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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1932)
The A d v o c a te C um in g S t o r i» ! by D orothy W r*l F .d w a r d W o r t h y Cd w a r d l.a w o o n W N et# « • «*•* IH#rb*»a SI. Ih! ••• 44rrrtl*iMg | r^ ii»faU lli«l T h e F ineo t W r i t e r » S e n d T h e i r S t o r ie » F ir»t to t h e ll l u » - trated F e a t u r e S e c t io n II I i . fRATKD Fi \ n RI SKCTION - May 7. Ii»:i2 Final Installment Nf 1 r i i IIAVII.ANO w in i »« a .-» iiaeeaN iu» k *«««»»» » •> 1 • I««* 4 i*ii <l«n> <-ir liirn *i I»*»u M-« Yuiii ••« t *»<•« .»»«•>* •»« i»*r r niglit •«•«»•»»••** Me IllStt * ! llUl .! » g,»l Jr« it»*« Tfm|«l* • 1*4 |M!!t«-illl • r Ullt «••V d*rply II» 1"»» • uh I««*» Jr*.ii# trita Inm llu l *h* I«**"* him* I'M i,„t i,« |* •.»■•it 4l*tllu*l<*n»4 «lion |r«. .i* «It«» »h* I* ..ni» |>l«nniitg i" »e« fui III* ••A* nf h»* mnitry 1' Ho 4 * l« l III* Iltuv III «null lie I# •M !> « •. .u 4 Im „ «I git* • auil a g a in Hi* • ti-il* r n « # t f al in • I— A lU nll* • mot .tl i l u l u CH» • »»«■•* »»* I.' 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Vrr ■ >» ■ R IMI »>*’ IM :> I I hat al it* . rtrtllng »"ine ¡»'«aiful in I" fine net Itim «tuaIt ha la poteri»*** In »• alai Hit- at d-r a film •round a. aba |«V# «- • ml the • hole mallo» l**galhar »ili» I -I ina « r*lintar»r* I.» inatrr him aiid »» * him ft.mi in*.title tulli. wot Hr » him Ulto * Ite«** Al la »1 II» 4e«|f*r«t loti Ita aeri!« IX il MilvU «••In «ltd •ih* gi'r* hint • > m « il t l • M 1« »»ring* in u lor « I*- .IM of i( »pr f . m li«f til . hi* util In in »ui* »a h • c«iild. tuftMting ag«Mi » ind l»*n m if n- 'h g • long Ittg for mot t H». g.. i in « i l »i Ih« •tiff* “ D o 1 h a v e to Ronnie dr.iV'- «-n dl-ronsolatetv 111-* ' lum gtits « e r e up«»n Je a n ir T em plr, h - wln» ha I b en hi* ym ithful Idol. hls ftr i l«»vr t ir rr< a llrd her «u» he » » ! o nrr belirved h rr to be, All in- iioitikv am i lov llin s And th rn «iktdriily thè thuught of h rr ran k lrd ii in . m im i Ile roulu noi in taglile her drltik in g mm 1 sw earing and tak mg df»jR* a . he knew he woiild fimi he» a l th è p arty to n arti w h irh th ry w eie headed Mr rould thtliftc of her only a . an Idol. a broken Idol to In* sur«* Imi ho l«tnl -tilt U N Al ( IIA PiK K W hrn thev got io thè apnrtm ent j Moiinle had rv«-s for onlv one thtng CHAPTER V He t«»tg«M all «bout S ilv ia alt ahout Ir.iltIr \g tilt ; hls In ali'»* and h rr guest*. In hls Tt w iM i't long before 8>lvla h a i ' •«'t«*r M-arrh f«*r J-m U e T em pie f|»v liifi ni need Ronnie lo th r mio « ••ve-, ftwcpt th r smfTv Miiokr-nii«*d p arties which u rr regular o a u r ir iic f .t riMMn wildlv and at last th ry llghted In m i ( u n pari.-« of H urlrm R omiii - upon « « n i srat ed upon a davrt'iMirt l iuinl now ih til hi* roulrin t uri mi* mg tw.» em pfy glarmes Oli ttie tabi«* bc- without (tir re gu lar stim ulus of dope, slde Ilei and a m an * a rili abnut lier h r discovered also th a t S y lv ia . of WAlst T h ete ».he wnv' Jean!«», in all whom hr had oner thought so m orti iter o ld -lim e lovrttnr .. y rt somehow was a regu lar addict. It was white , olfferent. som elio w rh an grd S fili hr ttw y writ* mi Ih rlr way to one ot (o u lil -«r tim i Mie wa.s thè Mime them* |«artica th a t flvlvla said to him domile, th è itti! who had Inughed at “1 h ear that o ur of th r Kill* who’s In.» love, who had tu ln ed hi* falth to In* hri< ton igh t Is mi old fi trini in a ll woim inkind through h rr un- ol >our > Hhc t«>ld m r so h e rs d l ' I la n h iu ln e * s Once h r h ad lovrd lier # W11 11 !. ■ r i If. , | |»avUoiiatcly, trn d rrly N*>w h r «otlld Inly as h r R trrrrd Ills t a r through noi tirar to ee h rr In tho arm a of tin* m i '•* tif iiptr* « n frafTlr «n o th er Itigli “J r a illr Tem ple." 14*1 th a t g ir l g o ! " h e c r in i Jen n ie T em p le! T he nam e u n it The m an iiiitw in rd h ls a rili im m In In. v n . J i.u .t r . Ilia lit ..t love! abnut «Jcamc n walM wnd htggijrrrd W h.it could .shi* be dom a here, m a npw ird . am ggfd Itonnle. hm tUna piar«« lik this, an i at th is tim e of lorw .ird, »truck hlm T h r blow land* n igh t ' | rd npgii th r ch ili; th è m an. du/cd. T h d i w ith a : w U n t rush all the • W ithout .frante fio at t I u to him IT • re tu •* ii i I mm • • « I the true love w hich h r ì. I i n l«i i ». •»« i o» . i o Mutui m i »• w ith which the sih 'II she held o v r him li.nl •» n Ino' u hy distilli iun- !m*iit The tholly. 1 it of it all w as too p ain ful for him to hear. "P lease," in* lietfged, " le t's don t go there to n ig li! T h ere a re p len ty of oht«*r places llul .Sylvia was firm We r a n t hack out now, " she -»Id. "I've already prom ised. I satd v y 'd rom r over as » irmi a*'yo u r show was over '’ iv l\ ia. w ho | pria . trrm rn t. he swTnt .Ir m ie in o p ie m io ills mums . Un« w Ilei cogl around her »Moulders and ran down Ut.» l u i ., (ine*« m a in in the o pn i sur. hls head cleared, and he h astily direrte«l Je a n ie to ret Into lit., car Pive m inutes la ter they were m iles aw ay from the litttr ap artm en t Um i lile drove sw iftly and headed for th r country F in ally he swept oft the Highway onto n narrow side road and parked h ls cui In the darkneg* of overhangtng trees, li «v«s m Quirt. And then a moment la te r Montile lound him self kneeium oo tl»r hls head in Je an ie '* lap. his body w rack 'd with gr»*at *obs F in ally he beram»* conscious of the fact th a t Jt-im r w.i.- stroking h u fw c h e ad , I slow ly softly ■ • Ronnie sh- »aid. 'T guess w e're Just about at the bottom of the la d d e r—we two ** "I *upp«»v Ronnie agreed ‘ W hy not let » sta rt up th e ladder 1 "A ll we need t* a lot of w ill power and the desire to do what s rign t. i Im tired of p arue* and d rin kin g and dopr I w ant to go s tra ig h t, to live ! re c e n tly . Don’t you feel the sam e may?" Ronnie nodded h u head "Of cour-e j I do. he said "I can un derstand a ll | th at now—I couldn't before I guess I was a p retty big fool, th in kin g I could And an y sort of real h »p - ! piness in that sort of a life. But I »here dldn t seem to tv an y th in g »»Ue | to d o -" "I wr«s a p retty big fool m yaelf once • satd Je a n ie . tearfu tly. - T h a t ! was when I was very young, when j 1 didn 't care about a n y th in g hut money and the power th at wen» with I U And the only w ay I could im agin e | to g a in th at w ealth and pow**r was j hreugh m arryin g you It » a . re a lly dum bness on m y p a r t—I was so m - «lo Ih«* |in»|M».ainK? I k n o w it ’s le a p y e a r . ••»»» gp m g# ntag b*|| f H it t»*•»,» • q«nte fair 11 me not i » te ll W# | >»^n#y you i deserted «(Mil w tiere they r«»uld sit and that I w ■r##11v « re ally ui m love lo* e w ith ) » mi I a n y tliln g about all th is I k I m v * talk gloue ffuex» if I d been the kind of girl vou Hr said. Of course it wasn t, honey thought I was. I would have tn w ted R onntr told her hls story first It flooded out. there were no re?ervg- Hut ra n t you u n d erstan d ? — 1 >ust you a whole lot d ifferen tly All th is I d id n ’t know how- much wouldn't h a ’ e happened, I'm sure of tIon» Hr told everyttilng. of h ls own rouldti t that." wrnkfienips. hls m any experiences clfTerenre it would m ake between "I'd never thought of it in th « t us." with w««men. Ills fMlttir«* to break aw ay "I had a feeling th at there wa> wav. Ronnie ^aid • Now Je an ie went on. "I've Just ft * mii the ru i es ol tit ink and dope - som ething wrong with you from the I’ve and Bvtvtu W ashington And fin a l very sta rt." she went on. It sort of »'bo lt gotten wise to m yself ly. under lit*» questioning, h r told her shows in vour eves Of course I did- found that a ll th at false gaietv and hapinness that goes w ith a lot ot ol Ins love l«»i T h elm a Hughes nn ’t ex actly know what It w.i but J caii I c listened q u ietly to th* sordid »here was alw ays th at uneasy f ‘cling m oney doesn't m ean a th in g —U s alt talc and d u ally she ask -d. Have vou when you wen* around I never glam our and tin sel and nothing solid I ’m f.red of it a ll. and told th is g irl T h elm a a !! about «uearned it w as as serious as a ll this. ’. eh in J it (hi* * I’m b reakin g aw ay before it's hx> She tM‘gan to erv softly All a I rmi I w h i t ' ‘ I couldn't help it." protested Ron late. You ra n have your liquor and "About S y lv ia , a n t me. and all the Ulr v ain ly -T h em a n y th in * vour n g a t 'lt » » and your (lupi- and .ill rent of It 1 could d » about it It Just had to •he rest of it I don’t want a n y th in g Mmuiie sluiddered lit »le "Of happen that was a ll ' m ore to do w ith a n y of th e m !" course n o t! lie said How rould "I guess you’re rig h t.’ said R on M aybe s o " she said A nally "But I?" 1 guess you can u n derstand me now nie "Gee th is is a «.well ap artm en t "Vou’vc got tf» tell her." Jenn ie it I tell you th a t I c a n t love you you’ve got here. You ought to be said simidv an y m ore now th at I re ally know happy ’ I ro u ld n t." Ronnie protested ’’Yes ** she said, surv eyin g th* tin - what sort of m an vou are Mavbe Hut you in list Stn- . pi >hthl\ been Im o ld-fashioned and a il th a t, but ;>reteiiliou> bu; hom ey little place. w aitin g a ll thU tim e just to find out i just can t bring m yself to love you 1 m going to be h ap p y. I th in k. w hat sort «it a m an you re ally a te an y m ore' You've spoiled yourself T h ere’s- well, th e re ’s only one thtn g i l »he re a lly loves you, »he U fo r as fa r a» I'm concerned, and if I m issing " give vou if she doesn't m aybe It'll m arried vou. I’d be th in kin g about it • W h at’s th a t? " asked Ronnie, lie b etter th a t she should know now nil my life. G«*«‘ I'm sorry. Ronnie, S h e sm iled at h im “Do I h ave to th an later " di. the proposing?" hr said "I kn >w hut you un derstand 1 couldn't d » th at," Honnte said "Of course " said R onnie b itterly, it ’s leap year, but th e n —" " (ire , w hat woulil she think ol m e!" I un derstand " "Aw gee.’* said R onnie, "if vou’ro now together?" she said suddenly T h at n ight he retu rned t«> New »mm« to put it th at w ay—well I don’t "Y o u'll' going to W ashington this York and to Jo uin r Temple. He care You know how m uch I ’ve a l veek-end," said Je a n ie rom m andm g- called upon her early th e next m orn ways loved you You know how m uch H. "and you re going to tell her Ami ing before m atine*' Je a n ie her elf 1 w ant to get a w ay from th at w ild then you re i Miung back up here and opened the door of h er little a jx irt- crowd and a ll th a t goes w ith it You tell m e wh.it she Raid. Here’s my ment when he knocked He stepped know how m uch I ’d like It her?.** address." S h e wrote her nam e nnd in ide an«l w as p lain ly astonished a» S h e earn* over to him and he took addn . on a sm all slip of pt«|M»r and the n eat, hom elike ap p earan ce of her in h is arm s. han ded It. to him . He MuflVd It Into “Honey," h ’ ' id, "lo t’, pet m a r- l»is | kk ket F in a lly he |iromi»ed "Liko it? " Je a n ie sm iled. Sh w as tied and m ' o if we c a n ’t re t a ?i \v th at he would do Ins best to square drov-od in a p lain w iu te -a r LhLi • t »rt in life I t ’ll be sw ell. We’ll * I ■»«..• I I I I • « - ■ i .» -.1 • It. ..... him self with I’helm a .«..«A 1 . Ml . .» OiUH Ulu Anal b u ild .iy. lie lound tunc to ,o rm pliu.w.c h er loveUno.vs. clim b up th a t lad d er together. We ll m ake the trip to Wa hlngton He " It’s It’s g re a t!" R onnie said rn - ‘ ” ’.ht side bv .side a g a in st pin ntvi went iuiiikh I i it< ly to Thelma s house ihusiaaticaU y. dope nnd the folly w hich pulled us Mid. finding h er alone, he prtlcceded “W ell," she prodded him A nally, «¡own into the m ire, and togethet we to te ll h ei ti\.- whole ato ri If# toM 'w h a t did T h elm a r a y ? " can ’t h elp but w hip 'em. I know we h er ahout Je .u u e and S ylv ia and the i R oiuiie .to ld h er the whole story, will." other girls he h ad known, of his W ell," he concluded, she sim ply su id j Yes." w hispered Je a n ie "I th in k g ra d u a l fa ilu re in the th e a trica l pro- No,' and that ended it. I suppose we've both got th e rig h t idea a t lesaioti. of hi* slow conversion to dope th at, as ta r as she's concerned, I last ’ W hen he had flnisht d. she was silen t don’t exist a n y Innget '* j He bent over and kissed her tin y a long tim e before she fin ally »poke “I—I UuHAght s ite d b e—like t h A V ,ie d mouth* I km i von th in k " d ie asked, II Jeanie w l THC KNI>