Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1932, Page 36

TANGLED LIVES By .ANN FORESTER Avther of CHAPTER XLIL NORMAN AGAIN. LADY was walking along Main ! street and Riverton gasped. Such s lady! All of the town had thrilled to the story of the red-headed Cinderella who had married_the local Croesus; the Cam- eron affairs had furnished Riverton with its choicest gossip for years. And only the extremely young and the hopelessly old had failed to learn that red-headed Joyce Allen, who'd mar- ried old Cameron, was coming home to stay five years by terms of the old man’s will. Riverton considered itself sophisti- cated—what with the movies and the “I suppose you're going to make it radio and the monthly fashion maga- zines. The Bon Ton store religiously held “fashion shows” twice a year when it displayed for its patrons just what would be worn in New York that Spring—or that Fall as the case might be; and the corner drug stores put in the latest shades of rouge and lip- stick “used and indorsed by your fa- vorite movie star.” But Main atreet was, after all, not the Rue de la Paix, and Joyce Cameron was a long way removed from the tempestuous Joyce Allen of the Commercial House. Such a lady! Hair shining like bur- nished copper under the smart white hat. Dress of white silk crepe . . . not aborate, to be sure, but after all, was something about that dress,” as Mrs. Sprowle, the town dressmaker, said while ghe peered behind her lace window curtains as Joyce went by. A lanky youth trimming a drug store window stared open-mouthed as she passed. He went red to the ears as the vision smiled and bowed, and quite forgot to return the greeting. Joyce had recognized the lanky youth by a family resemblance. All ‘Whittleseys had those buck teeth and outstanding ears. Let's see—this was Buck—or no! Buck had been full grown when she left Riverton. This was Toby—Toby the baby of the fam- ily. ‘Toby had been 12 when she left ~=this must be Toby. “Spite Wife.” stairs. A white plastered, highly nished room, furnished in ugly sub- stantial furnishings and brown leather, the walting room into which she walked. Two doors led from it. Ome lettered, Mr. Lloyd Weaver, The oth- er, Mr. Norman Weaver. At the sound of her entrance, the | second ddor opened and a stenographer | looked inquiringly out. ~A little thin | gir] with ‘mousy colored hair, and a mousy colored manner. “I am Mrs, Cameron,” Joyce began i pleasantly, “if Mr. Weaver can see me —Mr. Lloyd Weaver—" She had gotten this far when a man's figure appeared behind the girl. “Joyce! Well . . . well . . . Joyce!* | Norman came into the room, rather un- ceremoniously brushing the little ste- mpher aside, and seized Joyce's and. “Well, Norman—" Joyce smiled up at him, entirely cool, sweetly friendly; and for a moment their eyes were busy drinking each other in. Again half humorous dismay stole through Joyce's mind. What were life’s var- just as difficult for me as you can!” high moments if a few years could so flatten them! At one time the very | thought of Norman Weaver could turn | her white with emotion. Now she found herself regarding him critically. | Norman was still good looking, but {not quite so good looking as he had | been. Something of the shine was gone from his radiant good looks. A slight | coarsening of the features—something | of youthful tenseness gone from his | body . . . And strangely enough, for a breath of time, Joyce found herself thinking of Jim Keith's lean hardness; | the quick glance of Jim's dark eyes. But there was no doubt that she had bowled Norman _over. His eyes "wkldtned. A little flush stole under his skin. “Joyce . . I can't get over it. 'I knew you were coming, of course . . . I meant to get in touch with you; but seeing you—Ilike this—" Norman | was stammering in his admiration. “I had to come down to see your father about my affairs. You know, of | course, that he handled all of Roger's business matters. Roger wanted me to get in touch with him." Joyce's matter-of-factness gave Nor- man a measure of self-possession. It had not been easy for Norman te con- sider this meeting when he learned | Joyce was returning to the town. Slight- ittlesey was nothing to her—the dis- | ;u no particular reason—for Toby very made Joyce a little sad. years of her life gone. . to sce herself as she had been, a slim overworked little thing trudging Riv- erton’s Main street on errands. 8ix . . She seemed | Like dreaming the same dream twice, | to be walking down the street like this in the afternoon sunshine People stopped her, exclaimed. False | heartiness in their greetings, or & poor- ly concealed curiosity. Most of Riv- erton sympathized with Natalie Cam- eron and her mother—there is a mean streak in human nature which hates to see the other fellow climb too high. But Riverton was diplomatic—after all, Joyce controlled the money. Down past the town square, where on Summer nights the Odd Fellows’ | Band played . . . how many times she had listened to it, strolling with Mad- dy and a couple of new admirers. The red brick Hooper block, and the sun gleaming on the gold letters on this window which told the world that this was the law office of Weaver & Weaver, attorneys at law. Joyce stepped from the sunny street into the dusky coolness of the build- ing—the most imposing in Riverton, had awed her; and how the thought of going up to Norman's office would have turned her white. She felt a little stab of pity for the ardent young thing which had been herself. 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