Nogales international., 1932-01-30
Second Installnent

elect mother, religious, AMBITIOUS woman.
the wealthy Felix Kent. Her father, Nick
Sandal surrcptiously enters the girls homo
one night. He tells her he used to call her
Lynda Sandal The girl is torn n by b.,an:s her
part of her mothers society. Her father
studies her surroundings.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
''J'-hum. I suppose so. Will you
gel his picture for me?"
Felix Kent's?"
Sure thing. Your young mans"
She laughed. The whole experience
began to be an astonishing adventure.
This father had a way with him that
opened a door in her heart. He was
so casual, so hard. so vibrant. There
had been nothing like him in her life.
She hurried to her room to get the
picture.
She was very quick, being really
afraid that he might just vanish for
ever if she left him. So, coming back
lielit-footed she found him returning
to his place from some swift furtlve
investigation of the room. She
noticed this, but in her confused ex-
citement it made on her at the time
no particular impression. Later she
was driven to remembering 1t.
Her father stood up to go, catch
ing Ills cane, smothering cry at the
pain all sudden movements cost him.
"I mustn't see you again. But
here's my address" He pushed a
folded scrap of paper into her hand
and bent her fingers over it. Il want
you to have that for two reasons.
If you ever need ME you can send for
me or come to me. But I advise you
unlass it's a very serious business,
to forget me and my whereabouts
The other reason s.. well, | won't
bother you with that. May l kiss
you?"
She lifted her face. She was in
tears.
She followed him into the small
back room, her own bedroom. 1t
startled her to think that he had
Climbed in at her own little dark win
dow. Now Sandal got himself pain
fully cut across its sill and Jocelyn
watched him climb down the fire es-
cape, swiftly and quietly in spite of
his pain and his twisted body.
Jocelyn shut the window, went back
to the lighted front room.
This was her father, she thought.
One day Felix offered to take her
to her office.
"Oh, Felix. will you? I'd love to
see your office. I've never been i'll
side an American office. Will you
show IRE everythinge. Will you ex-
plain everything?
In Kent's inner sanctuary she was
introduced to Miss Rebecca Deal,
little ruddy. sturdy woman with
bright eyeglasses and wide mouth.
Jocelyn was amused by this new
rnanifestati ton Of womanhood. When
Felix left to interview someone in
the outer office she sat down i'll his
revolving chair before his great neat
handsome desk and looking at Miss
Deal with all her eager eyes began
to question her:
you work here with him every
day?"
Halt the time he's off. Miss Har-
lowe. in Chicago or the Southwest.
He's interested. as of course you
know. in all these mines"
1T seems SO queer to me-. said
Jocelyn with her slow wistful smile.
that all this side of his Life just
means nothing to me. How much
Better YOU know him than | do!'
Rebecca blushed and laughed.
II wish I were as clever as you
are and had your experience.
would so love i. - :.
Here Felix entered and the girl
came toward him. speaking ear
nestly.. A new Jocelyn seemed to
meet him at every turn he made.
Felix. can't I learn how to do
these things for you? l mean. If
Miss Deal couid teach me. I'd love
to work with you. to understand
"You shall know whatever you
want to know. sweetheart"
In the limousine. on their way to
lunch. Felix spoke tenderiy:
Il do want you to be in my. con-
fidence but I never thought you'd
be interested in this sort OF thing"
But this sort OF thing Is Just part
OF all I must know. Felix. / have
been 80 put away and shut UP :.
like one OF these unlucky princesses
in towers. 1t is iiorrid to be med
ieval infant in a world Of 9rown-up
modcrns. I must know. / must
learn. If I had friends here who
could teach me g.. young people
=. -" Felix controlled wincing
motion. "but without them how shall
/ ever learn unless you will teach
me? Do you think I could take a
business course, perhaps, after we
are married."
"You may take any course you
like. beloved. But you mustn't hate
your beautiful innocence. It Is Just
because you are so exquisitely diff
ferent that l love vou."
In her own room, she sat down
ON her bed and thought: After a
while she pulled out a big lsather
valise from her closet and rGmmAGed
there. She dressed herself in a
pieated short piald skirt q b'sslE