New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1929, Page 4

NEW BRITAIN DATLY HERAED, THURSDAY, JANUARY: 81, 199 —_— &5 &S S CHAPTER XLvIII Ashtoreth sat on the couch. She was very quiet, and she did not ery. Her heart, she thought, was broken. She even told herself that something within her had died. After & few minutes, she took Monty's letter from behind Hollis" picture on her dressing table, and 1€ad it again, slowly. It was dated four A. M. and began “Dear Ash— “This is to say goodby. I mever felt so sorry for anyone in my life as 1 did for your husband, after the swell little scene you treated us to. The way he kept saying, ‘Or- chid,' ‘Orchid’ — it would have wrung tears from a stone, or almost anything. “He calls you that, because It | nieans something sweet to, him.| The orchid is a beautiful flower. And expensive. Well, maybe there's some resemblance there. “But, outside of that, do you know what an orchid is? Well, it's a parasite. And a parasite is a thing that grafts itself on to some- thing that is capable of taking care of it. “A parasite is a plant of an an- fmal living on some other living | organism, at whose expense it gets | its food, shelter and the like. It attaches itself firmly, and it won't let go. “Some parasites suck all the life out of the thing to which they | cling, =0 that eventually they klll]\ it. “Orchids graft and!w stumps, and oli roots. They are| exquisite things, but they don't care what they live off. “They are so mean, they won't even give the bees any honey. But they are very beautiful “There are girls just like or- chids. They think that beauty is excuse enough for heing. Maybe it is. But a lot of people despise human parasitcs, even the heauti- ful ones. “Your hushand thinks you are ltke an orchid. Well, you are. But doesn’t know how. | ou turned me down, bhecause you're a sort of a toney little para- site, and you were looking for some- thing Dbetter to get attached to. | Well, you found it. You got better than you deserve, but you haven't sense enough to know it.” | The letter ended abruptly: “Your true friend, who's got nerve cnougn to tell you the truth. Monty." She dried her ecyes, and won- dered what the end would be. on trees, At midnight Ashtoreth went to bed, having temporarily abandoned her hopes of an immediate recou- ciliation. “I'l be very sweet and penitent in the morning,” she decided. “And Holly'll feel better, after a good night's slesp. Everything will be all right I kno She realized that she had hurt her husband’s pride cruelly. And that she had also come toppling from the throne he had made for her. “I've lost my halo,” she grieved. “and my ‘adorable untouchedness.’ And. on top of it all, practicallv admitted that I never really loved him! Oh dear. Oh dear.” She rang for Mrs. Saunders, and asked for a sleeping potion from the doctor. Then she took a very hot bath, and composed herself for sleep. . 1t only she could stop thinking of Monty! Did he really despise her Tot of truth in what she reflected drowsily. “But truth is such a hateful thing:” She thought if she had told Hollis a small lie, protesting love, every- thing would have been much nicer. She wouldn't, for instance, be alone at the moment, with a dreadful pain in her head, and her eycs smarting so fearfully. Hollis wouldn't he roaming the deck all by himself, catching his death of cold. Or drinking himself crazy in the bar. After all, perhaps she did love him. Not glamorously, like the movies and novels. Probably there wasn't very much of that sort of love in real lif2 anyhow. She remembered vaguely some- thing she had read — something to | the effect that in her first passion a woman loves her lover; but in all others, all she loves is love. Well, there wasn't anything wrong about that. . Only now. of course, she didn't even love love. That, she supposed, was because of these wretched front teeth. on their #illy little swivels. Tt was absurd of course. But women were like that. “Sometimes,” she murmured sleepily, “I got the silliest notions.” She pounded her pillow with her fists. I only she could stop think- ng! . . . “Oh God, please let me €0 to sleep! 1 haven't slept a wink for three nights.” She wished she could dismiss thoughts of Monty. That thing about a woman, in her first passion loving her lover. . . . Monty had heen her first passion. She was only about 18 then. Well. if the poet was right (Byron, or whoever it was who wrotc that) then, hav- ing exhausted her first ion for a lover, she couldn’t ever again love anything but love. Tt wasn't her fault if she didn’t love Hollis. . . Oh, dear, it was all And there was poor chasing himself around the so muddled, Holly, deck = —_— = ) — night before the foot of her bed, ringing at the same time for Mrs. Saunders, She waited several minutes, and when Saunders did not come, she became alarmed. She knocked on Hollis’ door, but received no answer, though .she could hear voices quite distinctly. She turned the knob, and discov- ered that the bolt on Hollis' side was drawn. She wondered it he had purposely locked her out. There was something wrong. She shook the door violently. Almost immediately, it was opened, and she saw a little group standing about her husband’s bed Mrs. Saunders was there, and a man whom she knew immediately to be the ship's doctor. There were scveral other people of whom she received no particular impressicn. Mrs. Saunders stooped quickly. and drew up the sheet, covering Hollis’ face. Ashtoreth was trembling so that she could scarcely walk. In that dreadful moment, as she propelled her shaking legs toward the bed, she had a strange feeling that it was not she—but some other wo- man—who was about to look upon the dead man. For she knew, in- that her hushand was des: Veronal” somebody was saying. | “An overdose.” The words came to her as from a great distance, and rang strangely in her ears. She remembered reading recently gahout the death of an author, who had died in hotel in New York from an over- dose of veronal. Ashtoreth won- dered how she happened to think | of that. There had been an in- quest, and an antopsy. And the doctors said that the author had | been troubled with sleeplessness, and so had taken veronal. 1t wa strange how she was remembering all the detai a The doctor was talking fo her. but she did not. know what he was saying. She was wondering if there would he an autopsy, and if they would cut Hollis' body. She felt that | she could mot bear it. She put her hands ind turned it down 1e looked very quiet, and not un- appy. She wondered if he was glad that he had died. One corner of his mouth was quirked up a little, s though he was smiling a very | small smile. She wondered if he was similipg at life . . . or at death. Or at her, perhaps. Or Monty, who knew she was a parasite. The doctor was still talking. “You mustn’t touch the body, Mrs. Hart. She bent and kissed the dead man on the lips. And, for the first time in many weeks, sne forgot about those two teeth on the swivels that had killed romance. “Oh, Holly!” she breathed. “Holly . Holly . . . You'll never call te Orchid any more . , . Not . . any more.” on the sheet, | from his face. | | Luther *€hilds, — \ —— \“):" ————— — CHILDS OUSTS AL HEADS OF CONPANY Founder of Chain Restaurants Wing Back Control New York, Jan. 31 (P—A battle of proxies for control of the chain of Childs Restaurants scemed today to be imminent. It was forecast after a coup was executed by William Childs, founder of the $37,000,000 company which operates 125 restaurants throughout the country. The officers of the company. were turned out and re- placed by members of Childs' imme- diate family. Mr. Childs was forced out of the presidency in December 1527 by a faction of steckholders who blamed his adherence to a vegetarian menu for a falling off in profits. At a meeting of the directors yes- day Mr. Childs trained his heavy artillery on. William A. Barber, cowirsel for the company and the other, officers went down with Bar. ter. Tn place of 8. Willard 8mith, president, Childs put his brother, Another brother, Ellsworth, was made treasyrer. His wife’ Mrs. Victoria Childs was made secretary, Mrs. Childs until her marriage. (o the restayrant magnate last year was his private secretary. After the meeting Childs said he did not contemplate any change in the food offered in the restqurants which has included meat dishes since the upheaval a year ago. “I believe in letting the people choose for. themselves what they want to eat.” he said. Charges Jobbing Pool Tn explanation of the seizure of control of the management, Childs | chatged that Barber had been di- recting a stock jobbing pool in the stock of the company. He added: “For years, William A. Barber, as my personal counsel and counsel for Childs Company, has had my ex- plicit confidence, but independent | thought advises me that it is my, duty as chairman of the hoard to| lay the fucts before the stockholders | of Childs Company and to do all 1! can in the board and the forthcom- | ing stockholders’ meeting, to fr. tLie anagement from the influence | of William A. Barber.” 1 te Barber said: “Until T have had an opportunity 1o confer with other large steck- Suddenl: e felt overpowering- Iy sorry for herself, and rushed trom the room, crying loudly. A little later she fainted, and was unconscious for a very long time. When she opened her eyes, Mrs Saunders was standing over her. “You're crying,” she whispercd | “Why, Mrs. Saunders?” . . . And then she remembered. RN My Holly. Holly's dead. | “You pore lamb,” she said. “You pore little lamb. But it's not fo: Mr. Hart T was crying. It was for vourself. Yow'll be that lonely, you poor thing. Your husband—God have mercy on soul — has nn call for tears. He's where there's! no weeping nor sorrow.” | Ashtorcth’s voice was very weak . . . “Do you say your prayers, Mrs. Saunders?” “I do that. God love you." Ashtorcth slipped from the bed to her knees. “Oh, Holly,” she prayed aloud “if you can hear me where you are And you'll know I love you, Holly Not the way you wanted me to But T couldn’t help that, dear, I'm selfish, and vain, and horrid. . . But, oh Holly . . . Holly, dear . od have mercy on you both,” said Mrs. Saunders, and lifted her up, and put her in bed. Tn a little while the doctor came and gave her a sedative, and toid and had not suffered. After that she slept herself. incredible, drcamless slecp, asted all through the night. The n was shining again when sh iwoke, Presently Mrs. Saunders came in, with several envelopes in An that “The wireless hed Cables,” she said. reports of Mr. Hart's death r Paris and the States last night Ashtorcth took them listlessly | They were from friends of her hus |band's. And. though the name | were entirely miliar, the mes. un < made her eryvbody loved him,"” thought miserably. “but me, I was the only one whose love wanted.” M there w had sent radio. s one signed “Aunt Mez Even Sadie had sent her sympathy . “LOVE AND KIS FROM YOUR FRIE Tt happened that the hottore of 1 o Monty's was at pile. him- here awful And Monty probably drinking ~If to death in Paris. And she was, all alone, with an headache, and nobody cared. Two lirge tears squeezed by her closed eyelids, and relled slowly down her cheeks, Lventually she fell asleep. She woke at 10, with a splitting She had forgotien to open the port holes, and Mre. Saun- ders, obeying orders, turned. The cabin w close with the odor of perfumes and powders, | She wondered if Hollis his room. She must soundly. for she had net heard him coming or going. There voices in there now. Several voices, and a woman's among them. High pitched and hysterical. She rose and slipped on the green vegliges that she had tossed the was in slept h: were had not re- | MY HEA | POOR LITTLI |enrn. HOLLIS | Not DI | You PEVE |yo Khe tinres S OUT TO BEAUTIFUL 0T LOVED YO BUT 1 1OV TO LIVE FOI" 1AM COMING T¢ Vi MY BEAUTIFUL ORCHID read the An mess E dismis<ing M | Saunder wad hig letter. “Monty.” she told hersolf, * |enly person on carth who - stands me * And fhen she 1 memb red two others—not on carf' Tler father. who had her a strange letter. And who had died with a smile lips. 17 She fore Monty's 1atter inta smail | pieces. And, his slipped it heneath her pitlow THE END then writt Hollis on his Kissing wireles |READ RERALD CLASSIFIED ADS you'll know that I'm not a bad girl | her that Hollis had died in his sleep | holders of the Childs Company with whom I am associated, I have no statement to make with regard to the course taken by William Childs at the directors’ meeting. The ly- laws of the company require the an- nual meeting of the astockholders to be held within 3 few weeka” The meeting will be on March 7. Rumors that the DuPont inter- csts had been buying heavily into Childs with the idea of gaining con- trol and segregating the real estate holdings from the restaurant busi- ness were circulated about the time Childs wiis forced out of the presi- deney. Salem Police Think Auto Thefts Solved Salem, Mass., Jan. 31 (M—Police today believed they had solved a long series of automobile thefta with the arrest of three youths who had been riding in an automobile be- longing to Dr. George Poirier of Bay State road, Boston. The youths were, Henry Gauthier, 16, Albert Martineau, 15, and Her- man Benjamin, 18, all of this city. A policeman who saw them in the machine follewed in a second car and overhauled the three near the Lynn line, Two fled, but Gauthier was captured at gun point and. po- lice said, gave the names of his two companions, Martineau and Ben- jamin were later arrested at their homes. Police announced they ad- mitted stealing more than 15 ma- chines in the past few week ALLROAD MERGER BONDS ON NARKET Yar Sweringen Holdngs Ab sirbd by New Corporation New York, Jan. 31 UM—Bonds of the mew $140,000,000 corporation formed by the Van 8weringen broth- ers to take over their extensive rail- road holdings were offered in Wail street today. The holding company, incorporat- ed under the laws of Maryland as the Allegeheny Corporation, takes over from the Van Sweringens and their associates 300.000 shares of the Chesapeake Corporation, 20,000 shares of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, 75,000 shares of the New York, Chicago and 8t. Louis Company, (Nickel Plate) and 90,000 shares of the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Campuny. These stocks are valued at §84,000,000. Furthér investments, chiefly in railroad securities, are provided for in the charter of the company, which however has no autkerity to engage in the operation of railroads or the banking business. A syndicate headed by J. P. Mor- gan and Company has charge of marketing $35,000,000 of 15-year collateral trust convertible five per cent bonds as the initial financing of the new corporation. Additional Financing Later in the week the Guaranty | company is expected to.place on the | market 250,000 shares of $100 par value preferred stock of the 1,004, ! 700 shares authorized. Additiona! financing will consist of an offer of 2,500,000 of the 7,500,000 shares of no par value common stock. The formation of the new corpora 1 COLDS MAY DEVELOP INTO FLU. 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Van Swer- ingen, vice president, the Allegheny Corporation has as officers a group of Cleveland financiers and bankers Charles J. Miller including C. L. Bradley, vice presi- dent; D. 8. Barrett, Jr., treasurer; John P. Murphy, secretary; J. R. Nutt, banker, and the officers from the board of directors. |Coastguards Are Held For Forging Checks Boston, Jan. 31 M—Two const guardsmen, Thomas ‘G. Dinniny, radio operator, and Charles G. Rod- riek, chief yoeman, were arraigned |in federal court today on forgery charges They pleaded met guilty and each wag held in $1.000 bail for hearing. It was alleged that the men stole United States treasury checks while they were members of the coast guard cutter Ossipee crew and, after deserting, forged the checks to ab. tain funds. They were arrested In New York and returned here today. —— The holly-tree is regarded as the fairies’ own tree in ‘miany parts of | Ireland. Alexander J. Olson MILLER & OLSON, ke (Meats, Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables " Announce the Dissolution of Partnership Effective Friday, Feb. 1st After 23 years in business together in New Britain, supplying the choicest of meats, groceries, fish, fruits and vegetables to an ever increasing group of dis- criminating customers, the firm of Miller & Olson, Inc., has dissolved partnership to be effective Friday, February Ist. This action is due to the ill health of Alexander J. Olson, ‘who is retiring, and will devote his time to real estate. . Charles J. Miller, the senior member of the firm will carry on the store at 61 Arch street, while the store at 452 West Main street has been sold to Emest F. Olson. Both the stores—452 West Main street and 61 Arch street —will be carried on with the same efficient methods, fumishing only quality products in a prompt and courteous Charles J. will continue at 61 Arch Street CLEARANCE SALE Reductions Continue to be Effective Throughout the Store N NEW BRITAIN manner. Miller Ernest F. Olson will be at 452 West Main Street ~ Jane’s Beauty Salon PERMANENT WAVING Andils Gives You Your Choice of a LOOSE OR A TIGHT WAVE cludes Shampoo, Haircut and Finger Wave Phone 3984 For Appointment Jane’s Beauty Salon 99 WEST MAIN ST. Directly O Main Lobby. Raphael Bldg.