Show FINE FEATHERS FEATHER S by WEBSTER DENISON I 1 NOVELIZED FROM EUGENE WALTERS DRAMA BY THE SAME NAME A A C mccluir co 1914 SYNOPSIS wr mr and mrs Rey reynolds noldi move into new bangalo bungalo down balance samo same as rem on staten inland mrs collin collani n neighbor calls before the tha houe household hold isoda 19 0 da are se set t in order I 1 I 1 CHAPTER 11 II continued 1 oh ob you little dear lifting the pup from the box she pressed its sell coat to her cheeks I 1 ve just ben been crazy for or a dog dick and it a 10 beauty she put it on the floor stooped ad called hero here dick here dick what well veil namo name him wont ae e deb honored beyond words said the donor why not bob no look at ills hla eyes ees the ro blue just like ilka 3 ours dick and he lies s so cun ning meade bent beat do down doan an and patted the pups pup s head well lm m glad she likes you old top since there e such a resemblance 1 I oud loud better teed feed him bilm jane bob suggested 1 I want vant dick to see the garden so w well ell prowl prow I 1 around a while till dinner reynolds guest showed general en over oscr the progress of his friend a agricultural venture for an amateur reynolds had displayed skill as well as aa zeal the space he had allotted to his garden comprised about a fourth of his half acre lot this he had divided into little rectangular plots about thirty feet deep and fit teen wide narrow paths ran between so that each could bo be cultivated and watered without treading on the bed itself you must have had some expert opinion here bob dick ventured I 1 never saw a more orderly garden looks like you bad laid it out with a rule and square where did you sou get the idea jano jane helped out a lot and then I 1 studied government bulletins they told me what to do tor for the soil it in aen t much better than a lot of saw dust m when hen we me came dick it was good for some things but not tor for others I 1 looked all that up and so BO there Is different treatment of the ground in different beds lime potash bone art and d plain fertilizer that B s modern day farming my boy bo the way may your de spiced trusts would do things it if they were ere trying to raise beans and cab bages you see eee there Is system tor for f the little man as well mell as the capitalist it he will only tako take advantage of it ill bet you sou I 1 get tm twice ice as much out of that garden as my friend colllns collins down the street and hes has had two years start of me great I 1 hope ou ell do but where in the world did you find the time tor for a all 11 the work auve put into I 1 this his 40 patch natch 9 got up with tho the sun and put in an hour before breakfast the novelty of it all took the edge off the toll toil and ive really enjoyed it they heard jails jaae calling them to dinner and went in where Is my namesake dick in quiren asleep in the kitchen the little dear had nearly halt half a pint ot of milk and I 1 guest has be s done for the night the evening you mean said bob just wait till his bis digestive organs organ s have had a chance hes he s got ono one of the cutest little soprano voices you vou ever heard and were mere in tor for plenty ot of midnight solos till he becomes acclimated ive fie raised pups before so have I 1 bob their guest replied e d and one thing I 1 know vou 3 OU austn mus t n t humor him pups and babies are just the same it if they cry let them ha have ve it out better stay awake all night ni than stuff bluff or amuge abune them 11 very well richard thanks tor for the lore dick jr shall wall nail in peace but I 1 think tho the hen house would be far better for or hla his lungs bob jane jana exclaimed dick waved his napkin aloft tru truce truce he cried with milli a laugh or cel I 1 shall blame myself tor for having brought trouble to elysium el slum I 1 will mill return the pup and bring you a turtle dove you will not said jane quickly dick Is mine and boure sou re w masting dating yer ye r time almo discussing him lie ile a going to be one of the family her husband laughed and salaamed sala amed toward the kitchen door dog thy future Is assured the queen has haa spoken and great aall be thy power in thi th i land amen said dick ever thus jone served coffee cottlo from a shining aluminum percolator which she ehe in forand her husband and dick was mas the culmination of heroic efforts to supply her with tobacco coupon fa ibn I 1 it a dandy she asked and it makes perfectly fine coffee in two minutes and it its s a godsend jane dick a alered for now I 1 may smoke emoke real tobacco for months I 1 ve battled with my lady nicotine in her vilest aws to find brands that furnished the most green tickets you know ray senti ments ment concerning kings and princes princ eg but I 1 have quashed them and paid homage to the rulers of tour four thou End nd years from the first rameses to tt the tut george most noble sacrifice my dear dick ond and please keep on look I 1 got a catalogue today for only twelve thousand coupons I 1 can get a piano and I 1 need one badly holy hoi smoke deliver mel me bob must ren rent t one what do you think ol of tho the shack dick asked reynolds parrying parr ing lets let a help jane clear the table and then well take ou on on a tour of 0 in spec tion the reynolds bungalow was one of 0 thosas ingenious devices of 0 a land corn core pany a art pretty and alluring but built to sell at a large profit the ex perlor was attractive if not imposing the lower lomer halt half was stucco and the up per brown stained shingles 11 the he ex tending mansard root roof drooped low over 01 er tho the veranda and gave gae a snug squatty appearance to the whole hole tt ithan it boasted no reception room or hall bill I 1 ills ho big living room ran the full breadth ot of the house and served as a parlor library and dInIn dining groom room on this the most pretentious efforts of 0 the builder had been spent on the side abutting the kitchen it had bad a sta alonar sideboard of mission effect the entire wall mall was paneled halfway with a similar wood mood a cheap ash stained in imitation of mission oak above the paneling on this end of the room was a narrow shelf meant to retain the usual array of steins or plates though not separated by bl d door 0 or e 3 it 1 y bob reynolds or arch the latempt had been made to have this halt half conform to the requirements quire ments of a dining room leaving leading the other to serve as a library the low ulli windows dows were set with uniform s simplicity ono one on either side of 0 the door and one at each end in the living halt half of the room a window seat ran from door to wall and a bombina tion bookshelf and desk offset the but tet fet of the other side this corner jane had converted concerted into a camf home like lounging place pillows of 0 her own making were mere scattered plentifully along the window windon seat and piled high at the end against the nail mail A little c enter center table laden with books maga and deb bob a tobacco tray was in reach and beside it a big morris chair and janes smaller rocker here their evenings wore mere spent in bobs reading aloud while jane sewed or with mith occasional games of cribbage and pinochle div diversions versions a ere not plentiful and in deed there was mas little need of them bob bobs a day in the city cit ins 1113 long trip home the dinner his hour with his garden and janes jana s dally daily struggle with domestic duties left little energy tor for nocturnal pastime an hour or two usually found them ready for the little room at the back which th though 0 ugh dignified nom nominal dinall as a guests cham berthey ber they had commandeered for sleep bleed ing purposes themselves this room and the kitchen with a bath bet between meen divided the space in back of the long living room hero here tie tl 0 builder had recompensed himself tor for such gances as wore were indulged in in the front the room m was as of barren sim city severe white walls malls a window closet and door to the bathroom with woodwork of tho the cheapest spruce the only access to the second story was the ay in the kitchen there were two rooms there A long one across the front of the house but on account of the sloping roof much nar rower roner than the one below and with a lower ceiling the other was above the guest chamber while the space over the kitch kitchen n was mas left unfinished tor for storeroom purposes space galore said meade as he eyed these unused rooms you might take a boarder try us and ane dick I 1 know one ona we me would mould bo be glad gild to have m t we janea her husband answered certainly why don t you do it dick just think what a help you d be too sure little tom sawyer here would let me wood the garden and feed his hens and maybe it if I 1 were real good loud oud let me wash the dishes tell well id consider it 1 I like anything an thing better jane but you know knon a newspaper man keeps rather strenuous hours sometimes im I 1 m through at midnight and so sometimes at tour four in the morning I 1 d have to make a swim of it it if I 1 m wanted anted to got across the bay ba at that hour no I 1 guess I 1 am doomed to tho the hall bed room in washington square and the little place on the corner dick don dent t omit that the place where they uncrown monarchs divide rockefellers Rocke fellers tellers millions and drown all social ills in a flood ot of amber and foam honest now nom eslit isn t that what ours oure thinking of 0 as much as aa the swim across the bay but speaking of corners weve got one ourselves our seles there a a little tat fat german two blocks dom down n the street who d ajust tjust love to talk with mith sou ell no doubt ill meet him deb bob need both and his mer chandise chand lse as a bracer tor for the return trip you re not going back tonight dick jane announced stay and go with deb bob in the morning why you 11 miss halt half the tun fun of 0 you don t have one ot of our commuters breakfasts up with the birds you know coffee and rolls rolle at fine thirty and new laid eggs it if there are any that s the time when ou ell get the true bucolic spirit A note of 0 irony in her tone brought deb bob with a start no little rebel I 1 lie he you don t have to get up at alve and you know it I 1 could fix that morn ing repast in tm two 0 minutes it if you d let me but I 1 wont mont I 1 id d feel flae fine lying lu bed like some fifth avenue beauty with my husband puttering around with a frying pan and coffee pot no thank you ou tho the day dislong Is long enough w without 3 ou ell as aa it Is dick offered solace bob lea t the only beneficiary jane you know early rising Is good tor for the complexion and now I 1 know the secret ot of yours she courtesies courte sled sied positively dick yours you re getting bearable it if I 1 had to choose another husband I 1 t scratch socialists oft off my eligible list at all if there s only one egg in the morning you iou shall have it Is that a likely contingency 7 ask bob we weve ve bec been it draw drawing ing lots for it tor for the past week its it s the sea son when the maternal instinct pre dominates the sense ot of domestic duty in the hennery ot of course there are store eggs to piece out with mith but they don t count they went ent dow downstairs and jane took up her embroidery while the men tempted fortune at auction pinochle a third hand dead that s my dav game deb bob told dick jane and I 1 nearly near always play it we like the third hand because it kind 0 makes us think of some tor for who doesn doean t come callers are pretty prett scarce aren t they the jane jame yes but we me make up in quality what wo us lack in quantity quan tit dick and mrs colllns collins flattered I 1 m sure laughed dick who la Is the lady ladya A staten island beauty aoud oud just doto dote on A sort ot of a titian futurist and so cultured well h hae ave to have her and the little herr host of the cor nor ncr around tor for dinner the next time ou come she put down her work and walked to bob bestowing a good night kiss you men can sit up as late as you want ant she he said but nine 0 clock Is Cinde rellas hour tor for me good night dick remember the egg and get up when I 1 call you au all revoir princ ebs we re both loath to have you go but I 1 think one more game will find us following suit and bob agreed in the morning there was mas great ro re joicine when an early raid on the plymouth rocks yielded tour four eggs a most unwonted but not unneeded dis als play ot of energy on the part of the fowls fowl A hurried breakfast and the men bade jane goodby good by and were mere ott off tor for tho the city CHAPTER ill III A cloud in elysium spring waned and summer came the sun beat down domn with mith dull persistency and baked the sand rind and scriv aled up the heading beading lettuce lattuco in bobs bob s garden it scored tho the beant foliage of the now noa set trees and scorched the lawn he had coaxed from seed the house offered the only shelter and even that was hot jane made two or throe three excursions to the beaches with mrs colllns collins but these tiresome rides on crowded trolleys so BO she abandoned them and stayed staged closely at home with nothing but her work mork her books and idle chats with her neighbors to while away amay the hours of 0 the long hot day at night bob puffed prodigiously at cheap black cigars while lie ho sat ant 0 cn side after dinner and battled with a an endless n diess host best of 0 mosquitoes when he had bad smoked himself dizzy he would succumb to a superior force and join jane inside lights made it more un comfortable within so usually they sat in tho the dirk dark and talked until bed time friends camo came from tho the city occasion al all 13 but ill their air limits mere TV ere not fre re quenta repeated it was mas a tremon dous dolls trip from harlem or the heights where their few acquaintances lived and I 1 ono one by bv one all but dick dropped away ile he came regularly every wed they tried two or three trips to now new york themselves but the dis tance made these a hardship rather than a pleasure and there was tho added expense once when they attempted a little dinner after a night at 9 a root roof garden gabaen the missed the last boat and had to stay at a hotel be bob tried to conceal his misgivings as to how this would affect the weeks finances but jane knew they gave it up and stayed staved at home so the summer passed and tall fall came bob missed his garden frost nipped tho the tomatoes that had been so BO late in starting and this marked the last of their outdoor activities the ony tor for both began to pall pal but they hid their feelings from each other more and more jane sought refuge in tho the futile companionship of the gos gob mrs collins they the went ment occa signally sio nilly nally to new york for the matinees mati nees but more frequently to spend an after noon in idle wandering through the stores tor for the funds of each were frugal they were returning from such a journey journe one evening in late october come in and rest a minute jane in kited as they reached her bungalow I 1 know I 1 in tired and I 1 guess you ou are going to the matinee from staten island sure does one up mrs collins acquiesced and she glanced about with a longing air as it she hoped her neighbor might offer something in the way may ot of resuscitation jane comprehended beadil re adil but as she had bad nothing to offer she let the hint go unnoticed the trip is certainly terrible she agreed coming home on those fer ries and trolleys nearly drin drives es me wild sometimes dut but its worth morth while after all vouchsafed her neighbor I 1 dont don t know what I 1 would do it if I 1 dian didn t just pick up and go where I 1 can breathe the air of 0 manhattan once in a while and the matinees mati nees I 1 used to go two or three times a week geelt m when hen I 1 had my little flat in amsterdam avenue I 1 lust just love the theaters |