The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-20

See any car down the road?''
mo-" Vee-Vee shook her head.
There's one going toward Mime
tonka but none coming from it,"
"Now what is this terrible truth
that you have to tell me?" Schuyler
smiled, as he cut off the engine.
IT believe" he laughed exultingly,
that my little princess just wants
to be kissed. I'll bet many a girl
has been kissed in this lane. My
darlingi"
mo" Vee-Vee cried out sharply,
mot yet. Pleased Schuyler" her
hand went to her throat-"I've tried
to tell you so many times, but you
wouldn't listen.
Tonight, dear, I asked. you If you
wouldn't be glad if the girl you love
came to you as poor as you are so
that you could work together"
do you mean," he interrupted
her sharply, that you've let that
damned prince get hold of all your
money? The papers said your father
had protected your money when the
marriage settlement was made"
ooh, you make it so hard!'' she
walled. II don't know where to be-
gin or how to convince you" She
beat upon her breast with clenched
hand-and received the answer, for
the crackle of folded paper came to
her family. Jerry's letter!
The letter that explained the
whole miserable business was tucked
away beneath the tight bodice of
her evening dress. She pushed aside
the folds Of the Spanish shawl and
CROPPED for the letter Her fingers
felt icy against the warm flesh of
her bosom.
"Have you some idiotic idea of
testing my love by telling me that
you are poor?" Schuyler demanded
in an odd voice. Then he seemed to
pull himself together, laughed in
diligently.
Darling, I don't give a damn
about your precious money. If
you've lost forty million dollars in |
four years of being princess, why,
all the better--for me, T mean. I
can have the pleasure of showing
you how the backbone of America
lives!"
He laughed again, but there
seemed to be little genuine pleasure
behind it.
Don't taught" she cried out of
her pain. ST haven't been trying to |
tell you that I've lost forty million |
dollars, but"
II knew you we're just trying to |
test me- he laughed with more as
surance. but I don't think you |
show much trust of the man who |
has loved you for five years
That's just i'll" Vee-Vee cried. |
"You haven't loved me for five |
years, for you had never seen me |
before in your life when 1 walked |
into the Minnetonka dining room
on Sunday. You did not see me at |
Palm Beach"
Are you trying to tell me that |
you think made up fairy story
to tickle your vanity and to fur
ther my suit with your" Schuyler
demanded violently.
Then, as suddenly as 1t had hap
pened before, his voice changed, be-
came low and rich with love: "Oh,
my darlingl Don't let's quarrel now,
just when I have won you. You
may. think I am a romantic fool to |
have cherished a dream all these |
five years. but you can't quarrel |
with me for that even if you have |
forgotten that danced with you"
IA haven't forgotten, because |
was not there. Schuyler. l have |
never been in Palm Beach in my
life. l was not married to Prince |
Ivan Polaski-"
Have you gone crazy?" Schuy-
Ter demanded, Selling her clenched |
hands and bending over her.
Ever since Sunday night, I've
felt that either I was crazy or that |
the guests of the Minnetonka were"
Vee-Vee told him.
Schuyler, didn't 1t occur to you
that I might be telling the truth !
when I said that my name was Vera
Victoria Cameron"
1t was out at last. and she could
sink back against the cushions of
the car, sobbing with relief as welli
as fear.
What do you mean?" Schuyler's
hands relaxed, allowed her to drag
her own hands away. Els this an
other bright scheme to test my love.
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