Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1928, Page 20

. 20 $000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00 “ONE MAN'S $000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000¢ | 22222222227 INSTALLMENT 1 ICHARD ROSS came onto the forward deck of the liner that was taking him home from South America after an ab- sence of six years. Home. New York. Old friends—and Anne Love- lace. True, no one knew he was com- ing. Anne might be married. His old {riends gone or absorbed in new inter- ests. or engagement announcement from Anne Lovelace in the accumulation of mail he had found in Buenos Aires. So his thoughts were full of hope now as he faced expectantly in the direction where the skyline of New York would soon be visible. Six years before, fired with a passion for far lands, Richard Ross had or- ganized an expedition into the interior of South America. He had financed it Simself. He was rich in his own right, with neither father nor mother to bid him stay at home. His relatives were scattered, and there was none to grieve over his determination, save Anne Love- As Anne stared, Dick rose, made her rather an unsteady little bow—and was gonme. But there had been no wedding | (Copyright, 1928, then,” Bob said htly. “The man these days who holds on to the same wife for two consecutive years wins the | gold-plated derby every time.” |” “It can’t be as bad as that,” Richard | said earnestly. “You're an awful cynic, | 1t seems to me.” “Times have changed, brother,” Bob answered. “And people have changed [with them. But I wish you luck. What're you going to do now?” “Well, first of all, I'm going to play for a while, then I'm going to take a house and begin arranging and clas- |sifying all the stuff I brought back, |that'll take a year or so. After that- | well, it depends—-" *“ 'Member Anne Lovelace?” Bob asked looking toward a neighboring table where a very noisy party was in prog- ress. | Richard’s heart thumped, and he tried to keep the eagerness out of his voice as he answered, “Fine kid. Sure 1 remember her—mean to look her up— |is_she married?"” | Bob shook his head. “Not our Anne— too busy being the life of the party— lace, and she was then at an age when she mourned the loss of a good tennis partner more than anyt else. Rich- ard remembered his last sight of her, ammzm lhbont u}fmmnym‘: er parents’ coun ome, . eyes - kling, her whole figure lithe, ynflm. full of grace and the joy of living. “Buch a good, sweet kid,” he ght new, standing on the deck, aloof from his fellow passengers. Of course, since then she bad made her debut. Grown up. Become & woman. But Richard dared to hope she had not forgotten him, would be glad to see him. He was half ashamed of the thrill that ran over him when the towers and spires of New York finally came in view. “Been alone too long,” he muttered at his half-ashamed attempt to swallow a lump in his throat when the Goddess of Liberty swam into' sight. He landed, called himself a fool for not having cabled some old nd to meet him, and went to a hotel, where he sat a long minute before reaching for the telephone book. He decided to try to get hold of his old friend, Bob ‘West, and finally reached him at the club where Bob had lived since leaving college. A sleepy and frritable voice respond- ed. “What the devil do you want?” it wled. “This is Dick Ross, home from South America and needing a friend,” Rich- ard answered. There was a pause at the other end | of the wire, then, “Dick Ross, Don't know any—Dick Ross! Well, Dick Ross. | Sure I remember Dick Ross. Thought you were dead, old man. Hadn't heard | from you in years. Fact is right now | I'm half dead after a party I went to all last night. How are you, anyway?” Richard laughed. “You don’t sound very jubilant,” he said. *“Shall I call around or do you want to come’ down her: “Say, I'll tell you what. Let's meet somewhere the last of the afternoon for dinner. I've got to sleep another couple of hours and then I've got some things to do—but I'll see you at dinner | time sure. Where are you staying?” | Richard told him. “Right. I'll be there quarter to 6. So Lc.nlk.'old man; mighty glad to have you ek And with this Richard had to be con- tent, though he felt vaguely chilled by the conversation. He s t the day getting his specimens landed and into storage and wandering around New York. Of the city, he decided it had grown far too big and too fast. Of the women he decided they were a new species to him. And by night he. was so homesick for the sight of a familiar face that he took up his stand in the lobby at 5:30 to be 'sure of seeing his old friend the morent he stepped in the door. Bob was late, but his greeting and his handclasp were warm and full of fervor. “Let's get out of this to some place ‘where we can get a real charcoal broiled steak and see most of New York at the | ime—the crowd that counts, any- ay. Richard followed him to & taxi and presently they were seated at a quiet! table in a huge restaurant with a dancing floor in the center. Several parties had already begun and there was discreet doctoring of ginger ale on all sides for the preliminary. highball. There was an awkward pause after the waiter had taken their order. Rich- ard told himself he could not expect to renew ties dead six years in a_moment. Bob played with his water glass, and then leaning forward and making an| obvious effort, he. said, “Well, you want 1o hear all about the old crowd, I sup- | pose. 1 1l married now?” Dick asked. ' Bob grinned. “Oh, two or three times, most of them. Divorce is the popular indoor and outdoor sport in our crowd right now. 1ve hung on to my single blessedness, tI with one or two of the more than the fellows give them. Came back looking for a wife yourself, I suj i Richard flushed. “I got pretty lonely out there,” he admitted. “Yep, get married, settle down for. 2s long as you can, and then dash off somewhere again to forget the mess.” “Tnats not the kind of settling down T'm going to do. When I get married it will be for keeps—home, kids, all that sort of thing.” “You'll have to marry your - cook, but if you want to look her up, just glance over to the table—the big one near the dancing floor. That's Anne, sitting at the end.” Richard looked. He saw a girl, tall, slender, dressed in a sheath of black that showed each curve of her figure. Her hair was cropped close to her head. She wore long green earrings, and bright spots of rouge stood out on either side of her cupid's bow mouth. She was chain smoking in a long jade holder, lighting one cigarette from an- | other. As though drawn by Richard’s gaze, she turned her face toward him, and then recognized his companion. She half rose in her chair and called, “Hi, there, Bob West—come on over. Bring |lo‘x;r the handsome stranger. We u‘:\mdo th a couple more men to- night.” She saw Bob ask, “Shall we go?” saw the “handsome stranger” half shrug, WIFE -- ’wlth," Anne whispered to him. “Mother | dear,” he chided. |pulled out his wateh, THE EVENING By Barb by Public Ledger.) |a word to their waiter and thread their way to her side. Richard was in a daze. He heard the party’s noisy greeting to Bob, felt |Anne grab his hand say, “Never mind your name, I like your face.” “Don’t you remember me—aAnne?” he asked gravely. She gave him a long look—half in- quiring, half seductive. “Sorry,” she drawled at last. “He used to beat you at tennis, Anne —your subconscious refuses to regonize | him for that,” Bob broke in. . “It's old Dick Ross, back from the wilds of South America. zich, famous, lonesome, ipe for the picking.” Anne sprang to her feet. She caught both of Richard’s_hands. ‘“You be remember him. Good old Dick Ross. Here, sit here, beside me—wait, we'll get another chair—" And in a moment Richard was seated at her side, trying to take in her chat- ter, confused by the noise, mumbling the names of the people who were presetned to him. “An arty crowd I like playing around STAR, WASHINGTON, 0000000000000000000000000000 D. G * ara Webb Resistered U. 0000f’00000‘ than in all the jungles of the world— | the whole round world.” | This sally went round the table. Men | and girls laughed boisterously. Richard felt himself withdrawing from it all| trylngato see it clearly, wondering what | had happened to these people, some of | them well bred, some of them not, all of them bent on achleving hilarity with shrill laughs and loud talk. | Anne made a direct play for him, ap- | ropriated. him as et special escort, ld him he was in for a real time of it, and after the dinner dragged him with her party to the theater. He sub- | nitted rather than consented. His | head ached. He had lost his bearings | and he hailed the ending of the show | I|with real relief. But for the crowd the evening had | just begyn. They agreed after much | wrangling on a night club. Richard | pleaded weariness and tried to leave them. But Anne clung to him.. Bob | urged him, and presently he was in a | garishly decorated room, the inevitable | dancing space in the middle and an- other round of drinks on the table. | He refused to dance, and Anne, after Wutlng a moment, grabbed the sulky youth by the hand and led him out to the floor. In a second they were all alone at the table. Bob leaned forward and grinned &t his old friend. “What do you think of | — it now, old man? Some fun, eh? Oh, | you'll get used to it.” your meals— hates it—but we're all mixed up these days—as you've probably found out. ‘Why didn’t you write to me? You prom- ised you would. Naughty boy. Come out to the coun tomorrow, we'll get back to old jes.” Her words tumbled over each other in their haste. Her speech was a trifie blurred and Bob put out his hand and took away her glass. “Not too much tonight, Anne, old “Richard ain’t used to all this speed, are you, old son?” “All right. T'll take the pledge—for | half an hour,” Anne said good na- turedly. A rather curly youth across the table “Three drinks for Anne—] said. “She’ll need to catch up with the gang.” re was & general laugh. Some one sald to Richard, “Bet you you'll see -half an hour from now,” he and then watched the two men speak more queer snakes here in New York Richard was watching the dancing. | He said slowly: “I don't get it, Bob. I've seen all kinds bf dancing—native | dancing—all - that—down there those | o ojteq things are seasonal—done to keep the | (oo th,, trive going, and so on—but this—I | giy think it's beastly.” .. “Don't take it so hard, you'll get used | to it—like it, more than that, have to | YOUp "o per s have it. It's the cocktail of lving—this | yhe words. y kind of life.” | ; Richard shook his head. “I'm not | going to take it at all—any way,” he | said. “I'm off tomorrow. Going abroad | him. Y do?” was headed foq the table. stare at him. find some kind of quiet peaceful living.” e “You mean a quiet, peaceful woma! Bob flung back. “You don't want a| wife, you want a housekeeper—some- | gone. (To Be Continued.) 450 Sold! Cash Inspect $55 Monthly Them OFFICE AT 8th & Tuckerman Sts. N.W. Open Until 9 P.M. TO GET THERE—Out G SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. tent Office. When hoop-rolling was a favorite | out there—leaving Bob and Richard | pastime and the boys made use of the less congested sections of the city? body who'll mend your socks and cook | narrow bangs at the beginning of the “Maybe 1 do—but it’s no use looking | for her in New York. I'm going abroad, | lets, or, better still, Ttell you,” the unwonted drinking nad | 210, curled into ringlets, n “France—Normandy— | 5 knot behind to balance your nose. re I'll find & quiet little peasant | Gyirls with large noses should avold the ‘es——" Bob drawled—“and when | Richard shouted A dance had ended. 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