Show IDLE ISLAND STORY FROM THE START STARTOn On the verge of or nervous col la laI lapse I e due 10 to overwork nil Gay fay Delane Ue De De- lane tane dul New Nework York ork rust artist reek rent test at it Idle Island She rents a cot cottage cotlage Inge the Lone Tine Pine from an nn Island bland character the In and Tapis am his hili lister taster An Andover pr administrator O Gay Ony y the cottage la Is tenanted b by byan byan an elderly In lady y ln to move to an Rn An otter other abode the Apple Tree A fri frown n neep lay fay Imag Imag- Inca she dhe e the Ine of nf n a China Chinn mAn peering In the window CHAPTER II II Continued 3 n nfl l iu hv by this rude thought from t the ot hI stet a t ci-t v of she Fhe I f jait wt t HI tip from the conch felt fell her hN w with outstretched it hands l lit t In to follow v the null 1111 until the Klif 11 come to the HIP kitchen floor Limning she would find fled matches over mpr t the hi lion gas stove stoP she slip crop crept the Ihl wall null In to the HIP loft left working tier her way hand I timid hated until she he owed thorn it tt li last t struck two and wn I ns l to hove the full lIht of tit eloe Ity the lIu room i Pours Poors m rs windows Stand open spen II to III tor Ihl ns left heft leftIn In to the II Iut on Oil consult log Ine tier watch nay av ay was I 1711 to 10 Lind It II w was nc the IIII hour of midnight Well I 1 slept sh she sal sul ull I ph la 11 thy On tai III the kitchen she h found her IIer lm Ion pt l pt of groceries and feeling 1 F F e refreshed hed she took n R rIll oral 1 interest 1 In unpacking I Its It contents dig the on shelves In Ihl nail 1111 I Carefully I Iy I hl T l ft and nd lurked looked the tile doors nors vi a Si She opened a n ran fan of prepared soup Ind lip lip- IiI ti i It made lOIl toast t t opened a u aJ atar J tar jur ir of pickles Tor the till tints time me she h left 11 New NewYork e York h slit slip n W l an as sufficiently re rested Id I'd to f feel I a reaction to lu her environ tin latent t. t She 1111 tie arranged it her tier modest supper slipper on no onn n It ItI tray tra and tind took It to tile the wall seat seat h hv by t the Imp Inlow alaide tt tott which Ich t looked na ed down Ic downer er over I Ii hur The wriggling wrinkling I III fors n 4 of If many little shared lights In III Inthe tin the hlad showed fl where hosts rude lode nut the tight nt tit anchor Intermittent l Iv II the IIII o 1 ih mellowed turned to Ie white white- midst t. hv hy he sliding rays of a searchlight Nice Mcc 1 lie she wild said to her herself elf lf I 1 It I 1111 in glad I 1 anie moos I. I N s a n tr r. r the till e u pI II I 1111 n I Is IsI a I lam and that a a r WI who In tries In to hlF he hl F FO Fl vrr rr Io hussy y Is U u kind sweet ner gc-ner oils hoc frand Ut then that she Ii had hadnot ad nut not yet jet II M to much js us m H-m the tile upper star of her new 1111 we she he left lerr I the he het t tray III In III the window and eup of tit soup up In Irl her IlIr hand up 1111 at ul once l to In e EX vit P switching on nn the IIII II lights of the slat ay from the lowest t step 1111 Slip She lIp found It II modest Hindi eta enough ugh I e tot HIP tas taut hut clean un and fresh nil to 10 her hN There tuns a II large barge cued el i on nn he tot landing funding and to the left 8 n tItu 1 bathe lit m. m The rite leima m i to tovale wa vale i IlIr large and cheerfully bright In I furnishing a o hlll hail an on old a II ai i and two IWo sin ill hairs chairs in m match itch III ins Ind tier Her natural energy somewhat re- re Mm soured PI hy by the thu long Jep Sleep tu aj carried I lIr cr tar I h am HUI Cud theta them 1111 I the hf little silken Milken garment Into 1111 drawers dinners that lit litt it t fIlIar Sin She II timid luul with filth her tier nothing noth ing hut but the sheerest necessities fat foi t. t wearing 11 11 Her s hid hall been so Fn great I that Ilia I tier her only airily desire her 1111 on only 1 ti had nil h been n tn f to 11 I wraps p I call cipp from work estape escape from roan the 1111 et Ill I'll city Iy It a I re rp rest t t. t ehl hay liy Heline Delane not Dol n a New IW Yorker er by bv hirth hUll luul lie Ill In lay hI ork win hams her trend Slat She in- in UI nt the Ihl t nd ot of Ill Ille lillO e SUIts SU s sIts Its reward 1 tilt Cut aty 1111 II II there ii 1 U as no tau Interest a II iii to lit tines ones pug n cession from N one title tl tile oat not from f i MID what nhit line tine had bud lII The sole II of f c In to lit her r was tails t this Hits What that Is he doing What hlll lu ha hams he tie dotie lolI Hie liei of ul both bath patents In III k lolI hod throw n her ti upon a Ii liP her own rt resources s at lit the Ihl II age uge of if set Sl se en seenI cam I teeth fin I The lie III lute litt I ot lit t Ih the funds tie the Insurance ull till nid oud guile gone II Into H ti Sen r of if practical fill fiat In III h with the gt driving Irl of neres IIII lt II thi unit desire Foe blie III natal nad Stunted studied stenography raphy rand at lit the Sam same ue time thue combated her IlIr clashes ls l's In III art urt the IIII hest best tench ere t-rs Ive I've e gut got to II ork out lIrk out I urn lint to tu paint she site i rid ld rom the Ihl iy work ork she tied In beta HI obliged to UK ucc HI I amt lit at HIM fire inid rk site hae 11 culled ailed 1 It It slit She had gradually w Will from fruits It t Into things mute mole to lu her het haste le tand tier her talent urn unit nt mat lust List she ht was wa n uhle I ile It altogether I k Idu Ui ek rind and white whit copies of III si I st le Ic II ores fa fashion III hack pages work of II il illustration nil grist to City mm and Di ii the Ilip MM in he ahe kept smile hours mostly ly nt tit night mind and on for fair more ad mid tinted anted Pur Fr the Hie definite Iii Iness td ht 1 cam earning H ti 11 Ihli bile hI hud laude a e a ton can with willi the hou haws e of I r It eJ 1 Morey for w whom she the lid 1 conventional lIn paintings In lit Inlaid Ira colors nt tit their r order r l The not amity pall very wry well sell taut hut was 1111 varied In InI I type I usually Interesting anti exer exer- fiod lel the Ito tin I tic tit Untie lute of of if n it null k eye ye and Unger for fill striking tapir ef et t fu ts ts IMI Ial us le l this site Elm By Dy ETHEL HUESTON ON Copyright 1927 by The Merrill Eobbi-Merrill Co Service kept on studying Meter hotter things s pili paintIng paint paint- III h In Ing og In 0 oil all II her hours hour i of ot leisure the things her heart desired the day she ahe he had entered upon the study of stenography In fn her seventeenth year Goy Gay hud had never never e allowed nl el lowed herself time for n full and anal rom coin pINe vacation to give phe both hotti soul hody body recuperation She saki she phI hadn hadn't t time taut there was too tau much math h to 10 learn too much to tn alit do liven Hven her herline one line n memorable trip abroad although lh It continued over lI n 0 year hud laud afforded 1 her err n no o rest for tar lu lit addition to lO her lilt s studies she die lIe had token taken with willi her het situ also v I i lII t for a u series of tit pictures for fur forI forthe I the Ill Sunday so en that she le te turned to 10 New r York Turk nl u lust last seine with zeal aflame with II and tar far farless less rested rl I than Hum when she Ie wen went Hut flu outraged lits lit's flesh oLd nerves tS claimed their Il at 01 Iota Ins f for the Ienn years years' defiance fear Tor hilly six Ix months before the anal 1111 June Inn out ent of heat bent Mc fIEri ed her Into Inlo full sin sul render slip she 1111 bud luul been a II prey IrlY to 10 nerves IINes that Hut jangled In n I tided faded bud hod body and when nhen the Inevitable Ine fulfill forced Itself upon her she site It II tt with Ith n II certain joy jay If she must rest she l he e would make tint that rest n II sport If silt she must gu go taco Into retirement the exle shull should III he a n luxurious one ace Perhaps wh who a knew knew-et knew even en on nn u II g. g good goad 1 little Island Islam of Idleness might lurk some thole stimulant for un an ardent though ling ting ping ging spirit Att Adventure perhaps amusement certainly or air even seen seen-ah ah Kotun Ito Ko- to tun me Joy Jay most ardent of free iree soul cults cates though she did lid the ther r She Counted Accomplishment the End of tint confines oIl lles of turned sen sensitive string heart heart to the Ihl lingers lagers of Marriage Jay flay argued n tens rant not tie de- Si 1 luned lIld for far the at munitions tougher I 10 Im I'm it the complacent 11 11 t. t for the the eel self elf f satisfied p l for fair the tile Indolent nil all pr very well per perr perhaps hates haps but hul marriage unit und pl pda pis shun Mon for far accomplishment III were never 11 Clays OUs It t lir-t rd romance ten tell tender iler Ir S curet blossom om of her lIr indent ardent ye joung promised the Ihl full halt fruitage o 0 ot marriage when the rue tt win WUI ar Is lr lay Iny hull buries 1 with tot the sn sal I Bier dier e. e who Ito did dial not 1101 mine hack back And Anal gays gay's 1 pos passion In of 01 grief soon Shan sub soh subsided sided Into Iato n u till lh I lm In n I re r lIllI reflection Ion Hint at after ufler Ier Ill I'll it ml U I was nas Iset better Iem so sit Hint she Mie he tails nut lint domestic not gist lh Ih t tat for fair humdrum home Ii life ft a eI e 1 I u It me her IlIr In her IlIr do h to III live III Klone loll Alone lull but nut not lot I lonely ely lice FIe taut bill taut not unloved 1110 A All Ali h If on Oil the 1111 good gaud tail and lute Idle I Island should 1 tome o nm l' l n flesh lesti ta awakening u u b fur furher tin tier her St stilled tiled mm fleet tunas I lumley lane for far In Instance shi she he e thought bought a whimsically lumley th t I lobster hl r man II ma A bt stein M sled told mid of silent na nn cure luru In ta eel on and hen tI riled She Iw smiled 11 to herself lf as she tinned turne d out nut the lights slipped clipped Into bed hed The rhe room was steeped In the of evergreen icy slept t Ip glad for tor the silence of f the Idle Island Next r morning she Fhe wrote n R note to her friend Nuney Moore Maure asking to lathe ha her easel crated anti and shipped to her with her her canvases II any ninny many of or the putty pretty us useful ful lloIl things of If tier her studio which would mM tide to the till charm of tier her new home It Is 19 the mend ot ott ote Leisure she siu lit wrote the Land I of Iet sure surl I It t I. I Is Iv Idle Ille Island shad Ih the World nl ul Wasted sled t I he the enter tenter of Silence r I one fine n works hut but the Ihl wak amounts III to In I- I Itry try one t Is In ItI ly hll busy hut hilt It Is the HIP hll hallows business fit of passing II rime Ill I Ir 1 Every It cry one tine t 1 N t t Intent on ln l doing but hilI II It I Is hit the he do doIng lug Ing of If hail nothing hung nt mit tall nil Soft slow unhurried un tin hurried II- II It tt as n II human hlll 1111 that Hint boomed hl out hilt upon spun the Hit silence like Ilke n foghorn tnt Hint aroused lay from I the Ilse mellow mildness of nf her ph pic 1111 e eI I lure tare the She h rat ran n to 10 the Ihl door startled at nt the sudden vocal trash h In the Hie stillness s more atone greatly when she Ilip saw II I the Ihl teas reunions at nl her lone door n An Immense man a n monster I elem of n a nn Ii w with Ith n tuft of bristling n colored ben heard id nod n great preat shtick of colored hair and n treat groat round Ilke Ike IkeI ke a I plant orange wit with Midi h pink pale pillE blue f eyes I hullo Hallo he boomed with n R pink lInk smile of greeting II il hullo stammered tiny Jay tA ll h lobsters he shouted says n s 's lobsters Ali Ah h. h je A fleeting reminiscent smile mlle for the thin ninn of her fun fan cles You are the man Tup Top Flints That's me lumley lane 11 How II V nUl many n She Rhe told him to bring tier her n a lobster fl II week WEIk Lobsters he Ill shouted run about fifty or 0 sixty rents cents Lumley hi his woman would boll boil them for her without extra charge the lie ne frn portentously Shell hell he'll boll them that tail Is Is long Zang ns liS she's she able ollie Slips Slip's she's expecting I i OilY Gay echoed ehod faintly y r Aup II up I. I Increase Ills facetious grin tuns III II II ngOh ng Oh lh how like I Well fell yes jes 18 Unexpected Very teen married twenty year now Noth In doln All of or h II sudden SIddell there ou hit me She's She's Rhes Il he volunteered hc's o U She says S II it tint according to 10 Oh tell her hr not lint to be he frightened flay Ony It II often happens And All Is n there e-a e on the Island Is lain land 1 7 She hl wont won't go 10 to 10 no hospital S Ste 1 sn says s 's the slie hl dont don't act II I these newfangled nc lr IJ nurses es Ii Shed She'd hl rather tru trust 1 to the women comp om I II in In the old tt Wl e y If It I 1 am aim here Ire then Ihen III Ill 11 he lie glad to tc help If I 1 can Cay uy generous ly Iy I 1 t was In to the tile hospital for far hive five e months during the war In III training and Im I'm not nail n a tilt hIt Well now t huts hut's real neighborly miss I first lii t Ill I'll toll tell inv my jou so Shell Shall he hI eon on je ye c Oh I am quite exhort rt v babies It was th the rimy thin thing they had limp lime to 10 tea tenth ch IJ us hi fure the war sidled il They r to tai think Ih the artily aim wit va ant n III going to 0 tin flo much launch huh but the 4 list I burst hurst hat Into o a n loud 1111 haw hl hint W and set Sll till nfl down dawn I the he hill 1111 Cay iy run rain to tot her Iler dt desk dI I mind added n postscript to III her letter lo to Nancy Namy e. e 1 am 1111 rant not ion to have hate an 1111 all ill with the IIII nun lobster ri alter after nil mill dear dearlie II lie I Is not tint as liS stern rn und II as I 1 v II ax r petted he hi Is he expelling expecting CHAPTER III Ill MM r was 11 gala time for fair nl all 1111 he tae Mille I of lit the that North Every Ivery day I II I a u house 1 e on nn t the I ta bat shore lure te beneath Ili h d Ss grim grass is e s shili t thill hill hili watt was lien i ui fo- fo bridge unit and ten lea arid and every try Saturday night d It II tie New V I shore share II dinner III by 1 dancing to 10 Ute till strafes n of or a II ten real jazz ore with wilt t II I tram la II I t Ill the popular a. a rig X X 0 z X t. t 11 X X Pine Dresser Dreszer Finally Got Back Bade to America lh Irl I re Is no telling Idling how much an un un piece rainy may travel before It comes allies I to rest rt In the minis of tin an ul olive alive collector olto or lr lrI a I museum ly Iy n II pine rattle dresser drester Imported from Ki gland with Ith some situate 1 h furniture The Thu Ol oies oresser er pr stuck out like Ilke a I sore ore thumb unions among the h 1 j S 'S S the IIII denier dealer spotted it It II The wood tae ure hardware the ship hip the Ihl style nil all d proclaimed It mer Amer- Lan kun A wealthy I collector purchased ld It hr laud III Ih then ll ft sI l out nit to Ii 1111 how the 1 lip lie dresser lad lutI ever Cr s 11 rayed ru d from fro the shores chores of ot Me lie discovered lengthy that in nit i American un merlc nn family fondly had pone gone to lu 1 England I about 1875 taking considerable furniture fur with them limon among which were aver e several rul pieces which had keen been handed bangle d down tOW from ran generation to generation and the pine dresser was one of tons those pieces Now ow It has hOIl nn an honored place e ee In the collection and onel may moy finally h be hI e returned to the de descendants of e original owners who are ore re residing 1 In Inu n u II Middle Western city From Frem the tile An I tilts lilts of If the season not more than twice removed remMett There wi were re auto nUlo parties boating parties bench benth mm bathIng bath bolh |