Show wit PARADE RADE BY evelyn campbell service copyright by evelyn campbell CHAPTER 11 II continued 4 pearls like these ate aie a passport anywhere amy said then she ehe made a curious remark slightly humorous slightly sll Khlly vulgar and intensely prophetic tf if she had known with your looks and those pearls no one would ever dare hand you a bill linda bills I 1 they both smiled it was so 80 unlikely that linda would ever again be troubled with bills I 1 the wedding was the smallest se leclert affair imaginable lindas looks ninde tt it unlue unique tier her proud face seen on the society ani lety page of the right paper said that small sudden weddings gs were the only sort to have tile the bridegroom was a proud and happy man ile he was a true product of the fevered times and there were features to tills this wedding which nobody knew about and which which rave gave him new thrills of irresponsibility i awen twenty ty four hours have hare made changes in many a love affair linda was married on tuesday and hy by wednesday night she ans wondering why she had never noticed that koths manners were not all a that they should he be and that he was more than had bad tempered meats meals should have been served hy by a genie and no service ever pleased ready neally it if it was going to be like this linda shrugged tier her beautiful white shoulders they were in boston and she was surprised to find tind herself at a hotel whose name meant n ahing to 0 o her and she had been lu in boston many times limes 1 I thought anything would do for the few hours we will be here her new husband said hurriedly the bs aa places pla cesare are always full at this sea son and we dont want a fus do wp we you could have telegraphed tor for rooms she protest protested pd puzzled 0 roth begun began to pace the floor nervously his color was high and the tin patience she was beginning to know came into his eyes I 1 now look here linda leinda kept you in cotton wool to too 0 long f 1 wanted you because youre different from other women youve got an air that makes everything you do seem right even this second rate hotel would seem smart if you made a habit of coming here linda was bewildered she knew he was trying to tell her something without committing himself but she could not got guess what it was ivas she felt annoyed and a little cheated but when there Is no ino reason for second rate hotels she murmured lie he flushed it deeper crimson and screwed up tits eyes in a way she particularly ticul arly disliked dislike reason ll eason theres jolly well reasons enough tie lie chipped his hands bonds 0 on n ills ilia pockets with tin an odd boyish gesture that touched tier her through sli tier her bewilderment tin and darnt ng rear fear it t reminded tier her of jim haverhill then he grinned at her sheepishly fact Is dearest im stony oil oh I 1 know youre shocked but get used to shocks its rather a lark if you look at it from the right angle married to a beautiful luxurious creature and hardly chean a bean in your pocket gad cad it makes a fellow sit up linda dont look like that why did you marry me why you tell me why do you think im n cad leave you ou sitting on the lie church stoop id say not besides I 1 alar it I 1 cabled for money and excited plenty hut but the old wire ounce come baek back like a knock behind your ear no more lioney id spent it uil till lindas head whirled how could you have ahme spent till nil your money without knowing it she managed to say site she had find never known until tint flint moment how jact she had counted on a fortune tie he had seemed secure as a stone wall she felt him staring at it her and suddenly site she saw behind the hagl lights of tits hla dominant gray eyes merely n boyish boastful something th that at brought contempt stronger that than fear into her being all roy my money roth iloth hurst burst out laughing so 6 it t I 1 I 1 and she felt ashamed hamed es 1 11 I never had very much he went on indifferently lord love you child yuu cant run about as ive done without spending a pile that african tile the other rellow fellow pay up put mie bhe finai crimp la in me ro and then he added its if A good thing you dont have to depend entirely on me linda was enveloped to lo a blaze of swift indignation you married die ale believing I 1 had money I 1 she bhe accused and nil writhed la im shame and self its just that old joke about the biter bit but bilt he shoot shook his h I 1 a head no linda 1 I knew all about you I 1 looked you up apy of course courie youre taking too tragic a view of it all it require a actual money to got along theres ways of getting everything you want tot you possess something worth more than money and ive a little of the same game thing it got over wa with b you yon and your people which proves 1 ft we dont need money you and I 1 I 1 we can have everything without it she was struggling with a sensation of utter collapse coll nise certain phrases he used as tarts facts appalled her ills ilia 1 I 1 looked you up of course tilled filled her with loathing for him and for herself lie he hart find looked her up tip hut but she had been a fool and taken him film on nil trust worse dorsil than a fool a failure fallu u re why you Rr anre eJust just an adventurer adventure rl 1 she cried sioni lully Perlin Pe rimps ps 1 1 he but not bourgeois I 1 nm afraid my dear you have more to learn than I 1 thought you found 0 out u t that its not what you ou are hut but what people think you ari are that counts all clever persona know tint flint or not fit to meet the world tills this was all 0 oddly familiar talk she had heard before talk in a diparo breum she sat still pressing her fingertips against tier her pale lips thinking of what she should d d do 0 ot of course she could leave hut but she rejected tills thought ns as it en me to her she was not an adventuress adventures if he was ft and nd no linda I 1 know all about you I 1 looked you up of course aside from that mat it was impossible to admit to tier her friends and to lousin cousin amy that she had been a foot fool in spite spire of her attitude of cleverness she thought of senator converse and the sureness of what he would say any and this thought made her shudder in some indefinable way she seemed to be closer to him now now than before her marriage marr loge ue lie was so close that she could touch his hand something ath in tier her warned thavone tl iaione mista kenow one more error and she would not es ca cop efrom tila ilia as she had to in the post past of course she had not been blinded to the fact that he admired her that he would have paid any pi ice for her cousin amys world had not left her in ignorance of that roth felt sorry for her though he was fur far from rending reading her thoughts she was so lovel lovely yand arid childish with that droop ri 16 her ups lips he fie took her in tits his arms and kissed tier her tenderly ll dont lont fret dear when you worry you let people behind the scenes cenes a and youve rot got to watch out for that its onre once you learn how to plu pla yand find a lot of clever amusing people playing it with us ua let the duds with the hank bank accounts pay the hills while we amuse use ein eh its a profession profi islon in itself making the other fellow pay and teaching him to like it tier her tears dropped upon the I 1 pearls on tier her breast TO HE BE CONTINUED |