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stinct rather than BY eye when
to halt and when to dart on,
keeping her gaze riveted ahead.
It was as though the tan car
mesrnerized her. ali strong light
mesnerfzes creatures Of the
woods az night.
Jerry's car. All doubt was re-
moved when she reached 1t, by
the monogram u. d., done in
silver on its door. .Terry's car.
Familiar as dear face, or AZ
4 favorite room. And Jerry was
somewhere near! From some
where close by, from the haber-
dasher's shop. or the florists
next To It, or the music store
just beyond that. he would come,
very soon (he couldn't park long
on this street, back to his car
Smiling 81 little, Gay Unattached
the monogramed door and slipped
In.
The soft leather cushions, like
friendly arms. received her. She
pulled the door shut. and slid
low in the seat, and sat still;
and she fancied the passing pc
destrians must hear her heart,
50 boisterously 1t banged against
her ribs.
she thought, sI'm glad I never
called him. Oh, but I'm glad, noww
She had wanted TO call him, innu-
merable times: had desperately
wanted just the sound OF his voice.
Twice she had gone 50 far as to
give his number-only to hang up
then and run from the telephone.
She had said to herself over and
over, Don't do 1t. Don't be fool.
What would you say IL you did call?
What excuse would you have? No.
Wait. Some day you'l happen on
to him somewhere -" So she
had waited and waited, searching
the faces OF crowds, watching the
aisles In theaters and the doorways
in supper clubs, playing at love
with many men to while away the
waiting tinae--tilI now.
She explored her MORE handbag
for lip salve and powder and rouge,
and applied them hastily. leaning
over as IL to search for something
dropped on the floor.
She sat back. Arranged her
fluffy fur neckpiece. Crossed her
Eggs
She decided not to be looking for
Jerry when he spied her:lnot to be
glacing up and down the sidewalk,
but to await his return to the car
In some such nOnchaIant attitude
as would have been hers had he
left her there only a moment ago.
A magazine lying on the seat be-
side her solved the problem Of just
how to give this effect. Shed be
reading.
The magazine was a woman's
magazine, Of the sort that features
recipes, household hints, needle.
work patterns, articles on the care
Of the skin and the hair and the
nails and the baby. To find q COW
OF It in Jerry Davis car was some
what surprising. Gay regarded ii !.
DuxzIed, disturbed.
Tor almost the first time the
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well. But I always thought he
was-magnificent. When / heard
you'd married him I thought you
were both-both of you--very
much to be congratulated"
Gay was silent.
I'm terribly sorry he con.
cluded.
The silence was mutual then,
and three blocks long.
''Tell me more!' Gay said at
last to break it. "Tell me every
thing about yourself. Tell me-"
Her glance discovered the maya
zine, still lying in her lap. "For
heavens sake tell me, when did
you develop this housewifey taste
in reading matter?"
mot guilty. Nary word have
1 read, nor shall 1. l bought it
because-well, have you looked
hard at the Govern"
Gay hadn't. Not hard. Now
she, did, and saw a girl with a
Spanish shawl and a rose in her
blue-b black hair. Pretty" she
began. "Oh! Oh, it's Dolly"
Right you are"
'I didn't recognize her at first"
She studied the picture for some
little time. "She's lovely" she
made herself say at last.
She put the magazine down in
the seat between them. Cigar
cite. please, Jerry"
Jerry supplied one, and pulled
out the dashboard lighter.
When" inquired Gay evenly,
settling back. ARE you going to
be married."
I'm June"
June. Two months. Only two
months.)
'That's not very long, is it," she
observed.
IT'S terribly long," said Jerry.
Gay took a second immense in
halation of smoke. "WCll, why
don't you make her make it a little
sooner?"
II can't. Lord knows I've tried.
You see" explained Jerry, miracu-
lousy avoiding collision with a
madcap laundry truck. she prom.
ised, back IN December, that she'd
marry me in June il / wouldn't
drink a thing all that time. And
June it is. She won't consider
shortening it by a day, even"
but I think that's silly" Gay
argued. IF you've kept on the
wagon for four whole months, Ger.
tainly you've proved-whatever,
you were expected to prove. She's
being unnecessarily strict, it
seems to me-"
Well" said Jerry, "you can't
blame her, She has a father back
in New Hampshire who's consid.
cradle of a drunk from all &C.
counts, and her childhood recollec-
tons have made her almost
fanatical on the subject. And be.
Sides"
He hesitated. "T told you
hadn't had drop since December.
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! thought definitely occurred to her
that there might be Mrs. Jerry
Davis. He might have married
that Pageant girl. Or some girl.
On that instant, panic seized her.
Suppose he were married. Sup.
pose he emerged from the haber-
dasher's shop. Or the florists next
to It, or the music store just be-
yond. accompanied by his wifss-
and found her there! Time and
time again Gay had dreamed q
dream she called her "after.Iobster-
Newburg nightmare" It always
had her In a stalled car on q rail-
road track. Wrenching vainly, fran
tically at the handle Of the door.
She was reminded Of that dream
now. She could not seem to open
the door Of Jerry's car, and she
knew the same terror, had the
same sense Of no-time-to-lose, felt,
as she had always felt in the
dream. that 1t was so silly Of her
not to be able to open lit had
never been hard to open before.
You're not leaving said an
unused drawl, close to her ear,
so soon?1
Her hand dropped away from
the recalcitrant handle hastily.
guilty even.
There was no one with him.
That was the first thing she
noticed. And he had grown
tiny pointed black mustache. That
was the second thing.
II don't like it," she said re.
proachfully.
You don't like"
The mustache."
What greeting" said Jerry
Davis.
They laughed together then,
and shook hands gayly across the
door OF the car, and exchanged
the how-are-yous and so-glad-to-
see-yous of very old friends re.
united. And all the time Gay
was thinking. "A year and
half, almost. How have / stood
lit"
She said. You're looking
simply wonderful, Jerry--north
and south of the upper lip. Hon.
estly, mean it. You look new.
What have you been doing to
yourself--eating yeast. or some.
thing?"'
fNu' 1I1HhluS safSapar1LIa.
I'm on the wagon"
You're not.
he NODDED. Sure am. Not q
drop since the middle of Deceni-
ber.n
Gay leaned back against the
leather seat and regarded him,
arms folded. You certainly must
love her." she hazarded.
II do. love her." answered
Jerry.
CHAPTER 80
Ooh" Gay sat erect again.
"Hit the mali on the head that
time. didn't 7? And was only
guessing. Well Who is she.
Jerry? The little Quinn? Wasn't
that her nane-Q Quinn?
Jerry nodded again. you met
her ct Atlantis City,
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81 could not tell you Without
compromising Others.
He laughed. Yon'll compromise
the whole Nivernais before ever
i let you %. " The tons was
fierce. snarling. as dog snarls
over 4 bono that II being wrested
away. But Immediately almost
he had checked that tO0-revealing
note. His voice was smooth again.
Il mean, before i let you 90 risk
yourself ii such q fashion. YouslI
forgive my tnsistence, cheyenne.
But have not jeOpar lied my
neck to save yours from the gull.
lotine just TO have you throw my
gift away in sheer wantonness.
Oh, no. shall make sure Of
your safety before / part with
You He sat down at last.
But you said IN Paris -
Never mind what / said IN
Paris. There was an angry
rlimblins Iii his voice. Again It
was the note 81 the dog about 10
be robbed Qf the bone he had
looked forward to enjoying. Con-
slider only what L have said here.
do not part with YOU until I am
assured Of your safety.
She sat there facing him across
the board with terror in her
heart. her eyes diIating q little al
they met now his srQouIdering
glance. observed the flush On his
prominent cheelx-bones. and the
scowl On that lofty brow across
which i cluInp Of his moist black
hair had fallen like 4 curtain
She was answered Her sus.
pense at least, her doubts and
quest 0nings were at an end. He
was the wolf she had ut first
supposed him. and she WAS the
prey he promised himself Why,
she wondered, did he stalk her
80 Wari1y and patientIy2 It was
not hers to understand the mans
sybarftfc fastidiOusness which
rendered repugnant TO him the
notion OF prevailing without real
conquest.
or her terror she permitted him
To catch no glimpse. All that
was disclosed to him By her rigid
stare was surprise. Then the
surprise passed, chased away by
4 smile, b smile or sweetness and
gentIeness such as she had never
yet v0uchsafed him. She averted
her eyes.
Your generosity your
nobility leaves me without
words. You bring me almost to
tears, citizen; tears Of gratitude.
and vet
Add nothing more, Z he Inn.
plored His voice grew lloarse.
You have yet TO learn the depth
of devotion which would stop
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with q patience and aeif-controi
that were miraculous considering
what was in her mind. she lay
thus, listening and waiting for .
fun two hours until she could -
sure that the house slept. Then,
at last, she rose, and removed her
boots. She took up the guttering
candle, and very softly withdrew
the bolts OF her door. Cautiously,
soundlessIy. she opened II. and
soundIessIy crept out into the
room beyond, which now was all
In darkness. A moment she
paused listening. From beyond
the far door came 3 sound Of mild
snoring. The citizen-representa-
tive was asleep.
With her boots III one hand and
the candle held aIoft ia the other.
she tip-toed toward the door that
opened to the stairs. Midway
across the room she checked.
Something cleaned lividly on
side table and drew her glance.
1T WAS the clasp Of the repre-
sentative's portfolio. She paused,
lesitating, ucared BY the fempta-
ton that assaiIed her, to which,
at last. with b pale smile. she
yielded. She snatched up the
portfolio and tucked II under her
arm. Then she passed out, and.
in her stOckinged feet, cautiously
descended the crealxinR staircase.
In the passage below. she paused
to put on her boots. Then, very
carefully, she drew the bolts OF =
side door. and stepped out into
the stable yard. Here q shock
awaited her. Although 1t was past
midnight. a light showed in the
stables; the upper half Of the
stable door stood open, and,
above the closed, lower half. she
beheld the bust Of q man who
leaned there, who had observed
her exit, and who, now, straight
ened himself to challenge her.
Instantly resolved. she forestailed
him.
"AhI You are astirI II il forttI.
nate, for, otherwise. must have
fetched you from your bed. / need
horse at once, citizen"
"A horse? Name Of q name!
A horse at this hour?"
Business OF the nation. The
young secretary,s voice was hard
and peremptory. He nourished his
portfolio. II am to ride ahead of
the citizen-representative into
Nevers. There il urgency. Make
haste, or you viii answer to the
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heard the bolts rasp home. He
smiled as he stood there Then@he
sighed again, still smiIing: re-
summed his chair, and poured him.
self wine,
Behind her bottled door Made
Ynoise1Ie de Montsorbier stood
breathless and q little faint She
leaned against It, listening to his
movements, and gradually she re-
sumed her self-command.
She crossed at last to the dress
ing table, and by the dim light Of
the single candle burning there
surveyed her face. She accused
it or palIor, assured herself that
there was nothing to be feared.
then drawing UP 3 chair, sat down
before her mirror, but made no at
tempt to prepare herself for bed.
Thus for = half.hour. at the
end OF which she heard the rasp
Of his chair IN the outer room,
followed by the sound OF his pac-
ing to and fro like Gagged AMI
NAL. Once his steps came right
UP to her door and paused there.
She stiffened. She was conscious
Of the roughening Of her skin, Of
the acceleration Of her pulses an
she waited through that pause,
which seemed Interminable, waited
for his knock. 1t came at last,
sharply raped, and the sound
brought her to her feet.
CHAPTER VIII
BY 4 miracle she kept her voice
steady who II there?''
IT is ], cheyenne: Chauviniere. =
What do you want, citoyen?"
There was a long pause before
his answer came: ITO warn you
that we set out early in the morn.
ing. The chaise will be ready at
o'clock"
7 shall be punctual, citoyen.
Good-nightl''
Goodnight, cheyenne"
His footsteps receded. Scarcely
crediting her ears, she listened to
then as they crossed the length Of
the outer room. Then she heard
him pass into his. own chamber,
and at last came the closing Of
his door. She was able to breathe
again. But It was in vain that
she sought to explain that trivial
incident. Had he deliberately
sought to scare her, merely so as
to show that all fear Of him was
idle and thus lull her into a sense
Of false security, or had his action
been genuine?
She crossed the room and flung
herself upon the bed, fully dressed.
as she was, even to her riding
boots, but she left the candle
burning and made no attempt to
go to sleep.
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since we made the agreement.
That's not quite true. I weakened
once-in February, guess IL was
and got cock-eyed. Dolly found
out about it. I told her myself, in
fact. And it very nearly gummed
the whole works. / managed by
the grace Of God to talk her into
giving me just one more chance
but any remote possibility Of get
ting her to say May, or April, I'M
stead Of June, went bye-bye then"
II see" said Gay. "And so this
Is your very last chance, hmm?''
at is. II fall off again. It's
All over. Done. Dished. Blotto.
She's made that perfectly plain.
But" declared Jerry positively, Il
won't fall off,"
NO" murmured Gay. "No, Of
course you mustn't"
She let her lashes fall then, 30
that her lids might hide from him
the new hope in her shining,
scheming eyes.
Dolly Quinn, in these days OF
prosperity, no longer boarded. She
had an apartment. How proudly,
with what an unconscious small
air, she would have told you! up
at my apartment-"
It wasn't much OF an apartment,
really. Two rooms and a bath in
converted brownstone house;
tho rooms tiny rooms, the bath
slightly overgrown cupboard lit
orally iammed with plumbing. Nor
was 1t altogether her apartment.
She shared 1t with another model,
q girl named Bee.
They had met back In November,
at one OF the commercial art
studios. The meeting had been
quite informal. Dolly, carefully
DOMINIC the gossamer stockings in
which her legs were to trip
through tbs advertising pages of
magazines for months to come,
had heard voice like little chimes
say suddenly, Got q lipstick?'
And looking up. she had behold in
her dressing room doorway raw
ishing beauty with gray eyes and
ru>t-red curly hair, clad airily in a
chemiSe.
I've lost NINE" went on the
newcomer. IT think 1t must have
dropped out of my bag when
paid the taxi driver. Can I just
steal tiny smear OF yours--d0
you mindful put Il on with
my finger"
Go Be Continued Mouday.)
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Harry WEIGH. husband Of Aline
WEIGH, one of her closest friends;
wade Reynolds. young novelist,
divorced ana picturesque: Gregory
Vaughn. Hank Bailey with
thess and other bachelors and bene.
diets she filled her time and her
waking thoughts that winter.
And one day III the spring
IT was i day just like another
spring day, blue.roofed, clean.
smelling, blithe with sunshine and
budding trees and blossoming shop
Windows. An April day, IN the
early afternoon Mrs. Alan Pom
sr0y, stepping on to the sidewalk
through the spinning doors OF
gown shop In which she had de-
lsghtfuliy spent an hour and six
hundred dollars, discovered by
means OF her wrist watch that the
time was five minutes past one;
and she forthwith commanded the
doorman to get her TAXI and
hurry!
she was late. Five minutes
ago she would have met Irene
and Reg Wright and Gregory
Vaughn, with whom she was to
motor that afternoon out into
the Jersey hills, to the camp Of
playwright friend Of Gregory's;
and the meeting place, where the
foursone would lunch before
starting, was Is blocks away
from the shop. While the door.
man blew and beckoned she stood
on the curb. craning anxiously,
wondering why II was that when
you were most rushed every cab
that came along had someone
in ii
of sudden She stopped craning;
stopped turning her small bright
head Ia It's smart black straw
now to the left, now right:
stopped shifting her weight from
one to the other Of her high.
heeled. inadequate looking shoes;
stopped breathing. almost.
Across the street. directly OPP
posite her. 2 car was parked.
"A iOng-nosed, glossy car. A low
tan and silver. JerPy'S. .Spe-
ciaily designed and specially built,
surely there was not In all the
world another like III.
Then her view was blocked b.
cab of well-known hue, which
shot from Dowsssae and braI1ed
n frcEt Or her. She stared 1t
III rpEantkully: ct the driver who
saitea and 1t the doornan who
opened the door and held II
0pen.
I've changed my mind" she
told him.
The cab pulled away again.
She had hazy impression that
the driver said something caustic
ns he slammed Into gear. but
alle did not know or care what
Il Was.
Jerry's car was stilI there. 1t
WAS stu empty
She went toward IL, cutting
dangerously through the midday,
etreet traffic, idRIng by IN.
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contlnued from Local PageD
compounded 81 suspicion. anger,
ana disnay.
Fart He frowned IA he ut
tered the word. with height tened
lncredulity IS repeated; Fart 81
she explained herself re are
alraady III the Nivernais II 81
~ own country have friends
throughout the province. -
Friends? what friends? His
tons suggested that their mention
should Sc their death.warrant.
i win not name them lest !
eoknpronnisa them. That would
not be fair 10 them. nor. indeed.
cutie fair Is you. Il might test
your duty too severely. Neither
would II 81 fair to You that i
accompany you into Nevers il
broad daylight tomorrow After
Ill. was wen known there net
s. many months. 40 There viii
Be- many left who might recognize
ne. Seeing me ii your company
and thus, what could they as
eumeg You would be compromised
go ~
Compromised His scornful
laughter shook the crazy windows.
And who ID Nevers would dare
k0 eomprOfniso me
She smiled upon him rather
iatfully. slowly nodding her fair
head. You are Of 8 high cour-
age, citizen; Of q reckless audacity,
81 have observed But I will
not permit YOU 70 add, To the
heavy debt under which already
lie the risk perhaps Of your
Tushl 10 more AZ that.
citoyenne. run no risk But IL
] did, what theag Ny life Is my
own to risk al choose, and not
n you or any other presuxnes To
permit. ne are Tree men IN N
this reformed france. His tone
resumed It's habitual sardOnic
note. And We need no permits
sion for our acts. All that went
with the days O9 tyranny
Your generosity cannot de-
eefve me. Her blue green eyes
looked 1T him resolutely And
that III why We part tonight "
He leaned forward across the
board. His face was very grave.
Il had lost. OF seemed to have
I0st some 81 its habttual color
You give me news, cheyenne.
ne part tonight, Ell Tonight
So, SOL And will you tell ms
where YOU are goingg
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oh. she told you ~
''She told me, yes"
c'ToId him everything ! said, I
suppose" Gay thought.)
Aloud she remarked. smiling,
II remember she seemed very
much concerned then because you
drank 50 much, and I said to her,
Well. why don't you marry him
and reform him?' ] thought she
could certainly do 1t, IL anyone
could. And she-has. take 1t?
She-you're married."
Not yet"
(''Not yeti" echoed her heart.
mot yet y
You see," went on Jerry. ''she
reversed your advice. She's going
TO reform me first, and make
sure it takes. and then marry
me-being q wise and sensible
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little soul. But cay, Gay! Let's
not talk here. A curbstone il no
place at all to hash over the hap.
penings of-how long has 1t been?
A year? I've got a million things
I want to tell you. and ask you"
He beamed. ''I haven't even Of
fered Fluctuations! But / will.
Listen: Have you had luncheon"
mo, haven't
Going to have it with the lord
and master?"
"I-no."
"Then let's co."
He circled around the front of
the machine, and took his place
beside her, under the wheel.
''Where'l we got" His dark eyes
turned to consult her and re-
manned, appreciative, upon her
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stances compelled her to descend.
Then, hot with . shame whose
flush he entirely misunderstood.
smiling with b rather piteous visit
fuIness, she gently diseugaged
her hand and rose.
Suffer me to so, J" she begged.
II I am little con-
fused
No! waltz He, too, had risen,
and stood eager beyond the divid.
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at nothing IN your service. Gle
onie.
One of his long arms came
across the table, and his fine
hand closed upon hers where It
lay there beside her plate. A
moment she let 1t remain. loath-
ing his touch, depressing the
ahudder that might betray this
loathIng, and Ioathing herself for
the dupIicity to which circun1-
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ing board. to him so inopportunely
placed.
Tomorrow she begged him
family. I'VE will talk again to-
morrow, citizen. Let me so now!
All, let me so now"
Almost she overdid it, almost
she over-acted the suggestion Of
q spiritual struggle against the
magnetism of his personality.
With another, indeed, it might
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have been entirely fatal. But Chau-
viniere the psychologist knew the
full value Of restraint. knew how
much more complete Is the ulti-
mate surrender to generous OPP
ponent. He bowel low In silence
save for a little sigh, and by the
time he came upright again he
was alone. She had slipped like
q ghost into the adjacent room.
He saw the white door close. He
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