TANGLED WIVES By PEGGY SHANE Copyright by Peggy Shane. WNU Service SYNOPSIS A girl finds herself In a taxicab in New York with a strange man who speaks of “an awful shock.” He leaves her for a moment, and she drives on, for she fears him. She stops at the Biltmore, wondering who she is. Her memory is gon She has a wedding ring. The namelehs girl meets a young woman who speaks of her desire to 80 to Reno for a divorce, if she can get the money, The woman vanishes with the ameless girl's $%00. An el- derly woman, Mrs. Oscar Du Val, cordially greets the nameless girl, ad- n " wife of Mrs Rocky is abroad, wildered, is taken to the home of Mrs. Du Val and her sculptor husband, Oscar. Doris in love with Rocky's photograph, but cannot re- member having ma sd hima. Visiting a store she is astc led when a sales- woman | tion. Ro know who she why his wife sent her to his home cannot tell him They ag for the sa of his parents, to pretend, for the time be- ing, they husband and wife. sists she hide from observa- demands to ’ She ree, are CHAPTER V—Continued ey ee Rocky pulled a chair up to the table and sat down. “Draw up, dream girl,” he said gleefully. “Rather, darling, let me arrange your pillows for you.” There seemed nothing else she could «lo about it, so Doris scrambled into bed. Rocky poked pillows behind her. “Jolly, isn't it?” “What?” “Oh—having our own little love nest like this and being so fond of one an- other!” Doris’ spoon poked tremblingly Into her grapefruit. She felt a little reck- less about where the juice spattered. “It may seem jolly to you.” She looked at him unsmilingly. Rocky opened his eyes in pretended surprise. “You mean to say it Isn't to youn—with your adventure? Fickle woman, and on our wedding day you were so crazy about me!™ Doris was scarlet. For a moment she thought that Rocky meant they had had a wedding day. It was too confusing. If only he would stop teas Ing. It was baffling enough not to know what had happened to her, “After breakfast we'll drive into the village,” said Rocky. “1 want to call up Dorls without Mother finding It out.” “Go alone, “You don't crave my company.” “Frankly I don’t.” He looked at her. captious mood was gone. inexplicably, and angry. “Well, I'm not so d—d keen about you éither. It's to save Mother's feel- ings that I'm going to take you." His face looked grieved, childishly so. “She thinks that we can't bear to be out of one another's sight!” Doris didn’t know what to say. His making fun of love Infuriated her. She looked at him in stunned helpless- ness, Who was she? What was she doing here? Where was the real Doris? Why wasn't she here Instead? Mrs. Du Val rapped at the door and came in, “Ah my children—like quiet Httle love-birds you sit!” She glanced at Doris’ plate. “But yon do not eat!” She shook a finger. “You are too excited. Rocky has talked to you too much.” Doris smiled. “Yes—he hasn't given me time to dress, even!" She gave Rocky a sly glance, He came out of his gloom with a humorous leer. “But you're so beaut ful—dressed or undressed. Why should I?” Doris drove to the village with him, She sat quietly except for an ocea- sional answer to his sarcastic refer. ences to her “sustained innocence” her “touching consideration” for his parents! When she could stand It no longer she cried: “Oh, keep still. You haven't the faintest idea of what you're talking about.” “Maybe not,” Rocky stopped the car and got out. “But I'll know soon. You wait here while | telephone.” He came out a few minutes later, looking glum, “A fine bunch of wom- en I pick for myself,” he growled, “1 come home to a strange bride, and my real wife is nowhere to be found.” “Couldn't you get her?” “Couldnt T get her?" shouted Rocky. “And you let me go through all this nansense of telephoning her! How much longer do you Intend making a jackass out of me?” He eyed her ac cusingly. “You knew all the time she wasn't there” She felt as If her last nerve was about to snap. “Stop speaking to me fn that tone” she cried. “And If you happen to have been born a Jackass, Is that my fault? Stop the ear, 1 pre- fer to walk." Rocky stepped on the gas, “Stop ft? Like hl! From now on, this fight gets serious! There are plenty of unpleasant places for clever girl crooks in New York!" He stamped love of " She saw that his He was hurt violently on the starter. “Where do you suppose that woman is at this hour? Not home from last night's party, I expect.” “You-—you're unspeakable” She drew herself to the farther side of the car. She was seething. Rocky seemed engaged in a bitter brooding. They sald nothing more until he opened the door of the car for her to alight. Doris retreated from his extended hand. “1 can get out of this car quite well without assistance.” He seized her arm and pulled her out roughly. “Stop acting like a fool." They stood eye to eye, Doris on the step above him, outraged, panting with fury. At that moment nothing but physical violence could have satisfied Doris. This man had her so complete- ly at his mercy. She was so helpless, She had no place to go—no one to turn to. And he insulted her, humiliated her, She could not think of words to express her fury. Everything else had gone from her mind. He too was filled with hate, mouth was drawn into ugly lines. eyes looked at her mercilessly. “You—" he began. The cheery volee of Oscar Du Val boomed at them. “Ah, my children, home again! Good. [I thought you might be late for lunch” Rocky reached out his hand toward her, smiling hypocritically. It was the last straw. She raised her fists in the alr and struck out desperately. In her madness she hit the umbrella stand. It knocked over, hitting vio- lently. Taken by surprise, he uttered a loud “Ouch.” “I hope It hurts!" Rocky whispered, venomously, “This i8 the limit. This ends everything.” He rubbed his wounds tenderly, “And not too soon for me, either!” sald Doris, They went in to lunch. Mr, and Mrs. Du Val noticed nothing amiss, The meal seemed long and unendur- able. His His tocky Rocky was silent and brooding. Where did she she go? Du Val mother Doris felt depressed, Where She considere aking Mrs, into her confidence, Rocky's had been so kind—had seemed such a helong? should “l Don't Think | Care at All About Having You Kiss Me,” She said Confusedly. refuge, Yet had that not been partly because ghe was Rocky's wife, because she was supposed to have the Du Val seed flourishing within her? Doris felt more unhappy than ever. She had known, at least, all along that she was not going to have a baby. Mrs. Du Val would be very angry when she found out how Doris had taken advantage of her sympathy and love, What should she do? But the kindly Du Vals were per. ceiving at last that something had gone wrong with the newlyweds, Doris did not eat, Rocky glowered. Oscar Du Val pushed back his chalr, “Rocky you go off somewhere with Doris for a few days where you can be alone together.” “Yes, yes,” sald Mrs. Du Val eager. ly. "It Is not good for young people to be always with us old ones—" “We love It,” Doris spoke impul- sively. Rocky glared at her, “As a matter of fact, Doris and 1 are leaving for New York this after. noon, if you don't mind" he sald. Doris’ heart leaped with fear. So she was to leave this place—leave Mrs, Du Val, her only friend in the world. And where should she go In New York? She rose. “I'll go and pack,” she sald, “What time does the train leave?” «TN drive you ;In my ear” Rocky. Doris walked swiftly out of the room so that they would not see her tears. Rocky's bitter taunt recurred to her-—he seemed to think she was some kind of an evil woman, His eyes were so unfriendly and eruel, If he knew the truth he would turn her over to the police. Perhaps he would any. way. The least he would do would be to put her away In an asylum, She packed quickly. What the fu. ture held In store for her she could not guess, This adventure had turned out to be farcieal. “To anyone else it would be fareleal although it doesn't seem so funny to me,” she thought. Doris accused herself unmereifully. She ought to have known that Mrs, Du Val was not acquainted with her. One does not run into friends so easily when one Is lost in New York, sald How, now, would she find her friends, her parents, her—(her mind shied away)—her husband? Then she thought again with terror of the man in the cab, If she did find her friends, it meant finding that man again, Of course he was her husband. She looked at herself earnestly In the mirror. She was dressed In the tweed that she had worn on the day of her meeting with Mrs, Du Val. The at her. She was absolutely alone In the world, And now she was going out In It—without friends, without money. door. “Are you ready?’ he asked curtly. “Certainly.” she sald promptly. She gathered up her gloves. took one look around the pretty fault less room. Her haven. “Goodby,” she thought silently, *“Good-by.” Bending her head so that might not see her face she room, She took her leave In a daze, Mra Du Val full of admonitions, smiles and tears—Osgcar Du Val neglecting his precious work to bid her farewell the kisses, the smiling servants— Rocky at the wheel grim, saying little -—then the grinding gears—and last look over the shoulder— Then she was riding over the road beside Rocky. He spoke once on the long lonrney: Rocky left the the 1. “I'l take you as far as New York, unpleasantly., “But then I'm afrald we'll have to part company—" forlorn, Dorls rather completely he said horrified, wotild how Frightened, still felt that than let him helpless she was, she die know “You ean drop me at the Biltmore® she sald. “Nh KR” Doris’ throat hot from the sun. She would not ery. It was dry, her cheeks hoped that zhe would be awful If she broke The Doris decided that she down In front of Rocky never golng to end. could sleep In iid pawn drive was the park that night. her bagg ge and look Rocky arette She eot for a jo! irette elg- ting, hix mouth The hills gave smoked cig ater his eves squir sardonic and nnhappy. way to the Bronx River parkway Then turned off Fifth nue into a side street and broug II. He got aut. walked Rocky cir to a standstill nik the ear and opened the doar, at him around She looked “Well? “Get out !™ “But why “I've decided you're coming with me blankly here? to have a showdown with Dofls™ “Is this “As if you didn't know it.” Doris sighed. It She opened her bag and drew out her pow. vine on,” Rocky command ed impatiently “Oh-—all She had small hope that Rocky's wife would be able to unravel the mystery, but the cool fron grill before Rocky's door looked so Inviting. is this where you lve?™ was 80 hot 1 ge Ger case € right.” He smiled at her. "I'm sorry for all my rudeness.” he said “Oh it's all right. 'm about ready to be handed over to the police any- way." She felt weary and reckless “There's something about yon that drives me wild, I've seldom met a girl who could get my goat as successfully as you ean” “I must be Doris agreed They entered the elevator, and Rocky pushed the button. The tiny elevator was painted dull blue and decorated with three large mirrors, Looking at herself Doris saw that she was flushed and bright-eyed from the heat. She thought that she had never looked better in her life, nor felt worse, The elevator stopped. Rocky opened the door, “Doris, Doris!” Rocky's voice boomed through the apartment, Rocky's wife was not there. As they went in they saw that the place had not been occupied for a lung time, Dust lay on everything, and there was evidence that an untidy Job of pack- ing had been done there, but not re cently. *H--1!" sald Rocky. “My devoted wife seems to have left me, bag and baggage. She didn't even leave me a note as far as [ ean discover” He bent over Doris and seized her sud- denly by the shoulders. “And now, my dear young lady, it's up to you to explain, Just exactly what is the game?” Doris stared back at him, your hands off my shoulders.” “When you answer my question™ But the glare in her eyes had had its effect, She saw that he was pre tending to be more angry than he actually was, They seemed to have reached a deadlock. said Doris. “You know perfectly well f know no more about your stupid old wife than you do.” A slight grin announced that Rocky knew himself beaten. Ilis grip on her shoulders became more friendly. “So you think Doris Is stunid.” The girl flushed. She did think so, rather she had conceived a dislike for Rocky's wife for some reason not clear to herself. Yet she. did not want Rocky to think so. “1 think It's stupid to hear so much about her,” she sald faintly. “1 don't know whether she's actually stupid or not.” “You sweet,” sald Rocky anespect edly and kissed her. It seemed forever that his lips stayed on hers, but It was actually only a moment before she wus push ing him away. "I don’t think 1 care at all about having you Kiss me” she sald confusedly. “I don't believe (TO BE CONTINUED.) wonderful that way” emptily “Take For enlightenment as to what is to be In the way of smart fashions watch the stvle-wise col She knows way these i nge to wrest ads ee in i lege-goling girl almost uncanny the ates man ion from stvie contors + ofc the style center before the vim public at large gets an Inkling as to what's going on. Which is why school wardrot # ng-away-to- young moderns are so as to future style trends, X chile the some of these making winter, reven So, on the theory that what's for the college girl is for tal peep at vices which usinsts are and chie rest of us, let's the fashion school-faring for the coming sutumn OF course, the logical thing to begin with Is practical daytime clothes, but we are so excited about the perfectly lovely formal we saw in a college-girl outfit to tell about it The fact that it Is made of white ben. galine is what intr our fancy. Which Is the * #8 saying that the swankiest thing on the boards in the way of new fabric for party frocks is heavy ribbed silk. It Is quite like the weave which was so fashionable in the long ago, and now It Is “In" we can't walt igued I ame long, again. In studying the trend of styles.col- legiate comes now another thrill in that fashion bids fair to go Chinese. The simplicity of this oriental styling lends itself admirably to youthful ef fects. Take it In the matter of the new, little round tight turbans, with their close-up cuffs and their pert lit tle peaks at the very tip-top of their crowns, they say “Chinese” at a glance. Tilted over placid young brows, the; look delightfully school-girlish., The newest coats which are cut a la man- carin because of the absolute simplic- ity of fectly their lines, with the picture of These coats fasten authentically 15 over to the ot youth. Chi- way lose either with e sort of a tricky metal little inch-high », in that one side is brought her to « butions or so: col look properly prim. not ut for dresses as well. are good style choice we would call nning rough crepe seated In the picture, attention to the stu frock on the girl It is decid r new because i has wideat-the-arm- ridged hions it and the notably voguish collar is black an lamb border, have a ¢ dress, now “last word" from pictured at the in this group Is typi- The belt is green the plaid story does not Anish woolens, for the most scrumptious plaid velvets have arrived. They are being made up into 3 1 the deep vibrant blues satin with Every coll lassie should tailored plaid that plaids are a Paris. right to the 1« I day-tim ‘Ty I cally collegiate, suede. However, with gay monotone velvet skirts, Two fashion tips gleaned from the ored scarf (pictured to the left) is the mass shirring which decorates the sleeves, the scarf and the belt, and the fact that the skirt is sheath-fitting according to fashion dictates. Glimpse the bracelets, for massive bracelets are necessary luxuries which college maidens simply must have. latest soft felt hats which look like a man's fedora. Our college immensely, ©. 1922, Western Newspaper Union. BLACK FOUNDATION OF FALL WARDROBE Deserting the bright colors of mid summer, the smart Parisienne has re turned to her favorite black for morn. ing, afternoon and evening. In a re cent interview a Franch woman whose name is synonymous with chic on two continents, outlined a typical Parls wardrobe. For daytime, her cholece is a lightweight black wool coat, cut with wide shoulders and trim fitted waist. This she wears over a black sheer wool frock. Her afternoon dresses Include a yel- low and black printed crepe, worn turban of black velvet, This she al ternates with a black satin jacket sult, with white satin blouse, For informal dining she wears a simple black crepe frock, whose long slender lines are accentuated by panels of pale blue at the sides. Going to See Many Uses The new back-flare coats which Moly: neux of Paris is designing at the very ing effect on future styles. Made In silk or chiffon, they can be used for eve sports coats, with gloves, hat and shoes to match. There is a yoke af the ‘shoulders, beneath which gathers fall in full sway. The length of the coat Is slightly shorter than three quarters and the sleeves are straight and come to the wrist. There Is no fastening unlesa it be a button or bow tie at the throat, the vest of the coat flopping open to show the dress under neath, Plaid Taffeta Girdles Plaid taffeta makes girdles on some SWISHING SKIRTS By CHERIE NICHOLAS Enter on the stage of fashiom the iady with the swish-swish silken skirt which is floor length, yea, even tralls ebout In sweeping lines, Formal win- te fashions are just like that. This, because we have gone back to the Ed. wardinn age so designs tell us, for our style inspiration. The handsome black taffeta dinner gown pictured Is typical of the new movement, Use Zippers on Cardigan to Replace Seven Buttons Cardigan sweaters, jackets, sports shirts—=all those wardrobe items which open all the way down the front-—may now be found with zip fastenings. For, as you know, a slide fastener has been separated at the boltom, And to op erate one is certainly speedier than fastening the seven buttons which are the average number on a fall cardigan. 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