Show Summer S B Bache Bachelors ache tors II I By WARNER F FABIAN WHAT 11 hitS HAS SO H F Dorry Denry Thomas an nn attractive business girl eirl while shopping permits per per- perI permits mits Tony Landor a young man I whom she has haJI pot not met to pay for Cor a dress dreM fabric she cannot af atford roid lIe He leaves her without learn learn- learnIng learn learn-Ine Ing her name Mr Jr Ostrander d dealer aler in antiques her employer goes gocs abroad leaving his business bu In her chorge on her promise not notI notto noto I to marry for lor for three years yeara erly Deverly Greenway an athletic young oung mar mar- married led ried man takes Derry motoring and they Introduce themselves toa toa to a countr country club as guests ot or a my- my mythical mythical my mythical Mr Smith Preston Smith Smitha II a New York Tork alderman turns up lP niland and addresses Derry as ns Irs Mra Greenway enway until they explain the situation on the tho way back bach to town 1 Smith takes tak them to Tho The TI cher- cher cho che a fashionable nIght club Dr Der Derry I Iry ry sees Landor there but he makes no sign of at ever having me nie her Dick otey O e n It wealthy dUet- dUet dilettante tante lante begins to pay attention ther to tolien lien 1111 She Sho also meets Martin larUn Colea Cole Calc R a playwright and French the leading lady of most of at his plays plas She turns lurns urns out to tobe tobe he be a a girlhood friend nd of D Derry rn The latter has lias seen Gr Greenway lunch lunch- lunchIng lunching lunching ing with a girl lIe He calls Derry up and begs her to let him ex- ex explaIn ex explain plain lie H brings his shy cousIn Prof Walter Blakely an expert In Blakely take takes Mla Miss French to her theater and Green Green- Greensway Gre way n-way wa sway left alone with Derr Derry kisses her I and swear we-ar we site she hc is going to mil marry 11 her It if he has to wait walt for for- forever forever for forever ever asks If IC he can hypnotize her and be- be betrays be betrays trays tras a growing Interest In him She carries him 1101 oft off to Ito The Re- Re Re and dances with him 1101 Der tier Derry Derry ry grows to like hike Preston ton Smith but doe does not trust tr st Olley Otley OUe With Willow dean she be sits behind Lan Lan- Landor Landor Landor dor on a bus and comments on his actions Unexpectedly ho he rises kisses her Ier and leaves the bus The two girls go to The Martin Cole Col becomes become jealous and Derr Derry seeing gro grow grow- Inc grow log Ing attachment for DInkel Blakely who Is married begs bog beg her to go slow slots Tony Landor JAndo calls at Derry's Berrys of- of offee of office Ice fee on a II matter of business NOW OW GO ON 00 WITH TIlEd TIlE STORY STOny is 13 Do you ou mind toiling telling me mo how ow OU found this place Mr Lander Landor asked Derry trying to bo be quite impersonal onal We like to trace our 11 channels of at business Through Walter Valter Blakely Blakel lIe He Is Isa Isa Isa a mine of oC Information about Now New NewYork NewYork York At my request he gave mea me mea a 0 list o or of concerns which wh leh might handle such matters and and as lie he saId that ho he knew sonic dome one at Ostrander's I J came camo here hero first Do you ou mean to say that you didn't really know lenow that It it was me There are ar so y many ThomascIn In New ew York ho he h pointed out Decry Dorry stamped which was un- un un businesslike and elicited a look Of grave surprise from the visItor visitor tor Oh do be human and In an- an giver w r my question How lIow human ant am ni I 1 permitted to toDe tobe toIe De be Anyway lie he h was smiling now flow She Sh liked his smile his smile She Sho liked it a lot let As human as you Jou like As human as on the th bus bUll top Now Nots o- o that hat ho lie got Kot started Ie he h was certainly C going fast enough a bit too fast perhaps Very well she Would gIve him hini a little jolt It It that's your our way of claiming pay pay- payment pa ment mont Payment he ho repeated reputed Are re you OU In my debt Dont you regard me inc as ns being 1 Her tone ton stung a clear clear- flush Into the tb weathered brown bron of ot his skin Are Aro Ar you OU actually concern concern- concerned concerned ed about the tho th Innocent ot of th store alore iso ho h asked It if I 1 were what hat then Id se you OU a statement of ohe the amount at once I wont won't pay It sho sh be declared until I 1 g g good and ready rendy What are you lou ou doing next Putting It lo iti the hands ot of ot a collection agency Is 1 the tho usual pr pro pro- pro procedure with bad debts lIe He look look- looked looked ed quite m bo Ish when he grInned that Va way Derry tool took and daring resolution I didn't mean about tho the debt I meant what are you on doing now Oh Going back hack downtown Why by Sometimes we ive Invite good goo 1 cus customers cus- cus out to luncheon purely aaa as aJI asa a 1 matter ot of o business of ot course Yes I 1 know those business In- In Invitations invitations In Invitations They always alway alwa get into Inlo the bill lolli somehow Therefore sup sup- suppose sup suppose pose you OU lunch with me mc That was the intention intention- all the time stated tilted Derry with calm frankness though It took a Q good deal of ot pressure to put it over But are arc you ou allowed to dispense meals to casual business women wontOn Allowed He lie was frankly I puzzled Then I suppose Mrs Landor Isn't so old-fashioned old as to ob- ob obJect object ob object t ills His face crinkled lightened cleared Oh well welli you see sh she Isn't in town The carnival Cat yourself Derryl Derry chuckled the girl What would sho she sty say It if she know about the th dress dross Then Derry Denny got ot her jolt She does You told her Certainly What diJ I dont don't belle belies believe she uy say She laughed Was that your wife wICe with you when I saw you OU at tho the che er Did you see seo me at the Roch He gave the th impression of striving conscientiously to sommon memory to his Ills aid ald rig PIg again Double pig And was that tho reason you didn't asit ash me inc to dance with you It would have o been a n viola Iola violation loha tion of ot the bargain Im I'm an hon Son honorable honorable gent Strictly Is this luncheon thing In ac accordance ac- ac accordance with the tho bargain You Xou started It I have to start everything e complained Derry Denny ruefully Oth It would never ne get a start I know oW Im I'm slow ho admitted as they left lert the office Lack of experience Ive I've never i ha-i much time for for-for for for this sort of thing This much I will admit now that business Is over There W was l a 11 personal element In nl ml coming to you though It was mostly chance It If I como comae again It will be b by choice No o chance chanco In It The luncheon was as skillfully or ordered or- or ordered ordered dered but not leisurely enough for Derry Denny De 11 After it wa was as over over- what Back to the tho grind forthe for forthe forthe the honest working girl she sighed rather elaborately The Tho Yankees are playing the fled Sox this afternoon Crash goes tho the good old reso- reso resolution reso- reso resolution reso resolution lution YOU Youve ruined my career for the day Ho Ifo looked doubtful But you ou may not bo be willing to go as I 1 Ido Ido do as a L simple low-down low rooter in 11 the bleachers Oft Off yes Sh recalled smil smil- smiling ing Its If ben been the very cry gayest at at- at at Pro Ive had hail sinco since I cra shied era hed through my shell hell said she ho as n they jostled their way through the humored high mass on tho the ie 10 re return turn trip trill Ho lie did not suggest their reo re repeating It On the way ivay lack bad he lle w was rather silent The boyish gayety seemed to have died out of hint him Ever r adaptable Derry did not try to make talk lak Atthe At Atthe Atthe the office whither she elected 0 o return before beCore going Sonic home ho said abruptly iyo I Iv always thought ht this fate tal thing a 8 stuffed shirt Well she Inquired Ha Hassom some Borne ono one on been removing the stuffing It was Will an Indirect If It not inadi quat Inadi qua to answer for him to say I 1 told myself that I 1 wouldn't lift n a finger Inger to see you ou again Well Yell didn't you want to see s emo me ever again again ever I J wanted to to too much Th purely artistic Interest wax was a pretty Idea but It didn't quite prove up So I J stopped goIng to 10 the So I 1 noticed Derry Berry bit hrIP h her herlip r lip That had slipped lIl ped But Ito he tool no heed of It It Ihen Then this business of or Mow braya Mow Mow- Mowbray's Mowbray's brays bray's signature brings ino me bang bangUI up UI against you ou What do yoi 0 call that 1 Luck Good luck It you ou want anI me to be bo flattering I dont don't Were We're agreed to ca cal calIt It chance thus tar far And now flOW that weve we've got to the tho point of n choice choice- Whose Whoso choice Ive I've got rot a choice in the tho matter matler too be reminded hint Suppose I 1 didn't want ant st-ant you OU to come e c me back Wouldn Wouldn't tit It be much much saner san for both of us if I 1 just settled up lip that old ohl at- at account ac account count and thanked ou for a day such such a corker of a day Ton and Landor-and and quit all even No 0 0 Not ot yet She Sho abandoned her bantering tone It If ever eter X I do pay that debt It will mean menn something What Wha hat 7 to find bo be b for tor you out Wont ont you give me a hi Suit hint lit She Sho shook her bel head I dont don't know myself But Ive I've a deep deep- dyed deep dyed hunch it will bo be special It If it er ever comes come oft orr which It probably wont won't II lIe held out hi lila Sand hand Good Gool Good bye bye ho ItO said abruptly It wa was on Derry's Perrys lip lips to ask when site she would so see him again but sue she choked It Copyright 1926 1925 by b McClures McClure's 1 International 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