Show it I 1 s I 1 her radio 1 romance m by RUBY RUDY DOUGLAS v I 1 0 m m D by mcclure newspaper syndicate 7 clara burns had found herself un utter ably bored ever since her parents moved to the suburban community on long island there were no young people of her own age in the village tind she found it difficult to leep keep in close touch with her friends in town especially during the winter and now father has gone mad on the he subject of wireless and radios and I 1 suppose the house will he be filled with instruments horns headpieces noise she the complained to a girl friend who was livas visiting her for a few days oh dont you like the radio clara asked her friend apparently thrilled at the very thought I 1 am crazy about it ton you and father would male a team go to it not for me clara refused to become interested la in ana anything thing it was that afternoon that the men accompanied by her father who had left business early arrived ai rived to install the very fine radio instrument why my dear well uell be able to listen to havana honolulu mr burns was ras as pleased as punch over ever his new toy and clara was amused at him in spite of herself after a few hours of work the corn com radio outfit was ras installed and by evening the whole family was gath ered about while mr burns tuned up and experimented and raved and ex the ways and wherefore of it all he ire had bad gathered all the programs he be could find in the papers and one by one he got snatches of their numbers ever over the wireless it was several evenings before the father was ras successful in getting a really enjoyable clear program from any distance little by little even clara became interested and finally she took enough notice to try to get some particular number on a program she had bad seen announced she was ras alone by the fire one eve ning ming in the big living room when she suddenly heard some Rond wonderful erful bari barl tone notes she lost the wave and was unable to get the station again from alch which the sager s nger was broadcasting it was strange how those few deep rich notes lingered in her memory she had gone so far as to look up the singer s name and now she was watch ing every announcement tor for its reap bearance pe arance she hoped he would sing again some night when the family was out so that she might enjoy it in soil soll tude it was a ridiculous wish tor for her unromantic almost prosaic clara burns burris and she admitted it to her saner self at last she saw his name and fate or some bind hind fairy betook her father and mother to bed early ill remain down here dad and Us lis ten to the program tonight she said casually as her parents said good night she scattered drift driftwood nood powder on the logs in the fireplace lighted the candles turned out the electricity and sat down after adjusting the inspru ment and tuning in with the station from which her singer was broadcast ing she almost laughed aloud as she thought of the way her own stage was set but it amused her and it was better than toddling off to bed to re read ad a stupid book or get sleep she did not need at last she heard the golden notes if clara recognized a thrill when it approached her she believed she was being really thrilled by the wonder of that voice and then the fact that the owner of it was several hundred miles away occurred to her yet it was wonderful when he had finished singing and the program continued clara found herself quite uninterested she arose and switched off if sae bile could not hear that voice again she would hear noth fag ing do you suppose he Is young she asked herself she sat for a long time looking into the varicolored flames curling out of the sow now crumbled logs she was try ing to see the ees of the man who could sing in such a gloriously con evincing way when she awoke the next morning it was A with ith the memory of that voice in her ears how silly she said to herself he ile may be married he Is probably fat and oh I 1 im in sure I 1 should be disillusioned if I 1 should see him lim but the memory persisted she could not riot concentrate on anything she tried to do it would be ordinary 1 I no I 1 couldn coulden t do that she decided one day the girl friend who had been visiting her the day her father had bad come home with the radio set came dashing up the driveway in her little runabout clara I 1 ive ve got a chance to sing ever over the iv wireless ireless she cried clara asked her up to her room out ef of tle the way of the family downstairs she was more than glad to see her she found that she could no longer keep to herself the secret romance bhe she had found utterly absorbing her she must talk it over and find a way la in which she might at least see the owner of the voice why the haste up here asked her ter friend when she had been almost pushed into a chaise longue in clara s own room because I 1 myself am perfectly nad mad olver 01 er a voice I 1 have been hearing over the radio and you o 0 alone can help me fo to find out about the man who owns it she told the whole story and alea wl ea she Ind finished her friend looked at her in astonishment her eyes danced ind she looked as if she were with holding a secret clara burns do vou know who it is you have fallen in love with I 1 only wish I 1 did sighed clara almost maudlin in her unaccustomed role of lovesick maiden malden her friend could hardly believe her own percept perception lon clara bums in love at last and with a mere voice mere voice indeed retaliated clara for tie the girl had voiced her sen wait till you hear bear it I 1 have hav I 1 ve heard it sing and talk and scold and and swear even my dear she said exasperatingly clara went over and took her by the shoulders isabel what do you mean you know walter williams isabel nodded I 1 should say I 1 did he s my very own cousin and tt it Is through him that I 1 have had op I 1 por eunity to sing in tl e broadcasting st sta tion and there fol followed loRed a very lively few moments of conversation about the singer he hes s as bad as you are bored with everything but himself finished isa bel be I 1 hope you will find mutual in terest it was less than two weeks later that clara was shaking hands with the man whose voice had charmed her out of herself isabel had brought him out to the burns home I 1 suppose you will laugh at me miss burns bums when I 1 tell you tl ti at on each of the occasions recently when rhen I 1 have been singing I 1 have felt a peculiarly culi arly appealing aud audience lence some where I 1 have e even ven closed my eyes and have seemed to have seen a girl sitting by firelight listening tou you have bave and then it seemed as if there was little that they could say in so early a stage of their acquaintance later they explained the things they were unable to talk about I 1 I 1 felt as if you were sent to me from from the everywhere said clara well I 1 in here now and to stay he said are you sure you don t regret your promise 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