Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 37, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 June 1933 — Page 23

JUNE 23, 1033

Bargain JBride ty KATHARINE HAYILAND-TAYLOk •wsa ni* vici,wc. * g-j ‘

■CGIS' HERE TODAY BARRETT COLVTN, bsclc Sn New York after four year*, meets 20-vear-OSrt ELINOR STAFFORD and falls in love with her. Barrett Is 35. wealthy and ha* made a name for himself as an archeologist. Elinor's beautiful mother. LIDA STAFFORD, ha; kept the girl In the background, wanting attention for her•jf Lida Is carrying on a flirtation with VANCE CARTER and 1* constantly scheming to keep In the good graces of MISS ELLA SEXTON hot husband* aunt. In order to Inherit a share of the Sexton fortune. Elinor hates' this hyprocrlsv. Barrett s half-sister. MARCIA RADNOR. Is terrified for fear her husband will learn of Bn unfortunate episode In her past. Years before Barrett shielded Marcia when a youthful romance ended disastrous!-,- Marcia had a son w’hom Barrett adopted The boy Is 9 years old now Marcia insists that ff her husband learns the truth he will never forgive her HAROLD DEXTER, the boy's tutor threatens blackmail. Barrett, hinting at knowledge of Dexter's past, frightens the man into promising he will not make trouble. Barrett takes Elinor Stafford for a drive. She seems as attracted toward him as he Is toward her. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER ELEVEN ELINOR rose quickly and left the room. She returned, flushed and smiling, from the telephone conversation with Barrett Colvin. "He wanted,” she said, ‘‘to know if I didn't think it would be better to take our drive tomorrow since the weather forecast is clear. We were going to go Tuesday.’ “Did it take seven minutes for him to say that?” her father asked. Elinor laughed. ‘‘Oh, but that wasn’t all. He said he hoped I hadn't been chilled driving this afternoon, and he said he'd never enjoyed an afternoon more and thanked me for it. And I thanked him and said I’d enjoyed it too—” ‘‘Twenty in June, weren’t you, dearest?” Bentwell asked. “Yes, but why bring that up?” she replied lightly. She was so happy! They moved to the room Lida called the library, arm in arm. Stafford's heart was cracking to small, sharp slivers that cut at each beat. He didn’t want his little girl to grow tip. to fall in love and leave him. In the big room, Elinor turned to put her arms around his neck. “You mustn’t feel sorry*” she entreated. “You’re first! You’ll always be first with me. darling!’’ He held her close, laid his cheek against her soft hair. And when she stood away she saw that his eyes were wet. “I’m so foolish!” she admitted. “And I’ve made you so! Aren’t we being rather dramatic over nothing? I don’t know what’s the matter with me!” Her father knew what was the matter and the recurring possibility of Colvin's hurting her brought color to his cheeks. “Thank God,” he thought, “Lida will be out of the way for a while*” If only they could have everything settled before Lida's return—assuming, of course, that Colvin really cared for Elinor es she seemed to care for him. “Then it would be all right. If the affair were still in the air when Lida returned she could —and would—smash it if she wished. Stafford knew her—her strength, her lack of principle which made her the most formidable of foes, her willingness to stoop to and use any weapon. # tt tt MARCIA had telephoned, Barrett learned when he arrived home. He called her for the second time that day—a day that had been stretched to unnatural length by worry and ecstasy. That the unpleasant interview with Dexter had occurred only that morning he could hardly believe. “Is that you, Marcia?” he said Into the telephone. “Yes, dear. Thank you so much for calling. I wanted you to know that I've been so relieved and happy since I heard from you at noon.” “I'm glad of that,” he answered but he could not feel the situation ns he had before; the menace of it, the hopelessness of it. “Dear,” he heard next, “can you run up to have dinner with us? We had an engagement but we begged off.” For the first time in his life, Barrett lied expertly. He couldn’t talk

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bachelor at the time of his first election, and it was with great reluctance, and after much argument on the part of his friends, that he finally consented to give up the idea of living in a hotel, a mode of lining to which he had

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to Marcia this evening. He had to be alone to think! He said goodby to her and then telephoned Elinor. “Are you dining in, sir?” Higgins questioned a short while later. “Yes, Higgins," Barrett answered happily. Before he left the room he wrote, “Flowers, candy, pink box” on a day-by-day pad. €Tiat it was an absurd and unnecessary reminder he realized, feeling slightly a fool. Nevertheless it was a satisfaction to write it. He stood looking down at the words. tt a u HE had said, ‘‘Really do you mean it?” and she had replied. ‘‘l certainly do!” They had talked of it for some time; he confessing his hatred of old fools who crashed in on the buds, and she was saying that was “quite different.” He had admitted his 35 years and she her 20. And later, over the telephone, she had said she had enjoyed the afternoon. Her voice had been not quite steady and he had wanted to say, “You darling!. You darling!” Instead he had only said, “Be sure to dress warmly enough tomorrow.” Barrett looked at the clock; tossed his cigaret into the fire. At this time tomorrow night he would be with her in that pleasant, small inn which Marcia had said was unchanged. He'd telephone ahead and order something special. Tomorrow seemed a long time away. He studied the laggard clock. What an adventure coming home would be with her in the house! What a magnet she would be! He saw himself slipping from his coat, hurrying into the drawing room, stooping to take her in his arms. Was it fair to her to dream this way, not knowing how she felt? He must hold himself in a bit. He knew he had force, and if he thought he could make her as happy as she should be he would use that force. Then—together for the rest of their lives! His lean cheeks warmed, thinking thus. If she could ever say, “I love you!” he would ask nothing more! tt tt LIDA, in a way, had enjoyed Miami. Vance Carter had been there, as devoted as usual, and she had been amused. True, his infatuation had a few times made him difficult for even her to handle. She had had to make promises she had never intended to voice. These bothered her a trifle, although time, Lida had found, often untangled the webs that follow the first deceit. Still, she did wish Carter hadn’t made her say she would divorce Bentwell to marry him as soon as Miss Ella died. She wrnjb Miss Ella dutifully, telling he> that the cough which had forced iier to leave “dear Bent and Elinor” was almost gone. She knew Miss :111a approved a mother who remembered her obligations. At the end of three weeks, Lida got reservations for the trip north. Carra and Hal were going on to Havana. They had spoken of it frequently and a bit too pointedly, with eyes fixed above Lida’s head. Carra had said, eyes narrowing, “Lida, if I were you I wouldnt’ play much more with Vance Carter. It’s rather cruel, don’t you think?” And Lida’s innocent, “But Carra —I can't think what you mean!” had done nothing but make the other woman look at her with a disconcerting steadiness, laugh unpleasantly and say bluntly, “Don’t be a fool! You know damned well what I mean!” The visit had, as this continued, been rather disappointing. Lida loathed trains and the people one saw upon them. She arrived in New York in a smoldering mood to find that the motor for which she had wired wa.s not waiting for her. Fuming within, she gave a taxicab chauffeur the Park avenue address. . (To Be Continued)

long been accustomed, and move into the executive mansion. Two years later he married Miss Frances Folsom. Next! What bird carries water to ita young?

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TARZAN THE UNTAMED

"Kidnaped by a Maharajah, doomed to months of hopeless wandering with half savage Turcomans, all but sold into a harem,'* continued Olga, “it seemed to me that I had borne almost all I could. I did not imagine what the year following my meeting with Dick Terrel held for me! All Europe came to know me as rich, envied and famous. *

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"My American friend in need told me he was on leave, due to start for Russia the very day fate made him my deliverer from the Persian slave market. He insisted that I go with him. There being no alternative, I grasped at this escape from my woes. He made all arrangements! 'purchased my clothes and comforts.

—By Ahern

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“Under cover of the night he succeeded in smuggling me out of the Oriental city. By train and motor we traveled several days, crossed the frontier and came to the engineers’ headquarters where he had charge. There safely among his friends, I wa„s made welcome. It was planned that I should "go home to England.

—By Edgar Bice Burroughs

‘Two days after our arrival, Dick was suddenly stricken with a fever, the result, doctors believed, of the poisoned wound he received In rescuing me. Weeks I nursed and cared for him. When he seemed recovering, he begged me to become his wile. I did not love him; but was profoundly grateful to him. And so, I was married to Richard Terrell”

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