Show d l MARY SCHUMANN Illustration Bij By le tt 1 NU S ER VIII-Cantered VIII Continued 9 g 90 was a s swished selfish moth- moth she he 0 aps ps wished that Kz Kezia a she I be ye more companionable more of her confidence L. L her bet about where she evasive going or where she had been night she said to Monday londay e I. I Kezia I must know knowe firmly you are going re Ie e frowned nervously as she ela eda a with the screen door half ball Running over to will bring me home eone rose from her chair by uvas uvanna na reading lamp She watched las la's a light slim figure grow of the long red d la is the darkness t walk She was only a bob bob- shadow on the street walking Then as she watched IT ly now footsteps quickened a aShe turned toward the curba curb s. s She rt re a 1 roadster was parked bed Into it The car moved y 1 ha e next morning Kezia came Irs ks j about noon fresh and UK g g. g She came to her mother it e library and extended a glove a. a Just a tiny hole Mother Its It's the it t to mend it for me pair that's clean I told Anna i rash cash them yesterday yesterday but but her answer gnawer was a dirty look So been Industrious this morning bed ed four our pairs and numerous kings tugs luvanna vanna took the glove threads thread- thread s I i needle ere era were you last night my mya I ria a took a step back and shot shots shota i s look loot Just over to Emmy's said laid coldly Wo o drove you over girl gave her a guarded ceo ce Ma s whom are you meeting t you jou wont won't bring to the house to see you get Iet into a 11 fluvanna stopped a and n d d her hand to her side 1 wont vont be questioned about ev- ev Ittle thing I dol doi dolI ft I 1 sat rot a little thing its it's a S s thing If there is some enable explanation why dont don't to 0 me cant 7 cant can't you tl is someone whom you wouldn't at the so house so there therel ly Jy dear surely you know that rather allow aUw you to have any any- anyone at the house than thane e you picked up on street corI corI coret cor core I t other Jotter darling said Kezia hurt innocence and touching a 4 at you wont won't scold me if it I you loul W 0 probably shouldn't have start start- and md at first it was only in fun now DOW its it's real lIe He cares for knead Instead of her I She smiled ugly a tear squeezed out P th the he mist in her eyes rolled Flier ter ber cheek check She knelt by her herp hera p a Chair laid her head bead on arm ma You understand you understanding mother mother youre youre you're hurt un And Md now if you know mow allow him to come to the JM-as JM e-as e you promised you yo would 1 He really adores you you looks looks M rout you wanna uvanna gasped as revelation e. e iel Not Jerry i IU pose we couldn't keep it h b longer You'd have heard ct lm Ion surprised Lizzie hasn't ham t over already ra ranting to you youl naw uvanna uvanna shook her head gave a Less leu sound in her throat t t you ou realize what youve you've r Its Us not t Lizzie its ts Ellen EUen POOr child had bad confided waded In me prine She was in ln love far the 0 time time Ir her ber life I Oh e ha drew her mothers mother's hands from her face race which she he cow covered Her lIer voice was light tog Ing Sweetest darling er en you'll oun allow him to come houses house You Vou said d dl you And you'll you'll be be benice nice to him I be comes 7 Lana noa thought WaS she Ehe teal teal- E she t I of marrying him How lIow reconcile tid reconcile the fact that J Jer Jer- er I propose to one girl erl In May love rt with another in Sep Sep- Ii es he s may come to the house bouse must be no more secret s sou I. I ou 1 lamb I She kissed her e er And Aad to you'll not say any make him uncomfortable st It Very sensitive lie He said it made him shriek the way looked down on Jias s thought anu Jerry Casually and ae 0 of the the might remove the i Vial situation as al far as al cf hi Concerned Sei nc Ill be care care- the Ibe re- re Zia lOOked at I I knew her doubtfully I could count COWl on you TOU to understand she ahe mur mur- Ill go out and help Anna get the lunch on the table She went out directly lunch was over About one o'clock It began to rain a cold drizzle The rain was too late to help the baked farms and gardens but was sooth soothe ing lag to taut nerves strained with too much heat and sunlight Fluvanna Flu Flue vanna wandered about the house rather forlornly She would take a hot bath and then a nap No she would lie down first That odd pain which she had so often orten lately was coming back She went into her room and closed the window where the rain beat in Someone came in the front door without ringing the bell She heard Dorries Dorrie's voice downstairs down stairs Hello Anyone Anone home Up here Dorrie She sat down suddenly in a chair overcome with weakness I brought you a cake I made myself said Dorrie How lIow delicious that will bet bel Youre You're so thoughtful Dorrie Dorrie Dor rte rie was a good child chUd I haven't had a maid lately Ive I've been doing everything myself my self sell Dorrie seemed to seek seck approval ap ape Did Tillie get another place She had to go home because her mother was sick I wanted t It do doit doit doit it thought Id I'd feel better Fluvanna bit her lip with the sudden sudden sud sud- den pain closed her eyes After Alter Altera a moment she heard Dorries Dorrie's voice sounding as if It it were far off You look so strange She did not answer Then seeing Dorries Dorrie's eyes fixed on her in a kind of fright Fluvanna answered with an effort Dont mind me Im I'm terribly upset and worried You know about it asked Dorrie a little sharply Fluvanna nodded Dorrie must have heard about Kezia and Jerry too That was the reason for this visit the cake was an offering of t h h r rU rr U w r w lie He Really neally Adores You You Looks Looks Up to You Youl i sympathy Its all so sad sad so so cr era era- el She sighed Something leaped In Dorries Dorrie's face something rebellious and un kind Hugh told you youl lie Ue said he hadn't No not Hugh I Just heard It today I suspected something something- things puzzled me I asked Kezia It took her a long time but fi finally iI- iI nally she told me Dorries Dorrie's lip UP curled Kezia Why did Dorrie speak in that tone Why did she stare at her with such a hostile gaze Suddenly Sudden Sudden- ly Iy the pain in Fluvanna's chest gripped her her heart began to beat with quick hammer like strokes Faster and faster until the pain seemed to be bursting her lungs The room revolved swiftly I like a whirling black disk with a circle of light at the center The circle of light became smaller and smaller until the blackness blotted it out altogether She knew nothing noth ing lag more Later she became conscious of Dr Carey holding her wrist his finger on her ber pulse Ills face was Ira grave vet vetI I must have fainted she mur You must have indeed A day or so later he said have to face it Fluvanna that old or heart of yours is a leaky gan gat With care it might see you through some little time time time-a a year two two three And then again She listened to him with no feeling feel fee Had not some come Inner inner In in- in hog ing of shock ner presentiment told her that t it t would not DOt be long And then the a I again again again- Three months six months six months I 1 wont won't burden my children with such sui ii news Death shouldn't be her her- aided j months in advance Its It's I an in i matter She Sin smiled lied I I liti a Sn So her son and daughters heard that the fainting only on attack was brought on by exhaustion and the hot hOI weather There was wai some talk of a trip and a s change of ell eli mate but this Fluvanna vetoed and the matter was dropped MIR CHAPTER IX As the weeks wore by Hugh experienced ex ex- the disintegrating effects of split emotions Try as II he would he could not reconcile the situa tion into ease of mind It was like a broken dish which had been unskillfully un un- skillfully mended You saw at once the ugly dark line where it had been Joined together Grudgingly he admitted that Dorrie seemed to be making an effort to efface her ber conduct she was conciliatory con suited his wishes In a new way This last was disconcerting for it continually reminded him of the reason She had been wont to de mand not to appeal She did not try to get tiet another maid when Tillie Til Til- lie lic left studied a cook book and had new dishes for dinner She carefully recounted where she had been each day as if to reassure him lie He had a new wife wife but but at what price price price-he he told himself Although I his longing for her did not cease became more powerful as he be bee became came more aware of It it it was a hideous thing humiliating him because be bee cause he was helpless before it He lie was often short and curt with her then to make up for it it was carefully care care- fully polite One day he went Into a new restaurant for lunch The owner i had achieved the synthetic atmosphere atmosphere atmos phere of a Moorish inn stone floors rude fireplaces and jugs before a 11 drinking fountain In the wall The place was dimly lighted and It was not until he had ordered that he saw Ellen Pendleton eating luncheon luncheon lunch lunch- eon with Ronny Wakes They oc oc- a red leather wall scat seat just opposite him Ellen was talking animatedly to Ronny her frequent laughter a little lit tie tle feverish In its gaiety Preoccupied Pre occupied with his own affairs he I had seen and heard nothing of Ellen Ellen El El- len for some time and when Ronny nonny Ronny Ron Ron- ny left the table to telephone Hugh crossed over Hello stranger I haven't seen you all summer It has been a long time Ume Hugh fumbled Everything going going goIng go- go Ing well he inquired after alter a pause Everything I must be getting back to the office By the way youre you're with Ronny How come Ellens Ellen's lashes swept her cheeks then she raised her eyes unflinchingly I suppose because he asked me Im squelched But I thought thought- I was given to understand understand that that your interest lay in another tion That soulful young chap Jer Jer- ry He saw an odd thing A quiver of pain paL so sentient so defenseless crossed her face that he thought she was going to faint Then she sole was controlled she even smiled you heard Ills His interest lies in another direction I haven't heard a thing be he replied frowning Mind If It I say he has rotten taste She laughed on a low note Loyal Loy al as ever everl But people But people change Yes Yes they they do said Hugh slowly slow slow- ly Iy Ills His own predicament made him more alive to the remote suffering suf feting fering In her eyes Call CaU on me me if it theres there's anything Ellen shook her head firmly Thanks Thanks theres there's theres nothing Ronny came back from the telephone telephone tele phone with apologies Hugh spoke I I to him and then took his de departure arture He found himself wishing he did not have to go back to the office the work had gone flat fiat to him and he found himself struggling to concentrate concentrate con on the simplest problems When he hung up his hat Miss Ruskin passed with a paper in her hand Mr Sloan wants to see you Mr Marsh He went into the office of the president Sloan was telephoning but he nodded him to a chair Marsh he began when how he hung up the receiver would you like to take a vacation Hugh felt a faint taint perspiration break out on his forehead You Iou mean youre you're not satisfied with my work Sloan gave a short laugh Look Lookin in the glass my boy Youve You've been off color for a month Run Bun away for a week or so play golf goll keep the busi out In the open air forget ness Youre You're heading for something some some- would say say-it if thing thing thing-an an illness Uness I say dont don't snap out of It it t you The thought clicked in Hughs Hugh's he had brain that twice lately heard cf men sent on vacations by ina In Ina ina thoughtful companies men who received a wire that few tew days their a services would no longer be needed Im nil right right he answered answered an an- brusquely I feel reel better belter working wor with his It His IUs superior played bother fountain tain pen pea Something bother bother- Ing tag you he inquired not answer Finan Financial cia U UNo No relaxed My loty ice advice Is to Sloan Get Geta for far few days dayi out of town a get perspective on your our worries wore war a new they thel are We see sea seat ries whatever after a Ii change chanie things in e. proportion He lie nodded rat ft t him kind kind- of cf scene acene t week next ly lJ I J I c Cu s pie ate ase you lie e turned It over In tn his mind as he walked home Probably Sloan 1 was right and new scenes might be a help might ease the burden I IThe IThe The radio was chanting with a i plangent sonorousness I got those Decatur Street bl I sl when I j he came cam in ln Dorrie near It a newspaper in her lap was gazing gating out the window She started at al his entrance rose dropping the paper Oh Hugh she said In soft oft sur prise you ou expect me yet Of Ot course course live course five But I hadn't rea realized it was so 10 late She put her hand absently to her I hair patted it back Hughie I haven't any dinner ready Ive I've run out of ideas about food And see see-I burned my hand this morning I Im sorry On the toaster I touched it when I put it away had away had left the current on It smarted so I had to bandage it Will you ou be very Inice I Inice nice and take me out to dinner tI t I I ha e my moments I He Ue en en- eni endeavored i to speak lightly Youre sweet She smiled into his eyes ees Release flooded his heart tingled through his veins Where here shall It be The club dub Most anywhere They say nay ay that tea room near the bridge has a special special cial dinner He Ue wanted her to sit down wanted want ant wanted ed ld to tell her about the vacation but she slid out of his arms with witha a feline grace Ill make myself beautiful she murmured starting for the stairs As he stood heavily where she left him her haste to get away closed down on him Presently he picked up the paper paper pa pa- per sat down by the window Ills His eye traveled over the headlines headlines- the orders received by the steel mills which would put several hundred hundred hun dred more men to work the dying f r I e p c What You Yon Wanted Want Want- Its It Exactly ed ed She Said out of the last epidemic in Infantile paralysis the suicide of a prominent prominent prom prom- nent neat banker the Presidents President's latest speech On the third page item caught his roving eye Joan Whitney Mimosa street vs Cunningham Whitney Mimosa street on the grounds of mental cruelty They were married April 6 0 1924 and have ha no children Ellen hidden half in a big chair clutched the magazine she was reading and braced herself for her mother had come into the room She settled herself in a chair opposite opposite op op- polite Ellen What are you reading read ing fag The Modern Arts Magazine Lizzie's lips thinned disapprove Its harmless Isn't It IU demanded de de- demanded Ellen with sudden spirit I suppose you have to have something to occupy your mind It was hard to concentrate with Mother staring at her and she read it only because she hoped Lizzie would go away if lf she saw her absorbed How he be could treat you that way way the the cadi cad My blood bolls boils when I think about It HI Ellen threw the magazine down Some more bloodless surgery was to be cutting dissect attempted cutting dissect dissecting ing probing ing-probing probing I And there was no anesthetic to deaden you to the pain of the knife held by maternal hands Its exactly what you wanted she said in a low voice You didn't approve of him I was very nice to him very him very And if he likes Kezia better belter he has a right to change his mind Lets Let's not discuss It any more Eden EUen you ou never give me your confidence complained Lizzie You always keep me at arms arm's |