New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 8, 1929, Page 20

— — — — :\k ———— i THIS HAS HAPPENED Ashtoreth Ashe is having the ost exciting adventure of her life little house on top of & moun- n tropical Dominica. Ashtoreth is a stenographer lromi Boston. The owner of the house is | Hollis Hart, her multi-millionaire smployer. They have met by acci- fent in Domtnica, a little island in | the West Indies. } Ashtoreth, who has been il is laking a cruise. Hart has stopped | »it, en route to South America, | and found the place 8o charm!ng‘ that he has taken & house and | means to stay-a while. They are| felighted to see each other, And Ashtoreth purposely misses the boat b order to stay on the island. She | Pretends, of course, that it was an | cident. And Mr. Hart seems not| suspect her little ruse. | Finally he discovers her boat has jailed. There is nothing left but to wait for the next boat. | §OW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXVIII | “Two lumps, Holly | Ashtoreth sat at the breakfast ta- e and tried to sound wifely. She| ¥as wearing Hollls' pajamas and lboking her best. Now. women, en masse, are not buillt for pajamas, any more than hen are built for nightgowns. But her red lip: Ashtoreth was one of those tall, fMm girls, with long legs. Lean| fom knee to hip. And that, of fourse, makes a difference. Asa | vatter of fact, she never looked | better in her life. {told her harshly. His satin pajamas. | very rough. and a Rus- | be was trying to keep it even. They were orchid With a military neck, Han sash. Over them she wore a silk dress- ng gown of Koman striped effect. Behind each ear she had pinned | L scarlet hibiscus, red as her and drew his mouth to hers. ughing lips. | Her own clothes were drying on | e bushes. And Ashtoreth was ishing it would rain, so that she | tould wear the pajamas all day. | “A week tomorrow,” remark ;nnm and salted his paw paw ap- etically. “The boat is coming & early, Orchid.” For six days these two lved in | e little house on the top of the ountain. And every day the sun ad shone. And every night the | ars had twinkled and bathed the | Barden in silver light. “And now,” he said, “you are go- | away.” | P‘uhtore‘h bent her head above | er plate, And wondered what a rl should do in such a situation. ollis Hart loved her. That is, he | as crazy about her. She knew | at it had been awfully difficult | r him — being so dreadfully re- | Ipecttul. And she loved him. . | love? Well, it didn't really mat-| fer. He had money to burn. And | le was sweet, and wonderfully def- | jrential. And generous as cnuld} be. After all, what else is there? | ft wasn't even as it he wasn't good looking. Why, Hollis Hart had Mmply everything! . . . A girl would be an awful fool if she| touldn't love a man like him. . Or was | Ashtorcth’s experiences had been ther limited. A certain fastidious- ess had saver her from the pro- | iscuous petting in which many ris indulge. But Monty had kissed rer with & cogsidcrable degree of armth and longing. And Jack mythe bad voiced his desires in no #ncertain terms. There were, also, her men. They had not particular- tmpressed Ashtoreth. Beautiful girls are usually so- Phisticated. Unless, of cou tre dumb. Aside from her own Ixperiences, Ashtoreth’s knowledge | M the affairs of other girls—nota- | )iy Badie—had tended to acquaint | Ber with the ways and thoughts of | nen. | . Fir six days she and Hollis Hart ad lived in a glamorous paradise er presence had stimulated and | xcited him. So that he had E:r and made love. But further an that he had not gone. . 5 And tomorrow she was going home. | They were alone now in the din- ing room. Beyond the long win-| Jows lay the garden. Humming dirds fluttered about the butterfly bushes. And a wanton little dreeze that had dallicd among the Blics and stolen their fragrance | tame stealing through the room. | Hollls put his hand on Ashto- Peth’s. . . “Have you been hap- Py?" he asked her. And In his voice there was a bunger and a questing that made her heart rejoice happy,” she sal ill you miss asked . She knew then what it was he would ask next — when she slipped ker hand hi “Oh, T'Il miss you fold him. And pricd beneath his. and ) against his hot, hard were soft and « “Do you love 1m o . . “just a .ift] Mm-mm,” he like a little frightened thin he had to lean to a minnte through They were « And a mountain ler | most had I me 1 1t | with her chin on her shonlder, and her dark h month Bo that his Iiy 8 red flower had pinned behind her ‘Oh, my dear,” he cried. “My fear!” A scrvant, padding softly on hare Peet, came 1d filled their coffee fllps. They in silence, tasti elr tood and pushing the plates hway. *“Come, to her feoot garden now They wandered through a crum- Bling wall to a glant tree hoilow *runk was cushioned mom. A5 ir heads a of orchids grew from ~i ach. ““This " he told her, tatber of all trecs, See, 1 [ said, and drew her “It is glorious in the with cluster a bou; s th “is the there is| |a hickory limb, or something. Hor- | | dress. |t > - 7 5 0 G o e — room enough within fts trunk for two to sit and love.” He put his arm about her shoul- ders, and they passed into the gaunt embrace of the great tree. Gray moss, like the beards of patri- archs, hung from its branches and swayed in the breeze. “It's like a Druid,” whispered Ashtoreth, and pressed against him, He held her closely and ran his hand across her shoulders, in their satin jacket. “Give me your lips,” pered. “Just onc And when he had kissed her he held her away, with his fingers gripping her arms so tightly that she winced. “That is all T want,” he said. His voice was stern, as if he were trying to convince himself that it vas the truth. He even repeated it. And his mouth tightened at the| corners “That is all T want, Orchid. Only your lips, dear. Your lips — just once.” he whis- Ashtoret heart was beating | nadly. Throbbing in the hollow of wer throat, where Monty used to pre s ki Her eyes were wide and frightencd. But she smiled with And was, at once, fill- ed with fear and rejoicing. Because she knew that Hollis Hart lied with his twisting, hungry mouth. “Go clothes on!" he voice was But that was because put some She smiled again. And brushed his cheek with her lip: “Once more,” she whispered. She put her arms about his neck hot on her face. flashing His breath was 4 his blue eyes were like Mona’s, Ha bent fiercely and | gtroot, fastened his lips on hers. And she felt his teeth, hard and cruel. She tried, impotently, to shake or head. He hurt, when he kissed h As she struggled he “I never meant to kiss you like that,” he told her. “For days I've heen steeling myself against g, N “Why?" she asked. He ground his heel into the soft ground. And put his feet apart and his hands in his pockets. “Why 2" she repeated innocently. “My God!"” he exclaimed. “Don’t you know why?" She shook her head helplessly. A strange breathlessness welled with- in her, filling her body and her throat, so that her breath came in little strangled gasps. He looked at her steadily, until Ler face crimsoned, and she dropped her eyes. “You know w! he said. ., she whispered. “Then please, he besought her, “go get dressed! She laughed like a naughty child. | “I haven't any clothes,” she re- minded him. “They're hanging on | tense said so.” Hortense was a big, ebony laun- | Ashtoreth left her clothes | cach night on the stepped out of them. Some time be- | forc she woke, Hortense washed | nd ironed them. But this morning there was a shower, and Hortens2 had explained that little Missy must | wait. Ashtoreth had no other Clothes, and wore Hollis' pajamas and dressing gown through neces- | sity. “I'll_put offered, “if bothers you." on your raincoat,” she this boudoir scenery | = D A e ———NEA IRV |cent over the average [ visits in 192§ and an increase of 180 — — 3 ‘\\‘-\\ — . —_— “— =\ © S — J reth, “But what I started to say was—wasn't it just like a falry tale? It was too bad, of course— walking out on a loving husband, but just the same. . . ." Hollis interrupted. “Imagine Faving a worshipped wife and los- ing her—to be gloritied for all the other men in the world. Now if T |should marry a beautiful girl— and another man admired her wor- shipped charms—do you know what I'd do?" Ashtoreth laughed. she sald. “What would . + . Hollls surveyed her appraisingly. Sunbeams played in her blue-black hair, making it glisten like a bird's sleek wing. She kept his dressing gown swathed about her hips, but the broad lapels had fallen bacx. And the soft curves of her lovely body showed tantalizingly through the soft satin of her pajama jacket, (To Be Continued) Hollis Hart, in the next chapter, proves to be a thrilling lover . . and Ashtoreth {s deliberately pro- vocative. 'Whatever happens, it's her own fault, DISEASE INCREASE NOTED B NURSES December Listed as Second Heaviest Month of Year Mrs. Andrew J. Sloper presided at the regular monthly meeting of the Visiting Nurse association held this morning at headquarters on Center Reports.of the various activ- ities were heard. The statistical report for the past month was of special importance. December, it was said, was the sec- ond heavicst month of the year. Cases of communicable disease for which no other nursing care in pro- vided in the city, increases the total number of cases admitted to 375 and the visits made by the nurses to 2,- 395. Second in importance to cases of measles, scarlet fever and diph- | theria were patients suffering from respiratory diseases which suggested the approach of influenza. Both types-of illnesses in addition to the other types of nursing which the nurses carry, have increased to such an extent that three temporary nurses were engaged to make it possible to answer every call for & nurse where care was needed. The communicable disease service, |In charges of Miss Sara Keevers, has shown a tremendous gain in the number of patients served and in ihe number of visits made. It is now a generalized service and in Decem- ber showed an increase of 437 per number of per cent over the highest previous record made by the association. Such gain in service while good as long as there is no other special pro- Britain for this type of , 18 far from ideal, ac- cording to the association, and Miss Keevers looks forward to the time floor as she | when New Britain will have its own isolation hospital for communicable diseases. An increase of new patients by 21 per cent was noted in comparing December of 1928 with the similar month the year previous and a simi- lar increase of 45 per cent in the number of visits made. Figures for the past 12 months also show that new patients admitted in 1928 {n. creased 22 per cent over the year 1927 while the visits increased 28 per the care of “You'd better,” he told her grim- | cent. 1y, “Saint 2 Anthony himself | couldn’t look at y¢ | u in that out- hibiscus firmly ot heavy lair| And wound | r hips. She secured her in the great coils that hugged her ears. silk gown about The members present were Mrs. Andrew J. Sloner, Mrs. Trnest M. Smith. Mrs. James B. Thomson, Mrs. Howard J. Bruemmer, Tawrence C. Humason and Mrs. Patrick F. McDonough. Hollis appraised her critically. | “If Mr. Ziegfeld could see you| row,” he informed her, “there'd be| a pajama brigade in the Follies. Tall, slim girls, with red flowers hehind their ears.” She laughed de tedly. “I always wanted to go on the stage,” she confessed. suppose very girl does, T read a story onca ihout a famous TFollies queen, you kn It sald that she was quite a poor girl w lived was a bride and her hushand vanted to have a picture of her in wedding gown. But che was uch a thrifty little thing she wouldn't let him spend the money She sald they'd buy some lnoleum or the kitchen, or some curtains or the bedroom, i But he ixed 1 dio, and when heard . the T that they wanted t very cture they could get, she d to have one taken. when she wasn't listening : man to finish one. And Iy picture asked her sion to submit it beauty contest. Helen al it cost s - didn’t feel an v told her she hau in som- much better won fir she was absolu IS 1 t carc a bit s it be or a beauts any “But her husiand was so prond that he suaded her to go to New Yerk to accept the prize. gH 1 her to the ic 1 kiss er zoodhy And prom ter the plants and fced the erythin “And then, 1 gfeld, or somecone, red her a cat, and f a sudden, Mr. saw Helen great big started autiful girl 4 evervhod her the most b world 4 1ppose,” interrupt- end of the poor “I guess it wa: ' agreed Ashto- in Boston. | Child Onens Stove Noor. Falline Co-ls Kill Him Marlboro, Mass., Jan. 8 (P—Word as received here today from Brat- tleboro, Vt., that Russell Woodward, 1; vears old, of Marlboro, died yes- terday at Athens, Vt., of burns re-| ceived January 2 at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Woodward, when he opened the door of a stove and live coals fell out. His brother, Arthur, 2, barely escaped scrious burns. Hartford Girl Wollgn’t Eat on that aching it stops hurting: shortly you lift the corn right th your fingers. You'll I e It is so ecasy and doesn't hurt one bit! Works like a charm, every time. | A tiny bottle of ‘Freezone’ costs only a few cents at | any drug store, and is suf- ficient to remove every l hard corn, soft corn nd callonses, Try it! i Mrs. | CIVIC PIN HITTERS PREPARE SCHEDULE . Bowlers to Glash in Series Be- Secretary Ralph H. Benson of the | Chamber of Commerce today lssued the following achedule for the clivic bowling .league, which meets every Friday afternoon at 5:15 o'clock at the Rogers bowling alleys: | Jan, 11—C. of C. vs, Kikanis No. 2; Exchange No. 3 va. Lions No. 1; Rotary vs. Exchange No. 1; Lions No. 2 vs. Kiwanis No. 1. | Jan, 18—C. ot C. vs. Lions No. 1; Exchange No. 2 va. Exchange No. Rotary No. 1 vs. Kiwanis No. Léons No. 2 va. Kikanis No. 2, Jan, 25—C. of C. va. Exchange No. Exchange No. 2 va. Kiwanis No. Rotary No. 1 va. Lions No. Lions No. 1 va. Kiwanis No. 2. Feb, 1—C. of C. va. Kiwanis No. - Exchange No. 2 vs. Lions No. 2; Rotary No. 1 va. Lions No. 1; Ezx- change No. 1 vs. Kiwanis No. 2. Feb, 8—C. ot C. vs. Lions No. 2; Exchange No. 2 vs. Rotary No. Kiwanis No. 1 va. Kiwanis No. Exchange No. 1 va. Lions No. 1, Feb, 16—C. of C. vs. Rotary No. Exchange No. 2 vs. Kiwanis No. 2; Lions No. 2 vs. Lions No. 1; Ki- wanis No. 1 vs. Exchange No. 1. ! Feb. 22—C. of C. vs. Exchange No. 2; Rotary No. 1 va. Kiwanis No, 2; Lions No. 2 vs. Exchange No. Kiwanis No. 1 vs. Lions No. 1. Rules Each team must appoint a cap- tain, one of whose duties shall be ; to make sure that his team has three bowlers present and on time for each match, | Should it become necessary for a ' team to bowl a match with one man short that team must take its op- ponent's low score as its absent man's score for the string or match. ; All matches shall start at 5:15 p. | m, on the date scheduled. Matches may be advanced or post poned by mutual agreement of the teams involved, | It one team desires postponement of a match it must give at least 24 hours’ notice of such desire to the opposing team. | A committee made up of the cap- tains from the various teams shall pass upon any questions or differ- ences of opinion that may arise in the conduct of the schedule. | THD $10.000 SIS READY FOR TRIAL Estates of Dead Girls in Actions Against Pefuskis The $20,000 suits brought by the administrators of the estates of Stel- {la Smigiel and Alice Orzelek, who | were killed last September at the entrance of the Poquonock bridge in Windsor Locks, while returning in, an automobile from Springfield, are | scheduled for trial in superior court | jbefore a jury Thursday morning at 110 o'clock. | The defendant in both actions is Andrew Petuskis, owner of the fatal car, who was also severely injured ard taken to the Hartford hospital. Mrs. Mary Shine, sister of Stella | Smigicl {s plaintiff in one action, while the other was brought by Wil- liam G. Dunn, administrator of Miss | Orzelak's estate. Each party claims |$10,000 damages. S. Polk Wasko- witz is counsel for Mrs. Shine and | i Prosecuting Attorney Joseph G. | ‘Woods represents Mrs. Dunn. Two Fliers are Rescved From Delaware River| Philadelphia, Jan. 8 (®—Two fliers whose amphibian plane was forced down by engine troubles in the Delaware river off the nayy yard \early today, drifted four hours in the darkness before they Were res- cued by a navy tug. The pilot, F. !T.. 8hultz, and his mechanic, J. A. Dalters. were flving from New York ‘o Florida in a T.oning amphibian nlane owned by the Pan-American \irway company, New York, when ~ouble with their single motor fore- 41 them down. The captain of a ‘Vilson line boat bound for Phila- ‘clphia noticed them and notifird ‘he navy yard when his ship dock- ~d. The navy tug Modoc took the Yiers off and towed the plane ashore The flyers sald they would proceed 'S 800n as repairs were made to the ngine, “ranco-Americans Give Fete to Providence Mayor Fitchburg, Mass., Jan. 8 (P—8ix | tundred Franco-American citizens :presenting many places in New iingland gave a banquet last night to Mayor Joseph N. Carriere, who took office yesterday as the first mayor of French extraction to serve the city. Speakers included Rev. T.ouis T. Rodier of Chicopee, Joseph | \. Legare, Lowell, president of the “ranco-American Civie league; Phillp V. 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