| Show w Il lt ELEANOR o N EARL iD Q TillS S Sybil Thorne Roston Dastan society girl concludes a a. whirlwind romance by marrying marrying mar mar- on an shipboard In Havana harbor harbar a aman aman man she has known just five days Rich and anI dangerous and fascinating With Mabel BIake e. e a social warIer Sybil tad had left leCt Boston Dastan for far a trip to the tropics to try to reach a a. decision regarding regard regard- InS InS' Craig Newhall to whom wham she has been engaged engage 1 for far some same months Newhall New New- hall is a young aung and wealthy bachelor but SYbil years earR ago ha had 1 fallen desperately desper- desper In love lave with a a. soldier John Jahn Lawrence Law Law- rence When Lawrence was reported missing miss miss- InS InS' In action S Sybil took a solemn vow ov never neer to tell another man she loved laved him After the death of af her father far who e sake she had promised to marry Newhall Newhall New New- hall she questions the wisdom of at her Utterly miserable She s1 goes gaes to Cuba for far a rest and peace of at mind Richard Eustis Is aboard and Sybil finds neither rest nor nar peace Eustis makes wild love lave to her but not nat until the last night of at the va voyage age does daes he propose Ile He tells her that he does not nat believe In that marriage It kills love love- but he would do anything on an earth for far her In a a. mad moment Sybil consents They are married On their wedding night Eustis begins to shaw dhow his true character lIe Jets gets intoxicated S Sybil Is greatly hurt the next day but finally Ives In to his Pleading and as she sa says 8 puts ts him on an probation GO OX ON WITH THE lIm STORY CHATTER ER Send up some whisky and soda oda Richard ordered the operator and shoot it right along please When it came he poured himself a generous drink God knows I need hemut lie mut- mut And shortly he had another When Sybil came back he was nibbling nuts to hide hIs breath liable joined them them-in in the afternoon after after- noon She had met a salesman from home selling seIling- paper novelties bonbons and and streamers i And those little liUla do dabs do-dabs dabs go across like wildfire she explained The Cubans are such fun loving childish people Mr Jr Moore was telling about their noise malting making contests The garbage e squad won the last one with the ice cream vendors second the the newsboys third I and the cartmen fourth They wouldn't let the taxi drivelS drivel'S corn com I pete Mr 11 Moore sel sells s paper paper caps and horns and things by the truck truck- load lies lie's awfully Mice He took me out to the cemetery this morn morn- morning ing to see the bone What hat a romantic morning Sybil giggled Oh but you dont don't know It was quite thrillIng You see they dig up the graves every once in a awhile while when the survIvors of the dead get behind on on the rent Its It's dreadfully gruesome You dont b grave lots in Havana Havana- like Jike we wedo wedo I do at home You rent them ThEn it if you OU dont don't pay the rent the dead tenants are dIspossessed I Richard laughed teasingly Ask your genial friend if i he knows any anymore anymore more nice little trips he suggest suggest- cd ed Perhaps hell he'll tako you to the slaughter house when you get back to Boston Mab Oh shut up she sho ordered and continued excitedly We saw something else aWfully interesting int ng too Thres Thre's an an orphan asylum that was Vas founded hundreds of years ago On one side ot of the building there is isa s sa a little sheltered alcove where a abig a abig big basket swings People who have babies they do donot donot not want sUp Slip into the alcove at night time in the dark and put their babies babies' in the basket backet Then they pun pull a a. a ropE aId ad the basket goes upon a pulley where a sister of charity sits and waits Xo No one ever knows s mo who the baby is nor it came ame from Once Mr 11 Moore drove past the asylum very early in the morning and he saw a girt gIrl with a bundle running down the tho street She Sho ran into the alcove and he saw her undo the bundle It was a little UttIe baby bab- of bourse She hissed it and kissed it and and h he sail she was crying crying cry cry- ing like everything Then she put it In the basket and acid pulled the rope Mr Moore asked a policeman about it afterward lie He wondered it if a girl could get her baby back if she sho wanted to But the policeman police police- man said no It seems that every mark o of identification is destroyed as soon as the sister takes the bab baby And women who leave their children chil- chil dren are never permitted d to enter the building Richard unfolded d his long legs and ind stretching stretching- lazily lazily- zil interrupted irrelevantly Come on you two anti and have a little cocktail The first today And so the days passed Sybil had been away two weeks Mrs Thorne at the dinner dinn table able at home was reading a letter the days day's mall mail had brought FIve times she had perused Jt it in solitude But noW Tad was home and she must read It aloud ValerIe was there too Crackling the tho sheets with anticipatory antici p ory pleasure she began holding the paper close cloe to her faded eyes and glancing glancing- occasionally at the sOn ot of her heart Havana is wonderful Picturesque Picturesque esque hot buggy smelly beautiful sive The women are And the men all leer Yesterday we went on a pIcnic ou in the country where the chi chi- dren dont don't wear any clothes Tr- Tr I i day we had tea at a wonderful I place paCe where coffee Is a dollar n. n cup eve Weve won money at Jai Jal AlaI AIl 1 and lo lost t it at roulette Ive I've bought lInens and for everyone and a shawl aid a comb and earrings earrings ear ear- rings for Val My ry goodness Valerie Mrs Thorne beamed b at her daughter us law S bringIng you OU Home all kinds s of things 34 ell Tad paid for them didn't he Val youre you're a little crab Tad pinched her check good Mrs 1 Thorne looked Worried Its strange she said Craig Crais hasn't had a line just a cable saying saing she would wrIte later Well Veil if theres there's a man in sight you know mow Sib has STabbed grabbed him put in ValerIe Lay Layoff off SIb will you ou Val O I What are you so touchy about Tad Thorne I guess it if Sybil wanted want want- ed to s say y mean things about want j me me you'd oud never neer open your our mouth Al Always 1 ways sti sticking king up for her and picking picking pick pick- I ing on me Valerie searched for or her hand hand- kerchief Youre just horrid to me 1 Tad Thorne turn right on the weeps Never Keyer mInd dessert for me mother Tad threw down his al anti l flung out ot of the room Mrs Thorne looked grieved grieve Oh Valerie dear you ou shouldn't talk to Tad that Way about b Sybil You know how wonderful he thinks she is dear Why do you sa say those little things What DID I say say for for pity'S sake Hes He's just a great big that's baby aU all lie he is The way you and Sybil spoil him Gracious Mother rother says she its it's perfectly awful The way hes he's used to being waited on- on and pampered and babied I simply simply sim- sim ply wont won't do it Mother rother says says Id I'd be bean bean an awful fool Cool He snakes makes me just perfectly miserable y Wl Vat I 1 dont don't care Ile He dots docs I wish Id I'd never married him Left alone Mrs Thorne tasted fasted her tapioca crea m apathetically and sIghing deeply wiped her eyes after the he habit of cf years y Sybil at the the moment was helping helping help help- ing Richard to their suite Xo No think you OU she told a courteous courteous cour- cour clerk I can manage quite I nicely She saw the pity ill in his eyes ces an and ringed cringed Oh the humiliation of it Bellboys stared And the elevator opera operator to when they reached their floor propelled RIch down the long lone hall Gentlemen didn't get drunk drunk in Havana Only American tourists Loud vulgar people doing some some- r thing they the do at homey It I was vas lIke sh wins showing And so fool fool- ish So utterly hie Richard was in possible impossible when he was stubborn stub stub- born And stupid Ills Ilis lower lip lip- protruded And he had a way of getting his clothes stained There were times when Sybil hated him Two weeks ot of it o The elevator boy dragged him toward toward to- to ward the he bed ed Shall I take of off his shoes Madam Mad Mad- am Yes please do Make him com com- She rang rang- for ice water and put cold compresses o on his head Then she arranged a table within his I reach A decanter of water and a glass rh The t tablets for his head and anda a palm tear palm leaf fan Can She drew water In Inthe Inthe the tub and laid out fresh tresh linen she took the closet dresses and coat coate from h hangers and put them in the open trunk Tossed her in the drawers and put her toilet thing In a small bag She changed her dInner frock f ft a dress of dark crepe and slain at the little Spanish desk out a. a sheet of cre crested ted stationery To o be continued r J What is it Sybil writes Res Rea her letter in the next chapter |
