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Chapter TS
I HAVEN'T ANY PRIDE'
IN a desultory way Hops boon to
bay her own trousseau. Occasion
al piece tiore and tuere. But the
bopplnir lost all tans; aa Mama
Boos and Good? bosun to lake It
over in an experienced manner, run
nlnR all out of bounds with their
Id mi.
Yet Hops as happier a daya
went by. With a eate teellns- A
quiet satisfaction In Itustr'a tender
posaesslveness, A strange comfort
In tha thought that aha was belnj
owned and taken cars of.
Her engagement waa officially an
nounced in September, Just a few
weeks before Judy's wedding waa
to be performed. And Hope went
about with a flashlight on her On
ger at last, a new diamond brooch
at her bosom, and a arrange buss
ing In her head.
And all would have beo welL
Very well Indeed. Were It not tor
another newspaper announcement
right alongside of her own In the
rieies. Another announcement that
No uie trying to think thlnn out.
There wasn't any anawer to all the
endlesa questions no use to do
anything except what yon wast to
do. What you tad to do regard
less of the cost!
Quite cannlly Hope made her
plana. Quite calmly the next day
she marched down the aisle behind
Judy and Thomaa Post aa mald-of-honor.
Without arousing the slight
est suspicions, ahe slipped two of
her own suitcases In with Judy's
luggage. And in the evening with
checks and passporu in her purse,
and Sassy under her arm, Hope got
into her roadster and followed Tom
Post's car Into New York "to see
Judy off on the boat!"
In her heart was only one wild
desire. One thought that drowned
out every ahameful guilty feeling
that beet in the back of her mind.
It she could Just see Dickey! And
It by any chance ahe felt aa she
knew she would fee', at the sight of
him ... I
Then devil take all her sine! And
might everyone forgive her for the
wretched treatment she waa giving
them. Too unspeakably bad If
Rusty would be hurt, but sometimes
people weren't responsible for
what they do, or how they feel. . . .
With a Jerk, Hope stopped her
car In a garage near the wharves
and fled out to the curb to call t
Hope caught eight of Dickey.
ctv.ffi Hope to go weak with panic,
with a painful flash ot hot excite
ment through her blood.
Eileen Argyie, ber picture beside
' Ihe announcement (a nice picture
ot a nice, paddy-cake face), admit
ted that her engagement to Richard
J. Hickson Dale waa postponed In
definitely.
Now what difference would that
make to Hope? None at all! None
whatsoever! Wnat possible concern
could It be ot hers?
And yet. . . .
There waa a sharpness In Ruity'a
Tolce when be called up an hour
later and asked Hope to luncheon.
There waa an nnhappn questioning
In Rultv s eye aa she sat opposite
him and avoided hla direct glance,
ensiling broadly and chatting con
tinuously. ... Ruly had eeen It
In the paper, and Rusty knew ehe
had eeen t, and Rusty wondered.
... Poor Rust;! She mnstn't let him
be hart.
Desperate-ly Hope forced bereeJI
to be In love. Earnestly she set out
to prove to everyone bow truly
eappy she was with Rusty. I'ntil the
worried light died down from the
ere all around ber that had seen
the two annonnceroenta side by side
in the fuses. . . . And slama, and
rape, and Goody, and Rusty were
satisfied at last and silently thank
ful. Nervously she refused to set a
date for ber own wedding with
Rosty, begging Mm to wait until
Judy's excitement as over and she
bad time to think- With boundlecs
energy Hope threw herself tfto the
maelstrom ot Judy's wedding to the
boy who Had cast away hia aVflat
saxophone and engaged a pabltcliy
expert.
And then, the night before Jady'e
wfddme. Hope found one last Item
Jn the nespa.rers merely a line tn
Wlnche-U's eeltrioua goss-P column
that Hu-1mj Dale and eon were "to
rnaHe-mvr oa the fane wen'ena"
It struck hMre, that a mple state
tr.fM. like a bolt at 14 a tales; Into
Hc.pea unconquerable Sk--ul! It as
as tt she tad beea waiting for some
thing just like that! Dickey was to
sail on tne rte boat that Jady
would take! The same boat going
off with his lather. .
farther arguments were useless
Hope saw that herself before three
highballs aid thirty cigarettes m
eocsnttej as she pacd her floor.
taxi. Down to the boat aha went
edging her way through the crowds.
Inquiring where Judy's stateroom
might be.
And suddenly. Juat when she least
expected It, Hope caught sight ol
Dickey. Right In the center of the
grand salon, which waa crowded
with excited voyagers and theit
friends, she caught sight ot him and
atopped abort. Stared over at the
tall, erect figure, the unmistakable
broad shoulders, the sternly cut pro
file of the tanned and handsomi
face, the smoothly combed shock ol
curly hair. . , . Heard him laugh, . .
And caught swiftly at a ehati
beside ber to steady the sweeping
glorious, dluylng feeling that came
over her. , . .
She did feel the same only more
so!
Still she stared, unable to move,
until as tt drawn by a magnet.
Dickey glanced about and recog
nised her. She eaw a Jax.gd ecar
acrot-a hla right cheek and law.
and wondered If It were the result
of a football accident. . . . There
waa surprise, and then a tighten
ing ot bis lips and a calculated and
determined Indifference in Dickey a
glance. . . .
In a second be had turned away,
and at the same moment Hope saw
Hickey'a back.
"He doesnt want to reoogsiie
me, ahe mumbled to herself es
clledly. "But I wont mind. I wont
let It matter. He's made up hla
mind not to recognise me. But hell
recognise me all right be-fore the
voyage la over!"
She turned awlfUy and wended
her way to the corridor of Judy'a
stateroom.
"1 havent any priie," she kept
telling herself. "But 1 dont rare. I
knit got pride. Too much pride not
to make one big whale ot a whack
for love."
She found Jody'a room and
listened to herself eaTirg g-ood-bn
sll over again.
With tha last bellowing Mast ol
the ships siren. Hope left Jody
gave her one last hug of goodby
blessing. But she diint get cS throat-
Small matter how her hear
was beating She Just wonldat re
oil the boat.
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BOUND TO WIN "Butch" Boyle Won't Leave!
By EDWIN ALGER
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BELL HAD AT UEAST A THREE
HOUR fcTAHt ON JONATHAN AMD
CH1EP DI6NHART, ALTHOUGH HE SMAS
UNAWARE THAT TrVE OTHERS WERE '
FOLlOWINa M1M BUT BELL OlO
HAVE A PREMONITION OF DANGER!
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ME.'BUTCH'MSPOTTED MEAN SAID 1 SWAP OiOtsl'T VOL) ? WHAT H you, ELL;. BUT
SOM6 6UY6 WITH RIFLES IN jSi WE'RE K$W INTO IT, AND tSBSSSS ARE YOU STANDING . IM NOT GOING
THE BUSHES NEAR THE 2 6DIN& 6ETTHEKID THERE FOR.STAWNSft WITH VOU j
HOUSE 1 WOULDN'T HAVE YZ TO JKS DOWNSTAIRS T ?$' AT VIE LIKE A yrrSl . ilM .
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