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Show e Kathleen s A grlel-itrlcke- ug- - CHAPTER H Continued 15 . nna cle esc It was on this night that there was the first talk of sending Victoria to a boarding school. Victoria's heart rote on a bound of Joy at the thought the this sed rhe roll in all iose ice) hat lip- - is wrt per ght ver ble i en ter ike as the ive m. sit nd it- - nd iu- rH MS he This seemed to be a time of thrilling plana. It appeared almost immediately that she and her mother were going up to Tahoe to visit Anna Brock. Mrs. Brock was an old friend who had a daughter Catherine ; Victoria and Catherine had known each other, not very intimately, ell their lives. They had always rather shyly liked each other. 'Dad.' will you be up at an, weekends? "Thafa a pretty expensive trip, Her father came to see her now and then, on Sundays. They were oddly silent, oddly ill at ease with each other. Victoria saw her stepfather only in flying glimpses for the remainder of her school life. He and her mother were at the big Manners cattle ranch down in the Argentine for two years, and when they came back Victoria was preparing for a second trip to Europe. Mother Raymond had written to her mother about leaving her in the school there Vic. for the final year of French and But once? If we can afford to music and culture generally, and stay there, surely you can afford Victoria had only one real visit with to earn up once? her mother before it was time to go. Til try. Ferdinand Manners had leased It isn't going to cost us very the big Chalmers place in BurlinThe cotmuch, said her mother. game; Magda was back among her tage belongs to Annas sister, and cur food wont be much. TBi, Mother? are we sort of boarding. Something like that Keith Herrendeen, putting them the train, gave Victoria a little sox in porting. That belonged to my mother, and her mother before her youve men it the pearl and onyx set rant yon to have it ' Victoria Dad, clung to him. rouro not going to have much fun. And she ; wish you were going! sailed back to him over her shoul-le- r: "I'll write you I love you! For the first day or two Mrs. r3ck and Magda talked together mfldentlally and Inexhaustibly. Catherine and Victoria did not are, for they were embarked upon he moat enchanting adventure of heir lives. All day long, and far nto the beautiful summer nights, he two girla talked and laughed, warn and cooked and walked together, giggled their way through dventurea that supplied them with ndlets material for laughter and emlniaeence. The little cabin was on the east lde of the lake; it was so small bat die happy party had the feeing of living out of doors. A mile or two to the west was the otel, in a settlement of informally Youped lake homes; the Brock lace was all by itself, with a little riangular sandy beach of Its own. hm and Magda and the two girla encoded for themselves the sort f meals that women love in sum-oa- r: salads, bowl of berries, boxed ookloa, fruits. Victoria's beautiful mother had or a friend one of the homeliest of i omen. But Anna Brock had an dd abrupt charm of her own, and ho was extremely brilliant She poke FNnch and German, and in leptambor she was going to New fork to teach Latin in a boys chooL And then Catherine Joy of oysl would be placed with Vie-arin the San Rafael boarding chooL They would (till bo togeth-r- l s, it- ISS at n- - Me lls n- fl- - lle -- 37 . "Mother, how ean we afford hat? Victoria asked one day. Magda and her daughter had wum out through the shallow clear rater to a great rock and were miking on it "This la a good chance to talk to ou, Vie, without Anna or Kitlsy earing, Magda aaid, by way of eply, after a moment's hesitation. .Vic, I dont want you to feel sully about this, her mother pret-ntl- y began. I'm getting a divorce tom Dad. We're in Nevada did vu realise that? Aunt Anna's cabin i well over the line, and on that day then we took a long drive we went 0 Reno and arranged it Victoria was looking at her oother steadily; she had not moved t muscle. Now she (wallowed with dry throat There were tears in Magdas yes nd in her voice; and she stopped hort and looked away over the dalle of blue water. Oh, the break la terrible, 1 know hat I know it nowl But after' a aw weeks after a month or two veryone gets used to it and the wo persona who have grown nerv-u- s and Irritable and wretched toother an freel But then when will I sea Dad? rictoria asked, tears gushing from nr eyes. Can I write to him? My darling, of course. And he'll nme to see you at school, taka you (Ut to movies I Why, I'm writing dm today, and Ill put your levs . 1 Ba It j, aaagaed less strange the next lay; bod and Mother separating. know Just what happened," Magda It was aid, her eyes watering. all so horrible I He had been drinking, of course, and he was driving May Flnee home they were both in the car asleep, right near where the smash was. "Who were? If it had been anyone but May I Mugda sighed. . However, they say tlx poor fellowll get well, and He Ferdy can stand was ail smashed up, the man they ran into, and it's a miracle they weren't all killed! But if he'd been with anyone but May I "Who'a she? Oh, she's a cheap little idiot I used to know years ago May Smith; she married Tony Feeney and divorced him and spent a few weeks in Paris, so now she's 'Madame Finee,' and she can hardly remember an English word! And does Ferdy like her? Magda looked at her daughter ruminatively, .answered mildly.-'Rather- . And of course she's making passes at Ferdy. Oh? Vicky said. It was the old atmosphere again! Or rather, at the Manners money, which is very stupid for me," Magda ended the subject cheerfully. Stupid, thats what it ia, for Ferdy'd never look at anyone like Mayl And now tell me more about today did you say Grace Peacock was there? Shea Margery King's mother." I know she is, and I know she went all over Europe trying to get priest to marry her to Joe Peacock, and couldn't" Vicky said Margery's nice, slowly. ''And you're adorable, only you have those Herrendeen eyes that you must remember to keep open, Did you get Magda said lovingly. yourself come lovely things in Paris? "Some. Nut expensive. But I got one yea, I have two or three you'll love. "Have you had It waved, Vic?" My hair? No, thats just brushing and aettlng. Convent-breand with an instinctive distaste for Ferdy and for Ferdy s world, yet she knew that she must either meet him halfway with flattery and flirtatiousness, submit to kisses and embraces, concede him confidences and little harmless intimacies, or he would not like her at alL On the very first evening that Magda told him he must stop carrying on with her daughter. The idle days began to go by. Victoria wondered what she was to do with the endless line of them that stretched ahead. For a week she enjoyed the new life lazily; then quite suddenly the whole thing began to palL Magda had her own beautiful suite of rooms; Ferdy had his. They lived entirely separated lives; sometimes they saw each other during the course of the day, and sometimes not Quite often they dined at the same house, but the dinners were large, and Ferdy went to them before Magda did, explaining perhaps to a 'servant that he was meeting some friend first at the club for preliminary cocktails, and Magda always went late, in great state, in her beautiful car with her own driver. So that even then they had no moment together. d, good-natured-ly . ia g Rus in urbe, (L.) The country in town. Sub judicc. (L.) Under consid- Norris eration. Sturm und drang. (Ger.) Storm and stress. Villegiatura. (It.) A summer vacation. Vetturino. (It.) A hackman. WNU Service. Still Victoria tried to adjust her thoughts to aU the amazing angles of thia new turn of affairs, thought that aha would go and sea Dad often, too, if the could get away from chooL And perhaps next year he and she would have their little dream house on the shore for a few weeks, and cook waffles and scrambled eggs. This was late August It was in early October that Victoria, slim and busy and happy in the dark blue Dominican uniform, with the dazzling collar of her bluejackets blouse turned back at the neck, and the pale blue scarf that marked her as a freshman blowing in the autumn wind, was stopped as she was racing in Catherines wake acrosa the school playground. Letter for you, Victoria, said Sister Beats, extending it in a clean, cool hand. Oh, thank you, Ster, Victoria gasped, seizing it It was from her mother, who was down in Santa Barbara with the Arnolds. It told her happily, simply, that her mother and Ferdinand Ainsa y Castello Manners, for you may as well have his whole name, my darling, although I've only got the first and the last on my new cards, had been married that day at noon. an vlviclcna DUe girl, had been toe young to feel the shock that came when her Herrendeen, loat hi tor-gentle, unobtrualve eoul, he la new employed aa an obictiro cbemlit In San Pranetaco, at a meager salary. Bis wttsb Magda, cannot adjust herself to the rtsngr She Is a beautiful woman, toad af pleasure and a magnet for men's Magda and Victoria have at a summer resort and Keith Joins them for the week-enMagda leaves for a bridge party, excusing hersalf far being such a runaway. n later that night Victoria is hears her whan she quarreling. parents irfi The Herrendeen return to their small San Fraadaeo apartment. Keith does lies not approve of Magda's mad social life the and they quarrel frequently. Magda receives Sowed and a- diamond from 721 Ferdy Manners, a wealthy man from an Argentina whom she had met less than ind a week before. Manners arrives a few hours later. Magda shows him a Chiage nese shawl that has been In the lelp family for many years. Vic Is and She learns her mother of contemplated selling It. Manners it mads Into an evening wap lor ide solAt- kina. By Kathleen Norris SYNOPSIS and Phrases Pioupiou. (F.) A private dier; the French Tommy eaneys 4th Foreign Vorcb Parading the Fashions ilt Victoria Spent a Somewhat Bewildered Yet Happy Easter Vacation There. friends again and giddy with haprt-nes-s and triumph. Victoria spent a somewhat be wildered yet happy Easter vacation there, exploring all the garden paths and all the big rooms. She came back to California at another Easter time, eighteen years old, and ready to graduate with her class Her mother met her in New York, and they made the transcontinental trip together. Ten weeks later Victoria's handsome bags were packed again, and she went down to the Chalmers place for the summer. The beautiful Chalmers house was open to summer breezes and filled with summer flowers; the Chinese butler, discreet in his purple and blue silks, motioned her upstairs. Another Oriental took her bags; her mothers maid, who had crossed the continent with them a few weeks before, met her at the top of the stairs. Vie asked to see her mother. Magda was in her magnificent bedroom, a large airy apartment flanked by an enormous bath, by a complete dressing room, by an upper balcony. Victoria foUhd her mother stretched on a couch by a window; she was not reading the magazine she held, and her eyes were absent and reddened a little from recent tears. At the sight of the girl she began to cry again, and they clasped each other closely. My darling, youre home at last! If you knew if you knew how I've wanted you! Magda sobbed. She instantly regained control of herself and smiled with - trembling lips, straightening the collar of Victoria's blouse as the girl knelt beside her. Was It all wonderful? she said. It was perfect And at the end we all cried because we werent all going to be back in Septemberl Victoria laughed. But Mother dearest youre not well? Ive been feeling wretchedly. Something," Mrs. Manners said hesitantly something rather horrid happened last night and Ferdy Her eyes filled was arrested. again, she straightened the collar It was all rather horrid, again. and it'll all be forgotten this time next week, she said cheerfully. So let's not talk about Itl echoed, Victoria Arrestedl what happened?" "Why aghast Then was an accident X don't awn-ing- CHAPTER HI Her mother was not happy. Gallant and smiling, keeping a brave front to the world, Magdas soul was trying to feed itself on husks. What aha told Victor! of the last few years was a story of disillusionment and loneliness, in a setting of luxury, travel, extravagance. Biarritz had been dull, London dull, Paris dreadful, Rosaries down in Buenos Aires, where Ferdy' Spanish mother and Spanish sisters lived, had been insufferable. Perhaps I oughtn't to tell you this, Vicky. But the beginning of it all going wrong was of course that there were always other women. Hia wife was only to wear the jewels and be introduced to all the business friends, big German and Spanish cattle men, scores at them! The wife U, a figurehead after the firat year. If she. has sons, and keeps the peace with hia family, and forgivei him everything, the man is pleased with her. If she gets tern peramentaL tries to assert herself, he la annoyed. B'it he goes his own way just the same. Victoria looked thoughtful, her fine dark brows drawn together. You oughtn't to stay here. Where, Magda asked simply, ought we go? The summer idled itself into autumn. and Victoria and Magda went down to the shore again. This time they had the smartest cottage at the lodge, and the beautiful Mrs. Manners was much admired and entertained. Mr. Manners, she explained to everyone, with a flash of white teeth, was fishing for steel-hea- d up in the Klamath. Every hostess told Victoria's mother that she had a wonderful man for her aa a dinner or bridge partner, but Victoria noticed that Magda found none of them really wonderfuL In October Ferdy went off on somebody's yacht for six weeks. He seemed a little guilty about it and gave Victoria a large check to waste In New York. Later she suspected that his twinges of conscience were because the yachting trip that he had mentioned as involving only a few fellers actually Included the owners wife, another woman, and the ubiquitous May. Magda did not know that, or Victoria believed and hoped she did not. They came back to California in December, and Ferdy came back for Christmas. Little was said of the feminine element on the yachting trip, and the thren spent the holidays in a splendid suite in the Fairmont hotel up at the top of the hill with the green iron balconies of their breakfast room hanging over the fascinating jumble of masts and tacks and long pier roofs on the Embarcadero. Ferdy now said that he thought he must go back to Rosarios for a few months. He thoughtt Magda would be a great fool to go. It would be hot traveling; and she hated the place anyway. An unusually long period of affection and placatlon resulted in April in Magdas decision to go with Ferdy to South America. Victoria told her mother she was going to stay in California. Well because Catherine and Mrs. Brock were going, up to the lake again, and wanted her. Well and because he really would like it like it better. She might come down to Rosarios later, aU by herself. But but really she would like it better this way, now. Magda was gently hurt, puzzled, Ferdy smiled, but Vicky knew that She held her he was furious. d and affectionground, ate, but not to be moved. In the end they left without her, and Vicky and Catherine went up to the lake. A week later, when she and Catherine were sitting down on the lake shore one day, Victoria told her the reason: Catherine, cross your heart and hope to die if you ever tell anyone this! I do, said Catherine solemnly, suiting the action to the word. was he, Victoria said. 'ItWho? Your stepfather? Vicky My stepfather nothing! echoed, repudiating the relationship. He Catherine, if you ever tell anyone this Ill never speak to you again! he followed me into the sitting room one night wed all just come home from a movie and kissed me and crushed me against good-nature- Belles-lettre- s. erature. Cause celebre. (F.) A court trial of wide popular interest. Creme de la creme. (F.) The pink of perfection. Die infaustus. 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Victoria was at the dock, in the fine soft Novembei fog. to see the big ship come in; the Empress of Panama was on time; at exactly one minute before eleven oclock she drew up alongside, and all the excitement of landing began. Then mother and daughter were in each other's arms, and Victoria was laughing. And how's Ferdy? Mrs. Manners' glance returned from the luggage and fixed itself upon Victoria. Ferdy is just the same ss ever. And when does he get here? Or does he go to Paris? You were so vague! No, here. When the Loughborough! yacht does, whenever thst is," Mrs. Manners said, in the same tone of pleasant indifference. And now. Is a car here, and did you reserve my rooms?" she demanded gayly, aa the customs formalities were concluded and she could pick ths Pekinese from Victoria's arms again and accompany her along tie pier. "Don't tell me it's going to be freezing like this. It's been actually hot. until today. This is just fog." Victoria explained. (TO BE COyTlSUED) ' ' Night Flying Bats Led to Discovery of Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico About 3,000.000 night flying bats and a cowboy gave Carlsbad Caverns in southeastern New Mexico, to the people of the United States. Visitors to tiie caverns will agree that it was me of the moat munificent gifts in history for few sights in the world possess the fantastic grandeur of these gigantic caves. Jim White was the cowboy. Every night he noticed a vast cloud of bats which apparently emerged from some hole in the ground in a somber swirling cloud. Investigating he found the eaves. They are the largest, most beautiful and in many ways most extraordinary eaves in the world. Now they ere the property of the federal government, protected ss a national park. No me knowa how large the caverns actually are, for they have never been fully explored. An unusual feature is thst the caverns exist in three and poeaibly more tiers. The firat level, open to the public, la 750 feet below the surface. 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