IIXUHTRATBD KKATURE SECTION— June 21. 19S0
the IRRESISTIBLE
VBKMA
'Jhe Story of a Girl with
a Strange, Brown, and
Com pelling Beauty
SYNOPSIS
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< !• (H i W ith l b e M tary
WALTER GL ASTON
Brilliant Negro fictio n W riter
Verna Encounters Handsome “ Don”
Baxter who Makes Violent Love to
Her. Can She Resist His Persistent
Attentions?
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m rdO w ai to th e ro a d s te r
H e h e lp e d h e r e to B illy O o a t L an e.
D on
b ro u g h t
" W o n 't you let m e d riv e you s tiffe n in g a t h it p resu m p tio n
h a ste n e d on. "N ow d o n 't g e t a n g ry. in. lu m p ed u i beside tier, s ta r te d llie th e ca r to a s to p w ith a lu rch an d
I ’m n ot go in g to g e t fre s h
I lu st pow er u l m oto r to ro a rin g a n d s w itc h h elped V e r n a ou t. T h e m oon w as
f a i t s la I « y e
W lw n V r r iia looked Into U m U i -
a ..„ i
_ . . i , „ i w an t to la k e you h om e; lust w a n t ing on th e lig h ts d ash ed d ow n th e h o p e le ssly b u rled In a b an k o f clou d s
" W e ll t I I 1 don
l k now , sh e rep lied ^ k|tuw Tuu »„<, cfkU V<(U „ iv frien d
lo a d th e g e a rs sin g in g as th e y w ere now . a n d th e n ig h t w as very d ark
t r u d r r a I « * , h er B r il th o u g h t n >
h - l t n u m t ' r S h e h a te d to h av e h im ,
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VernM V r9 ^
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sh ifte d
V e r n a sa n k
dow n in th e T h e g irl sta rte d u n ea sily w h en D on 's
-Mm handaosne h r U ' He * u tall
sof
cu sh io n s t h a t lu x u rio u sly In fo ld ste e ly g r ip closed a ro u n d h e r w rist
ue
Hilly O o a t L a n a an d th e sh ack Uie w orld b u t n e ve r h a v e 1 e ve r m et
b io v o . im n a u -u liU lr d rc rrr d . u n ru f-
In w h ic h sh e w as fo rce d to liv e Y e t a girl to co m p a re w ith you A n v m an ed h er an d g a v e h e rse lf u p to th e S h e cou ld fe e l th e In te n sity o f h is
M . mu »
a p p a re n tly • i u U n i i . n w ith th a t k ee n
fe m in in e
tti.tln c t w ould go m ad a b o u t you a t first sig h t e n lo y m e n t o f tills h e r first rid e In gsae upon h e r an d h e r h e a rt b e at
II th rille d V ern a. w h o h o d
M W w ld c h eras g re a tly d evelop ed In h er. i
Quickened. W as sh e to h a r e a n o th e r
re a lly d o n 't see h ow
you do It a re a l au tom ob ile
k n o w n Ih r gla m o u r o f t lil v t l r y m id
a d v e n tu re th is e v e n in g ?
W as sh e to
r o w .n o » , to h av e a y ou n g
k n ig h t
escap e on e m an o n ly to be a n n o ye d
bou nd out o f Uie d ark n r a* to her
by a n o th e r? S h e sh ra n k p r o te stin g -
rescu e
ly
D on w as a u ick to n o tice it and
loosened h is grip
f o r a m om en t he
P a rd o n m e, your nr lad» ;" tie a d -
h ad fo rg o tte n h im se lf
drraaed h er In r r a o m tlt *o lre , ru b -
b ue h i . lr.ui-.rd k n u rk lra "I lunrr I
" D o n 't be frig h te n e d . V e rn a ." he
d id n 't d o an vU iliur yon d id n 't w ant
said In a sim u late d h u r t ton e " I m
il-me I lust aaw th a t fe llo w a n n o y
not a ro u g h n e ck vou kn o w "
in g you m il I waa fr e s h e n o u g h t<:
" I'm n o t frig h te n e d " sh e laugh ed .
Ini -rte rr
He seem ed so in e a rn e st
th a t she
»Mt th a n k s mi n iu r h ." th e girl
w an ted to kiss h im . but. o f course,
m o rm u rrd w rfllv. g la n rin g a t th e f e l
th e dtdn t dan- " S e e vou tom orrow ,
low from u n d e r
h rr
lon g.
aUkM
then. "' sh e said, an d ra n in to th e
I., lies
" I t . a ll rig h t ”
j house.
W ith a gro u i
D ick C o lv in sa t uii
I He looked a lt e r h e r h u n g rily . T h e n
nnd ru bbed hU law m id th e b a rk ol
(lie c a u g h t h im se lf an d sm iled W h a t
lita Ili ad an d U irli alow lv rrne
Hr
a fool h e w as. losin g h is h ead over
looked a ro u n d b ew ild ered a t flrat. and
a p retty little co u n try g irl w h o ir o b -
th e n n o tic in g I h r s t r a n g e r fo r the
ablv d id n 't h a v e sen se en ou gh to
fin d tim e, h e lu rch e d to w a rd h im
com e In out o f th e ra in A n d vet It
1 w s , so h a rd to re sist h e r
W hat a
" I 'll g e t vou you . .
." h e gro w led
(gem sh e w as! How tealo u s h is frien d s
sw in g in g a m ig h ty blow a t th e d u b
| m K a le s b u rg w ould be if h e b ro u g h t
lier In tru d e r T h e m a n stepped nrut
t hack su ch a b eau ty to a d d to his
lv aside. D ick - a rm la sh ed th e air
I s trin g !
H e lit a c ig a re tte , leisu rely
fu tlle lv . lie atu in b led to otle aide and
|se
ttle d h im se lf
b eh in d th e steerin g
at m oat fell.
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a
n
d d rove a low lv dow n th e
T 'tt I.u m b erin g N ln n v
h ig h w a y
"L o o k ou t. o ld fe llo w ." Mild the
T r e m b lin g w ith e x c ite m e n t. V e r n a
s tra n g e r g rin n in g , " y o u 're lia b le to
lav in bed th in k in g o f th e e ve n in g 's
fa ll un d h u rt th e o th e r a ld r o f your
h
ap
p e n in gs. T o h a v e a k n ig h t com e
ja w “
to o n e's rescu e: to speed over th e
V e rn a c h u c k le d a t D ick a dtaeum -
b o u leva rd s in a p o w erfu l m oto r ca r:
flturi- l ie . . . Mich a lu m b e rin g n ln -
to be In th e co m p a n y ot a g e n tle m a n
liv an d thla ollu-r tell» « mil . mi ..lick
o f w e a lth an d cu ltu re w h o did not rv
un d u u lrk .
It waa like a rh in oceros
to fo rce a g irl to kiss h im but w as
ch a g in g a tig e r
T h e n alle u ttered
w illin g to resp ect h e r b v bid in g his
u little ktiaru erv o l d U m a v ua ..lie
t i m e - w h a t an a d v e n tu r e '
a -w D irk ItL. la c e w o rk in g w ith ra ge
T h e n e x t n ig h t
D o n ca lled lo r
n d vu n rln u w ith an op en k n ife.
V ern a at th e R ic h la n d 's b ack door
D ick h a d u had re p u ta tio n w ith u
lu
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k n ife In th e freq u e n t S a tu r d a y n ig h t
h om e S h e w as su rp rised a n d p le a s
In aw la t h a t e n liv e n e d tilin g.. In Utlly
u ra b ly so e sp e cia lly sin ce sh e n oticed
Clonl L u n
h e u su a lly c a m e o u t the
H is s A n n e R ic h la n d lo o k in g ou t o i
V ictor
III. a cq u a in ta n ce »
avoid ed
th e h ack bedroom
w in d o w
V e rn a
o u a i trla w ith h im w h en th e y k n ew he
tossed h e r h e ad proud ly a n d stepped
w a . arm ed w ith n M ad e
Now he
Into
th
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w h it
m oved io« in d the .H u n g e r dou bled
as e xp e n sive as th e R ic h la n d 's ca r.
t o a d a n g e ro u s cro u ch , th e k n ife b lade
and sh e w as g la d to let th em see th a t
g litte rin g in th e m o o n ligh t
som e N egroes h ad tust as good th in g s
11 11 yo u I" lie gro w led . " I 'll atop
a s som e w h ite lolk.
yo u fro m b u ttin ' In w h ere sou a m t
got IIU bUMIie.su."
A fte r t h a t first eve n in g. Don w as
W h en he . . .
a lm o a l
upon Uie
a p e rsiste n t su itor. E ve ry n ig h t his
all niter, th e m an ..Irpm-d b ark a
c a r w as a t th e R ic h la n d 's b ack door
p a ce, re a c h e d u i th e bosom o f hlu
E ve ry n ig h t h e took h e r d riv in g to
eua m id w ith d re w a sh in in g a u to
a d an ce o r to a m o vin g p ictu re
He
m a tic revolver.
T w illin g It on Ida
sp en t m on ey like w a te r. a cco rd in g to
fin g e r, h e stood n o n c h a la n t b u t a t-
th e sm a ll tow n s ta n d a rd s of N orris-
te r u iv r . a g rim . h a rd , cynical sm ile
burg. a n d t h a t im pressed th e colored
p la v ln g a ro u n d Ids line
g ir ls o f th e tow n m ore th a n a n y th in g
D irk stoptied In h is tra c k s, click e d
else
T h e v m a rv e lle d how V e r n a h ad
hi
k u lle sh u t, sh o v e d It In Ins
ca p tu re d him . and tried h a rd to flirt
p ic k e t a n d grin n e d sh e e p ish ly "W e ll,
w ith h im
th em selves. T lie y soon
b ro th e r. I gu ess vuuse t h ‘ b est." lie
fou n d It w as useless h ow ever, because
d e c la re d w ith a lo n e o f fln a U tv ^ a iu l
D on co u ld n 't see a n y o n e but V ern a
b e sto w in g a b u le lu l
g la n c e
m ein
H e o fte n la u g h ed s o ftly to h m se lf
V e rn a , lu rn e d an d stro d e h u rrie d ly
w h en h e w a s a lo n e an d th o u g h t of
aw .iv
th e in n o c e n t-a p p e a r in g p a rt h e w as
Y o u 'd b e tte r g it a w a y from h e re ."
pla\ tng. H e. D o n a ld B a r t e r , th e m an
sh e w arn ed . " D i r k s lia b le to com e
w ith a score o l sw e e th e a rts p la v in g
b a c k h ere w llii h is g a n g
H e's i * M
th e p a rt o l th e lo v esick y o u th ! It
on e h e Is."
w as in d eed la u g h a b le
H u m p h ! W h y w as sh e sa v in g t h a t !
W in
she
b ein g
a ttr a c te d to th is
T ru e , h e lik ed V e rn a , a n d w as w ill
s tra n g e r? Htir looked a t hlu c le a n - r u t
in g to go to g re a t le n g th s to w in her
fe a tu r e s , a c c e n tu a te d bv th e m o o n lig h t
a ffe c tio n , b ut h e w as n ot th in k in g
o f g iv in g h e r h is n am e. H is a tt e n
un d h er h r u r t skipped a beat. I ’r r -
tu in ls le- wa.. li.iud.*.oine b ill tin it-
tion s w ere n ot v ery h o n o rab le
He
w as w illin g to be a good p a l but not
w a s so n ifU iln g a bou t h is fa ce, a c e r
ta in exp re ssio n o f ru le u lu tln e h ard
a h u sb a n d .
’ V h v sh o u ld he m a rry ,
ne.ss t h a t w arn ed h e r to be c a re fu l.
he o fte n a sk e d h is frien d s, a n d tie
A l l e r all. sh e m igh t n ot be as sa fe
h im se lf d o w n to on e w om an , w h en
w ith th is m an as sh e h a d b een w ith
th ere w ere so m an v h e co u ld h a v e ,
‘With a Kroan Dtck Colvin »at up and rubbed hi» ja w . . . then slowly rose.”
ju s t fo r th e a sk in g ?
D irk . M en w ere so fu n n y. Y o u cou ld
n e v e r fe ll a b o u t them
V e rn a Is C y n ic a l
' M v n am e la D o n a ld Ita x to r." he slie k n ew th a t sh e m u st n o t le t h tm * w tth o u t a n y m akeu p . I t m u st be a * D o n a ld ch u c k le d to h im se lf a s he
H e w as lu st h ere In N o rrisb u rg u n
sa id q u ietly . Ign orin g h e r w arn in g . go
.She m ig h t n e v e r g e t a n o th e r Rift.
d rove W lia t a sw ell ch ic k e n , h e m u r til th in g s Q uieted d ow n in K a le sb u rg .
" D o n a ld lla x le r Irom K a le s b u rg Ju st c h a n c e to b ecom e a c q u a in te d w tth a
T lie r e w as a rin g o f sin c e r ity In m ured to h im se lf, g la n c in g Mac-wise P r o h ib itio n officer- a n d th e
u p lift
ra n o v er to N orrtuhurg fo r a little m an so w ell dressed , so o b viou sly
at her
E or a w eek n ow h e h a d b een fo lk h ad fo rce d h im to su sp en d M s
m i a n d v a c a tio n .
A w fu lly g la d Ui c u ltu re d , so m u ch o f a ge n tle m a n , h is voice a n d h is eves re fle cte d It.
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be o f se rv ice to von. I a lw a y s sav a»' h e n c e so d esira b le as a frien d .
little to w n as a sa fe
I t w as « ic e to h e a r su ch tilin g s said w ould be fou n d to s tr ik e u p a n a c com e to th la
t h a t a m an h a s n o biuilnesa k issin g a
" P le a s e le t m e ta k e you hom e. V e r a b o u t o n e 's se lf w hen on e h ad a lw a y s q u ain ta n ce . T h e e v e n t* o f t il” e v e h av e n . W ith p le n ty o f m on ey p le n ty
g irl unto ia -h" w an ts b u n to do it n a ." h e p lead ed
" Y o u n c e d n t he been to ld by o n e 's m o th e r th a t on e n in g h a d se e m in g ly b een m ad e to o f c lo th e s a n e x p e n siv e ca r, a liv e ly
A ll ca re sse s o u g h t to be v o lu n ta ry . I a sh a m e d o f H illy O o a t L a n e
Y o u w aa a b so lu te ly n o th in g
an d a c a p a c ity
fo r a
How teal- o rd er fo r h im . N ow . e v e n -tilin g w ou ld im a g in a tio n
th in k . T h a t's w hy I In te rfe re d w h en set* I k n o w w h ere you live."
W h a t sim ple little good tim e a t a ll tim es, h e co u ld th in k
ou s th e g irls w o u ld be w h e n th e y saw be c le a r s a ilin g
I sa w you w e re n 't a p p ro v in g o f our
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“ H ow do von k n o w m y n a m e a n d h er k een in g co m p a n y w ith
D on ald co u n try girl co u ld re sist ,h c b la n d is h
fr ie n d 's a tte n tio n s."
m en ts o f th e fa m u li: D on
B a x te r , v a c a tio n to p la y a t love.
How n ic e ly h e sp o ke! J u s t lik e th e so m u c h a b o u t in c? " sh e asked, c o n B a x te r !
R ich la n d * .
A n d how w ell d ressed sum ed w ith cu rio sity w h ile h e r big.
B u t as th e d av s g re w Into w eeks,
" 3 u re. vou c a n d rive m e h om e." b ootlegger a n d intm bier e x t r a o r d i
He sm ile d sa rd o n ic a lly and w eeks o f h e a v e n ly p le a su re in th e
h e waul
lo o k in g b eyon d him Into black e ve s op en ed w o n d e rin g !?.
h e a greed reso lu tely. He m ig h t g e t n a r y ?
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th e d ark n ess, sh e saw th e o u tlin e o f
rh a rtn in g V e in a 's co m p a n y , h e be
" B e c a u s e I sa w vou th e flrat n ig h t re.sh a n d w a n t a kiss o r tw o she
a low ra k ish ro a d ster
g a n to re a lly fa ll in love w ith h er
I c a m e In tow n fe ll h e ad o ver heels h ou gh t. b u t - w ell he w as h e r Ideal h is m om en t o f e x h ila ra tio n .
" ’n u ll's inv e a r ." he sa id lookin g In love w ith vou. a n d lu st h ad to o f w lia t a fello w sh ou ld be.
"V e rn a , vou know I'm g e ttin g w ild
Hon M ak e s V io le n t l o v e
dow n s o ftly 11 is 111 h er w o n d ro u s b row n s a tis fy m y c u rio s ity ." He n o tice d h er
DonnlcT sm iled b ro a d ly a n d led th e
B v a ro u n d ab o u t w av . th e y ca m e
( C * a tt a i t * i a r a t i S H I
T h e O in g r r r a a M ir .
b e a u ty
1 Im m e?"
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