The Washington times., 1926-05-07
Thrills Galore
Abound in
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Author Of 'sF9apper Wife,"
ssGflded Kisses and
sFootlOose"
CHAPTER /
-vERY now and then You
never loves but one man In
And that was Peggy Starr for
&0u!
But you'd never. never have
GUESSED It Of herto see her.
with her come hither eyes ana
the tantaIizing red mouth that
bloomed like flower on ner
face.
There goes q fIirt! IL what
you'd probably have said or her,
the minute you saw her.
But you'd have been wrong.
For Peggy Starr was no nirt.i
Tor from 1t.
She had never thought twice
OF any man on earth except
Randall Phelps. since long-ago
autumn afternoon when he had
walked home from high school
with her for the first time.
That had been seven years ago.
Seven years and five months, to
be exact. And Peggy was sttu
in love with him desperately.
On the Bench
On q cold, gray. soggy day in
late spring, Peggy Starr sat on
d bench IN Prospect Park waiting
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He had teIephoned her an hour
before at the library, where she
was IN charge of the children's
books.
II want to see You about some
thing, he had said to her in his
short. brisk way. How about
o'clock n the lilac walk in the
parix?'s
It was 90 minutes past and
Peggy was soaked to the skin and
little bright drops Of rain clung
70 the edge OF her hat and to the
thick fringe Of her eyelashes.
She shivered and nestled her
white chin more deeply into the
fur collar Of her coat as she looked
down at the watch that was strap
ped on her wrist.
Il was $50 nowthen 20 min
utes 70 9. And stiIl no Rannyl
Peggy began TO wonders how
many hours she had spent the
last year doing this very thing
that she was doing nov waiting
patiently Tor Ranny to keep g date
with her.
He was always lais she had
never known him u Be on time.
And eouefjmes he forgot to come
ct ali; and would call mp hours
and hours later e bes pardon Tor
forgetting
Peggy always forgave him.
You're silly to bother with him
st all, her chum, Fay Shirley.
had told her dozens OF times.
Believe me, wouldn't let any
body treat me the way Ranny
Phelps treats youl Time and I
wait for no mani
But Peggy let this advice OF
Eayss 20 ii one ear and out the
She loved Ranny too much to
treat him as carelessly as Fay
treated her boy friends" She
cared too much Tor him to get
up and walk away from any trys-
ing place while there was still q
chance that he might come.
And 50 she went on quietly
waiting, today, while the violet
twilight came down over the park
and lights began to twinkle In
the distance.
The Roadster
At 10 minutes to an open
roadster turned into the wet
gravel Of the lilac walk and stop
ped with shrill scream OF the
brakes.
with eyes like rain-washed
Phelps get out of it and come
toward her with that free swing.
ing stride Of his.
Sorry I'm late" he greeted
her cheerfully, as he dropped
down on the dripping bench be-
side her and Lit q cigarette. did
you get the heebie jeebies wait
ing so long for me to show up?,'
Peggy sneezed twice. mo,
nothing but cold. guess" she
answered. and smiled at him.
He just barely flicked her
shoulder with the tips Of his
fingers and smiled back at her.
1t was his stock-in-trade-that
smile of Ranny he
didn't suspect it.
It was a smile that strayed In
his gray eyes, even when his
mouth was hard and straight. It
was a smile that you just had to
remember, even when you had
forgotten everything else about
him; and a great many women
stu remembered that smile and
him, too!
Almost Too Handsome
Ranny was almost too hand
some for a man. As Fay Shirley
put it, he looked like a stroke
on the Yale crew." And with his
cleaIf. healthy. blond good looks
he had a devil-may-care manner
THAI was very taking.
BEt today, quite suddenly. he
was very serious. He flung away
his half-smoked cigarette and sat
stadng straight ahead of him at
the misty green Of the park for a
few minutes as IL he were trying
to make up his mind ABOUT some
thing he was going to do.
Peggy slole a sidewise look at
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