Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1926, Page 29

REAL ESTATE. The Law of the Talon By Louis Tracy SYNOPSIS, im Parke. se Lake. the «,)';T " 3 ' Al i S e Panton o Eiteen G rant and ‘referr Yoom as the ban. whose anls. a6 ! anton: Ssunpeared ‘eofe Srars and whose death i« about to be pres llw Parke d 1o leave Moose L help o In the meantime. Eilnen Lo; Pu Immediatel Panton s alive and in on ay 1and 1o claim an inhexitance et t._ Lord Oban, John Par his son e Alistair #he will the matter about John is sett facuon mpanicd by his .z planned e Tes them and Ropitality. shortly Uiierward " Maple'"ar walking London. John meets an Arthur Frensham. who tell throush eshe, house " of Inspe bis assistant judge of the am. _(Continued from Yesterd INSTALLMENT The Doubtful KHe: HE scene spread at the girl's feet was not to be surpassed in all Scot ' color and )hl\l‘\JVrHr\\lN blend of mountain, ke and. glen. The itself a riot of flowers in full sloped to a shrubbery which merged into a lelt of black frs. Through these had heen cunningly thrust a wide strip of turf, spreading & smooth green carpet to the very garden, bloom, YET THERE WAS DONALD. IN pencer ‘mu is married streets of ? |moon. Reg 0B Patent Ofies. her husband stood out stoutly against any alteration. have my personal self-respect to consider as well as John's feelings,” he had urged. "I think I have gone much more than half way toward a sort of reconcillation by writing in this strain at all. 1 may not be able to accomplish any satisfactory settle- ment of an unhappy affair for which I am not even remotely responsible, t at least 1 shall have tried. Really, Eileer, you are not being quite fair. A man would have written with- lout telling you w would have [ shown you the actual letter. Yet you [cavil at me for setting forth in ‘the most kindly words at my command the fliculty which the passing years | will never dispose of. No, my dear girl—T either post this as it stands or it up.” “Will you let me read John's reply?” "1 warn vou it may hurt, but | shall not regret that if it ends a rather intolerable situation.” As usual, Alistair had defeated her. She simply could not argue with him. He was always so punctiliously right, so politely just and reasonable. No man could have been more consider- ate during their make-believe honey- Bvengnow, when she had taken her place us mistress of Inverlochtie, a position she would hold unchal- lenged during Lord Oban's life, her husband had changed his tactics so slightly that the difference could be discerned only by a woman’s intuition © than by anv e se of her powers. His later manner seemed to suggest that her continued aloofness was beginning to verge on folly. She had read the proceedings in the probate division as reported in the newspapers. She knew well it was Alistair's firmness which modified -his uncle’s fiery refusal of any kind of support to John's claim for recog- nition. She had heard him reasoning the matter with her own father, who could not heip admitting that the wise course was to assist, whereas de- HALF A MINUTE HE WOULD BE AT THE DOOR. shore of Loch Inver. At that moment the long, narrow lake reflected and softened every visible tint of blue sky, wisp of cloud, clump of woodland and purple moor. “Oh, it is so beautiful that I want But Mrs._Alistair Panton—the Eileen Grant of John Panton’s dreams—was in no mood to appreciate the ever new charms of a landscape always in- | expressibly dear in her eves, whether in sunshine or storm. Her gaze was introspective because her troubled thoughts were elsewhere. True, she had gone out into the open with set | Fmdlng herself alone in the two woman guests at Inverlochtie had not vet re- turned from an extended tramp over the moors, she wanted to ascertain If the men had come up from the loch. A glance at the tiny boathouse mnes- tling beneath a low but steep bank | which terminated the turf-covered ave- nue showed that the launch had not yet returned. This was a matter of iittle real consequence. not be served till 8§ o'clock, a late hour, but purposely so fixed to mmhle a break in the long evening Restless and il at ease, Eileen had gone to her room early and dre hurriedly. Inaction was a bane Bt then. Even this placid interval before a meal had its own torture. dared vield to impulse she would have torn off her fashionable gown of tur- | quoige blue and silver, rushed into rid ing kit, saddled a horse in the stable, and jogged the 20 miles to and from | Mallaig. But the frigid code of social usage has fetters of its own. She was the hostess of Inverlochtie and might not escape her duties in that madcap way. Her present trouble was that Ali- tair had shown her the letter he sent to John. She could not pretend that its tone was other than amicable. There were phrases—one, in particular— which struck her as meaning more than the mere words conveyed, but the man whom all the world regarded a FOR SALE 1033 Newton Dinner would | 1f she | impracti- | fiance, which able, or which w erly hostile e - and wide of a for- = \le not invalidating | | the heir's leg SR slightest | degree 1 She was brought into the family | conclave because she alone possessed any of John's let Alistair did not resent even that somewhat discon- | certing fact. Indeed, his attitudé throughout had been altogether fine. She, was secretly afraid of him. At times she wondered whether she | really hated him or was herself the, slave of an absurd and untenable ) pr So Alistair's plea for a fair under- standing had gone to London, and, if John took the trouble to answer at once, they could have heard from him that day. But no letter came. The post from Mallaig arrived round about 2 in the afternoon, and Alistair had stayed at home purposely. After tea he and the other men went on ‘the {loch. ‘The indisposition which kept | |Lord Oban away from th. prohulei division seemed to have passed sud denl ‘e he was able now to cast |a fly'30 yards with a heavy salmon /rod and had yielded to Eileen's earnest wish that he should remain in the North until the moors had been shot over. In very truth, Mr. Harve | K. C., had toned down his lordship's anger into iliness. It was just as well. | Had father and son met in open court | there might have been an unpleasant, an almost tragic scene. | Eileen was desperately distressed by John's failure to write. He might at 'wau have telegraphed that a letter {the blazonir was on the w: In the depths of her heart she had hoped, during the first week or ten days after John's return from Canada, that he would com- municate with her direct. But the silence of 7 years remained unbroken. Had he really banished her from his mind? Was there another girl— pe haps a wif What a blow to her pride, what a reward for her fidelity, BY OWNER St., Brookland $16,500.00 16 rooms, 2 baths, newly papered and painted, frame dwelling; new h.-w.h. system, electric lights; hard fruit trees; ft.; screened porcl wood floors; lot 50 ft. x 100 garage. Phone -North 5556. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MAY 15 1926. it that were so! But, in that case surely he would have told her. own marriage would supply his best excuse. And, no matter what the cause of the quarrel between him and his father and cousin, why should he be bitter against her? Realiy, that taunt of Alistair's seemed to be Ju-u- fled On all counts John was behaving 'rhun while her bodily eves dwelt unseeing on the landscape which had once moved another girl to tears by its quiet beauty, the eyes of her soul were searching restlessly for some way of escape from self-inflicted torture. Still, she was too well acquainted with every feature of life in that remote wonderland that she should fail to notice anything out of the common order of events, and it was certainly strange that the elderly postmaster should now be coming up the drive which led to the main door on the west front. The house stood a good mile from the tiny village whose cot- tages clustered around the head of the loch. What was bringing old Donald Macdonald here at this hour? Not a telegram, hecause there was no local line, and the people at Mallaig were instructed to use their own discretion iT the heavy expense of porterage should be incurred in preference to delivery by mail or the occasional chance of some crofter or gillie mak- ing the Journey late in the day. Lord Oban refused to send a car daily in s own hehalf. He liked the con- servative ways of his forbears. Why 80_much hurry in life? Yet, there was Donald. In half a minute he would he at the door, since It was obvious that his errand was not tuking him to the servants’ quar- ters. At the same moment she saw the launch heading for the hoathouse, but {ts occupants could not breast the hill under 5 minutes if they hur- ried. (Copyright, 1 (Continued tomorrow). . by Louis Tracy.) Clues to Character BY J. 0. ABERNETAY. Lacking in Determination. Persons who ave lacking in brain power—that is, determination, strength of character enough to think and act | for themselves - show these tralts in the face. The signs are easy to read, no matter whether you have seen the subject or not ‘Those who are wanting in self-confl- dence are deficient in the power to concentrate with force all their thoughts upon a SPRINGTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. Buttercups. Pastoral indeed is the buttercup of popular fancy—suggesting meadows and gazing herds and the dairy maids of old English poetry. And they do, indeed, make a gay pattern on the grass, the golden buttercups. but though they are a happy eyeful there is, as they saying goes, more in_them than meets the eve. Buttercups are already begining to || appear around Washington—a weedy | English buttercup in the lawns, little pale green-gold buttercup by the brooks in the Maryland woods, and the beautiful white water buttercups, vellow water buttercups, and rarely around Washington, the brilliant gold || celandine which | | flower of the lesser Wordsworth and praised so often. Take up a buttercup in the hand and you will notice at the base of each petal a curious little petal-like scale that covers a tiny nectary to which the bees come trooping. Or inspect one of the water buttercups and you will see a marvelous adapta- tion ‘of the plant to its aquatic life. Under water the sunlight necessary for leaves is naturally scarcer, and to Massfleld have writing_and_speaking wander away from what they intend to express. A great deal of wickedness {8 com- mitted through weakness of will more than by a positively viclous trait. A person whose will is weak may be || overpowered by the will of a viclous || companion, while he may not incline to in or vice, but will often consent to it through the influence of a stronger will, Where self-will is lacking the nose will be depressed and narrow at the roat, and the entire system will ex- hibit a relative lack of muscle. The jaw will be thin, narrow and small from about three-quarters of an inch forward from the ear, just below the lobe 1o a line with the corner of the mouth. The smaller and thinner the jaw the less the determination and will power. These people are easily influenced by strong-willed persons. (Covyright. 1 Se}gt. Nelson Benton Retires. First Sergt. Nelson Benton, 24th In- fanty, at Fort Benning, Ga., has been placed on the retired list of the Army on his own application after more than 30 vears’ servics Garden Apartments TAKOMA PARK, MARYLAND ALL BUT THREE RENTED LAST WEEK Tlomelike apartments in among the trees, iven to their comfort. convenience and charm. ‘our rooms and bath. Living equipped with sleeping room or open porch. china cupboards. Bath between with much thought Southern exposure. with dining alcove adaptable for den, sun room and bed- room 11x15, Sun room room reached through private passage large enough for dressing room. out. continuous hot water. Kitchen with bullt-in equipment. Walls and ceiling insulated against Steel casement windows in sun room and dinette. Double floors, oak through- cold, heat and sound. Hot-water heat, meet the change in requir>ments, the plants’ leaves are finely disected into thread-llke segments in order to ex- pose more surface to sunlight, and perhaps also to enable the leaves to survive the movement of waves. One difference between two of our water buttercups is not so easily explained ‘When the segmented leaves of the stiff buttercup are lifted from the — Apartment—lnvestments Near 16th and Newton Sts. N.W. 88 rooms (exclusive Gross rentals, water they ret-lln rigidly the complcx pattern which they assume beneath into an indistinguishable green, slimy ! mass when taken up. 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