Show S Summer a Bachelors Bachelors- M n By WARNER FABIAN WHAT h IUS AS PPE ir HAPPENED HAPPENED ED SO o PAR HUt t rry J Thomas an arl attractive business bu lne gIrl cirl while whilo shopping per pcr mils lon Tony Landor a 0 young youns man hom bons sit shi sh ha has n not not met melt to pay tor lor dress which she the cannot H I I loaves leave es h her r without mint h hi name Mr Ir lIr Ostrander der d de dv ilir 1 r r In antiques her h r em- em em em plo r r co go 0 a i abroad leaving his hism 1 m 1 33 in tn h her r charge charge on her promise not to m marry rry for coir thi-coir r r Urn Derry wins many friends the Ci tl in ii 11 Greenway r r r Smith a New Kew York 11 w- w wd ul-l ul ullman o d man Ua Dirk k OUe a wealthy wj mt Cole a a play- play and md Profs Prot- Walter Prof Walter Blake Blake- BLaken in n exp rt Jt in p psychoanalysis ot of Green Greenway's ays ay's di III tl an leading lel lady In Coles Cole's ul y yi turns out to be b a girlhood z nd nd of or perrys perry's Greenway of or 1 rs to divorce orco hIs wire wife if Ir Der- Der Derr r Der-r r will marry him u I omen Interested In Blakely rny all meet frequently at The a fashionable nIght nIghtclub nightclub nightclub club Derry sees Landor there but buth buthi buthi h hi gIves no sign of ot ever over having met t her Iler Martin MarUn Cole Colo becomes jt jalous alous of ot Blakely and Derry berry urges ures to go co slow I Indor calls at Derry's office on a matter of or business and an l take takes take'S her herto herto to 10 a 0 ball game came She goes sailing alone with Otley They are caught In a tog fog and forced to spend the night on the boat The Theno no next mornIng Derry berry Is seen ten by a fA wimmer off oft one ono of ot the chore Stubs tubs brings one ono of hypnotic globes and andI I 1 es ts es It In Derry's berrys room Mar Mar- Mar tm tm Cole Cold Col gives elves a party and nd Wll-lo Wll lot 10 dean Implores Derry berry to make come The swimmer who r Derry on the boat ap- ap apps T ap-T ps 14 irs ers ir gets eels Ton Tony Landor to take lake her to a l corner on the In root roof He lie Impulsively kiss kiss- klas-i klas hr then a apologizes di d di n from sight they overhear o confess her love o e to Blak Blakely Derry discovers that mony ony Is A a bachelor Otley who II h been masquerading under a at at at t I ae tso O name mime Is unmasked by the appearance of or his wife e C Ire Iro Ehva Elway Mrs Mr Irs Elway tells D Dr ry r ry that her husband is In inlove Inov love with her D Derry ry Greenway be hromis om s jealous of or Tony and th to go so to India She persuades him to wait walt and her on a trip to Montreal lu In three weeks Mrs Preston Smith accuses Derry berry of or vampIng II h r NOW OW GO CO ON OX WITH TIle THE 2 i im 5 I m at lunch lunch- lunch r I r c aft r tho d departure of ot Pren- Pren Prenn Pren-n Pren n s b eyed y-eyed eye y-eye l wite wife Derry said aid Tha That was Smiths Smith's Smith W wit Wl so o 0 What did she want Sh Shi wanted to know whether Pr and I are ato In love What did I tell you ou What did you you Not anything about hr I INo No But jut I warned you OU he ho was wa wain in love lov o e with you ou Im I'm an ld hr hl Is 1 But ButI ButI I didn't realize It What Ar you ou going colne to do doa doa doa a tout out out the ih 11 Nothing Poor I know And Its It's all her ber own fault I- I I wIsh with she h could have bave nard Martys Marty's oration about sum sum- sum sum-Birr mtr mr wIdowers widower Wouldn't have done any good 1 ot of with that fluffy type Is she goIng to make trouble trou lo Dont Don't think so to and dont dont don't care I the be in makes make too much Ill I'll tako Pr enny MId id run oft off to to China wIth him Oh no smiled Your Youre much too fond of him tor or that By the way hell he'll be bo at Ch I ire I Ia ways way's countr country part party Its It's all se L Who Rho else ele tl Is going r Sh s 's left the tho Inviting to me meLet lets let's figure out a 0 list hats tho the plan We Ve leave In four cars right after aCter the Saturday night perform perform- performance anc anee ance and reach the lake In time for su sunrise riso breakfast Return when no AL as and It Ir wOl please wo-please wo please How liow many Twelve Tw lve The Tho extra extra car Is In Incase Incase case caso of or breakdown I Sounds like a a or pipe organ pipe averred Derry Rut Rill I Ibar Ibar Ibar bar one ono Tony Lander I suppose suppose You win All right hes he's hs h scratched lS i l nut But ButI ButI I think Its It's It a low trick In his place Bev nev Greenway unless you youve counted him In already already ady I have han but he cant can't come Got another date date A suspicion shot through Der- Der Derr Derry Der Derry r ry When hen Is this Cooks Cook's tour lour Last end weekend In Jn the month She said casually Ill set net It to music and whistle It that Bev's got another date So have I I Well ell you OU can change chance It cant can't you it ir its it's a date to together Not ot so easily It happens to tobe tobe tobe be In Montreal Montrea Are you yoa and Bev Dev goIng to together Montreal asked the actress slowly That it It Derr Derry Im I'm going to ask you OU a Q question Shoot Shoot With paralyzing unexpectedness asked quietly you OU rather it was waa with Tony Sharp tears stung their way Into the girls girl's girl eyes eye I thInk youre you're too rotten she the cried I 1 thought so Youre You're doIng thIs to break away front from Tony Veil Fell I wont won't ont let you ou How will you stop me defied de- de tied fied Derry o Oh Im I'm not foolish enough to try to stop you OU you OU avalanche Ill I'll go so to Bev Ominous lightning charged tile the theair theair air It If you ou tell Bev Be Ive I've told you I swear Ill I'll never speak to you again perceived ed that she meant It U she undertook to Inject n a little subtle poison polson Into the conversation Since youre you're oure not goIng theres therell thor no reason why Tony shouldn't bo be included Not the slightest They say Claire had quite n a aflame aflame flame for tor him before the she married Elway I I Youre not my sum sum- summer sum summer I mer I wonder why you told me about your our plans mused tho the net act netI actress act actress ress aloud I kinda wonder onder myself Keen in the ways and wiles lies ot of women's mentality de- de decided de decided that it was because the sub sub- subconscious conscious perhaps Derry perhaps the themore themore themore more profoundly feminine Derry Derry- Derry wished to be saved from the self imposed self self- imposed adventure But how to it without Interference She saw no mo present way way It If she only mIght get Smith to help But she couldn't tell She Sho couldn't tell anyone not even The final thought all thought all her thoughts seemed to begin or end with Blackie now coincIded now coincided with the mention of ot his s h ls name in Derry's berrys smoothest voice rousing her witha with witha a start from her reverie What hat did you say I said would you give five up if Ir Ill I'll give up my trIp with Bev It If you OU loved lovee Bev Dev as I love Id I'd tell teU you OU to go eo tomor tomor- tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow row answered yered wIth such intensity that Derry berry hastily mumbled out something about bb- bb b Int be-Int Ing sorry adding addin I dont don't want ever to lovo love anybody any anybody any any- anybody body that way Its It's too too-too too too dev dev- devastating devastating dev Neither elther did I But Dut it came And Ill I'll never give it up until I have hll to Perhaps you wont won't have to lo Oh yes Ill I'll have havo to to an- an answered an answered the other with q quiet let tore fore foreboding fore boding certainty Are Aro you com com- comIng coming com Ing to tho tonight No o Im I'm going to stick at home and make up somo some back sleep that's settled Anyway thought D berry rr as she undressed that nIght meaning by that Anthony Landor By Dy an affair with Beverly Greenway she would definitely put thIS th other out ot of o the I reckoning for tor Ir if he be h ever knew he be would she sho felt certain abandon any serious thought of her and I Ir if necessary she sh intended that h ice should know But she hoped t that at tho necessity would I Inot not arise She Sho shrank from hurt hurt- hurting hurt Ine Ing Tony nor did she h want to hurt herself herselt Everything would be beaU beall beall aU all right It If he proved amenable and willing to abIde by her em- em embargo embargo cm bargo But she sh found it Imp os- os to sleep le p The Tho crystal cry tal globe Possibly that would put her to sleep It Ir she sh could fix her het minds mind's eye upon upon it mak- mak nak lug Ing everything eLse eUe blank She moved it to catch tho ray from tho electric bulb No use uSo The gleam was dead within It Pet let Petulantly Pet Petulantly she switched off orr the light I and hours afterward as it seem Seem- Seemed seemed I ed cd to her spent brain descended haltingly Iy Into the th dim places of or sleep to meet troubled dreams I reams The Tho sun tun struck through the tho window full tull on the th sleeping girl She stirred she sho turned and op- op opened opened op opened ened weary ees eyes Before her Ule Uhe crystal was wa touched to fire tIre strange fire that claimed and fixed her yielding gaze gate Deep In Its convolutions the gleam begun began to dance to dance and weave ea as a thoughts move in the brain A glowIng nimbus spreading enveloped all the tb world Derry and helpless let It flood over her In its radiance she sank and merged until the tho soul wIth within In her ber wes wax w less than a pins pin's poInt in a universe of or blinding enveloping penetrating glory She gave ga herself herselt h r el to the glory clory as Cl to a compelling lover So fo she l sh drifted Into a a great strange dim dream To ne De Copyright 1921 by I Clure's International Publications Inc Ine |