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I I iN 6 f N Ni t I ETHEL i I I t LU f J 1 W 1 tlc R f I j- j 13 r M R ir I f fiT iT r. r Y Q i l I l I BEGIN HERE TODAY t To keep life Ufe from growing too dulIn dull dul dullIn dullin In Red Thrush Iowa Ginger Ella I Tolliver or organized a Junior country club It was to be exclusive exclusive no no parents par par- no babies just the younger I set Accordingly Ginger whose fa father Ia- Ia aI a- a I 1 ther was a n. minister and whose stepmother step I I mother the former Phil Van Doom t L was both wealthy and Indulgent purchased purchased purchased pur pur- I chased the Mill MUI Rush farm a acre 10 tract with an old house and arid remodeled It o Into Red Thrush came Bard Holloway Holloway Hollo- Hollo way ay a young artist who was around the country Attracted by Ginger he agreed to stay and paint portraits and decorate the new club club- house The made him their guest Bard thought Jole de Vivre would be a good name for the club It was adopted And he thought It would be splendid if it they could import from Chicago one Nicolo For NIcolo NI- NI cob colo was handsome and he could cook and sing and strum a n. guitar He would make a picturesque addition to the club He would be a knockout on the opening night for which an elaborate dinner dance was as planned But on the morning of the opening there arrived at the not one Italian youth but what seemed an arm army Little Angelo was a musician and Pietro could cook And Benito could sing Nicolo it seemed could not come so ro they had come In his place to make themselves useful glad to work for their then board That night at the opening Bard realized he was falling In love with Ginger ger The event erent was a a. great suc sue cess Pietro Angelo and Benito added added added add add- ed just the right touch of color but Eddie J Jackson began to think that Ginger would have her hands full fun with them and Jenky Brooks who with her husband Benny were chaperons chaperons chaperons chap chap- of the club began to have mis mis- givings But the Italians soon won her over and they made plans to stay NOW GO ON WITH THE TIlE STORY CHAPTER They took tool a childish delight in their rural environment planting flowers In small nooks In the rocks and in inthe inthe the rifts of fallen logs swinging baskets baskets baskets bas bas- basI I of or trailing vines from porch j rat rafters rs and window ledges spading up gardens wherever there was a n. abit abit bit of earth to be turned I I p Ip I l I L l l I i Mrs Carter the old mare the they groomed and curried as long as she had physical strength to endure it and quarreled good overturns over Ower overturns turns at milking the cow Every time ilme Ginger appeared they handed her fresh lists o of things the they wanted brought out out moro more seeds for the thc garlen garden garl gar gar- gar gar- len den en food for the birds which they wished shed to tame materials for the construction of bird houses yeast eLSt for tor forthe the raisin cider they were e experimenting peri- peri with more geranium slips sUps In the general work worl of the thc hou house e and gardens they were ere veritable treasures Pietro Pictro concocted strange delectable dishes most gratifying to Iowa owa palates a bit satiated with time time- honored roasts and experimented experimented continually with new combinations combinations combinations combi combi- nations of or fruits and vegetables in the cellar because as he told Jenky Its ts t's tho the use of the these odd odd and ciders and wha whatnots that that makes nukes a cook a chef I 1 Benito spent most of his spare time constructing odd attractive little bird birdhouses birdhouses houses in every available site and every day day and and many times a day- day made a a. slow Joyous tour of or the thc grounds tossing enticing seeds here and there filling small jars with Wae wa wa- e I t ter r. r and chirruping to the birds com com- With no little effort he contrived at last a genuine bird fountain lined with small rocks and within n a few days he almost wept with joy to find his sm small l feathered friends had accepted accepted accepted ac- ac its proprietorship Indeed ina In Ina a short hort time every wild v creature on the place had lost all fear of the huge Italian who moved mOred so softly stood so motionless chirruped to them so affectionately with strange guttural sounds deep down In his melodic throat They looked after Ben with a deference deference defer defer- ence and a polite attentiveness that quite went to the thc head of that humble humble hum hum- ble bin person so used to being overlooked overlooked overlooked over over- looked In the thc more ore dominating dominating dominating domi domi- types Within a short time he had perked up and was giving orders as If he here re really lly were somebody around thereTo there To Jenky the they were warmly subservient subservient I leaping to do h her hr r will with a competitive eagerness that she found Irresistibly flattering She confided to Ginger that she had to admit she had grossly misjudged them and were it not for fo- the language into which the they always lapsed when they were she wouldn't believe they were foreigners at all but ju Just t like ever everybody bod else When the carpenters penters had finished work en cn the tho house and anti outbuildings Ginger had them put In a small boat l on the rocks by the river di directly directly di- di Sack back of or the thc house Ginger had a use 1250 for that boat l landing anding for she had bought at a ci great reduction from the Holiday Hardware store three canoes which they had beon displaying every summer cummer for five years at nt steadily decreasing prices Thera There wasn't much navigable ble river riven In that part of the country but at least there the was the pool opposite opposite opposite site and a small stretch of good stream B Besides ides the land landing was effective and the boats lying bottom side sido up lent a great deal del of ot country club atmosphere Benito was cr very fond of or boating And on the second day after his ar- ar he admitted that the boat was queer shaped and he be didn't altogether understand the use of Dr one oar he ventured bravely forth In one of the canoes You cant can't row with ith one onel I he shouted back k to the group roup on shore She Sh turns around Dont row dont don't ron TOTT called Bard Paddle stand Paddle stand up In in inthe the end and paddle It lent Isn't a rowboat Benito boldly stood up and thrust the paddle Into the water The canoe spun around once and slid neatly out from under him Bard pulled the crestfallen man safely back to shore amid the derisive jeers of or his fellow countrymen He took tool It In good partI part I 1 like water he said to Bard simply And ld I Like ilke running boats But I like the oars that run both sides at once The n ne next t morning having gained the con consent o of Jenky he lie hitched up Mrs Carter to the old buggy and spent a. a great greet many hours hows jogging slow slowly ly around the nel neighborhood from farmhouse to farmhouse making in inquiries In- In until he be discovered an abandoned abandoned aban aban- old boat of ot th the familiar two- two 1 oared t type lying bottom side up In Inthe the b barnyard of or a farm two mil miles s a away For the trifling t matter matter- of 50 cents cEnt It became his own and with th the help of Pietro and Angelo he got It up oil on onS 1 the set of wheels lent by the farmer S for Cor the purpose and towed 11 his tre treasure treasure treas treas- sure s- s ure home in triumph For hours every day he worked on it it pounding painting screwing t tarring tar tar- r- r ring adding constant odd improvements improvements improve improve- ments of his own 11 and at last after a weeks week's s soaking in hi the thc river he pronounced pronounced pro pro- It what Ginger called a worthy Rabbit-worthy cr craft t. t a e eAt vAt v it At heart Benito was a genuine nav nay He liked the lazy lap and roll rollof rollof rollof of water beneath him but for t the le arduous work of or rowing had mall email in in- in He Hc removed the seats from the boat boat all an easy matter for they were v I rotting away to soft splinters splinters and ers and and filled the bottom with an old cot mattress a a. pile pUe of bl blankets old oki ru rugs old clothes and t then ten when he had rowed acrO across the river to the deep pool wol anchored at once and stretched retched himself out full length In the boat upon the soft bed bee beneath and with a fishing line attached hed to each wrist he ic lay in th the warm sun listened to the lap of water against ag the boat dreamed saw visions an and kept the camp supplied with fr fresh h Ush 11 Nor did he keep his piratical craft bottom side aide up on the landing with Singers Gingers v whits Canoe s' canoes canoes' but let 1st It ride rde the tho tide at th the end of a 2 long secured ju Just t oU out of sight of or the cott cot- cot t ape e. e A real bow line mooring approved approved ap ap- ap- ap proved Bar Bare Bard i A real r e rive boat saM said Benito looks best In water And on his next list for Ginger was pipe and smoking tobacco for as lie he ic said pipes look best on on river river- men Certainly to Jol Joie de Vivre they were acquisitions without peer They cooked they gardened they sang ln Motor parties visited the club from far Car and near drawn solely by the vivid tales of or their accomplishments In this wave of oc enthusiasm Bard Holloway managed manage to hold his own S I e-c e i I f receiving r g commissions for more Pc portraits portraits por por- traits than he could execute In months and at a a. good Coed round price priceR price price- a R price fixed and frequently f raised by bj none ether th than n Ginger She had constituted herself his untiring untiring un un- tiring chauffeur l his s patron saint and his unremitting For Ginger Ginger Gin Gin- Ginger ger was quick to realize reaUze that the portraits portraits por por- traits he lie was commissioned to do were not the safe cafe and stately dowagers but Iowa's fairest most marriageable daught daughters rs She had set st et her heart upon establishing Bard es tS a portrait lt painter but she me meant nt to see that it was carried out under her personal persona oversight p a When the da days s 's had lengthened into a week and two vo weeks Bard announced announced announced an an- much a. a against l his s own wishes that sL since ce there W was wor work to keep l him im busy ir in Red fl-ed Thrush for a great ninny many clays dys to come conic he lie felt he must move mo In to town somewhere c and settle ettle down It was ous ob obviously the proper procedure d dare dure e. e and at his request Phil set herself herself herself her her- self to suggesting possible addresses es And Anti then she glanced at Ginger Ginger Ginger Ginger Gin Gin- ger was slumping disconsolately tey in ina ina a n. big chair her head In her hand wrapped in an air of inexpressible melancholy lt's the m matter Ginger Dont Don't you feel well Have you ou been en too Mill Ru h d lately Ginger sighed Oh everything Isso is isso isso so tire tiresome om she mourned Even Joie Jole de Is stupid now that tha It Its itis itis is s standing on or its Us own foundation lon Things are a bit dull said aid Phil thoughtfully Then she added purposefully purposefully pur I r think it would be a distinct unkindness Bard for you to o desert us right ht now when we are areso areso areso so bored with everything It seems ems absolutely up to you to chirk us up Wont Won't you ou go on being company for fora a while while for for our sakes Of Ot course I if you put It like that that that- he lie be began an eagerly I I do said put it like Uke that she firmly And Ginger smiled Continued next Monday |
