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In th r deqrsdinR com- 1 hand» If tney rrfusrd to do tier iwny of M artha Hunter and hrr blading they suderrd for It; she took wild htlarlcus crowd. H r h u « r e e l their heart» ana twisted them arou.uj ed merrily and soon found himsrlf l.er finger, and thenceforth ruled warming to thr «pu lt of thr mad’ y them If all else lalied. she de dancing. Bohemian mob aut the harm stroy«^ their souls. Her method/ liquor coursed through hts veins w ire ruthless. she was without Martha looking around hurried!) for merry Sh** exulted in her power someone to wliom «lie could Intro over men. gloried in it And though duce him. finally select«*d Sylvia Waahmgton a «lender white girl outwardly she was as beautiful a ouiivj woman a» Ronnie had ever with wild black rye» and trailing : raten hair She grasped Ronnie's '■ren inwardly her soul appeared to d a ik hand Hi t, i <>*n alute one *>•• b .icKctu d m aoni" m« xph<-.»hi * 1 with surprising warmth and frlrn dll- Som<;ho^ *hr ■ * « " « * m ore I ness, and drew him into a coiner a dtch than a woman. , where tl»ev could drink at d talk Konine realised all this m a vague without bring disturbed Ronnie u * n~w to some ex- found her to be wonderfully com least that he was playtn? imnumable. and within an hour " rr l°u m l hluiself « • . . . « I a* though they had always P ° w' r,rM ‘ o " * * » « 8yl»>« W hen- b rfii u r m frien d» * ’" r he » * » » « * ' » Vorlt hr was W h it power Sylvia possessed ovr, Itonnie he never really knew. hr ’ """ !"d W,,re Pow rr'eM tO lh ak r o a the »prll * h' rh ' ,>' 1 hHd h,m h' b^ * m' tnrrr'^ »'< !‘» unhappy a . tlm r woie on His new »how opened, and It proved an Immediate sensation. Thelm a was his special guest at tl»e pr«*mtere but she had to go horn'* , immediately after the final curtain to attend to her mother. Who was sick Ronnie was sorry that thev C H A P T W IV could not celebrate hi* new success H l i m ; Còlici together and yet he wras glad be Il « a « Ult- in Ih r »print; « h r n cause Thelm as departure made it less probable that she would find out I * « »t 11 tir* filli .lieti tu» (our with (hr about Sylvia • * »i*o A l i t i 1111 n *•*« 1 1 .* ( e* * y hr (lloví* dll N° f that it mattered very much. ih r wév (rom Cu un go biuk (o Wash knma to •► * « toas \ hap>M*nmg. 1 '/• no- ° R®m**e almost lorgotten Thelm a know hat and ,, , had , lo fto ii dml (o lhrlin n Th«*liita bodv s rrn ,«i really o c . „ n - „ ,u „ J ^ ‘T l l T ’ . g ìrrir.1 Inin joytnialy amt thry made i made l,m p r,U .,,„s lore ,o hu newlv * w « U ¿ "r* plMM to »| mmi < 1 an nint h o f (h r ■urn* • found » * . - , ! heart, and she „„„ " » ¿ r m .rr are The^v iiirr tun«* (her as |*MMlbI<* Könnt«* I s|wmd,-d in a maiinei which ain ar'd ,,k . , , , . ' ’ . | Owe her parents, had some oOjeetimw wiHild b«* rrhrarnlng for a nrw »how i I . ... _ 'o Ih , life of an actor's wife and _ ’ ¡ f ,no,nio< J »«-’ tried in vain therelore refused, lor th , tfme b ,- whirl* to «milt o | m * ii in N fw V im k ih r ; llo m a ll from his behnamf n en w rv a( lea.sl to consider Ronnie r»Mtilm( fall hr »n'rl but there would 1 Just how fai that love-maktiv; had en.ni.sl-. And Sylvia had aueh a grip be W(*«*k etici* a h u ll lltry muid »| m * ii <I cone It was. he decided dangerous up.,,, R onnies emotions that he » V liMgrduT and | h rhaps rvrn more a i - 1 business on ce ac.nn he resolved to a r t,«Ily .„ epabi, o! doln; a n - lh ir « whole crowd hciainc drunk. s-nc the whole thing up. but (hat which would displease her. t«*r (h r urw loutluctt had I m y i i whip very night, alter several hours ol |>ed ml«» sh ape Things i'j'toto gradually worse and arm aiound her and ga/cd into hot sign» of cucouragemrnt on her part torture in trying to get to sleep, he Thelma . imKh r and father finally dark and luin.nous ryes. • After (hat he had seen her only on «gain mm ght out M altha and her wors*'. Ronnie, tired after long limns of work found It Impossible to sleep came to npptove of Ronnie, in spit,* Could she crow*d. "Y ou know," he whispered, **I very s)H*rial occasions And once again f*e found because of the worries which dis t»l the fact that lie belonged to the really love you " have been hiding something, some Sylvia, and made love to her. turb'd his mind and likewise lm- stage. *l which they strongly dis* " I love you. h»o." she repin'd. " I ’m 'other love affair, for instance, from | possible to arouse himse!f to the him? approved ’Ih eir home was now a l sure now ilia* 1 do. hut . . . ” So It was that Ronnie began to pitch necessary to put his act over ways often In Mm. and tlujs Thelma I Yet on second thought Ronnie "Ilut what?” There was »light lr- » i > reall\ lor him a with a bang It was discouraging wild Ronnie managed t«* sim * ih I quite faine to the conclusion that, alter double M e id stion in hts voter It was dangerous, he and disheartening, for he felt him m g«»»d deal of th lr time together, all. she was being true to lum. that. knew, but he was powerless to re- self. after all Ills years of success, "W ell, Rer." »he said. " I scarcely their warm friendship meant line jh:id there been another man in h e r ___ _ sim He card'd for Thelm a above all slipping. ripening into open love Ronnie did feel as though 1 know you' Honu'- , Me. she would have told Inn* lo n g 1 things. lo\ed her in fact And yet I S ylu a nuut have noticed that si! and then not dare as vet to bring the subject times you're yourself, ll.-r ta .r » » * 1 .« timocrnt. he im ild not lo r fe t th , willowy wt- llut sometimes you Ix-lorr !i him "W hat s th - up before Thelm a, he felt that he you're all right h »i ltank and ihn - m . i <> rom.-al >nv dnrtivrtirv. ol Sylvia matter, kid?" sh* ask'd him once seem so strange—even to me—and had not yet proved himself worthy »«»net «I that sort And .. » couldn't • o f her affection, while Thelm a seem then It seems almost as though you bring hiin.se!( to think of her hk thu W „ k rnd-i. when In- was I r „ iroin 1 wditlc they were sitting in a stuff/ I've only Yet work, hr wmild dtlv.- down to W ash little cabaret in Harlem rd to take the whole matter for wen* a different person lyin' of gtil who would do such a known you u few mouths, after all Igran t ’ ington and he would vUit Tlu-lma don't look like the same fellow I thing ell. 1 v „ -, . , " « ■ «"•> h<? loved, the girl h , r n l l ) used to know. What's happened, o n e night Ronnie found that he * n<*. now' Forever 1* a long time. Y , l Ih , M kiadiig irid a v . whrn h , wauled to marry H , would 1,-11 her anyw ay?" could (o iita m himself no longer don’t know ill'.. < ■ « * Ik t * In Wo ..-liitio l .ui I.« « i . . . . . I you know, to tie yourself to some- lo W y h m e i.m he found how much he loved her. would U-g Ronnie shook his head disconso T h ey had lw*«*n for a long drive . , r ~ . m* rouldn, ' s,-r UuU lu-r to marry him And alie she wut.i.i would lately and murmured. "Oh. nothing " till <Migh the w.MHlec durku’ .vs of 'I mm I v you scarcely even know." night H ie ekruae she gave wn. that "Aw. honey - " he protested She smiled knowingly "You ran t put him off with troubled excuses. Riwk ('r«*ek Tark. and had putked " I know what.” she said finally. liei mother had (vwnpaiiv relam es — " I ’m not quite sure, yet—" she would loot me." she said, "there's som e, for a few minutes to enjoy the cool and she had to entertain them «1 n sav " G i v e me a couple o f days to think Now come on, tell me It only she would decide! The thing wrong freahii«*Ma ol (lie ait And that night theatre party llontiie li.id to hurry walling was driving lum to madness what tt Is. Mavbe I can h e lp " J Roiinl«* told Thelm a tlint he loved You're going back to New York to hack to New York the nest a fte r morrow morning, and you'll be back He lavu lc.rd gloomily silent d her T h a t night he begged her to W ith Ins mind still In a whirl he noon tor n x|«-clal conference with ■s it love?" he re-umed suddcoly. promise that some day in this near i here next Friday. Ily thi-il I II know llle barker! o f his new show, and he would return to New York to H ar I I'll tell you definitely then." 11- shoo’: IV. h-'.l.i Nope." lie future she would marry him. lem. and once again he would rtnd Ronnie went hack to New York, «e n l biuk disgruntled not only « 1 I'm lust himself in some gay dive with M ar told her. " I ain't In love II«* wasn't going to 1 m * aahamed of j Imt he ra llied with him a very deli- (lie loin: trl|i which lie had W n tha and her crowd, and Sylvia, whose tired, that's a ll—worn out." lihiutelf any more, he dccldiM, A f I nltc reaction of discouragement ns forced in nuke in vain, but also at ' O li-h ." .die nodded knowingly. "S o ter all, lie had glv«*n up the old llle liim 11,11,11 l* 1,*>h and gay love-making !»»r as Thelm a was concerned He T h elm a s aril,in In falling to it." She smiled. T h a i'» lie had been leading as would utterly disrupt his resolutions m at's The conference, which lasted far to Is- true to Thelm a easv. You Just w a it- w e ’ll have yon , l " ' f i 'l l y loved lilm, a .*, piactlcable. and he had i resolved ,,-lt she would have demonstrated that lull, the morning, proved a dull nnd T h e dui s went by and Ronnie In feeling fine again In a rouple of mentally that If Thelm a accepted fact by accept lug him at once. T ills I wearisome ordeal The whole alTatr the meantime learned a great deal i minutes " dm. he would begin anew and make pnM'iasi Inal ion he eould not under-, was more than R on n ies depraved about Sv l w, the beautiful wh.te- She lolt the table wlierc they wore i iii-iu out of himself That stand Per haps after all she was In i svslrm eould stand As soon as 11 checked girl lor whom he h .,l seated and disappeared from the voiildii't In* hard ut all, he thought, love with somebody else, som eone1 was over he went to his hotel r o o m !« passioni te fondness He I, "m l fa, stuffy room. A fter a few momenta villi Thelm a's promise ringing In whom he did not even know. At - , she raine back smiling triumphant iIs ears ter all. his acquaintance with Thelm a imt sw ay H'hehl¡<I,oughi,*1 o rever and ^ ' e i . ' ^ m e d ' í o ly. She sat down again and looked He put U h * question to her In a hud never been mo#c than very at him. From her purse she d ie # |ueec, Liu oat y voice which didn't slight He had picked her up. really, der them around And . " Ronnie * ™ e »»< "Here.' eem hi be his at all. He put his in front of the theatre, without any And lu spile of Ronnie's retreated found to hts sorrow. Hie men sir« O n t im e d aw Paga 1 | i ! .ontrthing d.-nmtolv irm u tib U about hrr « o v - t h in « which drew hm. un- ylrldm gly to hrr which mad.- him hereafter always half insane to hold her in his arms T h r supple, sinew) manner in which she danced, thr smile of allurement with which »he daz/led him. the utter abandonment of her manner, the rich, rrd Up» agUn-'t hrr clear white skin and coal-black hair all combined to put him quite d«*nnlte!y under her power The gaiety of the pwrty grew pro- ¡H>rtinnately greater a» the houts flew by The whole crowd br.'amr 1*h'