Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 133, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 October 1931 — Page 13

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CHAPTER PURTY-SEVEN (Continued) # The older girl was watching her. ‘You don’t mind being alone for a little while, do you?” she asked carelessly. “We’ll need things from the delicatessen for dinner. Then I Mdnk I should telephone Mrs. Everett that you've decided to stay here tonight. If you don’t mind, I'll run out and do it now ” "Why, no. I don’t mind." j( Chris picked up her pocketbook. “I won’t be long," she said as she turned and opened the door. It seemed to Norma that Chris took a long time for those errands. The delicatessen was in the same block, the telephone on the first floor of the building. Ten minutes should have been enough for both errands, but when ten minutes had passed Chris had not returned. Norma moved about restlessly, pbe slipped out of her suit, bathed her face and freshened it w’ith powder. Then she got into a house frock. She was lying on the davenport, byes closed but wide awake, when there was a knock at the door. Norma arose to answer it. She thought, “It’s Chris. She mast have forgotten her key.” CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT 'T'HERE was no light in the hall and the room was in dusk. The figure outlined in the doorway was indistinct. One glance told Norma that it *as not Chris. “Oh;” she said, “I *—l thought it was someone else!” She stepped forward and at the same moment the man in the doorway moved. Norma could see his face more clearly. Suddenly she felt as though the floor were sinking beneath her. Her heart pounded terrifically and something hot and burning caught in her throat. “Mark!” she cried hysterically. “It Isn’t you! Mark—?” “I hope I didn’t startle you.” Mark’s voice! Oh, but there was no doubt of it. Mark staring at her as though he, too, could not believe his eyes. , “I telephoned, Norma, but they told me you weren’t here. I couldn't wait any longer and so I came—” “But it can’t be! It can’t be you, Mark!” The girl swayed. She put out one hand and felt Mark's arm about her. A long way off she seemed to hear his voice. He was saying something about cold water. What w r as that blackness before her eyes? How was it that Mark was there and she could not see him? “Mark!” the girl cried again in a trembling voice. “You—have you come back?” He helped her to the davenport, rested her head against the pillows. Then she felt something cold on her forehead. Mark was holding a cup to her lips, urging her to drink. “I’m all right,” Norma protested. She could see him now. Across the room the table lamp was burning. Mark was on his knees beside the davenport. His face was close to Norma’s. “Better now?” he asked. The girl’s deeply fringed eyelids widened. She said in a voice barely above a whisper, “How did you get here?” “I’ll tell you. I’ll tell you everything just as soon as you’re feeling better. It’s not much of a story! Might have known the shock would do something like this. Idiot that I am! Here—can I fix those pillows more comfortably?” Norma shook her head. “It’s as though I’m dreaming,” she said softly. “You’ll go away when I wake up, won’t you?” “I won’t go,” Mark reassured her, “unless you send me. I didn’t know you’d been sick, Norma. You’re thinner. You look pale, too." As the girl struggled to rise he added, “Don’t move. Just lie there and rest a little longer.” Norma objected. There was nothing wrong with her, she said. She wanted to know where Mark had come from? What had he been doing? “I—l’ve never heard anything about you,” she said, “since you went away. I didn’t get any letters —”

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THE young man sat facing her. “It’s a pretty rotten story,” he aid soberly. “I ought to be ashamed to tell It to you—and I am! Only I had to come to see you, Norma. I had to talk to you. “All this that’s been in the papers —I didn’t know anything about it until I got a letter from Hollis Stone. That was three weeks ago. I've been traveling ever since.” “But you didn't tell me where you’ve been.” “Didn’t I? South America. Oh, I forgot—of course you don’t know. Norma, I came to tell you there’s nothing I wouldn’t do to erase the injustices you’ve been through. “I was to blame for part of them. Oh, yes, I was! Only a blind fool like myself would have believed the things the lawyers told me in Paris. I couldn’t understand why you hadn’t w’ritten—” “But I did write! So many let- j ters!” “While I was in Paris? You wrote to me there?” Norma nodded. Mark said bitterly: “So that’s another way they tricked me. Well, that about makes it complete. “I guess you’ve been glad to be rid of me all right. About as poor a spesimen of husband as ever lived! I don’t expect you to take me back, Norma. I didn’t even come here for that hope. “I oniy want to tell you I know you’ve been fine and square all along. I knew that even when I listened to their lies.” “It’s good of you to say that,” she told him slowly. “But you mustn’t blame yourself for everything. I've made mistakes —lots of them.” “But I do blame myself! You did more for me than any one else in the world ever has. Those months with you were the happiest of my life and I threw happiness away.” Travers went on after a pause, “Seems edd finding you here in the old apartment. I didn’t know where to look for you. I telephoned because I thought Chris might be here.” Norma said, “I’m still living with Chris.” Mark glanced about, noting the shabby furnishings. Obvioasly there was not much money here. “I’m working in an office in the same building where Chris works,” Norma explained. “I’m secretary for a literary agent—Frederick Stuart. But you haven’t told me what you’ve been doing in South America. When did you go there?” “Over a year ago. I—well, I did not want to come back when I thought you were gone. My father told me you’d run away. I didn’t know how to find you, so I went to South America with an engineer I’d met in the copper mines. “We’ve been working together ever since. Nice fellow. Allen’s his name. You’d like him, Norma. I don’t know anything about engineering, but he’s been teaching me. It’s a wonderful country down there. I’m going back again.” “To South America?” Travers nodded. “Oh, I couldn’t hang around here. Nothing for me to do in Marlboro.” a a a THEY talked of inconsequential things—as men and women who have a great deal to say to each other so often do. Finally Mark arose. He strode to the window and came back. “Norma,” he said, “there’s something else. I want to make a set allowance for you. As though it were alimony. “But I couldn’t take it!” the girl interrupted. “I couldn’t, Mark! It’s kind of you, but please don’t say any more about it.” He seemed disappointed. “I want to tell you it’s my own money I’m talking about. I’m not rich, but we’re getting along fairly well. “You see, it was really you who taught me how to work, Norma. That’s one of the things I'll always be indebted to you for.” She smiled. “Asa floorwalker in a department store?” “Yes, as a floorwalker. Those weeks at Blossomdale’s were good for me.” Impulsively he added. “We used to have fun—didn’t we?” Norma’s smile disappeared. “Yes,” she agreed. “We had fun.”

There was a pause. Travers fingered his hat. “Well,” he said, “you’re tired and I shouldn’t stay longer. I'm only here for a few days, but I'd like to see you again before I go.” “I don't think we'd better, Mark. It’s—rather useless.” “You mean you don’t want to see me?” “Something like that. Os course I wish you luck—and lots of happiness.” Abruptly he caught her hand. “Norma—!” Travers began and stopped abruptly. The door from the corridor had opened. Chris Saunders stood there. In her arms was a tiny blanketed figure. “I didn’t know any one was here!” Chris exclaimed. “Why—is it you, Mark?” a a a THERE came a wail from the bundle of blankets. In two bounds Norma had the infant in her arms. “Darling!” she cried. “Oh, you little precious! How did you get him, Chris? How did you!” “By going to the Friendship Home. You could have had him back days ago only after that threatening letter we didn’t think it was safe.” Norma was not listening. She was pulling off the clumsy blankets and the baby’s cap. The brown hair, curling and downy, became visible. Brown eyes smiled seraphically. “Bhrr—bhrr!” the baby gurgled gaily. “Bhrr —bhrr!” Norma's face had become rapturous. She pressed the child close in her arms. “Mother’s precious,” she crooned. “Oh, you darling! You’re never going to be away from me again! Never-never!” She swayed slightly, rocking the child. Travers’ voice broke in excitedly. “Norma, you didn’t tell me—you don’t mean ?” He stared from one girl to the other. It was Chris who supplied the answer. “Yes,” she said briskly. “It’s your son, Mark. You ought to be introduced r,o him. Only don’t think love nor money ever will get him away from her. Not the slightest chance!” Travers dropped to his knees beside Norma and the baby. “Why, Norma!” he exclaimed, “why didn’t you tell me? Oh, you can’t hate me the way I thought you did! You can’t! “Give me another chance, darling? I love you so, Norma. I’ll do anything in the world if you’ll only give me another chance. You and me and—the baby!” a a a THERE were tears of happiness on her lashes. They made the blue eyes even more star-like. “Os course, dear,” she murmured. “Mark —kiss me!” The baby’s voice rose in a dissenting wail and Chris made a grab for him. “Let me have that child! Come to your Aunt Chris, angel, before your parents abuse you. “By the way—will somebody please enlighten me as to what’s been happening here? I’m beginning to think I’m seeing things.” “You’ll see a lot more,” Travers told her. “Can you come to a wedding tomorrow? First thing in the morning! Norma’s going to marry me and we’re sailing for South America.” “South America? But you wouldn’t, Norma!” The other girl nodded. “Anywhere,” she said. “Anywhere at all Mark wants to go!” Chris sat back. “Well, of all the idiots!” she exclaimed. She saw that they were not listening. Chris raised her voice. “If you two weren’t completely lost to the world,” she said, “I might give you some news of my own.” “News?” Chris nodded, blushing. "While you’re talking about weddings it might interest you to know there’s going to be another son. I told Bob two days ago I’d marry him.” “You —and Bob? Oh, Chris, that’s wonderful! ” “Didn’t you guess? Bob told me he tried to talk to you about it. Wanted to ask if you thought I’d have him. As though there’d be a doubt. Oh, Norma, I’m crazy about Bob. I have been for a long while!” Travers said, “Why don’t you come along tomorrow? Let’s make it a double wedding.” “Do, Chris!” Norma chorused. “Well,” she said, “it sounds crazy, but I'm willing to if Bob is. I promised to telephone him—and I guess you two will excuse me all right.” They were perfectly willing to do that. As the door closed Norma’s head sank to Mark’s shoulder. Eager, demanding lips crushed hers. Mark’s arms, protecting, irresistible, were about her. It was a long kiss—it was paradise! (THE END)

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