CAPE MAY COUNTY TIKES. FRIDAY. MARCH 19. 1926.

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i.llt/ v.ibbed his hana- to- • :h*-r mrvoasly. "Are yrm sure was d-ad’ Did ycu call acyBarbaia nodded "She was dead

; home. And 111

i ihe plaro myself and icre’s anjlhine to be

ptia Telecrapk. Rrace H*' horrible. 1 caul uik about it. •fA »f Maaaers * n,t • u u t oh. if only I had been nice arndk LIW* RTACT. rwb ’"**"*• know. There wasn't anybody to

^ open that d>«ir ti'.l I came alonj:

naad mrri- ,,HB ■ ,, j'“itg and did .t. too late. Phc put fUcr mmrt.r. «»d Jl * <0 * fc i b er head down on her arms and

Mil- wan a boat l~*a. .

a U , ' rl t W 5 ,,4 i Miller tooked a, her helplessly

he said. -Ill act a taxi-

hbT Brw'e I..I b. rehets her^ ab f,,r > T,U - M,8S Hawley. v«„vt

attratioH- «. she tells aXM^SW I hetter rui SaliKRXOH. ediiar at the Tele-' c ° over ciapb. that Vale teres is crocked. " *

A a^aibrr aiea-nad» and Brace is | <Jo:u '

indicted. Ilarha-a t bn a teas Ly- Barbara did not answer, but dht with the red ararf and she i when he <am - Isirk from th rfewi-' Hr me. ! t-'reet with the announcement that Braee despair, ef winning Bar. car was waiting, she wiped her ham and »ed- VIOLETTA fRWjryes apd rose to *o. HI, factor) (tirl, Barbartt advised [>id she have any family. Miss ia her “ll•veI^ora” , eoltintn. Me-j Hawley* We ought to notify

Bsr»etr> daachter, Faa«>. wh» ihem '

has shared BarharaV apat'neat. ., doa t . hink

edrpes with Jeroaie Bail, agaia^t r "She never spoke of

Barbara - - advice. Violetta j anvone -

Braee have a child. Barbara. MiIleT fhook his ht-d end ltd

hUves Philadelphia to i«ia lbr| ; , <:r t0 ^ door

staff of loottigMs magaiiBe. Sew) . . .

Tark. . . I Barbara's apartment wta lark j

when she entered it- The maid i j had forgotten to lay the t.re* in j j the fireplaces Barbara switched

••Shut up Rudolphc!' cried the girl or tin Boor, jcrklnc her heat! up. so that tht young artist In the green smock rubbed his knee ruefully. "Make me a cocktail or give me a kiss or play me a rong. But don't he forever talking. You don't say anything, you know : She Mtw a mouthful of

smoke in his face.

Budoif gravely fanred It away. -You arc a young fiend. Marlhe." he said, rising and walking away from the couch Barbara followed him uitb hit <>v» and saw him take down a decanter from a cabin.: and be gin to mix a cock-

him. Barbara evaded the efforts of Uamon to follow 1:-r. “I've had a pleasant lime. Miss Olivero." -he said, in the liaiiwaff. "You must come and see me sometime." "Ttrank yod. 1 n-ver make calls." replied her ho dess. “Good night." "Oh. Miss Hawley. Guinevere." Ramon was shouting after Barbara. as shc ran down the steps. She ran still -fastc When she reached the out-id.- door, shc heart] the voices oi Ramon and Miss Olivero in sharp a'lercation.

She i

t ini

In*

said the young side, “this *s Miss > didn’t bother to tell name, but 111 bet

i be f.

ELIZABETH E F*S I V A LI.,

queenly person."

Barbara face was re score." she exclaimed. is Barbara. That ought

good Village name."

"Yes. c led Daisy. “It mcons an outlaw, someone beyond t ic pale. It's a lovely name, and thirls Joan Summers and there are Dr. Piquet. wi!h the decanter, and Thomas Higgins In the smockthough he'd Ifke to be called Jacques or Alexand,

Foel lights efhr..

but

hop..- you'll i

the taxi stand at the cor-h.-r ran passed Miss Oli-

vero'a building, she saw Uamon stand inf on the stoop, looking eagerly up and down the rtreet. Wm a B irhara reached borne, she bathed, and washed her hair, so Unit it no longer rmoiled of

incense and stale tobacco.

The winter months crept away, wiih Hi long night- oi murky dawn:!. Barbara vregt to work morning after mornina before the fog had risen over Manhattan. Miss PurnlvalPs d.alh had left! a shortage :ti the Koo’UgbU stall : that bad not h- n EMed. He barn' found mol of Miss fit mi v all's) work added to her own dut.ca.' But by this tim. :be hrd liccome acquam'id with the system of the

that - he w or ked

ftfct b. hnrt when Barbara move

i all the lights and wet

'Iher bedroom. The place v

In'oj

GreeBoieh Vilbun-

*«r «f RABI A t -M'RI. free verse

mmrr. Maria -teals diam.md C3mr 0| ., hurtk ^ ly and ^ (ffKw. left Barbara •»> hir ■••fher,^ p .. a ^ , h ,. moo d (,, r a aai gae» te IMriv. | fir., h- rseli The Hames went out ^.UHV stLIVIRfl. •rtrras, ta;' aw in , nti ac . iD . onl j; ;il , aM she tfps Barbara U m parti- Yhsl. ^ aB&luia 4m P^rafv.ll d«- sot c-»r , U| n , (lcn to lT7 .gain, to wrl. Barbara «*r- If; ^ ^ » lth |u Walt

* »*• HL As she -pr«- the door , h

w.ra-k ... aa- meets her.

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The luriulnre stood

Uffl) about. .V body had touched | be mush cm the piano sine.- she

«r*l days before, sg in the kitchen ’

i left

|A faucet ‘ uiart-d <

the :

with i

. Bari Mir. rose to her feet and j looked around th»- rcauii. Then

|. forward, run , n tfi,- window and fiun* lo •"'•k “*; It op> B. to admit a rush of cold and torcj a j- Sounds from the street enburst inu-.| u-ecd She breathed deeply, strodng stopped (B g fi } th<. window. Then sbt-

I walked to the piano and let b“r!

«* hand P.' bund fall, pain: downward, on the ' "d w ith Die 1 keys. The crash of nutet ran--•ooui behind through tbr rnoms. shivering the

ittr:"' ask 'd ■ elillness that bung in them. i Barbara raa into her bedroom

fthc’a dead i snd threw open the closet door, a wvs l«,n-' -v.tiing dr.tw of cloth of gold i. h- r hand hung just insid.. She pulled It

9 Me

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glanced at the little thirty She ran into the bathroom and turn'd on the hot water

in the tub.

An hour taler. Barbara emerged from the bedroom She was wearins the cloth of gold dress, and

like u».”

Barlutra nodded to the personintroduced and sat down beside the s mocked Mr. Higgins. The talk went on. The- girl* puffed at th" cigarettes and sipped from tall glasses. Daisy walked aboul from one end of the room to another. like a caged honexs. Now and then one or two more guests would come in and join one of the groups. Everyone seemed to t« luvlnc ■ good time, and under the influ--r.ee of the soft lights, the vivacious chatter and tbr admiring sl.-nces of Ramon. Barbara found herself warming from the fright of the afternoon. RannuS's clear eyes were upon her always. Shc smihd at him half shyly once or twice, and drew ‘.Uk.'k from the inc eased fervor of bis gaze Daisy went out to tbr kitchen a the r. fsesluaeBl*. and Barbara followed Pi-r. “I'd lik< to help, if i may." »ie url. Daisy answered lightly. "All right. If you want to. But t|H-r> isnl much to do. Bay. old dear., what a killing you’ve made Ramon has been looking sbeep» eyes a> you all evening He arl dof falls so utterly that he ran t flirt with two or three ai on-. ] l>rt me congratulate you." liei . voice was ac id Barbara carried the plal. s and napkins in'o live stoda. Daisy followed with a trav The curstsat up expectantly and the chatter died down, as Daisy s.-ived the salad nd sandwirbrr. an* jsHired the foUe.. Ramon bad dlsappea-'d from the group by t*u couch when ■ Baibsra w.-nt to the kilehrn She beik<d lor him when -Im had bnisited passing the randwKhiw. The fares of the otb-1 men lo

wily «

tad rptucotly accepted k limn helper. Two inn her pay check, and andenments .hat came put her at case as to

i. rsational be arid, -k. “they I

and tender lettuce in their wlrdowa. Barlutra sat at her desk, head in hnnds. thinking of nothing. The office bo) brought in the mail | and jumped at her. lynching to stv her : fart. But she looked at 1 him. v. tiliout her usual rrau>?| smile, and he left the room 1

has tile.

Bar'uirn opened her ntall. It contained nothing but bills and puhlicuy sheits. She threw it in a basket and rose, reaching ■ for her hat and coat. It was: nearly noon. In the street outside, she walk-; cd slowly. There was a little tea room around the corner that she sometimes v isitod. Here she found a table In a dark corcer I and ordered salad and sand • ’ wlches. The lea room had not yet begun to fill up and Barbara had the corner to herself. The waitress brought a dainty tray and set the dishes before Barbara. She began to cat. with effort. The salad looked delicious but she pushed U away. The sandv lehrs net the same fate. Only the coffee seemed to satisfy her. Women began to come into the : bop in groups. Some of them wore flowers and all of them v. ere dressed according to last spring mode*. It was not a shop extensively patronized by working women Th, jofl murmur of cultivated volco > m. and waitresses he■n to curry silently about with ay. ... d.-licately tempting food. Tarhara looked about her, at the pn tty clothes. Gbe herself war -ill w<aring a winter hat. She ro-i hastily, paid her bill

and fled.

Tt ..:nll of spring had touched the : t reel -. Nobody seemed to he going anywhere especially, snd group., formed on the street corners i>> talk. Barbara wandered on al'-fi. . her head still throbbing

O s 1 '-e the

"Aft ! p.lx..

fnmiij qo-^r ^ ^

UanKd

hi» lone•df. Too cannot I*. , is to .Ive ■ oi Id. And!

< rner of the strec t. Bar•ord a flower stand, banked inths in puts and nar1 datfodflr. la vases. The r :.nd pale yellows shone the dull grays oi the i'.'.w. 1 ^ The*hydrinih. fragrant tbow that ion* ago beuiatb the <•{ her mother- -front

- feefta cents.

I: spires of bln ». td- s —

trap this t

The t

j»sl

had

d m

hove, she'd no rig’ : to nrak. •m: pay for it." Bsitinra sighed. March cam. in with bltiMcrinKi

•hn. wd and fa

der* and prayed for come. And the ■strc l struggled to clear the of the Bilme left by ti

The

pulsn

bt-h-br

v . .t awt-y to gel pats r. r •: - • clr,- beside Barbara c *i be l.r name, brepthlessly. Barbara looked. “Why. Ttarhwr* dear!" It was Fun. y MrDenaott. "Why. iiow ill you look. Babs!" r-rhare tU*miner«-d liahtiy. fttriott* vjltli heraelf for fitting •-mbarra. i<ment. “I'm not ill,, t-'ancy. It* good to see you." "IHni.’: I'm tick led silly. How long have you been In New YorkDad didn t toll mt." i’erhsps he- thought It wouldal matter lo yon." Barbara stopped short, bit mn her bps. Fancy put her I and esi Carbarn's should. - "He t at w better than that. I bibs' iht said, softly Then. ■ tth taro st d ga>rty. “l ocnc- wn

pratH. and saudw line- and passed th. tahli latter.d in Around tile kteMltde - .d ler end of and woman standing by j mw I in mon appear at II

H bn»l Hi: el.r wsr* • HAUER Ufl

. S sow and aiav I water lingering!.''. F*ney Jumped out home with me now and slay and „„ p ull ,he curfor dinner. Em dying for you to rr .q. Jerome sat puffins see my cute ploce.' rlsara|t e gaff looking at her Barbara glanced 6t L'ancy's left Barbara glanced around the hand. Fancy was rot wearing a , 1(h ilf ^.n light* and It* w oddini: ring She had not *P°* en , jomiortsblc ebaira. and lh,,n * l of Jerome. , b e pntty girl standing by the “Why. yes. Fancy. Ed like to. 1 window. A soft breexv .ufflcd was wondering what to do with a' Fancy - * hair and played with dull Saturday afternoon. Where, n,,. window draperies do you live' Jerome began to talk of people Fancy dimpled. "On Riverside events in Philadelphia. BarDrive. lant that goregous? It's brra responded eagerly. She had just a little bird cage of a KUcb- h .,d no direct news from borne . nottc. but ao cute, all Ivory end j n many months, except the blue. And everything electric and ucanty items that crept into Mceasy to work w ith. You’ll never ( nermott's abort. business-like

believe Em a good housekeeper. | letters.

will your -Oo you ever see' Bob?" he Barbara laughed. "Ill believe H asfcec. after a while. "He's^ on when I see you at work,” she some paper here, you know.'' said. ! Bttbara looked at the tableTbey caugnt a Riverside bus on cloth "1 ha* «• at* 11 hlnl OBCr ° r Fifth Avenue and took seats on twice. Sut were both pretty top. Fancy chatlcted incessantly.' busy. And he * engaged, you

asking questions about Barbara's know."

work and about friends they had Jerome looked surprised. Not in common. Barbara answered old Bob Jeffrie*? He used to be quietly. No mention of their last tho world champion love lodger, meeting was made. Or rather, be used to vie with Cent raj Park was flaunting a me for the honor" Jerome few banners of young greenery, glanced toward Fancy. She lornA ware; spicy spring smell from cd around, smiling. "And now the earth greeted them as the bus just look at me." be added, lumbered past the park. "You all tumble." said BarAt 110th Street Fancy rang the bars, almost impatiently. "I vc bell. “This Is our corner." she not b;-en able to count on one

said to Subara. of you."

The apartment was all that -Bui see how happy we are. Fancy had said. Barbara glanced Babs! Why dodge happiness?" eround its sunny living room .It Fancy spoke earncctiy. "Even was furbished with old walnut Jerome and I are getting along and costly Chinese rugs. beautifully, contrary lo everrFancy buzzed about in the tiny body'* expectations. We fooled

kitchen, calling to Barbara to j ’em all."

come out and sit by her. She had jt was the fir*I reference to slipped Into a huge apron and ihc elopement. Jerome moved was scrubbing potato* with a uneasily and changed the subvegetable brush. ' jecL None of them cared to The preparations for dinner put sue the diacuasion of the ran-

went on. while Fancy and Barbara aw ay marriage,

talked. They could aee the Hud- The talk veered back to Phllson River from the kitchen win- adeiphia folk Barbara asked dow. The fleet was In the river, many question*. At last' she "Thoie's a big gray battleship said, almost too casually. "What that is my special pet." said ever became of the young arthlFancy. "I like to He on the sofa IM| , b at wa* mixed up with the

in the other room and look at it Vale Acre* scandal?"

and pretend I'm the captain. And "Oh. you mean Reynolds?" when Ir goes away I don't feel ] Jerome replied. "Why. he started rigb' at all till it comer back."; 0 tl in business for himself. Said She giggled childishly. he'd clear hi* name if it took The doorbell rejig. "De-.r me." , hl . re5 , of hi* life to do it. I cried Fancy, "that's Jerome. You haven't heard how he came out. let him In. will you. Barbara? My Probably made a flop. You can’t hands are all wet." live down a .blng like that. rHAPTF« ,JV Mllk " i no lh » l if * iHAt'iKit uv court dw at<iuU h)w The QARBARA went to the- door r , or | d ln general, fa tu amiable stowly. When she opened it. B . ay will go on casting the *u»Jeronve was -landing on the picious eye at him. There's threshold, hi* arms full of bun-' something in human nature that dies. H. si-pped backward when | makes It eager to believe the be saw Barbara and almort 1 worst in all rases. Darn lough

du.pped them. on an innocent party."

Hifore Hiker of them could Barbara could not trust her- 1 The bus made Ua way dow* *p«-ah. Fancy oame running out sell to speak for a moment. The) the curving ribbon of road, pr-t of the kitchen, drying her hand* iighi« In the room seemed su4-< endless rang* of apartment Udld a* *he ran. "Come In. Jerry, denly to fnde. and the breeze |ing and venerable stone maro' You're not seeing thing*. It'-, from the window blew cbUl. | with glaas doors like hug*

really Barbara, and she's going she looked at her watch j Icicles

to stay to dinner.’’ She hurled “it's nearly eleven. I must; The glitter of the flhop tem-

heraeif at him and kinsed him ( b< going. 1 resoundingly. . to Bohemia. I'll “Have a heart Fancy.." h- . catch a cab on th said, snuggling to rescue his' "I’ll get one packages. "There-'* a dozen eggs 1 Jerome, roing to nomewherc ‘n tht* mees.” When Barbara

"Here It Is,' shrieked Fancy, her wraps on. he was waiting to grasping c aack which was be- take her to ihe taxi. Please ginnMg to show signs of stickl- come again toon. Babs." cried ties* She ran Into the kitchen Fancy, hanging oo Barbara's with the eggs, leaving Barbara arms. "It's been such fun hav-

a».d Jerome standing awkwardly tug you.'

facing each other. Barbara looked around the J-iome was the flra. to speak bomellk< room. "HI come when I "GUd t‘i Her you. Bobs Where can." she said, but her voice

on earth did Fancy And you?" <jid not carry conviction

Barbara spoke natural!) "We Jerome walked down the steps found each other at a flower with her to the a’dewaik "W.a-p-siand on the avenue. Fancy tug dogs and all that. Barbara, didn’t know 1 a a* in New York, but I want you to knoa Fancy she says." nnd I ba\e both frit pretty iwi"No. neither of ui did. If we ten about the asy a« treated bad. we’d have looked you up you. Only I’ve felt worse than long ago Barbara When an Fancy, for It mas aM my fault you living? You’re not married. But luckily It's turned uut all an you?" He glanced at her left | right And she* happy alth band. You rau see that, can’t ye

Barbara shook her bead. "I'm He looked at ber anxiously

living in the Village among the Barbara smtlel warmly and freaks But It’* lot- of fun. If put her hand on hi- arm "Inyou pick your frieuds carefully." deed i can. Jorotnr And I'm i'anry came back, her arm- glad you married her I think full of table linen. "Jerome, you she- belter off than tf yon set the table while Barbara> hadn’t. I’ve mlmoat decided that comes out and talk, to me I most girls about..i. i be driftiag don't like to be out there all; about alone. But of course there alone." ; are exceptions" The Ust stn-

Jerouie took the cloth and 1 t'-nre was hurried

napkins from he: Barbara Tire doorman signaled .be apwatrhed him a- he cleared the prose fa of Barbara - cab a«d ih*

gate leg table and le-gan to l«y conversation ended

the doth. The circles were gone "Goodby " cries Jerome . from around his eye-, and hb, she climbed In "Foov. ccain and

mouth saarued firmer He Did often ‘

the cloth with scrupulous rare. : tioodby."

tipping bis bead on one side to 1 trill " But

uake sure that ihv creatw was In to the lighted

the middle. Fancy Suddenly he %okrd up and > iri, tears caught Barbara sjniliug "Pretty .Jutely tunny. I guess You'd never m, , M( t h».e thought U of me. would J. iwmr you Babe* But I’m a changed atep* oral. f help Psake the bed- Barbara end empty mv own **h trays apuk* to i and lay th. tabl. and com. home u,

But Is wax too far below to be

visible. '* >

Now and then a girl and * man strolled along the paths at the side of the roadway, or hunt over the -tone walls that outlined. the cliff over tht river. Barbara wctchcd them wlntfully. The car wax Juxt below ilffth Street when Barbara railed to the driver to atop. She opened the door and got out. "I shan't need you any more." she mid

her billfold. He looked at her wondefThgly and nodded kta

head.

Barbara made her way to a path in the parkway: It wound slowly downward to the flnt Stone wall Briow Barbara could catch a glimpse of other walk, marking off terraces that t to the river

The last

dar k new Barbara' 1 the waU. staring Not a glimmer of could be seen, bm fatally now and then there came a and

splashing.

On the opposite ahoce. the light* were thickly clustered Barbara's eyre were fasten.,, upon them Between them and the shore on which she stood, hung an abyax of blackness. Barbara left the waU and found another path that led down the ride of the hUL Thl> brought ?)er thresch black clumps of shrubbery to a low.r wall. She look up her sand here, with her body rrotinc against It. her eyw were xtili —arching for the black water that lay beneath. It wm near,

visible. teracTriac. CHAPTER LV

,N the drive above, (here wa* whirr ef motor care. But the terraced bank wm etUl. The lights on the opposite short of the Invisible river winked inceaeantly. Barbara leaned faover the wall, her eye* eearching for the black water. For a few feri a path leading stili farther down the UU wm viable A pebble started from somewhere and hurtled down the steep descent Barbara began to

shiver violently.

A cold gust scuttled up ihbank from the aster and caught her full In tlw face. She turned sharply and ten up the path toward the drive. When *h* reached the level of the atmt.

ran to the corner and hailed u Climbing to the lop. eke found a seat on the aide away from the river and sank Into It. huddling dose to the railing

afie'

block, with long watt* at thcorners When she lifted her ij-es again, they were at 44th Street, waiting for a stream o'. taxicab* to peas. Glancing to the left. Barbara aaw the goal of the tagia—' ’ 1 Grand Central ftatlon. with It* swarms of vehicles and hurryir.c

i down the

*tep* ,

■ i i n* »«« '-yes lilted | las

bus fust a* I' d to wait until it rroebed the next stopping poin' There she caught a cab and gave her village address. When she bunt iota the Uitb apartment It was quite dark tad add There bed been no •’-* built that day She ranked »-•> ber bedroom and haqne to P*'» a traveling bag. throwing aril cie* into it with nrirlaaa «-• The ear wm still wnlt=“ when she emerged from «•" building The driver took b«: begs and cloved the door at'-' her They were off again, dolt Ing traffic and speeding bets'"'

atop*

Barbara ran Into the wain'room of the Grand Central r »- Hon. and found a tick*r wind"* "Give me e ticket to Pbib delphla on live first train" &•'

threw down a bill.

The ticket aeHer glanc-d the clock. ' Gonk. lady." k# •*' it you ran. you ran mak< War Express. It'll pull oui "

tfare-r minute* "

Barbara's progrtea thro-* be -'atlon left a wake of ri*'

letropelUana. She bru he gal* man with a * of her ticket la hi- ' wm tu lining down

■ Srr

' lot way. min*, you prH' «•' t.,«Md u " Barbara had brew'k to answer him The Pullman conductor to" j a berth tor her? "You're It" ' be M*d. "Tbw> »M * < •uceUariou." I » ««U arariy dann B»ri“ Ifc.v propped up with ptllo*’ j i*i. againai tb* nindo* ► j »bli* lighted ptattoaa and -Hag.- gen pmm. mad tb- •• Irhyltne *hifM-4 aguMri th« t | sray aky B’b .be rope (be next • »*r she found that her b*

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