Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1931, Page 12

A—12 MOON of DELIGHT by Manganet Bell Houslon. she of Kirk, of his voice, his touch, his kindness—of the things he said. Alone with him in the garden, what might she not have said, in turn? There, on Caprice—She had felt his unspoken profanity, when the marquesa had come running Wwith her cry of “Look!” . ... She herself would never forget to thank the marquesa for that rescue. Now she was not afraid. It was not kO™ a5 she | love she felt for Kirk. What it was she arette girl, who 15 un- | did not know. How could a heart that lans, " Kirk waits | had beensdrained of faith furnish a soll ner "laughing | for love? It was not love—and it was not night! So she need not fear. She would meet Kirk in the garden, CHAPTER XXII as she had promised. He must not suspect that she was afraid . . . iy A Fear. If she might only know a day, ! OULD Juanita meet him for | a night that had no moment when ter- breakfast in the morning? |ror, black and cold, did not crawl SYNOPSIS.—In love with Senorita Flores, guest of his grandmother, Nelly . Kirk Stanard does not know that has left her d name—Juanita wel er New is s th of information Bad hired the » aperones his aware of his theft pla vainly for Juanita to garden, bitter upon s singing with Adr She had promised; Kirk |against her heart. Last night it had could only depend on that, | stayed long, not only terror of what for he would not remind |lay hehind, but an indefinable dread Y her. She had sat late, singing to[of something ahead. She had risen Adrian. Perhaps she would be sleepy | from the bed, sat by the window lock- in_the mhzmhng. e AR | ing dat ;he scn.tg\e T'l'ling hs.r? sl.}(])ng He gathered some o e bulbul flow- | beside her, watching too. e ha ers before he went in, taking the back |started into the marquesa’s room, but ! stalr, He would give the flowers to | the marquesa snored so peacefully that : nho&a to ‘!l)ul, in Juar:xlltefi‘;m;nsou’ln:cy \‘_!unm{a‘ ht:dt crslpn into bed again, go- would perhaps say 5o g 0- | ing at last to sleep. morrow. And perhaps the mocking | The night was almoit gone. She bird would be at his post. | would not be afraid of the past or Juanita’s door was ajar. Rhoda was | anything to come. Juanita slipped from :1‘? dm’xblztmnlk(lpi t'l‘;ep ro:m _;L;::dydéz:‘bed. The mocking ‘bird sang suddenly. e night. Kix e | A little late, Senor,” she said, clos- | opened farther at his touch. Rhoda |ing the marquesa's door as she ran the | was not there. | water in the bath between the rooms. et oo e i | TeimOcking et ewrawey leaying to Kirk all e—the old bed With | the honeysuckle shaking Juanita put | its rose-hung canopy, t e crystal Or- lon a sleeveless dress of pink cotton | T S e s T s 3 | head. There was no time to dally. n this room once when he was lll <0 | the marquesa was going to wake and | fiiuf;“ e Al i come in Juanita preferred her to do it e wocK L ~ | after she was gone. quesa’s. Fe,“fi‘:sm “’g"‘d 'fl“’x’“;g; ":‘e“r‘; | "Kirk was waiting under the oak trees | ‘ Comlggg‘*’h: i ioioy e iaver LYJthe sotth Walll A lnblehgor two had S ves. | peen set there. e world was very Juanita had so filled it with, her pres- | dim and still, and full of faint night @ce that o former association Te- | fracrances. s ? hicgs had become ominously slent | oo T 5 €94 0f YOU. s ek govnstairs Kirk stepped inside, poured | YOg atHttY Bt led Juanita. “Do e water into one of the vases, set | voiknow what we say in Spanish? ‘It i the flowers on the table beside the bed. [ i’ g sin to sleep when the moon is Cl ol ale’ perfyms was beginni€ | ahining* T beginning fo bellsve. it's a e eit Gilekiy b tHa/openYdnor | D tOTAleEp BHE dewTs. 3 to his own room. But it was a long | Down a little path Rhoda was coming { bearing a bowl of strawberries. " time_ before the woices downstairs cens%d. before there came steps on the | “Rhoda may pour your chocolate, but | stair and good nights called along the | you're to ‘pour my coffee,” Kirk said to hall. | Juanita. THE E\'E.\'.ING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1931 MOON MULLINS—Emmy Sinks Her Teeth on That One. T MUST SAY THAT LORD PLUSHBOTTOM'S BEEN VERY ATTENTIWE TO ME SINCE MRS. BANANA CAME HERE TO BOARD. MY STARS!( MAMIE WOULD HAVE. TO START HOWLING LIKE A STEAM CALLIOPE JUST WHEN HE'S ETTING A BETTER IMPRESSION OF THE PLACE. MAMIE, STOP THAT YELLING IMMEDIATELY, ALL RIGHT, MISS SCHMALTZ, ALL RIGHT— BUT KAYO’S GOTTA PUT THEM COAL TONUS WHERE ICAN FIND THEM WHEN HE QETS THROUGUH PLAYIN' DENTIST WITH THEM AND YOUR FALSE TEETH. testily. He had not slept well and Juan- | all day.” Juanita, with your hair like that. love you in that little pink dress. ita looked so disturbingly pretty and re- mote, He had been overjoyed just now 0 see her coming from the house. Now other things worried him. “It depends on your susceptibility whether he's dan- gerous or not. At any rate,” Kirk fin- ished, “I'm leaving you here with him.” “Why don't you take him?" “How? He's plotted this for days. He's even planned a moon for tonight— on the ride home.” “He has plotted nothing with me,” said Juanita. “He didn't think it necessary. Here you are, and here he is. And here's the garden. Did you ever in your coun- try hear of the dog in the mangar? Well, here he is. I can't use the gar- yself, or sce you all day—so I want any one else to.” u are hard on yourself,” Juanita said gently. Rhoda was coming down the walk with covered dishes on a tray—a puff of omelet, strips of bacon, hot biscuits, feather-light, and a pot of wild plum jam. Kirk held out his cup to Juanita. These New Orleanians! They took their coffee seriously and continuously. Kirk watched the lift of her rounded arm crossly, so that Juanita laughed. “Promise me one thing, Juanita——" | ing already. fter a moment her eyes met his. 't be afraid,” he added. Then softly, “I love you“}usk you not to fall in love, Nothing not ! I/to do. Only—if eny one tells you ke | I|loves you foday—laygh at him, too.| Jove you any way at all” he added | Will you promise that?"” | “Oh, certainly!” sald Juanita, laugh- | any more. I'd just like—I'm going in ‘ Dbit of bacon which started a small war. | into a hideous thing, seeming to say: “And if he asks you to marry him,|it . . . Look at that canary, will you? | birds. x “I won't ' tell him you couldn’t think of it.” crumbs." 1k broke a biscult into bits, | black Thirg thet had stood beside her Tew it out on the grass. in the night was mysteriously there A myriad flutter of wings from the | o .u, tyming the message of the dawn She had sobered a little at that! “Just for today,” said Kirk, “That would be easy.” «“All right then. I shant nag you | branches cbout them. Juanita threw a She and Kirk were silent, watching the Whatever has lain dark and secret shall be unveiled in the light. (To be contintred.) | town to work and I'd merely like to do He's waiting for me to throw some' Juanita scarcely saw the birds. The! WHAT CAN MEN DO WHEN SAY “WE WON'T”? . " Juanita lay watching the world grow | ‘“Spoiled, aren't you?" pale with dawn. The sea wind was | “Well—desirous of being. at any rate. ! blowing into her room, moist and gen- | You didn't come last night," he added tle, bringing & smell of rain. Yet the | “I suppose you were too happy with sky held stars; the day would be clear. | Adrian.” Perhaps it was the flowers she smelled. | She was wetching Rhoda dish the “Juanita looked at the flowers, a crim- | Strawberries. ~She could be very silent, son blur in the half-dark. Kirk had | reflected Kirk. In another woman the Jeft them there, she knew. Kirk had |trait would have exasperated him. 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