane green roadster In which Bob Hathaway sat sd alone hunched bunched over tb Ih whee Ills his head bare the late sun glinting on hl hi his thick h hair When the tho ho two car cars were al- al almost al almost most moat abreast George clapped a palm on the tho horn button and kept It t there thele until the hoarse clamor used aused used Bob Dab Hathaway to turn hIs hIsh hish h hi ad In anger and Impatience to Hello fob Bob Georg George sang saner out ouli C Can Ca n you pull UI up by the aide side or of orill II ill road a u Faith want Ito 10 speak to you OU I nod about Cherry Ask for tor me if I you call and and I 1 can give any message to Cherry It if she isn't Ian sleeping her headache away 11 I wasn't going anywhere In par par- particular Bob hathaway told h lien herI r I think Ill I'll drive on back to the th city Ill I'll call cail you up from my house when I think youve you've had ha time to get home Maybe Maybo shell she'll let me come over this evening When Georges George's car was again headed toward town Faith tried to total tal talk k cheerfully to keep him from suspecting the tho very r real al worry that wa was gnawing at her heart But she was WIlS to find that she had hadnot hadnot hadnot not entirely succeeded In throwing him oft off the tho track for tor when he het let her out at her house he gripped lion her hard hand with the tho low how spoken low en words Call me sac It IC you me ma for for-for tor tor anything Ill I'll be at home homo all evening Thanks Thank George for George for every every- everything everything Vel y- y thing she abe answered simply then ran up the tho graveled path path to the house She found her mother and fath tather fat father er en In the living room looking warm and uncomfortable and and bored In their Sunday clothes Wheres Cherry In her room 7 sho asked breathlessly Why no she she's out with Bob Hathaway her mother mOlher answered fretfully lie Me lIe an and Pa ha has been around all day with nobody to talk to Joys Joy's over ower o er at Grace Graces Grace's When did she leave 7 Faith persisted tear fear making her voice sharp Sly ily Iy land I dont don't know ox- ox ex exactly Me ide and your Pa wa was takina a nap after arter dinner and when we woke up she wa was gone I dont don't know what youre you're oure so flustered about You owed kl she sho had a elate dato With Dab Bob Without replying Faith hurried to Cherrys Cherry's room j jerked open the dresser cr drawers glanced Into the closet and then her worst wort fears confirmed ran through the the house he house to tho the back yard Without With ut her suitcase she sho couldn't get got then far far the girl girt was brought up with a lerk erk Juniors Junior's car was gone And ho bad had said ald he ho was wa not going to IlK 1150 It IL was going to be out with iray ln her coupe coupe- coupe She had bad Just jUM reached the Aile Allen home by telephone when her Cather called out Heres neres a Ii la lady ly to see 1100 Cherry Faith Maybe Mabe you'd talk to I lien her r hello hello Faith shook I lyre Ivor impudently impatiently This Is Lane Mr Mn Allen Alien Is Junior i Jimmy Jimmy Lane there Ho Ito and Fay are aro out In her car you say Thank you When Jimmy came In will iou au ask him to call me mc please Yes Its It's Important She hurried Into the tho living room wondering who the tho stranger coulbo could ho be who ho had come uninvited and unexpected to see Cherry Chern A thin faded tremulous little woman In shabby clothes that tried pathetically to bo be smart took a hesitating step stem toward Faith Im awfully Ini awfully sorry to sorry to Intrude she stammered but I I-I I I had to try to 10 see Miss bliss Cherry Lane Lano you today today today- and her br sud- sud suddenly suddenly suddenly you see ces eyes were ivere denly suffused with righteous enger lin- lin linger en ger that gave her slight Blight cant cont body a temporary dignity Im Mrs Mrs Mrs Albert t Ettleson To De nc Continued 00 |