Thursday, November 4, 1937
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FOURTH INSTALMENT
Monty Wallace has just arrived
in California, having broken the
East-West cross country airplane
record. Natalie Wade, mistaken
by him for a newspaper reporter,
writes the exclusive account of
Monty's arrival, and succeeds to
securing a trial job with a paper
to exchange for the story. Natalie
becomes attached to Monty.
Mont was predatory; there was
no denying that. If he loved at all
it was with a man's love that lived
only for instants, for episodes of
the sort he had sought the night
before. Even now, Natalie had
no doubt, he was weighing first
his chances of success with one
girl and then with the other.
And honestly as she could, she
tried to estimate those chances for
herself. For her own part, she
knew she was playing with fire.
She was fighting the age-old wo
man's fight without the alliance
of her own heart. There would be
times, she knew, when something
within would trick her. Always
there would be some part of her
that would hold out arms of sur
render to Mont Wallace.
But at the last, she was sure of
her own victory. Reason and
breeding were strong anchors and
in them she had full confidence
so long as she did not try them
too far.
As for Sunny Marion, Natalie
was not sure. There was force in
the girl but to a measure it was
the force of the spoiled darling.
Against the yearnings of her own
heart, she felt. Sunny would not
be strong. There was not in her
the power to bring up reason as
an ally, if Natalie read the girl
aright.
And with this decision she
found a new fear within herself.
For if she could see things, as she
thought she could, might not the
same be apparent to Mont Wal
lace?
He might not be clever at read
ing character, but some man to
stict in him must surely tell him
that the blond charmer was a
possible willing victim. That in
stinct had slyly warned him in her
own case, but he had not let it
rule him. Surely he would not
hold back to dealing with the
younger girl.
There was, she thought, only
the single hope that Sunny's ego
would stand proof against her
love. If she were sufficiently
spoiled and self-centered, she
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might stand out against the ar
dent Mont. But that would mean
she did not love him deeply, and
this, on account of her own ador
ation for him, seemed utterly im
possible.
This was as far as reason
would let her go. Suddenly her
love surged up within her so
strongly that jealousy would not
be held back. After all, the other
girl was not perfection. Her hair
had been so bleached by the sun
that there were shadows in it of
darker texture. The wave in it
was sufficient for beauty but it
was not the equal of her own.
Sunny took advantage of the lack
by drawing the ash-blond hair
rather severely back. It was be
coming, but no more so than the
dark waves of Natalie's soft black.
There was a touch of the ar
tificial to the darkness of Sunny's
eyebrows, she thought, and there
was at least the chance that her
beauty would fade early.
One by one she went oyer Sun
ny's features to search of flaws
but when she realized that this
was the foolish exercise of jeal
ousy she cried out within herself.
"This is silly. Sunny Marion is
beautiful. She is more beautiful
than I can ever hope to be. More
than that, she is wise to her beau
ty and knows men. If she is not
to have Mont Wallace at her feet,
I must give everything I've got
in love and tact and inspiration.
And it may not be enough."
This much at least was honest,
she thought. Moreover it was in
telligent to recognize the strength
of the enemy.
It was to be a battle between
these two at best. Perhaps there
were many others to take part to
the engagement. But foes she and
Sunny must be. Which was very
queer, for she suddenly found to
the deeper recesses of her heart
an honest liking for the girl.
And now suddenly the first test
came between them, for Mont was
speaking:
"Let's all go to the lighthouse
olace and dance. Can't we find a
fourth?"
Very quickly the quick-witted
Sunny turned to Natalie.
"You must know someone. I'm
fed up on the people I've been
going around with. Please find
another handsome boy."
But Natalie was not to be
caught entirely napping.
"I know someone you'll adore.
He's grand company and I've just
discovered hinv You know him,
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Mont. See if you can get Jim
my Hale."
It was the first time she had
used Wallace's first name but
surely kisses carried title to its
familiar use.
Sunny accepted the suggestion.
"You mean your photographer?
Of course. I think he's adorable."
Natalie was a little uncertain
how she had come off to the brief
evchange.
"Be careful of your secrets
when he is about." she said
laughingly. "He's a seventh son
or something. He can guess more
than most people ever know."
That was the first of many
nights they, made a foursome for
dancing, dinner or some outing.
They paired off variously but cir
cumstances finally left Natalie for
the most part with Jimmy and
Sunny twostog with Mont Wal
lace.
Natalie had beaten down her
Jealousy so that she was now well
satisfied with the arrangement
most of the time, for her live in
telligence told her that Monty
could nqt easily forget her even
to the flattering company of Sun
ny Marion.
Jimmy treated her, generally on
these evenings as he did during
the day when they were much to
gether at their work. It was not
till one evening when dinner was
delayed and there were too many
rounds of cocktails that a new
element entered the situation.
They had driven to a famous
mountain resort for the occasion
and Jimmy, as was often the case
had taken one or two stiff drinks
before setting out. Monty had
been delayed by a business con
ference Where highballs tended
to speed negotiations and, for the
first time, Natalie saw that he
was not quite himself.
It was a mad drive along the
mountain roads with Monty at
the wheel of Sunny's car. But they
arrived safely and both girls,
slightly shaken by the perils of
the trip, were persuaded to steady
their nerves with cocktails.
They had missed their reserva
tions and were forced to wait un
til a table was cleared so that the
huge shaker was filled and emp
tied more than once before they
took their places.
Jimmy held his drink easily,
becoming even more talkative
than usual but steady of hand
and clear of eye. Mont Wallace,
on the other hand, grew moody
and intense. Chiefly the drink had
served merely to lighten the dull
hurt in Natalie's heart so that
she felt relaxed and content, but
Sunny was very gay and noisy.
With dinner and the liquers
following, Jimmy grew sentiment
al and Monty a little quarrel
some, so that there was an edge
to his banter, which was directed
mostly at Sunny. At each sally
the girl screamed with laughter,
apparently delighted at his abuse.
"Leave me alone, pest," he told
her finally. "Come on, Nat. Let's
dance."
He caught Natalie by the hand
and drew her onto the dance
floor. The girl realized at once
that there was something immi
nent between them. He held her
a little more tightly than usual
and with the exertion of the dan
cing she presently found herself
trembling so that she could hard
ly follow the music.
"I'm sorry," she whispered
when she missed a change to his
step.
"Never mind," he told her
brusquely. "What do we care how
we dance? I'm still mad about
you. I wish you could really care
about me."
Tears came into the girl's eyes
and she knew then that her weak
ness was from some cause other
than her own spirit. She fought
to get herself in hand. But her
lips betrayed her.
"No one," she said with a little
catch in her voice. "No one will
ever love you more than I do.
Some day—some day I think you
will forget your madness and
bring me love instead."
"What do you want?" he flar
ed. "The love of some house
broken ape or the love of a man?
Man's love is a different thing
from this warmed over passion
that women seem to crave. There
was no woman ever made that
could love like a man but I think
you could come close if you ever
really cared about anyone."
He whirled her suddenly onto a
balcony that overlooked a moun
tain chasm. There he caught her
up and carried her to the parapet.
"Kiss me," he whispered husk
ily.
"Kiss me before I throw you a
thousand feet straight down."
The girl laughed. For an in
stant she seemed to dare him to
make good his burlesque threat.
And then with sudden abandon
that she could not check, she gave
him the kisses he asked.
He clasped her more tightly in
his arms and rained answering
caresses upon her lips.
They were the first of his kiss
es that she had allowed since
that first evening with him, and
suddenly she was afraid. But it
was not fear of the man or his
love. It was fear of her own
heart, for something had gone
wrong within her. Some governor
upon her heart had failed.
"I'm sorry," she said quickly.
"But I don't care for the caveman
stuff."
He was angry then and caught
her roughly trying to kiss her
again. But she laughed at hire,
and fended him easily.
"I ought to drag you out of
here," he declared furiously. "I
ought to take you the way men
used to take their women. Why
should I play the game of the
tame apes? You would love me in
a minute if I took you and made
you like it."
"Don't be silly," she taunted.
"All that stuff went out with the
stone age. Even in those days
there was only a handful of men
who couid take a mate against
her will. Sometimes they used a
stone axe but if tthe woman didn't
care for that she used the stone
axe first or very shortly after
ward."
"Bah. A man's love is dyna
mic."
She stood from his arms quick
ly.
"A man's love," she said cooly,
"is what a woman chooses it to
be. If she wants to be kicked
around, she picks the man who
can do it. But you may be as
sured that even those who choose
to be kicked have a reason for
their madness."
"What reason?"
"They have a streak of that in
themselves to be beaten by a
man's strength and they are will
ing to buy the luxury with bruis
es for coin."
"All right. Have it your way.
What kind of love would you
choose?"
Natalie laughed lightly.
"That," she said, "is better. Af-.
ter all, it is the woman who
chooses. Hold me nicely and
don't try to bite me and I will
show you what kisses really can
mean."
She waited then and very gent
yl Mont Wallace's arms went
around her and she turned her
lips to his with a smile that seem
ed to brighten the starry night.
Her fingers crept up to caress his
cheek. »
And at that instant a terrify
ing shriek frightened them apart.
There was another shriek and
the flash of a white dress across
the balcony. A ghostly figure rose
against the stars from the top of
the parapet and then Mont Wal
lace leaped.
Sunny was hysterical with fear
when they dragged her back from
that wall. Monty had reached her
just in time.
Apparently she had gone far
ther than she intended. She had
meant to give them a scare and
then had found herself swaying
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unsteadily over the lip of the
abyss.
Her screams echoed across the
canyon as Monty caught her and
drew her back to the balcony
floor. Natalie clug to her and
tried to quiet her.
"Get away from me," Sunny
shrieked. "Leave me alone. I nev
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again."
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roxysm of screams that brought
a rush of footsteps from the ball
room.
"Quick," hissed Natalie. "Hit
her. Slap her hard. That will
bring her out of it."
Continued Next lassue
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