Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 105, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 September 1931 — Page 7

SEPT. 10,1931.

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„ BEGIN HERE TODAY Pretty Norma Kent. 20-year-old secretary in a law office, marries MARK TRAVERS, ton of F. M. TRAVERS, millionaire real estate dealer, after father hat twom to cut Mark off without a penny if the marriage takes place. Norma has known Mark only a few weeks, and did not know during the courtship that he was a millionaire's •on. The story opens in Marlborp, middle „ *tern metropolis. CHRISTINE BAUNDERB. with whom Norma shares an apartment, and BRADLEY HART. c hris employer, are witnesses at the wedding. Before this, Norma has refused to marry 808 FARRELL, young lawyer of whom she is fond as a friend. Mark sells his expensive roadster to get money for the honeymoon. He and Norma go to fashionable Blue Springs, where the young man takes delight in surrounding his bride with expensive luxuries. He Introduces her to HOLLIB STONE. ®h old friend, and it Is evident from the girl s discomposure that she has known Rtone before. For some reason she also fears him. She tries to confide In Mark out loses courage. One night Mark Joins a card game and does not return until 3 a. m. He admits he has lost all his money. The voung couple have only what Is in Norma s purse. Next day they face the problem of getting money enough together to pay their hotel bill and buy railroad tickets. Mark wires his mother, but when the answer comes It Is a curt refusal from his, father Mark borrows *SOO from Hollis Stone and he and Norma leave next morning for Marlboro. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER NINETEEN (Continued) Halloran nodded and moved away. Norma went up the stairway to the right which led to the mezzanine lounge. Several strangers were there writing, but Mark was not in sight. She spoke to an acquaintance, returned downstairs. Where could Mark be? She had profhised to join him in fifteen minutes. Os course he wafe worried because the telegram had not come. It was this that made her anxious. The orchestra was playing anew Cuban fox trot. Strains of the rhythmic, seductive harmony floated out into the lobby. A group of women in pastel frocks and men in dinner clothes was entering the dining room. Norma looked up at a huge wall clock and saw the minute hand on the dial shift from seven to eight minutes until 7 o’clock now. She turned her back on the dining room and stepped through the wide doors leading to the street. The crowd Halloran had spoken of had disappeared. Norma wore no evehing wrap and a chill breeze whipped the chiffon back from her shoulder. There was no one on the broad porch which ran the width of the inn. Norma walked to the end overlooking a small park. She looked down and saw a dark figure pacing along the path. “Mark!” she called. “Oh, Mark!” The figure stopped. It was too dark for her to see his features, but of course’ it was Mark. She would have known that walk anywhere. He hesitated, then came toward her. a a a NORMA ran down the steps and met him at the corner. “I’ve been wondering what had become of you !” she began. Then she met his eyes and the words broke off. Even before he spoke the girl knew what had happened. “The telegram!” she exclaimed. “It’s—it’s come!” A crumpled bit of paper shewed in Mark’s clenched hand. So angry his face looked that he seemed scarcely to comprehend her words. “The old skinflint!” Mark was muttering. “The damned, miserly old cockroach! I’ll get even for this—l’ll show him if it’s the last thing I do! He’ll be sorry for this!” “Tell me what’s happened, Mark.” For the first time the young man seemed aware of what she was saying. “You shouldn’t be out here, Norma,” he told her. “It’s cold. Look—you’re shivering. You shouldn’t have come out here without a wrap ” “But I didn’t know where you were. What is it, Mark? Is the telegram—l mean didn’t the money come?” Swiftly, in half a dozen quick motions, Mark had torn the sheet of paper into bits. He flung them to the breeze. There were hard, ugly lines about his lips as he said, “So much for F. M. Travers and his lousy millions! I wish I knew how he got hold of that telegram I sent to mother—!” His expression told the story. An arbitrary refusal of a loan from his father. Probably insulting references to the last meeting between Travers and his son. Blatant

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“I told you so’s.” No wonder Mark’s countenance was stormy. Norma sought his arm. Fearfully, sympathetically she raised her eyes to his. “It doesn’t matter,” the girl said softly. “We'll find some other way, darling. we’ve each other—!" a a HE was not listening. A sharp wind caught the fragile drapery of her bodice, baring her arm. “Here,” Mark said roughly, “you can’t stay outside any longer. You’ve got to get indoors!” He half-led, half-pulled her up the steps and through the entrance of the inn. A mirror showed how tangled and disarranged her hair had become. The girl caught the reflection and drew back. “I can’t go into the dining room,” she told him, “looking like this! I’ll have to go upstairs and fix my hair. Will you wait here? It won’t take five minutes.” Instead, Mark said he would come with her. They crossed the lobby, and ascended to their rooms. Once there Mark slumped, to a chair and sat staring at the floor. Norma glanced at him, decided against interrupting his mood, and went to the mirror to repair her coiffure. A few moments later she told him, “I’m ready now!” “You’d better go down and eat. I don’t want anything.” “Oh, Mark—you can’t go without eating. You’ll be ill! Come on. We can talk things over in the dining room. We’ll find some other way to get the money!” Her words set him off on anew tirade. He was like a small boy, petulant and willful. He would not eat. He broke into violent denunciations of his father. He got to his feet and stormed about the rooni like a caged animal. What business did his father have intercepting a telegram addressed to his mother? Someone was to blame for that and Mark would just like to get his hands on the guilty one. One of the servants, doubtless, set to watch and pry! What he wouldn’t do if he could find out who had done It! a a u IT required half an hour's coaxing before Norma could persuade him to go to the dining room. Throughout the meal Mark sulked blackly. The girl never had seen him in such a mood. Every attempt failed to cheer him, and presently Norma gave up her efforts. As they left the dining room Mark stopped at the check stand for his hat, announcing he was going out for a time. There was no invitation for Norma to accompany him. Just the announcement. “But Mark ?” “Oh, don’t stand here and start arguing! All I said was that I’m going out. Nothing' wrong about that, is there? There are plenty of people around you can talk to. Why don’t you go in and dance? I won’t be gone long.” Pride kept her lips from trembling. She left him immediately, but she did not go to the ballroom on the mezzanine, where the dancing was in progress. Instead, she returned to their rooms, took off the chiffon gown and hung it away. She got into the old blue negligee, curled up in her favorite chair and rested her head in her arms. A dozen times she rehearsed the argument. Mark didn’t mean to be cross. She mustn’t blame him. He would be back m a few minutes now, apologetic and with kisses to make up for every moment of unhappiness. Mark loved her and with that love nothing in the world could make any difference. It was all to happen very nearly as she had anticipated. Less than an hour after he had left her the door opened and Mark strode in. “Well, I got it!” he announced dramatically. Mark was not angry now. There was triumph in his voice. Norma sprang to her feet. “You’ve got—what?” “Five hundred berries! Enough to pay our bills and get back to Marlboro. Told you I’d get it, didn’t I? Well, it’s here —right in the good old w r allet!” He patted the left-hand pocket of his vest. “Five hundred berries!”

he repeated. “We’re pulling out of | here first thing in the morning?” “Oh, I’m so glad! I knew everything would come out all right, Mark.” Norma raised her head, threw her'arms about his shoulders. “How did you get it, darling?” Mark kissed her casually, squared back and said in an offhand tone, “Oh, I hit Stone for a loan. Ran across him on the street and he gave me his check. It’s good all need to worry about that. a pretty good fellow, even If he does seem a trifle stiff some times.” tt u a THE bright flush faded slowly from Norma’s cheeks. She drew away and one hand unconsciously rose to her throat. “Stone?” she asked a little weakly. “You mean—Hollis Stone?” “Sure. Why not? He knows he’ll get his dough back all right. Besides he’s a sort of relative. Why shouldn’t I borrow from him?” “Why—why there’s no reason, of course ” “What’s the matter, Norma? You act as though I’d done something wrong! I thought you’d be glad to hear we can get out of this dump. You’re acting darned funny about this, it seems to me!” Desperately she tried to cover her embarrassment. “Oh, no—l didn’t mean—of course it’s all right! I’m glad you got the money, Mark. I’m awfully glad. If we’re starting in the morning I ought to start packing right away.” She turned and began fumbling through bureau drawers. “Wait a minute!” Mark was beside her, slipping an arm about her waist. “See here, sweetheart, I was a bear tonight at dinner. I’m sorry. Honestly, I am. I didn’t mean to be cross or hurt your feelings. Say you forgive me—please, Norma!” His tenderness was a thousand times dearer because an hour earlier she had been so tormented, so haunted by fears she would not even name to herself. “It’s all right, Mark. Os course! There isn’t anything to forgive. Oh, my darling—oh, Ido love you!” They were happier that night than they had been for a long while. a a a AT 10 o’clock next morning Mark and Norma boarded “The Sentinel,” fast train that would transport them to Marlboro in twentyfour hours. There was no private compartment on this trip. They rode in an ordinary Pullman. The car was only half filled and no one sat across the aisle. Norma’s hand dug its way into Mark’s protecting fingers. The slight pressure in response was a momentous secret. Above the droning of the train wheels, Norma’s heart was singing. “I’m glad we’re going back; Mark.” “Guess I am, too, kid. Had fun at the Springs though, didn’t we?” “Oh, yes. It was wonderful!” She would have agreed to anything Mark said that morning. Norma was radiant. Such plans for the future. Such confidence those plans would succeed. Mark was going to find a job. She would work hard, too, keeping their tiny apartment. Cooking and cleaning. Economizing. They would pay back their debts and begin saving. They had talked for hours planning all this. Nothing could come between them now. Mark was her husband. He would stand squarely on his own feet and she would help him. It was as though they were making a fresh start and this time they would start in the right way.

(To Be Continued)

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