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SONIA

A Story of Dangerous Love

Bu VIDA HURST

-At a party ill Stockton. SONTA MARSH. 17. and pretty, is discovered kUsniß JOE CARTER in a dark Bedroom. Through DR. DON STILLWATER. Soma obtains a position ill the San Francisco real estate oHioe ol JED THOMAS, his uncle, MAXINE LARL’E. head of her department. invites Sonia an well as VIOLET. EERN. JINNY and FRANKIE to her honor party. After a disagreement. Maxine and her middle-aged friend MAC M GREGOR become reconcillcd. W ALTER I). HENDERSON, a wealthy bachelor of Berkeley, disapproves of Sonia living with Maxine. ~.?9n ia Quarrels with BERT DONOHUE because of her infatuation lor FRANKLIN CRANE, whom lie says is a periodic drinker, and retairfc his position in their Allies because lita wealthy father was a friend of Jed Thomas, but Crane explains that he Is absent to take Ids Invalid mother on long auto trips A threat from Bertie worries Sonia, Crane admits he lives Sonia, but says he is afraid their happiness cannot last. Maxine chides Sonia for offending Henderson. alluding that she is wasting her lime with Crane because, his mother dispenses her money cautiously. Maxine notices Jed Thomas’ unusual interest in Sonia. Sonia visits her sister VERA and secs an old friend. TOM UNDERWOOD, who is now engaged to SIDNEY MAINE. , While home for Christmas, Walter Henderson calls and asks Sonia to marry him. When she refuses lie asks hrr to take linn to emmider it. Her parents. SAM and ANN MARSH are favorably impressed with Henderson. Sonia hue-us from Sidney that her cousin. GENEVIEVE, is engaged to Franklin Crime. When Sonias father asks her to explain her sudden depressed expression she bursts into tears, but will tedl nothing CHAPTER XXIV ' "If I can only stop thinking until I get away," prayed Sonias packing lior suitcase. In spite of her most determined effort tears would well

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up in her eyes and roll, coldly, down her cheeks. Not by any means the least of hre sorrow was the fact that Franklin had lied to her. He had not even spent Christmas w(th his mother, but at a house party with, his fiancee. "If he didn’t tell me the truth about that he wouldn’t about anything,” she decided, facing her unfamiliar image in the cracked mirror. Her green eyes were washed with tears. Grief had swept like a storm across her features, subtly changing them. "But I don’t care how I look!” she cried, dabbing: at her white face. "It makes no difference now.” By the time had descehded I the stairs with her suitcase, she had achieved a frozen self-cdptrol. But she realized that her attempt to joke with her father was a sickly failure. His eyes were blink- i ing back tears of their own. She was leaving him again, with this j inexplicable scene between them, j Her mother, ignoring It, spoke of material things. "If you will send me the goods I j can make you another evening i dress. That will be better than for yon to try to buy It.” j "All right. Although I’m not sure that I really need one.’’ "Why not?" asked Anna, sharply. “You said you did yesterday." I “Well, I do, of course. It’s just that I probably shouldn’t afford it.” Oh. God, to get away! She endured their kisses, fighting against the lump that rose in iher throat. “Remember, honey," her father whispered, “if you are unhappy you can always come home." “T know. Daddy.” “Be careful of that fur. Sonia. Tt ought to look pretty with your dark dresses.” "Yes. Mother.” Not until they turned to leave did she see the tortured expression of Anna’s eyes. But she could not he bothered then with sympathy for any one else. Bitterness consumed her like a flame. She lay in her narrow berth furious with resentment, cold with foai*. How was she to endure the agony of losing him? No experience in life had prepared her to meet this tragedy. She had no philosophy to comfort her. * The nangs of disillusion had full sway. They wracked her soft youth withou qualms. • * * When she reached San Francisco in the morning she loft her suit case i at the apartment and went at once to work. * Maxine gretted her joyfully. "I sure am glad to see you. olrf thing. But what have you been doj ing to yourself?” “Nothing. Why?” “You look like you’d been through I the mill.” "Too much Christmas. I guess. Wait and I’ll put on more rouge.” The. hours -dragged, endlessly. Franklin had not returned. The general office atmosphere seemed deadlier than usual. As she was returning from lunch, she almost ran into Jed Thomas. "I beg your pardon,” she stam merer!. "Did you enjoy your visit home?" “Yes. indeed!” He lingered, although Sonia’s foot, was on the first step of the balcony staircase. "I trust," he said, icily, • that you found everyone well?” "Yps, thank you! Mother and | father were pleased to havje you remember them.” There was no flicker of interest in his cold eyes as he nodded and passed on. “You’re a queer one,” she thought, drearily. , She had begun to wonder if it would be possible to go on working

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in this same ofilce where she had previously been so happy. Sonia had hoped th4t Maxine would be out with Mac that night, but to her disinuy she heard that she was to spend it at home. “We've been together every night since you went away,” explained Maxine. "The old dear really deserves a night off.”

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The girls fried eggs and bacon on the gas plate behind the screen. “To tell the* truth,” Maxine continued, “Mac has been pretty decent lately.” “It certainly looks that way,” Sonia agreed, listlessly. “He's taken you enough.” “lie still won't meet me during the day. But I can’t complain about my evenings. It may bo because you're here, but I rather think it’s because I got Independent that time. That’s what the dear things need, Sonia. Treat 'em rough and they'll eat out of your hand. But the minute you’re sweet to thbm—blng!” Sonlaj, aching a sense of unbeartable loss, wondered If Maxine were not right. She had been amazingly sweet, for the first time in her life to Franklin Crane. “Sonia,” Maxine said,, suddenly, “I’ve decided to tel} you all about Mac.” “What more la there to know about him?” questioned Sonia, without Interest. “Quite a little, I believe. You don’t happen to know that he's married?” Sonia’s eyes opened wide. “Oh, no!” “Well, he Is. Don't take that disgusted tone. I didn’t know It when I started going with him. You see I met him at a party at Jinny’s. His wife was out of town, but I didn't find that out until N -afterwards. He was awfully sweet to me; asked me out to dance and all that; then the minute she came home he began avoiding me." m “I should think you'd have wanted him tg.” “But I didn’t understand. Jinny hadn’t told me was married. I sulked and pouted for awhile. Finally I called him up and asked him what was the matter. He came over late that night. You remember the night of my party?” Sonia remembered the entrance of the tall Mr. MacGregor, with his self-conscious public appearance manner. “He told me that night he was j married.” Maxine passed one hand across her blue eyes. “It almost killed me, Sonia. I was" really crazy about him.” Sonia’s own eyes, restless, full of pain, were turned away. In some way this confession of Maxr ine’s was hurting her. “Ha kept on coming to the apart*

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ment. We' had some rare scenes, I can tell you. Then, when I discovered he wouldn't go out places with me I decided not to see him any more at all.” "But he cama back?” “He certainly dldy Not until then did he really start caring for me. But Sonia. I think he’s In love with me now.” "What do you expect to get out of It?” Sonia, asked, frankly. “I shouldn’t think you'd want a married man to be in love with you. And why do you want diim to take you places? Supposing someone who knew his wife would see you together?” "That’s Just it! Bet them! I have nothing to lose. I figure If he really cares he’ll take a chance on getting eaught. But San Francisco is a big place with a lot of different places to go.” ”1 see.” said Sonia. “Although I still don’t understand how you can endure the attentions of a man who Is living with another woman.’ “That doesn't mean anything,” Maxine explained, cheerfully. “He hasn’t cared anything about her for years. In the meantime he is anew adventure. I can’t live, Sonia, without a man lurking in the background. Your friend, Henderson, did that for me.” Sonia Shuddered at her careless reference to the man who had so recently proposed to her. "It's true, whether you like It olnot. don’t love Mac In the oldfashioned, orthodox fashion, but ,he certainly make my life more Interesting. And, who knows how the adventure shall end?" “Who. Indeed?” thought Sonia, intent on her own disaster and little dreaming of the tragedy hovering over Maxine. "So that’s that.” 'concluded the older girl, gaily. "I’ve wanted to tell you for a long time, but T wasn’t sure just how you’d%ike It.” •* • v Sonia put her arm around Maxine. warmly. For the first time In her life she had come to have a real affection for a member of her 1 own sex. “I don’t care. dear. If he has a whole harem full of wives.” Maxine’s eyes filled with sudden tears. “Truly. Sonia?” “Absolutely, I mean It. I’m for you. whatever you do." “That means a lot to me. darling. X have to hav soma one to tall

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Suddenly Sonia’s reticence crumpled. She must bring someone inside the ruins of her shattered romance. Or die with heart-breaking loneliness. < _ "Maxine,” she said, grimly,“Franklin is engaged to another girl.” (To Be Continued)

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