Show Sumner Bachelors S By ii- W I II DI ClI 3 35 The Th fortnight preceding Mr Oat Ost randers rander's return was wa to Derry a ar r r from tale fate There Thero waa much to do In the Hie office preparatory atory lory ory to his taking over control ail aln It was In charae- charae to charac-to to shirk her routine but she sheu u 11 her duties In a dazzled w I mi Lm The only reality In life v Tory Tony ony and their hours hour to- to loser urr lo-urr ser 1141 Though she oho hc would not let leti business suffer she sho ha had her that her lover was not nota a for his schedule med ind adjusted q inclusively to the lh ot of o being with her ny y lunched together dined to- to to th went ent to ball games or mu mu- mu mu urns or ho he motored her about o c n It 1 r professional proCessional visits In the moon and find In tho the evenings evening Y r CZ w V the tho new plays or spent w U hours hour in her apartment u ul W his cant can't keep on you OU ow 0 dear der she sho warned arned him more moren moren n ono ono- Wn Yn c Cint mt It w hl 11 couldn't ny fly It know These things dont don't II III her head ominously Oil Ive I've l known people who who'd d d together tor quito quite rully o I nl l tw twenty nty thirty thirl forty years he d adding OJ 01 O they were cro mostly mar- mar Iu liil hd 1 T i 1 that makes a a difference differenced U J Derry dryly Do Vo you mind me in to tonight ony They had been motoring In the theo then then o n r ri after aUer dinner to cool off c ck k to the tho widowers bunch T 7 No Xo Its It's 11 Sho She hasn't u tJ n near nar me m for Cor or days dayi Have Havo and broken Yes Yee Ye I think so to That's That why Im I'm worrying about her Ills His face Cace darkened Did DIE he be soft IlIr She yh m made made do him I d dont don't nt kno knout he circumstances circumstance but his family e TO rd In it It II I suppose you OU know that she's tit th talk of the town s i Derry no nodded ded A famous Camous critic had ad devoted a column on ono one day dand nd still another column on an- an another an another other day to celebrating his dia- dia Ivery that French Had ad developed from aa a stage C beauty Into an actress of unmistakable power po was not at the then theT T n herche had not meen there for a fortnight The Th circle be- be ber r be-r beI r I- IU U t I of I its It I two focal points oln l was now merely a a disconsolate rem n ur t Sh She hunted bunted dean Snap Snap out of It It urged Derry rome come C orne back to the tho crowd What ns Is there In moping yourself to death I I 1 shant shan't You look like II it Are Arc Are art ou ou all right asked Derry Mu- Mu stu stupidly Oh Ill I'll live through h IL ItI It I haven't set liet eyes ees eye on t cd 1 Derry after some hesitation You wont What's hats the matter Has JIas any any any- hung happened Where is he In his laboratory I suppose t o work as he ho should be I minine Instinct told Derry t tr bound tongue and spirit spirit- t though seem she was really Cray Cray- fig to find relict relief In speech Did you was you was It hard for tor him D m nl ni 9 No I made mad It 11 cas easy for tor him You couldn't Not If It I know You nean th that t he h ant In really and deeply in lovei love lose loses s lU roue you jou Oh no returned the actress t I lIe He wasn was n And 1 you expect me to bellevo t t t In this short time ho be has hall 1 lie He loathes me It was a arIed i fled rIed cry of agony Youre crazy How flow j could he But Dut that grim crim sus- sus susI sus suspicion awakened by tt r I cad ad and confident forecast when they had last spoken ot of o Walter alter Blakely again stirred In her minds mind's depths Ive I made mild him Ive I've turned his own experiments on him I i How Tho other bowed h her r hood hold Ive told you about his theory of ot tin tin- planted Impressions she ahe said In her I colorless monotone lies Hes lie al- al always always al always ways wanted roo me in to put him under and try the experiment on him himI I 1 never would before Now I Ihas Iha e ha e has e Derry drew a shuddering breath You gave him the Idea of hating you Yes Did he know kno what you were doing Not ot a That's what mode it hardest And he doesn't suspect now X No o He Ha never will Afraid to ask uk the next question nevertheless Derry asked It it What did you tell him Enough I didn't leave leavo myself a shred alired of ot decency He He-he He he even cven believes that I never ne loved him That I intended to trap him and Dond andSet get mone money out of him Deeni Well why not hot She t spoke poke with Quietly fierce pride the Hi martyr prid pride of ot the woman who gives elves her bony to torture or her heart to the flames namn to save sa her lover Im going to him declared Derry halt haIC crying Its too damn damn- damnable damnable damnable able Im I'm going coins to tell him It wouldn't do any good tood You mean he wouldn't believe bellee me I He Ho might mi ht but It wouldn't make m ar any y difference The Idea Is planted tOl toa deep Nothing can ever get set It I out of or his mind now Yo You cant can't do anything What Ive I've done I dill did dillI I Ith my ees eyes open It was the easiest way for him Probably It was wa the th only way Hed He'd never have given eiven me up any other way I and I never coull have stood out him In the long lone run Derry went away with Ith a prickling I heart Happiness It seemed was like radium There wasn't wa nt enough ot of it In ht the world to go to around and If one ono laid ones one's hand on a 11 morsel of It It somebody elso else had to togo togo toCo go without Why should she feel because of ot her friends friend's lost happiness when her own might provo pro so evanescent 1 Meantime th thero ro was the healthy corrective or of business Mr Ostrander was waa due that afternoon Sir Mr ir Ostrander ar- ar arrived ar arrived rived Three da days s 's and three evenings Mr Ostrander hell heli Derry's nose to the grindstone It was not a a bad grIndstone IoS as s grindstones go t I Il WI even quite interesting In many or of Its revolutions re but there thero was this dra drawback hack that the continuous nasal contact prevented her from Crom seeing anything else but the grind grind- grindstone stone stone and shO sha very decidedly missed seeing Ton Tony She had lad been obliged quite to forbid him him the tho tele lele telephone phone for tor It seriously interfered with business and Mr Ostrander was annoyed At least there he lie appeared ap- ap ap appeared peard annoyed but there was a peculiar winkle about his worn she d eyes Finally the tho long detailed report ha hasing been cussed Item by item It lt was ap- ap approved ap approved proved pro and set aside Then Ill Ostrander bestowed his al attention upon Miss Thomas as ns a human being b Have a good rood playtime Great Tot Not married yet 1 Certainly not Have you ou for for- forgotten for gotten gollen our contract No but I thought you might have ha You surely have hav bloomed In love 7 Derry's laughter was unforced d dan I an natural something else Nothing about aboul that In our contract Is IsI I there 1 Ho Iio shrugged his thin shoulders I f never try to fence In the Ule th north northwind w wind d my dear dear What about those three years They stand Its ns a long lone time Make It thirty It if you like said Derry hardily Perhaps just a bought thought too loo hardily How JIow would you like to leave New York York New Derry's face tact tell fell Leave cave N New w York and and Tony fony Not so no good I Im thinking of a II branch In Boston Not so bad Boston Doston Was ilIA an easy run Would would you ou want me to tak take charge I had It In First thOUgh In Im I'm thinking of sending you to o th roust to hunt down soma Bomo possible iii fact probable documents bear bear- In Ins bear dollar on the twenty-five twenty million bear I dol- dol dol lar will case Not so good rood again The Tho coast was very far away How flow soon would you OU want me to meto go RO In the course ot of o a few Cew weeks Youre the boss bo s Boss said Perry cheerfully Well hell Vell discuss discuS It later when hen we have h e more time Could you OU meet I m here liero Sunday you OU make It ft some oth- oth other other oth other I er time I Ive I Ive I've got an Important personal engagement encasement this week week- nd Derry flushed a II highly cn- cn I jO ablo pink The week end was promised to Tony Cony Very 1 well It if It Its It's as Important wasI I DS as it looks from your expression Later In the tho week then And now ar el Blear ar out Quick Ile Ite got cot a mys- mys ms m's mys Irous engagement with a secretive vl visitor lor who wont won't tell hi his name or business orl orI l I Copyright 1927 by McClures McClure's I Magazine llon Im mi |