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.a i or ( t o o * f M I M
I H I H p IM Y
I
, prom is«*» to hlmurlf, hr rndrd up »rlrcttd a& hrr victim « w rrr powt-r-
that ulffht exactly whrrr hr ieas». ie*s. absolutely p ow eile»» ui
tier
«'a n tfd to br. 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
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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'