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Show SILVER FL FLT By Lida Lammore Larrimore ' e . < & ' . Uftcrae lIa.craCl lIacraCl Me.erae Meerae . . Smith OompllD7 Oompan OompllD7WNU CompanyWNTJ ] WNU Sen Ben Service Ie Ice & . . , SYNOPSIS SYNOPSISOn On her eighteenth eighteenthbirthday eighteenth birthday , , Bar Bar- Barbara Barbara Bar- Bar Barbara - bara , , motherless motherlcss motherlces daughter ot of Christ Christ- Christopher Christopher Christopher - opher Thorne artist , , awakes with anticipatlon an anticipation an- an anticIpation - ticipation ticipatlon of tho the joys of the day d'lY dlY ' She Sherecolvos Sheresolves Shereceives recolvos resolves a birthday rinp ring rln front from Bruce BruceMacLaln BruceMacLain BruceMacLaIn MacLaln MacLain , , young artist friend frlcnd of tho the thofamily thefamily thoatnily family ( , but more thin th'1n th1n ' friend to B'lr- B'lr Blr Bar- Bar B'lrbara Barbara Bir-bara Bir bara ' - bara . . . Barbara and Bruco Bruce go plcltnlck- plcltnlck picknick- picknick plcltnlckIng picknicking picknick-tnsr picknick tnsr - Ing on tho the sands at Provlncetown Provincetown lIo Ho Hotells lIotells Hotella tells her hor a story of a gypsy boy , , a little lit little lit- lit little - tle gypsy girl whom ho 10 loves lo'es loes ' es and andthe andthe andthe the sons song ' of a n . silver slIver lute flute ( She knowsIt knows knowsIt knowsit It Is her own lovo Jove love tile t'lle tlle tale ' IIer lieI Her ' h'1PJlneS8 h1PJlneS8 happlness h'1PJlneS8turns hipplnessturns happlnessturns ' ) turns to sorrow vkhen Rhen v . hen she sho returns home hometo hometo [ to learn her tither f'1.ther f1.ther f1ther father ' . has been drowned drownedRelatives drownedRelatives drownedRelatives Relatives arrive and tike t'1.ke t1.ke t1ke ' . charge of ofthings ofthings ofthings things Having been almost a mother motherto motherto motherto to the others Qthers Qthors Barbara Barbar'1 Barbar1 ' . , cannot think at of atthaII ofthoir oftheir thaII thoir ' separation KIt Kits s sensitive nature naturebruised naturebruised naturebruised bruised In Uncle Herberts Herbert s householdby household householdby householdby by his rough-and-ready rough and ready - - cousins , , andGay and andGay andGay Gay spoiled by her association with withsilly withBilly 111111 silly ' Aunt Lola Loh Bruce urfcea un.es unes urges . Immedi ImmedI- Immediate ImmedIate immediate - ate marriage , , but that would mean meanIIOparation meanseparation meanaoparation IIOparation separation Desperate Desper'lte Desperlte ' , , the tour four chil chil- chit- chit children children chitdren - dren plot to run away to Barbara sgodfather s sgodfather sgodfather godfather , . , . "Uncle Uncle 'Unclo Unclo " ' Stephen Dr'lke Drlke Drake Drakewhom ' , whom they have never ! ' seen 'een een Stephen StephenDrake StephenDrake StephenDrake Drake , , bachelor ba'hclor bahclor ( ' , , forty i 3 ears old still stillhas stillhas stillhas has vivid recollections of the beauti benutl- benutl beauti- beautiful benutlful beautiful - ful young mitron m'ltron mltron matron ' Barbara s 8 mother motherwhom , v . whom ham he had 10 loved ' ed eighteen years before be before be- be beforo - fore foro He lIe had made up his mind to pro- pro propose propose pro propose - - pose that night to Emily EmlIy Trent BOthat so sothat sothat that his well ordered household mighthave might mighthavo mighthave havo have a permanent head But the tho chil children chlI- chlI chil- chil chlIciren children - dren ciren arrive arrhe arrh e and the proposal Is 1s in- in interrupted In Interrupted interrupted - terrupted . . VI-Continued VI Continued VI Continued CHAPTER - - VIContinued10 -10- 10 - - 10 10"Have 10"Have - - " "Have Have " they no relatives rclathes ? ' ' &he he she & asked askedwhen askedwhen askedwhen when he had concluded the shetch sketch sketchwith shetchwIth sketchwith wIth the death of Christopher Thorne"Too Thorne"Too Tliornc Thorne Tliornc"Too "Too Too " many ninny relath relatives es , , " Stephen Stepllen answered an anBwered answered Bwered swered 'That That ' ' That seems to be thetrotrl th thtrouble the thetrouJ.lle < trouJ.lle trouJlle trotrl trouble . < ile The children don't dont ' ' want tobe to tobe t tbe < be separated They were , , for a timeafter time timeafter timeafter -after after - after the mother died That's Thats ' ' why whythey whythey whythey they ran away a\\ay a ay \ . . The relatives are in inProvlncetown inProvincetown InProvlncetown 1 Provlncetown Provincetown The children ran awayfrom a\\ay a ay away aayfrom awayfrom \ from them In a truck " " "I I " nee ne never , er heard of ot such a thing 1"Aunt 1Aunt I 1 " " Aunt Edith dlth bristled \ with Ith Indignation Indignation"They Indignation"They IndignationThey indignation"They "They They " must be distracted Have youwired you you"Ired yotwired ( "Ired Ired wired " them ? What sort of ot people ar are arethey arethey ( s they ? ' * " "Highly Highly "BJghly BJghly "Hghly Hghly " , respectable recpectable : ; , , , I should say . . . ' " Again Agam Stephen smiled "Barbara Barbara "B1rb'tra B1rbtra "Bul Bul " ; > 1ra ' ' spokeof spoki spoke spokeof e of an Uncle Herbert A relative namedUncle named namedUncle namec 1 Uncle Herbert must be a respectabl respectable respectableperson respectableperson ( person " Aunt Edith dith looked distressed distressed"I "I I " can't cant ' see that It's Its ' ' a matter for formakIng formaking to : making jokes johes , , " she said said"It said"It "It It " Isn't Isnt ' ' . . " The 'fhe fhe ' smile yamshed vanished yamshedStephen vanishedStephens 1 Stephens Stephen s expression " was "as as grave gra\e gra e \ 'lnd lnd and 'lndtroubled andtroubled ' troubled again ag'1ln ag1ln ' "I I " " " wish Jsh I cQuld could could hel help helpthem helpthem : them They're Theyre ' ' nice youngsters But Butv.h'1t Butwhat Bu . what v.h'1t v.h1t vh1t ' In the world "orId orId " can I dog do ? ' 'You You ' ' You can send cend : ; them back baeI . to theirrelatives thel their theirrelutIves relatives relutIves , , " Aund Edith Bdlth said firml'i firmli firmly firmly'Tomorrow ' ' ' ' ' " Tomorrow 'Tomorrow "Not Not " tomorrow , . , Aunt Edith lth Tliev'r Tlievr Thev're Thevre They're Theyre Thev'recompletely They'recompletely ' completely ethaust exhausted e\haustl'd e haustl'd haustld ' \ ' cl " " Stephen re remembered remembered r ( ! membered Kit's Kits ' ' white whote \ hlte face , , the circle clrcle'3 clrcle3 circles clrcle'3of circlesof ' 3 ' , of " weariness "e'1rlness e1rlness ' chalked ch'1lked ch1lked ' un under er Barbara Bnrb\ra's Bnrb ra's ras Barbara's Barbaras Barbara'seyes Bnrbra'se ' \ ' ' eyes e es 'The3'11 The311 ' ' Thei The ) ' ' 11 hav ha have , e to rest for a a dayor da daor day dayor y or twoIt two ItA It " A word of protest rose to Aunt AuntEdIth's Aur AuntEdith's Edith's Ediths ' ' lips 11ps She was "as as " having h'1lng h1lng hieing ' , n a a luncheon lunch luncheon eon tomonovv tomOrlow tomorrow Four children would wouldbe wouldbe be hard to explain e\plam e plam ' \ : But then , , this thiswas thiswas , was Stephen's Stephens ' ' house The protest protestdIssoh protestdissolsed , ' . dIssoh dissolved dissolsed ed slowly and nnd became n a sIgh sIgh"You sigh"You " "You You " aren't arent ' thinking of keeping keepingthem keepingthem them ? ' ? " she asked asked"Of asked"Of "Of Of " " course notI not I ' ' ' ' Stephen's Stephens ' ' expression expres expresslon slonas slon sion ' was \as as \ so startled that Aunt Fdlth Fdith Fdlthwas Fdithwas . was reassuredVhat reassured " "What What " \Vhat Vhat \ " would ould I do do"ith dowith c cwith ; with "ith ith " four tour children on rov my hands hand c ; ? ' ' ' "I I " wondered " Aunt Edith Bdlth collected collectedher collectedher her wrap and her scarf sC'1.rf sC1.rf sC1rf ' . , , her gloves and andher andher her jet beaded be'lded belded ' bag ' "You You "You've Youve "rou'se rouse " ' , e h1.d h1d had . adisturbing adlsturblDg a disturbing dlsturblDg evening , , " she said Id as she sherose sherose sl ? . rose from the chair " "You'd Youd " ' ' better go goto goto ito . to bed and think no more about them themAnd themAnd theiAnd And in the morning , " she added , , pausing paus- paus pausIng s - . ing at door , " "you'd youd " ' ' better call Bmlly Emily Bmllyand Emilyand lv and apologize apologl7e There ' ' . are 1.re 1re 'ire ire some things thingsa ) 53 " a woman "oman oman " finds it difficult to be under understandIng understanding "r r standing about " Stephen raked the coals cO'1ls cO1ls ' In [ n tl tlgrate the thegrate thegrate grate and returned to the deep soft softchair ? oCt oCtchair ift chair . . He had h'1d h1d ' been rude He mdh't mdht haciil't haciilt } ' , he remembered now , , retuincd returned retm ned to tl the theconsenatorJ theconserntor3 ie conservatory consenatorJ conser\ntor3 conser ntor3 \ and the loe lose lovebirds , birds and andthe andthe the blossoming blos < ; omln orange trees He lie had hadbad hadhad ( had bad dinner with the children In the old oldschoolroom oldschoolroom schoolroom upstairs But nut he thought thoughtDmllv thoughtEmily Emilv Dmllv Emily would understand understandHe understandHe He " would "ould ould send her flowers In themorning the themorning ] morning No , , ho he would take tal e them himself him- him himself - self , , her favorite white "hlte hlte " lilacs Hlacs and he he"ould hewould " would "ould ould tell her the things he had h'1d h1d ' meant meantto meantto to sav say sa v this evening e , enIng before the children childrenarrived childrenarrived arrived What had he told her her9 ? ' How Howfar Howfpr far fpr had he pone'1 pone1 gone ? ' ' It embarrassed hi him himto himto to realize reaIl7c that th'1t th1t ' he couldn't couldnt ' ' remember rememberdistinctly rememberdistinctly distinctly distinctlyThe The second part of Aunt Edith's Ediths Ddlth's Ddlths ' ' advice ad advice vice he found himself entirely umble unable umbleto unableto to follow The They were sere \ ere amusing 3oung 3oungsters our oung oungsters sters Tired as they " were "ere ere sere , , a 11 little littleawed ttle ttlen"cd Ie awed n"cd ncd " b bJ b3 } their surroundings surroundlng , , he had hadenjo hadenjoyed enjo enjoyed ed them tomght tonight tomghtB'lrbara tonightBarbara Barbara B'lrbara Blrbara ' That Tlat ) 'i i \ ' was 'IS IS qs ' her mother's mothers mother'sname mother'sname mothe ; ' ' name The daughter was "as as " very , ery li lithe hke like hkethe likethe . the Barbara B'1rb'1ra B1rb1ra ' ' he had loved the same sameheart sameheart heart shaped sholped face , , the soft brown bro " n hair lr . , the dimple that woke " when hen she suuIed smiled suuIedYounger smiledYounger smih smihYounger < 1 Younger , of course , , more slightly sllghtly hutt huilt ) ? t , , not cul11clentlylike sufllcientlylike so vivid , , perhaps perh'1ps perh1ps ' But llut cul11clently sufllciently : like her to arouse urouse dlstm distuibing dishubing bmg mcm mem memones mcmorIes " ones orles orIes of tho the ad\ ad ad adventure adenture \ ' enture In southern southernrrance southernFrance rranceThat FranceThat France rrance That , , he thought , . , Ills his e eyes 03 ; } es on the theglo theglossing t tglowing glowing gloing glossing glo\\ glo \ ing coals cO'1ls cO1ls ' , , was the only real ad ad'enture venture 'enture enture \ ' enture he had over eer ever , lno\\ lno known lnon , \ n He had hadbeen hadbeen been restless restlesc : , , for a n time , , when hereturned he hereturned returned home He h'l hl had ' planned Baca Bacation \ vn ac\ ac actron < ' \ tlon tron tion filh adventures entures , , n a vo vovage vo'age voage , ' 'lge lge ' on a tr'lmp trlmp tramp tr'lmpschooner trampschooner trai traischooner ' schooner , , a n walking wnll.mg wnllmg . trip throu through h Nosa NosaScotts No , : ! Scotis SCOWl Scotts , a a " winter "Inter Inter jaunt hunt through It'lly Itlly Italy It'llyaha Italyand If Ifnua ' nua aha and Spain Sp'lln Splln ' He lIe IIe had h'1d h1d ' accomplished accompiisilet 1ccolllplI ' llCd noneof no none noneof of theAl theA.1 theA1 therm . Ho IIe He had nc\ nc never ncer neser \ er recaptm rccaptuied recaptured cd theglamor the theghmor t glimor ghmor glamor of ot that t11'1t t111t ' spring sprmg In southernrrance southern southernrrance southc ' rranceLten rranceLven France rrance Lven L-t-en L t en L - cu tllc the vhar wnr \ ar 1 . & t nul ld ul falled failed hlm him He lie Hehid lieL i " spcthe spentthe ii L hid id td , , thtotig thioiifh thlOl1'h thlOl1h [ ' h no fault of his own 0n 0\\ 0 \ n , spc spent " the time In Washington W'1chllltou W1chllltou IVacliinhton ' ; , : behind hehlnd a qual quay quallermac.ter quaytermacters " quitermat.tcrb quitermattcrb lermac.ter lermacter termacters . . : . desk cch ; Giadually GJallu'1l1y GJallu1l1y Gradually ' the ic lest rest St . lessnoss lessness ulsappthe the whole had , disappeared , . . , 111 ' , . , , content cont : " , Et4 life . It was contentlth \\lth lth with \ hI b bEt4 $ years " since " hch.Vhimtonlght8811683 hchVhimtonlght8811683 he harlot . llp enced badenced the re restlessness " tIessne8S " ' bad htm him trOIihtm 4him QThe The Tho tODI tonight children ht htTho which Rbith ! , trOIi Q 4 herethought thought ; Barbara here \ ere re8 her onslb 1181 1181haired ' bait haired hair . and the dimple din , wkh with her 1 Soft ft'4 ft4 ft'4yi b yi ? theb , ner Iner thener ot of her mouth } at the I It t turned hadturned them to their When ghen be hetMt hetMtturned had would telatirqwould ' \ ould go on the relaUt telatirq Barb1ra Barbera usualw uSUal uSUalWay w t f , In a ausual frose rose Way her hair colored tumblel tumbled ! about kI kj hesitating at&Jhesitating yhesitating " , just inside In lcJe the her face tare , , at&J atJ & y "Why Why aren't arent ' you foom room Stepasked asked "It's Its "It It " ' , ! nft7 ntter after , "SIecD SIecD asleep " " " + Stlady Step ( ' " IJldnIgh mdalgh ) ' " [ "ight ight " ; 1'1dy 11dy lady 701'1dy , , 70 ? pV 'I I ' I know , . " ' &he he & { she nn . . tumbling Ittumbling hair hairShTherebtd ShTherebtd "ThS0 ThS0 "There There " Pushed ? back bast nclocks It @ clocks I Ihtardth he'lrd helrd head ' them themate m nre ate SO the house " strIking "e e " all all"Ha llti , Haven't Havent "Ha\en't "Ha Ha en't ent " "Ha Ha \ ' en't ent ' you f"Not fNot " alllf"Not "Not Not " slept at alll- alll alli alli - a single Ingle to ito see If you were here wink here I Icallie IcaID i c callie caID da talk , , Uncle Stephen " I iR * ant t l l'But l 'But But ' But But Barbarat Barbaral Barbara _ " t , l ' ' ashed asked tuasked Couldn't Couldnt 'Couldn't She sou you was ou call stant me lDe Babbler ? ? s \ 1 now . . She lifted Ufted her standing fnrJ face . beside he de 1 a wIstful e1pressIon eepression : In her and he be u tai taii , i eye eyes , ; rather 'rather ' 'Ide Ide ride ridetai " ' d41t it alwa ' Orand always s 'did did did " , itOr Or and Bruce , she ww thought . Fa Ei Eiit . She mention dfdmention Bruce dfd did = BabbleHe BabbleBe Babblelie Babble- Babble - - " He Be lie . ter ? ' ' He.i smiled smiled'ly smiledly . , ' .i i 4 , that t 1 Her lIer IIer brightened"Much brightenedMuch face brIghtened "Much Much " ruch better , " she saM said said i . . t tly 9ly ly the smile sm11e " S . t "What What 'Wh'1t Wh1t 1Vhat ' " ' shallwe shall , . we talk aboatt bo ' aboDtfasked utr asl.ed asled asked . when she had h'ld hld ' . curled the lfithe . her.u heru her e lt I.n In lu . " lo- lo chair c.Ilair cIlair beside the fire . , . - loe - e 'I I ' I " want 'lnt lnt ' to e " explain evplaln plaln lootedhim him dhim gra gravelv gravely velv "I I " haven t Sh She : I loath ooked . it u " itnot . , d not Tnot sure that I can cnn ' ve very J ' 'elL elL sell ' n . re rl T r"not : ' Don't Dont ' try tonight tonIghl ' ' She Shelo look looted , Sheloyoun lookyoun yolind ayolind youn titdeep tjlodeep . ; , Stephen thought , curled la In tjlo Ihe a deep soft |