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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1931.
GUILTY LIPS
W LAURA LOU BROOKMAN" "Author of “MAD MARRIAGE"
DECIN HERE TO-DAY,"
Pretty Norma Kent, 23-year-old secretary, Tries Mark Travers, son of 7. M. Travers, maguire real estate dealer. In spite of the father's threats to disisharit Mark.
Norma diacovered that, whereas she had thought of crosses as bur- dens the first day she looked at that calendar, the black marks sig-| affied exactly the opposite. They stood for burdens that had the
dropped. Each day a new cross.
The alory opens in Marlboro, middle western mitrupulls, Mark pensive roadster to et muser for honeymoon and
and Norme
2. fashionable Blue Springs,
been
weeks their money to gone, partly due to
After Each day bringing Mark nearer.
Mark's rambling. With 1800, borrowed, the couple return to Marbero. Mark t But en round of plearoh
The
seven crosses on the calendar grew to 14. If only a letter would
hunting wurk, When the inalend of tromb telling her that in two weeks
Danda dwindle
sgxin he and Norma more to a clasp apart
MERL
Mrak would be back! She could not forget he had said the four weeks might turn into five.
The 14 crosses became 16, 16, 17. was only a few days
Mask aria one job and lows it. Then he becomes floorwalker In dapartment state. in spite of poverty the
Doodle znane couple are happy. After few wenke Mark's father sonde for him, efters to take Christmas him back into his business organization if w Mark will prove he can make good away. Store windows wore filled firat taak involves truainess trip to Frases with Christmon gifts, holly wreaths, Norms is to remais at home. She begs him fan!
es to go but in spite of her protests Mark fastoons of greenery and gay crim depus treated rudely at her father-in-lawfing with red, blue and gold lights son ribbons. Tall evergreens, glow
home, elle away leaving no trace of her dazz whereabouts. She take room in a
shoop dazzled
Job
the army of shoppers.
Fondator house, Chris Baunders, bar termer Downtown streets from early morn- roommate. helps Norma and svetlary for Frederick
ing
until late at night became ave- Ken Travere reculers & report from de nues
toraty tentives who say they have "found the girl."
Stuart,
Christmas!
Christmas only a few days away.
swarmed with tired, hostile and de- of confusion. Sidewalks
termined faces peering from behind CHAPTER XXXIII
mountainous packages. Santa Working for Frederick J. Stu- their Christmas bells on street cor- Clauses in cheap red suits jingled Art was not at all like in Brooks, Welliver and
working nets and the red capes of Sniva law office. Norma found her new in the turmoil.
Brooks' tion Army workers loomed bright Lasks ennier. The letters were never complicated and there were no difficult, unfamiliar words spell Stuart dictated at rapid-fire speed but Norma could transcribe her notes leisurely. This was for tunnte because her short-hand was more accurate than her typing.
Occasionally- her employer asked her to read a manuscript and tell him what he thought of it. This was fun, though Norma never had any means of knowing what Stuart thought of her judgment. She had little means of knowing what he thought of anything. He said little, led with gifts bearing the nig bae stood long before windows never spoke of anything but buai-nificant nas ant secured aur Insiefatigable rond professional shoppers' sugges
"For Him-" She worker.
tiona
choosing Mark's gift. It would be
Norma found consolation late, of course. She would keep it for him. Two weeks more-per- has a little less than that-and she and Mark would make up for. What a celebration they would have eo many, many dreary days apart. then! She dared not think too much of that meeting. Whenever she did the hurt in her heart be came so altarp.
All sorts of people came to the Mark's tastes were difficult. She for presents for young men. office-old men, eager-faced young would have loved to buy him some- women, housewives, a youth in thing truly expensive but that was purple overcoat who announced out of the question. She would himself as a poet, prosperous-look-have liked to give him something ing individuals and others
she had made with her own hands. somed impoverished, a playwright There was no way to satisfy either whose dramas were usually suc of these desires so Norma compro- cessful and whom Stuart told Nor-mised. She selected a sweater of me was perpetually bitter because soft yarn, exquisite to touch. the world would not recognize him was a rich tan she knew Mark ad It
as a novelist.
mired. Ife could wear it for golf In spite of herself during the irst week Norma was interested, and on comfortable evenings loung She liked to speculate abat these ing at home. curious people, which ones and manuscripts that would soll, which were slaves of the pitiful Illusion of talent,
mas purchase. She and Chris, The sweater was her only Christ-
knowing cach status, had ruled out gifts for each other's financial
other long ago. Norma bought sheet of the most festive paper she could find in which to wrap the sweater. It was black and white,
IL
A good part of the time she had to herself. Stuart was out of the offre some Limes for entire half days. Then all she had to do was receive visitors and take messages, pangled with silver, and she tied Each morning when he awoke Norma told herself as she survey. K with a crimson ribbon. Nice, Norma was grateful for the worked the offering. Nice enough-al which somehow would all the hours most-for the most beloved hus- antil evening: Her days became
me band in the world. exact replicas of one another. She arose at 7:30. dressed, righted her too. Something from Parks per He would bring a gift for her,
room and boarded. She breakfasted at
12 cafeteria When such thoughts occurred to across the street from the office,
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downtown
car-haps!
arrived there at nine or a little her during working hours if whe carlier and sorted the
morningssary for Norma to force her ran. Her lunch hour was from ok, back to her typewriter. There attention rigidly back to her sole- 11:30 until 12:00. She worked un-
til five, dined at an inexpensive were entire letters to be re-written because of moods of day dreaming.
restaurant and rode back to
back agnin. In memory
desk
in
WIB
the moming house on the street cur.
at her Occasionally Ocensionally she spent an even- ing with Chris. Twice Dorothy Stuart's ollice she felt qualms of joined them and all three went to conscience because she had not ad- motion picture theatre, Norma mitted to her employer that she had knew she was not good company for
taken the position temporarily. the others and preferred to be Neither had she told him she alone. She could think of Mark married. It was deceiving, Norma when she was alone. plan for the told herself guiltily. On the other glorious time when he would be hand she knew enough about busi- she re-ess to understand that either ad- fived a hundred happy incidents mission might havo cost her the she and Mark had known together job. She was doing her work cli She would estimate the difference ciently. Stuart was satisfied. When she would tell Mark came back Marlboro time and that in in France and try to imagine what Stuart the truth and he would have Mark might be doing at particular no difficulty finding another secre hours. While she Was
eating tary. Hundreds of girls were look- breakfast it was well into after-ing for work. noon wherever he might be. When brightly lighted window filed with she left the office it five it was toys one evening when something inte evening for Mark.
made her turn. Not three yarda She spent hours composing care-away, his eyes fixed on the display fully worded lettera which sho mailed to his business address. Scrupulously in these letters she avoided mention of how she was spending the time. She said nothing about Mark's parents, yet gave no "I was standing right there be hint that she was not with them. aide you admiring the dancing bear. him, that she was enger to hear all Are you picking out your Christ- mus gift? Something in this win-
She wrote Mark that she missed
She
Was lingering before a
ahu had been looking at, stoud Bob Farrell.
moved nearer. she said, smiling.
"Hello.
where'd you come
from?"
he has been doing. impatient for dow certainly seems to have you
his return.
That letters for her, had reached hypnotized.". »Cuto, aren't they?
Mark's father's home she never for which one do you want?"
a montent doubted. It was harder "Oh, I'll take the beat. Isn't he for her because she could not re-adorable?"
ceive those lettera and yet she had
"Well, write you letter to Santa
brought this on herself. Because Claus and be a good girl! Where It took so long for a message to are you bound for? Couldn't take eross the ocean she did not think Mark would consider her own lot-y on a guy and have dinner with
him, could you?" lars strango or be surprised if he
"Sorry
I've just had dinner. asked questions that were not an-I'm on my way to get the ear swered. Everything would be ex• Farrell said, "My hard luck! plained when he came back.
Don't
Don't mind if I walk along with There was one real joy to look you?" forward to each day. Norma saved "Of course not. Have you been it until the last moment before she winning any more big cases?" got into bed. Then she took the "Haven't even had a chance. I fountain pen that had been Mark's suppose you're all wrapped up in and with very black strokes crossed Chrlatmas shopping and gefting off that day on the calendar. The ready for the holidays."
row of inky crosses grew impros- "Well not exactly. Mark Isn't sively.
(Continued on Page 18.)
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