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see ¥ . Chapter 23 TMAS came. galloping along—a different kind of Christmas for the Cranes. There were no lavish parties; only a trio of Bruce’s fraternity brothers dropped by on Christmas Eve— with a fifth. They and Bruce got meliow and spun dreams of fu- ture glory; and T’nette popped corn for them and made some fudge; and was happier than she had ever been before in her life at this season. Comfortably T’nette looked across at Bruce and the boys as they talked in low tones, and congenially, about this love they shared, this life to which they had dedicated themselves. Nola’s gifts arrived important- ly on Christmas Day from Con- necticut in a welter of costly wrappings and special handling tickets plastered all over them. And down from the house. on the hill came a superb azalea, with a card reading: “J tried to find a flower to match your loveliness. I failed— but here is the nearest contender. Happy holiday. . Robert S.” It made Bruce ill. The picture . of middle-aged, astute Robert Saylor penning such sophomore drivel was ludicrous—and un- pleasant, too, when the inspira- for it all happened to be ruce’s own wife. Still, he could not say a thing; for Saylor was a thorough gentleman—and he was paying extremely good rent. And, as the new year got under way, he was paying also a lot of attention to Antoinette. At first it was simply: “Mr. Saylor said thus and so—” Then, unobirusive- ly, such things as, “I was talking to Bob today, and he said—” be- gan to creep into T’netie’s con- versation—on the rare occasions when she and Bruce had any con- versations. Bruce despised himself for the pang of jealousy that shot through MUSIC By Frank Riordan Bob Say and T’nette’s life was more or 1 secluded, especially since she sold her car. Steve Christiansen had drunkenly of ‘money—and of a money-h wite, des, “Bob lets me have his car for marketing. His mother goes along with me. [rz SEEMED to Bruce as if she put a sort of caress around that name “Bob.” It did+not oc- cur to him that it is almost im- possible to utter the name with- out implying a caress. But ‘long toward April the name “Bob,” with or without a caress, dropped abruptly out of T’nette’s vocabulary. That caused Bruce more concern than ever. Yet he dared not betray his feel- ings tie mentioning the fact. Still he d.not help saying one eve- ning when he was home. “How’s our good tenant, Saylor, coming along?” ; “Why—” ‘T’nette began, and Bruce wasn’t sure for the light was poor; but he thought he saw her flush slightly. “Why, he’s fine, I guess. He’s been in San Fran- cisco a month.” ““Oh!” Bruce’s heart thumped loudly in relief. And he forgot all bout the man named Saylor and became once more engrossed in the nameless ones, the ailing ones —the people who made up his life over at the County Hospital. For her part, T’nette hoped she had not deceived Bruce. She hadn't lied, not really. Bob had been in San Francisco for a month pe ee ee A eC LO EE LLL ACCS A OL LOLOL LOLA LR ALO - . RINGER: | Carolina Carillon Industry Chimes In By ALDERMAN DUNCAN AP Newsfeatures OR Med id day. She had Som on " j tat etibe 1e@ only once—and. it 5) she had asked him please not write anymore. Oe But it had done no good. The thick -envelope from : Matk Hopkins still arrived every morn-. ing. Of course, letters could bé burned; memories could not. A the night Bob had wanted to ‘ ‘her was still etched sharp in mind, She had not been d but she had been lonely, and. though she wanted more ‘ or shortening the hours. of ; tude—the lonely hours. after Julie had been put down for the night.’ And Bob’s letters? Unwil A she had to admit she looked’ : ward to them. SER ik i June par but insteed A t ioe bringing with it renewal Ve: it seemed to bring. only: turbu-. lence to T’nette and Bruce. 1 had reached a kind of impasse where neither quite knew whit to expect of the other. They not bicker and quarrel; for were gentle people. They did. not wear their feelings like suits. clothes; they were too well bred for that. But black clouds~ o! doubt were billowing veenes in their souls and as t ay: do to sleep—the one in. her bed: Encino, the other on his cot jus outside the dispensary at th County Hospital—they dreamed of how wonderful it would bet only they were together. Yet when they were A ac it was not wonderful at Karen Thayer watched the slow change taking place \ in Bruce. She bided her time, like a - jungle cat, every muscle tat, every nerve alert, ready to spring in, for the kill. And it came one. afternoon, unexpectedly. (To be continued) (Copyright 1947 by Frank Riordan) yaw | CW OV OV OOOO NO! | Interesting Notes | Irises grow from a large fleshy iroot lying in a horizontal’ posi- |tion. REENWOOD, S. C.—This western Carolina industrial city, There are probably a billion may soon become the new home of an old Dutch bell foun- tons or more of gold dissolved in’ dry famous for its carillons. the ocean waters. Harry T. Van Bergen of the 152-year-old Van Bergen Bell, ‘Chimes and; Carillon Company of Heiligerlee in the Nether-! * Eight-five percent of all pass- lands expects to start producing the firm's product here as soon enger travel mileage in the Uni- = as he can obtain sufficient tin. He hopes to sell his tuneful ted States is by motor vehicle. chimes to American churches, ———_ : - Avrcher-fish literally hunt their po se and: sensorial. oF i gen, scion of seven generations iprey. by shooting water from: “A number of years ago James j of bellfounders, is impatient to mouth, wetting insects and Cz Self, Greanwood industrialist, }&&t 09 again with his carillon-|knccking them from the air in-' became interested in , carillons ‘making. He has been held up, to the water. while on a European’ trip. At bowevers by difficulties st el oe interarm erst oy Cologne, Germany, he was im- : *!ng block’ tin used jp bell) Aristophanes, Greek comic sessed. with the music from ™¢tal, 20 percent of which is tin ,draanatist, is believed to ‘have the. carillon in an old church |224 80 percent copper. | written 54 plays, the first of ' Wan Bergen. expects. to .be which was produced while he was } and conceived the idea of having. . : text a one for his cotton mill ig | joined soon by his: brother, An- | still in his teens. ‘ a, Gries. Tuming the--bells,*Wwhich is |*' us wae Pe Miasctt 08 a ‘done by thinning down the in- Romans had a set ritual of ap- 4 ‘terior surface to produce the de- plause expressing various de- isiwed tone, is the real art. The; grees of approval; snapping the | way the Bergens do this is some- ‘fingers, clapping and waving the | what of a family secret, he says. :flap of the toga or a handker- The largest European carillons ' chief. ‘ ‘he says, never exceed 64 bells. | :At least two in the United! Klaes Martensen van Roosevelt, ‘States, those in Lake Wales, who arrived in what is now the Florida, and in Riverside Me- United States from the Nether- morial Church, New York, have lands some time between 1644 .72 bells. iand 1649 was the ancester of seven American presidents: Glasses are needed by many 'James Madison, Martin van ‘people after age of 40 because , Buren, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses: ’ ‘hardening of the lens of the eye S. Grant, William H. Taft, Theo. ,prevents adjustment for near ‘dore Roosevelt and Franklin D. | vision. Roosevelt. en, who was exhibiting his ear- illons. They talked business ten- tatively and when the war came — ee on LLL LE LOGE ! { i | MAKING IT DUTCH—Hary ae PURE ; augcauaeaaid Place Your Refrigeration on @ REAL ICE BASIS and You Will Get GUARANTEED Heifrigeration Service along Van Bergen, not wanting to return home, accepted Selt’s | offer to buy the 32-bell carillon for installation in a memorial tower at the Callie Self Memo-,|} rial Baptist Church in South Greenwood. Van Bergen came to eet) | REAL ICE. | Thompson Enterprises, Ine. (ICE DIVISION) vise the work, liked the place, brought his wife and young son from Heiligerlee just in time to escape the German invasion. He knew his carillon business would have to wait out the war, but Self set up a foundry to make mill castings and put Van Bergen in charge. Now the 48-year-old Van Ber- ||| PHONE NO. 8 KEY WEST. FLA.