The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-03

though, II you're tTeo wen caii 1t day"
 And we'll have . tea partyP she exclaimed eagerly.
 Not herel Well 90 over to Rudy's."
 Lucille pouted. That won't be 50 much fun"
 Well, there's nothing to eat here, so that's that" Derek re- piled, cleaning his paint brushes.
 Giles Harding's secretary step- ped quietly into her employers of- flee. Here's a special delivery for you," she said, handing him Q let- ter.
 Prom Arizonal was just be- ginning to wonder if Mark Chap man had decided to come east in- stead of writing" Harding took up a paper knife and slit the en- velope.
 Quickly his eyes raced across the closely written pages. A mo. ment later he was pressing a but ton, summoning his secretary.
 T wish you'd call up Madame Lizette,s shop" he told her, "and get Miss Everett on the line Things are moving faster than l thought they would"
 Miss West, who had been with Harding for many years, turned a questioning glance on her em- ployer as her slender fingers rif- fled the pages of [ he telephone book.
 Mark Chapman says he's heard that an offer is on the way to the girl" Harding explained, "It's the TraVers crowd who want tho place he's given us authority to head them off, but we must get hold of Miss Everett at once."
 "Ohl" exclaimed Miss West, rapidly dialing.
 But when she got Madame Lizette's shop she was curtly in- formed that no Miss Everett was associated with the concern.
 Not there nowl" Harding jumped from his chair as he heard the news. "By George she surely hasn't accepted and gone west to close the deal Get Miss Gran stons letter from the Ale. think I wrote Gall Everett's address on 1t, Seems to me she was staying at some club"
 "Very we'll" Miss West hurried from the room.
 A moment later she was back. "Here 1t is," she said, handing Harding memo on which the address was written.
 "oh, that's quite near here" he said "i think I'll drop around there now and have a talk with the girl. If anything comes up, look after it. I won't be long,"
 Gall was In her room. For the first time since Derek and she had become engaged he had failed to send her a letter. She could not think what had happened, and had finally called him up. There was no answer. Gail decided she would call again in the afternoon if she did not hear from him be- fore 6. She could not dream that, though Derek was In his studio, he had resolutely determined not to answer the telephone because he had a feeling that, since he had not written, Gall would surely call him. Loving Gall, he could not doubt her, and yet
 Gha hod told Na tn lin about Ak,n letter from Arizona and the for tune 1t promised, and they had both decided that she might as well save herself the worry and trouble of looking for another job With $l0,000 she could have @ place of her own, for she had de- cided to accept tho offer, in spite of what Dick had said. Now Gall wanted to sec Derek and tell him the news, but. as she sat by her window, she felt restless. A sud- den premonition of trouble as- sailed her, and she tried to ban ish it,
 The telephone tinkled. Was it Derck, she wondered, as she lifted tho receiver, "A gentleman to sec you" announced the operator.
 It must be Derek. Gall glanced in the mirror, smoothing her sunny hair, and adding Q delicate touch of lipstick. Derek was doubtless coming to tell her why he hadn't written. Maybe he'd had a wonderful streak of luck Oh, everything would be all right He'd want to take her to dinner and then, maybe they would dancel
 But when she reached the foyer Derck was nowhere in sight. She walked to the desk. "You called mo 6 moment ago and said some- ono wished to sec me-"
 "YeS, that gentleman over by the window"
 It was not Dcrckl Calls spirits