Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1926, Page 41

THE EVENING STORY Dawn. EDA LANE sat white to the lips, staring unsceingly at'the printed page of the magazine in her hands. From the porch hammock she could . look through the open window into the living room and beyond to that corner of the den where her hostess, Sally Ayers, was talking, pleading to some- body over the telephone. It was im- v ible not te hear, impossible not to understand the quality of Sally's sympathetic voice, e l| you would—if you can pos- sibi ! Tl give you wieners and luuhrl\raul an anxious lutigh, “that is. if you rr.|1l\' _prefer it to fried chicken. All right, Neil Oh, don't u must leave early. You ougl y aside business when you close your office door for the night.” N She had s eeded in getting him. Leda bit her i When Sally appeared upon the veranda looking a! little and exhausted from endeavor, pt on with her magazine. 1 is “coming to dinn rked casually, dropping into a yorch chalr and resuming her work on Bus S rompers. Leda laid down her m-muzlne with hands that trembled sli “1 heard you ask hini her downright way. heard him 1rying to put you off. 1 wish you wouldn't, Sally. It makes it difficult for him. He doesn't care in the least for me, you know, and just because you are his dearest sister-inlaw and I'm your girlhood chum, visiting you puts him in the hole. 1If he doesn't come of his own accord, and he never will, I'd rather he'd never come at ell. Sally drew a long breath. “I can’t understand what ails man, Leda,” she sald. patience with him. I—I want it so that you and he—just as if it wasn't Yad enough for him to hold back, here you begin to try to defeat my little Plan for your happiness and Neil's.” She sobbed. Leda went to her and kissed her. you're the dearest thing and vou, but you can't make a match where there’s only one of the she said in the “I'm out of and white and rose rising flowerlike from the sheath of her gown, revealed her loveliness. 1If she had aided na- ture a bit unduly, it was only in the genuine desire to look her best. In the living room she found a tall; splendid looking young man of 32 showing pictures to 3-year-old Buster, while Sally, bothered, yet efficient, sped from kitchen stove to dining room table and thence to the tele- phone. “Isn't it a shame? Hal can't get home at all tonight,” she panted, “He just telephoned me from Norton.” Norton was the county seat, where her husband was in attendance at a session of court. They sat down to dinner. Leda was cool and aloof, Neil Anderson beauti- fully impartial, obviously unimpressed by her charms. It was always that way; she could not get his conscious- ness, so what was the use of trying? If only she cared less. She picked at her chicken and resolved that tomor- row morning she would bring her visit to a close and go home. And she hoped she would never see Neil An- % would we told you how much relief asthma sufferers find in Menth-o-lics you it. But why take our word for it when it only costs you a nickel to find out for yourself ? These tasty, soothing gum wafers keep your nasal pas- sages clear and your throat comfortable in all kinds of weather—day or night! J.Frank Shellenberger THE derson again. Only so could she put | hour before Dr. Horn arrived, and by him entirely out of her lfe. that time there was urgent need of Her poor, shabby little life, which | him. consisted mainly of a job in Wooden's | Buster was terribly, perhaps fatally, big department store and room and|sick. In her own room Leda tore of board at Mrs. Marshall's. There had | the green crepe and her scarlet bead been nothing else possible when her |and her satin pumps. She got into a father's sudden death cut short her | porch dress and low-heeled shoes, for musical education. Even dear, kind [ there were going to be many steps Sally didn’t know the worst of it, for lor her to take. Neil, too, had work during the two weeks vacation which | to do. she insisted on her old school friend| Hour after hour dragged. The doc- spending with her, Leda had fine|tor took off his coat and fought for clothes and many of them to display. | his patient’s life. Nell proved him- Most of them were marked down to|self & manly comforter when poor the lowest figure, and some of them | little Sally went to pieces. But it was were made over by her own clever fin-| Leda upon whom the doctor most gers. She could trim a hat, too, with | relied. = A long-distance message the best of them. brought Hal home around 1 o'clock, After dinner Sally stacked the|beating his way through a terrific dishes until morning and went to put | shower that had arisen. Buster to bed. In the living below Leda heard him crying vigor- ously as she busied herself arranging the card table, assisted rather silently by Neil. “Buster is so cross tonight,” Sally said as Bhe entered. “He refused to go to sleep and is absolutely ple-eyed. Well; let's play.” An_ hour later a_ hoarse cry from above sent her flying to her son. “Croup!” she called wildly over the banister. *Call the doctor, quick!” Neil hurried to the telephone and Leda dashed upstairs. It was half an ‘When dawn approached, the hoarse breathing, the terrible rattling in the childish throat lessened and the doc- tor nodded approval. He was very tired and another patient was walit- ing, 80 he went away. As the morning sun entered the nursery the four people relaxed after their all-night vigil. Leda’s hair was GRANDS UPRIGHTS wee AND ~- MIDGET PIANOS FOR RENT s P e ¢ £1UGO WORCK hardly believe EVENING- STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., down and her hands blistered with wringing hot packs. Sally was ex- hausted. Hal grim. But Neil was still strong and efficient. “I'm going down to make some good hot coffee,” he said. *“‘Now the dan- ger’s past I guess we'll feel like eat- ing something.” Never had anything tasted so good as the coffee and bacon and eggs and the toast that Leda added. They sat around the kitchen table and ate and drank and were thankful and com- forted and familiar. Nobody thought how anybody. else looked, or cared. An invisible tie bound them close. “Leda’s a brick,” Hal said admir- ingly. “Leda’s all right,” agreed Neil quietly. He lald his hand on Leda's with a tender little pat. Sally’s tearswollen eyes met Hal's significantly, and in spite of their The GIFT OF GIFTS . The Mest Useful Xmas Gift That ¥} Can Be Given, Made by Dr. Freiot and Staff of Expert, Careful and Skilled Dentists. 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