Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1926, Page 28

28 EAL ESTAT R | he Adopted By Amelie Riv (Princess Troubetzkoy! SYNOPSIS, died when, she a0 s P \ ooig. broital dieposttion R el Hhats H takes Celia into hy daushter marries a » CELIA WENT WITH HER INTO A LITTLE CUBICLE TO TRY IT ON. a_dies. | Hilary hat | d | I is hurt with Hilary s decided 10 | Yester . | ALLM | Farewell to Hilary. | ILARY was smoking tranquil- | le. he the her, ed with scorched not hope that it will be for | ur good! You hope that we shall | both be miserabie!” Hilary smoked on, looking at her | uriously batween puffs. At last he said “Excuse me, but I don’t think you have ¢ ) me. nor patse, * Celia, tremble the suede hag who now with helpless tightly fol aighten up again and stand alone Tt consoled her a little to think of that in the bag, which was ad nd which she felt all the rea she managed “Oh no.” returned Hilar: Oh no. I hope I've enough ave intelligence to keep me from thinking such a stupid thing.” | How could she h: one moment of the ing him she was s her throat e dreamed for sibility of tell- leared It was beginning to ache, angle with pain you don't wish it,” | have to thank you me.” he interrupted, still gently, “you have not to nk me for anything."” the winds® went all her new re- | solve to be as calm as he was i Yes, 1 have! T have!” she cried mssionately. I have to thank you howing me what vou are—cold | ful and full of hate for - showing me that I love aic with all my heart and soul that T love him as much as I detest she was gone. | off the chinchilla jacket in | through the hall and flung | it on 2 cassone. How she got into the motor she never knew. When she came partially to her usual self, the chauffeur was slowing up before her han She ascended the marble steps as if | ing on strata of sunlit cloud | Her heart was fixed, O Giod! Her | art was fixed. She thanked him | devoutly. A light, bright. vigorous | feeling, such as she had never before ;xperienced, animated her mind and Jody Brown bread and honey under hedges: cold_sprinz whter for a_bev- | Naticnal Steel Fabric ] "The Best ! Stucco Base i Fries, Beall & Sharp ‘ 734 10th N.W. 4th and S N.E. 5th and T N.E. Mcin 1964 Open for Inspection Every Day Till 9 P.M. Chevy Chase, D. C. 5013-5015 42nd St. $10,500 New, detached, 6 large rooms, hardwood floors; every modern con- venience; wide alley: concrete street; very easy terms Liberal discount for equity cash. E. Walt Burton, Jr. | wish % | | | % PR RR R R Wife Reg. US. es Patent Office. | erage. She gave a little, low, exultant | laugh that made the passer stare at ner, then smile in human sympathy with so mach overflowing joy. She and Padraic wouldn't need any stronger drink to cheer them; they would be intoxicated already with sheer happiness. She flitted back to carth for a few necessary moments ind drew $2,000, one in a yellow bill | | for £1,000, one in green for $500, and | | the other $300 in smaller bills and silver. Once more in the street, Celia sald to_her chauffeur: “Go to the Waldorf, Hicks; I'm lunching there, and you needn't wait for me, T prefer to walk back.” Hicks drove off, leaving her to be- gin her new life, alone and free—free! After the slightest of luncheons she hastened to the reading room to write her letter to Hil It proved to ort, Stff epis Though her heart, like David's, w fixed, her tongue, unlike his, was not the pen of a ready writer. She told him that even against his she must in justice to herself express to him once more and for the last time her sincere (underscored) gratitude for all that he had done for her in the past. In order to prevent him from hav ing to enact a low, unworthy lie—she . RRERRREEEI YRR IINRNEERREEEIEYTE IR RARRRE R YRR ERRROREE TIN TU AND TILE SHOWER MANY OTHER NEW IDEAS 919 15th St. N.W. Bath 150-Foot Lot Main 6861 Insurance Bldg. Main 1648 6 Bright Rooms One-Piece Sink Standard Plumbing Hot-Water Heat THE was very much pleased with the word enact; it sounded erudite, showed that she knew exactly what she was writ- ing about—she had decided to ®o away with Padraic O'Shea. Where they were going for the present she would not say, but later he would be informed of their whereabouts—this word pleased her also—and he could | serve the necessary papers on her for a divorce on the grounds of desertion. | She belleved that was ail she had to say, except that he would also receive from her a small parcel which would explain {tself, She signed herself, you object. “Gratetully and sincerely, “CELIA GIBB Her signature had given her some worry. “Celia” sounded too familiar, She didn't wish to use Fraser at the conclusion of such a letter. She couldn’t yet use O'Shea. As divorced people often resumed their malden names, divorced, she thought she might antic- ipate an event so sure to happen in such a short time and fixed finally on 2 Gibbs This letter written. not on the hotel paper, for she had brought plain en- “even though EVENING and as she soon would be | S velopes and paper for the purpose, she addressed it and stamped it with a special delivery stamp, beneath which she wrote: “Not to be deliv. ered until 8 p.m.,” stamped the parcel in the same way and returned both |to her bag. Then she put the bag | under her arm and holding it very tightly pressed against her side, tipped | the reading room servant, and went out again into the street. The day, as its dawn had promised, | was overcast and a raw breeze had sprung up. She felt chilly without a wrap of any kind and, going into the first fur shop she saw, bought a | lung stole of gray squirrel. The fur | was comparatively inexpensive in those days, and Celia felt that she had made a very wise and moderate purchase for her now limited means. Folding the stole, so all her own, | contentedly about her, she walked on | until she came to a smart shop, into | which she had often glanced with in terest but never entered. Hilary had preferred designing even her “sport | clothes, and as a result she had al- | ways felt them too tantastic. Now she | could choose a useful, less peculiar costume, mora like those of other A “Lifetime”’ Corner th]mnani and 5th Sts. Right in Petworth A Home of exceptional features—and the advantages of Cafritz construction. 8 Big Rooms Built-in Garage Center Hall English Porch Surrounded by wonderful lawns 12,950 Cafritz Easy Terms Open from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. 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