Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 August 1937 — Page 29

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

DACE.

FRIDAY, AUG. 6, 1937

CAST OF CHARCTERS JUDITH IRVING, heroine, America’s best dressed woman. PHILIP IRVING, husband. MARTA ROGERS, Judith's rival. BRUCE KNIGHT, author, Judith’s old classmate. MILLICENT BAYNE, Bruce's protege.

Judith's estranged

Yesterday: Judith and Millicent leave by plane for Rens. They encounter wevere storms over the Rockies, the ship lowers, they are ordered te “Prepare to land!”

CHAPTER EIGHT

HE mountain and the airship were coming together, Judith sensed, while her thoughts crowded together until they beat against her brain. Together—but they didn't meet—they were taking a long, long time to crash. If only it would be swift— The crash that broke the mountain’'s storm came then It was sharp and definite but it did not reverberate as she had expected. The ship shook itself with a tremendous spasm and then lay still. Judith, thrown to the floor, felt her head bump something and knew that it hurt. Voices were raised. Someone screamed. Somebody flashed a light. People were standing up. She realized that she wasn't hurt. “Millicent,” she called. “Judith! Are vou all right?” the girl answered. shock. Oh Judith, were alive!” We're alive! It was good to hear. She would see Phil again, she told herself simply. Maybe the pattern would change to the old familiar one. side. said.

“I can make bandages,” she

» ” »

N the end there were twe broken arms and many minor among the passengers. The pilot had made a landing that would go down in air chronicles as one of the most dexterous feats of aviation. The ship was disabled for further service until repairs were made, however. Not until automobiles had

come from the nearest small town | in Colorado, to take the passengers |

into the village, did Judith begin to wonder if Phil would learn about the crash vonight. If so. had he suffered because she was in danger in the sky? Stee thought then of Millicent who was thinking about Bruce and wondering at his reaction. “He will be relieved and happy to know you're safe,” Judith said, forgetting that she used an antecedent instead of Bruce's name. “Yes. he has his own ship and

knows the dangers.” Millicent said. |

‘Funny, when hell turn any kind of a somersault that he gets all goofy about anyone else flying, itn’t it? He tried to advise me last night.” “Bruce flies?” Judith asked.

= =

Millicent Bruce.

”

. RUCE?” “No, not

laughed. Ronnie.”

Her face grew serious and rather,

tired. “Bruce doesn’t know that we came.” The night was cold, the hills were high, and the stars were gone. A few moments before they had glimpsed death in a lonely land. Millicent drew nearer Judith. “Judy, doesn’t it hurt like the devil to love someone who doesn’t want to love you? I wonder if Bruce will follow me?” They bumped along the hill road until they reached the town where

wooden houses clustered at the ap- |

proach to the mines and the ranches back in the higher ranges. Judith stretched her slim body as she alighted from the car. She looked around for her bags, found they were jammed in the piane, would be sent on later. Rooms at the little inn were at a premium. A rancher, standing in front of the hotel, who was starting on a trip to his home 30 miles bevond, tipped his hat and offered hospitality. Faded blue eyes smiled from a face that had weathered sun and wind storms for 40 years. He was a man whom one could trust, Judith decided at once. “Do vou take asked.

boarders?” she

” » ” . ELL. not exactly. We have one voung fellow there and a

couple more comin’ in a week ot

so. But you're welcome to the beds |

and the grub, ma'am.”

There was time enough to go to She had all of her |

Reno later. life to reach Reno. Gray eves shining now, Judith turned to Millicent. “Milly, shall we? We can proceed to Nevada any time—" “I'd adore it! I'm not very keen on gossiping with expectant divorcees anyway. And neither are you. You want a divorce about as much as I want rheumatism, but you're being game. Too game, my darling! 1 vote for the ranch house.” They went into the general store, which was still open. and asked to see some clothes. Judith turned away from the rack of cheap cotton dresses. Then she saw the overall counter. There white denim overalls on display “Have vou cotton blouses in bright colors?” she asked. The store had. She chose a turkey red. a vivid green, a navy blue, a dull yellow, and smiled as she paid the little amount charged for them as she remembered the beaded jackets— four of the lovely six—that reposed in the damaged plane. She bought three pairs of white overalls, some white sneakers, and a handkerchiefs. = =” AILLICENT, after a fimorous M look around. selected dark blue overalls and white blouses. realized that the girl was

Judith trving not to copy her ideas. To her, Judith Irving, best dressed woman in America. Millicent gave full choice of selection. They took their packages and climbed into an ancient car that

“The ship stood the | th

Then she hurried to the pilot's |

bruises |

and |

| wedding gown, John Hamilton, and

Judith and Millicent were rav- | enously hungry. They were sleepy, | too. It was 11 o'clock the next | day when they appeared. A tall | man, with a lean, wind-darkened | face and a quick smile that played | around visionary eves, rose to meet | them. | “I hear youre the new part of | the household,” he said. “I'm Mark | Price, also a boarder.” ~ = » ; ARK PRICE—where had she | heard that name, Judith won(dered. Mrs. Irving’ as a name, | meant nothing to the man. Appar- | ently women’s clothes didn't either. He appeared scarcely to notice Judith’s white denim trousers, turkey | red shirt and low heeled brogues. | Millicent, in her blue and white, | got no better attention. | Clothes horse, admired for her | frocks—well, here was a man who | was concentrating on her voice and eves, Judith realized with a sense of pleasure. Phil had dared to sug- | gest that it was her clothes for which she was sought. Phil had been wrong Judith made no apologies for her ensembles. | Nor did she mention them in the | half dozen days that followed. | Mark Price was friendly and kind land companionable. He, Judith, | and a good-looking cowboy who had | had a year at Colgate went horse- | back riding, had picnic lunches in | the gorge, sat by an open fire at | night and listened to the wind in | the higher hills, or danced to the radio, chairs pushed back againsi

wished again that Phil—the old Phil with whom she had laughed and talked and walked—would come, ” = HE thought about it as she danced one night. Outside a full golden moon spilled yellow wine down the mountains and it dripped through the door onto the bare, polished floor. A thousand miles away an orchestra gathered the songs that made the musical pattern to which the low-heeled brogues and the cowboys’ heavy boots kept time. Maybe Phil and Marta were listening to that music, somewhere, away off. Maybe they were dancing to it. And she, Judith Irving, was on her way to Reno—dancing her way to Reno.

Mark Price was steering her to the door. She wondered if all her life now, little loves and little flatteries would have to make up to her for the important thing that she had missed. Now, on the veranda of the farmhouse, with the sweet smell of the earth and the vines and the bushes on the evening air, turned to her. “Mrs. Irving, I want to ask you something and well, to be honest, I'm frightened out of my wits.” “Yes, Mark?” Other men had begun their talk of romance in this vein, too. It was a little amusing, after all, to be thus approached when she was bound for Reno. “I'm not so formidable,” she answered. “But what in the world do vou want?” Her matter-of-fact tone tried to discourage any roman-

| the wall, while the rest of the cow- | | bovs gathered and vied for favors. Judith varied the blouses. turkey red, emera¥d green, the dark navy, | and the vellow. The men liked her | best in the outfit that had cost less | than $5. Clothes didn't matter. She |

tic tendencies. He began to laugh, wholeheartedlv. without further embarrassment. “Not at all what you think.” he said. “Something quite different!”

(Te Be Continued)

Daily Short Story

RETURN—By Katherine Gorman

|. ERE is your rig, John. I hope I never see you again as long | las I live.” “Anne dear, if you listen to me and believe me, Sally | | merely wished to discuss something | | very important with me which I | can’t disclose to you, even though | | we are engaged. If you would only | be reasonable and understand—" ] “I don’t believe you, and were | through. Good-by!” “All right! Anne, if that's the { way vou feel about it, but I warn | you, if you don’t marry me Satur- | day I'll find someone else who will! | Youll not make a fool of John Hamilton.” | “Go ahead, marry anyone you | please—why not Sally Blake? You found her so charming last night.” “Thanks for the suggestion.”

would only |

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S the door slammed behind | 4 \ him, Anne threw herself in the | chair, sobbing with anger. new | show John Hamilton that she had | | just as much pride as he, if it were | { the last thing she ever did. Rush- | ing upstairs she packed hastily, | | careful to keep her eyes averted | | from the nearly completed wed- | ding gown that lay on the bed. | After scribbling a short note to her | | aunt she grabbed her bags and left | | the house. | | So she was narrow-minded. jeal- | | ous, suspicious, was she—well, no matter what else she was she would | | never be Mrs. John Hamilton. The | | girl who gazed at the fleeting land- | | scape through tear-laden eyes that | bright June afternoon didn’t regret | what she had done for one moment. | | A few days after reaching New | | York she wrote to John, haughtily, | stating that she would forgive him. | The return mail brought a letter, | filled with bitterness and accusa- | tion, and enclosed were the news- | paper announcements of John's and , Sally's wedding.

= » =

S the years passed, the name of Anne Allister was placed ‘high on the roster of success. Beau- | tiful, possessing a sharp business {acumen which men eventually came {to recognize, she feverishly sought to forget in hard work, a ring, a

a letter of which the very phrases | Were stamped into her brain. Each time that it seemed she might grasp a fragment of peace, rumors reached | her of the increasing failure ot John and Sally to make a success of | their marriage. Eventually, Sally's death termi- | nated what had been at best a sorry | existence and during the year’s fol- | lowing, Anne's feeling of guilt and |self-reproach for the whole affair | grew in her soul to such an extent |that she felt she must alleviate it |at any cost. And so it was that she {found herself going back for the | first time in 25 years. What she would do or say when she reached | | there she did not know; all she re- | | alized was that she must beg John's | | forgiveness for having caused him and Sally so much unhappiness. | | Contrary to her fears, there was | {no one about the station who ree{ognized her as she left the train. | She took a room at the small vilj lage hotel, where she also felt that | she might be able to secure the in- | formation she wished.

curiously. “Mr. John HamilWell, yes, I think I ean help | you out. Yeu just go into the din- | ing room and talk to the young lady | waiting on table there.” It was [Anne's turn to look curious, but ' without any more questions she | turned away and entered the room. | She sat down at one of the tables and waited for the girl to come. | "May I take your order?” Looking | up. Anne saw a lovely young girl | with blue eyes meant to sparkle with

| apron.

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| hold heating

| “Rio Rita?”

wheezed as it moved through |jaughter. but which at the moment fields that sloped gently upward | were sad as if she found life too | as the road began to narrow. Very | much for her 20 years. Anne smiled late they came to the ranch house. at her. It was low and sprawling. Rough | “I would much rather youd sit hewn chairs and tables, upholstered | down and talk to me for a moment with deep cushions that spelled lor two. The young man at the desk comfort, a piece or two of good |said you could tell me something I brass stood around. | wish to know.” As the girl placed An old Indian woman set out | herself at the other side of the tafood—roast chicken, half a ham, | ble Anne asked: “Do you by any a large portion of cold roast beef | chance know the whereabouts of a rolls and butter and honey, a fruit | Mr. John Hamilton?” pie and coffee. It was a mans| “He was my father” she replied house, 8 man's table, a man’s wel- | simply. “He died a week ago. You

come. And Judith responded to see, I'm Sally Hamilton,” and the | blue eves filled with tears. For a

the new virility and strength of | the scene with deepening enthu-| moment Anne felt her world crash- | ing about her.

siasm.

John would never’

know that all her life had been spent in regretting her mistake and the havoc she had wrought in their three lives. “Oh, my dear, I'm so sorry! I was—a very old friend of vour father's, I had hoped to find him—my name is Anne Allister.”

“Anne Allister! a letter for you.

Why father left He said that you

| would surely come when you heard | | the news.

If you didn't come, I |

was to mail it to you. See, I had!

| it already to post.” and she drew

an envelope from the pocket of her Anne's heart constricted as | she studied the writing. Not as] firm and clear as she had known it. but still it was John's. With trembling fingers she drew out the

| paper.

“Dear Anne,” she read, “I am dv- | ing now and at last I dare to ask your forgiveness. All my life I have regretted that foolish pride that made me commit such a great wrong to both you and Sally. She | forgave me before she died—why, I do not know, for I never made her happy. Now there is one more thing I must ask of you—please take care of Sally for me and see | that she gets the chance she so | much deserves. I couldn't bear to | | |

have her happiness ruined too.” THE END | (Copyright. 1937. United Feature Syndicate) |

The characters in this story are fietitions | |

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