Show S Summer B Bache Bachelors ache 1013 By W WARNER ARNER FABIAN WHAT 1 HAS V l Ir OD t SO 0 Put FAILi I Derry Decry Thomas Thomai an attractive business girl while shopping per per- mils Tony Landor a young oung man mall whom she sac has 1145 not met to pay tor torn on or orn n n dross drass fabric which the she cannot 1 afford Ho Ito leaves her without learning her name Mr er cr dealer In antiques her en cn- gee goes abroad leaving hI his business s in her charge on her promise not to marry tot for three earB Derry wIns wina wn many admirers admirers ers among them Gree- Gree Greenway wa way Preston Smith a New York alderman Dick Otley Olley a dilettante Martin Cole Colo a playwright play play- playwright wright and Prof Walter an on expert In psychoanalysis a cousin of Green leading loadIng lady In hi Colts CollIs plays plas turns out to be ue iI A girlhood friend of ot Greenway or of- of oft t f rs ra to divorce his hia ICe io It will marry him hlin bo- bo ho becomes cornea comes Interested In They The all afi meet mott frequently at the tho cr ht a a fashionable night club Derry sees aera Landor there thero but he 6 no sign s ot of eer ever having having- met 1 T r 1 Martin Colo Cole becomes jealous s or of and Derry ferry cs Wit to go KO slow alow Landor catl calla a Derry's office on a II matter malter of c busIness bustnes and takes her to a Ii l bl ba K jime me She goes sailing alone one with OtiC They arc are caught In a 0 to fog and forced to spend the night onIS on th IS i boat The Tho next morning Is t seen Been by a swimmer oft off one of the tho shore clubs Willow Willow- dean brings bringo one of Blakely's hyp- hyp hypnotic hypnotic globes and leaves It In room Cole Cola hN a party pallY and Implores to make mako Blakely come com The Tho swimmer who recognized d Derry Dorr f on the boat appears and Derry Derr gets gds B ts Tony Landor to take her to toa lia a secluded corner oi on the root roof 1 Me He impulsively kisses her lier then I apol Hidden from sight I they overhear confesS her lIer love lovo to Blakely Derry die discovers covers coen that Tony Is la a bachelor yOW O ow GO OX ON WITH cUC STOn 21 I I think thi this has haR gone one tar far farenough enough volunteered the discovered ered cred husband Mr Ir Cole I have hav to thank you for tor a most moat interest tog ing evening I bid you all good goodnight night lie walked behind Derry saying low tor for her ears alone Its 11 1 been a wretched lie but one thing You know that dont don't you Because she was sorry for tor him and because she did id believe him Derry said gently Yes Yea What I woman cannot find palliation to- to to for any crime or turri- turri toI I tude com committed milled out of o love lovo for tor her fair self Well that's out of o our If remarked the tn- tn Innocent In Innocent tm anyway cause of o the turmoil Now y To hat Forward to the taxis com corn commanded Preston Smith Derry and Tony slipped away first She took tool a hardy resolution to end the tho evening with one mor revelation which might make It 11 easier r to end everything Fo For Tony lony at least As they selected their boat d c t the landing and pushed off ort Derry Derr caught sight Ight of ot Bev angry and wretched face tace and her conscience burned her Sh She was giving him him a Ii rotten rollen deal Oh well there would woul l be time enough to make It up to him Im later there thero room for tor r r person In the stern lie He had bad risen half was movIng Ing log with the tha careful craft of ot one on accustomed to the treacheries ot of ol boats to slip Into the scat seat her Walt Wait alt she said He lie rested on the IntervenIng cross seat You said that as 84 If you ou were afraid So So I am but not the way you OU think Ton Tony you hOard heard what that thai t fool tool Corcoran said about the tha gir girl an and ond the man In the sloop Yes I 1 was the girl So io I gue guess guellS 1 I happ happened to be b looking at ot you ou when Corcoran Corcorn was wag babbling And you OU know who the man mar was Of Ot course She saw that he did Right night It was wae Dick OUe- OUe Elway I Elway-I I mean Wed We'd been out t all night she ehe added just to help hel him think whatever he ho cho chose e I I llo hope e you had a pleasant trip said he politelY Is ls that all youve you've got to say I thought that you'd think think think- oh ob It doesn't matter babble Derry feebly She felt utterly at ata ata at a loss How dared he ho take It In such a 0 matter fact way a It matter to him hint at all what sh sho had done whether whether- whether It If you OU expect me to think any any- anything anything thing definite he reasoned SIts Its If because youre you're oure frying to make me mi believe bellove things about you I won won- wonder der why wh Im Im giving you the facts They're certain to come out and then my in reputation reputation- reputation Ho lIe smiled What do I care about your reputation Its It's you I Icare Icare care about Then It if It Is l I should think you'd oud be bo Interested In knowing what kind of girl I am Oh I sec see All His Hi eyes OS were hard and stringent upon tiers hers which could not quite endure now that the had come to meet them What kind of ot gitl gli 1111 I Iare are arc you As Alf she had 1 Beveri Beerly s Greenway she now answered An thony Landor Im Im not Ignorant Whether Im I'm Innocent or not Is my affair Whether bethel you are he Innocent h stressed the word to to an almost almos ironic Irenic or significance or not In the th usual sense of ot the worl wor I dont donl know But Dut I know this Whatever you may have havo done It hasn't taint taint- tainted tainted tainted ed your self respect Ah Ab that was better than poor bewildered Dev Bev had been able to tc todo todo do though tho Tony knew her so much less Ices And that's thal's the vital Ital thing you think Youre You're unusually broad broad- broadminded minded for Cor a man It The rhe other Is well Is physical But self respect is a a necessity ot of life to your sort of ol 1 girl Cant Can't you see how v much I 1 Ilove love lo you Den Derry murmured Im glad she And Im I'm going to marry yoU ou No youre you're not There was moro more panic than determination In her reply It If she saw enough ot of him he probably would But I am he persisted Un Unless less you tell me inc you care for tor some some- someone someone one else Pho Fhe tried another tack I couldn't marry you even eHn If I wanted to and I jon dont don't t Im I'm under undera a a business bustness contract to stay slay single single- single tor for tor three years ears Three centuries was hl his hh Indignant In in- in indignant comeback Why thata that's no binding contract That's what the lawyers call contra bonos mores I dont don't know what Its It's contra but Its It's a question o of respect self all right to keep that agreement So unless you'll solemnly promise I never to even try to worry me- me me Ill promise nothing of ot the Bort sort Then Its It's all oft off and Im I'm not go- go goIng goIng log Ing to sea sen you any more a declaration of ot war ar War It lt you make it so 10 Good Good- Goodby Goodby Goodby by my enemy He stared at her long and strang ly Am I to kiss you Derry Yes she whispered A sun-ray sun thrust Its dart down across a 0 rocky bank flaming and flowing like the embrace to whIch It put a I reluctant end Voices sounded from around the tho bend anan an 1 an Irregular splashing Here re the others othera murmured Tony dear It the girl Goodby Good really Is the end Its only the beginning he averred Ship ahoy shouted Max Zin- Zin Zinder Zin-der Zin der nautically from the stern seat of the big park gondolas Sur Sur- Sur- Sur Surrender r r render or die Bend to the oar oars galley slaves The small boat was taken In tow and the press-gang press then pro pro- proceeded proceeded proceeded to round up anI an Blakely Biakely who had also played tru- tru truant truant tru truant ant Breakfast followed on the lit lit- little lit little tle tie Island At 7 o'clock Claire m El- El Elway way way yawned unaffectedly Children Its It's been a gran grand 1 par par- party party and andall andall andall ty and to pleased all that but I need slumber Pren Pren- Pren ny ny fly you OU shall ahall take me to a or an hotel whichever you OU p prefer rete r and leave me there Who's going our way to bear witness to our part part- partIng parting ing tug Bev Bey Be v and I will volunteered Derry whereupon that gloomy youth looked a few degrees less sui eui suicidal eldal than he had been appearing all the evening Claire marched up to MartIn larUn Cole ari kissed him soundly To show how you how much I liked the show and In hopes of ot being asked again she sho explained Youve got a permanent bid But I really do not think so sowell sowell sowell well of ot your our little toy lake she reo re- remarked re remarked marked as a she settled herself herselt In Inthe inthe Inthe the rowboat It If It know better lake hake you OU any goto go goto goto to It paraphrased the fat tat critic An Idea Ideal In tact fact an InspIration Ill I'll show chow you a lake that Is la a a lake some week end before long VIII you ou all come Of Ot course you will my seraph make me mo a list li ot of their names and If any ony Au revoir The rest of ot the party followed shortly In her room aglow with the full tull daylight Derry Berry reflected upon the events which had bad crowded crossed and j crossed the last few hours My Iy Iy bachelor Suitor turns turna out married she sho said aId and my mar mar- married married ried ned adorer Isn't married at all and wants wanta to marry me roe and cant can't even elope In a sloop without getting caught at It It and and-and and and Isn't lant lifo lICo gummy In spots Yell Well what are arc you winking at T For lor Blakely crystal globe globo on the mantel catching a sun-ray sun Sal hal flashed It derisively In her eye Some Soma day remarked Derry Im going to wake up looking at you and never be able to stop Id I'd better beller shut you up Dut But filling falling asleep she forgot all about It TO BE DE CONTINUED Copyright 1927 by McClure Magazine International l Publications Inc he |