Show FINE FEATHERS I 1 h by y WEBSTER DENISON NOVELIZED FROM EUGENE WALTERS DRAMA BY THE SAME NAME ME A terrific arraignment of the get rich quick idea that has be come almost a national calamity chow a happy home was trans rang formed by a pretty womans comans nat ural longing for costly apparel and luxurious living CHAPTER I 1 paradise on easy terms young mrs irs reynolds sat on the steps of 0 her new bung bungalow aloA a home of 0 tier own with all the conveniences of it a lit apartment ga gas hot and cold gatei modern plumbing only fifty from herald square jet et re moed front from the strife and turmoil of the lie crowded metropolis lb A place to rear children where here the could romp and play pla close to schools and churches excellent markets halt an acre of ground to raise her own legs ege tables and chi chickens chens A fine mew of the bay ind and plenty plent of good air A spot to ine ills vs rs god meant her to live onh iino hundred dollars down and the rest the same as rent glorious aggrandizement of 0 aubur ban ail life ild picture from the land sharks b brush the painter struggles to express on canvas canlas the subtle power of nature with what facile flow of 0 verbal erbal colonna calming does this other artist resell its chirm charm jano jane wanted a home and so did gob bob her husband and with their hat tied means that meant a home in the suburbs at the first inspection of this modern EIs el slum luin the agent per reynolds renolds to invest NN hat bet tor ter could they the do lie he argued the pretty little li house oue new nen and clean and so easy to care tor for and tile the land hy that alone was inas worth the price think of the saving a garden would mean and whit what a joy 0 o those new nev laid eggs egg jane Ro somehow was ins riot not riot bously enthusiastic but bob was nias and the bhe acquiesced the iasi of moving led fallen to her tor for her husbands husband s duties kept him at the office even on such a momentous occasion as this oh if tile the ana lans only come bho bhe sighed elhat in the world can lian liae e happened 7 it Is tour four 0 clock and they promised to have them here b noon down the road the one that the TI utopian land company a map led fled as sunset street there appeared a vision islon of hope A soiled foiled swagger kig red faced blue cislon there 9 one of the movers now noa exclaimed the oung wife she ad danced to meet him goodness what makes ou so late mr green said bald oud end le be here b y twelve 0 clock how u will ill we 0 ever ge get t moved in tonight 9 bothering me mad am the trucks are down at the en trance to this paradise and rockefell Roc ketel kefel ter ler himself doean doesn t own on enough gaso line to get them up through the sand ills ibe boss said bald they was finished streets the re finished the way ally they were when nhen staten island was mas dincov ered but that s all wei wee e been try tr ing for hours putting boards in front of 0 the N beela but its no go I 1 ve got to get teams from somei here that 11 lie be extra that s why I 1 came up to bee you iou Is it all right righta oh I 1 don it know I 1 guess so IOU ou 11 have to settle that with mr reynolds but for mere mercy sakes eakes do an anything thing rise nee lessary to get us moved in I 1 ie is waited here tor for four hours well we 11 do our abst maam ma am but it 11 take lake some time yet and I 1 dont don t hanker after many of these staten island jobs mrs reynolds rev went back tor for another inspection it to la pretty she said but its a little lonesome it if they would only hurry hurr I 1 and I 1 do wish bob could have sot got off he would liae haie stirred those stupid men up borne bome way wa she had spent tile the hours of her long igil planning a place for or all their goods and chattels she had as corn com a picture of the ensemble as a tage stage manager has ot of his setting that ought to expedite matters she thought when nhen the furniture did come after what seemed another walt wait slip sighted an approaching wagon it was an ordinary truck mans a cart such as Is weed used in work vork it was nas piled high with nith bureaus tables chairs and boxes in a jumbled anomalous mass that augured man breaks ind and scratches I 1 ahls his Is the best I 1 could do ma ire am I 1 C ailed the ali driver us as he brought tho the load to a halt at the door there lint aint a moving nan an within live five miles and ltd it d be darl dark before wo got one hut dut N c ell 11 get iou 3 ou in all oil oh do be careful wont w on t 3 oua on I 1 ahe ansy ered I 1 mouldan t heap things so 80 teits feats of prestidigitation and the energy moving men are wont vont U tn display when their task is nearing nil HIL end elid soon eoon dispo disposed ced of the load ills iho contents contenta of the list wagon aagon were dis appearing i lien hen reynolds arrived ile ho hadibah lidd a hard day da at the office and it a tiresome trip on kubwa terry ferry and a nd trolley that seemed doubly long lone be c of the suspense e but he bound i copyright A C mcclurg mcclura co lou 14 pd into the house like a schoolboy scho olbo and ignoring the presence ot of the movers clasped his wife in hla his arms and im planted a resounding kiss I hello fello honey hone he cried as ho he re leased eased her ind and stood surN surveying eNing the I 1 oom loom fen t this greata A castle all our danl ova then 10 lie ho looked at her and a tired dirty dirt but beau ful ul little queen and she la is just going to sit bit down dovin and not stir another time un til slaves have done her bidding and lemed her a royal roal repast ot of bologna and potato salad my lord don t you believe it look jano jane ile he unwrapped a package hurriedly and disclosed a ann two 0 pound sirloin that s good for tired muscles and this tor for tired nerves neres sparkling but bur bund tresh fresh from a staten island brew brei ery we re going to have a regu lar house warming Narmi tig and im going to prepare it lets get aeri thing in first bob that s the list load did IOU ou see hat then the brought it in ina les es whores the ina an the couldn coulden t get it up here you 11 hivo have to settle with nith the men they said there would be an extra charge for the N wagon agon he went out to conclude eions presently he called her jane come out and look over the estate I 1 bought some seeds and I 1 rn going to start 1 a I girden garden tomor tomorrow rov and see dear he said as the locked arms and strolled down the path bordered on either side by a new nea scraggly sc box hedge I 1 brought something tor for you from a bulging pocket he drew dren out packages of seeds and bulbs flowers of all kinds honey jon equils hyacinths daffodils why foolish she interrupted alth w ath a laugh the wont ont grow grov this ear car then as she saw his crestfallen look but neer mind did some bad man impose on rn little city cit bo 7 well we 11 alint them and lust just make them grow groa hat are thesel nasturtiums pan eles sweet peas more like it and I 1 im ba just craz tor for a whole bed ot of sain salua is and so the tal talked ed and planned and selected the sites tor for the beds and jane who was much b better ater period in such riat platters than her urban husband told him what would haie hae to be done with the soil a barren sand f forma orma tion that A would sc Bc arcel nourish a sun flower he ran into the house bouse tor for his garden 6 seeds eeds a whole arra of the suburban its ite s delights from radishes to musk me melons ions he had enough tor for a small farm 11 the time they the had decided IN where here the domain ot of practical bus bandre should end and that ot of the alov flowers ers begin it A was as dirk dark if the lord chancellor of 0 my cull nary hosts pleases I 1 in hungry she informed him lets let s kill the fatted batted sirloin and make merry it if all those seeds of 0 3 bours ours grow N noil 0 11 hav have e t to sturn turn vegetarians later so BO ye had better NN whet bet our appetites on beet beef all right ho he told her as the reached the N veranda eranda y you on just sit here and when nhen dinners all ready ill an bounce it but in a minute he had surrendered and was calling her here in the world are things janea the kitchen utensils I 1 mean 1 I ve opened three boxes and I 1 haven t struck anything but books and linen they found the needed box under two trunks and a pile of 0 pictures H he e got it open and led her back to the porch he cleared the table and set it and then he 1 was I as back to her again the icebox la Is locked jane have aou on got the key she found it in her bag oh bob she said in tones presage ing real ca calamity lamit there isn t a bit of bread nei never er mind ill get some he an sw severed ered there s a store right down at the car line but that a 8 three blocks mabbe ma be one of the neighbors would help us out in an emergency I 1 d rather not ask the first day only be a minute jane soon after lie he ic turned she scented the welcome elcome aroma of 0 coffee and a broiling steak bleak and in a minute be called her with a kitchen towel tovel stuck under his collar ind and a faco face as red as ab a sto ker kere s he be held a chair tor for her and bade her to the hoard board there how bow Is that in lady he asked proudly could the waldoris Wal dorfe famous oscar do an ail better eat drink ind b be sleep sli ache finished tor for him 1 I just know I 1 in going to collapse right here when alien my hungers satisfied tor for bob I 1 in tired and its such a job to put up i I 1 bed fix that honey nei never er felt bet ter in my life NN h hv it I 1 had a lantern I 1 d go out ind and start in my garden after I 1 get vou on tucked away they sat eat ovir the coffee talking and planning pl inning there was nas a knock at the door good lord chos A ila a that cald bob its it e nearly nine 0 clock I 1 don t know but it if its dick or I 1 iny any of 0 your our wends bends I 1 just know ill insult them bob I 1 in nearly dead sh h 11 ho answered ansia cred ill go good said a cheery cheer though rather gibli pitched voice as he opened the door I 1 ean you moving in and I 1 thought I 1 id d drop around to see it if theia aas anything I 1 could ifould do I 1 in mrs collins colling from up at tile tho next cottano bungalow james called it when ie As came here but that was two tao years BRO ago its awfully aft fully kind hind of you ou to call said bald reynolds renolds things are in a ter moss mess here but you vi wont on t mind I 1 in sure he offered her a chair mrs colllns collins opined opened she mind her appearance pe arance buttressed her assertion that she usually took things as they were sho looked an easy cas going buxom sort of good figure but slightly passe oth eralso as to personal charms and con adornment her skirt of black serge was ft as tight fitting and rather modish in cut but soiled boiled in places her ahito alto shirtwaist was open at the collar and tucked under revealing repealing a throat full and round but red her hands matched this color and were coarse in texture her abundant hair was nas her chief attract tion it aas done up in pompadour fashion and floated wildly here and there like some intrepid amizon amazon a dut but it too despite the magnificence of its growth could not escape the gemeril tono tone of doIN dowdiness diness that embraced the whole for in the greater part it A was as a light gold but in intervening strands and at the roots it showed shoved a darker r N 1 I 1 n Y 1 rn 1 tt 1 I 1 mrs reynolds hue her eyes were clear blue with aith dark brows and lashes hers here nature had been neither cheated nor cajoled mrs colllns collins eoe it if all other clues clue a were abandoned pointed the way flay to past beauly beauty not extant but clouded crossed by b the lines ot of life hard life toilsome life mrs airs colllns collins v as forty five and she looked her a aga go granted luxury ot of servants social pleasures mental Ir responsibilities and milk baths she IN would d hal hae e passed for or thirty do ou on like it here asked jane who had bad now come forward forgaard and met her caller 11 roll ell james likes it little old new neni york and a tour four room flat was good enough for or me but ho he wanted a bit of the country and I 1 put up with it tor for ills sake but don t let me dla courage you dearle dearie she added quick ly as she ahe detected a slight waning of the lounger m woman oman a smile it has haa its iti attractions here too it Is mighty flue tor for children only N wo 0 hai haen eat t got 11 any I 1 must meet your sour husband dob bob declared I 1 guess we are kindred spirits I 1 vi wanted anted a bit of 0 the country too and a place I 1 could call in mi own does mr colllns collins have hae a garden gardena 7 oh lordy les what ho he calls it anyway ills specialty la is po that mostly dont don t amount to much but he gets plenty ot of fresh air and exer elso hoeing them and I 1 guess gues that s bettor better for him than polishing somebody s arabs rail with ills his boot how flow about flow eraa asked aked jane dont don t you enjoy having haling thein thema goodness child I 1 don dent t find much time tor for flo flowers Ners though I 1 am mighty fond ot of geraniums I 1 had a bed of them tho firby acar but I 1 found that the water hero here was aas more useful for Na washing shing dishes potatoes ou on know dont don t need an ail watering so I 1 leave the gardening to james mrs colllns collins arose well be going deal I 1 knon kno how hoin tired aou ou ire atter after a day da like this don t tor for get now it if there 3 any anything thing 3 sou on need in the mo coining ining just run right over the store wont b ba open sunday and ou on aro sure buro to have hac forgotten some thing jano jane camo came for forward vard again with ex tended hand th tints its av awfully fully rood good of ou on mrs collins Colli nii she alio coi coid diall lalli I 1 will ill tala take advantage adian adan tage tago of ioui out offer it its a only human her n new A neighbor answered people have acot ot to stick buck in places like this ll 11 han lie n wo camo came the only vt NL hid were mosquitoes and bullfrogs bull frogs the mos were ere friendly enough they called around right aw alva a and we As could licar the bullfrogs bull frogs at night the kind a 0 made me homesick for I 1 m awfully a fulla fond of frog rog legs lega but the butcher would laugh at you it if ou on asked asaf d tor for them hero bero once nhen alien I 1 did get james to bring some home I 1 ajo anjo them for or I 1 felt like I 1 was aaa a cannibal eating my next door tolka folks good night reynolds opened the door for or her and as he bo closed it turned quickly and took his 3 oung wire wife in his arms their nearest neighbor was aas obviously friend ly but also disquieting her attempt at cheerfulness was vas tinged with an eident atmosphere of discontent her impressions of their environment amused but jarred also he felt that mrs hire colllns collins was waa not exactly tho the per son he would have chosen to initiate his wife into tho the charms of their new abode but he made light ot of his im press lons we don t mind mosquitoes ind and bull frogs do N we c honey let a clear away the dishes and then ill rig up a place tor for welcome elcome NN slumber there Is sure buro work here and tomorrow wont vont be a day da of rest tor for us CHAPTER 11 II dick brings a hostage in staten island it la is spring nature beckons across the bay from old manhattan como come next new hosts to taste agrarian jos jois bob to Is happy james Is in his glory gloo seeds are arc sprouting in the garden A bed ot of radishes have thrown up their green shoots the first harbingers of 0 the season pale sprigs of early lettuce are peeping out be neith neath the glass frames ot of the hotbeds jumbo tomato plants are creeping up I 1 ward ard I 1 ou can almost see them grow pine sticks 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