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Ninth Installment The Story so far: J cy?# Alteon, pco stenographer, in a s'jidJiiig taxi-rib itiici dent in Chicago;' suit c:c .1 'oss c: ;.ier.;ory Two yearj slie .woke otit rt;or.:i^g after a fall ; r ; :r. her h^iVic ir iirc! i^crie'.f. under tilt-nan.' of ''rills, irrtrivl to i^il Packard, rich fCali.Vrnia fr;ir v-c'icr. From letters in her (!qsi: site le.\r:?ed s tie thing about her life in the tw.-year inter val. and realized that site had l- ,.n a .heart less, reckless y^u ??; woman an:, that i';t is seriously involved in an affair with a man named F.iaitla:ul. She decided thai el ail costs she tvculd end it, but she found Maitland hard to manage. Her troubles were further complicated when rhe read' a letter referring to a baby ? v/as it hen? ? that the writer, Sophie, thought Frills ought to have with her. Much to the sur prise of Sam, in her husband's employ, she asked for a dog and he gci her one. NOW GO CM WITH TI.'E STORY Shortly aKi r ten ^?Vi- Vk Sam brought tTi:* c:tr to the fr-itf d-luir and stowed a her two' ?' i u ;\'s. The han'v to!?, r :;t tin1 ! greeted li t wit': a ' s'-iix1. i ? - cr. Mr*. !V.\.a'r i. >,ay.'iii:n \va> lilMc y ut k. I V.v t,'o yvjii.ut! alter it"'* "Oh, i.'-'t Till r re-'icd Joyce hastily. _S!:e ri!. ::c ! her c! it at liir.i and c! i n ti; t^c with lifca^tlc^s imi'atiif.co while, he counted* out '.he m:r.e;,'. 'i'l ? it fit? seized it, thanked ' l:i n r.' ruptiy :i;ut ! almost ra i out to t!ic cga:,n. Wiiou they were well out if t':e town, humming swiftly r.Ioj.i; tls.? snt .{!; rends, J-'-ycv i'.i; Ikt i;cV'.? us '-ivar - tin !v" t" ? sv.mr/s.. ?.? ??.? ir jt?{. ! i. y. T'i; \v- s > t'i i ? ti? H rJ:.N:tc.' l.r. ? i'v. '! !w rt'if1:.-1 5"t . ! ? n. m 0; I '? v.\ p - t.ii i'l -! t c: in v i. ?; L:! itv,* 1 1 ? 1*' :? ?: i j r 'J' i ??. sh in< i::? n ( ( \ cl ?:?i. I^Tlt r. ?;:> .si t ' V bi.il el-.- j*V? ?????' ii*?n.* '> t<'i carrv cut iter :icj? I Tin* <b \ s p .i I ra"ttl.y. I': '"'"'"I nv<n: J"y?'o v.vi'' i-'.'i io" :aj.' j struct inns i'i i'ki'. miv :i c.i'. hi t 1 '? f * | <!ri\ ??, n'lA'h t > !*?>!' ^t; :'i i r ? . iu:<: | little, iron' 'i* in kr.n;:'?;f. t?: in.uile ;i j t ' liven: te. _ : S!k- s|; nl tl'1' r <i > ? v v r: .i".;' ??: b i? :tt (' ' ' 1 ?-/? j til:' 'i:'' ' vi-'i1";: \.ry -:i- *l!y. ? , ) ni:;l> ut ^ i tlay ? ??! t ?? I.e. .. !. v.i-.' ! gua er -j e. i One clay she ov?. iiV 'tV' ph! ?s> ' the V. V\ . e.i'cicria t.tlkii;;. ..'??u' t'ic Chinese restani'.inis. a; d. lu r i!:terest arntisej, site set mil ti? vxplm'e llie^t ; cxuticjilaccs. One cvenin;; .-lie \u nt tl.ere iVr j ner, pleasant I;, ?.weary alter a day n ' riding and i!ri\inji ti .-cUr. Dieamy and cmKcnted. >!k j re-ei'tlv wandered mit nl the ie.-iaiii::!it, t-> re alize a iiKinient later i!i >t she !i:ui kil her book on the tal.le. SI.e retraced her stc,.,s A man was sitting at the table she had occupied, and she was disconcerted to find that he had picked up her hook. "1 say, is this yours?" lie was on It s feet in an instant, "i'lease sit cloWit. I want to talk to you about it. This i-> really very extraordinary " Jayce sat down, her embarrassment vanishing. She kit at home with this man, as if she already knew him well enough to he casual about the meeting. Why should she feel that v itli a man she'd never seen before? lie grinned at her with such informal friendliness that Joyce thought he must, surely, be a friend of Frills Packard. And yet ? and yet ? be was so unlike the Man/an ita men! She stared at him, frankly curious. He was much taller and looked al most as young as Neil. She guessed his age as about thirty-one or two. A splen did physique undoubtedly, with wide shoulders and strong arms. As for bis face, the details of it impressed them selves on Joyce so strongly in the first few minutes of their meeting that she felt she would never lose the picture. "I'm afraid I'm not altruistic enough to give the book to you," laughed Joyce, "Robert Ainsworth is one of my favorite authors, and I've wanted to get hold of this book for years, but never could. It's out of print, you know " The little Chinese waitress, subtly smiling, approached. "Some tea?" she asked. Joyce rose hastily. "No, no, I must ^ li "Then I'll go with you," he said at once, thrusting a bill in the hand of the little Chinese girl, and following Joyce, who was a little bewildered but glowing with pleasure. They walked for over an hour, and I iojyce discovered that her new friend ad read nearly every book that had been written, and that his enthusiasms were largely hers, lie agreed eagerly with her opinions of Robert Ainsworth, whom, he said, he "revered above all other moderns." He praised Ainsworth 60 lavishly in fact, that Joyce had a sudden sense that he was making fun of her, and for the first time she felt a slight hostility toward hitn. She could not hear her admiration for Ainsworth, whom she considered so gifted a writer, Hastily getting'her bearings, she dis covered that they had gone in a circle and were again near the Y. W. C. A., and she therefore led their steps in that ijirectton. I ''Gfiod-bye/' she said "and it's been great fun talking with you. I'm only Surry voa don't ? quite ? feel as I do about i'olicrt A ins worth. I'nder the circumstances, I shall', have no com pur.cti: r.s claiming my book!" 'Oh, ! i'i I -do sliarc your enthusi asm!" lie l> nvc'i somewhat mockingly, and held lip ilic I?oo!c. "ilut voit will let pic sig:i the little sketch ?" 1 te propped tiie book t:p on 'tis knee, and wrote in it, r-lcwly, meticulously ; waved it about with maddening deliberation to blot the ink; then handed it to her, closed. "Good-bye. Miss ?" '"Joyce Ashton," ?iie said without started out for the West of which she had, to be frank, onLy the vaguest general knowledge. As she lay in her bed in the Y. W. C. A., Joyce smiled and frowned alter nately at the thought' of how her plan had turned out. Thirteen days after she had left Manzanita, Joyce received the word that ended her solitary campaign to fit hersejf for taking the position of Frills Packard again. The morning mail en closed a laconic telegram from Neil: "Arrive Manzanita Mondey evening." This was Monday morning. Joyce im msbmA J i -.V'-'" ?%. ' ? - . f-'A- . M. : U v i ^ * . m s ? > .V ~t- ? ^tarci at hi:*!. frankly curious. '? V-""-'- . fo I i Ic : ;i.' ! a!:-. ? .. ?t iuy ?; -V ?: iViU - ' ! : :? ? ' I/*' t ? ?*.'?? I ?no > ' i': r4'?* j v . **f i*' >.? ? ? i.vv- .'I V, V/jv.j u:i v 1 i :?*. r.;v. > ? \??:l :r'l ? ??'!! ?. ; --v. - ji'Ii ??!?,'.* ns::'e ??<",*! Vy ?!. '? ?* ! ?? \*. :-i ? tt'iMi in If. | ?'? ?*>? i / . v * ;i!' ? . \ ' !i -,u I - V ? 5 .Vrlt :;r'. ' ' ' Jvfi ? ' I ( v.'.>s i::c i i?"ir Jove riioufd (hi;.1: .: vrWsi <!< ?! r: Ains ;c""l!i ;n ti-e fh it ! H ?c i. She j was ,:;h ;>irl. if wr.rin, *ta!'iic!i ,ijl: :s a'; ' ivojrrt Ains v. ?n her u;... 1 >hl; 1 i ... i mi;* : ii< it.l'.i i .ii* Kim ha!1 ii t e.:Uu ! h. r v.i! !?*sl In fact, hti'l s!k !-.?? ii introduced V? liim, she would ha\e 1 it til toiifue-ticd, covered with the* contusion hi a\\C. Hveu kick ing 1 ..ck <;ii their conversation, she blushed to think liuiv h<?ldly she had advanced Iter opinions before him! At tin salve time, slur flowed with tin* rcali/.ai-jii I hat sin* I. Mi been al?s?dn!*ly herself, and that he had rcgai ded Ikt as at least intelligent enough to talk In. It had I n-ci 1 such a relief to shed the mantle of 1 rill-, Packard and discuss with franknes:, the tilings that she, Joyce Ashtoii, was interested in, that she knew slip had been iiiuisitally viva cious and lacking in shyness. Apparent ly, however, Ainsworth had been no n ore tlian casually interested. lie had left her without prut est. and he had made no ellort to see her again. I [e had not despised her intelligence, hut he ha I heen indifferent to her femininity ! All at once Joyce found this somewhat bitter. Days went by and Joyce drifted on until one (lay she drew her thoughts up sharply. She had allowed herself to grow forgetful of her situation, to vi^uali/e Frills Packard as a separate pe>\s< in, and to consider herself as de tached from Neil aiid Mait and the whole life in Manzanjta. Kittle as she had grown used to it, I'rills u>as her self! Frills' husband was her husband! Neil Packard: her hushand. Neil, whom she had no more than barely spoken to, hut on whose bounty she had heen so laviVhly living: here was problem enough to occupy her. More and more the subject of his return grew on her us a formidable reality. Joyce had time during these two weeks to wonder about the friends she had left in the East. Did they ever think about her? She had heen secre tary to one of the members of the Ly man-VVarde firm of advertising agents. , Mr John K. Lyman was an elderly, im personal gentlemen who had never ap peared to recognize the fact that she might have a life outside if the oflice. At the end of three years of this sort of existence Jnyce was deathly sick '?f the city and the monotonous routine of I'.cr days, from the early morning scramble for her turn in the bathroom to the evening crush in the crowded, stuliy trolley cars. Joyce had made a sudden desperate decision to get out of if all and try some other part of the country. Recklessly she gave up her position, sold her few Liberty Rim's, bought a ticket* for San Francisco with stip ove ? privileges at Chicago and Denver, said good-bye to her friends, and i:n\!i..tciy got.Sim oil long distance ;;nc: a>ked hiiji to drive to the city for illT. " On t'l? way home she questioned him ? it!i f.-iVc I ivterest ai out all that had iru?[. iK ;1 in lit; ' absence. Sam oblig ;:i ly in.aarltd e.h it news he could !li>: i:c uj? : I )it !\,!e h:;d won the love of '?( .;!i K ?:?:? ai: 1 Mariir.: Rosita v as in !!???! ,-e ii. "i? i i! ; Sam had exercised her. 1 a 1>'v every <i;*y ! fit she was rating !?> ? ? ? rind W- r-.. Parka rd woidd fiud Ikt ? *>c ; ; In ? 'v.:: a .mall iirc ;if j.1' ;-t hut ilnu :>t no h..d ??ec:i < lotto ; *?nd so on, a li-t tfi*. iai lu-ms to which Joyce ll.-lcned with an interest that grew in Mih'' oi htrielt. Dickie was a! the f.nte to meet them and his jovoif wvkoine Tilled Joyce with a quite disproportionate sense of tit: pleasure o i coming home. JJut when >I.c ctV.'i'vd thjAij1, luxurious hedroom : lie was struckW.i': the lirst time by the dismaying realisation that soon she would be unable to lice to it for refuge and escape. She unpacked hurriedly and had a hath, careful to lake a negligee in with her and to lock the bathroom door. It was horrible to feel that at any mo ment a strange man might enter that bedroom, and that she could not order i out ! Suppose he came before she uislied dressing! In a panic she jumped out of the bathtub and dried herself hastily. She dressed in the huge closet, thank ful that its size made this possible, and was completely ready before seven thirty. Dickie followed her downstairs and they \ycnt through the front door to gether. Just as they stepped outside a big blue touring car came up the drive way. Joyce felt a curious tightening in her throat as she recognized Neil Packard. "Hullo there, darling, how've you been ?" cried Packard, jumping out of the car. "I was hoping you'd write again. It was great to get that letter from you." He came up with a broad, eager smile on his face and bent over her. Joyce forced herself to lift her face obediently for his kiss, but moved away hastily to prevent a second. "You were lucky to get even one," she said lightly, hut her heart thumped so hard it made her breath come short. "Look, who's here I Dickie, speak to the gent!" "So that's your new dog, is it ? Hullo, feller, you're a cute cuss, all right. Come hire, boy!" Dickie was quite ready to make friends, for he ap peared to regard every man in the light of a potential playmate. He be gan now a little eager whining inter* spersed with short barks. "That means lie wants you to throw a stick for him," she explained, "he has one great passion in life, and that's to be given something to worry and run away and play tug-of-war with." Her voice faltered a little at the end when she looked up and met the puzzled expression on Packard's face. "Dinner's almost ready;" she went on hastily, abandoning Dickie as a topic of conversation, "you haven't had any, have you ?" "No, and I'm hungry as a bear. 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