The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-03
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though, if you're tired we'll call 1t a day"
 And we'll have a tea party2' she exclaimed eagerly.
 Not herel We'll go over to Rudy's."
 Lucille pouted. That won't be so 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 @ let- ter.
 From Arizonal was just be- ginning to wonder if Mark Chap man had decided to come east inc 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, land 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 questioning glance on her em- ployer as her slender fingers riff fled the pages of t he telephone book.
 Mark Chapman says he's heard that an offer is on the way to the girl" Harding explained. Its the Travers crowd who want the place he's given us authority to head them off, but we must get hold of Miss Everett at once"
 "Oh!" 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 dumped from his chair as he heard the news. By George, she surely hasn't accepted and gone west to close the deall Get Miss Gran ston's letter from the file. I think I wrote Gail Everett's address on it. Seems to me she was staying at some club"
 "very we'll" Miss West hurried from the room.
 A moment later she was back. "Rere 1t is," she said, handing Harding a memo on which the address was written.
 "Oh, that's quite near here," he said. T think I'll drop around there now and have a talk with the girl. If anything comes up, look after 1t. 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 letter. She could not think what had happened, and had finally called him up. There was no answer. Gall decided she would call again in the afternoon if she did not hear from him be- fore 5. 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, Gail would surely call him. Loving Gail, he could not doubt her, and yet
 She had told Natalie about the 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 $l0,00O she could have place of her own. for she had de- cided to accept the offer, in spite of what Dick had said. Now Gail 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 1t.
 The telephone tinkled. Was it Derek, she wondered, as she lifted the receiver. "A gentleman to sec you" announced the operator.
 It must be Derek. Gail glanced in the mirror, smoothing her sunny hair, and adding a delicate touch of lipstick. Derek was doubtless coming to tell her why he hadn't written. Maybe he'd had wonderful streak of luck. Oh, everything would be all right. He'd want to take her to dinner and then, maybe they would dance!
 But when she reached the foyer Derek was nowhere in sight. She walked to the desk. You called me moment ago and said some- one wished to see me-"
 "Yes, that gentleman over by the window"
 It was not Derek! Calls spirits