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BEACH CLUB GIRL

CHAPTER XLV

By MABEL MCELLIOTT.

•

(1934.

something, Lady

lowly and with difficulty. He had paellamont or

cano but it was little Miss Ker-wixz-Bang." He chuckled. Veronica Kerrigan twitched a fresh rigan who pooped prettily under pillow-slip in place and glanced down neath his arm on the left side. It So all the time she had chassed him the hull in the direction of the hon-was Miss Kerrigan who steered him about Kay he'd known this and hadn't pital sunroom from whose open doors over the worn place in the mat told her. Why? echoed gusts of merriment. Young Mr. Van Sciver's wheal' chair was ostahilshed thore, check by jowl with the Boston ferns and the old Indy in

16, who was convalescltig from gall bladder operation and who enjoyed a good story when she heard

eno.

Veronica was on duty days now, taking care of Mr. Van Sciver. His day nurso, Elate Goff, had been called home by the linges of her father providentially, Veronien thought, She had never had a patient she liked so much as Mr. Van Sclver. Good- looking, rich, considerate, a perfect gentleman, she said to herself, it over There was one,

not

1

Edward touched her face. lightly well-manicured forefinger. "We'll miss the old kid, won't we? He's a good guy."

"You did that beautifully, Just bee-with no-tifully," she carefed. "Oh.

I'm getting there all right, all right. looked down at her like that.

Her heart went pit-a-pat when he

"What's for supper?"

"Oh, terribly!" She tried to bo casual but the effort did not come

off as well as she'd planned.

"Well, what about the folks-have they made any plans? I suppene they're all of a dither?"

Boots amiled. remembering.

She handed him the menu. Now Martin Hospital was proud of its methods. An up to date more so "Mother Is. She says she's going to it was proud of saying, than any of rent the house for whatever who can the elty Institutions.

gat and pack off to California. She Edward groaned, contemplating has a cousin. In Palo Alto. She's the list. "Same old groceries," he already written to ask them about said. Roast lamb. Roast ef. finding her A small house. Miss Chicken fricaseo,'

Floris may go with them. Father's "There are famb chops, too," urged attitude is funny. He's never thought Miss Kerrigan in a maternal, coaxing Mother had any business sense and of volce. "If they're not sizzling I'll course this is a freak thing but he is pep yours up in the diet kitchen."treating her with the greatest respect. "Will you do that?" He gave her Sho's the wizard of the family now. hand, with its firm, competent fingers, They've been simply wild, though, ttle squeeze. There's. JE good with nowsreel people and tabloid photographers swarming all over the plate."

Just why that flances of his, that blond girl from Larchneck, didn't sing for juy because, sho'd been so lucky na to snag him' Veronica, simply did understand. She herself got down every night on her knees and prayed to St. Joseph to find her a good husband Shop had a small giri." metal image of the saint strong As the fluttered down the ball she around her neck this very moment, treasured the thought of that impuls on a thin sliver chain. And áli sho'ď jsive little gesture. Probably I didn't ever got for it (up to date) was the ravan a thing, though. He was just altention of WHi Schults, who ran a a great blg-k garage in New Martin and wasn't half bad if you overlooked his grimy fingernails.

Miss Racburn (if you asked Miss Kerrigan about it, although nobody would) was pretty keen on that dark chap who ran her up to the hospital in his rattly little roadster. Mr. Van Selver had a long lean greyhound of A car. Maybe Will wouldn't like toi get his fingers on it, some day! She'd told him about fi and he'd been in. terested.

It was about all he ever STA interested in-gadgets and differentials and spark plugs and such stuff! Hardly ever read a book and didn't know Joan Crawford from Norma Shearer. Miss Kerrigan har- houred the secret conviction thint she, herself, was a discreet combiuntion of the two. She and Mr. Van Sciver talked about movies a lot. He liked so many of the pletures sho dkl. Wasn't that funny?

When Boots came the next night she was alone, Denis hadn't tele- phoned. She had come down on the bun,

"Fun!" Edward gloated, grinning. "Well, it's all right for a while," she conceded, "but I'll be glad when thing settle back to normal.".

Then you he mused.

and I start out on our rela "Yes." She looked at him with an

odd pathos.

"You're walking well now, Edward?

She saw the instant she met Ed-Miss Houghton said you'd be leaving ward's eyes that sho needn't tell him.

this week." He had the papers strewn all over

"Yep. Got the old pep back." his bed. He grinned broadly.

"Well, then "she hesitated. "Some luck, eh? Some fun!"

"We may as well go ahead with our "Isn't it too marvellous?" She

plane. leaned

over his shoulder, staring down at the picture of her mother above the headline.

"Suburban Matron Wine Prize

in Charity Sweepstaken.” "Never got such a kick out of any thing in my life," he told her.

"Olaf brought the papers up with supper and you could have knocked ne over with a breath when I read the news. I've been rooting for your mother ever since."

Miss Kerrigan, frisking in, on her neat white shoes with their discreet rubber heels, gave Boots a frosty] smile. She, too, had read the story. Some folks have everything, she told herself, indignantly.

"Old Dinny call you?"

Boats felt her heart beat Taster ut the mention of his name. "No, he didn't. Why?"

"Sure you want to now?"

why, Edward, what do you mean?" She stared at him, frankly puzzled. Ja big laugh was tinged with em- barrassment. "I thought maybe you wouldn't want to string along with me now."

"Nonsense." She couldn't accept: phale, Just when he was help- and needed her,

this

On the threshold Miss Veronica Kerrigan, listening, froze to alton- tion.

(To Be Continued.)

BBORNNE1800

THE FINEST IN EVERY WAY

He'd he going home soon and she'd niss him. His chauffeur had driven up that very afternoon in the long ear and taken away the musle box and about a ton of personal equip ment his mother had sent up before she left for Florida. Miss Kerrigan sighed, considering an existence in which town houses, foreign motors and hampers from Mick's Agured

"Oh, he's got aand in his shoes largely. How nice it must be to be again, wants to light out. This time rich! Not that she liked Mr. Van it's to be a tramp steamer for the Selver because or la money-far West Indies or some place. He ran from it. If he hadn't a penny he'd in at noontime. He's packing bir still be the dearest hoy in the world.atur. Saya he's gone stale and can't j

She flushed because the floor bend, There was a lump of ice where standing in the doorway and smiling Boots' heart had been. She managed indulgently, seemed to be reading her to say naturally enough, "I guess he very thoughts. The Head wan reulptured beauty who had no use But how about Kay Chillingford? I

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"Your patient

come she left and she'll written him a lot back," she said.

of Kour letters. Dinny said they'd Miss Kerrigan fairly new down the about decided to call it a day, Sho's hall. Edward... wes- - walking -- naw, -j marrying- rome-lusty old-inëmber- of

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