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THE

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE G 1934.

Married Flirts

DEGIN WERE TO-DAY

GYFRY MORELL and TOM WEAVER «es with stewpans and laundry hamp- | fellowa, " married the same day as LILA ROTALING ers and bathroom shelves. and DETEK DLTAK. Lila xpects to live in tuxury, white flypay intends to gu on with)

honeymoon

her job, tearteinar in a bettiergens.

After returning from a

Top La asks the Wesveri Among the

sturela

dinner. wexithy BARKO

BROUGHTTON, who once asked Grey Harry him. He showers Orper with Ellen

Hans and Tun in Jeminars,

Broughton offers bera del on Saturday. aftowing his library and Gypsy reents without telling Tom. Just she finishes the work, aber la, taken, Ill and the doctor talla her she is going to have a baby. Tor Inst

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by MABEL

seemed

MCELLIOTT

sharp relief Gypey's own struggle of god, kindlier and better than his peonid do anything-could, in the to receive her. The waiter sprang

course phrase of the hour, "get to attention, pouring her a glas "We saw a lot of him in Paim away, with anything" because hejof water.. "Seen Murko?" Lila asked July. Beach," Lila said languidly. "He was rich and powerful. Eyou

"I'm so sorry." had that woman there. But none would be turned askance on less cleared away and she was seeing The miste hai sipping her tea,

Gypsy felt herself lushing, the fof us paid any attention to her." sucessful men, but Marko could do everything in its true light agais,

What woman?" colour flowed into her face. Sho

Gypky was no wrong.

"It's stupid of me. I felt giddy could see herself in a mirror just slung into attention.

for a minute." "That creature who worked inį The room suddenly beyond: a girl with a plane

"Quite all right." But there had his office soverd years ago." Bald changed. The chattering women been, for the instant, & flash of hat covering her brown curls.

"Not lately, she wuld evenly. "I Lila, smiling faintly as if at some had a sinister air. Everything finished some library work was amusing memory. "She's dread wore an overtone of ugliness.something like pity and contempt she must give up her job at the asitlement, doing for him Growy is happy keeping house until 2,42m)

but, not sinceful, really, but one accepts her What a world, thought Gypsy in Lila's glance. "If you would be cuties back from winter in Florida and then. That's several months ago," because of Marko."

so stupid na to be having a baby!" What a topsy-turvy world for that glance and antd, plainor than asks her to luncheon, Gray, tvilizes her; "He was asking for you," Lila

child to be born into! These days. plain! "You clothes

sho-they mean shabby

with cumparlen

contributed. "Only last night. He Gypsy stumbled, unable to frame almost anything could send her in- LOKK

nald you hadn't been well. He was the ugly words.

to a passion of teara and Lila's On the surface everything was so sweet. You know how Marko

"Well, you can call her a com-words and touched a hidden spring quite as it had been before. Gypsy The big car slid up and Lila. She looked at Gypsy curlous-mon law wife, if you like, of fears in her inmost being. She made her farewella. It had been

ly, as though expecting confidences. Lila with got out. She was in suave black But Gypsy only agreed tepidly. "He's been taking her placen for at home in the little haven she and he had enjoyed it.

a disagreeable laugh.longed with all her soul to be safe 30 sweet of Liin to ask her, and from head to foot, with accents of Marko was kind-was generous-four or five years. white. White gloves, white flowers but somehow you

I suppose that felt, always, gives her on her tilted black pageboys pill-there was some motive other than Want Marko can see in her nobody п sort of standing. box, frill of white organdie emery simple friendliness behind all of kndys. But it's just a phase... ing from her jacket, Gypsy, wait this. Perhaps merely because the it will pass."

Are

CHAPTER XVIII

ing In one corner of the lobby sawman liked to be considered a sort Gypsy was sickened, her come in. Even in that weil

dressed throng of noonday butter- flies, a stood out. Heads were turned as she went through, con- selously unconscious of scrutiny.

Gypsy thought. humorously, "Surely I'm the only woman in the restaurant who's washed her own berakfngt dishes." All of these Junchers were so sleek and assured, they made her fool shabby and amall.

Lila was al gracious interest. After a brief and gay recital of her own winter fitting, she bod turned the conversation to the Wenvers' affairs. What were their plans for the summer? She and Derek were taking a little place at Southampton, just a collage really only seven rooms---but It was right on the shore. They'd go down the first of June.

"We have a lease on the spart. ! ment." Gypsy sold sturdily. "W

will there all summer,”

"Not in July, my dear." niur- mured Lila, scandallzei. "You'll perish! You must come down to is for a week or two."

She means to be kind, Gypsy thought, but I wish her tone weren't so patronizing. Aloud she sald something light about milions of people remaining in the city all summer and finding it fairly com fortable, toes,

lila seemed more restless than ever, thinner, more feverish. She toyou with her food and smoked cigarette after cigarette. She was forever waving to someone at a dis- tant table, smiling brilliantly at a passerby,

All in all, it was scarcely a snt- isfactory meal, The food was ex- quisitely cooked and served, tempt ing Gypsy'n appetite. Napery, all-i ver and china were of the Anest. An orchestra played,, unsern, and The cluch of gay tongues fentan air of festivity. Spring hats, all- ver foxes, costumes fresh from their Paris boxes, pleased the eye. And still Gypsy was not happy. She had been feeling, these tran quil weeke, that she was a very kicky person. Why, she had everything: a husband who adored her and who was good-looking. intelligent and ambitious; com-! fortable little apartment; good friends; a loving family

and.

crown of all, the promise of a child. Now she experienet the follag that the scales had snowed. Lilas side was in the aseer.daney. Could it that she was jealous of Fila But that was absind.

She frowned it dawn. But the thought persisted. Lila's entire background, her smooth, beauti- fully ordered existence threw into

Marko

Tom had made.

"Don't you feel well?"

"Not at all, my dear. Always nice to see you." She stammered something. Ehe turning toward the avenue and And then they had parted, Lila couldn't be here the room Gypsy walking, rather slowly, east- swayed, and whirled around her ward. Everything was the same. and there was a black pit yawning (Continued on Page 7.)

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