Show S Blue Bloo Yellow BLISS Well Vell young oung star gazer ia Is It Jt comIn cornin com com- In ln to an end Not tonight father it father it all nil looks pretty prett stead steady te cant can't to It I seem scorn an an anI I 1 guess I never ne will The on only people I ever or hern hera on as looked at nl stars always al always nl- nl ways had e ex itin t report liens Hens you ou been an nn night after atter night gem on five I year now an un the best I ever hear your re report report ro- ro port was one night two year ear agone when come come In as tho tho the moon had gone to head an shouts an an I sea StR WOT OT an you OU ses the comet Jest like ys y's s cd at m my ray not Then I 1 goes an stays stafI up all night an an mo me o o. o my back all aU that thal day brick t cd cel slap on tho the plaster an the tho danged old comet dont don't show up I c blIe in em the em they're em they're ro anno anno an no wa way to agreements The young man laughed Ru he an indulgent gent affectionate laugh Producing comets at a moments moment's notice I isn't nt one ono of oC mans man's accomplishments accomplish accomplish- ll h- h monte ments father tather You see laughing comets have t wills of their own and andare andare andare are governed fo by forces beyond our control control NO NOW The be best t wo we can do 10 doNOW doNor NOW r Is Ie to watch the heavens clo closely close close- ely e- e ly and learn b by the stars what vel very ver probably WILL happen Some Somo da day well we'll learn their secrets some secrets some cla day His fine face glo glowed lit with the en en- en of ot his youth and aspiration Some day day day- There there no now I in r agin Jest a harmless bit o 0 tooler foolery Dont Don't you ou mind ME young man You go on with yr r star gazin g Somo Some da day ll 11 catch em cm up to some some- thin tricky an an then report em an make a name fr rr lr That Thal big opry glass got ot out theron theren the yard ought a a. deal Eh Eh Yes father a n gr great at deal dell of oC h help lp and SOME day I might catch them up up trick tricky He lie laughed affectionately Paul loved lo an and respected his old father with that ten tender er devotion de and consideration that only fine natures arc capable of ot and he thought with witha a pang pans of or regret as he paced gravely the Ill appointed room that his recent acceptance of or tho the post as astronomer at the great mountain observatory would separate him from his kind kindly genial Illiterate old father this father r this dear dearold dearold eal old chum a as he lie hiLl had come to consider consider consider con con- sider him The thought of leaving his father lather wa wits not riot however the only thing that would woul make mako his 1 leaving sad sad for for as all ashe ashe he pace paced and baze gazed his mind traveled traveled trav tray forward to a n gray high towered observatory on a lonel lonely peak In the mountains n. a p peak ak that would be bo to him doubly lonely londy without Anita Lo- Lo Lo gan can Then traveling back bacle from the gloomy picture his youthful morbid morbId- ness made tragic his mind Jumped jumpe back baek to that night almost a year ago when first he lie met Anita Logan at nt a uni er university dance and that same face that a moment ago ngo was grave 6 with the graveness of doubt became suf- suf with an embarrassed blush as ashe ashe he remembered how V shy and und panicky ho he became when after the evening e had hadorn worn orn awny away she declared declare that he hed d danced a n million times better than the Iho others Then the they had sat out a dance sat dance sat It out on the low broad veranda of the clubhouse under the myriad stars star of oC a 3 pregnant sky sky sat sat it out and spoke never a wor word feeling feel feel- ing lug in harmony harmon with the soft voiced winds a as they soughed through the willows wIllows feeling feeling In harmony with the chirp of ot each absurdly self sel Important cricket and the momentary spark of or each ach hu bus busy flashing firefly firefly feeling feeling In harmony harmon with sith the whole univ universe and with Infinite time as ns the tho presence of ot that gracious beautiful girl made him un understand more clearly than all tho the text books that ever e were were printed the meaning of ot all natural and spiritual things He remembered how ho had walked homo honio that night his feet on tho the ground and his soul In the stars Ho lie had met her often after that and each cach time Ume he sa saw 90 her each time ho he was permitted to leave leavo his hii soul Roul In the light of or her r radiant presence h he felt feIt more and more moro that thal all his hig study all his hh aspirations all his LIFE LIFF had meaning and form only as it could be lived with her and for her They had come to be great tri friends nd this bricklayers bricklayer's son Ion and the heiress to a 0 fortune They Thc had gone one on and on in their youthful enthusiastic in intimacy intimacy In- In until there had come to besuch besuch be bo such a bond between them that Paul looked longingly ln ly hopefully hopeful f fearfully to the in da day when he would rc receive el e his hia appointment and ask h her r td be his wife Ills His wife With those words burning on his mind his pacing became bo- bo came feverish Cc and fR fast t his eyes sparkled sparkled sparkled spar spar- kled and grew rew dull and pain contracted contracted con con- traded as he thought alternate alternately of his hiM desire and his presumption He realized the tho great barrier of or class ss II that reared itself b between them but 1 t I q i C cC c- c l f PAUL ACCEPTS AN INVITATION FOR HIS BRICKLAYER FATHER l his love 10 and hope his urgent youthful youth youth- ful tul egoism hurdled those gates eve even as his heart fluttered Cluttered in nervous apprehension apprehension ap ap- ap nt at their forbidding height He had put tut It Il off and put It Il off off off- and tomorrow he was to Ic leave ve Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow To To- morrow The thou thought ht et startled him as ns his browsing browning dreamy dream mind b became me aware of the necessity for Cor quick defInite definite def def- mIte action His resolution was waR as ns Instant as his hia courtship courtshIp for for their close Intimacy was really that was that was protracted l idyllic He went to th the phone phon desperately tel resol resolute ute and called her number Hello l Miss Logan please Mr l Reed Heed speaking Hello Ann i is that you ou This Is Paul You know Ive I've received recel m my appointment today Yes Thanks Im I'm leaving tomorrow May MayI Ia I come up Oh fine and fine and may I bring m my father Id I'd like Wee you ou to toI meet him All right in halt half an hour Goodbye Goodbe I this I hear your father eh Not ot me I tell tE you O Oh come father she sho wont won't eat you ou ou I want you ou to meet Miss Logan Logan Lo Lo- gan gao she's been a great friend to me has has helped me meOn On wonderfully Ive I've spoken to her often orten of you ou And so It was settled The Tho ho boy al always always always al- al ways had his wa way Anita Logan 24 21 and her sister Bees I 1 IS were Joint heirs to the great Logan fortune Old John lI as ashe ho he was wan J known own I on the exchange had been a banker of or spectacular success and hn had bath left letl behind him on his death at al the age of or 62 52 62 two charming daughters daughters daugh daugh- ter nn and an enormous fortune fortuno Bess Hess the younger was still at school in the East Enst Anita had finished finished fin fin- her college course four tour years ar before and was as now Installed In the great g Logan mansion alone save e for her retinue of or servants ser Sho She was aR a beautiful girl Anita Logan Losan Ju Just t ta a abort 11 0 00 0 the medium height sho alto carried carried car car- ried ned herself with a graceful dignified I buoyancy that thal made mado her seem m really taller than Mh she was waa Her carriage was the most moat beautiful thing about her and was noticeable oven even before her crisp dark clark hair hail long fringed lashes and pale palo transparent skin akin For those whose eves PS were quick and sense of oC beauty beRuty alert she furnished hea he a constant const dell delight ht for at each step stephe he her r lithe oung young ho body was poised In a aline aline aline line of oC such los no flowing InS InS' grace and rh rhythm as ns might have ha been the tho Inspiration of oC ofa oCa a masterpiece But ns nR though the tho I wondrous beauty of or her form torm were too great an advantage e In a n world worM where nothing m may attain perfection without heavy hea compensation Anita Lo Logan an was mentally limited and narrow narrow narrow nar nar- row in one essential direction She SheI I waa wa obsessed with tho the conviction con oCI of oC class distinction Not Kot that th she sho was I generally rally snobbish or Intolerant of ot people with less mone money or 01 lower lowe so social social so- so cial position than she enjoyed Quite the contrary contral She cultivated and was grateful for the com company pan of ot those whose whoso Intelligence and manner m made dc them thorn agreeable social companions but sho she felt Innately that thal no amount of or culture could make malte up for a n. mixed lineage and relied with unswerving faith in the tho Inherent worth orth of or blue blood above all other things This explained wh why she sho had made Paul wait wa-it so 80 long lon for his answer nsw r She LI i ht lovea vea a mm H She Sho sat eat that night again revolving tho the whole holo tortuous business s in her mind and trying vainly to re reconcile Us its conflicting essentials essential to mako a n loophole through which she could without f seeming to ern crawl wi and pass she eho was relieved rello to hear the thc phone ring grateful for tor an any Interruption that would take her mind front from this mazo maze that grew more complicated themore tho the more moro she ahA tried to bo be out of oC It t. t and took up tho the She Sho went Ant quickly t celver This Thle Is Miss Logan lAg Oh hello Paul any Paul any news news news' The great mountain moun moun- tam tain observatory Fine Congratulations Congratulations lations Isn't It perfectly splendid Tea Yes Ill I'll Rather short notice though be glad to have havA you OU come Certainly bring him along Ive I've known you ou so 50 o long without ever having ha met mel him Ive I've come to believe c he hOR hes s a myth mth him Good Good- Id I'd Just like to know bye Continued tomorrow |