Evening Star Newspaper, July 22, 1926, Page 14

Richenda Peterson. a London office girl. wins £5.000 in & newspaper contest. and de- cides to epend her fortune in travel. The east coast of Africa holds the greatest prom- ise of adventure to her and she books Das. eage for Port Mombasa. When the boat #tops at Gibraltar Richenda goes off by her. self to inspect the old town. She is accosted by & native who, frichiens her. Angus rodie. one of her fellow passengers, rescues her from the m unpleagant attentions Arrived at Mombasa. the first person Rich enda sees is Brett Fawrways. @ noted ex plorer, whose face has hauntéd her dreams 1 She {s introduced to Fairways by Lucille Davenant. a widow. who has deliberately sought the acauaintance of the girl. Mrs Davenant and Fairways invite Richenda to join them on a hunting expedition. —They start the journey into the interior toxether. (Continued from Yesterday’s Star.) n ALLMENT XVL A Strain on Friendship. ICHENDA PETERSON, though R naturally generous, had Scot- tish blood in her veins, and once or twice that blood had that Mrs. Dave- upon her. Of s delightfully care- hinted to her nant was imposi course, Lucille wi less. “Oh, darling,” she would say, * uare up with you!” But somehow she rarely did square up, and even then she forgot quite 60 per cent of her indebtedness, and the Eums were so various and so small that Richenda could never quite bring herself to mention them. Nevertheless, there had been that little matter of the 5-guinea jumper nex fortnight a Lucille had\| worn that jumper several times. She seemed to have forgotten the fact that she had not repaid Richenda the price of it. And there was the scarlet sun- ehade as well, and there would have been an ivory necklace, too, but, un- fortunately, Richenda had begun to develop east African memory and Jeave her purse behind as well. She couldn’t bring herself to ask for repayment of these odd sums. ' It was weak, of course, but she hated the awkwardness of the whole position. It was much easier to be forgetful as well. And, of course, Lucille was always talking about paying up, but some- how she never quite got there. And Richenda, who, in most unbusiness like menner, did not keep account of what she spent, had begun to be de- as to exactly how much t really did owe her. y she pulled herself up with a jerk. Her money scemed to be going very fast. Five thousand pounds had appeared a tremendous amount back in England, but out here Richenda’s thoughts became disturbed. No, she didn’t think Lu- cilie quite played the game. She looked at 4he little rouged face before her mow. “You see, dear, it's awfully awk- ward,” soft tones assured her. ‘Most of my income came from Auntie Joan, and now I shan't get a cent until the estate is cleared up and settled. Then, of course, I'll get a tremendous lot. But these solicitor men never will Tt'll take quite three months.” “Bight,” said Richenda, who knew something about these things. Mrs. Davenant gave & cry ;. “Surely not so long as At the very least.” “But what on earth shall I do?_Tt's frightfully awkward. Of course, Brett would help. But you know, Dickie, one does feel rather dreadful if one borrows from a man. Besides, I'm not at all sure the poor darling has much to lend. Now, if—-" She paused and the silence held a definite Question. Richenda made no movement. “And there's a beastly bill to meet, too—rather a big one. . ." Richenda knitted her black. brows. “I'll lend you £25, Mrs. Davenant,” che began, and instantly wished she had used the Christian name. To suddenly address Lucille by her mar- ried title was perhaps a little gauche. But the other was openly laughing now. “Twenty-five pounds! Dickie, dear, it won’t keep me for three days. You The Misty Pathway By FLORENCE RIDDELL (Copyright, 1984, by Florsnce Riddell.) eyed words her eyes ‘Wwere narrow— “darling this bill alone is for £1,500.” Richenda started. “Lucille,” she said then, “just how much are you asking me to lend you?" Mrs. Davenant hesitated a moment, | turn home? launched her thunderbolt with studied coolness: . “Two thousand pounds,” she said. Richenda herself laughed then. “I think,” she said, “you must know quite well how utterly absurd such a proposition is. cille, that you put me in the abomina- ble position of having to say ‘no’ to Nevertheless. e The next quarter of an hour was a very unhappy ol'?:d indeed for Rich- enda. Lucille know that well enough. Darling—"" Richenda noted that above the hon- For its deltvery— phone NOW— POTOMAC 4000 pleaded. She seemed to that was between them. ground. new squirrel cloak! And, “DICK, 'M A HYSTERICAL BEAST.” : it for you. gether for a week ,or so.”" I'm sorry enough, Lu- five minutes later. five minutes too late. cille with the cloak of fumed a little, ! fallen away, the real . A Collection of . Novel’ty Glass pleces marked for clearance at HALF PRICE DULIN MARTIN G 1215~1217 ¥ Street and 1214 t01218 G Street 5 Hours: 8:45 to 5:30 sets, and and cuttings. ‘Air Charioteer 7 The courage to mount - icy skies over glacial wastes ) to the top of the \ world in a flimsy fuselage is courage fortified by “the .health you ad- mire.” . Ghestnut Jarms BUTTERMILK - For the exhilaration of new heights at- tained in health and vigor—drink butter- milk every day. trade a great déal on the close but short friendship But Richenda quletly held her own ‘““There is your mink coat,” she said, “and your pearls as well, the emerald ring, the gold-mounted gressing 5 ‘Why, you'd get at least £100 on that Lucille, if your augt's will is all in your favor the solititors will surely give you some sort of advance on it. Besides, weren't you telling me only the other day that you had stored a new car in England to awalt your re- Cablé the people to sell Perhaps Mr. Fairways and I can settle your hotel bill to- 'That was the precise moment when Lucllle Davenant most undiplomati- cally lost her temper and said unpar- donable things. She was sorry enough But that was just Richenda had seen a new Lucllle Davenant—a Lu- y carelessness ucille. A Summer clearance of a varied assort- ment of vases, candlesticks, bowls, sherbet forth, in a most interesting dis- play of colors engraved And Richenda Peterson was shocked to_the very soul. Lucille was almost groveling in apologies But somehow those very apologies struck ‘a false note. Richenda wanted to get away from the hard, close-set blue eyes. She felt hurt, shaken, uncertain of her- self. She escaped to her own room at length and stood for a moment gazing into the mirror by the window. “It is a lle,” she addressed the re- flection. ‘“There wasn't any Aunt Joan! That woman is crooked. Shé meant to use me. She thought Rich- enda Peterson was a soft little tender- foot_who could be led by the nose. She has learned better now and she doesn’t like it.” A satisfied laugh broke from her lips. ‘“‘She’s trying to use Brett Fairways, too. I wonder if he sees it. Men are less suspicious than women. I wonder what I ought to do mow. Cut away from them and | leave him in her clutches? No—no— no—I don’t quite think.” No,smost decidedly she didn't want ‘| to leave Fairways in Mrs. Davenant's grip. The great, big, trusting baby! It would be rather cruel. Then it suddenly struck her that had Brett Fairways been any other man she might not have felt this keen desire to case. you know, remain in the company of these two. She . . . yes, she liked Breft. liked him rather a lot. Suddenly she found herself wondering just how much she liked him. The answer was disturbing. Then she was back to the old ques- tlon—was this man, whose face she had seen in her dreams, going to play any real big part in her:life? She'd stay the course and see. She hoped that Lucille. would not make that impossible now. ‘But honey could not have been sweeter than Mrs. Davenant. “Dick, I'm:a hysterical beast!" she said. “Darling, I grovel in the dust at your feet. It nerves—outra- geous nerves! Dickie, I'd better 'fess at once to you. I do have these wretch- ed outbreaks sometimes, and then I say the most awful things to those I love the best.” She dabbed a scrap of that. It put you in a beastly the wee-est sum to me. wits' ends just then, Dickle stifr, of felt myself brightened. “But, of cour ht. The solicitor peopl lvance me whatever I want. forget my silly .tantrum and friends.” (Continued tomorrow.) ———e to be used in the construction sniff. “Of course, dear, I was just | without glueing or mortising. L1.[5 A TIMELY SALE To Insure 2{2 Willard ROOF THIS evening, or any L other evening, a de- lightful surprise awaits make you want to step. Cover charge nightly, ncluding Saturday, $1. hone Main 4420 for reservations. Willard Hotel 14th and Penn. Avenue SWAT THE FLY | Take advantage of an early start by an aggres- sive war on the fly at the beginning of the season. The Star has for free distribution wire-handled fly swatters. 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Men’s $2.45 and $3 |7 == STRAW HATS - $1.59 A clearance of our regular stock of Men’s Straw Hats 69¢c Underwear 35c¢ Porosmesh - Underwear, plain’ white only; short sleeve shirts and extra large reinforced seat; shirts in sizes 34 to 44 and drawers in d “Goldenberg’s Special.”” All sizes 32 to 4. —including “Smart Set” an worried to death. Dickle, I ou never to have asked you a thing like position, I—I didn’t realize. You see, I've al- ways had such lots of money it seemed 1 was at my Metal corners that can be attached by nalls or screws have been tuvented cambric into one eye and gave a 'ittle [ frames for window and door screens le—scared sort ‘on - the rocks.’” She sighed, then suddenly you are lurel?lc; cable today. I'll never speak of money to .you again, darling, if you'll only be at 145 pm. and arrives here at 3:16 pm. The postage rate for this service is 10 cents an ounce. of 2525253525 3525255252525 25253525 sht | AIR MAIL HOURS REVISED. 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