Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 June 1936 — Page 18

by Jean Seivwright

BEGIN HERE TODAY Gail Everett, winner of a prize for costume design offered by a large silk manufacturing company. comes to New York to find work. She is hired—due to & stroke of luck—by Madame Lizeite, propriefor of an exclusive shop. Madame proves temperamental and difficult te work for. Derek Hargreaves, young artist. is interested in Gail, and offers her friendly advice. Frequently Gail sees Dick Searles, whose sister, Rosemary, was her roommate at school. Meanwhile, in Arizona, Mark Chapman, long a wanderer, returns to find his old home in the hands of the Travers Mining Co. Mark suspecis the deal is crooked. He does not know the whereabouts of his niece, Gail, rightful owner of the property. Rex Hall, Madame Lizette's son, is reps resenting the Travers company. - Gai’ saves to spend ths week-end at mie Searles’ home. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

CHAPTER TWELVE < Lig was a note of pride in | Dick’s voice. “That's ‘Heart's Delight,’ ” he said, pointing out the

low, white clapboard house with its gray weathered roof, cresting a low hill. “It’s been the home of three generations of Searles. That's why it’s sort of different from some of the newer places around here.” “But I love it,” Gail told him, “—those queer, rambling wings, the one-story and two-story parts. You're lucky, Dick, to have such a home.” Gail's eyes glowed as she turned to him. She had never known ‘a real home. Ever sincé her gnother’s death, when Gail was little more than a babe, she and her father had wandered from place to place—here for a few months, there for a year, but never long enough anywhere to make a home.

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ICK slipped an arm about the girl's slender shoulders, “It can | be your home, too,” he told her, “if you'll only say the word—" She was silent. How peaceful it was with the tall pine trees standing sentinel about the old place and the murmur of the waves breaking along the shore. The staccato note of an automobile horn brought them swiftly back from the land of romance. Dick glanced in the mirror. “That's the veterinarian,” ‘he said. “One of the horses is sick. But this is a fine time to be coming to see the poor brute! I called him before I left home this morning.” “Perhaps he’s making a second call if the animal's seriously ill,” Gail suggested, as the car flashed past. “Perhaps,” Dick agreed, for, with Gail beside him, nothing else mattered. 4 on on n FEW moments later swung into the wide, treelined drive, and brought his car to a smooth stop beside the wide porch where Mr. and Mrs. Searles were | seated. Quickly Dick's mother dropped her knitting and, with her husband,’ stepped down to welcome Gail. “I'm so glad you could come,” Mrs: Searles said, and her husband added, “We've been looking forward to seeing you, ever since Dick told us you were in town. We'll have to hear all about your work.” “Yes, Dad, but dinner will be served in a quarter of an hour. I'm sure you'd like to go to your room, wouldn't you, Gail?” Mrs. Searles said as she led the way indoors. Gail gave a little gasp of delight as she stepped into the guest room. “What a gorgeous view!” she exclaimed, looking at the Sound.

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THOUGHT youd like it. my dear.” Mrs. Searles drew the fluttering net curtains still further aside. Then, glancing around the room, she added, “I think you'll find everything you need.’ ’ “I'm sure I shall.” Gail turned away from the window. “I'd better change right away or I'll be late for dinner.” “We're not very formal here. Take your time. There's only the family here tonight. Dick told me he didn't want any other guests.” Mrs. Searles smiled significantly as she left the room. Gail's cheeks grew rosy. She knew Mrs. Searles approved of her friendship with Dick. That it ‘would ripen into a warmer attachment was the wish of every. member of the family. Hadn't Rosemary urged her to marry her brother? Gail loved the Searles. They were dears—every one of them,

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she confessed, slipping on a dainty frock of pale green embroidered Yet though Dick had proposed to her times without number, she had never yet given him her promise.

£5 0 | | NIGHT, contrasting her. little} room in' the clubhouse with the luxurious room in which she

stood, Gail wondered once again

why she always hesitated to say the

word that would have spelt for her —Security. There had ‘never been any other men in her life, for Miss Cranston had assured her studenis that work was their first consideration so long as they were at: Merrywood. Suddenly, as Gail slipped an antique bracelet on her slender. wrist, she recalled a pair of twinkling blue eyes and a lock of dark hair that fell carelessly across a wide forehead. Had she lost her heart to Derek Hargreaves—an artist who could probably never offer his wife anything more than a studio apartment, who'd never know from month to month what his income might be? Yet as Gail walked lightly down the broad, softly carpeted stairs and past the beautiful antique furniture in the hall, she realized that, without love, even a gorgeous home like this would be a prison.

“Ah, here you are!” exclaimed Mr. Searles, proffering his arm, as they followed Dick and his mother into the dining room.

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INNER was a gay affair. Gail related some of her experiences at Madame's, yet, as she talked, she knew she was giving only one angle of the picture. She did not mention the little meannesses that she had discovered were a vital part of Madame Lizette’s character. She must not let herself dwell on these unhappy incidents. Presently they rose from the table and, as it was now too dark to go outdoors, they played bridge—not too seriously, however, for, as Mr. Searles said, “When you treat it as though it were a life and death

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an bridge is no longer » relaxaon » Ten was striking when Dick laid down his cards, “We've made game, Gail. Do you want to play another?” Gail smiled, trying to stifle a yarn. “What do you say, Mrs. Searles?” “I think we'd better stop. It looks to me as though you need a good rest.” AL » » »

H, I'm not tired, only the minute I get near the sea I'm almost overcome with sleep. be all right in a second. I'd never dream of going to bed so early!” “Let's take a walk, Gail. It’s a fine moonlight night. I know you'll like it.” “The wind’s Blowing in from the Sound. Better get a wrap for her,” said Mr. Searles, rising. from the table and settling himself to read a scientific treatise he had been glancing at earlier in the evening. “Oh, Dick,” whispered Gail as they sauntered slowly toward a rustic summer house where Mrs. Searles often sat and watched the boats ‘going up and down the Sound, “I feel as though we're in some enchanted spot. Doesn’t the moonlight .make everything look different!” Dick drew her close to him, but,

flowers could smell so. sweet she | murmured.

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3 . . 2 HEL “ NEVER. pay much atention 6 flowers. Mother is the gardener in our family, and 1 guess she keeps old Geddes busy getting all the new varietiesshe hears about;

but, Honey, you were speaking about the ' moonlight. It hasn’t changed you. Don’t you love me, sweet—just a little?” . He caught her hands in his. “Of course I do, Dick. I love all your family. I think your dad's adorable and your mother’s just too sweet—"

“Gail, Gail! That's not what I| want to hear. Why must you always bring in the family? When are you going fo marry me?” Gail pursed her lips. Why did Dick have to spoil the lovely night? Didn't he understand yet that, while she enjoyed his friendship, she would never want a closer tie? : “Oh, Sweet, -don’t you realize’ I love you? Tl do anything for you, if only you'll promise to marry me. You'll never have a care in your life. Come, honey, tell me you will!” His dark eyes burned into hers. » ” » UT Dick!” Gail pushed him gently away from her. “I]|

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of torture for her. When she reached the Terrace, Dick hurried’ after her. “Gail, darling, please don’t be angry with me,” he begged. “I'm not,” she Sn werd. “Then © ever change your mind, oul let me know.”

“All right, Dick, I will.” She tiptoed quietly into the house. Of course she'd never change her mind

‘about that." No, not even- if Dick|

came to her with all the Searles fortune. Yet, as she closed her bedroom door, she felt troubled. She knew Dick’s parents would be

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stepped to the curb. “Thanks, ever | so much; Diek, for the lovely weekend.” . “We did have lovely weather didn’t we?” Dick replied wryly, reaching for Gail's dressing case. - “There, Dick I'll easily manage now.” Gail stretched out her arm for her luggage. Then, glancing at her companion, she said, in a low voice, “Don’t look like that. Maybe some day you’ll be glad I didn’t take you up. “Never! You're the only girl I'll ever love. Youll marry me yet!”

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