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Show e e er r r r ra a ' lit { - t SYNOPSISa SYNOPSIS SYNOPSISLmbert - a l Lmbert mbert tries trtcs In vain vats to disbeautiful dls dlsq dlseautlful dlsbeautiful LeoII q beautiful eautlful foster daughter Leoarrying Leo Leoluone II ! t , youngt marrying m arrying Don Msson Mason young youngt t luone Jone ne mne He lie tells teUs her Ituwil Unless a aClunded Clunded funded . ) unded upon a rock It will notLeonora not notWbrother t.eonora teonora Leonora . suspects the Influence influence4brother Wbrother 4brother l-brother l brother - Ned always aI\\as aI as \ ) Jealous jealousLTMnlnce 1 1ter 1'1 11 ' .Ince Ince . the dav dlv dcv : his Ius father fathertel fatherorne fatherL-M fatherL M ter terbelnee belnee deathbed deathbedaS1 thbed thbedtirer - tel ' home orne trom from thelude the 'ther ther deathbed'ther ' aS1 tirer abandoned i.n,4n i.n4n in4n . . , A bv by hv her h r Ital Tfal an'rqver anQaver an anliver 'rqver rqver ' liver Qaver Don arr err * rr ves yes in the midst midst"lument midsti.tument midstitument "lument lument " . hi ment and Lambert Llmbert : reaJlzesI reaJlzestt realizes reaJlzes realizesunderstand I 1 tt : understand ng rig bet veen the the4ewa ai up lthate lthatee lthatetwhole'ust lute late Into twhole'ust twholeust the ' nigl Dlgl t Lsm Lami-lcw Lami lcw 01 4ewa 4ewalthate - _ lews the e whole story stor r3La r3Laof } ol of ofa " ! ' - schooluslc school school"tor a . child- child chUct childt at * t board ng usle uslc abroad a atrip meMlng morrninghe Don on \ trip In the morning he de deIf Ifultimatum ultimatum to give Don n a job jobfor jobfor If "tor tor " for a year s sho do vn \ V W \ hen hent4 hen\e'its hen e'its eits ' " \ t4 e.1s e1s eats . ' the poss pass b Uty Illy of runn ng ngII ngDon ngit II , r rDon Don La nbert ttohthetjob threatens d s st DonDon Don agreesttohthetjob agrees to the job butonth but bul butSth onth is over hH his nerves arc are arcI arei I i cannot nnot Bleep sleep at night he is isgO is8o isout gO 8o out much with wlih . Isora z.ora zora Aora Nora Noram Noram Norawith Sth m Wllh with her mus c e a Norat Nora [ t ter and broods over Donn Don ' " [ n to her father of Ned s spying spyingnd spyingdecides spyingrid nd rid decides that rather than't thanspirit than 't t ' 'tspirit tplrit spirit broken she t \ 11 1\ 1 \ 1run rune rune run rune e urges her lather father to put an ansic * n.tie ntie . ; . sic e futile experiment JamesIs Jamesle James JamesJt _ Jt Is le obdurate and angry Lamier Lam Lamber ber Lamber ber ier tl U ti at It If Don quits she IIIhim Illhim 111 III Ill 111hlm hlm him that he i \ 111 IU Ill be through throughIle ! throughJLHe He Ile adds that if the she tires ot of , I ta ofI ofta tait It will win be useless to come to to"ell tokelp "ell ell " kelp > Later Don and Nora d s . . situation .Ituatlon Ituatlon ettuatlon Don promises toand toand to toand and take life more calmly calmlyk calmlyr .k k . r . k It out he says s ys With theepring the theftpring . , # : ftpring sprJng epring Don Is full twl of ot unrest"erlust unresterlust unrest "erlust erlust " ' eriust erlust and takes long walkslOne walksIOne walks walkst0ne t0ne lOne IOne eventnt evening a poor girl speaks"And speaks "And And " . " . ' Bid tad la In Ills hIs pity tor for her he hemoney he'money hemoney money A car passes at thatoIIashes thatgashes that dishes oIIashes gashes headlights headlJghts and moves movesrUle movesrifle movesrifle rUle rifle heat wave ushers In the thend theend theInd end _ nd Nora refuses to go to theJ.th theJth the theth J.th Jth . th her ber father.tPTER father tather father.AFTER i.lPTER . .AFTER AFTER .lPTER lPTER . .tPTER tPTER . i JV-Conl1nued JV Conl1nued IV-Continued IV Continued IVContinuedI IV - - Continued Continuedtaring IVContinueds 1 I 15 -5- 5 -s- s - 5laying - ssying - taring laying sying here that s all as Jonora 4onora asJonora as4onora Wed 'Ned Ned Tied ' and his ! farm ami fame farmt famee t e ! only too glad to keep youIt you 1 . " It will save them money money'rays moneyrays moneyays 'iays iays money'iays ' , ' ays appeals to Ned you yound i1 youi1 nd d Cormne Corinne will be sparedfr sparedpr spared spareder fr pr er of opening openmg her own bIg80methmg bigsomething big omething 80methmg something somethingshe she grumbles grumblesweeks grumblesi grumblesiweeks grumblest t ! weeks beforehand Or 1f if 1fIi ifa it1 Ii a doesn t work out Aunt Aunt'Sdd AuntSdd Aunt1tId Auntheld ' 1tId held stay with you Perj Perjd Per Perj Perd j :1 1 :1d : d like that better anyway anywaytlor anywaytior anywayilor tlor tior is gett ng to be a pest pest7 . . V ry , needs some good old oldj old1 j 9 chores if 1f you ask me medo do you know aboutchuckled aboutchuckled about aboutchuckled chuckled her father thenfore then thenptore ptore fore the girl could answer'p answerp answer answer'p 11 'p p ' ' t ttay stay here childfot childof child fot WAT of ? ? " ' The 'rhe rhe house is la a1waysrou alwaysF always a1ways -rou rou -F F - - Fd ( oud d tunocate suffocate Nora Norawhat 'wh wh ' what t about Don Don , , with no not not Ie noIe Iea | t a boarding boardmg house bed beda bedTa bedfa fa a pirk park bench to spend hott hot1 hot hotS --t t -1 1 - S He i 8 s enduring a lot forl forI for I p pIf dy It If I can t hang aroundhim around _ < , him out into the country countryH,1 countryH1 country"fix "i'lwork ilwork "fix fix ' " " , work works s done I-I I I - Im m ai a aher i . her er considered this tbJs t1 4s In si siderIDg sidering sldenng derIDg dering on the miracle mfracle of ofdoes ofdoes ofdoes does to one He badthought had hadthought hadthought thought Nora a bit heeder heeder heed er r people partly becauseer because er r own desires had been beeno o easily yet she was de decontemplatlrg deeontemplatlrg decontemplatu-g decontemplatu g contemplatlrg eontemplatlrg - a 8 summerjust summer summe . , ) ' pleashat lust just ust to make hfe We life pleas pleasat pleasat at young man It v.as vas was v.asImmensely wasimmensely . wasd immensely surprIsmg surprising surprisingWill surprIsmgW1l1 W1l1 Will Don let you do It itot ? ot of to be consulted Of Ofll Of'11 Of11 ' 11 ll protest v . when hen he finds findsbut findsbut findsbut but you know how stubn stub n > be ' milled miled James R ng for forNora forNora tornk Nora You look apo ape apocan apocan apecan > can t say I like this plany plan planny ny y dear but I suppose supposew supposer r us for the week ends endsat endsat endsthat at invitation Include include1f It U 1f I can get you no other otherr r father confessed withDon With WithDon withDon iaughm Don t you realize iaugh 'augh augh ' daughfa m 11 likely to miss you you7t ? ' s touched She said gen geni gens I s nice Dice of you Dad espe espei 1m espe1m espeI I m driving drlvmg you almost almostkiss almos almo > tkiss t tkiss kiss you if it weren t so'James so 'James James > , ' James protested Hu Huat Huet Huct at et a day like this would wouldble wouldble wouldble wouldbleruth ble bleuth ruth uth was he would have haveer haveer haveler er kiss with pleasure be beIt beIt beIt It tha that t they were t f fiends fiendsknowledge lends lendsi lendsknowledge i knowledge comfortedDespite comfortedDespite comforted Despite the heat andtion and andslon andI I slon sion about the summer summermore summermore summermore more light hearted than thaneeks thanI thaneeks thanreeks I eeks Even some orne guards guard s put by Ned that night , , s * to where Don Mason Masonvenings Masonvenlngt 51 51venings venings spendfailed he didn dldn t spend failed to d sturb him hlln . anya tve ave eve trouble pinning any anyconduct anyconduct anyconduct a conduct on that youngi youngY young Y youngHe He f 8 s not our sort of oft ofif olI if t there f 8 s nothing wrong wrongrala wronga wrongirali a rala rals I m sure of that thatakes thatakes thatlakes akes you go so sure slue Fa Falags Fafc- Fafc Fafchings - hings ings lags he t s told me himabout him himabout himabout about his l life e you know knowtrom knowfrom knowfrom [ trom from observation DId DIdvery Didvery Didvery | very evening with Cor Corar Corar Corpar ar you were engaged , , | te re broke in the eldere o1dere oldere o1der older e you heard someth aometh ometh-nglomething ometh nglomething l1g ng l1gsomething ngsomething - something unsavory ? I Itted tied tted he hadn t and de dewou1d dewould des would wou1d be no virtue ins in 3 3s the'James theJames ; ' s * father dropped the James evident relief reliefes reliefes reliefie es Lambert went to bed bedon1y bedi bed"nonly bednonly i " on1y only agreeable fram framilngt trame frame framed < I ' trameInes frametngs d ilngt Ines tngs teemed seemed to be work [ ing out all right The knowledge knowledgethat knowledgethat knowledg.that knowledgthat . that Don had dined dmed not once but butseveral butseveral bulseveral several times tlffies tunes with ft a world famousArctic famous famousArctic famousArctic Arctic explorer had made an 1m im 1mpression impression impression pression and several people had hadspoken hadspoken hadspoken spoken warmly about the fellow fellowFolks fellowFolks fellowFolks Folks liked him apparently And he hewas hewas hewas was do ng well v.ell vell . enough in m the office officeconsidering officeconsidering officeconsidering considering that the work was new newto newto newto to him hIm-that hIm that - that he d had no trainingNo trainIng trainIngNo trainingNo No doubt Don would see after a awhile awhile awhile while that a man with a n family familymust familymust familymust must settle down Yes James went wentto wentto wentto to bed in a peaceful frame of mmdNot mindNot mind mmd mindNot Not so Nora To save Don the thetrip thetrip thetrip trip across town ton to\\ to \ n by trolley she had haddriven haddriven haddriven driven out and p eked cked h m up at athIS athis athis hIS boarding boardmg place p1ace He was waltmg waiting waltmgfor waitingfor waitingfor for her on the steps m in white trou trousers trousers trousers sers and blue coat-the coat the coat - the correct pIC pICture picture piclure ture of a handsome young man ap approprIa appropriately appropnately proprIa propriately tely a attired ttlred tor for a hot eve evenmg evening evenmg nmg ning but one glance told the astute astuteNora astuteNora astuteNora Nora that something semethmg was wrong wrongShe wrongShe wrongShe She said returning returnmg h s somewhat somewhatpatient somewhatpatient somewhatpatient patient sm am Ie le of greeting greetmg Hop ID in IDDon inDon inDon Don but sl sI p your coat oft off first No Noreason Noreason Noreason reason for bemg being more uncomforta uncomfortable uncomfortable uncomfortable ble than necessaryOh necessaryOh necessary necessaryOh Oh may I I7 h ? .v v . - * 't- 't t .Ai- .Ai . < 'tAt ' .AiAt _ * " - - At his tone Nora threw a covert covertglance covertglance covertglance glance in Don s direction On edgeshe edge edgeshe edgeshe I she decided and answered tactful f 'tt tt ' ,1 1 , ; h ; } Ilf , 'rfG1Y rfG1Y 'rfG1Yt ' iW t N l ' , IZr ff I , y IZ r . fo . ; q\ q qfo ; ; \ ' ! t 1'111 1111 Li ! t ; ' } ; S 1ft 'li li ' ! a ! i fr frJ J } r rFl Fl &t t & rF 4 - } f fa a 'Look Look ' . Look here have yon you heard heard60mething heardsomething heardcometbine 60mething something about Don ? ly ] y Of course you may Toss it in inback inback inback back You can take oS off your neck neckl.1e necktie necktie l.1e l1e tie . too for all of 01 o1 meHIs meHis me meHis His face softened Save lor for that thatone thatone thatone one wan smile it had bad been grim be before before before beforeYou fore foreYou You re a good scout Nora III IIItake I 111take ll lltake take advantage of that offer after 11 it 11gets itgets itgets gets darkThe darkThe dark darkThe The g rl smiled smtled as they started a asmile asmile asmile smile of understanding blent WIth WIthamusement withamusement withamusement amusement . . . You were so formally correctOh correct correctOh correctOh Oh may I ? I ? Did you by any anychance anychance anychance chance mistake me tor for Emily Post Postdear Postdear PostdearDon dear ? Don ready reaily smiled smiledI I m afraid I don t know what the thelady thelady thelady lady looks Jooks like My formal ty was wasthe wasthe wasthe the result of an ugly d sposition sposltlon I Isuppose Isuppose Isuppose suppose You looked so cool and andcomfortable andcomfortable andcomfortable comfortable and sleeveless darlmg darling darlingit darlmgIt It made me resentful . I ve ye been so sodamnably sodamnably sodamnably damnably hot all day Will you forgIVe youforgive me me7 me7One ? One soft hand left the wheel wheeltouchmg wheeltouching wheeltouching touchmg touching his a moment . . Then she shesaid shesaid shesaid said briskly brisklyRemove brIsklyRemove brisklyRemove Remove that tie be and unfasten unfastenyour unfastenyour unfastenyour your collar too Don Now slump slumpdown slumpdown slumpdown down comfortably and forget your yourmanners yourmanners yourmanners manners Who cares tor for appearances appearancesafter appearancesafter appearancesafter after a day like this ? Once we get getfar getfar getfar far enough from these hot pavements pavements pave ments you 11 revive Don t to I ' [ talk it If your bead head has gone on strike strikeJust strikeJust strikeJust Just rest I m sorry dearDon dearDon dear dearDon Don obeyed grateful for s silence silencethe silencethe ence encethe the healing healmg cool ol of evening and andNora andNora ancNora Nora s nearness The city was left leftbehmd leftbehind leftbehind behmd behind after a while The silence silencedeepened silencedeepened silenctdeepened deepened Dusk dr drifted ted into dark darkwh darlwh darkwh wh Ie le somewhere high high above abovethem abovethem abov abovthem < them a star was born-another-and born another and bornanotherandstill born - another - ancstill still more until untll at last myriads of oftmy oftiny o : tiny tmy lights spangled the sky Don Donthought Donthought Doithought feelinfthat feelingthat thought If I could get the feeling that I m only a part of this Immensl immensi Immensltythat immensity immensitythat ty-that ty that - that my own small trouble troubles troublesdon troublesdon ; don t really matter Or it if my mabead myhead head would stop this confounded confoundedthrobbing confoundedthrobbing confoundecthrobbing throbbing He said after aftermore aftermore aftelmore more miles had slipped away awayspeaking awayspeaking awayspeaking speaking so suddenly that the girl girlstarted girlstarted eirttarted started Nora what makes me m mdifferent < medifferent different from other people7 people people7She ? ' She stopped the car and turning turningfaced faced him in the starl start ght . . . Are the rest of us all cut trom from tromthe fromthe trorrthe the same pattern Don Don7 Don7Not ? ' Not you he be answered God Godnever Godnever Gocnever never made your double yet even evenyou evenyou everyou you can accept a way of living that thatsuffoeates thatsuffocates thasuffocates suffoeates suffocates me Tell me the truth truthAm Am I a sort of savage ? She answered soberly You re just Younjust rejust yourself darling I don t want wantyou wantyou wanyou you different dLfferent . . Oh Don don dont t fret fretabout fretabout freabout imaginithere Imaginethere about it any more ' Do you Imagine there aren area t others who possess the thecraving thecraving thicraving craving awayescapedosomething to break away--escape-do away escape do away-escape--do awayescapedoI away - - escape - - - d dsomething < donbefore donebefore something that no one else has bas done don < before ' ? How tar far would science ad advance adVance advance vance without your kind my ' dear ? ' It U 11 you d take things more calmly- calmly calmlynot calmlynot calmlynot - not let yourself get tense-relax tense relax tense - - relax 8 a 8lIttle alittle alittle alittleQuick lIttle lIttleQUIck Quick anger sprang into his blue blueeyes blueeyes blueeyes blueeyesRelaxi eyes eyesRelaxl |