Show m Silver Flute By Lido Lich Larrimore L M O. O r r II arate SYNOPSIS On h hr her r eighteenth birthday Dar Oar tiara bars motherless daughter of ot Christ opher cipher Thorne Thome lovable but Impractical Brunt awakes awake with lively anticipation of ot the tile Joys Joya of ot the d day She Bh among other presents a birthday rinK ring from BruN Macl young nuna artist friend of fit the family but more mora than friend to IJ CHAPTER II 3 Th TIle The car car a roadster with battered fenders and one blind headlight rattled rat rat- tied along threatening at every everl Jounce to shake Itself Into tutu bits hits Comfortable Bruce asked above the noise of 01 the engine She Rhe nodded was looking wise side at the lima small II excited person whose chose shoulder brushed his arm When he was wall alone atone he tie thought he knew her h by heart the way wal her hair halt waved back hack from Irom her ber forehead her tier tilted tilled nose nOlie the dimple that woke when she nhe smiled And yet let each time he saw her again she he was a fresh surprise Darling nit I he thought Lovely orely child I They left the town behind Broce I gave cave the car the gas Harhara liked to travel at top speed over this stretch of ot road rond He lie heard her little excited squeals He lie felt her hand clutch Ms ils arm She enjoyed things BO so Life Lite was an adventure to Rabble Hubble It U would be always he thought Good Lord I l IWas IWu Was Wu that waddling thing a goose I The car swerved with a sudden ludden Jolt ant anti nd stopped on the brink of 01 a ditch tu tumbled against him lie He felt fait felther her tier hair silky and ond soft sott brushing cross across his cheek Did md we hit It she asked breath breath- I dont don't think so He lIe found lound It dim dim- cult to keep his mind on the goose They looked back The goose safe ale at tho the III side de of 01 the road glared at them scolded shrilly smoothed Its ruffled feathers The car rattled on down the curving cun cur ing lag road rORd Barbara chattered gayly discovered wonders along the way was silent lost In thought What would sh she have bave said laid he wondered won dered It If he be had put the ring on her other hand lie He had hod wanted to but he had been afraid Sho She looked so young In that yellow Jersey with the ribbon round around her hr hair Did she alto understand that he loved lovet her tier as a man roan loves a woman that he wanted to share hare the adventure of 01 her hr life There were times timet when she seemed grown up Hut tut this thin morning under the willows except for lor a moment her eyes eya had been younger youn than Gays Gnys fetter Better wilt Hut tut suppose ho he should hould lose 1080 her Someone Someone Some Somo- one oDe would always he be failing falling In love with Barbara He lie was leaving tomorrow to to- tomorrow morrow Barbara silent now watched the trees running past last What was thinking lie He was waa so RO quiet look looking In straight ahead Was ho he too feeling sad ad In spite of 01 being so happy lie He seemed to have forgotten her She had tied only Imagined that under the willows he had hal looked at her In la a different sort ort of 01 way She felt all at once very small and lost and forlorn But the t feeling vanished when they scrambled down the steep drop of ot slipping sand to tho the beach She couldn't feel forlorn It U was such a beautiful day I They rac raced d down the d wide white beach Thief They played with a beach blach balland balland ball balland and Invented tn a brand brund new game It was fun to shout and sing Ing and make mako a It lot of 01 noise Dolse There was no one to hear them They were alone atone In la a world of 01 sand and eun sunshine a blue sad and nd golden w world sunshine and ocean and nd sky They opened the basket of 01 lunch and aDd nd gobbled like hike edy children Everything tasted to so good And there was a surprise In the bottom of ot the basket maple basket maple candy cundy stuffed with hickory nuts Martha had bothered to make It Wasn't Martha a dear When they couldn't hold another crumb cromb they stretched out on the blankets lit a cigarette and blew smoke rings one Inside the other admired them She admired lie He was so good looking his golden brown tan his Ms eyes ees that were as ItS deeply blue as the sky on a frosty night It was waa fun lun to be with him lying there thre drowsy and warm washed with waves of ot sunlight she Rhe was vas happy she hummed the song long that tint ii tl day long had been singing through h her hr r mind mind mind- We sail aall the ocean oeun blue We catch catch catch-a a da plenty plenty-a a fish nah nah- Bruce fruce propped himself on his elbow to see Set her more mere distinctly She lay curled like tike a kitten her eyes eys half hall closed her head pillowed on her arm Tenderness swelled In his heart Babble be he said laid gently Hmm Dabble Babble Im I'm leaving tomor tomor- row The humming ceased Her browneyes brown browneyes eyes opened wide leaving Bruce Going back to New few York Barbara turned tier her head She didn't want Bruce to see Ste her face falU She I. knew she was going to cr cry It was as lit strange runge she thought that she flie should want to cry about Bruce Druce taut year tor and the lie year tar before he was Just one of 01 the young oung artists who carte came In the summer eummer to sod and were always as stopping In at the house housu tu to talk to Father and look at tit his paintings s and drink his wild cherry wine Only Bruce was nicer Dicer looking than Ihan any of 01 the others more friendly anI and amusing Father liked him espe espe- dally The children liked him too And she Ille had liked him the him the way she he liked old Hamon the shoemaker and Manuel who ho took her hr sailing and all of 01 her friends Babble I Look at me She couldn't lonk took at him then She Ic looked Instead at a s puny puffy cloud sailIng sail Ball Ir IrIn Ing across the sky This summer It In lind hied been different From the very first she decided It was the way truce had looked at her the day he came balk back to last June Youre growing up Babble nobble Bruce had said and somehow the this look In his hla smiling blue eyes es had made her feel leel happy floppy and shy Rh Rabble Babble dear Ills Uis voice sounded sorry sorrl about some some- thing Maybe Bruce had bad guessed and was as sorry because she ahe loved him so much Her lIer heart turned over with the surprise of 01 a discovery Wh Why she e loved Bruce not a ea BI this she loved loyed Father rather r a and ond nd the children but In another a way ay sy t th the e way Mother had loved Father That was wai why It had been different t this summer That was wh why she wanted want want- ex ed to cry cr sometimes and was WOI alwa always s i Imagining things Bruce Druce had guessed d. d l He lie ie must moat have known It all along when hen he was teasing her and telling g her things about her es e's eyes Bruce had d r 5 1 S They Were Alone In I a World of Sand and Ind Sunshine guessed lie He was sorry because sh she ahe S Slaved loved laved him so much Babble he said again Im leaving leas leav h ing ag tomorrow Im I'm going back to Ne New w York She felt so miserable she wanted t to o die Rut But Bruce mustn't be sorry to for lor r her She swallowed past a sudden a lump In her hr throat and made he her r voice voles sound gaWell gay ga Well Yell she he said not looking a at t him I hope you'll ull have a nice trip Bruce heard her hr voice gay cay and 1111 liltIng lilt lilt- l Ing ug anI and unconcerned A shado V slipped across his face lace He Ue couldn't couldn t see that her lashes were wet with wit h tears The sky had clouded over The Tb e wind was rising Its Us going to storm storm Bruce Druce sal said salIL d. d Wed better turn back Where did It come como from Barbara a asked Its been a beautiful day doy There Thre was a red sky this morning They had hod turned and ond were walkin walking g rapidly The wind rose higher blo bloIng blowIng blow blow- w Ing the sand frothing the waves wit with h white caps Re Red d sky at morning morning- Sailors take taka warning warning- Barbara sung sang exhilarated b by the win wind 1 That Isn't good poetry Is U it It Bruce Better save your our breath breath he at ady ad ad- y He Ue took her hand and they thel tried to f run The wind pushed them bad back The blowing sand land stung their eye eyes ele The waves made a crashing soun sound d pounding against the shore Bruce I Barbara cried fast to his hand I cant can't move I 1 I cant can't keep my feet tet on the ground 1 I Try he be shouted bending his till hen henso head 1 d 1 I Iso so she could hear tear It If we can ma mathat make ke that shack I I They had hod noticed It as they thel walk walkup walked et d I j I up the bench beach a shack shtick made of 01 planks plant ts s and branches crazily nailed together er r i set Itt In a sheltered curve of 01 the sa sand id nd i i bank Children had built It the they thel idy idy y i tho thought ht They had smiled at It as tit they y cy I walked up the beach Now y It seem seema seemed awed aweda ed yd d a safe sate haven hann a refuge from Irom the ator storm n- n 1 They made malle It after a struggle dropped J. J br breathless and panting on the sac sand It JI I beneath the flimsy roof root of 01 pit pine ie e branches It was a R refuse refuge of 01 sorts lorts In ti the e sheltered curve cur of ot the sand bank the they y were wre protected from the fury lurl of 01 ti the ie e wind Through a film titre tm of 01 sand blowing nd d I they saw the waves dashing clashing up on the t ie he I beach They waited for tor the rain I No 0 rain 7 Barbara asked after aller an in Interval Its a wind tn storm Bruce answer answered d. d Are re rt you cold 7 Sort of of Wish we head had the blankets Co Come m ao e here There I That's better bUtr Isn't It UN UNIt j- j It was lovely lon she thought to ha have hate re ve Bruce hold hoM her close t ti to feel teel through gh jn the soft flannel shirt the comfort comforting warmth of ot his body The wind shoe shook jit k the flimsy roof root TO BE na |