Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1931, Page 54

INSTALLMENT XIIL LMOST every week end was That gets us to the ranch at noon, THE queer lack in her that prevented him, or some missing quality in him, Both, perhaps. The mental element in their relationship, the constant joking and laughter, were a sort of safeguard. ‘They were too critical, too witty, to descend contentedly to kisses and em- braces in the sleepy darkness of the parked car on some lonely Summer road, as other men and girls did. Theirs was not that sort of relation- shi) SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D, “Oh, really?” Her voice sounded flat and tame in the darkness. “Well, sooner or later, I suppose. She wrote me something about coach- ing—digging up in physics and psy- chology—so I can take the exams in September. I don’t know what it's all about but it may save me redoubling on my sophomore year.” Gall, going into the house, determined that she would not go down to Los Gatos at all tomorrow and felt a great C. JUNE 21, if they wanted her, they could make a special overture next week. Edith highly disapproved this idea, “Why, you're crazy,” she sald. “Oh, I don’t know,” Gail® answered mru{. undressing in Edith's room. always the same thing. It doesn't get you anywhere!” “You have a lot of fun,” Edith said stanchly. 6 Gall wandered away to her own ;‘:ogn, returned in pajamas, brushing her it 1931—PART FOUR. darkly. They brooded. upon it a mo- ment in-silence. Then Edith, brighten- ing, added suddenly, “Gail, while you were out I thought of why Van’s mother is coming to California! She's coming to see you, you idiot! It's as plain as anything could be.” Gaill smiled without answering. A few weeks ago- she would have jumped at this conclusion; she wished she might do 50 now. But she felt tired and blus moved about the kitchen, pressing white linen. g (To be continued.) —ale. Two Big Contracts. ‘The biggest contract of the kind the Government ever let before was for a $6,000,000 dam in Idaho. The contract Secretary Wilbur signed for starting work on the Hoover Dam on the Colo- playing has come to the fore in modern times. Father and son in the last 40 years have improved the mechanism of the clavier on which the carillonneur plays. ‘They went about the country restoring “vocal chords” grown raucous or silent with age. They gathercd younger men around thom and passed rado called for the expenditure of near- ly $50,000,000. The Government will supply the cement—20,600 freight car- easy.” They were standing close together at the old fence rail; he might easily have put his arm about her. But he never on to them the mastership of their art. So it came about that Jef Denyn's school (now the o lon School) was founded, which is send- spent at the ranch in Los Gatos now, and between the Mondays and PFridays Gall lived in but a dreamy half-consclousness _of what went on at home. Her thoughts were always of what she must wear next Saturday; her everyday appear- ance was newly important, too. For the women of Van's set had taken her up, and when the Chipps were back at home, as they frequently were in mid- week, Mary Spence or Lucla would come to Clippersville to stay with Lenore, and they would all straggle into the library during the dull forenoons to try to coax Gall to come off with them to a country club lunch. She had always taken her vacation In August, usually spending it restfully at home, doing the mending, darning, straightening of books, changing of do- mestic arrangements for which the year never left time. But this year she took it in seven successive Saturdays and Sundays. Life at this accelerated pace fairly burned her up. The new pleasures enchant:d her, but never satisfled, leaving her always straining for more— w}lnch indeed was the position of them relief in the thought. The week end of Mrs. Murchison’s arrival would be a very good week end upon which to absent herself; it would be more dignified, it would show a certain niceness. Then, “Phil was at Dobbins’ tonight,” she said suddenly, “with Lil; “Oh, Gail!” Edith walled. “I know. It's awful.” “He's crazy,” the younger sister said p. “Oh, by the way!” Van said in part- ing. ‘Mother’ll be here tomorrow! x “ gome one':s fi‘,’m"' )‘:r up! (&’nm i“t‘hu helplessness was he: he; he | loads thereabouts, a train 1 ttempted that sort of thing; Gal arbara. 's coming oul reat e avy upon her as she or thereabouts, a train 165 miles | ing forth maste: :Iondel:'ed sometimes if it were some |riot act to me and to drag me home.” went slowly downstairs and slowly | long. u:':ulnn to all nn"w:;ld.m. e IFE‘IEBeuer Values, Better Terms, Better Service=IAE=NATIONAL=ER=What You Buy We GuaranteeEElENATIONALEEIfiI a : 5] umnfm, discouraged about Phil, about Ariel, about her own hopes and plans concerning Van. A sense of futility, of $8.95 50-Lb. Cotton Mattress $4.49 $10.95 Layer-Felt Mattress 36.95 $9.95 Coil Spring 4.95 $1.79 Natural Porch Chair 99¢ $4.75 Natural Bar Harbor Chair $2.49 $4.75 Green and Orange Canvas Seat and Back Yacht Chair 31 98 HI MR ‘They went everywhere, anywhere, they did anything and everything that might promise fun. Gaill was surprised to discover what they thought fun and what bored them. Breakfast on the Maccleishes’ yacht for example; life on the Maccleishes' yacht had nothing to do with sailing or the water. The yacht might as well have besn moored 10 feet | underground in a coal'mine for all its | gay party ever saw of the sea. Yet there was something distinguished | about being asked to spend a week end | on a real yacht! Every one slept late on the Lazy Lady and breakfasted under an awning, 4n pajamas, about 11. Then they all played bridge, even Gail, for her home game was rapidly developing under the sting of losing a half-cent a point. She bet that much and Van carried the re- maining 42 cents. Gail hated to have him lose money on her game, but he would have it that way. A sandwich lunch was served in the eabin, and after that every one dis- appeared for a siesta. | After dinner, beautifully frocked and | groomed, they settled down eagerly like | & flock of vultures to the green-topped tables again. But visiting on the Maccleishes' yacht was not merely a matter of the | hours one spent on it, of course. The glory spread far ahead of it and far behind it. Gail saw her name in the Clippersville Challenge more than once | during this amazing Summer, listed | among the guests at affairs whose dis- | tinction & few months back was beyond | her wildest dreams. | She had a feverish feeling some- times of having lost Edith, lost Phil| and Sam and Ariel, lost touch with| her work at the library and her duties | at home; one could not live two lives, after all, and Van's very exactions were a delight, an answer to her wild young ardent prayers of last Spring. Noth- ing mattered but that she should please him, should keep close to him. She | grew wittler, quicker, gayer as the | ‘weeks went by: their talk together was | merely a quick cross-fire of repartee. | Fun at the time. But it left her| little to remember. | One night in late August she and | Van walked home from a movie in Clippersville. The night was insuf- ferably hot. “Whew! That was frightful,” Gail breathed, turning her bared head up to the stars. Her arms were bare, her. throat bare, her thin dress was | brief and still she felt smothered. | “This is a snorter!” Van commented. | “Los Gatoes tomorrow. hey? And into | the pool. How about ice cream at Dobbins'?" | ‘They sat at the counter and had grape juice on chopped ice. All Clip- persville came in and out of Dobbins'| on a hot Summer evening and Gall | kept wheeling about on her high stool to greet library acquaintances and| neighbors and _friends. | We invited a group of the most important furniture manu- j facturers with whom we do business to dispose of their samples, small quantities and closeouts to us. This sale is the result of that deal. It is unnecessary to say that we bought this merchandise at greatly lowered prices and that the savings are reflected on the hundreds of newly marked price tags in evidence on every floor. W TN I |nle——mltee—te—a o —]] o] ARRANGED FOR THIS EVENT 3-Piece Living Room Suite Well made $48 and smartly upholstered in Jacquard velour. 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She walked along beside Van silently in the street. The man kept up his regular stream of chatter for a minute; somehow it jarred tonight. Gail broke across it suddenly. “The reason I wanted to come awa was y brother Phil was in Dobbins, re “Your brother Phil was!" »‘Yes. Way over in the corner, in one of the twosomes—" £ “Why didn't we yell at him?” Van = asked simply. | 'An“,ub She had to have sympathy; she had | i to test him. With a sudden letting down of the bars she said, “Because his E girl was with him.” “And don't you like her?” Van de- manded with his delighted air of dis-| covering something amusing. “I despise her!” Gail answered som- berly. ;Not really!” he exclaimed ecstati- . | Liberal Terms at the National Dining Group—10 Pieces As shown. Of walnut vencers on fine cabinct Lovely -4-Piece Suite Exactly as pictured. Comprises dresser, wanity, chifforobe and bed of fine cabinet woods ican walnut finish. Easy to Pay at the National “Krcehler” Bed-Davenport Suite Settee, which conceals a comfortable bed, $89 Bunny chair and club chair. Upholstered in jacquard wclour. “ Converient Terms at the National “She's not a girl, really, and it's' very serlous,” Gail said determined to sober him. “She’s a_divorced woman and she has three little boys.” “Oh, T love it!" Van said with relish, “Phil!’ ‘Old_sobersides!” “Van, how can you say so!” reproached him, hurt. “She's a ter-| rible girl; she comes from Thomas | street hill; she was one of the Wibsers.” “Oh, I'think it's perfectly grand!" Van sald with his raw jovous laugh. | [7] “No honestly, Van,” Gail persisted, | not to be won, “it would be absolutely ¥ ¢ . . ‘ 3 Pieces in 100% Mohair i TR o} Gall Enameled 5-Piece Suite Consists of drop leaf table and four $13 95 smart, well constructed chairs. They are Easy to Buy—Easy to Pay Handsome Poster Bed Included , chest of drawers, semi-poster $69 Large dress bed and charming vanity. Artistically fashioned of gumzwood and nicely finished in walnut. 4 pes. It’s Easy to Bliy at the National “She sounds just my beantifully enameled and decorated. Van chuckled. But suddenly percelving that she was not amused and that a genuine mood of anger and disappointment was koep- ing her silent. he changed his tone and said rallyingly, lightly, “Why, what do yor are who your brother marries! You don't have to marrv her! It's_his funeral.” “I suppose 50" Gail conceded after & moment, wearily. The car was parked' a hundred feet from the Lawrence gate. Gail went to the fence that had once becen their meadow fence and leaned on the bars | and stared into the night that was now lighted by the moon. | “Phil's marrying would simply wreck | our home.” Gail said, reverting to the topic, deliberately, desperately. “‘Oh, forget it! He won't marry her,” Van assured her easily. “I think——"" she began a little thick- ly. “I think what worries me is Ariel, she is giving me a good deal of anxiety. She is running around with that Buddy Raisch crowd—of course thcy may be a perfectly descent crowd under- neath—" “Why, she’s nothing but a school child!” ' Van said in distaste and dis- pleasure. “Well, she’s not such a school child but what she lets Buddy Raisch take her out in his roadster. I was wonder- ing,” she added timidly, “what you would think I ought to do, Van?” He was interested now but in an an- noyed, reluctant sort of way. He said quickly, “I? For heaven's sake, what should I know about it? It seems to me {if she’s such a fool she likes to run around with a bounder like that, why, let her do it!” “But you don't understand, Va Gail ‘said patiently. “She’s only she won't be 18 until next Christmas.’ “That wasn't no hindrance to the late Miss Juliet Capulet!” Van reminded her joyously. 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