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or COURSE at the moment. Pegiy qualified her plot-
“oh —she wasn’t really interested in anyone like Nigel.
It
be. fun to see if she could win some of his devotion
_ knew thé show business
from props to-pocketbook and
back again. “Smart as he was, and with his. _ New York backgroud, he could set any talented girl on the way to an exciting and glamorous—not to Her ally had scorned her singing and
thought of her as the baby|
the family. It would be grand t0 show them what she could do, to come home from New York
with lovely clothes and lots of
money, bringing presents for all
_ the family.
io 3. : Preciative of her possibilities.
for the whole week-end,
“But Baldy could wait a little, If
she could keep Fay out of his way
he could be kept up at the house and it wasn’t smart maneuvering to rush a. man like that. The thing was get him aware of her, ap-
4 ha was a thought that pleased
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ey ‘the meantime it was a good
iB thing to have two strings to her . bow:
Nigel ‘ was a good second. If worst came to worst; and she was unable to make a friend of Baldy and influence him to her designs, she could fall back on Nigel, perhaps even marry him. It was as
simple as that, by Peggy's roman-
tic reasoning; opportunity at her
feet, just waiting for her to kick
if whichever way it suited her.
. The fact that Nigel's eyes were}
,the shore for someone
| ‘else did not greatly disturb her, nor
did fact that his thoughts were elsewhere. » I8 was she who: suggested that they ‘should land on the island and and dry in the sun. The land was a great slab of rock risg from the lake, with round oth surfaces near the water and ys in the center that the cen-
] ee had filled with silt from which
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a tangle: of undergrowth cluster of fragrant pines. rock was warm and the air
e water was cool. Nigel was a ' swimmer, and while he gave doggy ‘a demonstration of diving i® slipped the knot of the canoe , diving, after "him, challenged nto a race.” It led, naturally, of sight of the drifting canoe. He. did not notice it as they| nbed out, cool and refreshed, and ‘on the warm rock to dry in
NIGEL TURNED and looked at Peggy as she lay on one elbow .on the *sunsplashed rock. She had slipped off ‘ her bathing cap.: and hey dark curls tumbled free. The impish amusement in her green eyes caught his eyes and held them for a moment. Then he looked at her as though he were seeing: her for the first time.
Her swimming suit, two draped strips of * violently colored: pattern against a’ dark red background, suited her: remarkably well ‘and showed off in sharp contrast the contours of her young body with the lithe-slimness of a dancer. His eyes turned away from hers with a sudden embarrassment.” He had not
moment, so full had his heart been of another girl, a well-groomed girl with a serene, easy beauty so different from ‘this gay child who gave the impression of a coil of wire ready to spring with restrained vitality—who was so stimulating in her frank enjoyment of every moment. : “Yes,” he said. “I expect to be going overseas at any time now.” “Men are lucky,” said Peggy. “Why?” asked Nigel with a sudden smile. Peggy shrugged. “They can be soldiers, sailors, airmen. I'd like to fly. Girls aren’t allowed to do any of the interesting things.” “They just”have to be one of the interesting things.” Peggy’s green eyes rested on Nigel's face as he stared up into the sky. “Am I interesting?” ” ” ”
NIGEL GRINNED at her ingenuous frankness. “Well,” he said doubtfully, “I wonder.” He turned to meet her green eyes and saw the flash of humor in them and laughed aloud. “You are fishing.” “No,” she replied. - “I'm not. I think Fay is interesting. I'd like to be like her.” “You aren't so very ‘bad as you are,” he countered. “Why do you want to be like her?” “I'd like to.do things. She has had success, money, knows fascinating people. Just—" she finished" naively, “—things.” Nigel laughed. “Fay
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doesn't
cess.” “How do you know?” asked Peggy with surprise. “She was telling us last night. I gathered the big time had its drawbacks.”
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=By. Edmund Fancott | )E He demurred at that. ll haps it was because the kind of success she had was too full of parasites—like our ‘friend Baldy.” “I. suppose. a girl like that could
marry almost anyone.” The remark was an attempt to sound out
“I. expect so.” He gave a sigh of resignation. as though: at that moment, ‘lying in the sun, it was not .nearly so hard to face the fact as it had been the night before. “Do you think she would marry for love... . . that is, if she fell in love with some quite ordinary, man?” 4 Nigel shrugged his shoulders. “Why not?” “I was Just thinking, ” mused Peggy. -“She’d make a lovely sister-in-law.” “What do you mean?” There was ‘an edge of interest in Nigel's voice. “Way haven't you noticed yet?" Peggy registered childish deep surrise. “Noticed what?” asked Nigel. He was looking at her now with. ‘a slight: concern. Peggy lay back on the: warm rock, her “head: cushioned on her hands and her eyes filled with that limpid innocence her sister knew so well, “She thinks he’s wonderful. told me herself this morning. . before breakfast too! And, of course,
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NIGEL TOOK his eyes from the colorful: figure by his side. He lay down again and said nothing. The slight wedge that Peggy had slipped between his common sense and : his. jealousy was very effective. - There was & distinct pang of pain, .but whether it hurt his heart or his self-esteem he did not bother to question. What surprised him most was that in the warmth of the sun, after such a pleasant swim, it did not annoy him nearly as much as it might have done. But it brought back to him the fact that he had not seen Fay this|’ morning. He sat up abruptly and| looked about for the canoe. “The canoe has gone,” he an-|| nonuced. Peggy fluttered. claimed. “What shall we do?” “I, don’t know. “.It’s too far to|| swim.” “We'll; have to wait,” said Peggy. “Someone is sure to comie. Let's have another swim.”
to dry again. "Whereupon Peggy opened Round Two. For an amateur, she did remarkably well. Half and hour’ later anyone seeing the two figures lying there and hearing the murmur of conversation and the exchange of laughter would have concluded .that the two people had known one another for a very long time. (To Be Continued)
(All events, names and characters in this story are fictitious)
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