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ite > SO RRS Rippin orem nea: MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 22209 0029000900609020000 2937 eoescceccosccososces O’S COMPANY By Margaret Guion Herzog 99000 090000000009000800830 zs Chapter 54 {Death Takes Houey FYER ‘Nina ‘had "been there a few minutes, her mother sud- iooked|.at her, She just cher. lids, 23 te rh a ot, sleeping titi Ba +. + Quite: ‘wide « oie mat » hello, there.” > ie ‘bent over and kissed her ) arble arms placed - The rounded mound of ly, a di Tm a li sgn rg “Geing?™ Nina. gigeled, ‘cotly. aoaptiet on 1 Told pox "Bat aii nis pgp pe es y is. is @ show. Rig Sle said, ‘Tt we don’t oake ‘our «mother think she’s frightfully ill, she'll behave ie way we want iT — rei mut you'll o1 ive another one of those hide. painful cramps if you don’t a vga deat want that, | qe —n0,” oe ofan twinkled temNimasthought that unusually dark, and that the irises were @ good, Bs ‘tamb, and be out in a couple of weeks.” pps tad didn’t answer. Then: “Richard? . . all right for him, baby?” “Si t. Just pale. enough to be interesting You don't wantto look, buxom in bed, do you?” Honey murmured: “I don’t want to lock——buxom, ever,” and then she went to MiceD again. x a few more minutes, the Qn came back, She took|{ ony Honey's | pulse, and gave her .an oles whispered: “She ‘talked a as 79 woman raised her eye- and nodded; and wrote down on her chart, and Janother chair to the bed, it making a sound. ther long Sed ger pha coe ag on the arate floor, ; Do I look wit foo! for the most part there was noth- ing but an awful stillness—with fe the very stillest of all. “We've Separated’ died at six o'clock, The. at- ad been too much of a was on.one side of the and Nina ‘on the other. her blue had when eakko Dr. Fellows straight | Poor took the stethoscope children,” he and ears. over, dear put arm around was suddenly so it Honey—it hurt her have been read- tide note again, for the first David and Nina had separ and Honey wan Geet, There = nothing left in her life . pont ‘sent round a special letter the day before; ina had called him and him to take care of Button days. She would. him, he said. and her things se word spent | ‘there had been & rs about her “h. Just the mk and those Tt bed burt, of course, bet y ” The First Quarrel Wifie—I'm going home to mo ther. I'm through with you. Hubby—All right. Here's your fare home. Wifie—Say! How about the re turn trip? .| morrow and make you could hear smuffied | j¢ ps in the hall outside, but dazed state—saturated with so that she was eens 8 serhing much more pain. . today was different. “We've ae . But | ” The | dful awareness ef how true; they were. 7 vid was as lost Pie ad as | loney, 80 “peat out) Bee oake hes masses of flowers. ee was as lost to her—as ! David. Bhe said: “Our lease is up next | week. I'll go to = apartment to- | to store the furniture—or sell it or something. Tl 1 Susst say on here a while, I Richard and I decide a it the > owse™ “Ti come and work with Nina, darling,” quickly. ‘And 2 ‘Nina‘said: “Oh—will you?” a dittle ... and hurried } out of the room, because she found that she was beginning to cry. Richard and Nina were alone that night for dinner. ‘When she came down the stairs, ‘Ou, was waiting for her in the hall, and—worn, and that = owas 8 {sick look in his eyes. She felt sorry for EN ge “Nina...” he put his hand'én' the lac er and “idoked Seat vat Her: “About David. I... 1. “I know, Richard, I can see that you are re and it makes me want to be very fair with you - No matter what especial thing brought i it to a climax, it was as fault as yours. I realize that.” She came on down and laid “Tt's—done, now. Let's try thankful that —she went happy, they ent in to the baht said: Richard that’s iN Nine if I only could me worked to e her hap: aoe a Nina thought: “Poor Rich- ard .. he'll never be different. After me, there would have. been someone ‘else. He couldn't have made Honey happy, for long. It isn’t in him.” But she said: “Oh, I don’t know, Richard. 7m beginning to think that there’s a certain amount of—paying up to be done, for every wrong . le who we to do some of the she was still | +. even volved. she had lived, I’m afraid This way, it’s just and David, for a while. She's; . . out of it.” ‘e ‘paying — heavily, poor “You're little Nina.” “Yes. Yes, I am.” Just An Old Shoe-Tree T the apartment, next day, oF it seemed to be surround- | who rere. trying to hide it on ac- er. rdélia—so ‘happy in her love | for Carl; uite swollen with pride because he had been romoted to one of the jellengg 6 ~ Soe paces ith after he thought he had been forgotten ... . ina forced herself to work hard at the packing; the arran; ments with the storage peo; not to remember; with the disposal of each arti of furniture — everything, there would come to her some- ha and ami that David a id about it, or done to it. “ie plese: was so full of him, “that after Nina had packed her ge ae and personal bel ings, she could stand it-no’ ‘Finish the linen 32 me, will Re Cordelia, dear? I. Be [ think ve had enough for would be Docking Teh ‘of ti the hans that Nina and David had worked over together. Cordelia never asked begga the trouble was. She wouldn't Nina felt like telling her, ‘cae she ever ays But she must have sus- that Nina was pretty near- a over the separation; t David had been the one to chat have you got there, i laa dear?” ‘ina asked as was leaving. Her friend had something be- hind her back. “Nothing, atte — I'm just wanted to know. Beng! fing. dest. just ‘It's no’ wee an old shoe-tree. “Oh! Here, I'll take it. ...” Nina tar, | oboe cet a Never, mind. it bac! lo. Never mind. Just... throw it away, | eCopuright, 2937, beowe “Hereog) All Both At Once arrangements | and she saw that he looked older, dy ing . Honey would have had to, too. | ‘ou andI,., | people who-were joyous, but | clearin; _— alng, Fl be cwer | terday Nina had been in a sort leg | } 4 i i ‘that if Honey had to go | awhile Oe se orale nae was | | . he's—moved, now. But | } | | | | ef Charlie—Somebedy to see me? Was he tall or short? Ed—Both' Charlie—What do you meant ’ bear to sit in the library Chapter 55 Repentant Lever ND now, Nina had managed— somehow —to live through fhe first time she had | nearly a wees of loneliness, with- en them, stung her. into a new, ; out the two people she loved. After dismantling her own | apartment, there had been aco belongings to attend to, and t question of the 74th street house to be considered. She managed to keep her days full, but Nina knew that the worst time was still to come ... when she would have moved to a small place of her own somewhere, with Bridget and Mar- garet to do the settling for her; when the familiar brownstone said Cordelia; house would have a “For Sale” sign out in front, and there would = nothing left but to try and go erhere had been interviews with real estate men; and the family jJawyer, of course .. . Honey had left her money to be divided be- tween Nina and Richard; and there in her new plain black dress, he | had been afternoons—indescriba- over Hon- » by her- a2 3. aoe ta of intimate fiends. are the each ‘to ‘talté ‘Sonie e'There iad been “hundre4s Fy and flowers to ery ee ott soe still jee was no word of any kind from David. Jack Knight and Gracie, and even Francine, had all sent tlowers—chipped in together—but not he. It seemed so cruel, so unlike him that Nina could hardly believe it. How ter- Hibly, hos A and angry he have like this . bly poignant—of goi ‘self, and with ae. anion; an affectionate subdued’ utton, who followed her faith- fully from room to room, from floor to floor, and pressed close against her whenever she szt down. His brown eyes seemed to ask: “What is this? What has happened to our old life?” And Nina told him that that was what she wanted to know. Darling Button, she need- ed him, she said, as much as he needed her. They were insepara- haven't been in- | Pie; y= | One evening, in the living-room neither Richard nor Nina could now— Richard told her that he had de- cided what to do. “T'm sailing, Nina /. Saturday.” ie ue pated his breast pocket. “Tick- all.... You won’t need me foie after dtu will you?” “No. I’m. glad yout re opine away. It's the best thing. to, too, after I move to a place of my own... and, and David and I cone fe some Sort, of an agree- ment, about Richard looked very hahdsome in his dark suit, and mourning band and his black tie. He had been as serious and thoughtful, and willing to help, as ‘ou could have wanted him to be. ioney’s friends were touched by his evident sorrow .. . Nina was. But she knew he was not—broken. To say that he was playing well the role of marae icceaess hi nd, would have been unkind, because Nina knew that it had gone as deep in him as an thing ever would. And he was playing the rol. of repentant lover with her, because he was as sorry as he would ever be over anything that he had don e Ree ig But ig pe — that i. was aware part he was i ++. doing his best. He He cou! Bt lp | at Bri { oo Pleys Wi “Didn't in Am ~bardens seems. cated to cme on. he's peg oem lightful guest. ‘Why |i don’t you ve him ant for the holidays? . Nina could see it all happening, as she watched him, now . oe and handsome, really trying to be- pave pe paaad have the right *ou've Made Me Different” 1U ook so very tired, Nina . would you let me fix you a brandy?” “Thanks. Perhaps I do need one.” He brought her a glass, and then sat down opposite her. “Ni dear—may I talk to you about that come to mean a very great deal to me?” “Of course, Richard’ Nina was ey but she was ahead to Saturday, when even the queer, half-strained com- J witl ling to be frank oe to’say that ‘Button was Nina’s constant com- | floor, has; PEDODSOLO OLS 000CCOODOOSDOSS OOOOH TSSOSSOSOOS OO ODOC OSSOSESOOOD believe me, because I am go- itis quite apart from arte or needing your moncy 16 Mipport. me, or-... . or any .of the things that you have hated me for, in the past. It’s something entirely differ-' ent, Nina. I’m different. . - you've made me so.” She wanted to say: “Oh, poor Richard. You aren't. You'll never be. You think you're a new person, that you love me... but something way down underneath is telling and this very minute, that you are ehaving like a gentleman, that I will always remember how fine you were about admitting your mistakes. Something is ‘tel mg |e you vight now, not to try pei touch me . .. to look grave and determined, and hesitant at the same time .. . to frown just a lit- tle. ... Oh, I don’t mean to be hor- rid, “but I know you—so—well.” “Nina, I wouldn’t be saying this to younow if I weren't going away. I don’t even expect a definite.an- swer... but I want you to think of what I am telling you. I want you to marry me, some day. I want you to remember that you love me once, Nina, before 1... wel before you became as dis, with me as I am now, with my- self, , She put up her. hand then, be- cause she had to stop him. . I think the “Wait, Richard . best way to answer is to tell eos that I am terribl; vy. terribly in with David. Oh, he left me, I know . but just as you say you love me now, as a result of all ¢ | unhap; iness, a you learnt ourself ,.. 50 do es rh him... Tearnt about m oy, pad «sand there wi ever be anyone else for me.” She-theught for a moment how true that was. There could never be anyone else for her—any ba: ness. Arid then she said: sor’ Richard looked down at the “te you should ever change, : Nina. .. . If you should ever come to feel differently about me . She felt almost foolish as she said: “There’s no use hoping, Rich- ard,” because she knew though jhe meant it now, in a few months’ time, he would be riding or swimming, or lying in the sun with ‘some attractive woman . and it would be just as though this scene, in the quiet brownstone house had never taken place. He''said: “Then I feel pretty much’ as if everything were over for me, Nina.” “I know,” she smiled a little, at the present, and at the so different future she could see so plainly. “I know. I feel that way too, but we'll manage, I guess . . . somehow.” ‘And now Nina didn’t smile, be- cause she couldn't see any future for herself . . . she didn’t see how she was going to—manage.... Button Quivers NS soaked hat from her letter- She said writing, rears ythi , Brid- Paes + +2 chop, anything. I’m not meet at Brid get rope os “Now, Miss Nina, darlin’, you mustn’t'be like that. Just because Mr. Challoner has sailed and’ you're ong oe musn't ng one . you've been so now. . A chop, aid about one of them, fine plump ab fellows . . ina smiled, snd straightened up her a “Al aged them ee then. . one, too. eee “Thank you— pay we will. Will you ale him at 7:30, as usual? “enti ‘Seven- ices, dear—one of rand Bara fellows, argaret have “Any time. I don’t care. ’s frown: thirty will do, nicely.” Bridget d aces to the lower regions, and the big house settled down to its drea stillness once | Series Dares ame bas saa whether one ae — him. David tuous meals ‘im lay would make _m wou! tenough to be | someone like svent on thanking them. pathy. . Messages were still | that when the a 2g pm went to it, Nina so and bate was Button who panionship of her stepfather would be ne. When one more room would be closed, and another batch of trunks packed, and car- Tied out of the house ... when that lonely life she must live, would be one step nearer. “T—love you, She looked at him sharply. Lis- wet nee intently . . . amazed. “Edo” he went on. “And you! Educated Jerry—Of all my friends, I like the old ones best. Ted-—How come? Jerry—They're old enough to Tommy—Becayse dad’s a pain-' Garage Ed—He was tall and he wanted’ know better than to borrow mon {to berrow a dollar. ‘ey from me. | SS ae utton, so \aaye, hed ‘bounted ug a es ombaten J itfed <2 ene: led furiously. \ ( 4d swimming against the wind with! loved | of the Zionist song, “The Hope,” ther to wonder what it was. | C0 cw ceesceneeeeeccsceselseseossssecesseee® | pevesecccccccccsscsccscsscoocce "4+ ‘Owned By Mr. and Mrs. C. sees | ‘Of especial historical interest to: | Key Westers are the copies of \“Harper’s New Monthly Maga-| | zine” of the year 1869, owned by Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Alfeld of 749 Division street. In it is a series of papers under’ the -heading, “Along the Florida! the animal, vegetable, marine and humnan life along the Keys in that year. | Notes of interest in the series follow: { Major McFarland of the U. S. Engineers with the chooner “ ental is in charge of the.survey. . ‘Reports are by Dr. J. B. Hold- er. - Coral polyps grow to sea level,’ the cigar-shaped floating man-;| rove root takes hold and grows, mud gathers and a key is form- ed. . .Coral polyps grow an inch | a year. . a puma was shot on! Plantation Key by the expedition’ . . darge sponging trade at Key West. Fishermen use small schooners from ten to twenty! tons burden, shaped like half an egg and as near flat as possible “Sponges fished are buried in: . the sand of beaches until the ani- | mal matter is decomposed. . long; lines of cranes over the flats look like white picket fences. . green | turtle are turned on the beaches) up Tavernier creek. | Off Planjation Key, the wrecks, t 4 figurebeads and planks of many ships were seen along the reef. . .’ Indian Key is the rendezvous for |_ wreckers. The wreckers use| | Cuba. . .sea-devils, manatees, sea~ ;‘Reef”, qwhich describes in detail’ | | KEYS UPON FLORIDA REEF | {ING THE WINTER. EXTREME -; PERATURE. BENIGN INFLU- ccs isc E. Alfeld Of Division St. | their bills wide open. The brown! 1 pelican dives on his prey. j Parties in Key West own large} agricultural tracts at Cape Sable . ithe royal palms of the Cape} are more beautiful than those of | going leather-tortoises, rare crea- tures now, were numerous then ; . beaches along the Keys are of a fine, white, silicious sand. . . ARE EXEMPT FROM FROST. RAIN SELDOM FALLS DUR-| EQUABILITY OF THE TEM- ENCE OF THE SEA AIR wonder- ful for health. . YELLOW FEV-! {ER IS A STRANGER. PNEU- MONIA IS EXCEEDINGLY RARE. “Key West would be 2 "paradise for the sick or invalid were there decent accommoda- }tions”. . Captain Geiger brought first Geiger tree to island. Approached from the sea, Key West looks like an important maritime town. It is laid out in ; Squares and before the Civil War was pretty and prosperous. The merchants own beautiful estates . Banana; ,trees.are in Ba yard. . Grapes, guavas, Pawpaw, sugar ‘cané are grown’ eateny, | but the: garden inf Captain setts |: eneaee picture of the first in- cai "aa ter is the best. . .On, the of town are quain' ae cabins.’ na SAGA dread colon! ed Uncle Gebrge is,d!well-knowh character. . House, of Mr. Fergu- son is a pretty Grecian structure. .\-Barracks, Marine Hospital, Episcopal church, larger cages small schooners, and readily sig-| ings. nal each other by blinker light! when a wreck is seen. These wreckers are at the scene a few! moments after a Catastrophe, and| do valiant work in saving lives. The sailors are trained from their youth to the skillful seamanship needed to brave jhe stormy wa-)| ters. . Indian Key still has a few of the picturesque houses built) during the Indian war. . .the ar- rowroot or “coontie” is valuable for starch, but is poisonous in its | crude state; the agave or sisal! hemp is used for hemp making. . .| experiments in pineapple raising at Key Largo are very successful. These pineapples are of high) quality, as are also the Florida) oranges and limes, surpassing | Today’s Anniversaries @eeccevenconesoovoeesccce 1726—William Alexander, who called himself Lord Stirling, dis- tinguished patriot general in the} Revolutionary war, born in New York. Died Jan.15, 1783. 1767—Nicholas Roosevelt, New | York City inventor-engineer, | identified with the building and| introduction of the steamboat, | bern there. Died July 30,1854. | 1822—Louis Pasteur, the French | medical scientist who proved the germ theory of disease and found-| .ed the science of preventive medi- cine, born. Died Sept. 28, 1895. 1829—Hinton R. Helper, author | of an anti-slavery book which! caued more talk in its day than! “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” insane over | the dream of building a railroad tight down through the two con- | tinents, born in North Carolina. Died March 8, 1909. j 1831—Lucius Fairchild, Union soldier, Wisconsin governor, dip- lomat, born at Kent, Ohio. Died in Madison, Wis., May 23, 1896. 1856—Naphtali H. Imber, mod- ern Hebrew national poet, author who lived here for many years, | troupe of African slaves. . Party hooked a large shark in| the lagoon alongside of Port Jef. ferson. Civil War prisoners brought to the Fort nearly all have scurvy. Pusley and limes, from Key West best remedies. . . Dan Sullivan made manager of skit nights at the Fort. . Minstrel -Brown | Sugar, garrison dog, did tricks. . . Dan Sullivan did jig dance, later | incarcerated in Key West sweat- | box for assault and battery and contempt of court. . .“Fat Char-| ley” brings @ trepang to the Doc-| tor, who finds a different fish en-.| tirely living within its intestine. . . | Harry Blank, scapegrace prison- | er, once threw his leg ball and! chain over a log and went for a‘ Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Scammons | are the proud parents of a seven and one-half pound girl born on the evening'of December 24 at the | home of Mrs. Scammons’ mother, ° | 922 North Beach, | Mr. and Mrs. Scammons are/ | now making their home in Cin-| | cinnati, Ohio, but Mrs. Seammops, | | who before marriage was Miss} Helen Albury, came here a short | time ago for a visit with her| and left, you $100,00 4. 5 nae it born in Poland. Died October 8, jon) pba iaemen dal aad ‘There are more than 20 univer-| , Sities in Tokyo, most of which are | | private institutions. ooaioe s07, morgane dienonad ' stiles, Saeacr ‘Tommy—tI like to play down at my dgfs office. Johtthy—Why? less @e®tist, and he doesn't dare lick ii in there. 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