Show Summer Bachelors ny Dr v no rn rABIAN r WHAT lIIAS HAS HAPPENED LI ED so F FAn Derry Thomas an attractive business 1 girl while white shopping per per- permits per permits mits Tony Landor a young man whom she has hrs not met to pa pay for a dress fabric she cannot af at afford ford tord Ue He He leaves her without learning her name Mr Mi- O Ostrander der tran del der dealer In antiques her employer em- em goes abroad leaving hi his business In her charge on her promise not to marry for tor three years ears Bevorley Greenway In an athletic young oung married mantakes man takes Derry mo and they Introduce themselves to a 0 country club as guests of a mythical Mr Smith Preston Smith a New NewYork NewYork NewYork York alderman turns up and ad- ad addresses ad lid addresses dresses Derry as Mrs Greenway u until they explain the situation on the way back to town Smith takes them to The a fashionable night club Derry see Landor there but he makes no 10 sign of ever having met her herDick Dick Otle Otley a wealthy dilettante begins to pay attention to h her herShe r She al also alao o meets Martin lartin Cole a playwright and French rench the leading lady of most of his plays She turns turn out to be bea bea II a girlhood friend nd of Derry The latter has seen Greenway lunch lunch- lunching lunchIng lunching ing with a girl He Ho calls Derry up and begs her to let him ex explain ex- ex explain explain plain H lIe brings his shy cousin Prot Prof Walter Blakely an expert tn in psychoanalysis Blakely takes Miss French to her theatre and Greenway left lett alone with Derr Derry kisses her and swears he Is I go goIng go- go goIng Ing to marry her It if he has to walt wait forever asks Blakely It if he can hypnotize her herand herand herand and betrays a growing Interest to In him She Sho carries him off oft to Toe and dances with him Derry grows to like Preston Smith but does not trust him With she sits behind Lander Lan Lan- Landor Landor dor der on a bus and comments on his actions Unexpectedly he herl rises c kisses her and leaves lea the thebus thebus thebus bus The two girls go so to The Martin 1 Cole becom becomes s Jealous and Derry Derr seeing Willow Willow- Willow deans VIII ow- ow deans dean's growing attachment for Blakely who 1 I Is married begs h her herto r to go 0 stow slow Tony Landor calls at Derry's office on a matter ot of business He takes her to a 11 bas ball bas base base- baseball ball Same game She tires to forget Landor and goes sailing calling alone with Otley He takes awa away from her a small email revolver given to her herby herby herby by Preston Smith and calmly asks her Where do you stand now NOW GOON GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER lTER 1 13 Like a despairing chit child bereft berell ot of Its toy Derry said forlornly my revolver Dick Give It back to me please Here Hero she sho got her second start start- startling startling start he ling surprise Certainly said and laid It ft on the seat by her Iler She did not pick PItk It up oP but eyed sat wide eyed studying him Then why wh did you ou I take take It away aay from Crom me ine me I- I I To show you how you OU are to distrust c r t me I dont don't she cried Impulsive impulsive- Impulsively I ly But But but Im I'm more afraid ot of you than I was W before Only lo In a different way You needn't be ot be ot me Did he mean You s have more cause ause to be afraid of yourself Wen Well there might be something In that She asked Where are we going now Did you see sec that tar far light yon yonder yon yon- yonder der The high one Yes Its It's all clear ahead no fog tog at all Isn't that funny tunny Om Omen Omen n he be answered For get the dim past pat and head for tor forthe forthe the clear future What kind of ot a n future Is I that light That's Rangers Ranger's Point We con can make It by morning and get getan getan an early train In Then its Ita It an all night ht trip J I dont don't carel care Derry In repossession repossession repossession sion ot of her weapon of ot was In wild spirits I 1 think you OU can afford to give mil me that much companionship It If I fall tall asleep shoot me at sunrise she laughed Ive I gotto got gotto gotto to get some somo rest or Ill I'll 1 be deal dead tomorrow Theres a stateroom sUIte room below belo beloI made up You'll You find brushes brush and so on there She gave him a long halt half veiled half yelled veiled look All right she said As h hr he reached the companion companion- way companion I ay he spoke again Youve You've forgotten your revolver And by bythe b bythe Y the way your door bolts on bolts on the Inside I I 1 hate late you when you ou laugh at atme atme me flashed Derry and JJ haa vi vigone gone gon Sunrise slanting through the he porthole struck Derry Into Inlo In Instant In- In Instant instant stant wakefulness She got up squeezed d Into the tiny shower dressed and began beg to poke pote around In the cubby until unlit she he toun found her requirements The co- co coffee cotee too tee that she brought up to the helmsman was ot J There was Wll even cven cream Otley by sonic miracle of ot his own was trim fresh and unwearied unwearied- lookinG C They were ere six miles of shore In the foreground was no a arock arock rock about which men were werl swImmIng From one of ot the shore clubs Otley Olley explained They comedown come cOllie comedown down late at night get their sun sun- sunrise sun sunrise rise swim and go uP up In t the mornIng I know some of ot the members Better keep I behind that sail a little more mote or they'll s see e you iou oU But Derry had no Intention of keeping behind anything anything- Atro Afraid Id Idof of my nry being compromised she asked Or of ot my m compromising you She contemplated with In Interest in- in interest terest tho dozen or more sun sun- sun browned browned men splashing about or seated on the rocks rock's smooth flank No my friend she add add- added added add added ed you ou can not swim as fait ta-it ta as this boat can cnn sail solI This wasI was I addressed to a full tull- full faced faced youth who was malting making frantic foam In a well-meant well es- es essay essay tay cs-tay say to Intercept their course I though he was v-as as too far tal away to toI I hear her As the boat d 1 away from him he threw up arms and incontinently sank after atter which evidence e of ot suicidal despair he reappeared at m II a sur sur- surprising surPrising surprising distance and paddled sedately se sedately se- se to the rock Oiley Otley put Derry on the earliest train tor for the tho city It has been a night Dickie It has he agreed gravely a little too gravely for his Ills solem solem- solemnity solemnity stimulated the lurking spirIt ot of mischief never very far tar ie- ie be beneath neath Derry's demurest aspect But there may be and other other times better times Derry grinned elfishly I I just love the sea nea she gushed C It It wont won't do Derry Berry Willow Willow- Willow dean dean denn borrowed a stamp from Derry's desk and affixed It to n a nI aletter aletter I letter with a slap When a wom wom- woman woman woman an lifts stamps from another woman without asking you may know that they have haTe attained the third thirty third degree of ot intimacy She gave ave Derry a searching look What wont won't do Derry Berry knew but was feeling tee ling obstinate You know what I mean The Dick Otley thing Why wont won't It 7 Are Ate you OU going goin to marry him Derry was quite airy about It it itOh Oh not necessarily she said With tho the accent on the nee I hope nIght Bight again But do you want to lo bet that It cant can't be bo done Against c anyone any one else Id I'd snatch It But Dut youve you've got the black magic magle for tor men up your sleeve Look what you e youve you've done dOlle to poor POol Bev Dev Greenway Bev been having the the spoiled child complex ever since he got back Youre not giving him J as much of ot your time as you used to Derry laughed got gotas gotas as much to give The old date dalo book is busting Its covers Be- Be De Besides sIdes ldes too much of ot Bev Dev Isn't th the safest thing In the tho world tor for me drummed on tb the arm of ot her chair Trying Otley as an antidote Otley different Im I'm not a abit abit abit bit crazy about him and yet he keeps me guessing That certainly shows a kind ot of o Interest do doesn't it 7 Are you crazy about Bev Derry No No-no But there are times when I think I could In be-In be In a away away away way Maybe you'd better belter marry morry Ot- Ot Otley 01 Otley ley after all all He lIe looks looke to mo me melike melike like money In the bank in fast f ho hll looks hooks like the bonk bank Itself The Idea being to sell out tora for tor tora fora a marriage certificate le lest leet t a worse e thing befall me Is Js that thit It It It If Ive I've got you yon right con con- continued con con- continued continued the appointed self Analyst with all your devil dare blurt bluff youve you've got cot something deep inside you that Is prudent and conser Conser- Conservative conservative and piously calculating calculating- which Is a 0 pretty prelly good definition of feminine virtue Irlue at that Bu- Bu Be Besides t sides sides- I 1 suspect you of being being- sen- sen sen That's always alwa's a safe sate safeguard safeguard guard Its It's so respectable I Im not sentimental Im I'm a boiled hard boiled business woman woman- woman when 1 Im I'm In not having g a good Urn Speaking of that when does Marty throw his party party party-f It you dont don't mind my bursting Into verse erse Saturday night nig t By y the tho way ay Im I'm bringing a special guest Walter Blakely I suppose Oh no Hes He's part o of the show sho anyway anyay This Is some one onemo mo more e In your our line of ot Interest have o to show mo me Tony Tny the top bus-top bruiser an- an announced an announced triumphant triumphant- triumphantly ly What price pric- that Where hero did you snare him himI I 1 didn't have hove to Ilo He snared l himself Glided Gilded noiselessly into Inlo the trying try Ing not to loo loot look as It if he ho were were anxiously searching for tor something young and Inno Inno- Innocent inno- inno innocent Innocent cent In a copper-colored copper frock No Xo Did he When The night of ot your our nautical es escapade es- es escapade C with Otley I I prodded him and he gave the me his Ills version ot of the disgraceful shopping affair Said It was wasI I a purely artistic hunch at first Soto So Ro to try him him- out I suggested that It if he was ever ver that way again my coloring went beautifullY with chinchilla An And he gave a dying frogs frog's croak that was WI meant for tor hardy hudy mirth and said he was cured for tor life lite and after this he wouldn't buy a n peanut for tor tora fora fora a monkey In a zoo Set that to music and dance to It Il jumped up ant ani performed an Intricate and sprightly pas seu seul had harI taken her bIll bat bag from Derry's desk As she turn turn- turnell turned turned ed ell It swung against the corner cornel with wilh a thudding Impact which brought from Crom Its owners owner's lips III's an alarmed exclamation She opened It and took out a round shim mery object which she examined with wilh anxious attention turning It around in n her hands with great care that thal demanded Der Der- Derry Der- Der Derry Derry ry One of ot Walter Blakely's Blak's globes returned the other I with h relief In her voice olee as she oho set It down n What's the tho funny tunny wriggly light Inside his Invention Its It's part of the process It If you look at It long enough and get your our mine mind all quiet the light becomes still and there comes a II soft creeping wave waTe ot of o forgetfulness ot of ness ness ness- Dont I believe youre you're try try- trying tryIng ing It on me Oh no Its It's no good unless you give yourself up to It said the other softly Have Hove you been giving gl yourself up to it Il Yes Yu Completely Deenie Its It's uncanny Its It's dangerous I dont don't like lite It Its Ita the most fascinating thing in III the world And Its It's the only on useful thing Ive I've ever er done In life helping Blackie with his ks- ks te rr- rr She spoke poke with toe to r eney of o the devotee n a strang manifestation for French I I 1 dont don't like It repeated repented Del Der Der- Der Derry Derry ry obstinately Blackie thought that he might help your elst sister Bister r In some of ot h bar r rhad had depressions depression There Isn't the slightest danger Would you be afraId to have him try It Not It if Its It's quite sate safe Absolutely he says Bays In the hands of ot an expert She held up the tho globe The light within flickered hike a caged sprite Why dont don't you OU take It homo home with you ou Nol No No cried Derry Derry- D rry Then she ShA laughed at herself afraid Ill I'll take it and keep It Itin itin Itin in my room until ekle Bl can como come down Ill I'll dare It to cast castany any spell over me After Alter the actress had llad left lett Der- Der Derry ry set net the crystal on the de desk k kand and studied d It tier Her face tace ace wore II a troubled expression I I wonder what tale tales you could tell she the said within herself herselt I 1 Iwonder wonder what youve you've seen between those two And Blackie 0 Of all wildly assorted pairs It Isn't thinkable And yet yet- She had surprised the dream and dream and the passion In dark eyes and she hn was wa afraid for tor her friend To Be De Continued Copyright bt 1926 1326 by McClures McClure's Magazine International Publications Inc |