Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1926, Page 25

Perry Knight, Bankrupt. ERRY KNIGHT sat in his de- serted office, ring with fierce intensity at the darke: ing streets below. head was flung back defiantly and_the lines about his mouth deep- ened with the set of his jaw. Perry Knight was struggling, struggling dasperately to stand before the over- whelming rush of financial disaster. 1t he could only keep his fa himselt alive! He stood up and over to the window, thrusting his nds into his trousers pockets, hands £ripped tight into fists of determina- tion. Could one have n him there in the waning light, i ninded of ITbs fronic statement, strongest man is he who stands The telephone bell ra out sud- denly, a plercingly discordant sound. cked up the receiver and dry lips. Hello!” he sald. “That you, dear? detained. No, not so tired—be Steak? Sure; I can. 1ia turned away from the telephone with a sigh. His tired eves fell list- lessly upon the mass of papers on thet desk. Accusingly they stood there, bearing upon thelr surfaces the im- print of the inevitable. picked up one of them Millinery Shoppe, $50. what a small sun Knight's mind! Why $30 w o drop in the bucket: considered alone that bill Wwas nothing. U was thes trouble they constd were v small de his great v dents, ings. Collectively they had to crush him! deline awaited him at the door e Hving room In their apartment, slim In tan broadcloth crepe, with a. bit of rose a that matched the eager glow in her The tinge of siiver in her light brown, fluffy hair only added a h of dignity vonthifnl 1 a flo tlor . ryday life, 10 r devotion and worshiped fuspiration to push on, attain, and win through, in spite of fate itself: She took th package from Lands and kissed his forchead, a kiss that was soft and ressi| as the tonch of thistledown. Patting his cheek, she laughed softly, and turned toward the kitchenette where the maid was Lusily preparing dinner. Hurry into your thin, dea ¥ [ mi; * | array. the givdle | his | | she called In softly modulated tones. “You know we're taking the Win. stons to the opera tonight. Let's not be fashionably late—I . hear the tenor is a dream and I don’t want to a bit! ; Perry went Into their cozy bedroom, all hung with gay chintzes, the soft | rose light turned ‘on at the dressing le. His black clothes and shiny white shirt were spread ready on the How thoughtful Made- Imost coddled b was indeed a fo the love—oper taxi fare—oh, baby! He unate man, to have ickets, 10 dollars— hould such things ame down that night act of the opera and on an audience spar- upon the the lights a Kling with gayety. “Come, Pe cried Madeline gay- y. guests must excuse us if ¢ them home tonight! I have dear. something really im- portant ‘to tell vou—I have hardly been able to keep it to myself tonight! So we must hurry home for a long domestic chat by our own fireside!” Back at home Perry bent to light the gas log in the living room fire- place. Its warm'glow gave the place a_comfortable look. Ile bent up and glanced at himself in thg pier glass. A wild-appearing fellow "he was, in- . clad in his faded silk dressing zown, his gray locks in tangled dis. He sought to smooth back the unruly strands and set his face in a smile that was a mask as his wife came into the room. Something |to talk about—something to teli | It could be but one thing. She spent more money and would {wheedle him into approval as she al- | wavs did!: He was clay in her hands —he suddenly he had iad alized that sald, and the his voice heid a quality of remoteness and de- tachment. “Well, you'll have to wait i bit, my dear, for there is some- thing T shall have to say to you— something of a great deal more im- nce than any of your bills” “Why Perr she exclalmed in | shocked surpr “Only listen It will not but this, Ma he commanded her, long. Vor it is we've gone to the wall—1 am nkrupt! Doy | understand! Tonight I am a mo: failure—tomorrow 1 shall be a legal I owe more money than I could ¢ measly little salary in stopped and looked at her in- tently, he saw her catch her breath, arid wondered in an impersonal wa just what she would do. Butterfly women usually flew away when their { warm nests were desolated. 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Michigan Avenne, ey o nroe Street ove Strect and drive souty one bloc The with the usual speculative house, mechanics and class of work have Crane instantaneous hot-water bath, oak floors, fifteen-foot space past Catholle University. followins ‘bridge, then turn right at the firsi to the houses. ‘Moore and Hill, Inc. 730 17th Street Main 1174 MEMBER WASHINGTON REAL ESTATE BOARD loyalty enough to be a failure, too, or_would she go? Her lips moved, but uttered no soun She held her hands before her as though In entreaty, he thought. But no, she held something in her hands, she was holding it to him. A square velvet box—wonderingly, he took it from her nerveless clasp. Holding it up to the reading lamp, he opened it gingerly. Within, on a snowy bed of white velvet, lay pearls in a lustrous string—misty pearls, with the dewy lights of morn- ing imprisoned in their globes. His look of amazement questioned her. “Great - grandmother Gengzers' pearls—the ones she wore at the grand ball in Philadelphia when she danced with President Washington.” Madeline’s words fell like stones from her white lips. “And they are yours?’ her hus. band asked mechanically, “By legacy from Uncle Tom,” she told him briefl He always wanted me to have them—the greatest heir- loom in our family.” Perry Knight's eyes clung to his s in overpowering fascination. ou will look quite as wonderful with them as did she,” he sald softly, and he felt that his overpowering de- votion for her was tearing down the hard wall he had just built about his hegrt. In amazement then, he saw shake her head in sad final crossed to him and touched hin idly upon the arm. There queer light in her eyes, as she took the box from his fingers and laid it on the table. The light scintillated upon the priceless little mound on its white bed, in pastel colors of in- describable beauty, “How fortunate, Pe: she said lightly, “that they should have come to us at just this time, Dear! They're really quite valuable, you know! And they shall do more than merely add to an old woman's beauty in the eves of her husband or any one her She Don’t Wait else—they shall bring us both peace!” And Perry Knight felt a soft kiss upon his mouth, all salty with the tears of love, as he gathered her into his arms, (The End.) (Copyright, 1926.) Ordered to Fort Myer. MaJ. James C. Magee, Army Medi- cal Corps, at Fort McPherson, bas been ordered to Fort Myer, for dut; Get Reserve Commissions. Commissions in the Officers’ Re- ! serve Corps of the Army have been issued by tho War Department to the following-named residents ‘of city: . Raymond E. Contee, 823 T nltee': as a first lieutenant of Infantry; Charles E. 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