Show f Telegram Te Serial Sena d 1 No Time for Love by Watkins E. E Wright l' l CHAPTER 11 I hope your aunt comes back backon backI on her way to New York Margot Margot Margot Mar- Mar got got up Meanwhile you must have some fun Shall we take a dip now Id like it it said Lavinia Margot Linden was nice She was rather like the two or three girls at with whom Lavinia had something in com com- mon Then ran down to the beach and plunged in You swim well Margot said when when they had been in the water a little while You could give me a few pointers Theres nothing wrong with your swimming said Lavinia You do it with a lot of ease I dont don't feel at case said Margot I tremble inside you inside you know know- know know- butterflies of the tummy tum tum- my my She walked out upon the beach And Lavinia followed her By the way theres there's a abridge abridge abridge bridge tournament tonight tonight tonight-to to raise money for the Greeks Everyone's playing You'll join in wont won't you you Id like to help the Greeks said Lavinia smiling but Im I'm afraid my bridge is pretty terrible ter ter- ter- ter Dont let that worry you Margot said There are arc plenty of bad players But if you play bridge as well as you swim theres there's nothing to worry about Lavinia caught up her beach robe Margot caught up hers and they moved off down the sandy stretch A A run along the beach will warm up us Margot said Come on M Margot and nd l Lavinia vini Spend Time Together on Be Beach ch They struck off together The wind swept Lavinia's dark hair back from her face She felt a sudden sense of freedom a wild and unexplainable desire to goon go goon goon on and on against on-against against the wind wind wind- against the water Wed better be getting back now Margot said when they had gone some distance This section of the beach is pretty for for- lorn Lavinia looked about her It did seem quite different from the beach nearer the inn There was the remains of an old pier pier its its blackened legs broken and ular Farther on could be seen three or four cheaply constructed construct construct- ed cottages dwellings that were apparently unoccupied And th theres there's res re's that young man again Margot said suddenly What young man Lavinia asked No one knows much about him really Margot answered But he lives in one of those cottages cot cot- and and sticks pretty well to himself A sort of beachcomber you mean mean Perhaps Margot waited until until un un- til the young man had disappeared disappeared disappeared from view Only he does look like something out of Hol Hol- lywood I wonder what hed he'd look like all dressed up He never wears anything but a pair of bathing trunks or slacks and a sweater You make him sound like something in a book Lavinia remarked Then she changed the subject Men didn't Interest T 1 her last of all a man who was apparently something of a human human numan nu- nu hu- hu man derelict Lets Let s get back to the inn she said Im hungry and Ive I've got to get off some letters let let- This air does give one an appetite appetite appetite ap ap- petite said Margot Ill Ill race you The two girls sped along the sand They did not look back So of course they didn't see the young human derelict staring after them them them-an an odd expression InI in I his deep blue eyes I Proceeds From Evenings Evening's Entert Entertainment to Help Relief That evening was a gala one oneat oneat oneat at the inn The ballroom was decorated with Greek British and American flags and a number number number num num- ber of guests wore Greek attire Several small boys and girls were dressed as Greek children and sold candies and favors from trays suspended about their necks by ribbons Every table has been sold Margot told Lavinia One hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred and sixty people at 1 SI each That ought to help a little Then theres there's the money for favors and candy They were donated by a guest who's in the wholesale candy business business and and the management management management man man- of the inn is giving the prizes Then the entertainment ought to bring in over oughtn't it it said laid Lavinia At least that said Margot She looked at Lavinia admiringly admiring admiring- ly You certainly do make a picture picture pic picture pic- pic ture in that crimson chiffon I Ilove Ilove Ilove love it it Lavinia smiled Thanks she said Ill have to confess however however how how- ever that I feel about half- half dressed Tailored ed things are arc more in my line Come on now said Margot and Ill I'll Introduce you to the three people youre you're playing with Two of them are fairly good players and the other one Then that evens things up Lavinia laughed Im one of the But Ive I've got my fing Ping fingers fingers ers crossed Dont worry You'll get along all right Margot took her arm When in doubt bid trumps no-trumps Tell me something Lavinia said just before they reached the table where she was to play play play- and where now sat a rather forbidding forbidding forbidding for for- bidding looking middle-aged middle couple and a rather insignificant insignificant cant appearing gentleman A two bid is a demand isn't it Yes said Margot Only a two trump no-trump opening bid isn't always a demand Of course if you have anything at all you should respond I see And if my partner opens with a two-demand two and Ive I've nothing then I bid two no- no trumps Lavinia lavini Meets Her Bridge Partners for the Evening Yes That's a denial However However However How How- ever some people play differ differ- You and the others can decide on what conventions you want to recognize Margot nodded to the couple and the theman theman theman man and then introduced Lavinia La La- vinia Miss Prentiss seems to feel a slight attack of stage- stage fright so dont don't be too hard on her Stage fright said the fe fe- fe male half of the forbidding J couple Yes said Lavinia Wildly pounding heart trembling knees knees knees-a a terrible nervousness Oh Does Docs that mean you don't dont dont don't- er play er-play play so well well asked the male half of the forbidding 1 couple j jIm i Im I'm afraid it does Lavina confessed The man and the woman woman who who were a Mr and Mrs Masters Masters- exchanged distressed glances The rather insignificant man man seemed to lose some of his in- in significance Then I shant shan't feel too 4 scared myself he said He held heldI i Lavinia chair for her I play i terribly terribly terribly-so so perhaps your pla pi- pi 1 Ing will seem like Mrs Culbertsons Culbertson's Culbertsons Culbertson's Culbertson's Culbertsons Culbert Culbert- sons son's by comparison Thank you Lavinia said I 1 14 feel better already J Dont take it too seriously Margot told them Youve only got to play a couple of hours hours- and then we dance She waved to them and moved off Anyway Anyway Anyway Any way its it's for a good purpose purpose- so what Lavinia groaned Inwardly a Two hours It seemed like an eternity But she gritted her a teeth figuratively and picked up her cards She went at it with all she had had and and that alas was pretty bad And she knew v then that if f the two-hour two period seemed like an eternity to her it must seem like perfect eons to Mr and Mrs Masters It was an experience she would never forget forget and and one which Mr and Mrs Masters would probably look back upon in sheer agony iTo j i To be continued J |