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Show ( The . eSILVER SILVER SILVERfLUTE fLUTE I By Lida Larrimore LarrimoreQ . Q eo , HacTtt.c HacTttc MurlLO Jlacrac . Smith Compa.ny Company Compa.nyWNU Companyr CompanyWNU CompanyWNU . r WNU Serclcef Son Service Serclce Servicee0n Ice f SYNOPSIS SYNOPSISOn - e-0n e 0n ? - On her eighteenth blrthdn birthday ) , , Brmotheross Barart Bir- Bir B\r- B r Bar- Bar BirM ' \ - n motherless motheross ) daughter daubhter dautiter , ot of Chrlst- Chrlst Christ- Christ Christpher Chrlsta Chrlst-ipher Chrlst ipher - M\ M Mmotherless a art Chrlstir \ , ir Thornc Thorne artist awikes nw\kes nw kes awakes ' \ " with "lth lth anIclpation an- an anfclpatlon an-'Iclpatlon an 'Iclpatlon Iclpatlon - ' fclpatlon Iclpation pher of the joyi joys joy 'I I ' ot of the day Shetact Sho She Shocelvcs celvcs eeeives a birthday ring from ofrthe ofrtheamiiY Bruce BruceacLln BrucoiIacLaIn 8youngldartistring 8youngldartistringfriendn of oC the themllY the'arnlly thearnlly tact acL\ln acL ln . ' \ In young artist nrtlst friendn friendnofrthe friend ' amiiY mllY but more thin th1.n th1n . friend tor to B Cir- Cir Cirra \r- r tr- tr ' \ trara rra - Bnrbrand Barbira Bnrb\ra Bnrb ra Barbara ' \ ' \ ind \nd nd Bruce Druce eo go plcknlck- plcknlck picknick- picknick plcknlckng picknickng picknick-nB picknick nB - ra > ara on aD the sands at nt Provincctown Provlncctown He HeeUs Heells Hoells ng eUs ells her a n storysh story ofl of a /l l / eyps gypS gypsy gypsylosesaend ) losesaend boy , a lIt- lIt lItIe llt-le llt le - Ie lee losesaendlee ffyP3 gypS gyP 3 ! ) E glr girl girlhe ) "horn horn " ft sh horn m mgypsy , ho he )0\ )0 0 ) lo\es lo es )0es \ es esnd \nd nd ' \ indbe ndhe he eone Bong aon6 of a 511\ 511 silver 511er salter \ er flute Sho She kno knocss knowst knocsst " s st t Is her own ) love ove tae tale ) Her hnpplness happiness hnpplnessurns happinessurns happinessurns urns to sorrow \ when \ hcn she returns home homeo o leirn leuD learn her father has h:1.5 h1.5 h15 : . been dro dron drownedlelathes " ned nedalatl nedelatices alatl\ alatl alatles elatices \ es arrl\ arrl arrive arrle arrhe \ e and take chirgo cb1.rge cb1rge charge . of ofbinS's ofIngs ofdines binS's binSs Ings ' Having been almost a mother mothero o the others Barbara cannot think thln1 . of ofelr ofair oflieir elr air separation septraUon : Kit s sensitive nnture nature nnturerulsed natureruised naturerulsed rulsed ruised ) In n Uncle nee ) Herbert a IS s household householdy 1 y his bls rough and rcidy re1.dy re1dy ready . cousins , and anda1 anday anday ! a1 ay spoiled by her ber a a&soclatlon asoclatlon association & soclnt1on with withlay withIlly 111 lay Aunt Loll Loh Brucewould Bruco Bruce urges Immedl- Immedl Immedlte Immcdl-'ta Immcdl 'ta ta - ' te to meanto marriage marrlnge , b bparatlon but that would mean meanparatlon meaneparatlon paratlon Desperate , the tour four ch11- ch11 chil- chil ch11rem chilren chll-rcn chll rcn - rem ren plot to run away 11\ny 11 ny \ , to Barbira Darb1.ra Darb1ra Barbtraa Barbtraaodfather . s sodtather sodfather odtather odfather , ' 'Uncle Uncle ' Stephen Drake Drakehom , , horn th they ( . ) ' have hate ha \ c never seen seenCHAPTER seenv f fCHAPTER CHAPTER VContinued8 VContinued3 V-Continued V Continued VContinuedK V - Continued ContinuedpHcnrv K -8- 8 --3- 3 - 8Benn - - 3Henrv - pHcnrv Benn Henrv stood beside bcclle ; ( Stephen , holdIng holdIngis holding9s holdingts is 9s dinner dtnner coat with the sleeves ar arD"cd araged araired D"cd Dcd aged " just so Mistpr Mlstpr Mister Stephen was was"L was'king wasiking 'king king " ' "L L . ng great pains , with uth the tic tie , he hehaught heought lieliought haught ought , , doing It over o.er oer . and o\ o 0\ 0 os oer 0er \ er . , whichisn't whichisn't which asn't asnt isn't isnt ' his usual wav way wa " lou'd loud Iou'd Ioud ' think thml " he heas heas hems as going courting courtmg Perhaps S'U SU Suah Suahns Saiahw ' ah ahas as ns right Perhaps Mister Stephen SteplienW Stephenas as- as asgoIng - going to marry m\rry m rry ' \ that pale 1\1ISS 1 1ISS hiss 11ISSroily hissmily \ Missniily roily mily Trent I looked ooled oohed , like lI1"e lI1e " It it , , 1m 1nslting 1nsltingr Invitingir ttmg ttmgr r and her father for dinner dmner tomght tonight tonightnd tomghtnd nd tying his tie tic Ih five the e times Well , he heIshed heshed heWished ! Ished shed them Jov jO\ jO jot jO"How \ ' ' How "How 'How " ' * * does it look 'I I ' Stephen asL.ell asLell asked askedItting . , 'tung tung tting " ' the neat ne\t ne t nett ' \ silk sillc bo\\ bo bow bo'Splendld bow'Splendid bow"Splendid bowSplendid \ ' ( 'Splendld Splendld 'Splendid Splendid ' : ( " ' , sir " No hint of what heas heas he heas as thinking thInhlng appeared apIJe1n.ll apIJe1nll . In nenr Henry's Henrys Henry'schment Henrv'sarchment Henrvsarchment 's s 'schment ' chment fice 'lce lce lice 'lce"Ill lice"Ill ' [ "Ill Ill " 111 take your word for it . , Henry Henry"tephen Henrytephen " ephen smiled and slipped his arms armsto armsto armsito to the coatuBae coat"Base coat ' "Have Have uBa\e uBa e "Base Base " \ you everything everv e\er e er \ thing tll1ng , , sir sir7 sirs 'I I ' ' , Henry Henryt Henry5t t responsible Mister Stephenpsn Stephen Stephensn psn sn t himself tonight tomght When a man mans manSas s thinking of marriage , he " was "as as apt aptj aptfbe aptLbe j fbe e absent minded mindedEver mindedEverything mindedF Everything Every Ever thing s ship shape " " "Then Then " ' ril I'll Ill ' be getting do\\ do donstalrs downstairs downstairs"Anry downstairsAnry \ nstalrs " enry , spare and neat ne\t ne t nett ' \ and elderly , eldeilyloved oved owed \ with ith measured tread to\'o to 'o o toward towardie towarde \ ' ard arde doorIAIODO e doorone door IAIODO one in the room , Stephen0 Stephen was w \0 0 \ ' as con con- conOtis - . con-Ifous con Ifous ous Otis of Irritation Was he In 10 lose losetit loveth ' e eth | th tit Emily Dmlly Trent ? He consideied consIdered the theesUon theestion theiestion esUon estion gravely He admired her v , very verych ery erych eryttch ch , enjoyed being \ with wlth lth her There Theres ThereBS ' s , in Emily Emilv Emil , a quality of sereDl serenity t as ase ase asire e as it was chirming ch\rming ch rming charming ' \ He saw her heroung herovmg heriuug oung ovmg through his house , alwa always alwaysene alwaysene ) s sene ? ene and gracious , her bead head , wIthI withbraids with I braids of light hght bro\ bro brown bron , \ n hair , lifted lilted liftedthe liftedthe the gently dignified \ way ay he ad adred adred adred red The picture pleased hImut himut him him3ut 3ut ut he wasn't wasnt ' In love lo\e lo e lose \ with her , not note e as the poets described it , a sweet sweetnfty sweetr sweetlaity sweetanity r nfty laity , a madness of the senses It Itnot Itnot Its not youthful ardor which had haded haded hadg hadged ed his difliculty diftlculty difficulty with the tie Nor NorIt NorIt Nora It the tear fear of being refused He Heconfident Heconfident Hes confident that Dmll Ernllv Emily " would ac act act acit t his offer of marriage Why not noti ? J was well over thlrt thirty ) And 11\ 11 11Ing lasing livingne lasingr \ Ing Ingne r ne with her father was certainlyt certainly certainly.too t . . .too too . pleasant . . Piofessor Plofessor Professor Trent , a amer ar amer r mer iner Instru instructor .tor tor < . at the thp UDl\ UDl urns UDlerslty universitya \ erslty ersrty , s s an eccentric old chap who de- de deed del de deed - l ed his time to translating the more morecure morep morecure p | cure Greek and Latin poetser poetss poets poetsler s ler er path through life had not been beenwn beenv beengwn v wn with ro roses es She and her fa- fa far fa fair . - ir r lived a pinched sort of existence existencea Ii exIstenceIi Iismall a small apartment on the outer outerge outerge outeruge ge of Rittenhouse square He Held HeId Helid ld Id do a great gre'1.t gre1.t gre1t greet ' . deal de'll dell ' for Emily Dmlly . Andknew Andknew And Andknew knew that she admired adlnlred him , evend evend even evend d him perhaps , in her gentle digniway dignl- dignl digni- digni dignlway - . ' ) way Emily would accept himwas himtl him himwas tl tlwas was quite certain of thtto tint th\t th t thtt tintfo ' \ fo 0 o , It " was "as as ssas not youthful ardor or orrot orr orr ort r r rot of being refused which caused his hiscnt hiseat hispent cnt eat uncasfaess uneasfness uneasiness It was wa'3 wa3 ' , he ad adted adted ad'led adled ' ted It reluctantly , a fantistic fant'1.stic fant1.stic fant1stic fantastic ' . dread dreadhaDgeS dreadhanges dreadlianges ; haDgeS hanges His Ills life was wa'3 wa3 ' well or ordered orderedsatisfying orderedsatisfying ered eredsahsf sahsf satisfying ) ing He lIe enjoied enjoyed enJO ) ed his work worke workAe e law firm of VanVy Van Wi \Vy Vy \ W ) dc ck cle , Pcnrose Penrose PenroseDrahe PenroseL indi L Drake Drahe , an old established cst'1.bUshed cst1.bUshed cst1bUshed ' . Orm firm In Inch incb di dich ch his grandfather had been thet the thetnal thelnal t | tnal lnai Drake Drahe Aunt Edith Cdlth : , Ills his fa faS fas fas [ S widowed sister , capably man manhis manhis mand his house bouse He lie hid kld his books boo1J " , hisdSblps hisdships his hisStiships dSblps dships , an occ occislonal occrslonal 1 < ; Ional concert or oreolt thel , golt golf or riding when lie he felt the theof l Stiships 1 of exercising c1.erclsing c1erclsing . out of doors ITe He ITecontent Hecontent Hecontent content w \ Ith things as they were wereut wereut : ut would he continue continuo to be coni con- con conHe - . i : ? He lIe ii ? wa was getting on-forty on forty on - forty his hisbirthch hisbirthday hisbirthday birthch birthday ) . An eldcriv ehlerl elderly , } b bichclor lchc.lor lchclor ichclor : . , he lie heobsen lien4 heobserved n4 obsen observed cd \ was as a pathetic sort of ofre ofre o ore re . . Aunt Edith Bdlth W was c , ) sixty Ixty eight eighti eightsister i younghan sltcr SIStersatalie , ; ? Natalie at\lIe at lIe ' \ , tweh twelve 0 years young youngi young.nan youngnan i . han ban didn'tt didntt he , w wis iy l married He IIe dIdn't dIdnt ' ) , houseA t to be left alone in the houoch houseiy house houo ' ) iy A ch had hnrl sheltered choUoftitI three I- I IA - _ A generations generationsrakes generationsrapes _ _ ir n nbrakes brakes rakes rapes Nor did he want wllnt things thingsged thingsged thingsiged ged Emily was the tlle one woman womans \ om.1n om1n om.1ns . womanIs s . acquaintance a.cqualntance acqualntance acqualatance who , lie he felt , would woulde wouldf e no attempt to rcorganl/e rcorganl e rcorgani.lc rcorganilc reorganise / . his life lifed lifed lifeId d this dread of change mean he hegetting hegetting hegetting getting old ? ' ' Stephen crossed crosced ; to towardrobe towardrobe to'wardrobe towardrobe ' wardrobe mirror 1rror n and gra gran gravely ' ely in in- in int - . in-ted in ted t ) & | ed himself himseIr He \ was as not unat unat- unat - - . [ the unat-the unat the unatthe , he decided It str'1ngehe strangehe wa was " ' strange str'1nge str1nge ' [ he had never known a real ro roce roce ro'ce roce ' ce He De lie had a greater capacity for forn foro ford o d forpan n even e\en e en \ hL his < ; most Intimate frIends 1 _ 1ected friendspected frIendsected lifehe lirehe ected But Hut only once In his iris life lire he had a glimpse of romance Hisi His ills i thelace thelat turned Histurned illstUrned to the pointing p\inting p inting painting ' \ above the thej1 j1 j1lace howiDtly howntly lat lace She had never known how howd d ' alP ntly he loved her . "A A " Drake Is al ala alcU cU a gentleman gcntleman ' ' and her husb'1.nd husb1.nd husb1nd husband husbandxbeen husbind.been husbindbeen ' . xbeen " ' ; . perhapsthe been his friendShe friend .She She -She . - She , . , perhaps , the neverPQ ern nevern trim trun true reason why he had never ne , er n lookeder a reni renl rear romance He had looked lookedI I _ lookedper theen er , , and nc\ nc never ncer \ er found her , in the theiten iten ; en ho be > had knownCDhel1 knownphew known CDhel1 phew walked to the llreplace fireplace and , andIn In lug ; hIs ids is lOOked anna arlJIS army on the mantcl mantel , lookedr looked r blowingher up at the girl " with "ith ith the " wind Ind blowing her legsHow skirt shIrt against her bare bro\'o bro 'o o brown \ ' n legs How lovely lonely 10\ 10 10el \ el ) she hid h\d h d ' \ been That was a long along time since smce . . Almost eighteen eighteenyears eighteenyears eighteenyears years He Ho fie had not seen her since sinceHe sincelie sinceHe He lie ! " knew "new new that she sho was dead He HP H had hadne hadnet hadnev ne net , er forgotten forfotten foriotten . , , her vivid face , her soft softbrown softbrown softbrown brown hair , the dimple tint th\t th t that ' \ wol woke wokewhen wokewhen < o owhen when she smiled . . . . , A knock I.noc Inoc . ! , , at the door brought hIm hImbck himback himback b\ck b ck back ' \ Horn flom from the pst'Come past p\st p st ' \ Come 'Come * ' in ; , " ' he callC'dThe calledThe called callC'd callCd calledThe ' The Intruder was Aunt Edith She Shewas Shewas Shewas was a large , handsome "om'ln0 " woman "om'ln omln wom'tn womtn ' ' \0 0 \ ' who whotitd whoInd ho hoh'ld h'ld hld titd ' been known kno\vn kno vn \ In her youth as ' be'1u be1u betu be'1ulIful betutiful beautiful ' lIful tiful Edith rdlth : Diake Du\he Du he Drake \ " But that , too'oa too , \'oa 'oa oa was wasa \ ' wasa < ; a long time ' ago 'lgo lgo Aunt Edith Ddlth , no\'o no 'o o now nowwas \ ' , was comfoitablv comfoltabl comfottahly , } stout , with nth nthaved \\aved aved waved wavedwhite \ wavedwhite avedwhite white Inlr"the Inlrthe h\lr'the h lr'the lrthe htlr"the htlrthe ' \ , , " ' " hindsome h\ndsome h ndsome handsome ' \ Drake nose noseand noseand noseand and a fair hlr smooth complexion f & > She Shewas &hewas hewas he hewas was a Drike Dr\ke Dr ke Drake ' \ by birth and a Van VanWych VanVyck VanWyck Wych \Vyck Vyck \ by marriage m'lrri\gc m'lrri mlrri gc ' ' \ That fortunate fortunatecomhmatlon fortunatecombination fortunatecombination comhmatlon combination assured her tier of or a prom promI promInent promanent prominent I Inent anent place phce piece on patroness lists and the thebords theboards theboirds bo\rds bo rds boards ' \ of charitable charit\ble charit ble ' \ organizations orgamz'1.tlons orgamz1.tlons orgamz1tlons organiz'itions organizitions organiz'itionsHer orgamz'1.tlonsIIer organizationsHer ' . ' Her IIer customary manner of assurance assurancewas assurancewas assurancewas was ; somewhat comcwhat shaken shahen tonIght'You tonight 'You You * ' You aren area t 111 m ill , , are nre you , Stephen Stephen'she Stephenshe ? ' she asked asled , " when "hen hen she had closed the thedoor thedoor thedoor thedoor"Of door door"Of "Of Of " course not Why ? ' Stephen Stephenagain , agaIn , was conscious of ot irritation"You IrrItation"lou irritation irritation"lou " "lou lou "You You " were so long coming down downIratalie downNatalie 1-.atalie 1.atalie 1 .atalie atalie Iratalie ' - . and Robert aie me axe here " "I I " supposed they were I heard the thephno theplano thepiano phno plano " Aunt Edith Ldlth " was wms 1S ' uneasy , too , he hethought hethought hethought thought thought.s \ . Vs \.s .s is always , he found it did dill dif didPerhaps , I IA III6 A II6 ? + 1 111f&PA4f 11f&PA4\f 11f&PA4 11fPA4 f & \ \ I ' ' R rf rfN DG 9 9rrt N rrt i iPerhaps Perhaps Mister Stephen Was GOing GOingto Goingto to Marry That Pale Miss Emily EmilyTrent EmilyTrent EmilyTrent EmilyTrentcult Trent Trentcult cult to discuss Intimate matters wIth wIthAunt withAunt withAunt Aunt : Edith Cdlth The Drakes were not notdemonstrath notdemonstrative notdemonstrative demonstrath demonstrative e They The } lived wIthin wIthinthemsel.es withinthemselves withinthemselves withinthemselves"Are themsel.es themseles themselves . themsel.es"Are |
