| Show Saint 83 Sinner Tears Spilled dl d over o Falth Faiths Faith's flushed cheeks as she abe her clothes helter into the smallest of the tho thred suitcase she sir had brought so hopefully flom home unpacked ced was the heavy case containing Cherrys Cherry's going away costume and other delicate treas urea of ot her trousseau She would never lIever see ee that terrible Frankel again with his sl swell 11 scheme She had a 8 sudden Insane Impulse to tear Ills hits chec check to to bita bits and dis- dis disdainfully di dis fling It Into the waste I wastebasket basket But even in her humilia- humilia humiliation Lion tion and blind anger she nhe realized d that a thousand dollars would bo literally a site saver vcr for the th Lanes Starving kin Ohl Oh Three times before bHore the sM finished packIng the telephone rang She answered curti curtly resentful resentfully too to ba be courteous to the ca- ca cajoling solIng joling arguments as a s to why way hi he should hould to an interview A time tin table told her that a a train stopped at her home town was scheduled to lest leave Chicago go at 1246 1245 She telephoned the night clerk t to have her bill 1111 sent up but refused his solicitous offer to make a Pullman reservation for her Jer Reporters at the train I It if she h could only escape them them- them She found two eager cager insIstent young oung men waiting In the hall hail at ather ather aher her door She almost ran after the bellboy carrying her Jer suitcases but In tho lobby of ot the tho hotel abe ahe threw up a protective arm alm just a moment too late lato to being photographed again Her 1111 taxicab was trailed by two cars filled with reporters and photographers Hut But Bu she cue lie managed to gain tain the sanctuary of ot the women's dressing loom ot of ota ofa oH a car cal ju just t before the train pulled out O almost too hys- hys triumphant to have es- es escaped caved without having to talk The rhe Pullman man porter accepted her Jer ht shakily w written ritten telegram promis lug IIII to set got it oft off at limo tho ho next ate sta- station tion and abe be went to sleep leep at alast last Immensely by the thought that Bob Doh Hathaway would n be waiting for fr her when she ho ar- ar arrived But the port porter lust r must nu t hate ha ha gossiped a bit lt with travelers traveler who boarded the th train late lal that night for Cor as a Faith scrubbed her ller wan wall chee cheeks ks and brushed lA her long s-Ic s gleaming dark hair time the net ne t morn morn- thu tho other women in the dress dress- dressIng dressing Ing room eyed her curious curiously fur tur- tI cly a as If It jh ah aho were wro a freak freak- freak or a 8 criminal Ono One middle aged middle tight lipped woman scrubbed the basin which Faith had used wip InS bIg It with hard vicious awl swipes pea ot of ota ofa oa a blue Striped d to el as If it alth had Iad contaminated It t Thais Faith you Lane I-ane I you kno know the sister aister of ot that girl cirl Cherry who murdered murdered- Faith returning to the Iti dressing room for ter a II forgotten toothbrush shrank back between the folds ot of o time tho heavy green curtains her hor scarlet blood pounding itt In 1 i her cars car Oh she ahe sh couldn't bear r It she sho ht told herself passionately passionate lIS as a she ehe Ir huddled In tn her seat scat 1 for a U o'clock and Bob Hob When Bob Dob came caine cam forward t to 10 meet her she alto he caught a glimpse of the tho th morning paper he JIO held In hand his band lila hand Cherrys Sister Sells Sells- Sell The Th sheet was folded on the th rest reat of the Ir actual word words I In which her shame had been hern blazon blazoned d Oh Bob BobI she ho he cried olun hl hold holding holdin In out her Arms irm to him Tomorrow i Bob reports rca res Copyright 1927 1 27 NE NEA NE- Service lee Inc |
