| Show x 7 w t. t j 0 f A J f l it J I Y w y y I y i a ft I N i fr I gi D e j i 1 t S 1 1 r r 1 I ii Why dont don't you jou speak k for John 7 she IV whispered t q JOHN OHN ALDEN ALEN B BAILEY ILEY had never been al allowed for for fora a moment to forget that he was a direct dif direct ct c descendant sc of one of ot the leaders of that gallant band and who braved the t terrors of a new and unk unknown world to find freedom From Prom his carli earliest t boyhood boyhood boyhood boy boy- hood hood da days dars s his moth mother r. r Mrs Priscilla Alden Bailey of New York and Newport had Instilled Into his mind that l Ills his s was wasa a 8 glorious heritage t When he w was was s 6 he had hai frequently men men- men men- toned the fact that John JOM Alden was a a cousin of his sometimes a grandparent not bang just sure which At 12 he was 4 known to expand his chest a at trifle when h speaking of his illustrious relative and could recite most eloquently The Landing Land Land- Landing ing of the Pilgrims At 16 however when his teacher had chosen him hini to play I the pare parr of John Alden AIden in the school play The Courtship of Miles Standish he h had d rebelled frankly and decisively Of course he was vas sorry that pretty little Betty Lee who was to play the part of Priscilla was disappointed She had begged l him m to reconsider his decision but buthe ut uthe he remained obdurate w It will be just heaps of fun John A A. Ile pleaded de Betty etty the spoiled little niece of or Judge lunge Luther Lutner r E. E Lee Im going to o wear i r i a gray dress with a s wl white te linen starched thing on my head and arid your mother is l loaning us the old spinning wheel that came over in the Mayflower and here her pretty bl blue e eyes widened Perhaps it is the very same one one that the real Priscilla used and my name is to tobe be P Priscilla cilla and Edward Barnes is going to be Miles Standish with a funny old gun sun and you jcu cu are going to come and tell me that Miles Standish wants to marry J J. J 1 me and all the time I love you you know and and Im I'm going to say to you Why dont don't y you u speak for yourself Not me Im I'm out of it see Im I'm not going to get all dressed up in a cocked cooked f 1 1 hat and let the fellows laugh at me Im I'm Imsick l sick of those folks anyway Ive I've heard hear 1 of them all my life Why my mother mother mother- Betty pouted and pleaded all in vain w t She usually had her way in everything in school at home and at pl play y but this time she was va vanquished R Just to please me wont won't you You Youw r kR w would make such a u bee John Alden Mm k f But the young descendant of ot the illus illus- c rn n Pilgrim had turned and fled fied That r w was all all s-all eight years ago They They had been 1 1 graduated together at 17 17 and immediately following that event Mrs Bailey had taken her son to England to visit the K r I historic and revered spot made famous famoUS' J by her ancestors Their year had l adl length length- lengthened t ened into two and nd upon their then return John had entered Harvard to take up L' L law law I j t TN THE meantime lovely Bett Betty Lee re lead d J. J made de her duly triumphant progress through finishing school her debt deb debut t atone aton of New Yorks York's largest hotels and and had been traveling abroad on the few ca- ca of S Lions that John visited New York York- o on I I vacations On his graduation he received a flattering flattering flat fiat offer from Judge Judg Luther E E. E Le Lee Leeto to become a member of the law firm o of L Lee e. e Clinton d Drew possibly one one o othe of the largest and best known in th the r 0 metropolis Of his course mothers mother's pres pres- s pres-s t. t tige had not a little to do with the matter c coupled with the fact tact that at the families had i. i been lifelong friends There were a number of Junior lawyers in the conce con concern con con- ce cern Bern b but John n was as the youngest of Of all ll TO ro celebrate the event Judge Lee g gave vc c a week-end week house party a his fine estate i In Westchester County in fn the hills and John John and and his mother motored up through a a. countryside fresh and green In he early summer foliage Betty wa w was s sorry to run oft off ff on n na a prom prom- prom prom- w used sed horseback ride before you arrived t was Ras Judge Lees Lee's greeting but she she- wi will 1 be back by 4 She I is Ic ever so anxious i f to meet yo you again John A. A Says It Is six aix years since she saw you jou last G- G and reG remembers re re- re members that L l Ably you were obstinate but terL terl ter ter- ter- ter looking good which I tell her are are two goo good 1 qU for tor a successful rul i lawyer But I warn you John A A. sh Is W a a flirt Watch out for those blue eyes of i 4 hers e s. s N Now w fake take Drew for Drew for or InStance instance and and- he turned to Mrs birs Bailey carl Dr Drew is is one ne of ot our clear partners clear rs wizard old a legal enough to know better than thant t t to let a slip sUp of or a girl like Betty bowl bow him fum A over so completely But I swear he k is up up here half halt his time They are riding t together gether now You'll like Drew i have sp spoken ken to him about your understUdying Yang him so to speak for the next f few month his i a h- h iett getting g. g on to the fine points of th the e r A i t. t g game it ame-it it will be a b big g tiling thing tl ng for fot you jou Here Here they come com now That's Betty tty and Drew riding ahead the others ar are Poppy oppy B Burn Burn- rn- rn hams a schoolmate of of Det ys y's Hoger Slade Marilyn Cantor and and and- Betty pulled off h her r felt hat and waved it th the sun sun glinting on her corn-colored corn r short hair Lot Lo John A A. she cal called ed Its ever so nice to see you again after all these years The party followed h her r up the steps and she Introduced them them her little ittle gloved hand slipped through gh his arm arm John Alden AIden Bailey repeated Carl Drew slowly John Alden I By any chance a rel relative tive of the old boy who knocked Miles Standish for h a goal Inthe inthe in inthe the game oo of love He ge certainly is proclaimed BettyA BettyA Betty A direct descendant I shall never forget forget for for- forget get the time when refused to play the part of John Alden in the school play because the fellows ss s's had teas teased d you a at college until you came down and spilled the beans and after that I was John Alden Lets Let's forget it it mother They lived their lives lives let let us us' live ours They may may have ha been a good crowd crowd and all 1 th that t. t but from flom now on for me the Pilgrims Pilgrims Pil Pil- grims just didn't exist Why my son on how can you speak that way Nay You You sho should ld want to it it such a noble family tree I I 1 nev never r cease to b be thankful that I sprang from such sucha a noble stock and I love to talk about it i think about a out it And she did Mrs Priscilla Ald Alden n Bailey Balley was teas a power and a leader in her vast social circle and he her forbears were ere were frequently and eloquently r recognized through her lier clubs dubs her social activities and through her magnificent home hoine furnished furnished fur fur- with rare old antiques many many of which were purported purport d to ha have va accompanied accompanied pa ed the Pilgrim fathers across the waters in fn in the Mayflower Betty was s Johns John's dinner partner She looked like a da daffodil 11 in her yellow frock and he told her so And so youre you're al all through gh with the collegiate stuff stun and ready to be an hon hen goodness est lawyer she mused Well if you are aie as stub stubborn in the courtroom and her riender shoulders dr drooped pathetically Uncle Luther says Im I'm a complete flop at It sometimes th that t 1 I It t neglect some guests for others others' and all aU that t. t On the morning horseback ride Betty rode between John and Drew following which John sat beneath a big lawn umbrella umbrella umbrella um um- brella with t Poppy B Burnham while Betty played a spirited set of tennis with his new colleague Drew played a splendid game John frowned Certainly Drew had an inning there old too Must be 40 at l least ast 35 During that summer both Drew and John were frequent gues guests f at the home of ot Judge Ice I Betty was Impartial She rode swam golfed and danced with both and on these occasions occasions- work and office were were forgotten During the week John A. A acted as Drews Drew's listenIng listening listening listen listen- ing in oh on cases admiring his seniors senior's intelligence and capability taking orders and executing executing- them to the best of his ability John was very much in love with Betty before the summer was over and and there were times when his hopes soared to the heights T The e time they had gone sailing around round the Sound and anda a sudden sudden gut gust t of wind had keeled their boat boat over until the boom and and sail lay alm almost st fiat flat on the waves He had dex dex- ex- ex tero sl brought the boat about into Into- the wind with one hand the other arm encircling en- en encircling en circling Bettys Betty's shoulders while her sunny head lay lay- against his hits shoulder in fright But that night he ho had seen her smiling up into Drews Drew's face her hand in his Ws as ho ho he wh whispered whispered sp red something to her lice silhouetted sil silhouetted sil against the moonlight And the time Drew had ass assigned him t to I some work that would run into Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- afternoon the afternoon the very Saturday that Yale play played d the Navy and h he had two b seat box seat box x-s x at tickets for the game gam in his his' pocket Im sorry Drew but Im I'm going to the game Saturday af afternoon Planning to leave by motor about 9 9 Ill I'll comedown come comedown down on Sunday and go over over over those papers Cant possibly postpone postpone it until the then n next Saturday B Bailey iley Yale plays the following w week ek too Sorry But Betty ettY IS planning on this Sa Saturday Oh Olt and Drew Dev elevated his fine eye eye- brows So Its So its it's Betty Betty too Well 11 right C Conic in on oa on Sunday then The m matter tier must be tak ak taken n care cale of before Monday Monday Mon Mon- Mop Mop- day noon noon I J JIt It had been a gl glorious rious Saturday Betty had ad gripped his arm arm rm with both hands I 1 V I I Ii r i 1 Ii r f John rec recalled lIed the tho day when they b en ca caught gl at t i the IC twelfth hole in n r the I i rain ain and had stood for an hour under an an oak ak tree It was hard to concentrate tc on on the work Drew had left for him the L next day Over it he could gee ee a small figure on a horn sunny hair Beeping t front from beneath neath tl U U. U 3 e small tan hat and a tall splendid figure on a black mare beside her bending toward to toward toward to- to ward her as Drew had a way ot of doing always courteous always attentive He turned from the ponderous books and the riveted legal sheets with their pale blue covers to look out of ot the window across the Hudson An ocean liner was steamIng steamIng steaming steam- steam Ing slow y out into the Narrows leaving a trail of smoke against the clouds Four Pour Betty and Drew would be riding back along long the lower Jower trail now against a panorama of gorgeous autumnal colors colors back back to the library with Its roaring roaring roarIng roar roar- roar roar- Ing fire and there would be tea in the library Betty would pour still in her riding clothes sitting on a low ottoman before belore th the fireplace ce and old Caesar her dog would put his nose on her knee and I she would feed him cake MRS RS BAILEY unexpectedly joined joie ed her herson so son at breakfast the next morning It has been such a long time since I had a areal real ch chat t with you son I just had Ann call me early this morning soI soI so soI I could have my coffee with you I donot do donot donot not see you any more you are out outs so early mon mornings and so seldom home at night She sho sipped her coffee from the dainty old eggshell cup which had come comedown comedown comedown down to her through the genera generations dons Keeping secrets from mother John Alden Secrets and he ho n nonchalantly disposed disposed dis dis- posed of the last of his muffin Not thaI that tha t I 1 know What's up Well Welland and she settled her arms o othe on n the table edge most un Bail like Bailey y and rested her chin In her er cupped cupped John waited patiently Luther dropped d In for tea yesterday afternoon on hi hiway his s way to Westchester y Yes s He recalled the Judge had asked him if it his mother was at home or clubbing clubbing club clubbing bing as usual Presuming upon old friendship Judge Lee enjoyed teasing Mrs Bailey Batley alle about her many club activities ties And what did you and the Judge Judg e talk about You and after a second and and Betty And what about me and me-and and Betty Mrs Priscilla Alden Bailey smiled Well Luther says you have a brilliant brillian t future ahead of ot you Of at course havin having g known our family for so many years John smiled He knew what was coining com com coin ing Although Mr Drew comes from old of d i v i rw 1 S S1 1 t t 4 t t t 1 J 1 J I L L Lg 1 1 1 I 1 g 1 t A t r I r I 1 i so 50 much and sh she turned a smiling face on her guest Th Then n she stopped suddenly Well run VI pp an and dress and be back directly As she turned to lea leave ve she added Im sorry old dear I forgot r I I pron promise se Ill I'll never never liever mention men men- tion tron the stern and and rockbound coast again s it should be terribly necessary bu but I I ar am so glad you jou are back to stay Jack John joined his mother on the sid side por porch h Betty 1 lovely ovely she remarked And so popular They just swarm around her This Mr Drew see seems ns very very attentive e 1 t 1 hops hop Luther has looked into his family sufficiently h he is a stranger strang t coming here Just a year or so ago I want to know some some- thing tf Of his anc ancestry str The rhe Lees date way back to Ancestry snorted her son And what part do ancestors play hi in n life Im I'm fed up with it mother Just now Drew sprang some gag i about my ancestors when he heard heird my my myna name na name e. e I was Jack r as you at Ill I'll were school never forget the s school hool play when kwe we were i was was tr e so mad mae at you jOu you Jack I could just visualize myself looking up at you from from my spinning wheel and saying say say- ay- ay ing Why for tor dont don't you speak yourself and then she clapped her hand over he her mouth And I promised sed ne never r to mention mention mention men men- men men- tion it again Well anyway you would have made such a good John Alden and they gave fat Chauncey Griggs the part parta a d he laughed right out ut as I said my part it was terrible How do I many dances get Two I have pron promised sed all the fox trots to to Carl and the other four boys have to divide them evenly being hostess Its It's terribly hard to o be be hostess v when Yale had made a t touchdown and had huddled against hIm beneath andS the folds when warm ot o his blanket S had sent down a flurry of snow as they have a way of doing on football days They lead bad dined at a quaint little old ol inn New York halfway back to candle e and over the flare fiare ot of a t their eyes had sought each others other's and smiled had But remarked when he left her that night she Carl is comIng up earl early early earlIn y ing for tor In the morning morn morn- our last going horseback ride We are to take the upper ro road ad t the he ills to the over Hendrik the Hudson for luncheon woOds are so beautifUl the leaves right now note with turning r Baltimore stock rather old for Betty dont don't you think Luther has has' be been n watching watch watch- ing from |
