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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS. JUNCTION, UTAH PRUDENCES DAUGHTER By Ethel Hueston WNU Servic Copyright by the Bobba-Merri- CHAPTER IX Co. H Continued 16 Jerrold carefully asslsled Prudence and Jerry Into the car Hnd sat In the corner beside them, bolding Jerrys hand. Jerrold would have considered It an affect at '.on to have a chauffeur drive and In him about town, most mind for the my right part," as he lwf,yn said, but on rare und state occasions like the present he had one of the hoys from the factory take them out while he sat with the others In the tonneau of the limousine, rigidly erect and alert and always prepared for the worst. Jerry laughed at him. "Settle down, fa liter, settle down," she urged, snuggling her lingers closer Into his hand. Weil die together, en fumllle, that's one comfoit. Jerrys flayers were like Ice. Hut there wits nothing of drooping Badness In her pose; rather with a strained alertness she remained stlllly upright, her eyes brilliant, her Blender chin tilted to an unwontedly high degree. They knew everyone at the clubhouse, and ns they made their way to the table reserved for them In u far coiner they were obliged to stop by many chairs for a laughing worl with one and another. They saw Duane on the moment of their entrance. He was at a tatle with Irvin Weutherhy and his wife and Edith, the oldest of Ids three daughters. Happily, that table was not directly on the aisle they passed through. They lifted their hands to Jerry as she went by, nodding, laughing, and Jerry swept them all in a quick, bright greeting, forming the won's, "I'll see you later," with her lips ns she passed. Duane was amazed at the studied perfection of her manner, the absolutely Impersonal friendliness of her glance. "Let me get someone to sit with us," Jerrold suggested, as they reached their table. "I'm afraid we may seem dull. We should have made up a able-bodie- d party. Jerry put a pleading hand on his arm. No, father, please. Id so much rather be Just by ourselves." I dont want him to think you I dont want anyone to think we any- - '.liiiig." Jerrold floundered for words. In his partisanship of Jerry, he would have no stranger, not Duane Allerton nor any other, have a chance to suspect her of any loneliness or subject to any slight. Jerry smiled gratefully for his concern as she slipped prettily Into her chair. She shcok her head. "You certainly are a sweet old tl.lng, father, l.ut I am not trying to impress him. I dont care to make him Jealous. I don't want to try any childish bluffing. I Just feel like having you und mother. So why hot her ? For at least the thousandth time In his life Jerrold told himself proudly that Jerry was a little brick. She looked about the great room with her usual air of friendly Interest, nodded to her friends here and there, chatted a little with those near her, and discussed the gowns, complexions and coiffures of the other women with her mother. She even made a brave pretense of eating her dinner ns It was placed before her. Dut when once in a while her lingers touched her fathers hand, the icy chill of them cut him like u flash. At first, In his loyalty to her, Lj would not even ief.i: across to the Weatherly table after that first greeting as they catered the room. Hut finally, when he reatized that Jerry had herself perfectly In hand and needed no anxiety of his, he turned that way. Duane's eyes, smoldering, somber, were fixed upon her lovely profile, the cloudy blackness of her dark hair, the cranny whiteness of her throat and the shoulder half turned from him. Jerrold could not withhold a friendly, sympathetic smile, and Duune responded with a grateful, unsmiling nod. Any fool could Eee whats tn his mind," Jerrold thought. "The whole town will be buzzing with It now. When they went into the ballroom the orchestra was playing. They found a peasant place for Prudence to sit, and Jerry danced with her father. Then she danced with young Doctor Morse, and then with Newton Macklin, each time returning to her place beside her mother. It was after trie third dance, when Duane had performed his duty as guest to his hostess and to Edith and had sat out a stupid dance with old Mr. Wentherby, that he excused himself with stumbling words, und with stubborn determination, with trepidation In his heart he turned hi; steps toward Jerry. They 6aw him coming. Jerrolds pleasant smile froze upon his features, and he toyed nervously with the narrow chain at his watch. Prudence held her breath. Only Jerry kept up her light, bright chatter, although her fingers shook. Duane continued doggedly toward her, his eyes upon the cloudy blackness of her hair. Jerrold spoke quickly as he drew near, holding out his hand. Uls voice was very friendly. "Oh, hello, Duane. Flow do you like the Middle West at Its very wickedest? Oh very much, sir, thank you. Duane clung to his hand like a man drowning, but Jerrold pussed him on, perforce, to Prudence. "You've met my wife, I know " Oh, yes, Mrs. llarmer. But It seems a very long lime. It Is very good to see you again. Prudence lifted her hnnd, lifted both hands, greeted him with a warm, almost foolish effusiveness, but she could not postpone the Inevitable. He looked teyond her to Jerry. "U good evening. he said lamely, and Ids eyes wore riveted to the haughty lift of her chin. Jerry smiled. Mindful of the eyes of the friendly, always Interested home town, she lifted a slender, hand and dropped It for a moment In his. She caught he breath at the sudden contact. If he retulned it, If he drew It warmly Into his, caressed It, as he had done In the studio that and unforgettable night, she knew sIk could not withstand the tenderness of his touch. Duane held It barely a second longer than Is allowed by a strict convention, und released It slowly. "W will you sit down? she offered generously, in gratitude for Ills relinquishment. The way he dropped Into a chair beside her gave somehow the Imprc of a ship tossed in a stormy sea, suddenly and surprisingly finding that its anchor hold. Oh, mother, look I" said Jerry Theres Judge Harris and brightly. his new little wife from California. She explained to Duane: Judge Harris Is one of the city pillars, has been for centuries, It seems. And a few weeks ago he amazed everybody by marrying a seventeen-yeur-olgirl on the Coast. Naturally he Is our chief subject of gossip. She is pretty, isnt she? Perhaps people will think she is only his daughter." Duane professed a tremendous Interest in the wild marriage of the old judge, nnd the four of them discussed it down to the minutest detail, until the subject sank of its own weight und died away. There was an nwkwnrd Interval. "Will you dance, Mrs. llarmer? Prudence stood up at once. "Id love to, she declared, quite as If she meant It. Then Joriv laughed. She touched her hand to Duane's urm. Let me warn you Mother cannot dance. She is likely to do perfectly terrible things on the floor. Father and I have been teaching her to dance for twenty years, and she cunt do it yet! Shes only trying to be polite to you." Oh, Jerry," protested Prudence, Sometimes I am sure I get blushing. along quite nicely." I am not a bit alarmed," Duane assured her. And then to Jerry, very pleadingly, "Please wait. Prudence had a little diificulty getis Is It a ting the step at first, waltz?" she asked apologetically. "I never cun tell the silly things apart. lie laughed at her confusion. "Its a fox trot. Never mind. Well get on finely, I know. Just walk. Why, your daughter was very unjust to you you And all my fears dance famously were groundless. Prudence was in a desperate quandary. She so wanted to be pleasant to the poor oy, but when she talked she always lost the step. She danced around the conscientiously half-waroom, before she spoke. "I am so glad to see you again, Mr. Allerton. I I wish things were a Pttle different. I know we should be very good friends if we had a chance." "Would you mind I suppose you would rather not call me Duane," he said hopefully yet diffidently. "I'd love to. It Is a nice name. Isn't It? And Jerrold and I always speak of you us Duane when we are alone. Duane smiled a little ruefully at that. "Your husband is wonderful to me, he said. "I never met anyone like him before. He he is Just fine." "Yes, Isnt he? I knew you would like him." Dunne patiently helped her back Into fhe rhythm, and when they were dancing smoothly again, unable to resist his great desire to talk of Jerry, he said: "She is so beautiful. Isnt she? She seems lovelier every time I see her." - Ice-col- d I 1 1 y d "Yes, she Is a beautiful girL Everyone says so. She alw ays seems so well poised She Is always sure so sophisticated. of herself, never perturbed. Sophisticated, that Is the word for It. That softly: "Jerry, tel! me, when you kt with me Use this doesnt It make you think a little bit of that night In the studio? You were so sweet, Jerry. You were the loveliest thing I ever saw. I shall never forget the feeling was what deceived me about her at I had when you first looked up at me the gown your cloudy black hair and, most of all, that brave, glao brightness In your eyes. Oh, Jerry, It was a wonderful night you cant deny that It was a beautiful night you cant " "Dont do thatl Jerrys voice was very low, very Intense. "Dont! I am trying so hard to let things go When you talk to me like that Ive Just got to be Insulting to you to first." TWO MORE BENEFITED flame-colore- d she looks sophisticated, but really she Is the most innocent and artless thing Imaginable. Youd be surprised. Yes. I was. "Girls are like that now. They get that air of advanced maturity when they are lo more than children. They talk of the most Intimate and secret things in the most outspoken manner. And they dont really know keep" "To keep from loving me, Jerry," he what they are talking about They when her voice faltered. a of lot finished, up pick superficial expressions from the books they read, from plays, Jerry lifted her misty blue eyes unfrom movies they think it Is quite der the shadowing fringe of the dark lashes, looked at tira, directly, very clever to repeat what they hear clever and just a bit shocking. At frankly, and answered surprisingly: "Yes. heart they are just as Innocent as we You love Oh, Jerry, he pleaded. were when vvs were young. But they sound oh, so very much worse! If me already. You cant put me off any the twins had talked the way girls do longer, you A slight, almost Imperceptible movenow well, I should probably have and Jerry was free of his arm. ment, them. spanked 1 dont think the others are like She called softly across to Newton Jerry, though such an air of assur- Macklin, standing near them: Oh, Newton, we have been looking ance, und such artless Innocence When he had everywhere for you. It." In "Uh, yes, Duane, most young girls joined them she slipped her fingers arm. his with She Duane looked at are like that in the beginning. And d eyes, and smiled, with men never understand it. They think a was wonderful lips. "It dance, girls really know and understand the Mr. Allerton. Will you tell mother so about talk things they freely. They dont at all. And so quite Innocently I am going witn Newton to find Itae Forsythe, und that I shall stay with they lead them on and on "And whoso fault, Mrs. llarmer, In the girls for a while? Thank you so much. the end? It was mine, I know, In our Duane merely bowed, said nothing, case. But I was sure she was playand turned away. I never dreamed of ing the game. Newton, Jerry uffitspered faintly, anything else. The way she looked, I feel sick. Will you take me home? the way she talked Mother is having such a nice time I "Why, Duane, Ive heard those girls, dont want to bother her. Will you Jerry und her friends, say things to take me home, and then come back each other, discuss things, that honand tell her later on?" estly I should not dream o saying to one of my sisters even to Jerrold! CHAPTER X They dont know what theyre talking about, I tell you. They think its smart to appear sophisticated and blase Jerrys Plaything and at heart they are children. Oh, In the first week of December there after a while they learn but they was a heavy Middle West blizzard, and haven't yet. Isnt it too bad that men for two days the city cowered under dont understand them as their moth- stinging winds and cutting sleet. After ers do? that caiuo a still, biting cold, that When they returned to Jerrold and warmed gradually to a blanketing Jerry, who were waiting for them, snowfall. And on the fifth day when Prudence said brightly: the streets were packed to a slick but "Now, you see, Terry, I did very solid totlom, Jerry, unable to endure I was only out of step well, ufLr all the brooding loneliness of her thoughts a time or two, wasnt I, Dua Mr. any longer, got out the roadster and Allerton? And we talked all the time, went for a careful ride beand you know usually I cant talk tween fields of dazzling whiteness, when Im dancing. I think I may learn along roadways flanked with trees. after all in time. Others came up, Joined the little It was late In the afternoon when group, chatted a while nnd drifted on. she turned back. As she drove through When the music began again Duanx town, at the corner of Sixth and Loturned to Jerry. cust streets she was held up by the W will you dance? traffic officer, standing foremost of the "Yes, she unswered briefly. cars nwaiting his signal. Jerry waitWhen they had moved away, Jerrold ed, as always, with alert eyes on the turned to Prudence. officer's hand, her foot poised for a "She can say what she likes, and sharp pressure on the gas throttle to on which she you may believe it if you want to. make the quick But Jerry wanted to dance with him. prided herself, when the tide of the Half a dozen boys came up and asked traffic was turned. her to dance, and she made excuses "Jerry! You beautiful thing! voice The every time. She was just waiting for him to come buck. was directly beside her. Jerry caught Prudence smiled at his stupidity and her breath. She did not turn her head, said nothing. did not waver her intent gaze upon the Jerry and Duane had danced the full detaining officer. She knew without length of the room without a word looking that he was close to the car, between them. leaning toward her, his chin grimly "Jerry, he said at last, very softly, set, his eyes unsmiling. Jerry knew I reulize, of course, that you wore she could endure no more. this gown mostly In defiance, but I In that moment she received the sighope It w as just a little bit for rememnal. She flung the car Into is&r, brance too. pressed hard upon the throttle, and "Mr. Allerton, please the "Baby sprang forward like a cataYou pult. Jerry heard a warning whistle "Duane," he Interrupted. called me Duane in New York that from the officer to reprove her for her reckless speed, but she did not paust night." She lifted a slender shoulder, aban nor look behind. She drove with muscles up the beautiful, glisdoned the use of the name entirely. "I iron-se- t would uot for the world humiliate you tening avenue, and whirled into the before other people. But you must garage behind the house. Jerry had help me. They know I met you in reached the end of her resistance. As New York W'ey are watching us to- in her childish days she had struggled gether. Make it easy for me, wont with the broken toy until convinced you? Stay away from me. Talk to of her Impotency, so now she realized others the ineffectiveness of her struggle can me how ask to see you Jerry, against the love of this man. She would leave it to Prudence and Jeranyone else when you are here? rold. "Oh, please don't! (TO BE CONTINUED.) They danced for a while in silence. remem-a Was it for little t "Jerry Meerschaum Pipes ranee? Meerschaum Is the name given to "Mr. Allerton, I ask you to help me. I am trying so .hard to let things one of the silicates of magnesium. It go off nicely so no one will suspect is a mineral of white, creamy color, anything. Dou't make it harder for and receives its name from its appearance and the position in which it is me than it U already. But, Jerry, If you would only let sometimes found, suggesting that It me talk to you just once let me tell was petrified foam from the sea. It Is obtained from various places, but you let me explain There Isnt a thing In the world to the best quality comes from Asia Mitell me, a thing in the world to ex- nor. Rich deposits of it exist at a place called SepetdJe, about twenty plain. I understand you perfectly It Is soft now. And I am not such a fool as to miles from Eskichehir. think you dont understand me as well. when dug, but becomes hard when dry. I know you do." And then she added Most of it Is sent to Vienna, or was bitterly, "With the experience youve before the war, where it was made Into tobacco pipes, many of them bad. Ills eyes contracted sharply at the highly artistic. Similar pipes are In London and Paris. The pipes cruelty of her words. 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