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One I Love
CHAPTER XLVII
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by LAURA LOU BROOKMAN
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Ho had
| lowered quickly. He had said things | Rolf was asking her to marry him.
like that throughout the dinner. Somehow the lights and the flowers It was a long time before Betty Flattering things. The sort of things and the shimmering linen swam into a sat up on the side of the bed. One every girl likes to hear. But, be misty haze before the girl. It was of her small gilt slippers had been hadn't said that he cared for her in the moment she had prayed for, kicked off and lay on the floor before the old way. He hadn't asked if she dreamed of. He hadn't sald It poeti her. Her hair fell it a dishevelled
chance to cally or romantically. Just "Would mass and her chocks were awollen could give him another
you be willing to be engaged to me and red. She put one hand up and prove he loved her,
"You were telling me about the again?" What did that matter? wiped away, the tears that smarted In her eyes. Then als picked up the new job," she reminded him. "What Rolf was waiting for her answer.
you la thoro
don't like about it? lotter.
116 shrugged. Ok I don't know, Mrs. Curtis had written it. The It's small town stuff, that's all. They But he wasn't waiting. letter began affectionately, "My darling daughter" and was devoted don't know how to go after the big gone on, taking it for granted that principally to bits of news about money. This fellow, Jackley, has her answer would be "yes," "We'll away from here," Rolf told her. and won't laten to anyone were Mrs. Curtis' friends instead of years
a lot of old fashioned idons, towns. I can get another job all Betty's, The
else. Got Thorntons'
talk- wero
new start to I told them a thing or right. We'll make a Believe me, ing buying a new car, Emma
gether" Haynes had gone to
for two when I left the Atlas office! Charleston for
"But Relf," Janet's voice the winter. Mrs. Wilford had called told Jim McPhail exactly what I
soft and low-toned, "We can't-I and sent her love to Betty. The first thought of his dumb advertising mean it wouldn't be right. You're two pages of the letter were devoted agency. Say, I sald plenty-1"
still Betty's husband." to things like that and then there
"For two weeks more. After that was the paragraph that, seeing it a second time, stabbed at Betty's heart just as it had the first.
poopló in Lancaster, Most of them been running things for about 15 Chicago or on of the other ble
of
"I clipped something from the morning paper I thought would in- terest you. You and Van used to be such good friends. I hope sho's 'a nice girl and they'll be happy-"
The clipping was on announcement the marriage of Miss Mary Katherine Gibbs of Boston and Van Allen Bannister II, RON of Mr. and Mrs. Van Allen Bannister of Lancas ter. The wedding had taken place in Boston the week before and the young couple had departed immediately for Bermuda.
"Not from him! I'll get all the recommendations I want and they won't be from small town nickel-
liker grabbers
Jim MePhal.
going to get out of this town' anyhow. it's too slow."
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Janet looked at him with troubled eyes. "But, Rolf, wasn't that fool-
You and I together!" He went on ish? You might want a recommenday, baby, we'll show the world! tion some time?"
would do. In Chicago he'd get a job enthusiastically about the things they with one of the big advertising EUROPE, NEW YORK
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in the world she wanted. course just at first," he said, suppose you could get a job, too. But going to be making big
you money in a year or so. won't need to work long. All I want the chance and a little. ment.
You
"I know, Janet,
thun Betly. you're prettier
ttle hat you're wearing and blue dress minke your eyes look blue. They're gray really, aron't nee,. I haven't forgotten.'
Janet Lurned to casually.
rise and
"Listen, Janot," he went on. got in bad all around here. It wasn't my fault. You know-well, about Betty's necklace, I wasn't going to take the damned thing. Just borrow
it for a few days. Betty didn't have any cause to throw a fit the way Every word of the formal phrasing she did but now that it's happened I'm was stamped Indelibly on Betty's glad of it. It was running around heart. She read it through again with her high-hat society crowd that
me in debt," the bed. "I don't carol" sho moaned. "I don't care what happens now!
You
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and again and then, sobbing, fell back gou mean you have other debta" honey, let's get out of thin
on
admitted few, ke
from
Van how could you? How "Couple hundred or so. But those a glimpse of her ankle. There was could you?"
no answer. No answer plenty of dough anyhow. The thing self and went to the dressing room. birds can wait for it. They've all got a tiny runner in the new chiffon hose she was wearing. She excused hee- of any sort until there was a knock hated about that necklace business at the door and
a startled maid was dragging you into it. Betty only repairing the hose but soap appliest There was no maid to assist in announced, amid apologies, that she did it had mistaken the room for another.
cause she was jealous of you." to the runner wout keep it Belty shut the door on her. When "Sure. Didn't you know that? sprending. Janet put her foot on a the telephone took it up and said that she was sorry night last summer when she came to the threads.
hone rang a little later aho Remember the row she started that air and carefully rubbed the song In. She must not smear it or pull but he could not keep the engage- ment, Yes, a sudden headache. It was her mother's and found you and The door of the room opened and simply, raring. No, there was nothing talking together? I guess It all start to be done. She would be all right only ed because I told her once I thought she couldn't see anyone. Not to-night. you were good looking. Oh, Betty's a
Jentous little devil all right"
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she glanced up quickly. A small girl wearing a short fur COAL over a velvet dress entered the room. She had very dark eyes and dark
hair The waiter set the dessert before showing event her bright red The waiter asited with a solicitous them and poured the coffee, Rolf turban. Janet had seen her in the air, "Was everything satisfactory?" waited until he had one. Then he restaurant sitting at a table with "Everything was all right." Rolf leaned forward and sald, "I know two men and another girl. She was assured him. "Now we'd like two they couldn't do anything to you rather pretty and had an air of style raspberry ices and two coffees. Make about the necklace. You don't hold though the fur cont and red turban mine, a large one."
that against me, do you Janet.p were obviously, cheap.
สา
Yes, sir." The waiter bowed "No.
I don't hold it against you." The other girl seamed to hesitatė He smiled "Say, you're a real and then came forward. She crown- disappeared, Rolf
directly forward. "It's great girl You're the kind to stand by aed the room until she was kitting here and talking to you like fellow when he's down. Look at me, in front of Janet, put both hands on this," he said. "Makes me forget-Janet, I've got something to ask you, ber hipa and said:"
a lot of things I don't like to think Would you"-he hesitated—“would "I guess you don't- remember me about. I know I've been a fool, Janet, you be willing to be engaged to mo do you? Well, I know you all right All sorts of a fool! To think I let again?"
and there's something I've got to There it was the thing she had say to you!" A girl like you get away from me-1"
The girl's eyes met his and then been waiting to hear.. He had said it. (To Be Continued).
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lure made to stand out with a sub- Helen Gabagan in RKO-Radio's "She,"
he," Wilcoxon make of love. poet's dued brilliance that marks perhaps finds what Marco Polo missed. The dream in flesh and blood. Ian Keith, the most effective photographic tour Polo let his wanderings tako him-as) astuto Oriental. potentate, who de force ever achieved. However, the far as what then was known as gallantly relinquishes Miss Young his medium of presentation is net per- Tartary, fell abruptly in love with a
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