Show by ca ampbell service i copyright by evelyn campbell MAkI pik THE STORY linda father neler neer dowell do well dies when slie ahe ta Is seventeen leaving her to face the world with little money or prospects her sole possessions are some worthless stock certificates which her fa fathers abers friend senator converse agrees to dispose of she instinctively dislikes the senator senator linda LI ada becomes engaged en saied toi to courtney ilo roth th CHAPTER 11 continua Conti nud 4 pearls like these tire are a passport anywhere amy ralston said then she nindo made it a curious remark slightly humorous slightly vulgar and intensely prophetic if she had known with your looks and those pearls po no one would ever dare hand you a bill linda bills they both smiled it was so unlikely that linda would ever i ngali be troubled with bills 1 I 1 the wedding was the smallest se affair imaginable lindas looks made it un unique fillie iler her proud face seen been on the society page of the right apa paper per said that small sudden weddings NA were ere tile only sort to have Alave the bridegroom was a proud anti and happy man mail ile he was a true product ot of the fevered times and there were features to tills this wedding which nobody know about and which pave gave him new thrills abrials of irresponsibility 1 twenty four hours have made changes in marq a love affair linda was married on tuesday and by wednesday night slie site was wondering why she had never noticed that manners were not all that they should pe be and that he was more than hism bad tempered meals should have been served by a genie and n no 0 service ever ip pleased I 1 really if it was going to be like this linda ianda shrugged her beautiful white shoulders they were in boston and nd she was war surprised to find herself at a hotel whose name meant nothing to 40 her and she had been in boston m many any times 11 1 I 1 thought anything would do for the few hours we will be fici here 6 her new husband said hurriedly the big pl places aces are always full sit at this ilits season and we dont want a fuss do we you yon could have telegraphed for i rooms she protested puzzled puzzle roth hoth began to pace the floor nervously ills color was high and the lm im patience she wils beginning to ta know came 11 in e into ills his eyes 1 now look liere here linda kept hept you in cotton wool too long I 1 wanted you because youre different from other women youve got an air that makes everything you do seem right even this second rate info hotel would seem smart if you made a habit af pf of coming here linda was bewildered slie site knew he be was trying to 10 tell her something without committing himself but she could not guess what it was She an annoyed joyed and it a little cheated but when there Is no reason for second rate hotels hotel sl she murmured I 1 up he flushed a deeper crimson and screwed up his eyes lu in d a way she particularly ticul arly reason theres jolly well reasons enough ile he clapped his fits hands can n his fits pockets with an odd boyish gesture that touched her through tier her bewilderment and dawning fear it reminded tier her of jim then ihen he grinnel grinned at her sheepishly fact Is de dearest arest im stony oil oh I 1 know youre shocked but get used to shocks its rather a lark if you look at it from tile the right angle married to a beautiful luxurious creature creat t ure and hardly a bean in your pocket gad it makes a fellow sit up linda dont look like thail why did you marry me why 10 you tell me why do you think im a cad leava vou you sitting on the church stoop id say n not at besides I 1 plan it I 1 cabled for money and expected ji plenty lenty but the old wire came back like a knock knoch behind your ear no more money id spent it i all lindas head whirled biow how could I 1 you tou have spent all al 11 your money without knowing it site elie managed to say aishe she had never until that moa ament how haw much mih site she had counted od on baths Bot hs fortune lifverd lle lifie rd had seemed secure ng as n stone wall she felt him staring at tier and suddenly slid she saw behind the h high iab lights of ills dominant gray eyes merely a boyish boastful something thin that brou brought glit contempt sti stronger than fear into tier being all my money roth burst b st out laughing so it idill and she felt ashamed 1 I never had very much he went on Indifferent indifferently lS lord lovo love you child you cant run about ns as ive done without spending a pile that aari ain cun expedit expedition lon when the other fel lows pay up tip put the alie inal final calmi arlint in me and then thell lie he added blithely its it good tit thing ing you dont have t depend entirely on me linda was enveloped in a blaze oi of swift indignation you married me believing I 1 had money 1 she accused and writhed in shame and self seir disgust lis its just that old joke about the biter bit hut but he shook his head no linda I 1 knew till all about you 1 looked you up of at course youre taking too tragic a view of it all it require actual money to get along theres ways of getting everything you yon want Y you ou possess cometti ang worth more titan money and ive a little of the same tiling thing it got over with you und and your people proves it we dont need money you and 1 I we can call have everything without it she was struggling with n sensation of utter collapse certain phrases he 1 I 1 no linda I 1 know all about you I 1 looked you up of course used humiliated as facts appalled her ills 1 I 1 looked you up of course filled tier her with loathing for him and for herself ile he had find looked her up tip but she had been a fool and taken him on ion I 1 rust frust worse vorse than a fool a failure you are just an adventurer adventure rl 1 she cried scornfully perhaps Ver haps he shrugged but not bourgeois 1 I am afraid my dear you have more to learn than I 1 thought you found out that its not what you are but what people think you are that counts all el clever ever persons know that or not fit to meet the world this was all oddly fa familiar millar talk talfe slie she had heard before talk in a dream she sat still pressing her fingertips against her pale lips thinking of what she should do da of course site she cou could id leave roth but she rejected this thought as it came to her she was waa not an adventuress if lie he was and aside from that it was impossible to admit to her friends and to cousin amy that she had been a fool in spite of her attitude of cleverness sim she thought thou glit of senator converse and the sureness of what he would say and this thought made her shudder I 1 in n some indefinable way she seemed to le ile closer to him slow now titan than before her marriage ile he was so close that sho she could touch his hand something within tier her warned that one mistake now on one emore more error and she would notes not escape from him as she had lit in the past of course she had not been blinded to tile the fact that he admired tier that lib he would have paid sin any v price for tier her cousin amys world had not left tier her in ignorance of that roth felt sorry for her though he was far from reading tier her thoughts i she was so lovely and childish with that droop to tier lips lie ile took her in ills fits arms and kissed her tenderly dont fret dear when you worry you let people behind the scenes and youve got to watch out for that its a wonderful game once you learn how flow to play and find a lot of clever amusing people playing it with us let the duds with the he hanh bank accounts pay the itle bills while we amuse lern cm ell eh its a profession lit in itself making tho the other fellow pay and teaching him blin to like le it lier her tears teara dropped upon the pearly on tier her broast ato TO DE BE CONTINUED |