Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1927, Page 56

THE EVENTNG STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1927. unendurable moment her eyes mot Lay- | first ‘editions of the Waverly Novels.|gave up the ghost. With a lenient|Which any one would expect,” he|make of it? Do you recognize Vhe!\\nq another groan. ‘“No, that doesn't T . don’s full._Then the color came to her | Looking now between short sandy eve | smile he appeared to display its corpte. | said—vany ‘who was making & claim | writing heip—that doesn't help at. all face suddenly. brilliantly. She drew a | lashes, his small gray eyes were | Irregular? Let us say informal, Mr. fof this sort ‘ 2ilgs velyn becaibe aware|" “Parhuis some e said Cottv el Mmazln Chance very long breath. turned aw. \d, | shrewd and kind. Abbott—that, I think, is the | Anthony Laydon smiled pleasmntly.| ANl st oncs Evelyn becumne aware| —Ferhups sae'sns sive ‘::k"‘:‘: i walking deliberately to the far end of | They rested with undisguised curi- | word.” That's because 1 knew the an.|that Laydon was watchink her, too— | —he made a gesture that took i the the table, pulled out a chair and sat |osity on Anthony Laydon. Then he| cotty Ahbott pinched fn his nostrils | SWers. IUS auita easy, of course, if | they were all watching her. She be- Jit went so oddly with h down. No one would have guessed| nodded and turned to Sir Cotterell. and tightened his lips. His voice when | Y01 do. Why don't you go on and | ¢ ‘vr e "\\<'H;"1>4':“"""”_L' S forhans sotes die else that the room swam before her eves, or The Abboits are here. 1 think wel|pe spoke was thin and acid ask some more? oA b A B i W ke to ask some questions By Pdlncm Wentworth that khe wan Snsing over a4 over to| betier have them In—that is, It you're | " i should be Kiad to know how far| AS he spoke, Manning looked at him |mensely, She steadied that something || "Manning, for instancer herseif, “I mustn't faint—I mustn't, | ready this—er- im has proceeded. Have | Sharpl ened his mouth as if tolin her which quivered and s e mustn’t faint:” “Yex. Show Mr. and Mrs. Abbott| e far Instance. recognized this per.| Speak, and then appeared to think bet- | under all those eves; and she said in From the time she had entered the |in, Lake.” Under his breath Sir Cot-|son. Uncle Cotterell? ter of It natyral voice: PG smoothed his chin 1n ERelsn, Prothers m Jim Las Sir Cotterell's in his study, ma'am room not a single word had been | terell added: “I didn't bargain for Mre.| " He ignored Mr. Gregory, but it was| 7 n sat back in her chair and let = aols SGEy. T 5 1'don’t know that 10 love it T n o oy with Sir Henry, ma'am.” spoken. Evelyn rested her head on|Cotty—no, I'm hanged if 1 did"" Mr. Gregory who answered him her eves travel slowly down the table R b e v heipful Was best man at the we . Alone Ihe question was quite her hand, looked down into the pol-| There was silence until the door| “No formal re ition has be.| The faces were faces now, not whiter) bigger.” " § her:: Tookin 1d ask any t would clear Idnt ook any less broken in than'the gieady. As she pui it, Evelyn slipped |ished surface of the walnut table. and opened as Laydon had come back | lieve, taken place as yet. I would sug.|D/Urs in the general mist. She could gory leaned toward her; look B s e tmmeciale. . of 1 coat and turned toward saw her own reflection there, vague | to a loun pose against the table.|gest that you put any question you | ©V®n be stirred to faint, inward paper o after’ the we a sl n. baredeaded. in a white polo| and misty. She went on saying to|Evelyn sat without stirring, her fore-|wish to Mr. Laydon, who has siznified }AUghter at AMonkey's bitten lip and RS S0 ‘"’l““ S WLy er. ; od missing in the same | i MGt herself: head resting on her hand, her eyes|his willingness to answer sueh of theny | 'eA1IV terrifying scowl Mrs. Laydon? 1T have both their 6 1o ol The S B . e mas mwara 1he o Yes. they're quite a'one. maam I mustn't faint—T mustn't, mustn’t | veiled. She sat next to Mr. Gregory:|as he can. From these questions and | She found elf_looking a natuces heve onl seYa¥ats otearn. 't 1 fallen upon all e whispered stong her friends ¢ There's no one else come yet faint?" And still no one spoke Sir Prothero opposite, with Mz his answers, and perhaps by one or| 90N quite stead There was a li laid them on the table as he spoke. |° * 4 Tat b e R Das=ter. husband, Jim. or bl velyn nodded Laydon stood just where he was, but | leaning on the back of his cl two other simple tests, it will, T hope, Shile on his lips, but his e Don't you see said i p me when and o IR . & N “Thanks, Lake—I'll just then.” | turneda little ‘o that he could sec| 'The Abbotts came in, bringing with |be possible to arrive at a conclusion— ZNE'Y. With a cold, still an nat | quickly. “The *J'—that's Y ast. I'n aid very much alike 3 4 For the life of her she could not keep | Evelyn's bent head with the golden|them, as they always did, an air a perfectly definite and friendly con. (rightened her He was looking | writi e long tail. F . " never a word from the n ! the relief out of her voice hair cut short at the back, showing a | bustle and s A Abbott | clusion.” ros tty and sayir sn't one? R She went to the study door, opened | beautiful curving line v . cson with| “You say, no formal recognition : elas: 3 LIRS B0 Sank [ Mg : i B e i L L it and was fairly in the room before| It was Sir Henry Prothero who ” and pale, prominent eyes. | Cotty Abbott's voice was high and un e: e We Loge ' Aavdon relaxed T W e e Pritish e " | <hie saw that there were four people|broke the silence. He left the fire,| As she walked she chinked and rustled | pleasant. “May I ask if any one her ot ime,” | pert o about 4 i nds a b o 5 naeds help fo remove m-felled tree from | there already e t the door|took a seat opposite Ivelyn, and one suspected bangles and a stiff silk | pretends fo recognize James or Johr otty t oice of 3 2 : ) aid ;m ford, o obtams W from a veasans | Jarply and for a moment gripped the | stretching across the table, touched | petticoat. Her lizht, fuzzy hair was| Laydon in this—gentleman W b e eing | e he table w . i - ¢ fact T r ver Jat in e handle with fingers which did not seem | her lightly on the wrist carefully controlled by a net. Nelther| Sir Cotterell swung round in his g 1 v 4 L W off aunt i b. bot able to let it Then she lifted her M dear he said—"Evelyn, my she nor Cotty ever for [ chair, glaring. Mr Zory interpo: became a » dos o Ix B head and came quietly forward as Sir | des tant that she had be A | have said, Mr. Ahbott. that no e o {8 B o eet her Cot.| It was just then that Lake opened | Fiollinton. Cotty, behind he s Sir | recognition has taken place. 1 thin) A1l what name 1 the majors face. | foyell and the man whose back had | the door He stood, surprised and |Cotterell in caricature—much smaller, | you would do well to ask your ques. that I should sign? 1 I should like you 1. B. Lippencott Co in t—well, let me e . He tu to Laydon and 1 his mind chiefly oce: And neithe haz that the R i bl ! ulle: | peen turned when she came in nervous, on the threshold—"struck all|much siiffer, with every trait exag. |tions. And, in your own interest fknown only 1o i i | An absolute silence seemed to have|of a heap.” as he afterward explained | gerated: the whole enveloped in a pre- [ would beg you to remember that this | 4o0 el et G ik Gwh Boure es the 1| cjlon on the room—one of those si-| o the housekeeper. “And they must|posterous air of self-importance. {is a friendly meeting.’ Bix: Henty Prothero i R e s Peresle et ner |lences in which time and breath are | have come in like ghosts, him and the | As they came up Laydon passed to| Evelyn was looking down again at| A handwriting test. Cot t ave left it than Lavdon Found by Anna Bium. suspended. It seemed as if it would|major, or 1'd have heard them for|the other side the table. leaving to | the polished table. It was like looking What youw thinking ¢ in expert onee instea ed and with memory & ever end. certain.” He stood there, and An-|tha Abbotts the two places hetween |into stll. brown water. She saw her |he paused. lookin zory, ways s . and Anthony Laydon stood with the table | ihony Laydon gave himself a sort of | Bvelyn and Sir Cotte A sardonic | OWn_ reflection very dimly, and the | Layde ¢ so.” And I'm hang = "/ at his back and looked down the room. | shake and came forward with his hand | humeor rose in him as he lstened to|Mmen’s voices seemed to com v\" anything yo 3ut of ‘e X Iy an my priv o RN . He saw Evelyn. Everything stopped |out e o e arid mon e il lodg way it Shé N to rip | 1'0 like Just to point out that neith he oty T don 't know I T there. It was Evelyn. She had worn| “Hello, Lake! How are you? Going T e ey Gotts aaniniioa et of Nerself, to hold on to he Tack nor Jim eve < )e convinced one way e’ widow g whita 10 vears azo, and she had come | stron Mendip-Ffollinton manner in one of its | lowing thoughts and order the The | . Laydon’ in their lives 1t i sort of up the dark aisle of an old church| Lake took the hand in silence; his|most irritating phases. She gave her |MiSty sense of isolation hegan to pass Yes, that's true, th perfe £ to me to like a whiteandgolden glory. with|own was shaking very much. He|gtaping how to every one in the | she found herself an integral part said Sir Cotterel : TEiks lilies in her hands. That was on the |looked at Laydon in dazed bewilder-|except Laydon, and then sa this family circle, listening and intent g ook chng en was) behind here, Manair il far xide of the lost, blind years. But |ment and murmured unintelligibly. Sir|heside Evelyn, fixing her with inquisi-| COUY wag asking his questions, and | hissed o him. He held it clumsily he saw Evelyn now—Evelyn in a white | Cotterell galled to him sharply, "Lake, | tive eyes. | Laydon had given the names of his |f with it. Then he dipped it n it in front of SR ater Tiie ) ianiee and sl sk | bt ARAE wian Von's humor passed inte savage | Neadmaster, his housemaster, and of | m eeply, made a heavy | ent slowly. pa dead white above it—Evelyn unalter ake pulled himself together with a | 1s he watched Evelyn control a | half a dozen boys who had been in t & nd wrote, “J. Laydon.” 4 3 and looking fiv ably beautiful, unalterably be'oved great effort quiver of sensitive lips and for a mo-|Same house. Now it was : surveved the large cwird } e e 2 He stood there and waited, while | “Mr. and Mrs. Abbott have arrived, | ment raise her head with gentle dig.| ' Your birthday?" Very quick and chavacters with an air of importance. snapshot, and then at the man be INSTALLME time stood waiting, too. As she came | sir—in the morning room. sir. And | nity | sharp. ¥ ow write ‘Jim Laydon nd | side him YN LAYDOD le car|up to him, Sir Henry Prothero made | Mr. Gregory has avrived, sir.” “Of course, T don't know how far| And Laydon’s drawled answer HIPeC chat dack, Teo donsl ' hesooms o Andnow It st Uttt when v up at the e v a step forward. Manning over by the| Immediately on the words Mr these proceedings have gome.” This| ‘“Afrald that's one of the thing IoAdded-anidguinj thefvon rayeled|iavARaDody Watch oLy theke yine SR and Evelyn ran quickly up the | window bit deep into his lip. He would | ory was in the room. was Cotty Abbott, bolt upright and|¢ant Sive vou. Cotty o 1ahoxfonsts 2 . thing tragic and pitecus in the tremor steps and into the hall. She | have looked away. but he could not May I come in?" And then, with-|speaking with some asperity. Laydon's birthday, then Cotty strefched across the table with which he passed from puge t Stripped off a dripping raincoat | look away: not one of them could look {out waiting for an answer, he ad-| Sir Cotterell heside him made the | the 15th picked up the sheet with the page. Evelyn zaw that momentarily and appeared in a dark gray tweed | away. But. after all, Evelyn was vanced, greeted every one, and took whish is usually written Jack] i e he wa ng hope; and she saw coat and skirt. She had moved to one | unconscious of the watching eyes as|the chair with its back to the window, | “Tchah ™ and drummed on the table.] : S Not much like anything T remem-|gleam of pity and comprehe S5 luabl of the old wall mirrors and was pulling | it she and Laydon had been alone in| pushing the blotting paper a little e e o ot ey |. The questions went on. Evelyn |ber,” he said, and ed the paper | change the set lines of Laydon's face. | be most valuable. off @ wet felt hat when she saw in the [space. They were a'one. Never in|ther off and adjusting the inkstand|his nose. Iheard Laydon xive his grandmother's | up the table to Gre, The Abbotts wore an air of trutuph |Faio 2 tha Men plass the hovering form of Lake. the | all her life had she felt such an isola- | conveniently. He talked all the time| (otty Abhott produced a sheet of|Miiden name. the names of the serv. | Evelyn kept it for a moment before | when the book was shut and pushed| . o =80 P B butler. Without turning round she | tion, in cheerful commonplaces—about the | foolscap neatly typed, and took a foun- |3Rts at Laydon Manor in 1914, the|she passed it on. Sophy Abbott, atiaway with a groan . R it ey, Dk asked Every one In the world was gone, and | weather, the lateness of the Spring.|tain pen out of his waistcoat pocket, | Fames of the village carpenter and the | her elbow, craned forward, darting | It was Laydon who broke the 8/ 00 CONC g™ BV, Pve “Where is Sir Cotterell? Is everything in the world was blotted | But when he was seated with his pa-| I would Hke to begin by asking |Man who kept the general shop in{sharp glances, first at Hvelvn's face, fsilence. i o e BTl fealt alone”” out except herself and this man with | pers before him he fell silent, leaned | just how far this—(his—einim has | Laydon Sudbury. There Cotty Abbott [then at the paper. and then back| ~T'm afraid I'm not like any of| yR IGnees [oC, 50 n_under t} Lake moistened his lips and ru the unfamiliar face, She looked at him {back in his chair with his hands along | proceeded.” he said. “And at the same | P3Used- Bgain to Evelyn ; those old photos no % =Te U his hands together. He was as- | 2s the others had looked—Manning. 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