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Show The 'Tire Tire ' SILVER FLUTE FLI9TE , By Lida Larrimorec Larrimore c . 0 c . &I&crae Icrae h-llLCrae h llLCrae Macrae & - & Smith OompJ.I11 OompJI11 Compaay CompaayWAU OompJ.I11W1 CompanyWKU : . W1 ' > WAU U SorvicoSYNOPSIS Sorylcq Sorvlco Sorvico SYNOPSIS SYNOPSISOn On her eighteenth oighteonti birthday , . Bar Bar- Barbara Barbara Barbara - bara bara . , , mothorlosi motherles'I motherlesI mothorlosa ' daughter of at Chrh"t- Chrh"t Chrht Christ- Christ Chrh"topber Christopher Chrfbt-opbor Chrfbt opbor " - - opber opher Thorno Thorne , artist aw avvikes aw"tkes awtkes " kes with nn- nn an- an anth.ipatlon nnth.lPlltlOI1 an anticipation - ticipation th.lPlltlOI1 thlPlltlOI1 th.ipatlon thipatlon . . of ot the joys of ot the tho day She Shereceives Sherocelvcs Shoreceives receives rocelvcs a birthday rine ring from trom Bruce BruceMacLaln BruceMacL.ain CrucoMacLatn MacLaln MacL.ain MacLain . , . young artist . ( friend rlend of ot tho the thoamlly thefamily thofamily amlly family ! , but more morc . than t.han frJend trJend friend . to t.o Bir Iitr- Iitr 11\1- 11 1 111barn Iitrbara Birbara ' \ ' - bara barn . . Dubnrand Birbara Dubnr\ Dubnr B'trbarl Btrbarl ' ' \ and Bruco Bruce go plcknlck- plcknlck picknick- picknick plcknlckJolt picknickIng pickniclt-Inpr pickniclt Inpr - - Jolt Ing on the sands at . Provlncctown Provincetown He Helells Hetells Hetella lells tells her a story of ot a gypsy boy . , a lIt- lIt lIttl litUe lit-Uo lit Uo - tl Ue & eypay gypsy eirl gIrl whom he loves and andt.ho andthe andthe t.ho tho the . song of ot a silver alher silsor flute Ilute She Sho knoW knows knowsit knowsIt " It la Is le her own love lovo tile t\le t le t11e ' \ Her lieI ' happlnes'J happlnesJ happiness happlnes'Jt.urns happinessturns happinessturns ' t.urns turns . to sorrow vvhon \ whon'sho whonsho hen 'he he " ' ' ho returns homo home homoto hometo homoto to learn her father Cather his l1"ts l1ts lies " been drO\\ drO drownedCHAPTER drowned drOned drownedCHAPTER \ ned CHAPTER nI-Continued nI Continued III-Continued III Ill - Continued ContinuedThe nIContinued5 IIIContinued5 -5- 5 --5- - 5The - - 5The - The plans seemed possible at night nightlying , , lyIng a av\al av al awal " \ al e a with Gay close and nnd warm warmbeside warmbeside warmbeside beside her In tbo the morning mormng , howe\ howe howeer however howeverwith \ er , , . wIth wlth Cousin Julia minagin m\naglng m naglng managing ' \ ? every eery esery- esery e\ e eserything everything \ ery- ery erything - - thing and Cousin E\ E Evie EIe \ Ie acting actmg as though thoughshe thoughshe thoughshe she were no oldpr older than Gay , . the phns plaas phnswould plaaswould plinswould would seem silly nnd and childish BIt BItby Bitby Bitby by bit hope would vanish vnnlsh and nnd her herheart herheart herheart heart would feel Ceel hcary hcavy heavy as lead Sbe She Sbeseemed Sheseemed Sheseemed seemed , visibly , to grow gro\V gro V \ thinner The Thecolor Thecolor Thecolor color left her cb'cl cbcl chocks cheeks ( ' s and her eyes eyeswero eyeswere eyeswere wero were tragically traglc'1l1v traglc1l1v ' largeBruce largeBruce large largeBruce Bruce , . who had postponed poctponed : his re- re return return re return - turn to New YorleVas York Yorle , \ was \Vas Vas constantly constanUv at attho atthe atthe tho the Thornes ' . But he seldom saw Bar Bar- Barbara Barbara Barbara - bara alone She seemed content , . In nmeasure ameasure a n 'measure measure ' measure , . only when wben she was wns with the thechlldren thechildren thechildren chlldren children Loving her . , It hurt him to toknow toknow toknow know how completely they filled her hermind hermind hermind mind D\ D Even Den Esen \ en when , occasionally , . he heheld heheld boheld held her In his arms , . he felt thit th\t th t that ' \ she shewasn shewasn shewasnt wasn t there tbere . . Something hid b'1.d b1.d b1d had ' . gone goneThe goneThe goneThe The warm loving part of her which which.for whichfor . , tor for a few hours had been Ills hIs , . was now nowabsorbed nowabsorbed nowabsorbed absorbed by the children chlldren He Be lie felt telt hurt hurtand hurtand hurtand and helpless and left behindIn behindIn behind behindIn In his studio Bruce spent many sleep sleeplecs sleepless sleepless lecs less : hours Was ehe she old od ) enough ? he heasked heasked heasked asked himself Did she know how howdeeply howdeeply howdeeply deeply he 10\ 10 loved 10ed losed \ ed her ? Had he be let him hlm- hlm him- hlmselt himself himself - self selt In for tor unhappiness ? ' He asl.ed asled asked asl.edher askedher askedher . her none of ot these questions Loving Lovingher Lovingher Lovingher her deeply , he tried , . when he was with withher withher withher her , to forget , for the moment , . his Ills 0\\ 0 0n own 0disturbing owndisturbing owndisturbing \ n disturbing emotions He knew she shewas shewas shewas was glad that he had postponed postpont.d postpontd . his re- re return re- re return re return - - turn to New York Fork When he left her herat herat herat at bedtime , she clung to himThe himThe him himThe The gray shingled house filled with withflowers withflowers withflowers flowers There " were ere ' . ill 1.11 111 all sorts of let- let letters letters let letters - ters and cards Sir Mr Tubbs , . the post post- postman postman postman - man , . brought a letter from 'Uncle Uncle 'UncleStepben ' UncleStephen UncleStephen Stepben Stephen " It was a verv very nice letter letter.Barbara letterBarbara . . Barbara read It to the children as they theyBat theysat theysat Bat sat on the studio steps ' Uncle UncleStephen UncleStephen UncleStephen Stephen ' had seen In n a paper , the let- let letter letter let letter - ter said Mid , an account of Fathers rather s death deathHe deathHe deathHe He sent sympathy svmpathy to his hs [ ' little Uttle fillette fi1lette " "What's Whats " ' a 'fliiette fliiette 'fillette fillette ' 'flllette\ 'flllette flllette 'fllletteGay ' ' " " ? \ ' Gay wanted to toknow toknow toknow toknow"That's know know"That's "That's Thats " ' I trench rench reach for Cor goddaughter goddaughter"Barbara goddaughterBarbara , " Barbara etl1hlned"Is explained"Is explilned etl1hlned explained : "Is Is " 1s he a I Irenchman renchmanl renchman ? ' asked ached ; Jamie Jamieto , . to whom Frenchman meant the rrench French rrenchCamdlans FrenchCan'tdlans FrenchCanidlans Camdlans Can'tdlans Cantdlans ' who 11\ 11 lived 11ed lied \ ed in Augusta Augusta.Maine AugustaMaine . , Maine . . Maine"Of "Of Of " course notII not II " IIKit Kit answCled answered answCled"Don't answered"Don't answcied"Don't answciedDont "Don't Dont " ' you remember how Father rather used usedto usedto usedto to tell us that he be was the only other otherAmerican otherAmerican otherAmerican American , . beCJl besides es ' Mother 'tother tother and rather Father FatherIn , in the to town " n " where "here here Babs wis W'1.S W1.S W1S w'ts wts ' . ' born l ? ' The children talked talhed , . In low voices voicesabout , . about Father rather Barbara read the letter letteragain letteragain letteragain again It \ was as nice and friendly frlCndly , . she shethought shethought shethought thought She lingered hngered over the con concludlng coneluding coneluding cludlng eluding sentence . . , . "If If "U U " a crusty old oldbachelor oldbachelor oldbachelor bachelor can be of assistance ac.sstance acsstance : . [ , . please pleaselet pleaselet pleaselet let him know ' it 1t once . . , ' . " . A crusty crustyold crustyold crustyold old bachelor r ' Then he wasn t mar marded marFled married ded Fled And he must be older than she shehad shehad shehad had thought thougbt But he didn't didnt ' sound sound"crusty sound"crusty sound"crusty soundcrusty "crusty crusty " " " , ' TIllette rIllette Fillette ' was a charmmg charming charmmgword charmingword charmingword word Saving Sa3lag Sa Ing It over made her ber feel feelthat feelthat feelthat that she knew knen Uncle 'Uncle ' Stephen " . . . "My My " little fillette flllette " . , . . She tud.ed tuded tucked tud.edthe tuckedthe tuckedthe . . the letter Inside her blouse and felt feltshe feltshe feltshe she had found a n frIendAnd friendAnd friend friendAnd And then , . on a day so blue and andgolden andgolden andgolden golden , so filled with sunshine and gentle gen gen- gentle gentle - tle \ wind Ind and the smoky 'Smoky ' fragrance of ofautumn ofautumn ofautumn autumn that It didn't didnt ' ' seem possible possiblethere possiblethere possiblethere there could be lie sadness sadnecs : in 1D the world worldthey , . they left It Father ather beside Mother in 1n the thecemetery thecemetery thecemetery cemetery on the hill The house houseseemed houseseemed houseseemed seemed desolate when they tbey returned returnedtoo , too quiet qnlet , . too tidy Udy and neat . . rather Father ratherwas Fatherwas Fatherwas was goneThat goneThat gone goneThat That evening they sat around the thellvlng theliving theliving llvlng living room hearth It grew chill chillywhen ) } when the sun went down and Bruce Brucehad Brucehad Brucehad had built a fire Cousin Evie Evle had gone to goneto bed with a headache Cousin Julia Juliain JuliaIn , in Jamle's Jamles Jamie's Jamies ' room upstiirs upst'1.lrs upst1.lrs upst1lrs upstairs ' . , . was writing writinga writing writinga a letter ktter to Cousin Will The chIldren chIldrenwere childrenwere childrenwere were glad to bo be alone Barbara told toldthem toldthem toldthem them about the plins phns plans she made at night , . nightlying lying awake in the low carved bed bedThe . . ! The children chl1dren accepted them n " with "lth lth lth en thuslasmI thuslasm I ' 'I I I can get a Job after school " Kit Kitsaid Kitsaid Kitsaid said , his face tace brighter than It had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been since the day of the storm"Dicky storm"Dicky storm storm"Dicky "Dicky Dicky " Woods says I cm C'1.n C1.n C1n cin ' . be his de- de delivery delivery de delivery - - livery boy , " , " Jamie announced from the hearth thehearth rug 'I've Ive ' I've Ive ' ' already asked him himnbout himabout himabout nbout about ItIt It It " It"It "If If "It It " Martha goes , . ' I'll Ill ' do the dishes "Gay Gay " Gay Cay herhead f & > &ald ald said nld nestling do close , > e to Kit , her head against his bis ' shoulder 5houlder , ' Stout fella'S fellaS fclla'I fcllaI fella ' ! " ' " Kit said softly , . know Ing lag knowIng knowlag how bow Ga3 Ga } hated washing dishes and dusting anddusting and making maI.lng maIlng . beds'Other beds'Other beds Other 'Other ' people have ha\c ha c hale \ shopg shops " Barbara Barbaracontinued Barbaracontinued Barbaracontinued continued . , , loving the tbe children for forwantJn6 forwantln forwanting wantJn6 wantln , to help She lifted l1fted her ber face to faceto tobe Bruce Brute , feeling hopeful , . wanting nanl1n w anting to be assured "We We " 1Ve could , couidn couldn couldnt t we \ e , . Bruce weBruce ? Isn t it a , > sensible ensIble plin phn plan ? Don t tyou tvou you ou think \ we \ e could couh1i ? ' Bruco Bruce emilcd smlIed smiled but his eyes \ were ere " ' - grave graH grace olderthan What a It child she wa was , > , no older plansIt plansIf than Gnv Gn3 Gay , miking m'lklng mlklng making ' her falii fah3 fairy tale t.lle tlle . plan plans , > If he could bear it 1t for her-the her the her - the certaIn certaindisappolntrrent certaIndl certaindisappolntrrenL disappolntrrenL dl appolntrrent . bhe She he was too sroill sm'1.ll sm1.ll sm1ll swill ' . to toDear tonear ofher other Dear near It hcroelf herelf herself ; ) , , too young In : spite cplte ot of her courage It Ir If he could beir bC'1.r bC1.r bC1r bear ' . It for forher forherbe forherhe her-be her be her-he he - he 10\ 10 loved 10cd Ioved \ cd her he , . loved 10ed toned 10\ 10 \ ed her so solI.uch soiruch lI.uch lIuch iruch ! . BOmw . . . . The plans plnns seemed possible pos'ilble posilble ' , . tnlklng talking tnlklngabout talkingabout talkingabout J JThe about them tbem in front of ot the Ore fire . , sur sur"ounded sursounded sur"ounded surounded "ounded ounded sounded " by tllln things s thit th'1.t th1.t th1t that ' . were familiar familiarand familiarand familiarand and friendly nnd and deir de\r de r dear ' \ . . They needn t tbe tbe tbe be separated Thev The ) could coull ] stay In tbe the tbegray thegray thegray gray shingled bouseAnd houseAnd house bouse houseAnd And then she . knew I.new Inew that the they theycouldn't theycouldn't theycouldnt , couldn't couldnt ' . . The plans vanished like IIl.e IIle . bub bubbles bubbles bubbles bles touched by a careless han hand handCousin handCousin CousIn Tulla Tullf Tulbtf : , . ro rosy y and handsome hamlsome and ander andsera andverv \er\ er sera \ erkInd \ kind , . appeared at the living room roomdoor roomdoor roomdoor roomdoor"Ten door door"Ten "Ten Ten " o'clotk oclotk o'clok oclok o'clock oclock ' ( " she said Bald nld In the brisk briskcheerful briskcheerful briskclicorful cheerful voice that made Barbira Barb'lra Barblra Barbara ' feel feelsmall feelsmall feelsmall small and ntlier r'1ther r1ther rather ' foolish "Time Time " for fortIred fortired fortired tIred kiddles 1.1ddles 11ddles kiddies . to be In bed " 'We We ' We can't cant ' , . C'1.ne cm C'1.n C1.n C1n can ' . \ we \\e e sse , . Bruce ruc ? ' Bar Bar- Barbara Bar-bira Bar bira - . b\rl b rl bara ' \ ! asked ached : when wben the tbe children , mar marshaled marshaled marshalcd shaled by Cousin Julia had gone upstairs upstairs up [ stairs to bed "We We " 1Ve can t stay here to togethE'r together togctlier gethE'r gethEr . ' " . ' , ' I'm Im ' afraid not . , Babble , . " he be an ans answered ansvvercd s\\ s sered swered \ ered , . his ( fice flce ice very vC'ry vCry ' troubled and andgra andgran andgrav gra\ gra gran grae \ e e'I gra'I 'I I ' I guess guecs ; I [ l knew ne\V ne V \ It all along " sho she shosaid shesaid shesaid said w \ carilv earil3 earll3 * ' ' Fairy l'alry lalry tales " Her Der voIce voIcequlered voicequivered voicequivered qul\ered qul ered quivered \ Looking Lookmg down . , he saw thut that thuther thather thather her lashes were Jeweled 1\ 1 \ "nith nith 1Itb nlth " Itb tears tenrs ' , Don't Dont ' mind so terribly , darlIng darlIngPlease darlingPlease darlingPlease Please to try tr , } not to mind so much " . "I-I "I I " "I I " - I can't cant ' help It , . Bnice Bruce " He knew that she couldn't couldnt ' help hep ] It it It.He ItHe . . , He knew thit tb'lt tblt that ' word words . were useless He Heheld Heheld Heheld held her close , . " wanting "Ilntlng Ilntlng to bear It tor for torher forher forher her , . racked rached by her shaking shnking sobs Grad GradunU3 Gradnail Graduall unU3 nail ) the tbe sobs grew less She sIghed sIghedand sighedand sighednnd and then was still stIlI , . so still that thnt he hethought hethought hethought thought she sbe had gone to sleep . But Butpresentt Butpresently Butpresent presentt presently ! } , she stirred . Bruce 'Bruce ' . . " . 'Yes Yes ' Yes , . darling darllng ? ' ' ' ' "When When "TShen TShen " 'v v ' hen are you vou ou going bick b\ck b ck back ' \ to New NewI NewYork NewFork NewYork I York Fork ? " ' I I"Tomorrow "Tomorrow Tomorrow " . . . " She clung to him for a moment , . then thenraised thenraised thenraised raised her head hend from his shoulder . , "I I " don't dont ' suppose-- suppose suppose- supposeShe suppose - - " She pausedI paused paused"Yea I M ! r { p , a ' / - a aF ar F kc kcA'1 r A'1 A1 ' A'1r r r rftf ' ? fr frQ fr"Yes ftf Q "Yea Yea "Yes Yes " , " She Sighed Contentedly , "Now Now "NowWe're "NowWe're "NowWe're NowWere " We're Were ' Really Engaged " and he lie saw , in the firelight , a faint faintpInk faintpink faintpink pInk flush flusb creeping Into her ber cheeks"What cheeks"What cheeks cheeks"What "What What " , Bibbie B'1.bble B1.bble B1bble B'rbbte Brbbte ' ' . ? ' "I I " don t suppose-- suppose suppose- supposefIer supposeHer |