Show fC i APRIL SHOWERS By SOS SOS' SUSANNA NNA MACKIN l 1920 ty McClure Newspaper Syndicate Be B sure sure that you take your um urn umbrella umbrella brel brella a. a Myra r. r Mrs s Bennett had come com softly Into l into fo her daughters daughter's room It r looks Ili like e rain aln she continued and it feels more like the middle of ot March than than-It ft does does o s like the middle of April Myla l j Bennett enne sto stood d before her deftly adjusting her new spring hat hat n. chic a.-chic chic flame colored toque Her Hel black dress of ot soft clinging stuff a a touch of flame yellow at the neck wrists and girdle and from her young well well formed formed shoulders it hung in simple girlish h lines A swift sidelong side side- sidelong long gl gln glance n e at her reflection brought alook n a look of approval to her troubled face as she turned from the mirror and slipped Into her ber er coat cont Yes Ill I'll take an an- umbrella sh she assured her mother And be sure you get something good for your luncheon Myra her mother you you-you you haven't v nt eaten much a a cup cup of of coffee Is s nothing for a girl to work on You you you- Dont Don't you worry worry mother the girl broke in as ns she fumbled in her beaded bag Ill make up for breakfast you breakfast you o ought g t to st see e how much I eat at noon noon 1 m glad yo you do Myra I hope youVe youre our not letting anything trouble Mrs nenn Bennett tt returned to the din din- Ipg ing room oom and nd began to cleara ay the breakfast dishes r rI I 11 should worry I r Myra Myr Bennett whispered to herself n Her r eyes sought ht the eyes of a square- square Jawed young face in a silver frame framl apon p ri her t bureau i f. f r I 1 worry I she repeated as all sl stil took took- the photograph aph from the framer I II can ean can stand It if you can can an s' s site I r. r the picture flinging flinging- it Ir Int into the Ue waste waste n te I casket basket Then she fled tied from the house house- 1 In the big big millinery shop where My Myra D. designed fetching hats hats' for Madam Ea to Bonte's fashionable clien clientele clientele tele h her r fingers fluttered re about among the fra frail i str straw w and gorgeous gorgeous s' s flowers and wonderful wonderful creations were fashIoned fashioned fash fash- by b her angers but tier but her bet thoughts were were s away By Bythe the m magic of f thought she had tak Jl h back ck to nl fh June Jun to a a moonlit beach and John Jonn Martin the the he scent of of the the sea sea the touch touch of f. f hands hands n By this sane same magic she walked In tn th the tha future rh There r wasa wasJa a n little white house bouse and anil and anda a garden of roses ral hn n r Martin walked walked v. v n 11 be beside herf her nm ami 11 re a childs child's child's childs s by fingers were flinging clinging ng J ng to her s shirts When sh had c come coins n b back C from l er er meanderings th the same rome magical thought to told d' d her that hat s she had been bee dr dreaming romancing romancing and that she she- had lost lost lost John hh Martin MarUn through tier Ji r silly amy nonsense her unreasonable JoaN OUS t Myra Myra Bennett was glad the when ho hour t q i t work vOrk had come come S She e had of late i t y done o e h her r work in a dazed daze way way way O Out t in n th the the like canyon str street et the rain Was was wa p against t the e sl sidewalk and occasionally a gust gust- gustof of S slapped fl the rain into the the j faces c s pi of thu the passersby r Myra her scant skirts clinging to h her r made her way way to a nearby subway sub sub- subway way way but Just as the h had reached the strong struck k her er arid and sent h her r umbrella and her flame flame flame-col- ol- ol ore ored l l hat t chasing en each h other across the street J Out Out- Out from froma a d drug g store store doorway a aman a aman aman man darted after them then another man man an joined joined In t the e chase and Myra ller brown hair wet wet and disheveled el d watched them Again and again the theman theman theman man that tl was ch chasing the hat had hud had his hIs hIs' upon it when like Uke a ft flash the fr freakish wind wind ind c carried carried n It off ort again g ln She had lost Jost sight of the other man marl and the umbrella ellal tt ff y ti A l pi pert It Y oo o ot V t o v f J d. d r oio lIf brella breJla Myra soliloquized perhaps s th the man needed It himself well himself well lej lett him keei keep It and the hat han Th The They hat must be a wreck Myra 1 suddenly became aware that it tall man was holding an umbrella ov over r her She looked up into a a Q pair of laughing eyes eyes The mane man holding i holding her umbrella umbrella waS and moisture mois mola wa ture ture was ture doWD his hIs' young jawed square square Jawed face fac t John Martini Martin Where Whre- Where Where- f This PlIs only p proves proves' oyes Myra 1 John Myra John Martin Mar Marin Mar Mar- tin in interrupted that you need me around around around- so c lly ln in In Inn a n s storm J Jazz 7 music's pull pulls is in that I It Isn't trying to to instruct you n |