Show 11 A 4 the lucky luck Y laurences lawrences ces M by kathleen norris copyright by norris service ok 1 SYNOPSIS tho the luck that brought the boston lawrences Lawren ces to california at tho the beginning of the gold rush has deserted the present generation from a acre ranch their holdings have shrunk to a small mall farm ann and the old family home in Clippe raville phil now twenty five live has gone eona into the iron works gall to the public library and edith to tho the book department ot of largest store etore sam Is in school and seven teen year old arlel ariel Is becoming a problem phil Is fascinated by that terrible lily cass whose husband has do arted her young van murchison hlson scion clon of f a wealthy family returns from yale and gall call has visions through gh marriage with him of the turning of the lawrence luck dick stebbins phils best friend has the run of the house ariel Is sneaking out of the bouso at night tor for joy rides phil suggests to his sisters consternation that they invite lily cass to the house gall goes BOOB with van tor for a weekend week end with the chipps his uncle and aunt she Is 13 received coldly by mrs chipps and her guests at a roadhouse gall sees a rac coon coated man helping ariel into a roadster ariel admits she was at the place tit at night and displays no remorse gall call Is gloomy as she considers the fam ilys outlook CHAPTER V continued 11 best of all had been the morning after a dance when waking in the big hotel on the hilltop hlll top gall had breakfasted in pajamas the silk pajamas mth edith had won when she won the hope chest at the catholic fair last year after breakfast the party had split and scattered gall call going off with van in the roadster they had gone to the cliff house and apostrophized the seals that were barking harshly on the rocks behind the drifts of fog to they had had tin types taken on the board walk and had tried all the swings and chutes they had come downtown again and lunched on a root roof above old chinatown bearing the cars honking in the streets below and the dishmen crying their wares they had bought ginger and 11 chee nuts had lingered long at the theater doorway studying the cheap little photographs bursting into fresh laughter as they pretended to translate the hiero hieroglyphics ly phles to one another an idiot yes but van was a most lovable idiot the ideal idiot with whom to spend a silly day like this when ones senses were still dreamy and dulled with the excitement of a gala night and when one had him to one telf felt not cot showing off not given any chance to be drawn away innocently to hurt burt ones feelings this day in chinatown was one to be marked with B R white stone for gall at four they had known they must start for home it would take almost two hours to drive to Clippers ville gall had not dared prolong the tun fun too tar far van had bad landed her safely at her own gate at six and she had gone into the dim old brooding house that was close aid dark tonight with a sudden realization of the limitations of the place the stupid D ness ess of home borne had the best time I 1 ever had in roy my eifel she could tell them over and over again exhausted by sheer felicity she told them the jokes the situations the events in an in inconsequential conse quent ial jumble edith had listened eagerly sympathetically phil was not at home ariel had listened too but with a difference arlel ariel had an experience last night she went out for a casual drive will the camps after the movie edith had said and they broke a spring and it was nearly midnight ait when hen she got binl in rhu and I 1 were terribly frightened galls eyes and aniels had hashed flashed together hut but even when they were alone ariel had not been communicative you run your affairs and let me run mine I 1 she had said not rudely very simply but it a broken spring ariel arfel 11 1 I say it was gall had been too anxious to get back to her own dreams and memories to worry even about ariel the day had had its marvelous man clous moment it had come at four when she and van laughing over the purchase of dragons bowls candlesticks and charms in the sandal scent ed opium scented interior of a dark little chinatown shop had been reluctantly luct antly forced to a consideration of the flying time yep so we cant stay in town we aint married betl van had said eald with his wild laugh it much but it was enough for her to remember happily now it showed that he did think of it that it was in his mind we aint married letl it would have been a little better if he be had not put it in the vernacular still it was she went to sleep dreaming of the pews newspaper Davers of a few years hence tier her heart was very tender toward van tonight ue had been a charming companion today this big tweed clad man with the well filled wallet and the shining open car gall liked the memory of its his smiling lean face grinning at tier her she liked his clothes his speech she liked his references to places and things that belonged to a world of leisure and luxury that she he did not know almost acry weekend week end was spent at the ranch in los gatos now and between the Blon mondays days find and fridays gall lived in but a dreamy halt half conscious ness of what went on at home the women of vans set had taken her up and when the chipps were back at home its aa they frequently were in midweek mary blary spence or lucia would mould come to to stay with lenore and they would nil all straggle into the library during the dull fore to report their shopping expeditions or to try to coax gall to come off with them to a country club luncheon life at tills this accelerated pace fairly burned tier up tip the new pleasures enchanted tier her but never satisfied leaving her always straining for more which indeed ads the position of them RII nil lonore mary blary van fred to say nothing of their elders they went everywhere ery where anywhere they did anything and everything that might promise tun fun breakfast on the yacht for example life on the mac lilac eleis lies yacht had nothing to do with sa sailing ailing or the water the yacht might as well liae haie been moored ten feet underground der ground in a coal mine for all its gay party ever saw san of the sea yet there was something distinguished about being asked to spend a weekend on a real yacht I 1 the glory spread far ahead of it and far behind it gall saw her name in the challenge more than once during this amazing summer listed among the guests at affairs whose distinction a few months back was beyond her wildest dreams she had a feverish feeling sometimes of having lost edith lost phil and sam and arlel ariel lost touch with tier her work at the library and her duties at home one could not live two lives after all and vans very exactions were a delight an answer to her wild young ardent prayers of last spring nothing mattered but that she should please him should keep close to him she grew wittier quicker gayer us its the weeks went by their talk together was merely a quick cross fire of repartee one night in late august she and van walked home from a movie in ClIppers ville the night was In suffer ably hot and the audience was glad enough to straggle out into the black darkness of the calle where the air was some degrees cooler whew that was frightful gall breathed turning her bared head up f A he might easily have put his arm about he her to the stilts stars shaking back her tawny mane this asp Is a snort erl 1 vari van commented los IOB I OB gatos tomorrow hey lie and nd into t I 1 the pool the moon had bad not yet risen aut there wa 1 s an odd light in the world at nine whitewashed surfaces and the adobe wails walls of the oldest buildings wore an odd pale of white the upper branches of the great trees over the calle rustled wearily in a hot wind mabbe well go 0 ocr er to the beach sunday van said 1 I wish we were there now take you in a minu minute tel be offered eagerly the girl laughed lau glied A hundred miles she said and wed get so hot going over and be so BO tired coming back that we e gain much ice cream at dobbins tie lie suggested nind kind of mussy but she turned toward the drug store none the less the opportunity to be seen by all the town having soda at dobbins with van hlson must not be overlooked all Clippers ville came in and out 0 of dobbins on a hot summer evening and she kept k ept wheeling about on her high stool to greet library acquaintances and neighbors and friends ilow how do miss amiss lawrence Il hello lello hall gall illow how do gall call good evening La lawrence mencel I 1 they all saw that she was with van murchison ariel came in and put tier her slim aruis arms about gall froni from behind and kosed the bright wave of tawny hair over galls ear lake our philes pl ices gall gail said getting getling dain dolle she alwi hostle host le ly in aho MK lt t till m ni kt kapl 1 1 i to i lila je gilar iriki fro Ki irn i lii ir it 11 at iati ute somehow it jarred tonight gall broke across it su suddenly denly the reason I 1 wanted to come away was my brother phit phil was la in dobbins there your brother phil wasil was 1 yes way over in the corner in one of the twosomes two tio somes why we yell at him van asked simply she had to have sympathy she had to test him with a sudden letting down of the bars she said because his girl was with him and dont you like her van tiei banded with his delighted air of discovering something ani amusing 1 I despise berl gall answered somberly not re really I 1 lie exclaimed ecstatically what phils girl ashes not a girl really and its very serious gall said determined to sober him ashes a divorced woman and she hns has three little boys about three and two and one oh I 1 love it I 1 van said with relish phill phil old oil sober I 1 adore itt im crazy about itt it I 1 van how can you say sop sol gall gail reproached him hurt ashes a terrible girl she comes from thomas street she was one of the Wib sers oil oh I 1 think its perfectly grandi grand t van said with his raw joyous laugh think of the trouble and expense his family all ready made nut but suddenly perceiving that she was not amused and that a genuine mood of anger and disappointment was keeping tier her silent he changed his tone and said dagly lightly why what do you care who your brother mar marries riest you dont have to marry her its his funeral 1 I suppose so gall conceded after a moment wearily want to jump into the car and rush oil off somewhere and get cool it would tale take too long and im too tired and I 1 promised ledith to be home early slie she gets nervous the car was parked a hundred feet from the lawrence gate ate gall call went to the fence that had once been their meadow fence and leaned on the bars and stared into the night that was now lighted by the moon phils marrying would simply wreck our homo home she said reverting to the topic deliberately desperately oh forget it ile he wont marry her ber van assured her easily 1 I think she began a little thickly 1 I think what worries we me Is ariel adel ashes proud ashes so sensitive shucks Shuck sl 1 slie she any prouder or more sensitive than ion are van said unsympathetically ile he hated to be serious gall call knew ile he was hating it now the thing about ariel Is gall pursued resolutely that she Is running around with that cuddy buddy raisch kalsch crowd ot of course they may be a perfectly decent crowd underneath why ashes nothing not hilli but a school child van said in distaste and dis pleasure plo asure well ashes not such a school child but what she lets buddy raisch take her out in his roadster oil oh I 1 love it I 1 think its priceless van exclaimed laughing as galls troubled voice fell still 1 I dont know what to do about it gall began again 1 I was wondering she added timidly what you would think I 1 ought to do van V ile he was interested now but in nn an annoyed reluctant sort of way lie ile said quickly 1 I for heavens sake what should I 1 know about it it seems to me it if ashes such a fool she likes to run round with a bounder like that why let her do it 1 but you dont understand van 11 gall call said patiently ashes only seventeen she wont be eighteen until next christmas christinas that no hindrance to the late silsa juliet capulet I 1 van reminded tier her joyously gall laughed faintly and was silent ill come for you early tomorrow van presently presen tIT paid flows nine that kels us to the ranch at abon easy tie girl felt cold unresponsive heavy they were ere standing close together at the old fence rail he might easily have put ills his arm about her but he never attempted that sort of thing thin gall wondered sometimes it if it were some queer lack in her that prevented him or some missing quality in him going gitig into the houke house slie she determined that she would not go down to los gatos at all tomorrow and felt a great bellei relief in the thought it if they wanted her they could make a special overture next week she wandered away to tier her own room returned in pajamas brushing tier her thick roop mop of tawny gold hair phil ihil was at dobbins tonight she said suddenly with lily edith opened tier her lips to speak made no sound they stared at each other ile he was after aw awhile lille ile he was at Dobb dobbins insi 1 in one of 0 the twosomes two somes the alcoves oli oil gall I 1 idith edith walled 1 I know its awful iles hes crazy the aunger sister said darkly they brooded blooded upon it in ID st si lence gall call felt tired and blue discouraged about phil about ariel about her own hopes and plans concerning van A sense of futility of a as leavy upon her as slip she went slow find and flonly mozeil ibe hie hitchen pressing tier white freshening tier printed chiffon TO BE BB CONTINUED |