About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1925)
PAGE SIX . MM SEYMOUR KS FOOTLOOSE I- x * PEATDICE- PUDTON A IKp'• i SEQUEL FLAPPER W'E" ©NEA morning a bel boy brought a thick iporning a belboy brought a thick special delivery letter to the door of 'lay Seymour s sitting room. There was no answer to 'his repeated knock, for May did not hear him— she was singing at the top of her voice as she splashed in her bath. So he slipped the letter under the door and went away. May loved music, and she adored the sound of her own silvery so prano voice. • “Depuis le jour. . .” she trilled, after the yearning manner of Mary i Garden. But as she sang that lovelierft of , ail love songs, she was not thinking I of any man’s love, but of money! Os I the things that she would buy with ' Herbert Waterbury’s mono} ' “We’ll have a box at the opera, of > course. . . .” she thought, ami in I her mind’s eye, she could see her i self sitting there in a gown of | white velvet, with diamonds wink- ■ ing from tb.e lobes of her ears and the column of her snowy neck. Be side her, she could see Herbie’s large firm-featured lace looming out of | the darkness above his gleaming shirt front. Oh, it was going to be wonderful to have plenty of mon ! ey! Wonderful! May stretched herself life a great*! tiger-cat as she settled into an! armchair in her sitting room a half hour later, ami began to cal the excellent breakfast the waiter brought her. The four-minute eggs in their sil ver cup were just right. The coffee was molten amber; the poppy-seed rolls were fresh and soft and without money, alt Ibis perfection of food am! service would be ini possible! May sighed luxuriously and blink ed sl«cpily at. the sky. as sin- bit in to her third roll. t’Oh, but I'm happy . . . .’’ she thought. But was she? Was she. really? Tb.e thought of Herbie’s anger with her last night was more or less dis quieting. It would be terribl- now if he didn’t nujrry her..* just lie cause of a harmless flirtation with a boy like Jack Darnley! “When my money from the house conies I’ll turn it'over to him to 1 invest. That'll soothe his injured ' feelings," she deemed. She went on thinking about Her Lie, as she lasfily touched a match to a cigaret, and leaned back in her chair. “It would be nice if I loved him . . she said to herself. “But 1 guess it just isn't in me to fall in love with any man . At that moment her eyes fell on ■ the thick, square envelope that the I bellboy had slipped under the door 1 an hour before. “GoGodnight Nurse!" thought May. A little thrill of horror pass cd through her. What if it should be a note from Herbie teling her that per haps it would be better for them to end their engagement! ....Or suppose it should be farewell message from young Jack Darnley, telling her that he was go ing to shoot himself!. It would be just like that wild boy to do it, too! What a fool she had been to let him fall in love with her May’s breath came in frighted gasps as she trailed her silk negligee across the room Io pick up the letter Then she breathed a long sigh of relief as she saw that it bore a Americus, Georgia postmark. “Mrs. May Lucas Seymour." .she read in the large, unmistakable handwriting of Ulysses X I'"organ. The very sight, of it was-warmly comforting io her. X x 2 ' vk a la G% Kb xj%k.7v- * J XS®k L ?<'£ ' J / Arc you Proud t Y of your watch a’ j If not you" should /y~ own a “South OL Bend.” , Then you will be '"fr. proud of its modern -X *"*%> beauty and wonder- rh ful accuracy. . W Come in and sec ,V \r the new arrivals sz with some of the V classiest dial and \/ case designs we Y *<r have ever shown. AMERICUS -T r\p JEWELRY CO. r'p (T-) Wallis Mott, Mgr. """“'I tii j'l 'Gi'Jlf .- '7' s’\ /‘- x I I . ' ■ .1" I •» "’ I ; SIpSW. - '■ \ I -C- -\ ! i ' ■« Bi iW Wilt I w w % V ,T j Hi. y «' - VJ.. It brought back, om e more, the sound of His deep, low voice, ami the sight of his kindly face with the clear brown eve that : coined Io te look through and through you I'o read the letter, itself, was like greeting ;;n old friend; and yet it was very business-like in tom-. Fold cd within it was a New Ybrk draft for $12,0(10. Without an in.-lant’s hesitation, May swept to the telephone and < ale<f Herbie's room. j “Good morning, merry . no. 'dm khe'said with forced gaycty. “This i- May speaking-— ’’ JJ-is voice greeted her coldly. “IL- is jealous!" she thougl.t. "If 1 had any brains I’d make him marry me today, before hy changes his mind about me— ’’ Aloud she said: “That money of mine just came, and I'm going to turn it over to you, as you sugest- b '\ & <. ;J Hr i' 1 x^s . <& »I|||B J W *.. A /X I y 4 • 7Jfc l r<k -'-cl. -7 rfO'O ®f , / ' W ’'l j&t ■' '■ y 4!^^aKw' # ®fefr® '-- fresh In fall THROUGH AMERICUS STEAM I X LAUNDRY DRY HEADING f i 'ji’.V' ,-' '4* Just as dainty as can be! Done in faultle-s style and with perfect care. ; /gi'"” / / Your garn *nts lightly but thor- . vd/- ■■ / /& < oughly renovated, with skill ex- /1\ .('■'■ ' / / A -?,•< pressed in every step of the care- V %/ f \ fhl cleaning and pressing pro- / i tC/ ' 4 cess. There’s a world of true handiwork pride in our service. 7 .' y. americus steam laundry' i,j < X / ■'■■>'< We’ll Dye For You ' C * Jackson Street Phone 18 Z j ' ' \ ' ‘ x < - / z ■'xz 'I ed, to invest for me— ’’ II Waterbury’s voice interrupted! ’ ! I:er. , ! “Have ydn |>ati breakfast?" “•lust i'ini.-hid it." ■ j “So did I I’M meet you down stairs in a half Lour, and we’ll go . i over to the bank, together," he said ; i All the coldness had melted from I his voice. • I , ! "That's bciau.'- Im's flattered by i ! j my coufidi'nce in him," May said to I herself as she hung up the receiver. i "Gosh, I hope that stock of -Dan' ;| is good ’’ An hour later the $l2<H)O from ; the ale of her house was in Her- I bert Waterbury's hands. So was ! the s2()ot> that remained from her ! original SBOOO. • May held out her bare hands np , pealingly to Herbie as they left the bank on Ocean Avenue, and started. - back to the hotel. TRg AMFRiUUS ' "Look at me! I'm a penniless wo m.'il!" she said with an air of inoyk, LrugC'ly. ‘ You have every cent I ' ' ft in Ibe rt<>rlil!!” A tartled look cam into Waler liur. -. brilliant blue eves. ‘Every cent you had in the world!” he re peated. “Why, I had you dop'd out . as a miljion-dollar widow—" , “Your mistake, sweetie!" May told Him cheerfully. ‘My husband was the kind of doctor who did most of his work without ever hoping to be paid for it. Two-thirds of his work was for charity, pure and sim ple. . ” She stopped and frowned. Sup pose Herbie had proposed to her thinking that she was rich! Sup pose he was a fortune hunter But, no, that couldn’t be! H" had shown her photographs of his wonderful houses! A man with homes like those was nothing less than millionaire. What need would he have to marry for money? “Let’s got married today!" .he said sudenly. ‘After all. what sense is there in waiting around for a week? We love each other—l don’t we?” “Wo sure Alb!” Herbie answered > vehemently, slipping her arm I through his. “But I think I’d like to run up to Pittsfield to see my little daughter for a day or two, first. I think I ought to tel her I she’s going to have a new mother.' ! May drooped. “What if she doesn't like the idea of having a stepmother?’’ she asked, “What, will you do, then?’’ “Marry you iust the same," Her bie replied. “Marry you just the same,' my girl!” But. there was a flatness in his voice. A feeling like jk cold hand grip ping her heart, “-ntcred May’s breast. “I wish I had that money of mine back again!" she thought uneasily’. “After al), it’s my whole fortune—” That afternoon at five she met j Herbert in the restaurant for tea. i She had put on her new gray suit, ’ and had pinned a boquet of orchids ' t(5 her breast. “Queer thing—that he's never I thought to, send a single flower since he asked me to marry him!" she thought as she smiled at. him across the tea table. ‘And he’:; never mentioned getting pic an en gagement ring, either!". Probably the thought had not oc curred to him, she decided. So she slipped off her black pearl ring and put it down on the tablecloth. Then she held up her bare left hand. “By this time next week I’ll be wearing your wedding ring, won't I, Herbie?” She asked, smil ing straight, into his eyes. ‘Shall you be glad !o see it on my hand?” Without answering. Waterbury pulled out his watch and looked al it. “Half past five," he mused, frowning. “That means alt the jewelry shops are closed, doesn’t it?' He laughed suddenly. “I never realized until this minute that you ought to have an engagement ring, my dear," he said in his delightful I voice. ‘We’ll go out and buy one f ; r.';|., (ybimy, in the morning, won't May noth d, with -shining- c.-cp “F'tihhy—l' never thought of it, cither,” she fibbed, without the flicker of an eyelash. i “Hut I would adore om-," I, j aded. A diamond—a square dia t mond, darling." I “You shall have it," Herbie prom ised. “The largest one we can find.” He lighted his cigaret and looked across the table at her with thought ful eyes. “Heard from young Jack today?" Im asked with studied care lessness. .May shook her head. “No," she. answered, with downcast eyes. “I thought I’d cal him up—and then I decided that the kindest thing to do is to let him alone to let him forget me, poor child!" There was genuine pit} in May': voice. She was sure she had broken young Darnley’s heart—ami she was sorry for having done it! He | was a lovable young kid. under his bravado and his cultivated devilish j ness— ' “He did make love to me and I I let him,” she said to Waterbury, in a sudden outburst of frankness. “I had no idea he cared for me the wav he did— ”‘ Her voice died away and she stared acros the restaurant with puzzled eyes. Waterbury turned and followed the direction of her gaze with his own eyes. At a table in the very middle of the room sat young Jack himself! Across from him was the prettiest girl imaginable. /X girl with peach es-dnd-cream sWn, hair of spun gold and eyes as bTue as Rajah’s sap phire! A needed no paint and powder to increase her childish beauty! A girl who was the incar nation of young innocence and gay et j! May had seen her about the hotel for several days, accompanied by a blond, elderly woman Mho was evi dently her mother. “Muriel Mackey—daughter nf old Corliss Mackey, tile railroad man"’ May heard Waterbury stry. “That’s the girl young Jack will probably marry after he'd had his fling." “I want, to speak to him," May said, when she ami Herbci-t had finished their tea. As they neared Jack’:-, table h<* looked up and saw them. “How do you do. Mr. Waterbury.’ he said jumping up and greeting Herbert, cordially. Then he stuck both his hands in to the pockets of iiis wide trousers and looked May up and down in solently. sneer overspread his j features, and—to her horrified as-J tonishment—his mouth opened in a | laugh that seemed to ring to lhei very corners of the crowded restau- I rant. 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