Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-22
What Rand Found

UCY was determined to wait ut the
- studio until Carl's reurn. and Rand
was as equally determined that she
Should not. He knew that for Lucy's
own good il would be unwlse for Carl
to find her here when he returned, and
finally By showing her sympathy and
making her understand that he at least
was her friend, he persuaded her ia
let him take her home.
He left her at the door Of her apart /.
ment. lonely little woman. At the
last she had begged him to sneak ia
Carl, to demonstrate with him. Rand
wondered that woman could have 50
little pride. and at that moment he
remembered the way Judy had played
the game. No matter how she had
felt she had not whined and pleo oded.
Even II she did not care for him, II
must have come as q shock to her that
he loved some one else. and still she
had held her head high.
For som, unknown reason he turned
his steps back to the apartment. lie
did not analyze his thoughts. Perhaps
1t was only curiosity that drew him,
but at that moment the turbulent emo.
tion that he felt for Carlotta was stilled.
He knew that It would be only n ques- =
tion Of time before It broke out again.
but even If it had been possible he
would not have gone to her now. The
beauty Of his passion had been dulled
by the sordid happenings of the eve
ming, and he wanted only to rest.
Almost nOiselessly he let himself in
with his key. and stepping inside closed
the door softly behind him.
There he stopped in amazement.
Judy was lying face downward on
the couch where he had slept last night
She had wrapped herself in a heavy
piece Of crimson silk shot with gold.
one of the pieces Of drapcry that he
used for his models, and her beauti. +.
full reddish gold hair was loose around
her.
He stood still in the shadows by ths
door for II long time and then satisfied
that she had fallen asleep he went
forward on tiptOe. until he stood by
the side of the couch looking down at
her.
1t was n long time since he hod
seen her with her hair loose around
her. Always she had worn it tightly
braided ut night, u style even uglier
than the close knot she. wore In the
daytime. but now 1t rippled around her
In beautiful disarray.
Rand as always was stirred by it's
beauty, but even as he looked down ut
1t he remembered with bitterness In his
heart, that day when he had come
upon Judy with her hair loose around
her and she had shrunk from the pas.
sion Of admiration in his voice as he
had lifted q. strand of hair to his lips.
How littN she had ever understood
him. Her chaste purity had erected A
barrier between them, for he had felt
IN her always passiveness no glad re-
sponse to his love for her. Even now
II by chance she should awake, she
would shrink from him angrily because
he had surprised her with her hair
loose. and her slim body outlined in
the rich material. Judy was afraid OF
her all the old passion came surpine
over him, he wanted her!
Then suddenly he became aware Of
the fact that Judy's hand was clasped
tightly around something that glittered
family in the light. He STONED closer
to see It, and his heart leaped, II
was a perfume bottle, the tiny vial of
French scent that he had brought ber
once long ago, and she had never used
Light poured In on him and in n
fash he understood everything. The
ioosened hair. the cOlorful silk wrannsJ
around her, the perfume bottle. thev
all meant just one thing-Judy csrsa
for him! And there was no slightest
response In his own heart. She m,sht
hays bsen Q beautiful lay azure ~
= s l'sless sAs asosssd m Nh.