Evening star., 1937-12-30
Perfect for Romance 80 -
Anne :1edlOCk.

she had been trying her very bese
to forget.
It's all right to be in love, but It's
terrible to be sentimental, she had
thought. as the driver pulled up in
the parking area at the station.
She had barely time to get her
ticket and reach the train.
All aboard" and she had to -,,sh
to make 1t. The redcap's grin faded
and turned to an admiring survey of
her smartly clad figure as she thrust
a quarter into his hand and with the
same motion furiously wiped her eyes.
They were beautiful enough with
out the brilliance of sudden tears to
emphasize their deep blue. Her long
black lashes glistened for an instant
and then she marched into the car
with head up and chin defiantly firm.
After she settled herself as comfort
ably as possible she smoothed out
her gloves and inspected the toes Of
her black suede pumps. All Of her
accessories were just right. Even
Patti had admired the svelte lines
OF her suit with its fitted jacket and
Its band Of soft creamy lynx fur
framing her piquant heart-shaped
face.
Duly she wondered why Dana Cur
tbs had pretended that he loved her.
Surely 1t was only pretense. Could
1t possibly have been that he had
been attracted to her because she had
just returned from abroad last wear?
There was nothing especially glamor-
Gus about the fact that she had studied
art at the Sorbonne. But after her
return to Marville her world was made
up OF series Of dates with Dana, q
series which became days of Dana
ana mystic summer evenings of Dana
until Miriam had arrived.
Now she was fiercely glad that she
had studied in Paris and that Patti
had liked the sketches she had BROUGHT
along on her last trip into the CITY.
tomorrow would bring a new kind
OF life to her. Patti was an endless
source OF dynamic inspiration to her
staff. Iris knew that she would be
caught up in the swirl and would
never be free again until she had
accomplished something which would
be worthy OF PATHS highest approval.
She closed her eyes to relieve their
burning, and when she opened them
1t was to realize that she had slept
through most of the trip. A glance
at her watch told her that she was
nearing the end Of her journey and
that the first step in forgetting Dana
mad been accomplished She Won
dered If she would ever be able to
completely erase him from her memory.
AS she unpacked her dresses in
her hotel room she held each one
up and studied it critically. II she
were not more careful they were not
going to fit her so superbly. Already
they had become trifle loose through
the waistline. Patti would eve her
expertly and guess at the cause Of
all her apathy, if she did not assume
the galety she had recently begun to
practice.
As she laid out her portfolio Of
sketches to show Patti in the morn
ing she reflected that Miriam would
have been perfectly furious to know
that every time she had seen her
Iris had scrutinized every item Of
her dress and had been able to ap-
praise each down to the very last
franc which they had cost She had
been able to tell which had come
from certain of the Paris salons
some Of the details were so obvi-
ously the keynote of the designer.
She lit cigarette with unsteady
fingers and lay back on her bed. She
hated Dana for leaving this aching
feeling within her. and yet inter-
mingled with the despair OF finality
was the crushing. overwhelming
though that she would love him al
ways. A binding mist Of tears and
strangling sensation of pain in her
throat seized her. She crushed out
the glow of her cigarette with a hope
less gesture and crept between the
sheets.
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