Show i i l 1 h W r t t wo to a c cabin cabin M A Awo B Y LIDA LID A LARRIMORE L A R Mu lP Dg I 0 MACRAE MAln S Co WT SERVICE SYNOPSIS Charming wealthy Gabriella Cay for short Ibort Graham Craham engaged encased to Todd Jane Janeway way returns to a cabin In the Maine woods accompanied by a friend Kate 01 Ol iver aver The Idea of a stay at the cabin oc occurred oc- oc occurred to her when she received a key to It following the death of her ber godfather Uncle John Lawrence The two girls no tice that someone Is living In the cabin Kate suspects suspect that Cay Gay knows the identity Identity ty 1 of the mysterious occupant The mys mystery tery man returns He Is John Houghton a young doctor whom Cay Gay had known In previous years Immediately aggressive Cay Gay asks him by what right he is in inthe Inthe Inthe the cabin lies His right she abe finds Is la greater than her ber own He lie too possesses a key but more than that is heir to It from his Uncle John Gays Cay godfather Gay Cay is 13 high handed with him and he states that be he will wW leave I CHAPTER Continued n II I f fI I 1 had no thought of finding you John said Gay I know that He had she thought Interpreted her statement as DS a D rebuff The be smile vanished Im I'm sorry to be a n complication He wasa was a complication He had been a complication since the night they'd driven together through Cen Cen- Central Central Park before that even since the summer here at the lake She realized now how largely hed he'd been responsible for her dissatisfaction her restlessness her uncertainty concerning her approaching mar mar- marriage to Todd A complication That bat was too unimportant a word Look Look- LookIng Ing at John silent and unapproachable able in hi the doorway feeling his pres pres- presence presence ence here in every tingling nerve with every racing heartbeat Gay knew she had bad found the answer to troubling questions He was nee nee- necessary essary to her had always been since she was fifteen years old Todd was not a necessity It was as sim sim- simple simple pIe as hopelessly frighteningly in in- involved involved as that I CHAPTER III Hed He'd have to clear out Hed He'd have to to clear out now now tonight before he saw her again John walked rest rest- restless restless less In long plunging strides along the rutted shell clay road The be ex ex- experiment experiment was less important than what was certain to happen to him if 1 he remained at the cabin Hed He'd fought that battle twice before and he had no intention of exposing him himself self to the necessity of fighting it again But wasn't that necessity already upon him Hed He'd wondered how he would feel If U It by chance he be should meet her again Chance assisted by Uncle John had given him that knowledge He felt as hed he'd felt when they parted six years ago There was something between them which time and separation had not altered more vital than it had been three years six years ago because they were more mature now more emo emo- emotionally emotionally aware Not that he hadn't been emotion emotion- emotionally emotionally ally nUy aware of her that summer shed she'd spent at the cabin with Uncle John i He should have cleared out then he told himself a trifle grimly In In- Instead I Istead stead of prolonging what he had In in- Intended intended tended to be a week end visit into a stay of three weeks He should have left before the day shed she'd turned her ankle walking with him through the woods and hed he'd carried her to the cabin in his arms After that nothing could have induced him to leave He remembered remembered remembered with a feeling of tenderness for tor the Innocent ardor of their re re- relationship relationship re- re relationship which resentment could not efface the week which had fol lowed He remembered saying good good-by to her at the station In Machias straining for a last glimpse of her face young and defenseless in the transient grief of parting tears glittering gUttering on her lashes her with wide sweetly curved mouth trem trem- trembling trembling bling in an effort to smile Ill Til see lee you soon John shed she'd said laid clinging to his hand band as ns they stood together in the vestibule of the train And sustained by his presence too much In hi love with her to reason or question Yes very soon hed he'd re reo re- re plied But he be had bad not seen her again un un- until until un- un until til hed he'd gone with Uncle John to New NewYork NewYork NewYork York for her debutante party Her mother had taken her abroad that fall faU after her summer here Shed She'd written to him at nt lengthening Inter Inter- Intervals intervals vals during the first year from Ge Ge- Geneva Geneva neva where she was in school from various points on the French Riviera era cra when her vacations permitted opportunities for travel Hed He'd been relieved when the letters stopped coming glad that he had been on a canoe trip in Canada when nearly two years later the cablegram c an an- announcing announcing her return to America had arrived glad too though hed he'd watched the mail mall for weeks that she bad not answered his formal note of apology and explanation It had been easier casler then to close n a a. a adoor door In his mind for reason dur duro during during rebel rebel rebel- ing long hours of logical If HIS U-HIS thought had bad convinced him that the door must be closed and locked and the key thrown away The be key John turned realizing that he ho had reached the village Why had Uncle John made that gesture he wondered walking more slowly back toward the cabin Hed He'd known of course of that young attachment between himself and Gay It probably hadn't been dim dim- cult for Uncle John to read his thoughts the morning after the party I In New York when he be John had Insisted stubbornly and not very considerately that they return to Cambridge at once And Uncle John loved Gay He had bad for her a deeper affection perhaps than for tor anyone In the world except him But Uncle John should have fore fore- foreseen foreseen seen he thought irritably that noth noth- nothing nothing ing of lasting value could come of that attachment He was romantic Idealistic in the way of his genera genera- generation generation tion Uon but he was neither sentimental nor impractical He must have seen that he he John and Gabriella Gra Gra- Graham Graham ham lived in different worlds that each would be a stranger In hi the at at- atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere familiar to the other Per Per- Perhaps haps laps though the thought continued when you were dying such things as wealth or a lack of it it the differences In n viewpoint which wealth engen engen- engendered engendered dered the distinctions and antagonisms antagonisms it raised seemed relatively unimportant Uncle John had known he hadn't long to live when they'd gone to New York Perhaps during the following weeks when his grasp on living had loosened some wis wis- dom had come to him which by the gesture he had attempted to com com- communicate communicate to them Perhaps Perhaps But But the wisdom which might come with death was was now of no practical value He and Gay had in hi all aU probability a great deal of living to do Their divergent courses were charted had been de de- determined determined de- de determined he supposed long before they met here at the lake That bat meeting was accidental and had no influence In upon the th-e direction of their separate lives He was going to Portland to take over Dr Sergeants Sergeant's practice for a n year In hi payment for loans which had enabled him to complete his bis medical course at Har Har- vard After Arter that if ti he could man man- manage manage age to support himself he was going on with scientific research There were before him years of work which he loved of loneliness which he accepted Gay was to marry Todd Janeway Janeway- He had not allowed himself to think of that until now His thoughts had moved warily dodging that painful fact But it must be faced squarely and honestly The fact must be accepted and removed from his mind Hed He'd known of o course almost as soon as the engagement had been announced Hed He'd thought he had accepted it Hed He'd been able during the summer to look at cam cam- camera camera camera era poses of Gay and Todd Jane- Jane Janeway Janeway Janeway way with interest not too intolerably mixed with pain There had been a great many of them It would be bean bean bean an Important wedding Todd Jane- Jane Janeway Janeway Janeway way was connected with the private private vate bank in New York of which his father was president The Janeway estate on the Hudson adjoined Dunedin the Graham estate It was all aU eminently suitable he sup posed Hed He'd met young Janeway at Gays Gay's party and had been Im im- Impressed impressed pressed with his friendly manner and blond good looks Oh yes it was all eminently suitable Gays Gay's desti destiny destiny ny determined at her birth an eventuality which no chance meet meeting ing could alter or efface The be cigarette he had lit and neg neg- neglected had burned his lingers fingers The be smart of physical pain routed mem memo memories orles ories brought him abruptly to his senses What hed he'd been thinking was madness Uncle John had not I intended them to have a stolen week together hidden away in hi the woods And hed he'd been presumptuous in as as- assuming assuming assuming suming that Gay had any such thought or desire Besides there was Miss Oliver Oliver- No not too presumptuous revert revert- reverting reverting ing to Gays Gay's possible thought and desire Hed He'd seen the expression in her eyes when shed she'd looked at him through the lamplight There bere was no sane middle-course middle of friendship for them At a word a gesture the antagonism which was their safe safe- safeguard safeguard guard would melt and with more reaching far consequences now perhaps per aps than In hi the past since now they met as a man and a woman and would never meet again agam Ills His resolution wavered as be opened the door Into the kitchen Knowing that she was there seemed to give the door she she had opened an especial significance He felt her presence In the atmosphere of the kitchen and more materially in the perfume that tilled filled the air with a fading scent A light burned In hi the living living room Ho lie would not go In there He passed the door with his face ace averted And then he heard her voice calling his name lIe He turned disconcerted incensed at having his resolution so unexpected unexpected- unexpectedly ly frustrated immensely and Joy Joyfully fully relieved Hello he said from the door door- way I thought you were asleep I am am almost She sat curled against heaped cushions in hi a corner comer of the couch beside the hearth She wore a soft white woolen robe fas fastened toned close up around her throat with long sleeves and a cord knot knot- knotted knotted ted about her waist The be light from the lamp fell feU upon her loosened mop of red brown hair lay warmly against the curve of her cheek She smiled up at him drowsily an over over- overture overture ture of friendliness In her long very deep blue eyes You should be In bed He walked to the fireplace In hi which a alog alog alog log she had evidently placed there burned above burned burned- above a bed of embers Are you warm enough e ough Its It's cool here at night Its heavenly New York has been a blazing furnace The ube papers report a heat wave He bent over the log on the andiron I 1 I I j i 4 ji jit I t Youre being pretty stuffy about this arent aren't you she asked making a clattering noise with the tongs Its been really dreadful So Ive I've understood She laughed suddenly disarming- disarming ly Must we talk about the weather er she asked He rose to a standing position lon stood looking down at her unable to resist the appeal of her smile You suggest a subject he said Im afraid I lugged In the heat The smile slowly vanished Ive been thinking of Uncle John she said I I was terribly sorry not to have come for his funeral It was pretty ghastly The col college col- col college lege turned out You were fortunate fortu fortunate nate to have escaped it iL But I would have come I was In hi Bermuda Yes I know He walked to the side of the hearth opposite to the couch rested his elbow on the low stone shelf stood looking down at ather ather ather her through the smoke of his ciga elga rette You wrote me Dad Dad cabled I couldn't have made It Her eyes moved slowly a little sadly around the room Its strange to be here without him Ive become accustomed to it Ive I've been here half a dozen times in inthe Inthe inthe the past three years Kate told me I shouldn't have as as- assumed assumed that he left me this Reviving Reviving ing humor glinted between her thick dark lashes She pointed out a afew afew afew few things Id I'd overlooked that there would have been a deed a transfer of property tax bills Uncle Johns John's estate pays the taxes There bere has been a transfer of property The be estate estate theres there's theres very little little little-Is Is held In trust for my I mother during her lifetIme life At her death it reverts to my sisters and to me Then I am intruding am-intruding intruding she said uncertainly The be cabin is yours Is-yours yours Not entirely apparently Not for foran foran foran an uncertain number of years Ive been wondering That's bats why I waited up to talk to you Tm rm afraid youve you've been bearing some ex ex- expense expense pense which I should have shared After Alter all my option option option-is Is that the word should word should entail responsibility as well as create privilege Do I owe you anything Certainly not not he said a trifle brusquely But the expense of taxes and up up- upkeep keep must cut Into your mothers mother's income she persisted Theres beres a special fund for the maintenance of the property But that's hardly fair Is It she asked Impulsively That fund n. n might be added to your mothers mother's In in- Income income income come if it some other arrangement was made Why cant can't I help If U Uncle John intended me to have the privilege of coming here whenever I like certainly you shouldn't ob ob- object object object to my sharing the expense quite unnecessary he said stiffly and saw her expression change She had he knew Inter inter- Interpreted Interpreted interpreted the words the tone of his voice as a n rebuff And rightly too he thought in bitter self Her offer had been fair and gen gen- erous Why couldn't he have ac accepted ac- ac accepted it in hi the spirit in which it was made Presently with witha a gesture which expressed some thought completed some course of action determined she dropped the fringed end of the cord As he watched her still brood brood- broodingly broodingly silent she rose from the couch composed lovely remote Then I shall be obliged to stay as your guest she said and Walked toward the closed door into the room she was to share with Kate You win again Gay Gap Strange that it was less difficult to renew rene his resolution now that he realized hed he'd been a presumptuous fool Odd that now when her manner expressed in in- indifference indifference difference he was impatient to go goI goI I wont won't be here Im I'm leaving leaving- But flinging off at this hour was un unnecessarily un- un unnecessarily necessarily dramatic and so he add added ed tomorrow Youre being pretty pretty stuffy stuffy about this arent aren't you you she asked Possibly The be knowledge of what he had seen In hi her face was sustaining He felt himself relaxing as though by some agency a strain had been relieved Worse than that he continued responding to the humor and the friendliness In hi hiher her smile Im being Ive I've been unpardonably rude You have she agreed cheer cheer- cheerfully fully I understand though The be beshock shock was vas Is Is mutual Weve 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