Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1927, Page 41

JUDY’S MAN Washington’s Social Whirl and Official Life Are the Background of This F: ascinating Love Story. By HELEN BSRGER. Copyright, 1927, by th THE STORY THUS FAR. Juds Betts is a rich little poor girl. rich In ‘dreams which lighten a happy-go-lucky ex- ce with her B 0 varents. Ja arien. a poor little rich le euid d &uarded all the time he meets Wistful Judy. who continues k of hin the years bring her comm L if not ar "® ficcess a8 o designer of clay toys and Tommy Cart and because she is istence. Then. at 3 rie terested in her tovs and in he 1o study art with Judy's mos and falls in love with Tommy the war, and with it sorrow for father is killed aged to her. though she does not e o $im, Jack woes without any open expression of his love for_her, but fol dlent affection. He i reported lost. and the ariens, thinking Judy his betrothed, take her into their luxurious home despife her protests. (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) owed by her The Happy Ending. UDY went on with her confes n By and by she told me that she understood all about my pride, but that it wasn’t right, and that she had gone to your mother With the letters and the ring. T think 1 must have gone mad then I felt like somebody in a dreadful nightmare. It seemed to me that it wouldn’t do any good for me to do or gay anything. You know how that is in’ dreams, that helpless feeling when you talk and no one hears you? That's how I felt. I blurted out that it was all a lie. But she had found the ring and the letters. She wouldn't belleve me. I tried—oh. I did try to convince her what a_hideous mistake she had made But it was of no use. And while I was standing there try- to do your mother sent for 1t 1o go and tell the truth. o you I did mean to! I told my mother 1 was going to. She told me to wait till I saw how happy they were and ['d see how cruel it to let my pride keep me from admitting the truth. But even when I started ont I meant to tell the truth. Then—then I saw them! And they were happy in me! I could feel it! I was all they had left of you! That was the way they felt. I could tell it. I was nearly distracted. Thelr kind- ness was so sweet to me. And this house—why, it seemed just like com- ing home to set foot in this hou: And 1 thought if T tell them the truth, then I shall have to tell them about forgetting the letters. And they will | not even be friends of mine. thought, what does it matter, The man I was engaged to ) were both dead! So. I let the lie go on. I let them bel I was the girl you were in love with!” | Still no word from Jack, no glimpse of his shadowed eyes. “Well?" His voice at last. “That's all!” What would he say to her now? She felt faint, dizzy. “Do you hate me now?” she whis- pered miserably. She wanted to die! She wished with all her heart that she might shut her eyes and never open them again. In- voluntarily she spoke aloud. “I've been punished enouszh!” she cried. There was a_movement, He was going to leave her! Without a word! | He was going to walk out of her life | without a word! | They were woing to leave her | without a wor he was too low to | be noticed' - All this had been for | nothing! She had shamed, humiliated | herself unspeakably and they had not | & word of comfort for her! She flung up one hand as though to hold away some dreadful vision of the future! And a great blackness came down and e | o il i | tween us," she said e Penn Publishing Co. |the swift shadow of a real pain cross | his face. | “Then—I have come back too late?" | he asked her slowly, and in a low tone “Too late She raised her brows {at him. Her heart throbbed madden | ingly. | “Too late to make you love me udy? Judy shook her There can't be any hy b talk of lov Don't you how horrible that makes everything? Tt was Jack Dar ur look troubled. “Horrible he after her. ‘“What is there hor- rible about it?" Judy’s small, tender face was swept by a tide of lovely rose color. She gave a little gasp. I see that I must explain it to you,” ehe sald. "It Is lovely of you to do this for me. Don’t think I don’t understand what you are trying to do. But I—when—I love " She broke off, unable to finish ely be | her confession. Jack Darlen advanced to her. “When When 1 love T Not pit§y! Nor spoken impulsiv go! v _you see that But 1 thank you 1ll—and perhaps some time you will forgive me for the dreadful thing 1 dia?* In an instant Mrs. were outstreached to her. Mr. Da- rien's still face melted in a smile. “You are already forgiven, Judy. You have made us happy when things were darkest for us. We owe you a deep debt of gratitude for that. All the rest is forgotten.” Suddenly Jack spoke, as though un- aware of his father and mother. “Judy!” His voice was pal BEWARE THE COUGH OR COLD THAT HANGS O |, Persistent coughs and colds lead| [to serfous trouble. 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Money refunded 1 ¢ cough or cold is not relieved tter taking according to dire tions. Ask your druggist.—Adver- tisement. l ctol Pt covered everything! Judy came to herself slowly, with & bewildered sense of confusion and trouble. Where was she? Whose arms were holding her close and care- fully? Whose was the gentle face bent above hers? She gave a little struggle, sighed. “Precious, stupid ckild!” said a ca- ressing voic “Be still! Everything is all right!” She knew that voice. she heard it before? “Where am 1?” she said faintly. ' 10me, darlingast! And perfectly Where had saf At that she sat up straight. It wa she had been 3 And it was Mrs. Darien’s face that was looking into hers with a ten- der smile! “Oh, you are good! she breathed softly. She stood up. Her cheeks burned. “I am mo ashamed than you will ever know' she said gravely. “I have only one excuse, and I must teli you that even though it shames me forever and for- ever. When I lent myself to the lie I really thought I loved you. I remem- bered our talk at my mother’s exhibi- tion, and the little chat I had ‘with you at the benefit. T had loved you You are kind!” GRANDS UPRIGHTS o AND ~- MIDGET PIANOS FOB_BfiNT HUGO WORCH 110 G.EST.1879 when you were little—and I still ught 1 cared for you! That is my se! I can only say I am sorry. d now—If you will let me gi This—this is very hard for mi ast was spoken in a shaken, plead- Jack Darien moved toward her a lttle. “Couldn’t we just let things go on as they are?” he asked her. The mockery was gone from his voice, his smile. “I am very well satisfied with ;him:s as they are! Suppose—we try Judy gave him her eyes then, clear and grateful. “It—it 1s sweet of you to say that!” she stammered. “It is like the little boy I knew!” Suddenly she laughed, and her laughter was as sweet as the music of a thousand little bells, “You are loaning me a hand- kerchief again, aren’t you, when I am being put out of your garden?" rs. Darien spoke in the little pause, dear, no one is putting you out iy garden! We all love you. We would all-be glad if you would stay. You heard what Jack said? I only add to that that I would be very glad to have you as my daugh- ter, Judy! You've made a place for yourself in my heart. Wil you stay?" A new poise had come over Judy. When she spoke her voice was light, happy. “I wish I could say yes,” she said, “but—but I can't! I thank you all for what you have done for me and most of all for your kindness, your forgiveness. I—shall always love that and remember it! But I must go!” At the steadiness and surety of her Cuticura Wi“ Help You To prevent loss of hair. Dandruff, usually the cause of premature| baldness, may be easily rémuved regular shampoos with Cuticura g,up. by touches of Cuti-! cura t. This treatment the scalp clean and healthy. th, Foy e owt tone Jack Darlen winced. B Cutleu=s Shavir- S+l 28e. BURNISHINE “Polishes ALL METALS | | R THE takes my breath a from me I don't know. do, 1t you turn what T shall ed with the thought of you, In France. I dreamed of coming home to win you. And all that you have to say to me is that you must go! Why o cruel, Judy? Don’t you me the least little bit in the s there some one else? Have you really fallen in love with the man you were engaged to? Or is there some one else? 1 can't belleve that you mean to go away and leave me! And yet that lovely chin of yours has such a firm, determined look to it! And your eyes are not kind, Judy! re you going to leave me? 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The look In his eyes reached through and fluttered the latch upon her heart. “What sort of a life could we build on a lle?” Judy asked him steadily. “If you love me, Judy, it won't be FRIDAY, a lie! “It was a lle when I deceived your father and mother!” Judy would not spare herself now. “Not a lle at al merely a prophecy! “Oh!" Judy cried miserably, “you are making it hard for me! Anything buflt on decelt is rottsn clear through. And I know that I am a lar and a cheat. I want to be clear and clean darling! It was FEBRUARY -+ and free again. I must cut through all the webs of deceit and get out where it is clean again!" “And you are willing to cut through my love for that, Judy?" Jack's tone had heartbreak 4n it. Judy flung out her hands. “How do we know that what we feel for each other is not part of the lle?” she asked him, surrendering pride to truth. Jack suddenly swept her to He tilted her lovely face to his. “Is this a lle?” he cried, his voice shaking, and he bent and kissed her, & long kiss of madness and of fire. After a moment that seemed hours Judy thrust herself free of him. him. Wl N.E. Corner 7th and H Sts. N.W. W L00f Lor the Red Jags in e “If T could only bYe sure!"” she cried. Breathing hard, Jack Darien stared at her. Suddenly his eves narrowed. “I heard one of my pale in France say something once. He sald, “She's my girl and I'm her man. You're my girl, Judy! Am I your man?" For a long moment Judy searched her heart. His hand upon the latch' His voice in the empty places that had known only the faint stirring of a little troubled ghost! Was he her man? ]\\'utx this the ending of her dream of ove? She looked at Jack. The fairy prince and the beggar mald! ‘“You are my man!"” she admitted in THE NATIONAL FURNITURE CO. a very low volce, her head drooping. An instant and she was in his arms again. 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