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
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leant. Ila • «a tmukl ami 4M«»* Mali»
niKet lu ll ittlvreai hint mon»*n«a»lly 4*1« •
lug the manlhi th*t folk»«
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It.nnle io ti not know of
|e|»Ml«l mi
a a a . . . 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
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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
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