The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 25, 1931, Page 6

NEIGHBOR? AIN'T ONE CARD Nora Lake is widow a fe > marries to e m her {roubled life ac the motherles: Julian Lake. reproaches OF sociAaL ’ daughter of | en table was d to a | whiteness and he lit- tie stove by the wall had a black | gleaming surface. Nora sat munching toast and | drinking warmed-over coffee atthe seru berself for net having sensed | kitchen table. She could barely wait as Thayer's plan to |until the time Jon would come for Jump frcm the ¢ 's deck af- h She was eager to leave the ter the loveless marriage | little red brick house. Her own which gave her a claim on his people could not give her security. home near Albany. At the sta- | They themselves were insecure; tion there Nicholas’ brother, any day they might leave this Jenathen, meets her with a dreary street and go to live some- concealed contempt. were else. She did not see that cerves her dismay at find- | their interests were interlocked nor ing her aunt ,Emily Durant, |that their love was a stronghold her cousing, Frances, with two against the world. children, deserted by their She heard the noon whistles father, and the crippled Hallie, living in a drab home and not the mansion Julian had pic- turcd. The next day, Nora awaits the coming of Jonathon tc take her to the old Thayer place. Chapter 15 A RIDE WITH JCN Despite Jonathon's coldness, Nora did want Nicholas' people—Jona- thon, his step-: Damon, and her father—to e her. “More than anything else in the world"— ¢he had told Hallie, there in the aftic room where she had spent her first night. Nora came over and stood be- side Hallie, who was looking down at her hands. She thought this crippled cousin of hers was very ugly, but she found something in the face that interested her. It was not one of those faces which have nothing to say, but the lines, the pain, the laughter wrinkles about eyes were like the map of a nge country. our hands are beautiful,” Nora said when she saw Hallie had ob- served her scrutir “But useless,” Hallie said sardon- dcally. “Here I am day after day letting the others work to support me. Mother giving music lessons in all kinds of weather. Fran work- dng all day in an office while I play watch dog at home.” She sat frown-(went to find Hallie. Hallie looked up | ing. “But some day perhaps I will do something,” she said with a kmd‘ of grim purpose . | When she was dressed Nora went downstairs. As she reached the last step, the door of the front parlor ‘burst open, and the young doctor with his hat in his hand clutching | & bag, with the barest nod to Nora rushed out of his office. “Scmeone must be dying!” Nora cried to Hallla “Don’t worry. He's just showing the neighborhood how busy he is,” Hallie explained, smiling, “he's not had a single patient—except Petie ‘Baker, the dog who hurt his leg— since he's been here. But twice a day he takes his bag and rushes| ground the block at break-neck . Nora insisted on going down to her breakfast alone, though Hallie offered to crawl down after “her. The basement floor contained the dining room and kitchen. Nothing smcre dreary than this kitchen could be imagined, with its small barred Ayindow that looked out on the back yard. LA gas stove stood against one wall. A table centered the kitchea Tous a glass-doored cupboard held of blue plates and cups. The No other sweet lasts 80 long, costs so little or - ‘does so much for you. | ENEFIT good health when used ly after every meal. i iclnmu teeth and throat, h and breath, and | blow and down the steps from the back yard two children came run- ning, Alice came straight up to the kitchen table and observed Nora minutely. “I like you,” 'she pronounced after this scrutiny. She was an exquisite creature. She seemed to rise out of her white dress like a flower. She had beau- tifully aced gray eyes beneath fine black eyebrows. Her skin was fresh and delicate. Her fair hair shone about her face like the petals cf a daffodil. Four-year-old Dickte did not no- tice the newcomer. He was chasing a small brown dog around the kitchen. At last Dickie captured him and began to hug him lov- ingly while the dog bore it with an infinite wheezing patience. “He loves Petie Baker,” Alice said placidly, watching the dog roll out of Dickie's arms. Hallie came hobbling down to get the children’s lunch and Nora no- d how skillfully she managed to about on her crippled feet. When the children had left for school it was time to think about the afternco: Nora, looking over her clothes, was struck with despair. The blue skirt was shrunken from the salt air, the beret had an old look and the scarlet blouse was a mass of wrinkles. She dressed very carefully and ge from her sewing. “Look at me, I look awful!” Nora led in decpair. Hallie hesitated and said nothing. “I can't go, that's all. Oh, Hallie, what shall I do?” Hallie began to jerk open draw- ers, “I have a pair of gloves—someone |gave them to me and haven't worn | them yet—here they are. And I think Fran has a new pair of silk stockings. Will this blouse fit you? Give me your skirt. I'll press it.” Nora began to dress again in Fran’s white blouse with its round childish collar, to draw on Fran's silk stockings, and try on the gloves. Hallie came back with the skirt just as the bell rung. “Oh Hallie, I'm not ready!” She watched Hallie hobble from the rocem again, heard her cautious descent of the stairs. She was cold with nervousness; she could picture Jon and Hallie in the back parlor, Jon restless and impatient and Hallie observing him with her sar- donic eyes. When she was dressed she de- cided she had never looked worse. But she would show Jon Thayer that she thought nothing of his copinicn. She might be poor, but she must never forget she was Julian Lake's daughter. But her heart beat thickly as she went toward the back parlor. Jon was standing with an open book in his hands as Nora came in. He put it down and took her chilly fingers in his for a moment. “Are you feeling rested?” asked indifferently. He stood out against the back- ground of the shabby room, young and arrogant. His deep-set eyes, neither green nor gray, rested on her. She saw his strong nose and insclent lips, and she wondered what his arrogance might conceal. Nora turned to say good-by to Hallie as she went down the steps beside Jon to his car. He seemed anxious to hurry her away not be- cause he wanted to learn about Nicholas but in order to get the or- deal over. He slid in the clutch of the low foreign car and drove down the street recklessly. There was a quality of daring in his driving that appealed to Nora. “Driving too fast for you?” Jon asked. he “You couldnt drive too fast for me,” Jon turned to glance at her and| looked quickly away. He said noth- ing more. At length Nora saw the I NEVER KNOW WHEN X POLLY'S STRINGIN' ME £ AN' WHEN SHE AIN'T/ f BUT ILL BET A 7 COOKIE, SHE'S blue gleam of the river and the river meadows yellow with wild mustard. He was taking her to his home |because it was a duty, a painful |duty he cid not trouble to hide She felt that he did not like her, not with passive indifference but At last Jon turned into an old | carriage drive that wound through | poplar trees toward the house. Far | back on lawns that ccemed to flow |¥ke green waves it stood on arise brick, stained by rain and sun and wind to gray. Slender white pillars outlined the piazza. It was one of those old Dutch houses inbedded in its lands and fields and woods. Jon said, as they climbed the stone steps, “You can see the river from here,” as though she were a casual visitor who had come to see the view. The trees except for the poplars beside the driveway had been cleared away from the house, so that the grass dipped and rolled down a gentle slope toward the | river. The room to which Jon took her ran the full length of the house The feeling that the house gave her of being grounded in tradition was centered here. The white wains- coting, the high ceilings and wide fireplace, the mellow old furniture covered in a design of birds and flowers gave the room an austere beauty. On the bookshelves and tables were bowls of white lilacs. She sat waiting for Damon, rigid with nervousness. This old house had made her feel like a tramp who had made her way in by mistake. She began to unwrap Nicholas' painting of the old peasant woman | and when she looked up she saw Damon. (Copyright 1930, Jesse Douglas Fox) Nora hesitates tomorrow, weighing Damon’s embittered invitation. So much depends on a word from Jon! b e Tug-boat captains on the Danube | river are international travelers. Monthly they pass through Ru- mania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hun- gary, Czechoslovakia and Austria. Old rapers at The Emplre. 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General D’Amaso Berenguer (right), premier under the monarchy, also was the object of the rioters’ wrath. ~ BANK OF SPAIN UNDER GUARD Photo Reports that communists planned a raid on the Bank of Spain, shown above, brought government troops to guard the building. The guards and cavalrymen sent to the scene presented the strcngest display of military power seen in Madrid in years. NEW YORK—L. M. Barpum, ormer mayor of Cooperstown, N. Y.,|on, the same farm and in the same and Mrs. Barnum, each 70 years |house in Walker county, Texas, for cld, celebrated their golden wedding |75 years. anniversary by flying from New e, o ot o) York to Washington and back to Philadelphia. tices at The Empire. A pastoral letter written by Cardinal Segura y Saenz (left), pri-| i Joseph R. Powell,84, has lived Quartz and placer location no-! Associated Press Phote gers Sousiey and Thol in Montana's Glacier Park are stretched reserve the wild deer in the park. QUEEN HELEN - LOSES HONOR -~ OWN COUNTRY {Expelled from Royal Fam- ily; Parliament to Act on Decree BUCHAREST, May 25—Queen Helen, estranged wife of King Car- ol, has been expelled from the Royal family. A decree is being drafted for sub- mittance to the new Parliament confirming her expulsion and . stat- | ing she is no longer entitled to the rizhts and honors accorded Roy- alty. | Parliament is expected to adopt | the measure when ft assémbles. Queen Helen is to leave the | country permanently soon after | the decree is confirmed, refusing | reconciliation and to be crowned ’wnh King Carol. — ., | SOUTH CAROLINA FACTORY TO CONCENTRATE SPINACH COLUMBIA, S. C, May 25.—A factory has been built here for the i purpose of manufacturing a spinach | concentrate. | The food will be a medicinal one “ro:- supplying mineral deficiencies in diets, according to Ralph T. { Pcole, originator of the idea. | Scuth Carolina was chosen for | the plant, officials said, because of the iodine content in vegetables {grown in this state. Painting Duco or paint job, var- nishing or striping, no matter how you wish your car refinished we can guar- antee you a first cdass job and at a price so ridicu- lously low, you cannot af- ford to ride in a shoddy car. No charge for estimat- ] ing. Juneau Auto Paint Shop Foot of Main Street PHONES 83 OR 85 i “The Store That Pleases” THE SANITARY GROCERY 3 | Worthy Matron. DOUGLAS NEWS . —_— MISS AALTO HOME AFTER TEACHING TERM i Miss Impi Aalto, who has been teaching in a suburb of Petersburg for the year just ended, returned home on the Admiral Rogers this morning. She intends to leave again after a couple of weeks' visit for Bellingham to attend sum- mer school RETURNS FROM VISIT After a month's visit to her old home in Everett, Wash, Mrs. C.| I. McGhee was a passenger home the Admiral| |Saturday night on Evans. TO SKAGWAY Philip Olsen left this morning for his home in Skagway after a week's visit at the Feero Home. ENROUTE TO FAIRBANKS 4 Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Stragier took passage on the Admiral Ev- ans Saturday night enroute to Fairbanks where they expect to reside for the next year. AUXILIARY MEETING Regular meeting of the Ladies’ Auxiliary, F. O. E, will be held this evening at 8 o'clock‘ MOVE TO JUNEAU Gust. Wahto and family have removed ' to Juneau where they are at home in the Maki boarding | house. —_——————— EASTERN STAR Juneau Chapter No. 7 Eastern| Star, will meet Tuesday, May 26,/ at 8 pm. There will be entertain- ment and refreshments. Visiting members are cordially invited to attend JESSIE KELLER, FANNIE L. 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