Show I Telegrams Telegram's he Daily Short Story A Feud and Its Finish By y CATHERINE CRANMER Copyright 1916 by McClure Newspaper Newspaper News- News f pa paper er Syndicate IU If you really reany need me Aunt Virnia Vir- Vir nia i 1 Id I'd a d gladly abandon my plans but seem such a a. dreadful waste to top p pend end nd ones one's whole life lite in Granby hat bats bat's s why by I want to get out and be I II In I gi ouch uch ch with the big things that are aw Virgies Virgie's voice was caressing caressing ca- ca even If tr her words were a bit But I dislike the tho thought of ot your paving having an office just as a man would and depending upon that for tor yo your r very living Be careful dear that this car career career ca- ca r reer r of yours does not careen before It gets get well launched Miss Carlisle followed this remark by a n. careful scrutiny of ot the tiny stitches in the monogram she had bad embroidered on rough linen artists artist's apron k Oh Oh I know how your aristocratic T cal Is la shocked by the mere words commercial artist and you think it as much a paradox parado for art to lend Itself Itsel to commercial uses as for a girl of the of-the the Carlisle family to adopt anything other than the conventional social career has lIas been followed by the Carlisle Carlisle Car- Car lisle women from Colonial days downto down downto to no now EXactly so my dear and It would make ak me very happy If It I could make you lou o l see see It so Cant be lone clone done laughed Virgle Virgie shaking her head Come though hough lets let's It lit By Byth Bythe n not t create a family feud over oyer the th way Aunt Aunt Virginia tell me me the cause of that old feud between our fal family and th the I. I oll g Now what made you you think of that asked Miss Carlisle Carlisle in pu puzzled d surprise The news that Stanley Pollard III has bought back the old family place and according to the gossips Is over there now instructing his tenant and sizing up his bargain Miss C Carlisle Car Car- I Bargain indeed sniffed lisle a rundown farm with a tumbledown tumbled tumbledown tumble tumble- down d wn house of Revolution pre origin But tell me auntie auntie what was the cause ause of that quarrel quarrel- frOh Oh a mere matter matte of a disputed bo boundary line Une between lands in the first place and from that there grew disputes over other things Old Mr Pollard was as adamant once he made mad up ut his and you may be s sure that tha Grandfather Carlisle would not budge from his position when he felt It to be right ph Oh really wasn't It too funny f Virgie laughed Funny Funn How low can you say such a ahing athing athing thing hing Miss liss Carlisle was stern Dont Don't you OU see that it n was a clear c case ase se of ot two adamant bodies vainly vainly t trying t to m make ke a dent In each other ive I've no doubt if they had united their have havea efforts efforts' l Instead stead they would a achieved wealth and fame which would have made it unnecessary for or he great-grandson great of one to buy back l he e old home on time payments payment and ande he e great granddaughter of ot the other t work for her living All your idealistic notions would 1 gave ive e been sadly out of ot place In that quarrel which led to so much bitterness bitter bitter- biter biter- ness ess said Miss Carlisle with a firm shake of her head p That's what was needed to temper the llie heat of ot the quarrel auntie for when w we come to understand people who have any sort of caliber we find 30 so ao much In them to line like e that we want io operate co-operate t to with them instead of at quarreling Why last week when I prent went Rent up to the office building to inspect in inspect in- in the office Id I'd rented I got out of ot the elev elevator tor and went down the corridor corridor cor cor- to the c corner corner room facing the river l planted Virgle gie planted her elbows on he the sewing table and and leaned far across t toW toward w td fd her aunt in her eagerness eagerness eager eager- ness ness- nell s- s sto to mal makei makee e her get the full Import of her story After fter I had left orders for my office walls to be be- tinted buff she continued Imagine my rage when I walked into that room and saw workmen doing those walls in a a. bilious yellow A A tall young man who stood there as as if It he had haa all aU sorts of ot authority scarcely deigned to notice me Die but I swept into into the room room- exclaiming Stop work at once until 1 Jv ve ye seen Been the manager These Thes walls are are to be buff butt no not y yellow The he young mans man's eyes blazed a bit but buthe buthe foe he said quite Icily Pardon m me If It Im I'm Im I'm surprised at your our criticism of my my taste but it re really ny my taste for all I specified was was' that the of office rice was to tobe tobe tobe be clean cleaned d. d and ready for occupancy by noon today Im I'm going up a now to o give that manager a round because it Isn't ready While I stood there accumulating rage enough to blow up a a. battleship one one of the decorators turned and dryly remarked Both of ye seem to be on ona a a. false trail for this office happens to I I be used by an old gentleman for his hislaw hislaw law V library and them's his books there under that tarpaulin Virgie Virgle paused to laugh at her aunts aunt's horrified ex expression ex- ex That workmans workman's coolness seemed t tobe to tobe be a sort of ot wet wet blanket blanket on our anger anser she continued and when we turned and looked at the number on the door It was 1843 Instead of 1743 which I had rented or 1943 which the man had bad rented We Ve had both got off at t the e wrong floor and as each of ot the nineteen nineteen nineteen nine nine- nine nine- teen floors in the building had IdenticallY Identically identically Iden Iden- the same arrangement had metIn metin met metin in the corner office When we found there was really no to foundation t for r a quarrel we apologized and nd laughed so what started out to be a feud ended as a farce which is what all feuds become become become be be- come sooner Booner or later Im I'm thinking A maid entered the room and presented presented pre pre- a visitors visitor's card to td Miss Carlisle whose lips tightened into disapproval as she read the name of ot Stanley Gordon Gordon Gordon Gor Gor- don Pollard The maid mald stood awaitIng awaiting awaiting await await- ing instructions but without a word Miss Carlisle rose and walked past her herand herand herand and down the stairs As she approached the drawing room doorway her head went slightly higher and she glided into the room with a stoical expression on her rather pretty face tace with its setting of ot soft sott white hair The Th young who man rose at her entrance smilingly advanced a a. astep astep step toward her and then paused looking at her expectantly Mr Pollard 7 she began Icily but Mr l Pollard twice removed from the family feud was coming ne nearer with witha a boyishly frank smile on his honest face How like his handsome father she found him although him although like Uke him ex except except except ex- ex for the absence of ot the slight hauteur which h had d become more pronounced pro pro- when Virginia Carlisle had refused to be friends with him because e of that old family feud Stanley Polard POllard Pollard Pol- Pol Po lard II Ih had gone away and married some c charming anning girl so the story had come back to Granby All this passed quickly through Miss Carlisles Carlisle's mind I and a as the young man spoke her lips quivered free of ot their tightness for his voice was wonderfully like th the one that had pleaded for her favor tavor years before Yes Miss Carlisle Carilsle and Im I'm going to be your neighbor part of ot each year May I hope that we vie shall be neighbors In truth and forget the unhappy r relations rela rela- of our forefathers win Will Ul you accept accept accept ac ac- my apology for whatever folly tolly I was on my family's side and my iny forgiveness forgiveness forgiveness for for- for any folly that may have been on your family's side Looking into those smiling eyes Miss Carlisle found it impossible to give anything but an affirmative answer although she felt that It was not she but some strange woman who replied Just then Virgie came through the hall and catching a glimpse of the visitor surprised her aunt by greeting him In the most cordial fashion Why what an unexpected pleasure Virgie Virgle exclaimed Virgie frigidly r rebuked her aunt I was not a aware ware that you were acquainted acquainted acquainted ac ac- with Mr Pollard Mr Pollard Indeed Isn't that s surprising Why auntie this is the same gentleman of ot whom I t told ld you just now the now the one with whom I had that foolish quarrel about the office walls You see Miss Carlisle exclaimed Stanley Stanley- Pollard we we didn't learn each others other's names and perhaps that Was Wag lucky or we might have formed a a. supplementary supplementary sup sup- pl feud to that old feud that Im I'm asking you to forget Yes auntie said Virgie appealingly appealing appealing- ly see how easy It Is to avoid a feud when each concedes something to the other |