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Tommj pattMl her hand "Mpbbr •he VU. I dunno whether »lir »a* earrytat anythlnx I )u*t *aw her wave at me." arraaa the streat. She bad left all the Itchu buraln* In the apart Tbry aeeated to make the ■tarklr empty, incj'» -oom and drawer*. They had been pmpt'pd The doaet waa tamed toof paper

bad to so. Je married this moraine, and we've sooe to t^icaso on our honeymoon. "It's awful la leave you like this, bat there wasn't anythin*: else to do. My heart waa

testify in Brace's fatal and Brace is and Yloletta pads and Brace Is-

turned Into K that ckened her steps I the windows of

I faster, her heart iimtably. An urhls kiddy car alone front of her Jerked of her way. She had

e ratio in.'" be

becan to la ash hysterically. Then she flung herself on Kanry s bed When they are and cried aa ahe had not cried for

The treclnt wore away. Nobody came to disturb Barbara The lisbU burned In all the rooms and the table for one In the kitchen stood until the hotter melted and slices of bread grew hard. Barbara waa uaconsctous ol passing of time. She lay on Kan--7's bed. her brad buried In the pillow, her body shaking with nobs. She dared not lift her bead to the emptiness around be.. At last, toward midnight, she sal up with a start. Then she rushed into the lirins room and picked up the telephone. She caught McDermott in his office Before she had time to tell him what had happened, be :3terrupted. "Tea. I know. A special delivery letter Just arrived for me. Fancy must have been on her way several hours now." His voice was steady. "What can wi doT* choked Barbara. "Oh. to think It should have happened while she waa with me!" "Nonsense. Barbu*. It couldn't be helped. No oae could have done better than you. And now that she's done It. IF- up to us to hope for the brat and If the wora* comes. There's nothing i -se we o to bed and try to forget about It." "TMa apartment is like a tomb.'

that lets business spoil his disposition? My husband la so grouchy since his business got messed up that I'm afraid to speak to him. Shall I pretend I'm going out with somebody else, or Just raise Cata with him Instead and threaten to

leave?

"I won't have, of course, but it never hurts to give n man a

scare.

"I wish I could be as independent as you. Wlnnlfnd.* You've got a good Job and you don't need anybody. But I wasn't made that way. I got to have love. Maybe you can't understand. But please give me the dope on bow to make him different, also." CHAPTER XU r T'HE summer wore c * pavements began to children rar. barefooted after Ice wagons in the streets of Philadelphia. September was ushered In with drought. The Telegraph office became an oven. Into which waves of brat swept from the composing room every time the door was opened. The soda pop man with his basket of bottles made the rounds four times s day and did a rousing business. Frequently some membee of the staff sent to the drag store for an Ice cream “treat all around ~ Barbara espje in from a long

and her name is on. of the top tee or six on the American stage. Shell tell the truth, too.' IH look up Ida this afternoon.'' answered Bat bar* “I'm not equal to the rescue home today. The weather Is sticky enough without hunting up any more messes. I bale all this cheat sentiment." "Doa't be too sure you'll find cheap sentiment at the rescue botne. Mothers arc pretty much alike, la whatever circumstance* they may be You may find some bona-Ade emotion out there." Barbara made the appointment with Ida Storey by telephone. Two hours later ahe was sealed opposite MHs Storey on a wide porrh Overbrook. "That’s a rather pcironal qu lion. Isn't It. Mias Hawleyr s the actress when Barbara 1 made known her mirnon "Hut I'*e never hesitated to tell the truth yet. Though 111 have to ttust you to deal fairly with me iu print" The woman was at least 5». Barbara decided Her statuesque figure. in a skillfully draped tea gown, might have been that of a much younger woman. But there lines about her eyes and a somber droop at the corners of her m that spoke of greater age. She lay In a wld- swing talked, easily, without pause. "Ill tell you my story. Miss Hawley. in a few words.' And you do what you want with it. "I deliberately chose public life at the ago of 20. I had everything then, youth, beauty and love, there was ooe thing I did not have "It waa swift.sailing for a few years. I had better luck than moat beginners, more praise, i

I know

She reached the corner aad crept oee to a store front to avoid the rain. No cars cwne She wsi’-d in the pelting rain for a long Urn. Then she left the shelter of the betiding front and began to waHr. was quite dark when she bed home. Her shoes were len and her clothes dripped IT. As she unlocked her door, the rain suddenly ceased and a flood of sunlight tilled the sky. But a moment later the torrents

began again.

Inside the apartment. Barbara stood still snd looked around t>< No article had been moved since she left that morning. The i oe.s wav broken oely by the drip of rain along the gutters. The years after 40" What would the years after «0 hr. If lib was ilka IhU ot 2C*

Uhly “You don't understand. IVe got to go. And I've got lo sueooed

make a splash in Ihe world. It's

my whole Hie. I've noihlnt else. I

ant to he going somewhere." At the last words. McDermott j

district, glancing now and then at display windows, turning corners without heed, running Into passersbv Around and around she "-'at. encircling the same blocks many times. She entered a department

elance 1L, • Kara " ! * lDd ,rnlkp<1 through the

women and young men who were A ' - - . .

■ But Uk-, n.-,,r ‘“W?*

tot anj.h.lK kk.II UK-, .tom.., Tf- toMM CoPT ot lb. TrfOTP*

was still tmaer her arm.

•1 don't mean to preach. But the , n SjlM0(n g trM ., Barbara met foiling stone Is the curse ot the ^ ^ ttre newspaper profession. Just st the ,„shlBg hpmc f»vn> shopping hen he is loginning to be |r ^ ,| 1( . striding along with

packages aad newspapers under

their arms.

Now ..od then a toddler met one

them and crawled up his legs becoming' lllto h ‘* i w l u ‘ •hrlll cries <*

1 “Daddy"

Near Bathara'e apartment bouse.

useful to his paper, the wanderlust

ze* him aod he's off again. But looking at II from your own |

point of view. I believe you're mak-:

mistake lo pull up stakes i '

here, just when you ' *— 1

silrar for h

help them take my baby away' Uaibara stammered “I thought you wanted a home for It." she .-aid “Perhaps through my paper we ctn find a good place lor tl and you wool be so hard pushed to

take care of It."

The girl almost shrieked at her. "Hard pushed! And what do you think I'd live for If you look her j away? You upllfters make me sick.

Barbara caught the seven o'clock street ear In town Her face was haggard. She had falleu Into a heavy sleep inward dawn and had waked 'oo late for breakfast. At n Utile lunch counter near Ihe

- ertalnly." Barbara replied. 1 -The real reason for letting you write this story that we hope to find a home tor the baby through

your paper."

Tne room Into which Barbara

was led cont«Hi>-d two beds. One was empty. In ihe other lay a girl

Wheu Barbara sal down beside

her. the girl turned listlessly from her contemplation of the wall and

answered In mono-;. Babies. The story of desertion and desll

tutlon came out hit by bit Barl»ara chose her Questions tactfully and walled for the answer*. The I neither seemed little Interested In

the conversation.

But at Hie end ol it. she sat bolt

| acSu ritki b.r... II k»Ij T«»~r .»d "< UW-fliiniJJI

you'll slay king enough lo win it the sidewalk. Ills blood bead was Bar liar a «as not listening lo him bent over He- refractory Wheel She stood at the window staring and he was tugging at It With out at Ihe leaden afternoon. “I straining of his chubby arms and

suppose you're right. .Mr. MrDer- legs

You always are. As Barbara .-ipprnarhed. h* loofcit It's a mailer of necessity lo ed up at her. "Do you know a«y1've got to go. I cant aland thing about kiddy cars— ha aakod. the loneliness here any longer." his brows wrinkled. 'This <me ain't.

McDermott shook his head Badly, no good."

"I'm afraid you don't know what Barbara tries! lo smile. “No." flke

loneliness means You've never said. “I don't."

been alone In New York." The hoy was sUrlng at her very Barbara threw up her hands, hard. "Say. your cyo* are awful helplessly, and went out. i big. You look Just like my ptetura Wells caught idglit of her. “Oh. of Alice In Wonderland when the Mias Hawley, will you please call duchess said. 'Chop off her bead!' the hospitals and gel Ihe births and - Do you know about Alice'" deaths? IF* Jimmy's work I know Barbara shook her head and But he Is gone on an errand " wen! on up ihe steps. Inside the Barbara sharpened her pencil apartment, she laid Ihe folded and look her plarc'ln one of Ihe newspaper on the table and went telephone booths. Inin bey bedroom. For 20 mini tes she railed bos- She came out. wrapped In a pllals. struggled with difficult house robe, her feet in bedroom names, scratched obituary notes on slippers, and took up the Telea pad Her bead was aching more graph. Then she sealed herself In violently. 1,0,1 armchair near the w indow and The Mr In the booth waa stale turned to the hospital column * with the accumulated odors of s The paragraph stood out as thousand bygone cigarettes Bar- tbuugli it were printed In bold barn stated at the scrawled tele- Italic, against the paler type on

i.lKine nunila rs on the walls of Hie either side.

troll, "Key nulds - brace aas YlwThe Jefferson Hospital was hard Wta. a son, bwra Rwada) St to gel. Us switchboard was kept Ihe JeCerma HwspiUL'* bury tuns! of the lime wllh emir Her eye* ran over Ihe Iwo lift** r.-wey call* of Pt* 01 **a*n and again. "Brace." Barbara tried again and again, she repealed under her brmUh. “»

without success. Between times she son."

leaned tuck against Ihe wall and The paper dropped from h*r looked out through the panels <it hands and she turned lo the wlnditty glass at the outside office, dow. The sliect was almost dark. (The scene wai suddenly unpleasant except tor long streaks of wester* • i^-r light that feii between the build-

ings. The kiddy c ' ' '

pot the kettle on the •he UM a plate sad •raeir at the little uhle ahe turned about, re-

moved the kettle from the stove turned out the gas. and put the plate and silver rare fully back In their places In the cupboard Than she iuraed out Uty lights In the front rooms and went hack lo her bedroom. A few moment* later

lying on her face, in the Trra! „ .j, llkr , ^ n , ra ,tle.

don't give us credit for human affections. yurt because we're un-

lucky.

tell yon. that baby's mini- and 111 keep her against you and the hospital and all Ihe rest. She's all I've got. Why. Fd die If you look

len Barbara aUppcd The little bnrtfcfast ' if used for meals

live In it atone.“ .McDermott sighed. "Tome In and talk to me tomorrow afternoon. Barbara, be said. When Barbara entered his c next day. she found him reading the want ad section of the Telegraph with a broad smile on his

He held the page out to her.

tnpty. So thumb pointing to a paragraph

he "bou.-iea for rent" adver-

tisements. Barbara took the paper.

"Beautiful residence on Lincoln Drive for rent immcdl-

S to the front wtn-

dtd the pretty in the blue car*look hU brad. "Don't

up a wrist bearing her lips. Try to to know wo badly, at her again, bis "Gneas Bwa* an P'raps two or three.' icr bands Try

of Ihe kiddy car had real to drop off. Tonithe ground U bla face screwed up a her hand «n his *. Tommy, was the airy In* any bags or

i ana. “Please. To*

deal rad Completely furnished. Seven Iren rooms, five baths. Small electric elevator. Price low. Owner called to 8o4th Africa. Addresa B-I. rare of the Philadelphia Telegraph."

McDermott shook his head sadly. Tm afraid you don’t know what loneliness means. You’ve never been alone in New York.

dusty trip lo the fair grounds one afternoon. Juat ax the spoons wenbeing laid down in the empty ice

ua glasses. She palled off bet

bat and dropped into Ibe first chair a! hand. Her hair waa in wet

strings across her forehead. Byerr brought her a glass of tee

rater. “Sorry you came too late for the frozen dainties. Barbara." be said. Miss Badger turned and

left the group.

Barbara sipped Uk- water. These re Ibe days when I'd like to get a tbonsafld mites away from this career of mine and forget It ever

existed."

Uyera smiled. "Bell r get married. Philadelphia Is full of wives dressed In cool I tern*, sipping min'.

"Well." be replied. 1F» Lydia Stacy'* bouae. Thai'* her street. And the electric elevator is here. “And most of all. does the "Call' to South Africa Identify her. Lydia always Is called to some far comer of the earth Just Ml" the end of a lore affair She makes a break with Philadelphia each lime. In tb< hope of forgetting the man And then a year or two later ahe returns In perennial glory, with a new one on the string, or on the lookout for a home-town conquest

She's a rare one."

The last time she was called abroad. Norman Hollow ell bad Just married another girl, after courting

afternoon Simplest thing in the world, young lady . Pick a good hunky man to do the worrying and be fresh and dainty lo meet him on the front porch when he come* home dripping and grimy on a hot

summer's night."

"But there are more wive* fussing over hot stoves in the kth-ben than there are sipping lemonade." argued Barbara "Don't talk to me about marriid bliss. I've M*n too many married women " Byers looked al her over bis glssM-s. "Honest to beaten. Barbara. you're getting to ulk like a spinster of 4V Better cut it out. even If you do feel that way. Folk* will think you're a disappointed

Barbara was stung.

[ “•> "Don't feel so ba >ng am * lit lb- hand rom* bark." book her brad. Tm

j she hasn't married.

"I haven’t any." she said detnur*-

ir

"Well." fee mused "I’d rerial* •

retreated in mock

j In-bind a newspaper, bis eye* Iwiakling at Bar tiara over Ihe lop

to get Ibe b.w down on •ball"** 1 made her testify for young Key | n< id* It Uni in nature fur Lydia |

to relent "

He said no more about Fancy { But Barbara noticed In the day that ® followed that hi* face was somber | 11 In repose and he smok.d mot* than j «*>■' *

....

Instantly ashamed of her buret, she walked away lo her passed the city

Wells iookid up. ”1 have a bunch

, great story. Ml** Hawley eard you and Byers fighting ild fight on lov. versus career is the idea Hunt up hnm

- waif In one of these- ma Irrully rescue homes and gel be

other letter to the lovelorn column | vh-w on whether motherhood i

• Violetta ! “

The «nd of August brought an-1

that, while 1 never look it seriously, my fas mail had not a little to do with keeping me contented. ‘ 'You know It Uni only a specific love affair that beeps a woman sat Dfied. Admiration from any source whatever kelps to fill Ihe needs of

her emotional nature." Barbara wandered If that

true She thought of the night that Jerome Ball had told her be wr be married, of the unpleasant gap left la her life by Bobs going to New York, of the savorless eglstruce she bad been leading the last

few months.

Miss Storey went on. “Wall, a long, long time ihe game was worth the candle. I prosjierra in my work, made money, mad:(rieoda—as the prosperous always

do.

“Bui I grew older. Oh. of course, my professional life is still at it* height. But personally. J fouu-l myself less attractive to my friend*. The- glamor of young *uccras bad died away. ••Both men and women sought me less and lews frequently. My apartment was no longer the tendegvous for the stage crowd, mbdakahly getting oh “You unde ruts nd handle this material wtlfa dl*-' eretioDT" .Barbara nodded. Ml** Storey rat up In the swing "If I had It to do over again. Fd marry al So and take what came I believe that poverty and responsibilities and liesrtaches with aumcv one you love are U-tV r than ma tciial prosperity and independence, alone“IF* Hu- years after 40 that arv the nightmare,, my- dear. I don't care II you say that In the story Old age alone Is Hie most horrible fati- a woman ran meufi! " Barbara looked al Miss Storey Her eyes were burning and bet voice was tremulous. Sbe bad changed miraculously, ci- . poised woman of Ibe world that greeted Barbara an boor ago Barbara was anxious lo gel away The woman wa* Veiling her thing-' that site did nol wish lo hear. Sin i fine to go. Thank yon for giving me so mueb Uni. Ml** Storey. I ll try to deal (airly with the story " Mi - w as out of Ibe bouae and walking down Ihe quiet >4roM. The *ky had turned eloudy and a b.eezr had rptung up A* Barbara walked, large drops of tain began to path

But how can you support her'"

asked Harhara timidly

"Don't you worry about thal! When a woman lores anything tic way I love that baby, she's going lo lake rare of It all right The father won't help. Hell never show up again till he gels drunk and wants to borrow money. But hat do I rare about him' A man ain't anything, beside a Utile baby You gel out'" She burled her fare In Ibe be- clothes, sobbing

leatly.

The door opened and Ihe nutse slopped in. a blanketed handle in arms. "Why. Mrs. Multan. Fa the matter*" She 'hot a disapproving glance al Harhar;. Then lo He- patient. "You nijrtnl cry like that Yooll nuke you

self sick again."

The girl In Ibe bed paid oo a

tentkm.

The nurse beckoned to Barha: _

aod tiptoed out ol the room taking! "What If I should have to look

ibe baby with bet Barbara fol-1 thi* place-every day for Ibe rest of oo the sidewalk. ' | my life? The years after 40." she A woman came out of a door Id the .b. -pl.I.Kl to -M lo fcr-lf. , ~~ "“2? ID. Don. .Ul b.d Upk.d.4 Tl.,1 Ho.pll.1 1 ALl.n J.-uu„ All.o *r, ur. LIn ■ oni.n .0. «or, m U,, ... ee.ee, M ID.,t,or» ™llul lor. DoooD.-d .raoDd Uk, ODro-r^ ID, that * the way they all art. the clerk in charge of the records.! bouse and up the steps. The two

The first Item was a death notice. I paswd through the door Into the

At the opening words of the sec- j lighted room beyond,

ond Item. Barbara gripped Ibe edge' Somebody began to sing In Ilw ot the shelf with her right hand, apartment below. "You didnl waal "Will you please repeat the nam»-'"j me when you had me; so why do

she gasped.

of the rottenest

“I've decided that mother love, though a wonderful thing. I* not virtue. IF* an Instinct, and these

Telegraph building rhe drank a cup of black coffee. Between the lunch

office there was

usually at-

tracted many small boys and girls Tke window this morning was full of Persian rata, white, yellow and tiger. Barbara stopped to look

"It Is a nice baby girl, though ' She pulled the blankets away from lb*- baby * face Uartiara leaned forward to hoik at It Before she knew If. the ours* had placed the bundle in her arms Barbara stood very Mill The lace of Ihe baby was scarlet and wrinkled, like that of a very old man. It* mouth and

urked constantly.

iw '" Ihe floors be-

i nealh liarlmra's feet vibrated with

CHATTER XI.Ill | ,j K . ragged rhythm of music, beaten T HE clerk at the other end oi the I out on a mechanical piano. wire repeated the name. Bar- j'ar down the street (Bara wna bara clung to the receiver with her ihe faint call, "red hot tamales,

left hand. Her right hand lay idle red hot!"

on Ihe pad of paper, the pencil be Barbara aa* at the window, the side It. naper lying on her .. .eea. The At last she tbank<-d the hospital room wax quite dark. There waa clerk and hung up. She picked up no movement In it. except when the the notex she had made of the other window curlatnx waved gently now

; items and Went out of the tele- and then,

talcum ""powder and ! Phone booth Ughlx In dining rooms went out

j "Hurry up. there. Miss Hawley. , across the street, and living room

It save Bat bara a smile that' rail, d Wells. The hospital column windows blazed against the black- . L ^ . ought to be up in a few minutes." nesx. Barbara leaned against the — | ‘’ n y * , ’ . . | she neither answered nor looked *111. her chin propped In her hands. . T> * ,> taok * d Uke . r-rt. 1 r fare Barbara I " il,m - l V Jl * ,nt ,0 Ur Tt ‘•■ breeir whipped the curtain*

cotufortaUe. domestic craaturra., Ihe lUrartK* of her | ^ aD(1 , lu , a ^Uc-t of paps-r In abont her bead, but she did not

Barbara looked for a price placard, j caught her hrealb and handed ^ ^ sbt . «, pk ^ lh< . bnwh them away.

R Waa. Twenty live dol-j quickly hack to tbe nurae^ scrawled on Ibe pad ol Her body grew cold, hat she did

lars."

the nurse.

"I suppose It would be hard to

flhe —-ft • half motion toward] give up a baby." she said mrdlta-

tbe door at the ahop In her «-ar. “Good

ba. Yesterday you

talking like an old inuld. This morning yon seem to be on the point of baying a rat.

"Is it that bad —

CHAITER XUI gAKUASA turned about

By ei

tag hi* glasses. KUc graded Idm coolly . "Good morning. Jio. I'm not buying a cal. Fm Juat admiring Ihem. ' She turned :ibout and walked on liertde him to the office. The editorial room was sultry snd smoke-filled. Barbara's head began to throb aa she took her plane and began to open the morning's mall. The letters were more than usually tedious

She -

lovehiri

interview', i

wrote tb<- Ida

lively. "But they're not very prvliy

they —

McDermott called Barbara into his office lhat afternoon. "Have you heard from Fancy?" he asked. Barbara shook her In-ad. "No. and I really expected to bear." •I've Lad a letter from her today. Jerome's firm ha* sent him to Nn» York- They're going to get an apartment there. She Msems happy, hut you can't tell. Fancy isn't ihe kind to admit it if she weren't, alter taking the thing In her own hands that way. "I wished 1 could see her and

talk lo hi

Barbara watched him He looked bara. expecting some older and less contented than when , she was walk in, she flr*t met him. ! ...

Wells also looked up.

scratch paper—the- beginnings and not clone the window, endings of human lives. The type- Al last she rose- and turned on. write! ground out paragraph after the light* There was the paraparagraph. dry. bloodle** a* a mar- graph still, bold and black In Its

ket report. column:

One by one. Barbara marked off, "Reynolds—Ilrnee aad Yinthe Items on Ihe pad unlll none was leUa. a mib, born Monday at left. tke Jefferson Hospital." Then she put a fresh sheet ol Barbara sank back again In the paper in her lypewrlter and began armchair and buried her fare Hi lo write: bet hand* She sat very still. "Reynold*-Bruce and Violetu. a 1 outside, a wind rone, whipping son. l<orn Monday al Ibe Jefferson leaves against the windows and Hospital." sweeping noisily down the street A Well* almost snatched the copy gust blew into the room where from Barbara's bands. "Have to llarliara sat. and caught the newssnap into it." In- said lo the copy- paper on her lap. whirling It acrons reader. "Thl* list lx late." ihe floor to a corner, where II lay The • opy reader glanced al Bar flapping against the wall.

V thought occurred to be

"lx»k I

llarliara rlosed ihe window and

ay. her Up- la gan to walk about Ihe room, her

bauds clenched. Bhc o;«eaed thi; ilng door and listened. The hall outaidc

lully i

n the

alk.

"Drar Winn I (red: Blnra you helped me win my husband maybe you can help me man-

age btin now.

"What do you think of a man

-.ortk Ibe price.

j Then catch Ida Storey, the ar I tress, while she is visiting he mother here, and And out wbetla

1 »br regrets sacrlfir ing marriage foi I Barbara began

1 a carswr. Ida must he about far non I

!cticd her steps. The rain no re violent and the wind little eddb-s up the street.

was only

block lo the street car line.

d out th' lo the city

editor with bar copy. She noticed that his face wa:- sallow. with Ihe same lemon <-°lor thal Hie (kn-s oi Uu- otbei desk men had. Hi* hrov . were perpetual!) wAnkled In a nervous

frown.

Bhc looked around Hi-- oflb • and gave a shudder of distaste Welli first words did nol make her li-elj

ln-itcr. "ifcw almut ike ruau inity , H - I" story, 'oday.' Miss Hawley* DW But HIda give yoU a Ktnrd line*" I 1 *•' t 1 ' 1

She banded bin. Hie tall rvlew ' I »-ni

He read tl hasUly. "Fin. ' O- t tb. j bed*, other side (>t Uu- story today We ll j m> l, i play lb.- alories side by eld. or.! ^nd II. |ixg>- one Imhorrow Wlthoi:' lb< ; I"* 111

liainr of the girl mother >d ...uis. | But get a pMure of the l**t.y j hlllc Tb*- hospital plot .el lo le :i wll , ' **" derness of .whit" walls, sin. ■ slekisli .weelru►» i ether rtnlluw:, dow n Irma the floor* abov. I

A niir.-* fad Bart.

.* quiet as her own apartment,

walked into Fancy's bedroom

and thence to her own. atmleaaly. her hands still UghUy clenched. She went Into the kitchen. A faucet was dripping In tire sink. She xeixed

msly and turned it off.

job and gelling •:

here Mr McDermott. 1 want lo go her absent manner, called alter to New York Fm tired of Ikl* her. petulantly. "Will you call the town" I r * v lc clubs and the chanibe He looked al her. Martlcd. Tlre.1 cminierce now. Miss Hawley’ O! 1‘biladelplna. Barbara* ' 'fa ir wedtly announcements - Barbara spoke hurriedly. "Yes . Htlll Barbara did nor answer him so tir.d ot it I'n. going stale on my' She went Into the booth again. I

hearted and off the top *Ih-.-i o! the tod and mop In the coronr of the kitchen

want to g. t 1 sat down in the squeaking chair. caught her eye. When she <-arue .ml of the Imoth Sin- took It up and began lo i-.rop some time later, with the pad In Hu- floor. Then she look all the her hand, sin n.. t McDermott on ran* and dUbcs from Ihe shelve* bis way to the .-ompoMng room and spread fresh paper coverings. "You look tired. Barbara." be said Site scrubbed the sink, cleaned the -Why don't you go home?" silver, washed out the Ice box. She smiled and shook her ha-ad. Then she went Into (he In dr oom. but she could nol speak. The place wa* spotless, from Ihe lb- bad apparently rccoi. r«d efforts of the maid who had cleaned

lor he also it that day. But Barbara brought a .1 Mini At by dual «lolb and began tn dust.

leaned luck In his

id looked Hiought-

"Another case oi

>. Barbara* You're

I still think it's

rue in Philadelphia,

why I want to

- me in I've livid lie I

Ir. and tin same old plai Ur same old loers arc diivl nad " Fbe jumped up a d baik aod forth acro»* I . you think you'd b« any In u N.W York*" ask id McD "Or would you MMiti b* r.« III farther imrts* Tlrat I*

ssull ol theac fevi-r

And I from his ill i

Philadelphia 1 .C is need at her

>11 ' d

w bib-.'

t and left Ihe offii .

inly

| u ni,

u Barbara turned

The living room <ame in for Its an sbsr.- of attention. Hours pasa'd whJIt she went over every inch of raph apace In tin apartment, wiping up away imaginary spots and r weepboy lag Imaginary dust from Ihe rugs. She pi< ked up Ibe copy of Ihe Telet un- graph Irom the corner and put ft

* her on the laMr

Wh.-n tb* living room was flnig to Ubed. she went to Ihe table and Bar ( apt.-ad out Hie newspaper Her liping (Coni in tied ua Page Twelve)