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GYPSY MORELL, and TON WEAVER
married on the row day at LILA HOTAL ING and BEREK BLIUS. Lils expecta taj live la luxury, but Gypsy Intenda to keep ber Job teaching in a settlement boues.
"Never mind, darling. I'll be sweet But would Tommy get
taxi? That was what Vera wanted to her. I'll be nice. I promles."
Tom had been satisfied. He had to know. It was just around the than that, delighted. corner, really, but she was afraid been more The first night Gypes and Tum penit And now Gyday was slowly con- to be out alone in New York. Tom's boon there. thelz New York apartment VERA GRAY, Healing again, in Vera's presence, obvious cue, at this moment, was eld friend of Tom's telephones. Tem k In spite of all her good resolut ker so luncheon to meet Gryaz. but drtions, cannot leave her work to o
After a hard day she rushes home to find!
CHAPTER Iv
Gypsy
to walk around the corner (K
MONDAY, MAY 21, 1931.
by MABEL
.
MCELLIOTT
her again. They could thump the up-¡late October overhend. It was fün holstery of the day bed, empty the-it was glorious fun. Later they car hack to trays of lip-stick stained cigarette would tool the little ends, and pretend she had never Blue Hills, and have ten with the family in the early dusk. There would be a roaring open fire. Some 'Sundaye wero the best, Gypsy of Gypsy's frioncs might drop in, matter of some five blocks) with found. During the week, the young to exclaim over Clytie's chocolate "If she'd stop calling him "Tom her. He didn't. He rang the door- Weavers.parted in rather a flurry cake. The twins would aquabble Gypsy man on the house-phone and asked In the evenings, people usually over their bicycles. And same Tom already there. He announces that Vermy I could bear it,"
books hours later, tired and utterly con- 1 coming to call that evening.
thought. "If she'd stop fluttering him to have a taxi round in fif-dropped in, or they read her hands about him, touching his teen minutes. He and Gypsy saw from the lending library, or went tont, they would may goodbye and arm." But no, Vera was of that Vorn to the elevator, and Tom's to a picture show. Sunday was all be driven down to the station by
Harvey Morcil. An affected voice gushed. "So great army of coquettes. She munt arm, was around Gypsy's slender theirs, free and golden and gener
ous. Occasionally, they went out out next week, Gyp?" be forever bridling, smiling, coolng waist;
"I think so, Dad, Unless Tom has this is Gypsy!"
"Well!" He drew out a big, fine to Blue Hills on Saturday night, to
work. It's
fun. The newcomer was tall-aimostat a man. With her in the room
been such She handkerchief, mopping his brow in waken late in the big, shabby guest to as tall as Tom, She was honey- Gypsy simply did not exist.
Sho the fashion of movie comedians, room, with the red maple outside. You're too good to us.
"Don't be silly." He would kiss blond, with elaborately lashed and monopolized all attention. mascara-od eyes. Everything about needed a footstool. She needed after negotiating a difficult job. They would have a late breakfast,
"I don't believe you like your old with Clytle generous in the matter her and shake Tom's hand and her Gypsy, quite naturally, disliked light. She-might she just have
friends," Gypsy sald, picking up a of hot cakes and syrup. Mrs. Mor-Watch until they climbed aboard, ont sight. Her high-strapped, high-one teeny-weeny sip of water!
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laden ashtray. "I think you were ell seemed brighter on these occa- Then he would sigh and shake his heeled shoes; her magpie costume
sions, and Gypsy's father would shoulders and drive away. Seemed Bald, with suspicious glad she left." of black and white, which fitted
at them from funny to have Gypsy old enough to "Gosh, what gets into females, beam contentedly
be married, living in the city. her rounded figure like the pro- brightness, that Tom mustn't get verblal glove; her coolng acconta, up, she'd get it herself. In the anyhow?" Tom demanded. "She behind his glasses,
She even, thought Gypsy resent kitchen she ground her teeth and seemed all right at noontime, good
"What's the programme to-day, and got married. You wanted fully, talks babytalk. That was collected her forces. She recog-fun. To-night she was entirely dif-
kide?"
them to, of course, but-well-it' fact that she had no ferent, she was putting on an act.
was funny, anyhow, really the last straw. In comparinized the
an adversary of Why did you run out on me? I "I don't know," Gypsy would say. son to this lush vision, Gypsy felt weapons against
"What's planned, mother?" quite eclipsed. She was wearing, this sort unless she selected kin- gave you ail the signale."
One Sunday morning, early in of her dred tactics. She night, for exam- "I wanted to give her a chance Nothing but a 1 o'clock din-November, Gypay's mother tossed trousseau frocks, a high necked, ple, go and alt on Tom's knee to be charming," sald Gypsy, sup-ner," that lady would reply, con- over to her the page containing the long sleeved affair of red crepe. It that would be quite in the little pressing a smile. "I seemed to tentedly. "You drive me to church, society column of the newspaper.
was prob- father, and after that I'd like to
"I see Lila's back." was becoming. It was smart. But bride tradition. But oh, how re-cramp her style. She
ably just the same at noon, but you stop at the cemetery. It's Moth- "Oh, really?" Gypsy scanned the beside the glowing Vora. Gypsy felt volting!
"I won't do it." said Gypsy. She didn't notice it. Just now you were er's anniversary, you know. Just item with interest. Mr. and Mrs. like the merest aparrow.
you and Tom do as you please, Derek Van Reuter Bliss had re- And your little place quite couldn't help smiling to herself at seeing her through my eyes." sweet."
"Is that the way?" Tom regis dear. You work hard all week. If turned from a honeymoon abroad, Vera turned a condescend the picture. She ran the water fu
amazement. "Wonderful you want to be here for dinner, and the society editor, and would ing gaze upon the apartment which tiously and went to the refriger-tered
thing, marriagel"
we'd love it. But if you'd rather be at home after the fifteenth in hnd seemed, only last evening, rare stor for lee cube.
To- "Horrid creature!" She jammed i “Oh. Tom, I du love you!" Gypsy picnic, why Clytie will fix a basket n duplex at 333 East-Street. perfection in the bride's eyes.
fit of helpless for you."
"Why, that's only two blocks night she was conscious chiefly of at the lee compartment as though exploded into a
ramming hot irons down Vern's laughter, burrowing into his gray So, occasionally they picnicked, away from us," Gypsy, said, eur- its lacks .. no curtains
tweed collar like a kitten. With just the two of them, on a high prised. no soft, deep, chairs, spine.
What on earth are you doing?" Yern gone, everything was all right hill, with the bright blue skies of I suppose you will be seeing her Vera lolled elegantly upon the
Tom in the doorway, A
[quite a lot," surmised. Mrs. Morell, day bed, and Tom ran to fetch pll- It was
gently. lows from the bedroom to make her slightly mystifled and ever so slight- more comfortable. Gypsy sat up-ty bored Tom. Gypsy, recognizing right on one of the stiff windsor his expression, tingled to her very chairs, wishing she wquid go, wish-tous with delight.
at Tom's insistence, one
no rugs
ing the night would open and swal
"Nothing at all. Just getting
low her. Hateful, hateful girl! ice."
Wasn't it enough that she had pro-i
He took her by the shoulders.
empted Tom for luncheon that day, le marched her to the door.
without having her wished upon
"Look here, you run back there
I'll do the dirty
them at night. But she was geing and talk to Vera. back to Boston soon, Tom had work." He kissed the back of her pleaded: she had so wanted to meet neck. "You little divvil, you!"" his wife.
Yes, she does," Gypsy had said. lightly and humorously.
Gypsy gave him a gamin grin. "O, K., boss."
to
She went back and talked "Honestly, darling." Tam had Vera, sedately and politely. Vera been hurt, bewildered by the frigid turned off charm when the male ity in the atmosphere. Why, he had left the scene. Gypsy had known never seen Gypsy like this before! she was that sort of girl. Vern and went into the bedroom to freshen She'd
easy Always been friendly with everyone. It just with the belated water and three her makeup. When Tom appeared, wasn't like her to turg crabby a tall frosted glasses, Vera said that of a sudden, for no good reason really, she must go. A boy fram Something of this he said, Princeton-a heavy date-was stop-
clumsy male fashion.
Gypsy smiled.
"I like that. No good renson, Then Gypsy had relented. Her natural amiability had come to the surface. She had said, equably:
ping by at her cousin's house at eleven. She really must dash. They would go night-clubbing, prob- ably.
"She's making that up," said Gypsy-to-herself-demure-iu-her-
she wasn't triumph. "She found getting anywhere with Tom and so she's leaving."
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It wouldn't do to tell Mume, Gypsy thought, that while she and Lila lived only two blocks apart geographically, the social gap was wider. It wasn't too likely that their circles would, touch.
But she was, wrong about that, as she was later to learn: (To be continued.)
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