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Small Town Girl
(FROM WHICH METRO-GOLDWYR-MAYER HAS MADE A MOTION PIÖTURE)
THE STORY: THUS FAR
Kay Dranian, inte of Wolice- ley, obtains a position as-adver- tising assistant and, enters'on, «j mad whirl of gayety, determined | not to return to duil Carvel. Ono her
day, she impulsively quita job and goes on a wild yachting. party with Dane Ripley 20 escape his violent lovamaking aho leaves in a passing rowboat, man nod by Bob Dakin, a medicul doctor. Mutoring her back to Boston, ka drunkenty insists that they get married. Sober again though, he is horrified, for he is engaged to Priscilla Hude. The Dakins however, are unexpected- ly friendly to Kay, insisting that she stay for a few weeks to quiet scandalous gossip. Now she is ut ated given by Mrs. Dakin. Pria- cilla is expected momentarily.
CHAPTER XVII
sented cnally..
"Darling!" she exclaimed... ""Conte "And you're really married to him, here and tell me all about it. You aren't you?" Clasio insisted, "In spite of that unique wedding nighttow Fat and I were married in Miuton Grean, too, by that same old Her eyes were keen now." "You are, man. Only It was after a football aren't you, Kay? No' mistake about game instead of a boat race. And
1 No chance you'll wake up and we've loved it". And it's a dream?
Bob said: "Kay, this is Pat!! I've Kay and cheerfully; "Tin afraid told you about him!" not, Cisale.
I know you hate to give Kny's thront was dry, but she hope.
could smile. Pat Norris caught her leco!" Cissio protested, and hand Hallo," he said. "Say Bel minde the gesture of clawing fingers you took your time deciding, but it at Kay's cheeks. "Darling, I'm so paid, didn't it? Kay, louk out for happy for you!" she sisted. Then him. Get him broke to harness soon she realized that the room auddenly was silent, and she looked around and clapped her hand over her mouth, Kay followed her glance and saw Bob coming toward them; by his sido a tall, fair, lovely girl, perfect in her every aspect, cool and remate and colni...
Genevieve whispered softly: "You're in for it now, child!" But it needed not the warning to tell Kay who this was. The girl by. Bob's sile war stripping off her gloves.
Felicia can give you
you ca Pointe. She put the curb on met She wet her
to win a flaxed way. "It was November, with us," Fe. ticis aid. Remember, Pat But Tarom, Indian Kunsmer weather. We took Pat's knackabout--he calls her The Lark-and went for a week's erning down to Long Island, after
Just ward, and it was gorgeous! the two of us. That gave people Kay kad to receive congratulations
"We fuse this minute got in, Bob," time to gel through talking before and good wishes, and said her thanks she was saying. "Ed drove like mad, we came home, They will talk, you with graclova assurance; she saw the but the traille was incredible. And know, Kay, darling. But you Just curious questions in some eyes and what a face you missed! Hut of let them! It's none of their Busi
There were older folk course you know. Or..." ignored them.
She lookness, so long as you and Bob are here, people of the age of Doctor and od toward Kay whom they were now satisfied!" Mrs. Dakin, and Kay was at her ease approaching, and smiled, mirth in hor Kay noided carefully; and Pat will them. Then
Kuddenly Fabre, Bob's chief, appeared with ones, "Or have you read the papers cried as though in suilden, inspira.
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tion: Mrs. Fabre; and Kay when she met Bob sail evenly: "Read them? I Bob, by Lord Harry!" hiat did find herself trembling. He practically wrote them, Pris! 17 Bob looked at him doubtfully. July 14 was a small, fair man; and he studied you'd known how, famous I was go- "Listen, Bob!" Pat exclaimed, July 27 frankly, with keen blue eyes. Ieing to be, you'd never, have let me "lero's a hunch for you! The Lark's
did not
commission, down at Hawley's now, 7 Aug. 12 ingly speak; and Kay sald appeal of
All the room could hear, "Ant and I shan't want her till the eighth "I feel as though I ought to tell you now it's too late, the girl agreed in of July. You and Kay take her, old my aymptoms, Dr. Fabre. Are you pretended despair. "Forever too man! She's your's for the rest of diagnosing me?!"
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He smiled then. "I'm-diagnosie to where Kny stood waiting, and alone!" He swung to Kay. "Can Bols," he corrected: and he said Priscilla extended her hand to Kay, you cook, young lady? On seriously
"As necurate diagnosia "I'm Priscilia Hyde," she explained. honeymoon, was cap'n, first male three-quarters of the cure,"
"I know," Kay agreed. "I'm Kay cook and bottle washer, and did we Dakin!" She felt Genevieve's amused, live high?" approval. Colour
faintly neren Priscilla's temples, but she said calmly:
She anked in an attempt at light neas: "Are you going to give me prescription for him
He hesitated, "Yes," he said then, "Keep him at home, the nights when he's on call!"
flowed
"Of course, I knew that! Every one knows that! Everyone who bas read the papers!"
He seemed to expect a reply, so Ray echood:
Did you?
"Tinker mackerel!" said Pat rap- turously, "Lobster stew! Clam: Man, oh man!" And he demanded: "Iow Kay looked at Bob, who stood there about it? You can slide up the const- uneasily. Voires led the room to, Penobscot Bay and back, before 1 again, covering their words. She want the bont. It'll be great, this turned to Priscilla, and something in time of year!" her eyes appealed for mercy.
"Is he on call often?" she asked. "Every night," he told her, watch- ing her closely. "I see to that, and I'll hold you responsible for seeing to it that ho's ready to work!"
She looked at him
intently think and she spoke in a lower tone.
"I'm sorry I minde Bob fail you you're not sorry about this," she yesterday" she said softly. "You suld slowly. "I think you like me were expecting him. It must have. She smiled, moved her hands in a spelled your party. I am sorry!" grateful
"My dear, don't pity me," Priscilla gesture. "You people who
told her laughingly. "I assure you
are fond of Bob have all been to good
to me."
Ho said seriously: "There is a great career waiting for Bob, if he will take
I thought Thursday that he had thrown it away. I think per haps he may recapture it now, we you to help him."
I don't require it!"
Bob started to speak, but someone touched his arm, and he turned and
Priscilla, hora beside him.
"Bob, may I see you Just a min- ute?" she asked.
Bu might have turned asido, with her, but as caught his hand, de- bining han. "You're mighty nice, she said to the other man. "We'll take you up on it. Won't we,
Genevieve hooked her arm through Cissie's, who was still attentive here.
"Cissie, I want to show you nry Bob1" Intest,' she snitt calmly. "Come along with me!" She led Cissie, - Again, Kay has raskly yielded to willing, away, and Bob and Kay and imputer. She is in un embarrassing Priscilla were left together, a little position for if Boh refuses to go, il She
met his eye si dily. You isolated, near the wide window to roll confirm what everyone is think, know what happened about us?" shward the street.. asked.
ing that he has been forced into "You can't imagine," Priscilla the marriage, What will his answer said calmly, "what a sensation you Don't miss to-morrow's absorb- two caused. Really, Bob, the race ing instalment.
"Bob told me," he agreed..
"Then how can you put any
hope
in me?"
He answered: "For the first time
in his life, Bob'admits that he has done 4 mistaken and unworthy thing." Ils eyes twinkled. "I think now, after having reen you, that | perhaps his biggest mistake is
was practically ignored. Everyone was talking about you!"
"We didn't expect it to be known
so soon," Bob said lamely
"Soon?" Priscilla echoed. "Why,] Cissie would have made a personal in broadcast, if there had been a micro-
(To Be Continued)
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He looked toward the door, at a Atorn of the "Grillin"; and if they sudden stie of voices in that direction. hadn't
Kay would never Juve There are Pat and Felicia!" he criei, jumped into the
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Clasio's eyes were wide: she sping eyes.
pealed to Kay. "But mercy, darling, Yes?" she prompted.
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you didn't want to keep it secret, Kny hesitated, and she bil her lip. did
And shr exclaimed: "Don't think too harshly of Bob," "Henve if it were me, I'd pub- she begged.
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lish it from the hometopst I've had Priscilla's brows lifted in surprise, my cap set for Bob for years, posi hurriedly: "Miss Hyde, I do want you tively years, Kay; and he'd never to know
She heritated; "Why even look at me.. I should think my dear, I wish you joy of him," she you'd be the proudest and happiest | protested. "Bob was always a little too eccentric for me, is vagarios. "Of cou
course," Kay said gently. "I I. tried to ignore them as long as
possible. But Thursday afternoon Cissie hugged her arm. "Only, bo went too far, even for my patiencel" careful, Kay” she advised, watch Kay's colour heightened. But she ing the other shrewdly. "Bob's as agreed politely: "He told me. He tricky ann trout. Genevieve, you didn't blame you!”
bim
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know that yourself. If he wore Prinellia's brows arched. "Blame mine, I'd handeuff
and chain mo?" she ochood,
him to the leg of our bad!"
And cried:
Kay nodded, entinly now, able to that reminds defend herself,
course en-
me, on the way home, we stopped ragement between you was just n to see where
where you spent the night, family arrangement, with no foeling Kay. Wasn't that romantic, and ex- on either side. I understand perfect- elling, and everything? How for ly' she said in a casual tone,
don't Priscilia uttered an exasperatel
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If see how the car ever get down that sound; and she laughest a little. “I bank without turning over, and I hope you don't come to regret your certainly don't see how Beb ever coup" she said. "I've known Bob got so far off the road!" She said for years, and he's not the stuff model accusingly:
"He must have been husbands are made of. Her eyes paying more attention to your than narrowed and she spoke felly. “Íšut ho was to his driving!"
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