New Britain herald., 1927-02-05

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 She knew that her pride woul
 make her pretend to forget tha
 night even though she never woul
 forget it. Not one moment Of lt
 Not one fleeting second of it!
 "Bye-bye, see you in church! she said as lightly as Monica her self might have said 1t. But. h still held her by both arms. "Why tho terrible hurry?' h. wanted to know. When am so ing to see you? Tonight" Robbie shook her head, with an 1 other nervous glance at the win dow on the third floor. CHAPTER XXIV If Robbie had said 'yes' withou any coaxing, the chances are tha i Gus MacCloud wouldn't have beer half so eager to see her that nigh.
 He was like that. The more of 2 chase a woman gave him, the more he wanted her. Nine men out ol ten are just that way.
 So when she shook her lovely blond head and said "No" in a soft sorrowful voice. he would have moved heaven and earth to spend that evening with her.
 Not only that. but he began to feel that evening was too far away in the dim distance. He wanted to see her before then.
 Look here,' he said, 'your friend, Monica, and are going to have lunch together. I've asked her to-and I've got to go through with it now. But-' He pulled out his watch and looked at it, frowning.
 T can meet you at three o'clock at the corner of your street and Hollywood boulevard. We'll drive out and see the ocean-sunset this time. instead of moonrise. How about it?"
 Robbie went on shaking her head, but even while she was doing it she was sure that she was going to go, as- he wanted her to.
 Don't be goofy," MacCloud told her. He laughed, but it was an annoyed. impatient laugh. He was used to watching women jump when he held the hoop.
 "All right" Robbie yielded sud- denly. "I'll meet you. I shouldn't but I will"
 She went away, walking on air.
 There is nothing that can make a woman spend money on herself the way a love affair can.
 At no other times in her life does she so need clothes to bring out her good points and hide her poor ones-perfumes to make her hair and skin fragrant as Springtime, beads and tiny, dainty handker- chiefs, sheer silken stockings. hats to add mystery and lure to her eyes.
 And so at two o'clock Robbie found herself standing in the most expensive shop on the boulevard.
 Like all expensive shops, it was very beautiful and quiet, and the saleswomen were very beautifully groomed and very elegantly dressed in black.
 One of them separated herself from a chatting group and came across the soft lavender carpet to Robbie.
 May I help you?" she asked. and her eyes went up and down Robbie as if she saw a dozen places where her clothes could be im- proved.
 Robbie looked around helplessly. She didn't know just what she did want. An artificial flower, perhaps, to pin upon her old sweater. A string of choker beads. Something to freshen her up and make her smart.
 T can't spend much money" she was thinking. She didn't have a great deal left of the Widow Par kins' five hundred.
 Finally she decided upon a yell low silk rose and a new string of cloudy amber beads.
 It was half past two when she carried them home. Monica was in her room, cuddled up on the win tow sill in one of her new negli- gees, polishing her nails.
 Hello" she said without look ing up when Robbie came in.
 She sounded cross and Robbie was sure she was angry because Gus .MacCloud had brought her straight home after lunch: At any rate, she was not the care-free. jubilant Monica who had fibbed about going out with someone named Ted Piper" q few nights before.
 Where arc you going?" she asked a few minutes afterward when Robbie began to change her stockings and slippers.
 Robbie giggled. Out 10 watch the sun set with Ted Piper" she said shortly, and Monica had the grace to blush for a wonder.
 "A registered letter and a pack age came for you a while ago. Monica informed her sullenly after a long silence. "Youll have to go over to the Vine street post office for it. The mail man took 1t back there when he didn't find you in."
 Thanks"
 After that Robbie went on dress ing in silence.
 There is nothing that girl, en- joys more than dressing for meet Ing with the man she loves. And thoroughly enjoyed every one of the thirty minutes it took her to get dressed to meet Gus 
 She brushed her hair until 1t chung close to her beautifully shaped little head in deep waves. She powdered her neck and arms with a rose geranium talcum that left her skin silver white.
 She carefully made up her face with raspberry rouge and sunburn