Show I I Elenore bM I Tho St ty y So lar Fai Far aandy Me Mc- Mc eU U I and ona l on n a 3 Isit to 0 San l citco from her in tnt home Judith Moore her hil cousIn ot of t her to a rich Italian whom sha doesn't lose 11 but who Is Ia the favorite ot 0 her parents and relatives Ju Judith a stenographer stello Is In love lo with Ith Douglas helth eIth a Inthe university ty student who lives In aI I I the e flat t next door door- Thrilled by II a l budding ud hocked romance Judith Is shock shock- hock i ed lJ over the possibility ot of her adored cousin being forced Into a marriage cow v O Go On On With vin Ibo ii Story c ir n Sandy caught cau ht the eld IJ id Spanish shawl about her went cautiously down the back steps She Sh knew the squeaky boards board and ond edged along the tho r red rd d them with a laughing exultance At lewan tha thu landing she sho paused l blew lew an audacious kits kiss toward the tho behind closed door ot of the tho be living room be- be be hind which her ber mother and dinner father sat dozing In acter r content I ISho She Sho was a II happy thing Sandy thine MCNeil-as MCNeil eil as she ran through the fragrant neglected garden this Colorful night of ot an exotic spring Color Color- ful as s the th eyed dark-eyed senorita a 0 long along alone dead cousin of ot hers hers who hAd go gone cone no stealing through these same grape trap vInes vine a II misty hundred cars ears ago to meet her her her- vaquero lover Dreadful things s happened to Pilar her Dominguez-her her shaved the th beautiful long haIr clipped and she the herself herselt compelled to stand In tho the church Sunday after acter Sunday holding a lighted candle because e she the had loved un- un unwIsely Unwisely un unwisely wisely and too well Sandy thought ot of the luckless sIr girl cirl and ad shivered delightedlY She Sho reached out a hand It was as caught eagerly by a II blond youth who now came from the th shodo shadow Ith a II soft relieved laugh lauch make it It ol olo dear lIe II swept swept oft oct his hat save gave Sandy a swift ardent ar- ar ardent ardent dent kiss They ran lightly with suppressed merry chatter to the gate They walked toward the hills hills- hills F the tho brown lovely hills that hold I In their lap tho the town ot of Santa They talked of o a thou thou- thousand thousand thousand sand Inconsequential things thines find Ing ln a great creat deal to laugh lauch about At 11 o'clock they circled back to the tho water stood on the th long Ions pier looking out dreamily to the lighted channel Sandys Sandy's face ace was a white whit flow flow- flow flower cr er Its lis sha shadowed lowed eyes wistful She Sho was as 19 13 and life lire was very sery ery rapturous rapturous ous She listened hungrily to tho the thoI I boys boy's words Ho Ito kissed her In her In sweet Im Fm goIng to miss mias you you San San- San Sandy miss dy-miss dy miss you like the very devil S t Her voice vole came camo languorously When Im I'm married Timmy Cut ut I C I j mean to keep my friends l Friends like liko me Sandy t most of ot all Timmy glanced down mocking mocking- mockingly ly lyV Mr Ben I suppose Is Is gOing to be very very modal 1 I 1 c S and allow his fascinating several nights a week out Sandy frowned She often orten for tor- forgot cot tor-cot got she was was engaged when hen a II word like this of ot Timmy's or a thIng Judith said saki called with a pInching at the the heart beart the pros pros- pros of ot her marriage Sho She grew uneasy and breathless not know leno know Ine ing Ing why Sho She would find herself wonderIng how the whole thing shad had come about She would say petulantly as she sho had once to Timmy Oh I did It to shut them up-to up up to get fd a little peace and freedom lIen Den Murillo was as pleasant pleasant-a pleasant slight sort soft eyed Italian He lie had limp hands and red lips always alwa's n little moist Ho Ito was rich traveled experienced Sandys Sandy's mother and father beamed when h he began paying court to their youngest child Sandy herself rather tn- tn tri tri- In his flatteries They ode n her ller feel Irresistible Irresistible-an Irresistible an an en- en enchanting cn chanting woman She loved open open- open t c t Ing boxes ot of flowers clovers receiving costly gifts She Sh was WOos quite wilt will willi i 1 Ill r for tor these thelo attentions attention But Dut the she wished to wave Into the distant future futuro all nil thought ot of n a Then tho tim family faintly tooka took a 11 hand There were long lone ses see see- lonn with her mother and two married sisters They told her J inot not to be bo a n tool fool They asked her Ir It she sho ho hadn't enough ot of cono economy cono- cono conomy my The Th said sold they wished they'd hOod had BUCh such a chancel In- In deed deed they was no picnic worrying along on two Vo bit bits bite a year They They could love iove a man with money The They reminded her hor bitingly bit bit- bitIngly that Alice had 1 been a n beau beauty I and soucht sought after atter at 19 18 Alice Allee was wasI I Sandys Sandy's single lo sister Look at nt ht her r now a n little sour Bour 01 old 1 maid mald Who did Sandy think she was she was anyway A cultured fellow like good Den Den family family home She Rho enjoyed his com com- company pany didn't she What was more snore more was she 11 lookIng for tor or Why did sho wish to wait walt I i I When ben her mother molher asked I this thi Sandy couldn't answer She understand nd her own nor t te the e vac hostility aroused The engagement encasement w was s engineered red Well what Well what of ot It Sandy re remained re- re remaIned silent gazing at the wat wat- waters wat- wat waters Cr ers The moon rose With Ith II a great sliver silver broom It swept the waves wave turning up captious flashes flashe ot of green creen yellow ellow crimson Far out like the boundaries of an- an ani another an another other world were were were-th the tho dark peaks ot of Santa Barbara Barbaras Islands Sandy watched the tho play ot of color vivid vivid changeful She thought of oC oCh h herself and the tho many mony things she wanted wante 1 from would life they be I hers She Sir drew a II troubled breath ath dashed aside these restless fore fore- forebodings forebodings fore bodings Marriage wouldn't dom doni- domInate dom dominate mate her Other Othel people got by wIth it And they weren't swoon swoon- swoonIng swooning swoon Ing with love for tor each ench other She could handle lIen Den Murill Shed She'd do as she pleased now pleased now pleased now always S She looked ed up with an impetuous Impetuous defiance touched Timmy cheek and whispered these thIngs thines Timmy who was very cry young youn- and In his boys boy's fashion very much In love lo with Sandy gulped Sandy lie He looked into her eyes thinking that in the moonlight they had a s scared Imploring look ou on dont don't know what Its It's all 1111 about do you ou ho he asked softly Youre just a frIghtened kid She shut hut her smiled eyes eyes smiled waited till Timmy kissed d her ller She Sho had a gypsy exultance In these stolen hours ours She Sh felt ith that t she was evening the score with some Borne invisible In foe Halt Half an hour later sho she was run run- running run ning back over o the tile weed grown path At the th kitchen door she sho stooped slipped oft off her ller shoes l went padding over the cool earth earth- earthen earthen en cn floor She sniffed 1 at the tho pots and pans hanging In old fashioned order on the wall wail near the stove Not much ot of a hut she slie thought breezily for Cor the tn blue blooded Mc- Mc McNeils Me I Nelis Neils It lt was Willi va an old rambling two story house sadly In need ot of paint It mIght have bar been a man man- mansion mansion sion zion yesterday The doors and wIndows rattled discordantly to- to today to today day But Dut there were ro Spanish chests saddles set with sliver silver and 1 rich old brocades that had been In the family since the mis- mis missIon mis mission sion aion days The were proud of ot these treasures that harked back to the time when the great grandfather Angus Aneus Mc- Mc McNeil Mc lc- lc Nell Neil married a II Spanish girt girl Irl and came Into possession of ot a II kings king's domain They had none of ot this thi I wealth now nothing now but the tho land the house hour occupied Sandy got cot safely up the tho old stairs A light streamed front from her room In lit for It she sho thought excitedly I Sandys Sandy's mother sat cat on the bed She was a sweet faced woman growing a little plump continual plump continual continually ly Iy massagIng the tho suggestion of ot nn an unwelcome double chin Mrs McNeil dearly loved lo her youngest laughter daughter Sho Sito had no mean menn motives In urging Sandy andy to accept that pleasant plasant Mr Mu- Mu Mu lu rub She really believed belle that wealth Insured happiness Sandys Sandy's beauty would have a worthy set set- tint set ting she she would be bl saved sand the tho ache ot of Inces Incessant ant deprivation Nothing wear down joy more mor quIckly Isabel McNeil knew It well veil She Sho rejoiced that Sandy would escape It didn't occur to the mother that an empty heart might prove pro II a graver tra tragedy edy than an empty purse Pu rae Not that she he was a cold woman but she sho belonged to a II generation that taught Its girls cirl to look on en the joys of ot the flesh as sinful In her gIrlhood one didn't palo pate pato ecstasy in marriage A bride nobly obly the surrendered surrendered the sacrifice flee fice being belne justified only because ot of the tho children S S S SIf If It Sandys Sandy's mother had haJ ever known rapture she had long since sinco forgotten about It Her married life was settled Into a aroutine a routine routine-a a thIng thine of ot commonplace placId habit like the mornIng and evening kiss of ot her husband So Soshe Soshe Soshe she was a 0 little Impatient with nil all thIs fussing g about love She Sho wasn't the tho one to understand the of ot 1 a gIrl eirl just nine nine- nineteen nineteen nine nineteen teen She Sho now looked ed at Sandy witha with witha n a grieved Cd hurt silence that Sandy not to see Make yourself to home Isa- Isa Isabel Isabel Ia bel she saM sail airily Mrs McNeil l closed her eyes ees severely your sister Madeline Raw aw you ou She saw you ou walking In the hills with Timmy Oh that's all alt right with me- me melet melet me melet let the girl cirl see seo th the ot of Im not fooling Sand Sandy This Is no way for tor you yoa to act Now that youre you're engaged we must ex- ex expect ex expect peel from you Youre You're no longer a II child What do you OU sup Imp suppose sup sup-pom po pose Mr Murillo or his sister would think It If they law saw you out Ill Ill tell you ou mother soother Im I'm not just sure that Im I'm going to roar mar marry mar marry ry LIen Den Im I'm a II little at sea on the tho Isabella proposition On the level le Ira Isa- bella Just what Is i the Uw Inside dope doll on marrIage What do you know about It 7 Mrs McNell McNeil gasped I shouldn't think you'd make maka fun tun of o your our mother Sandy Not making fun ole dear Im I'm seeking information Before OU were sere married did you love lo my m father so much that you almost fainted when ho looked In your yes eyes or touched l your hand In my days girl eirl didn't have ha such thoughts Im not asking about thoughts thought Ivo Ive Ive I've plenty of them Im I'm ask ask- askIng askins mg Ing about th the thu feelings You cant can't kid me there anatomy there anatomy l hasn't changed any In the tho last thirty years Mrs McNeil took refuge In that old defense How low can cOon you ou b be so Irreverent Such things aro too sacred to tall talk about la Oh save your blushes la in 1 see ie you ou dont don't know a darn bit more about it than It-than than I do That's That all au thirty ears of ot oC years marriage dId for you S S S sophisticated thought Sandy She had llad even been called hard liard boiled Her mother was I afraid of ot her cherishing a II secret dread that Sandy might go too tar far Sandy was continually shocking them with her brazen audacIties But Dut for all her daring spon spon- spon- spon spontaneity her largo large larr chatter she he he was extremely young oung In her thoughts young and iser was of ot the tho th tongue not o the th mind or heart She had a great creat deal of ot information scattered loosely In her brain It 11 hadn't been absorbed ed and made mad part of ot her consciousness through I experience She wasn't halt half as her dangerous as her family ju judged lied One Ono evening after acter her unsuccessful unsuccessful argument wit It her ller mother she passed the living room door She Sho heard her undo uncle Bob Dob McNeil speak A marriage that will make her life lit meanIngless lie He H walked over o to the tho mantel knock knock- knocked knocked knocked ed hl his pipe against the tho art lIc-art eert a rotten sport you are Angus to deliberately shut ht your own child out from the lov love ot of life lite It amounts to death for tor a girt girl like Sandy Sony A suave runt grunt Sandys Sandy's father tather fiddled with hIs his eyes ees twinkling Women don dont look at It that wa way They die or of heart failure or pneumonia or dropsy Ive I've yet to know of ot a 0 woman T-ho T ho died ot of marriage Sandys Sandy's ears cars tingled She was conscious o of oC a 0 heat lit itt her throat She Sho loved Bob a What thirty dashing fellow not yet et thirty What did ho he h mean by that phrase Shutting her out from the tho joys of ot life lite lit She Sh stopped to unwind the frInge where It had caught on her Shoe shee ho buckle She Sho Sh It In InI Ina Ina Ina a tense slowness whispering In a I flush nuh What hat am I In for tor any any- anway any way anyway I wonder onder what Im I'm doing doing- death for a II girl eirl like me I oh h 11 Lord Lord- Continued Tomorrow |