Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1929, Page 19

THE EVENING STORY amid the bits of silken wearing The Winning Widow. It was a most unpleasant day without end within. NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, apparel it contained, found two boxes ls know an; she asked at you?’ coupe whirled into their drive under That had made her employer cross. I could have married your the rocking elms. Out leaped a figure in a scarlet slicker. Fanny had a cold. With a handker- D. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, '1929. that Julia had done the same. ‘The|Let me tell you, Fanny, I am the widow party was A great success, although' of a real man; I shall never be any- and gave one to each girl. The boxes | while playing pinochle afterward Cousin thing else contained a deliclously perfumed and | Cora flirted with Joe Carson in a way o expensive set of tolletries, such as the | that turned Fanny hot and cold. girls had never used in their lives. During the rest o{. u..l‘: weck '(’hrre smarting Next day Cousin Cora insisted that | was excitement in the old gray house e ope. of cold tabiets fof Fanh. a5 her hostesses were ahie 10 g0 to N oA ey Half an hour passed, No guest. | Work they should do so. m}‘levu mind me devol e whol 3 Without rain was falling | Mr. P!ermn ule‘ph';:ed &m]t‘z:e "41482'1 about lu::ch. -h:: see to that. . of [ o e | “Don't heavily, The roof leaked like a sleve; | Sce & dm;‘,'y il the erat There | folkstn Fanny had had to go twice Into the at- | was not another until nearly midnight. tic with a basin to catch the drip. A | The sisters were just sitting down noisy wind fretted the ancient elms | t5 a comforting cup of tea when a blue and cast down dead twigs with un- canny thumps. The two Graham girls were not on good terms. Julia had burned her right hand, and so had been obliged to stay home from her work. ;mnthe door bell he was yourself you could when you mad it ;t me and uhz:fl ‘home l}nn lm rnoon, oe’s com! see” you tonight, father, but I loved his cousin William. | ready to .‘2‘ down onnhls < We had 11 wonderful years, We had a son like Willlam. He died. I thought my heart was broken. But I didn't know what grief was till I lost my hus- band. He went out to that's that. You did the best thing for Joe Carson suddenly noon. “Are: therefl any nice chaps hanging nny flushed. He sent flowers, candy. He took the ——" she fal The door opened. chief held to her nose she was checking up the monthly expenses of the house. A= bookkeeper for Johnson & Co., she was quick at figures. To her disgust she found that they had exceeded their bndget. The telephone bell brought them both to their feet. “I think it's for me,” ¥anny sald. She sometimes received trlephone calls from Joe Carson, who also worked for Johnson & Co. But now as she heard the first, words a look of dismay crossed her face. faintly uttered “Thank you,” she hung chair. y young | three women to dinner and the movies. <Aren't | Then Julis dropped ouf. She had to ‘Tound | have more time for Judson Hart. “Mark L. . There’s Joo Oarson | the ‘'way she carrie :'Afid r.’lu}?:lon Hart,” murmured Julia. “Here I am!” cried a gay voice, L rehtie. my word, Joe's lost his head over Cora,” Julia sald. tonight. 1t was Cousin Cora. For an instant the two girls were too stunned to do more than stare at her. Cousin Cora was He's kne He's & nice boy, and he’ll make a geod provider, morning = was. from the one t! tm by a she was happy snd because she was es 10 you. Now I'm going up to sl il supper time.” ek ‘Whe 8 his work whistling one morning just like this ‘They ai Tl have everything when you get home, brought him | back——" Cora pushed her silvery hair back from her face. “I think it's awful (Conyright. 1029.) One-Cent Sale Thursday, Friday, Saturday on with him.” ES hnnié l]oo, tho:g:b jI ru -wflln;. dsge ROS was alous. ul jealousy, alde v ! Invite them to linner | Mme, Luise’s magic box, was becoming ffll:' ";’{:k}}n;‘ ool uv‘/exgm:n":lry_"'..ge" | vervihing ready | io her, don't know what trouble is!" Well, | | T e e AND RETURN T tised 1o 2 ot moing on ‘Te et | driving in Cora’s blue coupe. So Cora | === — to have something o wause me. “as |and Joe went alone. Julin had gone a different being | to have Some t‘:{s e ot as ' | driving with Judson and another vouple. y_reluctantly re- (I remember it Tg is dead as & |5 ajone Fanny's rage got the beiter called. Her silvery hair was bobbed | doornail at this particular season. Run | "y “"Sihen Cora returned breesily, | NEW LOCATION and waved, her smart frock was high |10 the phone, Fanny, and tell your Joe | cne piiched into her. | above her graceful silk-clad ankles. | Carson that he'l miss the best chicken | ™, o 0. "0 0 s W dernanded old | She wore powder, & touch of rouge and | dinner he ever sat down to if he is not thing!” she wbml. v eotted | eyebrow pencil. ' She was lively and | here promptly at 6:30. s HA ' o lovely. " And as she sipped her second | The girls were astonished at the|™YJU€0 Wl (g Gora. cup of coffee—she had asked for cof- | readiness with which both young men be 3 - . fee—she told the girls how she had | accepted their timid invitations. come near being overhauled by a traf- | they got home at 6 they found Cousin fic cop in her haste to reach her desti- nation. “I got a week's leave of .absence.” she said. “I'm assistant to Mme. 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Most Sunday afternoon she declined to go With a up the receiver and collapsed into a Cora Piper,” “It's a telegram from Cousin . she said. here today. express.” (SRRIP A 7:40m 10:45 “She’s coming That means on the 5:20 There was & silence while Julia di- gested this disagreeable bit of informa- | tion. “What's she coming for?” she asked. Fanny made a despairing gesture with the damp handkerchief. ask me.” The table glowed Fanny changed her dress hastily. Temptation seized her and she dipped into Mme. Luise’s box. “Don’t he began. | “You make me tired,” sneered Cora. “Don’t you know that you'd never have al She “This house is a sight,” said Julia. “And only enough cake for our supper. Tn you remember that other time she visited us, Fanpy? weeds roused the least interest in him ir I hadn't played you up for all you're worth? noticed She wore widow's There was something wrong with her hands and she wore wool mit- ‘That's what I've been doing. tens all the time except when she was at the table, like Phone National 0140-2622 you vow upon now!"” on HOUSE WIRING Complete With Fixtures O O now learn Think what she must be { "mir;.h.hm'n‘ heart!” wailed Fanny in For the rest of the day the two sis- ters were busy. despite Julia’s bandaged e value of ARTRUR? hand and Fanny’s unhappy nose. v “We'll have {0 stuff the pinochle pack and this stock of naughty magazines out of sight,” said Fanny. 804 17th St. N.W. Franklin 10391 “I suppose she'll hate our dear littie radio. And we won't be able to have coffee a singl morning while she's here. 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