The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-16
four DANCING FEET
Lilly READS .TowN TALKS"
BY JANE PHELPS


Chapter So
Tom had said nothing in reply to
Gertie's low-voiced request that he pay
no attention to Tim; but the look OF
admiration he gave he told plainly
what he thought
Come now wen give the new hat
and coat a turn for half an hour. he
said after he had laid Tim carefully
down. Il haven't much time, but
Wen take what there is for a run up
in the park"
Gertie longed to question him; to
ask if he were coming to see her
dance; who the young lady he took to
the theater was; if she was at the
Walton's to dinner the night before,
and a lot of other things. But she
sweetly when he talked of Tim, or
kept very quiet when he threaded his
way thru the traffic.
IN see you soon again. he said
when, at the end of the half hour, he
again drew up to the curb and assisted
her from the machine. ct am com ing
on Wednesday to give Tim another
ride"
Gertie swallowed two or three times
on her way up the stairs, but the lump
was still in her throat when she
reached the top.
Tom had said no more about taking
her to the theater; he had not once
said he was coming to see her dance.
ship He had taken Tim out, her too,
and had promised to take Tim again.
She must stop thinking so much about
him and more of her work. Her new
dance, she would work hard over it,
and it would help her forget, make
her more sensible.
Edgar Walton's sister, Inez, was a
charming girl, just graduated from a
fashionable finishing school. 1t was
Oh a WIN T h wit TOW
Norris at the theater.
In the way Fate sometimes takes
the knowledge of who she was came
to Gert.e-Lilly again the instrument
ed Town Talks and idly Lilly picked
it up. Like all girls of her class and
calibre, she loved to read of the doings
of society folk. Her eye fell on a
familiar name. Tom Norris. Avidly
she read the paragraph:
Gossip says that at last the
charming Inez Walton has capitu-
lated; that the young and wealthy
Tom Norris-you will recall that
after his fathers death he went
west to manage his properties
has captured the prize. We shall
watch for the announcements
''Geei Wait till Gertie sees that"
she said aloud, then blushed at the
attention she attracted.
But she carefully folded the paper.
to Gertie.
TT means Gertie stammered.
ut means he is goin' to marry her,
of course, Goosie!'
Gertie had turned pale. Not accus-
toned to hide her feelings, the para
graph had startled her-she trembled
''She's-the sister of the man he was
with that first time at Rosenburgh' s;
1 guess the names the same,'' Gertie
finally collected herself to say, noting
Lilly's eyes upon her, a plying look
in their depths.
Must be! oh, well. Cert. don't
feel bad! There's just as good as
him you can GET
"Of course I shan't feel bad! He's
a right to get married if he wants to,
hasn't her" Again pride had come
to her rescue. Not even Lilly must
know how she felt 'I guess he's Of
age
II suppose it'll be a perfectly grand
wedding! Wish I could see it! I
stood on Fifth Avenue once and
watched them go into a church-one
of them swell weddings-it was just
grand!"
Il must go in now, Lilly" the con-
versation concerning Tom had taken
place on the street.
want this paper?'
mo, yes, give it to mel" and almost
into her own room, and threw herself
upon the bed the paper clasped to her
bosom.
I've lost him! I've lost hirni' she
moaned. IF he marries her she won't
let him come to see me and I'll never
be with him againi oh, I wish 1
knew if it was true! I wish knew!''
Even now Gertie had no thought
that Tom Norris might sometime
marry her-just to keep his friend
ship, hear from him, see him, be with
him when he was in New York. was
all that she hoped for. Now that was
to be taken from her and by a girl
who had everything she had not
wealth, education, everything.
(Tomorrow-Lilly decides to marry
Len.)