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:mopsls: Popularity, which Venice Muir has longed for, is to her because of Drake Farrelly’s indifference. She has 2 rumors of European conguests to gain the interest of Neéw York society. Drake judges HéF by this reputation. She en- enccurages and then refuses Ro- land Wainwright, to pay off an old insult. Chapter 40 VENICE PUTS OUT FEELERS “Because T don't love you,” Ven- ice told Rollo. Rollo opened the front door. “Your'e a little fool,” he snapped as though he almost pitied her. The door shut behind him. “I am really,” said Venice to her- self. “But not the kind of fool Roland Wainwright thinks I am.” Her mouth twisted in a wry little smille. A crisp golden January gave way 6 @& February that was primarily bleak and grey. Leaden skies re- flected Venice’s -most prevalent mopd. ‘With the dropping away of Ro- 16nd Wainwright from her scheme of things her gaieties took on a simpler, more natural trend. There séemed less artificiality about her futile eddying in the whirlpool of | sooial activities. This intangible touch of stability gave her new ense, but vitality was still lacking in'this freshly acquired popularity. She could not explain it to herself but she went about with an inner wistfulnes that was poignant and nagging. The courses at Columbia became tright beacons which she eagerly looked forward to. ‘They shone with actual warmth through the gnawing emptiness of her dun-col- ored days. The English literature class every Thursday evening in- terested her but the short story o gave her genuine stimula- .,{E—u«n February slipped into a biting Marchof irritable windsand ggeasional rain and sleet. Her mood again depicted by the weath- er,o- What had become of Drake Farrelly? On entering each party her eyes went this way and that ih- vain search of him .Repeat- ed walks in th ePark-brought her no sight of his slim figure and' emsy swinging gait. She looked up his address in the telephone book and one Sunday took a bus to Tenth Street and wandered through it dn the hope that he might emerge. She walked quickly on the opposite side of the house with boxes ‘of stinted firs in the win- dows. A small girl with a black bob:cut in a straight fringe across er forehead came to the window to-press a snub nose against the pane . It must have been his younger sister. Venice hurried to Sixth Avenue and then retraced her steps briskly back to Fifth again. Her eyes discreetly stole towards the brown stone heuse as she went by. The front door open- ed and a short elderly gentleman with white mustache and patches of white hair showing at the sides of his derby hurried out. Drake's m:r. He was like an: older e, neither tall nor short, but, unlike Drake, inclined to be rosy and rubicund. Wenice boarded an uptown bus, déeling something of a fool. What wad the matter with her? Was love? You couldnt be in love th some one you hed talked to two or three times who put no encouragement or real probably merely piqued be-~ was probably merely qipuied be- she wanted him for a friend couldn’t have him. That was wm nature. Withheld fruits. m 't be ridiculous. She Diake Pareelly from her of the next few to but- i rumors hel s ATTA BOY, HOUN' DAWG! SCENT YERSELF A LADY witha DAST BY HARRIET HENRY know | paid escort, the tor's impatient stare and out. manufacture of stretche dhand bearing the small beshmdm:;eonmmlon for ten. N0 and scuttled across Fifth Avenue, be lovely the wind pressing her clothes back | Dining with Donny Reese at the Casino one evening she asked sud- denly, “What's become of Drake | Farrelly?” Her tone was casual, |indifferent. She eyed the dancers as she spoke, as though they were her main interest in life. “Drake Farrelly,” speculated |Donny. “Don’t know him.” | “Yes, you do. A friend of the | Goadby’s. Don't you remember him at Mrs. Goadby's dinner for Lola a couple of months ago?” “Oh, yes, a pleasant sort of chap. No, I never see him anywhere.” Ta¥ ; dance,” smiled Venice. ID( y had become a real friend of | I Although you couldn't show him the inside of things that really mattered he was comfortable and easy to be with. Her next attempt at contact with Drake was tossed carelessly at Lola. Rain was dropping great pear-shaped tears down ‘the win- dows and an unhappy wind was sobbing outside. The two girls sat in Lola’s bedroom and it was the friendly sort of afternoon that they had so often enjoyed before Venice had become a lady with a past. “Let's have some contract one night this week,” Lola said idly. “Let’s,” agreed Venice, and then craftily, “Why don't you get Drake Farrelly? He plays an excellent game.” F: “Good idea. Call him up right now. He's with Peasley and Whit- “Oh, you call him.” “My Godfrey, you're not turning shy again, Venice, after your res- urrection?” “No, but I don’t know him so very well. Go on, Lola.” “Too much trouble, darling. have Jerry do it tonight.” Lola telephoned Venice that ev- ening that Jerry had asked Donny Reese instead. Oh, God, thought Venice, and snapped the receiver into place. There was no way she could manage it. Drake Farrelly might as well be wiped from her slate of the present and relegated to her pigeon-hole of pleasant memories. And she did so urgently want to tell him everything. Be herself just once since she had come home from Europe at any cost. But she couldn’t shove him so easily from her mind and her eyes still swept an assembled drawing~ roomful with the hope of seeing that black, carven hair and the hazel eyes that twinkled. She tried again with Lola. “Drake plays a much better game than Donny. Let's have another evening and include him?” “You must have a sneaky feeling for him, darling. Drake's nothing to quote Culbertson about.” And that was that. It was with this rebuff to her maneuvers that she actually drew in her feelers and resignedly abandoned her ef- forts to get in touch with Drake. With this definite withdrawal she knew a dreariness and lack of an- anticipation as to what life might hold for her. Emerging from her English lit- erature course one evening she stepped out into a driving sleet. Icy wind sent it slanting down like a curtain of so much liquid steel. It pressed her skirt back against her legs ‘and sent cutting particles into her face. Impoesible to hold up an umbrella and even more impos- sible to find a taxi. She made her iway down to Riverside Drive and ‘took a bus that went east at One Hundred and Tenth Street. In the bus she took out her vanity case and peered: at herself in the small mirror. She wanted to laugh out loud. Wet streaks of hair were plastered to her cheeks, looking |like strings of melted copper wire. Her, hat had somehow changed shape and the fur of her collar looked like a drowned cat. Her icheeks were stung crimson like splotehes of oheap rouge and her nose and forehead were shining jand wet. “If some like Roland Wain- wright sée me now, the |well - groomed Venice Muier!” She m She started, to meet the conduc- -cent pieces. At Bighteenth Street she got out NOBUDDY ELSE BUT, BOSS! )| PIES AIN'T OoT WINGS, IS THEY ? . I || @FrE rorind p | | SSTERR e 2 COME, DAWGIE, DAWGIE, DAWGIE, NICE DAWGIE, ¢ DOUGLAS NEWS CELEBRATION AT DOUGLAS The committee appointed by the City Council to arrange for the that one good program should be put on each month by one of the different organizations, | Douglas Chureh Services Noticew ror this church column must be received by The' Empire not later than 10 c’clock Saturday morning to guarantee change of sermon topics, ete R ISR . S Donglas Catholic Church | ! 9:30 am—Low Mass and In- Island’s celebration of George struction. ‘Washington’s 200th anniversary, o 3 together with the heads of the (g ) P —Sundas. School various organizations, got together|| Congregational Communtty | Thursday evening to start prepara- | Church | tions. It was tentatively arranged - REV. J. W. CADWELL 10:30 a.m.—Sunday School. 11:30 a.m. — Preaching Services, $ GRLS | TRIUMPH OVER ISLAND DAMSELS HAPPY Douglas R. Africh...... S. Africh... Position f. Juneau ...E. Rocovich ;A H. Pusich... . €. E. Lundell. je. . Minzgohr P.Lundell........... Ig. v M. Pearce. g | Substitutions: Douglas—Loken for | E. Lundell; Juneau—G. Carison for{ feet realized that if she was a spectacle before she was grotesque | now. Running down towards Mad- ison Avenue, her head lowered to avoid the sharp sleet, she bumped into Drake Farrelly. After waiting to see Drake, Venice meets him—drenched and | grotesque, What does she do | JUNEAU, 11 TO 6 : E. Rocovich;-F. Gubser for G. Carl~ son, E. Terhune for M. J. Whittier, M. J. Whittier for F. Gubser, F.| Gubser for E. Terhune, E. Roco~ vich for V. Ulrich, G. Carlson for M. J. Whittier. Officials — Referee, Elton Eng- umpire, James Manning; C. Shattuck; timer, 8. Nel- Score by Quariers Team— Douglas . ¢ ¢ & Juneau 2 3 AASE Douglas High School's girl has- ketball team defeated Juneau High School’s girl sextette last night in the Douglas Natatorium by a score of 11 to 6 The ability of the Douglas forwards to break away from their opposition, and the in- | ability of the Juneau forwards to convert their shots at the baskets were the factors that led to the final outcome. The Douglas girls have now won two games, and require only one more victory to annex the Gas- tineau Channel championship. The Juneau maids are determined to practice hard in the next week for the third contest of the series next with her opportunity? —but LOVE was a new admontyr, Friday night. It will be played in ~ a western sunset. met Thiry Preston. Rock knew that VJuneau. Play by quarters Inight follows: Dcuglas Scores First Africh of the Douglas sextette. R last | FIRST QUARTER—The first field goal of the game was made by R. titled to only one point'under the rules of girls’ basketball, and the point was added to Douglas’s score. Again the Juneau forwards after having been given the ball, failed to score until after considerable de- and by €eliminating three months during the summer, there would be suffi- cient programs to cover the period set aside by the nation for the ob- servance. into the snarl of trogl venture and he rode over the abyss. Zane Grey, mastef of the western novel, sp in the cow-country, packed with swift-moving action click. 0 11| first goal zven th las 4, J girls. was Dou; STARTS TUESDAY, The Daily Alaska Empire e score. uneau 2. glas 10, Juneau 4. Overhead Shot Is Made THIRD QUARTER — R. Africh each on its own axle and equipped started the second half with an with its own brake, eight speeds overhead shot. Such a shot is en- forward and four reverse. Africh again sank a field goal. Ther: was much fumbling with the ball by the Juneau forwards under | the Douglas goal. ‘They had many chances to score, but they couldn't Finally after much delay, (1) (2 @) () TL|Margaret Hanson sank Juneau’s The quarter ended with the Juneau girls trying in vain to The score at the end of the first quarter was Doug- SECOND QUARTER—After num- | Douglas 11, Juneau 6. erous attempts, Gubser of Juneau | scored a field goal. [ plied with a basket for the Island | The Douglas captain then|the Juneau Woman's Club will be R. Africh re- called tim:-out for her team which | held brought fruitful results. S. Africh Tuesday, January 19, at 2 p. m. converted for the Douglas squad.]sham. Members are requested to i R. Africh dropped the ball through |attend. the hoop for Douglas just as the | gun ended the first half. The score —adv. at the end of the second quarter | lay. Then Margaret Hanson bas- time out. point for the rest of the quarter. quarter was Douglas 11, Juneau 6, FOURTH QUARTER — The last quarter of the game was dull. No scores were made. Juneau was giv- en opportunities to tie the score, but over-anxiety and average check- |ing prevented. The game ended, ———— WOMAN’S CLUB MEETING The regular thonthly meeting of in the Council Chambers MILDRED LISTER, Secretary. ——eo——— | An automobile has been built in | Czecho-Slovakia with six wheels, at the ok Pl RUEMAN RO CK rode the range from the time-he could hook a leg over his saddle. He fierded cattle, roped angry steers, -5 shot it out with enemies, slaved for his money and lost it at cards—endured all the hardships of a new country for.the thrill of seeing January 19, in keted the sphere. Juneau then took Neither team scored a The score at the end of the third It was also decided that the pro- grams should comsist of two or three ten-minute talks by different speakers, community singing and perhaps a play by school children. The City Council, acting with the Chamber of Commerce, will be the sponsors of the first program to be given in February, according to present plans. ——————— CHILDREN'S HOME IN NEW QUARTERS Moving of the Children’s Home was completed yesterday and it isy now located in spacious quarters | where the space is adequate and more suitably arranged for suchan institution. The Home starts off with nine children in the new place. DOUGLAS COLISEUM SHOWS i If anyone likes a rattling good | fire-fighting picture, one that has! many thrills, he should not miss the new serial starting this week at the Douglas Coliseum and on again tonight. 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