Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1931, Page 22

THE Lucky LAWRENCES By KATHLEEN NORRIS oo 3L, by ook Amreas Novaner Al . INSTALMENT XIV. RIEL came in, exquisite in pale- ness gnd dishevelment. She sat down laughing at the end of the table where working. “My dear, feel my hand! tually co-o-old! night like this! waiting for his sister—for Mrs. Phipps, you know—outside Dobbins’ when I came out. So I thought that the least I could do was stop and tell him that she'd gone home with the Hunters. So then we got sort of laughing and he sall he'd bring me home, and when we were in the car I said I wished we knew of a cool place nearer than Nome, Alaska, and he any place was cool if you went 70 an hour. We laughed and screamed at each other all the way!” she said finishing the story. Gail knew exactly how; she could| hear the wild laugh. “Oh Ariel, what fun!” she said wai A “Oh, he’s darling!” Ariel was still for perhaps a whole minute, her eyes fixed on space. Then she sald suddenly. “Oh, Gall, I wish——" she stopped as suddenly. | “Yes, I know. So do I!” Gail said turning scarlet and laughing. : “He certainly—" said the little sister. *“He certainly pays you—well, atten- tions,” she persisted awkwardly, “that ‘would—well, would mean that any other boy was dotty about you if he did it!” Gail, red-cheeked, her ironing halted, watched her expectantly, perfectly com- | prehending. “But you—you ought to know—" Gail answered truthfully in | a troubled tone. “It’s funny, isn't it?” Ariel presently asked simply. Gall was I'm ac- Can you believe it, & | Van~ Murchison was | “It’s awfully funny,” Gail agreed. Ariel said nothing more, presently | drifting from the kitchen. Gail hung | her frock and her scarf carefully on a | hanger, and went slowly upstairs. | “I may be engaged to be married | this time tomo:row night,” she thought, when she was in bed reading. “There's | «& moment when one isn't and then| suddenly—one is. That's all there is to it. Girls do get engaged; almost| every girl gets engaged.” She thought of the Fosters and the ' Delahantys. Three good, busy, homely | unmarried sisters in each family. Two in the post office, two teaching school, one in the library, one a stenographer. Gall's heart failed her. | Resolutely she resumed her reading. | The story of an English father and of | a_ little daughter who died. England. | Meadows fenced with hedges and cathedral spires over oaks. Homing crows and thatched roofs. Oh, it would be fun to travel, to go to England! To see a yellow fog clos- | ing in over the Thames Embankment. | Sudden rage and resentment shook her. It was not fair that some girls should travel, go places, do fascinating things, and that other girls should drudge away at the library year after | year while hope died and youth raded‘ and enthusiasms were spent—like the | Fosters’and the Delahantys’ enthusiasms \ —upon church fairs and preserving | fruit. And it was not fair that her par- ticular prospects should depend upon | a casual scatter-brained person like | Van. The age-old humiliation of the waiting woman smote her, and her| (‘heeks reddened. “If a girl’s life really does depend| on the chance of a man’s asking her | to marry him,” she reflected, “then what nonsense all this talk is about | character being fate and ‘the fault,| cear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves!” “I'm not sure” she decided darkly, | ‘but what Ariel's in the right! Il she "gets to London before I do!” And the next day she rose unre-| freshed and dissatisfied, and dragged | heavily through her preparations to go to Los Gatos, as if the prospect were | snvthing but inviting. It would have| filled her with ecstasy a year ago; she felt dull and doubtful nbnut it| now. | When Van parked at the gate at 10 Ariel, all helpful sympathy | ut with her. | wish I were going with you!” Ariel said frankly, “Well, why don't you come!” Van | exclaimed. | “For one thing, mister, I'm not axed!” Ariel reminded him with the| deep boyish note of Jaughter that was in such odd contrast to her ethereal | beauty. Oh, nonsense; they like whomever I | bring!” Van sald. Gail's laugh was a trifle constrained; she wondered if Ariel was thinking, | as she was, that her own first invita- tion to Far Niente had been slightly | irregular. She had told Ariel a hundred times that she, Gail, would love to take her some week end to Los Gatos and in- troduce the younger sister to all its celights. And she had meant it. Therefore, Gail hated herself now for the unwillingness that rose like a tide in her heart; fear, reluctance, FINE DRY CLEANING West End's dry cleaning is performed in accordance with Standards of Practice as recommended by The National Association of Dyers and Cleaners: Five conveniently located of fices ready and anxious to serve you shame. It simply wouldn't do, to bring this unasked, too young, too beautiful little sister; it would create awkward- nesses unthinkable—it would complicate an already complicated situation. “Oh, no, I couldn’t—I've got a date \vlth ;he crowd tonight,” Ariel protested uick 9 For ’nn instant the matter hung fire, and Gail did not know whether or not, in that instant, Ariel sent her a glance of wild hope. Immediately the younger girl settled the matter and was run- ni.n[ back into the house shouting, “Have & good time!” Despite her sister's protests Gall felt like a murderer as Van's car shot away across the long bare road, away from dusty dull Clippersville into the beauty and shade and coolness of Far Niente. The thought of that quick hopeful glance of Ariel's—that glance that might never even have been sent or been thought of haunted her. Van’s mother proved to be a thin dark smart woman in a beautiful transparent gown of orange and black. She greeted her son with a fretful “Van, I suppose you know your father's furious at you meking life simply wretched for and gave to Gall only an ab- stracted frown. “I think ycu were in school with my mother, Editha Petrie, in San Fran- cisco?”’ Gail sald trying to seem at ease. “I was in school with nobody's mother, and I won't be incriminated, end I am praying the Lord to grant me a long and prosperous 31!” Mrs, Murchison said to the company at large rather than to Gail. “She'll never forgive you that as long as you live, Gail!” Van exclaimed in the laughter that fcllowed. Gill laughed, t00, but she felt hot and uncomfortable. In all it was an uncomfortable visit; the least happy she had ever had at Far Niente, even including the first, with its nervousness and shyness. Mrs. Murchison’s presence seemed to accent- uate Gall's feeling of not belonging to the group; Mary Spence had gone to Canada on her long trip back to Welles- ley; Lucia Tevis was shortly to join her. A new girl was at the ranch, an intimate of Lenore Phipps; | appeared to have much to say to each other confidentially. For the rest there | were three men Gail had never seen before; they were absorbed in the topic of the golf tournament at Del Monte, | and for a little while on Saturday after- noon Gail was excited by the. possibility of their all going down to Monterey to try a day's preliminary playing. But in the end it was decided that the three men and Van should leave fore breakfast and go there alone. “That is, I would,” Van sald, “if T 't feel it would leave Gail in the lurch!” ldWe 11 take care of Gail,” Mrs, Chipp sa “We were going up to lunch with Ethel and play bridge,” Mrs. Murchi- son reminded her in a light droning \olce not intended for Gail's ear. “Oh, well, that’s all right!” said Mrs. Chipp—she’ "liked _Gail—pleasantly. “We'll just lJeave her here to amuse herself and the boys will be back for dinner, and we'll all go home Monday | afternoon——" Gail had to protest; her library job ! would stand no more trifling. She| mu<t be back Sunday afternoon posi- | tively. There ensued one of the blank pauses that so upset their autocratic plans. Well, then—well, then— Mason was going back, of course, with fruit end vegetables. For the second time Gail leaped at the oppor- | lumtv to go home with Masol “But, my dear, he's going mghuuny early,” said Mrs. Chipp. at a perfectly unearthly hour. Eight, I think, because it gets so frightfully hot—" “Eight’s nothing to me!” Gail said, laughing nervously. She wanted to go home! She wanted to put it out 0! these persons’ power to hurt her any more. “Won't these golfers be break- fasting early?” she asked. It was arranged. The bridge players plunged back gladly into the mysteries of vulnerability and redoubling. The | young men played tennis, and Gail watched. Later, going to the cabin to dress, she heard Mrs. Chipp good-nnturedly reproaching somebody for something. ‘The voices came from behind a screen of shrubs and tall flowers where the hammocks were. “It was dreadful—I mean it was un- | mistakable—I mean it was enough to | make him furious,” said Mrs. Chipp's amused indifferent voice, Another woman's voice spoke quickly | th pin answer, laughingly and indifferently, too, but with more vigor., Mrs, Murchi- son's voice. Guil could not hear the first dozen | words. But the last trailed through her consclousness as she escapcd, scarlet- cheeked out of hearinj le girl!” The tone, the emp! of the voice, Interpreted the whole to her perfectly. Van's father would be furious with him, 1723 Pennsylvania Avenue 1201 Connecticut Avenue 1006 Fifteenth Street 1122 Fourteenth Street 1737 F Street Also an Efficient Collection and ‘Delivery Service the two | “He's going | NG 8 THE EV. going with a Clippersville girl. Tt aid | not matter whose feelings were hurt or were not hurt, it was only a Clippers- ville girl! Hcr face blazed, her throat was thick d dry. She walked slowly Ilp to the c-.bln entered into its peue shadi- ness quietly, and began her prepara- All the time her tlons for dinner. heart seethed like a boiling pot and her thoulhu ‘went round and round “T' n be home this time tomorrow,” said Gail aloud more than once. ‘What did it matter what that vulgar, smart, rouged, thin, dark woman said or thought! It did not affect Gail Lawrence; it did not affect Van Murchison. It did affect Van, of course. ‘Wandering about the room in a thin cotton klmono she addressed herself aloud: “You poor fool! You thought you might be en; tonight! “Well—you may “I'd like to be, just to get even with her! I'd llke to be so_ stunning, 30 smart, so popular that she was wiped right ‘out of sight— “I hate her. No, I don't suppose I hat> her—yes, I do. I despise her! Tq like her o break her leg.” ‘The childishness of her own mono- logue made her begin suddenly to laugh, cnd she found tears in her eyes. This wouldnt do. Gail seized the Lawrence panacea for all troubles, the nearest book, “Men Without Women.” Its ap- propriateness made her laugh nhfli{v again. But afterward her thoughts came back to the memm'{wof the insulting words, and she felt her face burn. There was nothing to do but go through with the evening’s program with what dignity she could muster. The boys seemed to her very noisy, very much absorbed in their own affairs at dinner, and after dinner there was & half-hearted game of roulette, in which Lenore and Mab Whiting won every- thing, while Gail lost quarters and dimes to a painful degree. It then appeared that the four boys were going over to Del Monte that night so as to play the Pebble Beach course early in the morning. not upset Mab or Lenore in the least; they sald they wanted to sleep late on the morrow and go up to a club lunch- eon anyway. Gall was careful not to let any one suspect that it made any | difference to her. But she felt hurt. At half-past 9 o'clock the roadster with the shouting boys in it departed on its 70-mile run, and Gail found he~self quietly in bed, reading again. After a vhile she let the book drop and lay thi “A_Clippersville girl!” she sald to herself. “Well, that's what I am! I dox:ic know why that should make me mad—" Shamed courageous thoughts pos- sessed her; she plunged into them as into a river. Despite responsibility and precocious cares, she had done little philosophical thinking in her 23 years; she deliberately faced the situation now, faced her own soul. | " The next morning she slipped away - her at NAtional 5220 | from Far Niente before any member of the family was astir, and with every mile of the home trip her heart grew lighter and her mind steadier and her quiet determination grew. At 2 o'clock | she was back at her post in the library. The jaded man at the desk looked up incredulously. | “I thought you'd gope to Los Gatos, Miss Lawrence?” “I came back. How's little Theodora, r. Wilcox?” “Well, we had rather an anxious night with her.” “I'll take this on, you don't have to stay here,” Gail told him decldedly. “You go home to Mrs. Wilcox!" He was straining toward home al- | ready; every fiber of his being be- | trayed it. | “I take this very kind of you!” he | sald thickly, awkwardly. | _ “I hope you'll find her better; I know you will?” Gail encouraged him as he hurried away. The long Sunday afternoon blazed over Clippersville, but inside the big, dim. library it was comparatively cool. Gail felt wearied, subdued, yet oddly content. is was duller than death, but it was peace. No one would hurt her here, humiliate her here; she be- longed. And then, as always on library Sun- days, Edith was there slipping about the | alcoves, coming up to the desk to beam, to whisper to her big sister. “Arfel home?” “No,” Edith explained too cheerfully, too naturally. “Dot Camp telephoned to say that they might not be back until after dinner. “Where do you s’pose they are?” “Oh, just on one of those Sunday runs, when they eat greasy fried chicken off dirty board tables and think they're H’mvlng a wonderful time!” Edith sald | impatiently. (To Be Continued.) sy i Farmers of Chile are benefiting from bilization of agricultural prices. guarantesd to rid the home of roach- l CRACK-SHOT 52453 Leaze your dry cleaning at one of our offices o¥, if you prefer, phone Metro- politan 0200 for one of our courteous ro utemen to cail. We know you will be pleased with our work and more pleased with our moderate prices. Your valuables are insured against loss from FIRE and THEFT during the time they are in our possession—at no additional cost to you. 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Good Boys’ White Duck Longies, 6 to 16. ‘69 Boys’ $1.50 to $3.95 Knicker Suits, Wash Suits, Raincoats, Linen Knickers, etc Goldenberg's—Third Floor, Glove Departlnent $2.25 Washable Doeskins, pr...... ..ca. 31“ $1 Milanese Silk Mitts, pr. ..o Goldenbers’s-—Main Floor, CROWDS in Attendance Today at the Sale of ENTIRE STOCK Bought from SCHULTZ & BR of Inlaid Linoleums & Wool Rugs - 517 W. Baltimore S;l. Baltimore, Md. ® Retiring from Business When SCHULTZ & BRO., Baltimore’s largest jobbers of Floor Coverings, decided to retire from business after a career extending over nearly half a century, GOLDENBERG’S bought the entire stock of Inlaid Linoleums and Wool Rugs on a basis that permits us to offer our customers Savings of About Y5 Price and Less! As our advertisement goes to press crowds are thronging the Downstairs Floor Covering Department, and we are too busy to list the many items on sale. However, the Schultz stock is so large and varied that those to come tomorrow are assured equally as wonderful values as offered today. The fact is worth emphasizing again that SCHULTZ & BRO. co.rned only the highest grade qualities of Inlaid Linoleum, including the finest imported grades, as well as the product of America’s leading rug mills. Rugs Purchased in This Sale Will Be Stored Until Fall, if Desired