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Show frhere s Only OneX IgySope Kerr - - - wsr "SYNOrSlS " CHArTEU HI brown girl looked In her yellow jMu . - , . . f u . frock and how other passengers If , clo her summer home In the night Anne had reasoned watched her with Interest and spec- Jk' 1 I Pfth. ln FralTHi- Id snarply with herself to get away ulatlon. What would Harry have U0&rk-- t I a irr seU-pity; 8.r v ,s,he,had thought of her? An- woSi Mmm U, ? Vch a"d pr,e,,,y f,lray8aCftPted Mrd Umlimg he had-wondered so many times Lk W'M'k Lr about her real mother, things that happened to her, and go before. The clack of the wheels M tfWli&T wiili. understanding soul. on calmly. Both she and Rachel made a monotonous rhythm of re- WSiMVy ': ,.k difficult, smca were up too early and were restless lease to A . ,iMt her summer home r&m? J inter in France with a ,h" ? Vincent, a middle-aged f.to tw Pleas of her adopt-''tCCcdeRVchel adopt-''tCCcdeRVchel twenty and pretty. :ri'Me,r, Lr about her real mother. !e,e" understanding soul. n U" rt fticult. since 'eels the tos,?'r . barrier between M pul,U L, tht her real moth- fn-yr-old Elinor A8U rfv her young husband. A 1 He was killed in BaC,,d, In desperate financial id 'WVZ hid "screed to Rachel's 7? 'E W Anne, whose own JT Elinor subsequently had TL ilft Cayne. a wealthy New V $ fman and had a son. To ,H .rbusines .cnei, Anne omits TV S r motlie! had been cal-1 cal-1 'aatl Rachel goes fishing L 3" ' local boy who runs a ". t wood carving She re-i re-i w d, , stav in Rockboro and eVrgoingtoNewVor,. 5 nHPTER n Continued TIT ' ' -3- i h,H been waiting for her ut "ow she relaxed. Ra- remSb 3i d ii she had gone fishmg wiUi WiU Std asked hta to dnmer at one, ES they'd give him to eafr-no,, eafr-no,, ;. ied to the kitchen and wa style h gating supplies when Rachel t Mp',, Mti laughing. Mj! a frightful row going on ,.. mere, Mrs. Kreel and Sister j , h are raving about our letting K itf use lh. radio. He ought 7 er to have let them know it. a 13 i eavens-" she looked at Anne's dS U SV'nothing but bread dpotatoesandabit of cheese! CHAPTER, III In the night Anne had reasoned sharply with herself to get away from self-pity, to accept, as she had always accepted, the hard limiting tilings that happened to her, and go on calmly. Both she and Rachel were up too early and were restless with this extra time and nothing to do. Bob was to come for their baggage and take it to the station and they would talk. The bare house got on Anne's nerves. "Let's take our coffee out on the terrace and watch the sea," she said, "it's a divine day." Mr. Kreel appeared as soon as they did, anxious and eager. "You haven't changed your Intention about the radio, have you?" he asked. Rachel gave him the house key for answer. "Mis' Vincent, I hate to keep on applying for favors, but could I look through your trash and see if there's any empty cereal or cracker boxes? I could mall the tops in with my letters, in the contests. She " he nodded toward his own house "she gets upset if I buy anything special for that puppus." "You can look through everything and welcome," Anne assured him. "Listen, Mr. Kreel," added Rachel, Ra-chel, "here's an idea. You speak to Bob Eddis, he's going to be here all winter and if there's any special spe-cial cereal or cracker you want I'm certain he'd buy it and eat it and ; give you the box." "That is an idea, Miss Rachel! Mr wTQcto nn nnct nn nrtrnmpnt in brown girl looked In her yellow frock and how the other passengers watched her with interest and speculation. spec-ulation. What would Harry have thought of her? Anne wondered, as Bhe had wondered so many times before. The clack of the wheels made a monotonous rhythm of release re-lease to Anne's memory. She could never get done missing Harry, she was his widow now as much as on the day he had died so suddenly, so quickly she couldn't believe it. "A bad heart and he knew It," Dr. Ayres had said. That was why all his affairs were In such good order. There was no muss or muddle over his will and his property, though he hadn't so very much to leave. But he had guarded Anne and Rachel with a trust fund and since his death it had increased and given a good Income; even during the lean years since '29 it had not diminished, for the trustee was a canny and foreseeing fore-seeing man with a passion for finance fi-nance and his ability was reinforced by a considerable but unanswered tenderness for Anne herself. Anne knew perfectly that two amiable smiles would have had Hobart Gra-ble Gra-ble proposing to her, so her dealings deal-ings with him were curt and on business busi-ness alone, except for ap occasional concert with him. He was not only a good financier, but someone with whom music could be enjoyed. The first year after Harry Vincent's Vin-cent's death was a blank in Anne's recollection, she knew that she must have gone through the ordinary motions mo-tions of living, but all she could remember re-member of it was bleak desolation ,(r,nno antral. Dlnit nil Anne decided to make a joke ol it. "You and your secrets!" she said, smiling. "All right keep out of jail, that's all I ask." And she would not notice that Rachel's smile was a little forced and anxious. "Would you like to ask Pink to dinner din-ner tonight if she hasn't a date?" she went on. Yes, Rachel would like that And for the rest of the trip if they talked at all it was of nothing with special spe-cial meaning. Pink, it appeared, could come to dinner and at seven; before they were ready, she came bounding into Rachel's room at the hotel without a sign of her day's work about her. Pink was small and thin as a toothpick, her nose turned up, her skin was pleasantly freckled, her hair shoe-polish black. She hailed from Baltimore and was unlike the Southern belle of song and story In every possible way. She did not even have a Southern accent and she was 100 per cent unromantic. Her brain was keen and violent, she spoke her opinions instantly and acted on them as soon as made, and she was quick to be kind and tolerant tol-erant and also to be sharp and hard, but she couldn't cherish a grudge. Anne heard her speaking to Rachel Ra-chel and in another moment Pink tapped at her door, popped inside, hugged and kissed her and said the house. Is there so'thing I could do for you to help out this morning? who could live on when he could not. But that had passed, she had forced herself into normal ways, the care of Rachel had helped. Presently the child was the reason, the validity of her will to live. There was enough money for a small apartment and a maid for the win-, ters, the house In Rockboro in the summers. Rachel had gone to a private school and to special classes at Columbia, but obviously she was no scholar and to force her through the college mill seemed a pointless point-less task to Anne. how grand it was to see her, all in one motion. "You're coming to dinner with us," Rachel called in, "and we're oing somewhere swank. I'll get enough cheap Italian dumps this winter and don't I know it." "I'm not dressed for a swell place and we haven't any man. Or have we?" "No, we haven't," said Anne, "but I don't think it matters, it's early and you have me for chaperon." 4Mri 6 V ' "111 bake the potatoes ana roan lflh -bread." said Anne. "There's a 0tr -a of asparagus, that'll do for sal- . and a can of apricots for des- S!gned Here's enough coffee for to-bust)'"' to-bust)'"' '-"tit and some in the morning ?Z1 Sore we start." TV) tough this homely patter Anne )lcturT Mbeen listening to Rachel, watch-:equlred1 watch-:equlred1 ' :iher to discover if there had been ! "'V change, any ferment of feeling Tht, ? to their talk on the beach. She 149 f -dd detect nothing. The barrier 1 Franca .. been gh between them ;s (m cc i-ire she had told Rachel what the t'l demanded to know seemed to U Servlci. s :;ve gone. Bob arrived before the meal was ail bringing cocktails in a paper )I1S" ::"jiainer mi a PackaSe of salted :i!s. 'They're probably stale," he ;Id. "They were bought for the ire not ma. runner folks and as you're the last and destnt right yQU snoula have ich men m 'aiwajib Bachel had put on the yellow 1 fortimi!- :repe dress she'd saved to wear the at day, she had tied a velvet rib-u rib-u has ba ton about her head and pinned a :edenti.-l mot of floppy velvet roses at the , 'M ol the plain collar. "Decora-an "Decora-an any ton! for the party," she explained, is the cjih !(b pom.ed thg cocktails witn cer. a rat"--' Q cheese canapes cience b -;;,!ted smart and professional. "Re-orld.-CM" mi assurances, girl friendsl" he i'-il, lifting his glass. "And am I respeclel u iag to miss you!" one idoliifi yw could come to New york," Rachel With Rachel at twenty Anne had come to an impasse. The girl lived with her too contentedly, saw too few young people, passed on her decisions and her plans to Anne to make and only now and then took a stand of her own. Anne didn't want to depend on Rachel any more than she wanted Rachel to depend on her, and she was afraid that her love for her daughter might betray be-tray her. Not only her love, but the constant joy of Rachel's presence, pres-ence, the pleasure of having her by her side and in looking out for her, these might, she felt, so easily warp and limit Rachel, make her less of a woman, less of a person than she had a right to be. Then that querulous difficult dowager, dow-ager, her Great-aunt Helende Bes-nard Bes-nard (born Helen Williams of Albany) Al-bany) had summoned Anne to her side, not because of affection or need, but because her sole aim of The talk went on after they had reached the roof garden which Rachel Ra-chel selected as their dining place. Anne listened, amused, as the two girls chattered. "I tell you," said Pink, "this is the women's day and the men's depression. de-pression. It's the women who've scrabbled around and found some sort of jobs when the men couldn't find any. My part-time maid tells me that practically every woman she knows is supporting a husband or a brother or a father. And coming com-ing into the white-collar class it's the women who've kept the home fires burning, they've made new jobs when they couldn't find old ones. Two big women's clubs have built and furnished clubhouses, though building is practically dead, end they've financed them soundly, too. Ladies, someone said the other day, have found out they can work. th town. Rachel, you can I 1 V W! iTMf nr 1 " Both Were Glad When They Left Him. No? WelL I wish you both a safe take your pick." (TO BE CONTINUED) Two or More Nicknames for the Various States Nicknames of the states, mentioned men-tioned by a writer in the Indianapolis Indianapo-lis News, are: Alabama, Cotton, Lizard, Liz-ard, Yallerhammer; Arizona, Baby, Sunset, Apache; Arkansas, Bear, Bowie, Toothpicks; California, El Dorado, Gold Hunter; Colorado, Centennial, Silver, Rover; Connecticut, Connecti-cut, Nutmeg; Delaware, Diamond, Blue Hen; Florida, Everglade, Fly-Up-the-Creeks; Georgia, Cracker, Buzzard; Idaho, Gem; Illinois, Sucker, Prairie; Indiana, Hoosier; Iowa, Hawkeye; Kansas, Sunflower, Sunflow-er, Jayhawk; Kentucky, Dark and Rloodv Ground, Blue Grass, Corn trip and an early return next year, and I'll look after everything here for you. I'll miss you sore." They shook hands with the gentle little man and he scurried away. By the time Bob's car rattled up they were both reaay, the bags on the terrace, the house locked and the extra key for Ada hung behind the nearest shutter. Bob's thin face was drawn tight and his eyes were tired, unhappy, but Rachel said nothing about it, nor did Anne, either to him or later as they walked down to the station. The stores were just opening, the housewives had not yet begun to sweep their walks. The streets were empty, cool, waiting yet content, the early sunshine was white gold through which the long shadows of morning made a frail and shifting pattern. "It's like walking on a stage set," said Rachel. "How people peo-ple do spoil this town!" "But you don't want to stay here when most of the people are gone?" "Not as Mrs. Bob Eddis. Not a chance." "I hope you'll have a good time with Pink this winter and I do hope you'll find a job you really like not a mere something to do in the daytime." day-time." , . "I'll find something," said Rachel-The Rachel-The train was waiting and Bob had piled their baggage just inside the door of the one passenger car. "I've decided to go as far as the Junction with you," he said, and all the way there he talked about nothing noth-ing with defiant cheerfulness annoying annoy-ing to Rachel, pathetic to Anne but vwv, wprp elad when they left him living now was to mane peupic w what they didn't want to do. She had tried before to get Anne to stay with her and refusal had sharpened sharp-ened her demand. This new summons sum-mons had provided Anne with a logical excuse to leave Rachel on her own, make her rub up against the world, give her companions of her own age. Anne came out of the silence. "Will vou stav at the hotel with me until I sail, or go right down to Pink'" she asked, hoping with all her heart for these last few days with Rachel. "I'd bettei stay with you and watch your shopping, you'll buy nothing but old lady clothes unless I watch you. I want you simply to put Madame Helene's eye out when you get there. I'll phone to Pink that I'm on my way." Anne opened her lips to say Best take your bags to Pink's so they don't have to be moved twice but she changed it to "Very well remembering re-membering that Rachel must now make her own decisions however small. She added gratefully It 11 be a big help to have you with me "That's a joke, you know Grable does everything. All you need is a couple of frocks and a visa. on your nassport. Poor old Grable, what 11 e do with his Philharmonic tickets this year?" "You might go with him-Rachel him-Rachel laughed. "And have hun tell me all -about Brahms? That wouW be a thrill! All the same I mean to cultivate Grable a bttle. he might find me a job just for your 1 ......A enp nan -A y yu mentioned. You know, Vincent. I've been doing my " '", VL !,it to persuade Rachel to marry '1 rt ,ni stay here this nier to" f!JJJ tad of leading the wild life in the "VTUJ PJt and wicked city. She won't UjP-ll alento me, I wish you'd use your iaMM' 3e with her." s "Mother wouldn't want you for a a nUV t"1'1'" declared Rachel. "Look JiYtrt .iher struggle between her truthful iVELOPO t?nd her kind heart" rttSS.rls a shameful he. Your ,f 6nC'jk' as known me a lone time 'photo 01 links I'm marvelous. Don't - "'!'Mrs' Vincent?" "7 h ,some ways you're certainly TATE '" Anne agreed. siously - about Rachel or tb" j "aig me-" ?PBn JJC'el wiu decide that for her-thera her-thera TNC !-, che1'" said Anne deliber- raiI ,Wai decide everything im-' im-' ' m her Me Ior herself with- b- !? from anyne- I be- I? .She'U strike a pretty fair T Kfdecidinf! right." .J. u see, Lb! Mother ieug;S"ttodeciine your flat- 5?' Say that'" said Bob. f ! P.led U'" retued Ra-wT' Ra-wT' more' mother isn't TM V k th Pulmy livine in New and finding a job W t LAeyou' mother?" She tV 4 Uou r ran answer- "And ill" 5 ' Y0U v 1 d0 here a" winter, fcH 'fiug? the libr"y "d HP1 V H Vmg' bUt Fd haVe : i waitTept cook your k': Eat them " you t0 come rflll 8ti,ou Moving books SOP i:,' feand teaCh youa , 00 the 5' angel- We could r,to$22 and go fl h and back the rr;! nduKn5 and sing some- The I re and "PW-" SS&cit :eC ent would be too :in?;orridRachel- Then, M'rf H S6Cret resolution 1",f :tl,NeW !lnd decIari"g jSSlJjsis: ..!n' she added with SSS858 i41 thi, , got something I 'oimter' something of Cracker; Louisiana, Pelican, Creole- Maine, Foxes, Old Dirigo; Maryland, Old Line, Cockade; Massachusetts, Old Colony, Bay State; Michigan, Wolverine, Auto; Minnesota, Gopher, North Star; Mississippi, Bayou, Magnolia, Tadpoles, Tad-poles, Eagle; Missouri, Pikes, Ozark, Iron Mountain, "Show me"; Montana, Treasure, Bonanza, Stub-Toe- Nebraska, Blackwater, Antelope, Ante-lope, Cornhusker, Bug Eater; Nevada, Ne-vada, Silver, Sage Brush, Sage Hen; New Hampshire, Granite; New Jer-sey Jer-sey Jersey Blue, Garden, Mosquito, Clam Catchers; New Mexico, Sunshine, Sun-shine, Spanish; New York, Empire Excelsior, Knickerbocker; North Carolina, Old North, Turpentine, Tuckoes, Tar Heels; North Dakota, Sioux, Flickertail; Ohio, Buckeye; Oklahoma, Sooner; Oregon Hard-case. Hard-case. Beaver, Web-Foot; Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, Keystone. Pennamites. Leather-Heads; Rhode Island; Little Rhody, Gunflints, Plantation; South Carolina, Palmetto. Weasels; South Dakota, Sunshine. Coyote; Tennessee Tennes-see Volunteer, Hog-and-Hominy; Texas, Lone Star, Beef Head; Utah, Desert Beehive, Mormon; Vermont, Ver-mont, Green Mountain Boys; V.r-ginia. V.r-ginia. Old Dominion, Beadies; Washington, Evergreen Chinook; West Virginia, Panhanole Mountain; Moun-tain; Wisconsin, Copper, Badger; Wyoming, Pioneer. and settled into the express train s swift impersonal comfort. u there's anything I hate its being seen off," said Rachel crossly. "Come on, let's dash into the diner and get some food." "And let's go into the silence while we're eating," added Anne. Not talking at breakfast was a custom cus-tom Anne and Harry Vincent had adopted early in their married life and found that it gave the day a good start toward civilization It was of Harry Vincent that Anne thought as she sat across trorn -chel, noticing how handsome the tau ; With hesitation, uc.uo. -so determinedly kept her hands off his most important matter, Anne asked "Rachel, are you any nearer knowing what kind of a job you 11 10?kNornot a bit. Pink will prob-abIyNthink prob-abIyNthink up something and force me into it. And I'll hate it. . tnought-from what you said to Bob lasTnight-thatyou had some- thSwUh ostentatious carelessness: "Oh, that-that was-on was-on the side." |