Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 October 1936 — Page 4

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HE men on the street of the littie town of Shelby winked at

‘each other when they saw Major Meed hitching his horse and phae-

ton in the public square, . “The old'man’s going to get lit!”

one prophesied.

“Yes, the major's depending on

od Dobbin to get him Bowte tosnag

Ordinarily- Major’ Meed grove an anciént coupe: sifting ‘erectly “be-

4 hind the steering wheel, his snow-

. white’ ‘mustache “and well-cdmbed

. would twinkle and his leathery, ! : {fanned cheeks would crease in pleas- | ant wrinkles as he called greetings |

: sweetly husky voice.

. goatee proclaiming him, with almost ta. . bromidie ‘picturesqueness, a gentle:

man of the old school. His blue eyes

to friends along the street. “Day, Judge!” he'd -quaver in his |* “Mighty good

: fishin’ weather we're havin’!”

. “Howdy there, Jim Scott!

| How's your sick bird dog?” . . . He drove slowly and listened at-

tentively to the answers,

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! JNO ladies he was always espe-

cially courteous, their ages mattering not at all. Though he appreciated the fresh loveliness of the

younger set, he was just as gallant his face.

in greeting Miss Cassie Drew, whose

. beauty had withered 40 years ago in

the little notion shop where she

' spent her days. Every woman, young

or old, somehow felt herself to be prettier, more charming and interesting after Major Meed had bowed

~ to her and, inquired solicitously

about her heath. But when, as today, he drove the five’ miles to town ‘seated in the old phaeton behind his small bay horse, he greeted no one. He was sad and downcast, thinking of his failures. He was about to get drunk. Katherine Meed, the Major's 21-year-old granddaughter, was also in town today. Unaware of her grandfather’s whereabouts she had driven in in the family sedan and had stopped at a grocery store on Cen-ter-st to do some marketing, # nn =n OMING out of the store, Katherine stood on the sidewalk,

. looking up at the threatening sky,

her hair.

: the same piece of silk.”

holding out an experimental hand to feel for raindrops. Her brown suit was two years old, but she wore it superbly, her lithe, wellbuilt body giving it flair and distinction. A green felt hat, smart in its ageless way, was pulled over From beneath it her bronze-brown - curls escaped, giving an effect of carelessness and childish disorder. Her bronze eyes matched her hair. “Exactly,” some one once said, ‘“as if cut from The girl's eyebrows. were. arched, but unplucked. = When her wide lips parted in their quick, warm smile

‘you saw that her teeth were bril-

liantly white, but not entirely even. There was about her something magnetic and natural and boyish. Something eager and intense. People called her Kate. “Just a passing said with "a smile to the little grocery cletk who was out her bags to her car. sister remember to write cream of tartar, Henry'” “Yes, Miss Kate,” he answered. |

down

whether she wanted light brown!

! or dark browh Sugar, so I put in|

a pound of each.” “Smart boy,” Kate said. “I'm

~ going to the drug store now. Close window when you're | é

the car through, please.” # #8 HE dashed up the street in the now briskly’ falling rain, her | head ducked to ‘miss the stinging | drops,

She felt some one seize her arms B

and: shake her sharply. She had run pell-mell into a black-haired young man of about 25. While hé pinned her ‘elbows to her sidés he laughed down at her. “In a hurry?” he asked. “Morgan!” Kate exclaimed, and blushéd with excitement and happiness. She had been thinking of ‘him. steadily for almost an hour,

. wondering if she would encounter

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him somewhere in town. He was, in a way, her fiance. In the parlance of the small southérn town, he had: “rushed” her for several years, and one hight at a dance last June he had proposed to her and. she had accepted, yWhy, no, I'm: not exactly in a hurry,” she told him.

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“I eould be’

persuaded to waste a little time, if that's what Jou mean.” #Then “ont” in here,” he ge standing bet drug ey. were ore. a store. Retaining one of hes elbows, he piloted her ‘through t. he door, past the marble counter with ‘its

the farthest table in the rear. “Kate,” said, a little breathless, “you. act as if I. might.

charm, ‘Morgan=-treating. like captured’ trop

Why ‘can’t <I just: member we're engaged and. relax?”

ORGAN. . PRENTISS smiled.

honey?” ’ She told him =a Hinoad. and he | instructed the waiter to “make it two.” .She thought, “He’s going to ask: to come out tonight. I'll ask him for dinner. I'll hurry home end make a cake.” It was Friday, and they almost always dated Friday night. It was an old custom. begun when she was a day pupil at the boarding school in town. Kate's gaze, honest and eager and very much -in love, rested on She noticed for the thouSandth time the way his crisp jet black - hair ‘curled above his forehead. The way. his arroga®® nosirils dilated when: he inhaled his cigaret. The quick gestures of his well-kept, nervous hands. The rmovement of his. surprisingly blue eyes that seemed to take in everything. She watched him crush out his cigaret, saw that he: was going to speak. Waited. ;* “Kate,” he sald, “how about my | coming out Monday night? About { 892 | “Monday?” repeated Kate blankly. She had the dismaying feeling that a whole, week-end had toppled about her ears, raising bumps. “Why ~why yes, Morgan,” she answered. “I'm not doing anything at all Monday night.”

2 8 8» HE thought, “Maybe he’s going out of town On business.” But his next words corrected. that. “The Elwells have a visitor,” he said, still not looking at her. “Eve's asked me for dinner tonight. There's something else ‘planned for Saturday and Sunday—I'm not sure what, but Eve asked me ‘to keep both nights open.” “Oh,” Kate said. She felt her cheeks growing hot with anger. Quite inconsistently the anger was , all directed against Eve. Elwell. Eve knew how things were between Kate and Morgan Prentiss. She knew they were engaged, even though it had never been announced. Kate wore Morgan's fraternily pin in lieu of a ring, and she'd given up all her other beaus for him. This, to a Southern girl reared in Southern traditions, was the public mark of surrender. With an effort, Kate smiled at Morgan: “Well,” she said, “when

clustered imbibers and led her 0}

bait, and. un. That's - part of your; atal § ¥ women n > She 2 thought, “I banter Him as ‘if T had}

“What do you, want to drink, |

the college girls come home for vacation it livens up the old town Comidenly, This girl goes to Sweet Briar with Eve, doesn't she?”

sa ®.. : TORGAN nodded. “Name's Barbara "Lodge. From St. ' Paul. ite a looker. She and Eve got |

ust about wu: hour ago. Eve ras showing her the town before y went home 10 unpack.” : guess : they were :in stitches r our ru Malin stfget, ”. Kate 7 arked, “with quick and thrustintuition: ~ “Eve always acts as “13 Shelby “convul:as her when she's showing it to a visitor.” “Well,” said Morgan defensively, { “Eve’s been around, you know. The | new. postoffice couldn't possibly look as big to her as it does to the rest of us’ Kate finished her drink and looked at her watch. She had no need. for hurry but she suddenly longed to be dashing «off to some important appointment, leaving Morgan impres:ad and curious. However, she could think of nothing ‘interesting to call her away. No civic enterprise needed her. No young men were pin ng for a sight of her. She had, a year ago at least, let them know that she was interested only in Morgan: ‘Prentiss. She had burned her bridges. Mor-

quite to have burned his. “Well,” ‘she s:id, rising, hating

and: finish my shoppi ing. » eg ® 8 Jow's - Caroline >’. walking to the her. His polite, made ‘her. think

ne asked, door beside impersonal tone suddenly, “He

He’s just breaking off our: conversation” She, answered prin ly, “Caroline's fine,. thank you. thanks for the liigle get-together. I hope. I haven't Yai d. too: much ‘of your time.”

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‘thoughts’ of Morgan Prentiss.

gan, strange to sa, Seemed not |

the prosaic excuse, "I: must go back

coesn’t ¢are a darn h ow Caroline: is. |

Good-by and |

“Stuff amd ~ gonise aset” he re-1

train. until 2i85 a.m. Monday. |

| by Rachel Mack a i] ome tir gree

torted quickly. As if T could use my time any bt + than being with

yout? “the old eyes caren “her in way, a her heart lifted | thought, “He's h course. 'T mustn’t be passessty

50 10: be agreeable 10) Bvg on ae- |

count of their fathers”

Don't forget. Monday night,” nel |

reminded, her. "if

“Oh. 10; 1 Wott!” she replied |} | eagerly. - Too ~ -eagerly? ~ She “wop- ; dered later as she. statted the; car : "for home,

a familigr old bay hi a familiar phaeton.: town,” she murmured in faint surprise. But the significance of the conveyance did not: reach her. She was too deeply engrossed. with

- (To Be Continued) * ee

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