Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1935, Page 24

B—6 LOVELY LITTLE FOOL oA Slory of Washingtons Social Set GALLAG WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE. Torn between two infatuations and Budding love_which she does not vet recog nize, Betsy Seymour has attended a La American embas: terfuge they return to the ball room she sees Mar. shall Vandevanter openly holding Stockton's hand. madly infatuated with Marshall and he geems able to rule her thoughts and ac- tions despite his atta: also sees John Storm, ine law in the Capit eymour home. John had once nd told her kissed h love him some time. Raoul just intimated | B PHYLLIS MOORE Libby | Saw that Raoul's ment to Libby, She | those were the same < | loved her. girl whoge picture, Jolin nad In bis oo | ent they were now! Stark, naked pas- n the what have you offered me to prove your hospitality?” “Love,” he said, softly, not smiling. a sudden tightness in her throat almost shut off her breath, she expression had Betsy at the time 18 |changed. Those were the same lips asked her to be his wife, that had how differ- | flights * But how she was going to | Sion. quickly veiled,-was concentrated THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1935. pounding, oppressively hot, as Raoul tyrned away from her and went into the bar alcove. She heard him empty- ing cubes from an ice tray, glasses clinking, the explosion of a cork from a champagne bottle. She heard him saying, as he must have said to many women before her! { “Have you ever seen the dawn with | a man's arms around you, Betsy? A | dawn * * * pele, wistful, streaked with pastel lights like the fragile petal of orchid? That sofa in the corner faces the Potomac and through the windows one can see the soming over Washington. Betsy's eyes dilated and her hands, cold and clammy as lard, were pressed against her hot cheeks. . With a little sob in her throat Betsy reached blindly for her velvet jacket and ran out on the flower-studded ter- race of the penthouse. Her breath ached in her throat as she raced to the stairway, down the 15 winding * raced as if wild beasts and malevolent enemies pursued her. On the pillared porch of the ground feminine voice calling her name, & mocking familiar voice: “Heigh-ho there, Betsy Seymour! Not walking home from Raoul's penthouse, are you? Doesn't look so good to me, darling!” Betsy wheeled quickly, and there was Libby leaning out of Marshall’s car—Libby waving, laughing—and Marshall's grim profile as he turned his eyes quickly to the road and stepped on the gas pedal. The small car lunged and shot down the boule- vard in a rattling, black streak. Marshall and Libby were not quite out of sight when a cab pulled up, the brakes screeching on the night air like women in torture, a man climbing from the rear seat. Betsy, gathering up her full skirts, hurried past the man to the curb. But the taxi driver only shook his red head when she struggled franti- cally with the door handle, and sald: “Sorry, miss. 1 gotta waitin’ job, see That guy who just went in. __USE FARBO. Y There's & stand up at the corner, Justa block, see?” Yes-g—I—I—see,” Betsy stammered. She leaned back wearily against the door a moment, one hand over her heart, as if to steady the tumultuous beating beneath. “Say-y-y-y-y-y,” the driver said. “You ain't seen a murder or a ghost | or somethin’, have you? You look scared stiffl” “No-0—no,” haven't.” And, without looking a‘ him, she started off at a run toward the corner. sald Betsy. “I—I It was almost 4 when Betsy reached ‘'WooDWARD & home. No taxis had been parked at the stand and none had been cruising the streets. At the corner Betsy saw John Storm’s car turning into the alley where he had rented a garage * * ¢ John was coming through the kitchen from the garage when she opened the front door., #John, may I talk with you? done something very foolish.” He stared down at her, trying to accustom his eyes to the dark. “What, Betsy? What have you done?” “I went to Raoui's penthouse * * ¢ I've OTH]]THF AND G STREETS alone with him * * * tonight. I saw you and Angelica at the legation * * ¢ you didn't see me * * * and I * * I***"” Suddenly all the courage tell John everything about Marshal and Libby and herself drained from her. Her lips became starched and | words would not thrust past them. It was while she was waiting for the dis- jointed thoughts in her brain to clear 8o she could make a fresh b that a shadow, silent as a b materialized on the threshold of the parlor * * * a shadow that said in a | deep voice * * * “Don’t move! Don't turn! Or I'll shoot.” (Continued Tomorrow.) ANNULMENT GRANTED isrepressatation Charged to Husbane by Mrs. Riggs. A request by Mrs. Bertha V. Riges, 2036 Plerce Mill road, for aanulment of her marriage to Wiwn @iz Nichols was granted yess'emy by District Supreme Cour’ Jvsass ¥ Dickinson Letts, Through Attorneys G. L. Munter and Confer Bailer, Mrs. Riggs, a wid~ | ow, told the court Nichols had mis- represented his financial and busi- | ness status to her. LoTHROP Prone District S300 in the dark fire of his gaze. He had | floor she paused to catch her breath, to slip on the velvet jacket, to wipe Dt e wants Betsy to marry him. Then e b e wlect ned as an exauisite | loved her because he had thought her dancer rnrl‘h]nl» lcréns the nufl-‘ .'fim‘fi different from most girls. He had told = ; Y Wi B e . hoe her so. Then coming here to his the hot dew from her temples. The brother 1’»::;. has fallen m‘!lme ke o cool night air, bathed in whitest floods A few minutes later Betsy discovers Terry | penthouse with him, asking to get|of moonlight, restored some of her he 'por h ting | o e R e 8 itten]y there 1s & | drunk with him, he now thought | equanimity and for a moment she g u5|\_? L s:’lr}\mg Rflag‘f“'s and | that she was * * * | | leaned panting against a tall column. | Ber mind is torn with her thoughts of | Betsy felt her heart expand to the | Still hardly aware of 'where she was Marshall. and she Raoul to take her | farthest corners of her body, wildly | of what she Was doing, she heard a | Lansburghs FOR LOVELY FLOORS On Sale At WOODWARD & LOTHROP RADIO SPECIAL—in the Semi-Annual Selling R.C.A.VICTOR RADIO at_$50 Less Than Regularly He was lying, she decided. He was ‘ : Fro e esacion chancers Afe & In the face of rapidly rising prices $6 9.50 Lansburgh's Offers 70 BOUND, READY-TO-USE Regularly listed at $119.50 “Do you think Jose Ravero will dis- cover what you took tonight before at exceedingly low prices’ as he sald into the chauf-| feur’s tube, “Drive to the post office, Hardez. Then by a telegraph office * * * and home?” “Why the post office in the middle of the night, Raoul?” she asked gay ©Oh, she felt reckless now! Going to| Raoul's penthouse to get drunk! What 8 grand way to get even with Marshall! | What a grand way to prove to herself | that Marshall's chapter in her book of | life was closed. finished, forever ove: “I have an important letter to mail,” | he said. “Forgot it before we went to CHAPTER X. | AOUL gave Betsy an edge of & R smile. He was laughing softly | DIAMOND JUBILEE YEAR 7th, 8th & E And aren’'t you afraid I'll tell some one? Women don't have one-way zip- pers on their mouths, you know!” | For a full minute Raoul did not answer. He fumbled in his pockets and drew out an oblong silver cig- arette case. He snapped it open and offered her a cigarette. When she re- fused. he took one himself and lit it, Inhaling slowly, seemingly drawing the smoke along his tongue. | He said: “I believe. Betsy, that you should be en authoress. You have a vivid imag- | ination. Do you ever consider writ- ing?” Betsy's voice was composed, but tiny | flames in her cheek showed her shy- ness on this subject. “I've almost fin- | Ished a nove he confessed. “And 1 shall have to blacken both your eyes if you laugh. And that would be & pity. You have such nice eves!” | Raoul didn't laugh. “May I suggest that you have a Latin hero in it named Raoul who sneaks around lega- tions, through secret passageways, stealing important documents from locked safes? Make him insanely in love with the heroine. of course. That Is, if you're the heroine of your story, Betsy Betsy began to wonder then if her vivid imagination had tricked her into believing that Raoul was involved in some diplomatic intrigue. She was frowning slightly when she said: “Forgive me, Raoul. I did think you ¥ere an international spy or something of the sort.” “Then turn your imagination to more pleasant channels, Betsy.” Raoul said, taking her hand between his two palms. “Try seeing yourself as the First Lady of my country. You know, | I am returning home to run on the Liberal ticket for the presidency. I should be elected, and I think I will be. for I was more or less born to that office. My grandfather was elected when he was 38, my father took the oath when he was 35, and I am 32. Jose Ravero and all his henchmen, | who are so anxious to avoid blood- | ghed over the boundary will have to wait until I am dead or out of office to keep my country from once again possessing that disputed territory. 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The Semi-Annual Selling brings Low Price on A_Specgial but she was powerless to stop. Libb; was ultra-sophisticated. Terry's dancer | and John's Angelica were worldly, too. | Well, then, if men went in for their | type she would be more sophisticated | and daring than any of them. Raoul's penthouse was a futuristic palace. The drawing room was high and vaulted. Magenta scatter rugs were thick and lush under the tread. | They were facing a cone-shaped mirror when Raoul helped Betsy out of her velvet jacket. With her back still to him he curved his arms around | her waist and locked his long bronzed fingers. Almost unbelievingly Betsy watched Raoul kissing the lobe of her ear and his shining black head moving slowly downward as his lips sought the curve of her throat. Gen'ly she put Raoul away and turned and faced him before the honesty of that small frightened face *in the mirror which would defeat her srecklessness. 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