Show P PARADE A w 1 L I 1 q L by evelyn campbell by evern campbelll cabell Cp bell bervic 9 CHAPTER VIII continued 14 together they had everything youth wealth ambition their fu ture was waa limitless Sud luty y slie she mt felt old and on the shelf that him was she doing immured in her solitude under pray gray skies when the lie others were find ing life happa together she hod bid ben been heated of tier girlhood anti and now womanhood imd had ns as little to to olter offer nut lut if f tile the setin senators tors letter plunged plunge lie her nto into deeper depression on HIP file other of her band it aroused tier from bissit and made action S alie I 1 I 1 e went want to sep stevens siemens find laid a lins to aig envelope on hie file desk before him 1 I 1 want to leave new york 11 sho sh said aid thase are the lie lust last will yo you U eee eo what you enn do for me The Thell broker a dry lit flat man drew the he corners of fit the crackly parchment papers from the hip of the envelope find glanced n at them light find power traction n i little annd ollo oil ile le smiled imper well we have placed a treat great deal of 01 this his stuff staff Perlin perhaps fis i you sold said this was sod good and I 1 have kept it until ohp last she interrupted she wm wits tilling her lip lp an amazing sign of ne nerv rv business ou siness in her mr sleven siemens raised his yellowish brows only a month ago we for yarded warded our capik what of that the securities had heen been in your hands hand ainee 0 toner coberl 1 very verv well I 1 will do I 1 clin can tie he turned away brokers have a uni form fini to I 1 clients linda who had find always swept in find out of that flint ns As h a queen alln gerad nt tile hie door there Is art an obligation which ls Is troubling nip mv aly hill at the 1 it 1 sevier setter hns has been running for a loni long they must limp a ment tram tills this money slip slie spoke thought fully as if f the ans sold ond she had only to disburse its equia equiv eilent mr stevens was shocked this vas hiis an error in tnt ls for ahl which h lie ans ns unprepared lie ile bad nothing to do 1 I with alth the or of ill hit clients tile bookkeeper will forward the HIP check herl to your address mrs roth noth lie he said frigidly and so ui do da assured ni the tl P manager annn er of cpr hotel tant he would kulil hinr from cpr bl the fie beek alvi eek she he ans giving vp up her rooms for brood i leaving new york tork politely linked for nn an address she answered liel washington she hild had been in that city many times hut but now her 1 lart heat ns as mn maa t at v ns as any nav who gets tier hist peep nt at tile lie world through the historic if utterly dill it nod and pit hordes that migrate to find and from the pollyl nl center nt every st season she had sent no word mord of tier her comans co linIng to the two men who alio would he inter ested in seeing her hut but twenty min utes after her bags were brought up site she telephoned coe se to ome come vi tl lher her ills response was so pleased find and that flint she wits was smiling faint ly iv when site she turned 1 aiom I om the telephone when they met no an hour later he still wore file 1 he manner of victory hut but tills disappeared nt at tier her first words 1 I 1 have haie given everything into stevens ha hands tills slie she said soon the last hit bit of paper I 1 possess will he gon and then you will he be troubled with etli rny my poor little affairs no longer she sha tried to speak lightly disguising the meaning denning of tier her words with mockery ills frice face altered at once but bill not with clingain clin grin rather it was as with a losing down of plen pleasantry santry a 0 tighten ing of every muscle in that visage which beneath its purple mask 0 of flesh remained crafty and sinister CHAPTER IX from mountain top into the valley senator converse made himself comfortable in the widest chair the room afforded and selected ted a cigarette garette il with care before he answered linda she watched this striving to keep her thoughts from her eyes so our friendship Is to end with the last hundred shares 7 she winced from somlith something Ing in ills hla tone were we ne ever friends lie ile reflected upon this possibly not I 1 ant am then to be of no further use to you we will put it that way in n spite of baldness she interrupted warmly you ou lidded me with alth advice with your in glence lo in selling those stocks because you liked my fat father lid not tile me the senator hurst burst out laughing gild nhat fin ads you women are arel I 1 are you iou lying to yourself or just to me it wits was going to be horrible but she must control herself 1 I gave you no encouragement to believe yourself my friend she salt said coldly 1 I won bald you for what YOU did hint Is how I 1 have nl al wilys felt fell to you yon she realized that flint she had made an error when alien chesaw she siw him start violently she sha find angered him ind he lind power ue do repeated tier her words worda slowly su so you would have paid me but bit roc oot with the cilin ci lin I 1 wanted frodi you yon ills ilia glance traveled mr abr slowly and she ringed before it sir wanted to soy say that title this was wag pay tt mi slie she find paid a hundred times in humiliation but thit that would have flave gained tier her nothing after a little w while I 1 I 1 lie he became merciful ind turned his e yes awni amny 1 I hel leed hint flint you would turn to me some lay lie he sald slowly turn to you yon no no I 1 could no not t 11 1 if there t been beell another brinn he went in timelessly loud have gut got over hint flint feeling MIU you have for m repulsion I 1 suppose you d pall call it amye got cot so you could tont ton torn tf t me without that wits just visuth and nd you ion silea your yom youth pretty freely its nearly none gone though you lived so very many yea yinru rs I 1 figured it would dinst aemil ai lonu is as tile I 1 lie red nail and liliie blue papers your di daddy left behind him bam 1 I red ned and blue papers slip she repented repeated dully daily though she knew it wits was just tint that lie ile got up and took a sapp toward her A thick dark eveln stood out ni 01 ills fire liend like nn an ugly boulse and ald his hand when hen t fell upon her astle would have selen ined hut hill there was noi no eseline es elipe slie she would he be smothered elT nied before anyone ame at it Is another man isn t idill she could not ani say no then let me tell you sou you cant can have lint flint hoy boy you 11 ruin him a woman ule you ou why liy dont you ou let 1 if so our friendship Is to end with the th last hundred shares hirn him marry that young joung girl garlt sties shea fresh shell slie 11 give him everything she enn nn le have half a dozen doyen children without remembering that wrested a cry from rom her what hue have I 1 done one A woman like me mel P oh you inu you slie site bigan began to sob seeing tits his face through gli a blur of tears fears tie lie laughed dryly youre you re defending your virtue etue now a woman can always do chilt even when its tone gone wrong but my dear linda do not misunderstand me ill III admit that you lime been pure py p em eni plary hut but perhaps tint that Is my fault I 1 made it easy for you mi I 1 have paved the file way wl walh ill stevens check s 11 lie had bein been smoking one cigarette after a pun puff then tiling filling uway the fishes ashes and stubs the carpet around where chere lip he sat it ft wits was to see the tiny paper rolls in ills his mouth lost between tits ids lendu pendu tons lous cheeks at a glance he seemed to be burning up inside we are still bigoted enough to call tile the woman virtuous who has fins neier given ghen herself to a nian man I 1 would be the alie last to rob you ou of that claim to superiority my dear girl we will say that you anve accepted a cachet from me to keep beep your our virtue safely in by this am the truth Is upheld and no 0 gnp ne offended lie paused out but even by hor borrowers rowers there Is a code to tc be considered TO ITO BE CONTINUED |