Show MISS SOPHRONIA PH I By SUSAN SA F HAYFORD L C c. 19 1940 br by McClure Newspaper Syndicate Miss Sophroni was one forty one und and looked it and Knew that sh she d looked It but as os this his eventful Mayday l I May Maj- day dav afternoon she sat In ht the I little front room loom nn nl el J looked looke down the year rears a of ot her youth meth she he v that of Y all days davs this tills was teas the st st. For the fhe the thrill of real adventure was hers She was to spend the eummer at Se Seaside hotel find moreover ns as the owner of or it tt itA A week welk before she he had expected to tojo too jo 0 o on whiz wilh the same life Ute as the last forty years had held till Ull the ey eventful day that brought her the letter from froth froma a e lawyer la In the city telling that t sit she hl mas as the owner ouner of ot Seaside by my the will III of ot her late Inte uncle Jared Stone Seaside was to go on the same a as ns s 3 before She had that very verv day dav completed com cons the arrangements ments with Mr Ir Westley West West- ley lel as ns proprietor and he was to attend to everything Her presence presence there a as s owner was w as n not t to be known to anyone at the hotel save sao to that auspicious s 1 person tr on himself i June came and went with little excitement ex Ct at the Seaside ext except Pt to Ml Miss Ils s The rhe season had hud b been n cold and anti the gue guests ts few but there were were ere rare dB days when she and the young joung man n o othe of or f the orange tie Ue Mr Harding Graves boated and evenings e when the moon ran RS M bright across the water j It Jt wilts was the first of July that Miss 1 Sophronia looked h In her gl glass ss and mar 1 Toled at nt the s of 10 love And he lie says sas my eyes are arc beautiful i he she reflected reflect d as Rs she worked at the telltale tell tell- tale crows crow's fo feet t with the new d vanishing g cream that Mrs Winters who pass passed for tor fort forty had told her bor about But notwithstanding the thrill of th the e I new excitement and the softly I hated voice olce of her escort escort there were s moments was I when Miss Hiss Sophronia WUI va 5 troubled one reason renson for which hl h heln being t the pr pretty tt blue eyed girl who presided 1 I at the Seaside piano The TIle other wa was s the tIlO somewhat angular but hut st sturdy form of ot Ezra ra Bascom Baseom that had a peculiar tray vay of appearing In her dreams of late For Toi twelve years ears Ezras Ezra's brilliantly polished No o. 0 fl's dl's s had hall cros crossed d the threshold on Sunday evening and ev every eY- eY err cry pleasant evening the they had driven behind Ezras Ezra's handsome roan but hut never ne'-er a a. a word of ot love lo hail had passed between n them But what troubled SophronIa was that she sho had promised to write wrIt und find niter after a week of of Seaside distractions dons had July brought its usual flock of vaca mca and find the man of ot the orange tie was greatly greath in n demand Miss noted this and considered his unselfishness unselfishness un un- selfishness s one one of his most admirable qualIties Still there were hours that he stole stoIc awn away to entertain her and escort her wherever she willed med to go go while all the time the blue eyed blue eyed pianist ta cast t tender glances glances' at him bm while her cheeks grew pale under the demands of the Seaside guests The season was to close the second week In September and the last of August Au Au- lUst gust her conscience having been more heavy than usual of late Miss Sophronia ala nia sent a picture postcard to Ezra an and In return mall a attractive attractive tive one came In return In the center eat at a youthful swain on a rustic seat one arm aim about a ghostly vision of a sweet young joung thing and underneath This I a n 1 lonesome esQ t n without you I I I ten In the corner Miss put leer hands u ov over r her hot face as the tIle re realization pf t things things over her Poor Ezra Ezra she slue sighed Oh Ohl tIlI tl this is Isn't right and anti she loves 10 him I know knots Tills This meaning her affair with th the man man of the orange tic tie That Mr Harding Graves Gra h had d been very attentive all aU summer could not be denied Half a beau heau she had called caned him at fir first t then later liter she had concluded con con- eluded that hat he lie was v nn nn an almost ben beau But But of latet late th tho pleasure had bad been marred h hj by tIle the U thoughts thoughts' of the little blue eyed girl who u-lio 1 fifteen years ealS older lder than than than-he h lie Miss JUss S felt sure that she cared for mm and even If It he v n was 3 plea pleasant II with wilh the oth others rs she decided she ho hc would not bo be he hethE the e of n it a broken heart at least and arid then its Ifs not being true trite to Ezra ra Ezra she concluded as M she slie rang ang rang for the bellboy and dispatched a a armal formal note to thenan the theJuan Juan nan of the orange tie tie pleading a n headache headache head head- ache that tint matte made thelo fo in the point Impossible and thanking him very ery er de de- merely for fort i e very verj happy summer Two weeks later Inter back In Jle tier her little parlor Miss s Sophronia was planning for the new house and as ns she J planned 11 1 her hei fingers the a busy husy on a long white c silken f senor seam tinly Only one thin thing troubled her hen She wondered if sIlo she had really I had nd a n flirtation that lat sum summer ner To her mind It was a grievous ous sin and how lOW lOWI could she ever or explain tn It to T Ezra EZIa ia Just I 1 then the little tittle Hunter girl came from j I the tIle post office with a a letter It wasI was I from Mr Westley telling her wl when en he would be there to settle the tho seasons season's I business also aKo to learn the terms f for r rI I I j the sale of the hotel was suns the I account of the employees of the smil sum summer mer liter and their wages and heading bending It I J Ilar Harding Gra es Entertainer Mrs J. J Harding Graves Gra Pianist Pianist- r Miss Sophronia read rend no more A AJ J load load was lifted from her mind she j j hadn't hurt an anyone's ones one's feelings after all I Then she saw sawa a postscript to Westley's West West- I. I toys ley's letter letter- Those Graves Gracs people sort of ot soaked you QU u on on l Hie he expenses He knew to whom your j our uncle left the property prop- prop erty all rl right bt But oj did not care about ing ha b been en soaked as she i commenced se sewing ew Ing on the long seam of t her wedding dress ress I |