Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1930, Page 22

Adventure By Mary Roberts Rinehart Copyright. 1920, by North American Newspaper Alllance and Metropolitan SYNOPSIS. Missie Dester's life has been ome of tragedy and sorcow, Her father, Lambert Colfaz, a_member of an aristocratic family, married Stella, a burlesque actress. When Misste was a little ofrl her father deserted her and her mother and Stella, after futile killed herself. old Mrs. Coljax, who adored her son La bert and folerated her daughter Adelaide. When Misste was 20 she was married off to Wesley Dexter. She did ‘mot love him and Ris affection -for her was shortslived. = Only the birth of a son, Eddie, kept their mar- riage from going completely on the rocks. Kirby Phelps, whom Missie met ~several years after her marringe. was deeply in love with her and she returned his feeling, but Because of the boy she determined to forget “pexter's infidelities and brutality caused her to leave him, but her love for Eddie brought her back. 'Kirby Phelps, after Roping for years that Missie would decide to obtain her freedom. had finally married. Missie_tried desperately to keep all Succeeded. But Derter's excesses finally caused a long illness that ended in death. During his last days he tried fo tell Missie that he recretted his treatment of She forgave him freely. glad that their son hed always regarded his father as a_man worthy of honor. When America entered the war Eddie lied about ‘his age and enlisted, leaving h mother to comfort hia frantic swees Mary Elizabeth. TWENTY-NINTH INSTALLMENT. E ILEEN had bought the house on Grove street—the one in which she and Missie and: Stella had lived—for the Red Cross. Mis- sie went to work there. She sat y, among the other women. To were all mothers, and the piles of dsessings that rose on flims the tables were the barricades they | could _erect | were erecting—all they now—between their boys and harm. ‘When Missie went home in the eve- ning its was often to find Mary Eliza- beth there. The girl was thin and tense. she would take her in, try to talk to er. “He said he would write every day, Mrs. Dexter, and now—" “All the mails are very slow, my | Missie would sit there trying to make | talk; between her and this girl of 17| there was a gulf neither could bridge, but she felt that Mary Elizabeth was dumbly reaching out to her. She must not fail her. Sometimes Missie evaded the girl. And as work piled up ‘occasionally she spent the night in the little house. S had had a cot bed placed in old room. She would move about the building in her white uniform with her blue veil, clearing up the day's dis- order, preparing for the next day. But after she had lain down it was full of hosts; it was as though all-the lives ived there had left their imprint-on it. She could hear Stella’s rocker, light laughter, sighs and groans. But when she slept it was to dream of Eddie in a trench, with shells bursting around him. Or he was crawling out over the lp of the trench with his gun in his hand, bayonet fixed, eves staring toward an enemy that waited to kill. She always saw him alone. It was : | how wonderful. word | of Dexter's escapades from ‘Eddie and had ) her. | others, particularly | Missie's step-sister Eileen, secretly scofled. eare | SOftly, and at Missie's elbow was a Missie was always tired, but | Eddie's war. Eddle was fighting the | WA ‘When the armistice came and .she knew he was still safe, she could not believe it. She felt numbed, beyond emotion. She did not go alone to see Eddie come home. Bands playing, flags wav- ing, triumphal arches in the streets. Mary Elizabeth begged to go with her, and because she knew it would please Eddie she took her. Tommy got them passes to the pler. Wonderful Tommy. “That's Tom Wilkins. You know, the Wilkins car. One of the first in th business. Vision, that's what he had. Missie was still in black, for her father had died, but she made herself as smart as possible, wore her pearls, her littl pin with cne star. Not gold, thank God. Thank, God, not gold. She stood on the pier, waiting. The committee was there, a crowd of other people, also admitted by the Tommies they ki . “They're coming now, Mrs, Dexter. Hurrah, they're coming.” Missie found she could not speak. Her hands were shaking, there was that old constriction about her heart. Down they came, grinning, slightly sheepish. The crowd went crazy. They came and came, in dogzens, in hun- dreds, in thousands. The gangways shook, the dock vibrated. A woman fainted. Men shed shameless tears. And at last Missie saw him. He had grown; how big he looked, how strong, Her boy. Her grown |son. Eddie, Eddie. | He came on, looking right and left. | He did not seée them. Don't let him ]‘pnss Stop him quickly. Stop him, | somebody. “Eddie! Eddie!” The line stopped. He saw them. He saw them both. He looked at her, at Mary Elizabeth, at her again. “Mother! Mother darling!” He held her in his arms, his strong young arms. He held her as if he would never let her go. And beside her Mary Elizabeth stood waiting. She knew that her time would come, that eventually he would turn to her. She stood by, waiting, her hand touching the sleeve of his worn khaki coat. A year later Missie was sitting in |church. The organist was playing | great stand of white chrysanthemums, tied with tulle. She was glad they were there; they protected her. But when Eddie came out she moved a little, so she could see him. She did not see the procession as it came up the aisle. She saw only Eddie. “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here together in the sight of God—" She was standing up. The incredible thing was happening. Eddie was being married. She leaned rather heavily against the pew ahead, tried to listen. But she did not hear all the service. he was busy with her memories. But when the organ pealed out she came to with a start, and she smiled at them as they passed her. She was very calm and quite lovely at the reception later. It was a handsome reception, with plenty of champagne. | She waited there until Eddie had gone—Eddie and Mary Elizabeth, course—and then she went home. She was not unhappy. She had de- \;:Ioptd a philosophy of life by that e. of She knew how women deluded them- selves, belleved as they climbed each hill that they would find the promised land waiting on the other side. And that there was no promised land, unless it lay in some vague hereafter, She took up her life again, but she | felt older. Much older. One night dur- | ing that time she looked in her mirror and she saw that something had hap- pened to her throat. She had seen it happening before to the throats | women, especlally of unloved women, | but now it had happened to her. It was the throats of womef that died first. With men it was the nape of the neck. ! It withered, or it grew heavy; men wrote their lives there, where they could not see what they had written. But with women it was the throat. She bought a little jar of cream after that, and at night she rubbed her throat, as if she would rub away the years, erase her life; and in the morn- ings she would look, and there was her past again, etched as & copper, perma- nent, betraying. She took to wearing soft tulle scarfs in the evenings, and sometimes when people looked at her, sll:? would draw a fold across, under her ohin. Fortunately she was busy. She was iving her house to Eddle and Mary 1'zabeth. She had refurnished it for th'm, and was taking the old Colfax place for herself. Eileen and Tommy were going New York, with Palm Beach in the Winter and Newport in the Summer. Adelaide was with her again—but now it was Missie who moved somberly-about. It was she now who picked things up, put them down again. Before they ft she went into Wesley's room, newly furnished for the young people, and stood there looking about her. The big bed on which Wesley had died was gone now. “My girl; my dear girl” Her throat tightened, there was the old construction about her heart. She had moved before the children came back from their wedding trip, but she was never quite at home in the old house. Adelaide loved it. Missie settled down as best she could. it was like old times to hear Adelaide ~ \ Just Arrived . . . 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C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1930. at h downm{h men on the box. reports: search laboratory, Dexter Laboratory, Elizabeth. she felt an: it furtively makin e :;ckhuulu." she - receiv er callers; in s w, sometimes with two s Or she went to her | el hospital board meetings, reading her “The corner stone of the new re- donated by Mrs. Dexter and to be knrvw;"l as the Wesley wil week. It is hoped that the members of this board will attend.” She listened to that, greatly moved. It was to be Wesley ment, his name was to be carved in stone over the door. any firony in that, in thus canonizing him. She only hoped that Eddle would be back, Eddie and, of course, Mary They did not get back, however, It was a rainy day, and Missie stood alone under -her umbrella—Adelaid matic knee had kept her at home— and she thought it went off very well. Before Eddie brought his wife home she had everything in readiness. resentment at the trick that life played all mothers, using them as long as they were needed and then casting them off, she made no sign. When they came home she was there to welcome them, but she did not stay. “You must have your first meal in _— her way o the daytime they came L. %1 They let her go, mgrossed. taking his ‘;hwe, darling! be lald next | that. safe, ‘enduring monu- | her wild griefs, now. She saw the Nor djd she see have children and she vicarious life in them. quite calmly. rheu- like Sarah so Jong ay beside her, Eddie b happy, boisterous; taller. It eagerly, occasionally “There he is! he cover. Attractive 50c Grade Squere Yd. 33c Horiie Service Bureau 419 TENTH ST. N. W. [ 2 Women's UMBRELLAS $ 1 .88 Fast - colored rain- proof Umbrellas English Bradford cloth Various handles. Main Floor. 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Eddie closing the front door, wife in his arms. They had already forgotten her. She gave a ball for them soon after She could do that now. Her life was set, and theirs, They were safe, all Her mistakes, such as they were, were buried, along with her passions, Nothing could happen Jears going on, in exorably but peacefully. dream. Then one day in the fullness of time she would lie down to rest, and she would not get up. She thought of that So she gave her ball. looked very lovely and the ball went off splendidly; Missle inside the door, like Wesley, ‘The brasses in the band blared. voices shrilled, young people forgot to thed into the hurly burly. 1 told you he'd be FREE PARKING SPACE OPP American Holland shades in white, ecru or green. 3x6-ft. size. window shades, cut 3x6- ft. size. splendid per fect quality—size 3x6 feet— guaranteed rollers, it they had fc tten her for herself? lajde was still ) Walt- done, at, the supper. Missie was very tired. ? quietly up the stairs, so quietl; the couples sitting there moved over automatically, engrossed in themselves, not even recognizing her. ‘There was & bench at the top of the stairs, and she sat down there. Just below her two young people were talk- ""%31's & good part %1ts party.” “Pretty fair.”” “Look here, tell me something. Wasn't there a scandal once about Mrs. Dexter?” “You're in the lady's: house, my chil “Don’t be silly. Wasn't there?” The youth yawned. “Nothing much. She ran away with another man once. That's all.” ‘Honestly?" they say. Before my time, though. How about another whirl be- fore supper? Got to do something to raise a@ appetite.” When they had gone she went dully into her bed room. Her hands were trersbling once more. She saw that her safety, so dearly bought, was no safety at all. This new generation, so outspoken, 8o cruelly frank, held it in its irresponsible hands. And she had no defence. Suppose Eddie learned it? said, smil- By midn often A m! entirely. ing fo She ‘What could she fend what she . had death she saw him clearly the Wesley she had canonized, ley as he hard; drivi tuously refusing to take her hard man, a cruel self-indulgent man. But Eddle would never believe that. It was too late, even if she told him, and she would never tell him. Let him think of "her what he would, but let him keep what she had built. She could not debase the dead. Nobody would tell Eddie, except Mary Elizabeth. The):l if .hk:n& kind to Mary Eliza- beth, very Suddenly she realized that her se- curity, her very life itself, might lie in Mary Elisabeth’s small carefull m: cured hands. She Iay in her bed later on, thinking about that. So small, so ,vmmh' and inexperienced, to hold so much. Hours later she heard the ‘;(my breaking up, heard Adelaide's stick on the stairs, heard Mary Elizabeth cau- open her door, look in. 1 e in? I was afraid you ‘very own sensual, They would ‘would live her That was her ‘The house Mary Elizabeth nd handsome, ooy tiously “May were aslee] Missie rallled herself. “Of course. Come in."” ‘The girl came over to Missles Em- e ir her, Telephone NAtional 5. Measures Up to the Same High Standard Set by Us in All Previous Two-for-One Events! Yowd 3 Another of those famous sales in which Goldenberg’s excels! Beautiful advance Spring fashions for daytime in flat crepe, georgette, chiffon and prints—and for eve- ning in gleaming satins, fish net laces, moires, etc. Featuring glorious new high shades and plenty of black—and featuring sizes for all women: 14 to 46, 304 to 403 for short, full figures, and sizes 38} to 50% for large, tall women. 89¢ Holland $9 Wool Blankets Window Shades Perfect quality 6 sc 59¢ Opaque Shades Slight seconds of opaqus 3 9 Eeru color only. C $1.19 Oil Opaque Shades Goldenberg’s—Second Floor. nteed 100% pure ce—thick, warm and comfortable for cold Winter nights! 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Some seconds. means savings to you. 1 pajamas; 11 s 1 LG CHARGE ACCOUNTS INVITED—NO INTEREST, OR EXTRAS—WE DO NOT PENALIZE OUR De- gtro cost | flushed. She did not see Missie staring been, seifish, her off and then, Vvir- | p, back. A OSITE 8th STREET ENTRANC GOLDENEERGS —————————————— 130 Boys’ $4 to $7 Suits, O’Coats Manufacturer’s close-out of surplus lots and slight irregulars at a price that Knicker pants suits, 8 to 16; junior overcoats, 3 to 9. Limit; two to a customer. Goldenbers's—Third Floor bed, sat down on it, radiant and HONEYMOON ALIBI FAILS CAR BOMBER ¥ p ] By the Associated Press. = NEW ORLEANS, La., January 14.— Police records yesterday shattered an alibl offered by Vineent Venesls, a pressing shop worker, and Judge Wayne G. Borah sentenced fiin to serve six months in jail for placing an explosive on a street car track in the reign of sabotage following last Summer’s strike of union car workers. The alleged offense occurred on the night of last October.22. Venezia was found guilty on the testimony of two woman witnesses who sald they saw him place an object on the track just before an explosion under a passing street car. Venezia claimed that he was married on October 9 and left for Opelousas, La., where he and his bride remained until October.27. Police records, how- ever, were submitted to show that Venezia and several others were arrest- ed in a crap game in New Orleans on October 24. thank you,” she said “for the wonderful appy—' “Frightfully happy.” Eddie came in then, and sat down be- side her. “You're a grand old girl” he told her, affectionately vernacular. Missie lay back on her pillows, even laughed a little. How silly she had been! She was safe, and so were they, safe and happy. Nothing could happen. (Continued in tomorrow's Star.) Revives Middle-Age Music. OBERAMMERGAU (#).— Incidental music composed in the Middle Ages will be revived for the 1930 Passion Play. 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