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By LAURA LOU BROOKMAN.

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sound of typewriter-rushing to Gyber Hefiride, 1-year-old typist, metwork mornings and rushing home the boat on which Alan Grosby returns from again at night-that I don't, ace * year and a half in Paris. Two night. Jer how I can go back to it. I'm sick Alan break an engagenival with Gypay on M Bieg of business. She gone to the theatre alone of New York, too! I'd like to get Bucharest And encounters Crosty with a Mr. Langley.

Vienna

There is a scene. Mrs. Langley driven away away and forget there in such a Monteviden alone and Craby and Gypsy go home to place. That town you were telling Hongkong

won Esther, quarreling all the way. Next day about-Forest City-sounds Gray tempts to apolite. Crosby refer

to their romante e box ant girt Afr. now outgrown. Gypy is crushed. When she

la celticised for carelessness at the offen, tho

Trin.

Brusela. derful. You'll be gind to get back Copenhagen.

Milan there, I gueяn,**

Wallace leaned forward. "You Prague Lisbon. To furget her misery she accepta a dinner can come along, he said. "My Inakaken from her wealthy cousin,Anne Trowbridge The inner lay. While the offer still holds. And that's some- where are plazing bridge Gray woes for her thing I've never done before-ask hular in the next room, spese the close and girl to marry me after she's re-

fused once."

wrap, determinat, to jeve, the hears sew a man climbing in the window, the James Wallage, guest of the Trowbridges, who antered by, the Semence to avoid the dinner Party Evenin. He tells Urpay he has been Jilted by his fance, he tell him she has been 10ed, kn, want hoon lost her fol, Wailers make Gypsy to marry hima.

KIEME

The girl looked · at him." What would have answered must she remain a mystery, for as Gypsy was about to speak each of them suddenly became

of the presence of a third person. Stand- ing In the doorway in her erim- "Is that supposed to be a joke?” son evening yown, amazed and Gypsy asked. She was not smil disapproving,

Anne Trow- Ing. Her dark eyes, studying Wal-[bridge. lage, looked wide and childish.

CHAPTER XI

"What in the

work!"

Anne

"Do I look as though I were jak-began and seemed at a toys for ing? Never more serious in my life. more words. I said let's get married. I mean it!"

"But what

"Listen, this will be the most sensible marriage you ever hearth; of. Now wait a minute"-le saw that the girl was abant ta inter- rupt harried os--"Doesn't. il strike you as a coincidence that out of this whole city full of people you anti

should meet tonight?

of

Course

it

Wik LUNCHING- tional Gypsy, reading her cousin's shocked expression, realized this.

"Hello, Anne," she said. Home in and hear the news. Mr. Wal- are and I are going to be married"

"Gypsy!"

"Congratulate me, won't you?" And that both of us should be try-Wallace broke in. "You and Phil iqg to forgel somebody else? For-Jare invited to the wedding. gotny, PRA and

I are just a going to be tomorrow. Tomorrow couple of saps who don't realize morning "

Anne had recovered the power how lucky we are! De you want

"Are you two cruzy?" that guy, whoever he is, to know speech.

"You don't even know you're miserable, wishing he would he asked.

How did you get here, each other! come back to you?"

I thought you were having "No," said Gypy emphatically, dim? "Then instead of mooning over dumer with your lane

The “And instead, you find me him prepare for your wedding

accepted suitor at Manre No. mora--"

Two, Not bad at all for one eves ning, is it?"

Had y

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stig. Maxfos we'd better Junt faget about tonight."

it'

10.

"ave your word, didn't you?*** Wallace reminded "her. "Buck ent; if yo WRIF

I thought y qui were game.

"You mean you really meru

# Porse

ito. The a train at 13 weinek tansotaw marm

ng that I'd like to catch. 1: │ cone for you at 9:40 can you be ready City Hall's the quickest place to get it over with, ruess P1 get Pail to come alour."

"!]] in in a

* see what you mean," the girl sald slowly, "You want to marry

nt them lave me to make her surry she treated you so badly. That's what you're mood to appreciate it Young Mrs. Trowbridge's discomitare would thinking about, isn't it?**

It works have, been amusing. "Well, what if i aru? the same way for you, doesn't it? "Gypsy McBride!" she exetain

hundred times bettered," you can't do reason for getting married than Why, you must most people have. Romantic non-hend. sense-say, it makes me sick?"

"You're

ready. Gypsy pronised, At the door of the rooming bonar Wallace touched his lut and said good night. Gypsy went inside, climbed the long fight thing like this! slowly. Dozens of jumbled, in- coherent thoughts were tumbling be out of your

She was go | through her brain, Gypsy's Lone rus to a highering to marry a man she had never before tonight. She bud bitter, aren't pitch. "That settles it!" she de-

"Anne, Fi not comited to marry him. Packing you? Gypsy asked. "I don't blameclared.

And it's a

#ev

pretty

for Feeling the way but back to your party. I'm going to She had better do that tonight!

couldn't marry you.

"Why not?"

"Well, it-it just isn't my itlen of a marringe, that's all."

"Do you like this town?" Wai- luce apked.

Was

At 9:30 in the morning James set out of this dress and into my Wallace, ber bridegradas own clothes and go home. To-

What was the name of morrow morning Ini

going to coming.

MTH marry this young man--if he still that place? Forest City.

leave New York O'Hare would have to be notified- wants me and and forget there ever

Ten hours later Gypsy McBride) Wits BLeh Gypsy considered. "I thought a place. If you and Phil want to stood beside a tall young man in a blue suit and listened to a hoarse I did," she

"I've always femme with us to be married, all -lived here. But now I hate it" right. If you don't-well, Pi get civte official who was saying,

"Getting out of here tomorrow my landlady and one of the ather Pronounce you husband and wife." Gypsy looked up into Jim Wal- morning, myself," said the young rounders (

As she did so Colour was burning in Gypsy's lace's blur eyes. "Glad of it. Two days of New York is plenty. Lord I'll be checks. With head high she rush the vision of another, face-dark kind to be on my way back toed, from the room and into the and mocking- danced before her.

(To be Continued.) Forest City,"

2.

said.

"What's it like there?"

"Oh, you probably

[ball. Then a door stammel.

It was 10 minutes later when wouldn't the girl emerged. There und been

think it was so much. Little place transformation. Instead of the -compared with New York. We fragile, flattering chiffon she wore think it's quite a metropolis there.

city 500

ant the tweed rout and brown beret the in which she hoked exactly like He told her about miles wedstand where thousand other girl affter work- the Wallaces had always fived. Prs. There was a run in one of Forest City boasted a population her chiffon hose and the brown oxy of 200.000 citizens. It and fords needed a shine. Chamber of Commerce that W11 "boosting" IL and two country. clubs.

Stir stoppeil abruptly.

"Oh! I didn't expect to find you here!" she addressed the fall Young man who was blocking the

"I'll get there." he said, "at way 6:30

tomorrow night. Then i

Wallace works his hat and over-

rendy

go bat to the house and becoat,

fore I've had a chance to get off

"I thought if you were

my goat Aunt Ellen will be telling to leave Fd see you home," he

that the vast is getting cold said. "You don't mind

Me

and to hurry and come to the

Gypsy shook her head. "Not al

table." Walhice laughed shortly all. It's very nice of you."

There's one person who's getting

a break-Aunt Ellen! I've lived Wallace hesitatàd. "Mrs. Trow with her ever since 1. was a kid. bridge went back to her guests," Parents died. She was going to he said. "It might cause a little move next month. Reated a little comment if we went out that way." place across the street but I don't lie motioned with his head to- think she really liked the idea.ward the living room. "I suppose Fond of the old house. Well-you wouldn't consider using the she

won't need to move-naw!" fire escape? 1 mean going up, lợ There was a brief silence. Then the next floor-the way I came in Gypsy said: Were you to be quite simple but” 1. don't married soon?*

looked down at her worn waiting a month for me the young coat. "Let's do it,” she said. lady is going to stroll up to the "Don't look just like Cinderella

1 altar que week from next Satur-running away from the ball? Yes,

with young Brock Philips, li

fre escape by ali think the

"Next month. But Instend of

-pool player, bon vivant and w-means!

fully, awfully well fixed with cash, He helped her through the win- Sole heir to pupa's millions."

told

You'

fllow

and she was not as frightened "Was it just tonight that she as she had expected to be. High places had always terrified the Watlase nodded. lie glanced at girl. They went up the slanting the watch on his wrist, "Approxi; | front stuirway and Wallace ollmb- mately one hour and a half ago." ed into the building again. Gypsy he said. "You can imagine that it scrumbled after him. rather changed my plans for the evening. Changed them consider

The

Both were embarrassed. smile with which Gypsy tried to ably. At that, I'm not so badly off hide her confusion was patently As you. You're out of a job! Why self-conscious. Wallace glanced did you give up the one you had? up and down the corridor. No one Don't you know that was fool was in sight.

'ft

"Yes," said Gypsy. "And I'd do

again tomorrow."

"Seem to be luck," hu sali.

"The elevatar is over this way--"

There was no more

conversa.

"What was the matter with the tion until thay, had reached the place?"

stroot and were in a taxicub hend- "Nothing Everything! I've ed for Mrs. O'Hare's rouming worked for the MacNamara com-house. Then Gypsy glanced up pany three years. Pounding type from the enveloping shadows: writers. Flling letters. Dictation, "I was sort of excited-when I'm so sick of offices and the 1 was talking to Anne," she said

Tired?

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