Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 January 1939 — Page 14

J - CAST. OF CHARACTERS «JANET DWIGHT, heroine. She was en.gaged to handsome young architect . ‘LANCE ISTOW, hero. Lance had great dreams for the future. So did _ CYNTHIA CANTRELL, orphaned grand‘daughter of | great-aunt Mary Cantrell. Still’ another dreamer was - BARNEY McENIGHT, newspaperman. . But ‘Barney was more than a dreamer.

At last Janet realizes she loves Barney, «+ she tells him how much she needs him. .Then Cynthia returns and she has | Changed, too, Janet finds.

_ CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE 4 OW Cynthia went on with a

4 hesitation unusual for her. “I||

. saw the papers, Jan. Of course I'm - glad—about you and Barney. I do ‘ hope yolire—really happy. But I was surprised.” 2 ° “I was—a little surprised, myself,” Janet ‘said, patting a Jsofa pillow . into place, holding her eyes care- | fully on what she was doing. “Of "©. | course we should have waited longer if we had known you and Mr. Ben‘ton would be at home so soon, Cyn. . But Aunt Mary had particularly asked that we shouldn’t postpone . the ceremony because of—on her account. . . .. But how is Tim- . othy?” : / . .. She was thinking that in a few moments she must say something to | Cynthia about the bills for Aunt ° Mary’s illness and burial. She hated "to; but they were enormous—the .hospital bill alone had been staggering—and Aunt Mary’s small bank account had long ago melted away. She couldn't expect Barney to shoulder the whole expense. Cynthia wouldn’t want him to, of course. ‘Cynthia stood up abruptly as if Janet’s question about her husband had suddenly recalled her to an urgent present. : “I must get back to Tim, Janet. He had a temperature this morning. He canght cold on the train, and on tog of all his other worry, it’s got him down. ...I—I never saw Tim sunk before. It scares me, Jan.” ; : : “Worry?” Janet asked a little blankly. “You mean about Aunt Mary?” Cynthia, who had stooped to pick up her hat, turned incredulously. “You don’t mean that you haven't heard, Jan?” she demanded. “It was all in the papers.” “What, Cyn? I-—honestly, I don’t know.” “I suppose you wouldn’t. I didn’t know myself until yesterday that Hallowell & Benton haven't been making any money for the last six .. months. And you see, everything else Tim had was invested in oil. Well, the other day the oil company New up. We're practically flat, an.”

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T seemed the most grotesque of ironies that this should have happened to Cynthia. How doubly tragic to have staked everything on a marriage with a man you did —~-not really love, playing for ease and security, and then to have not even these! : . Without turning from the mirror where she had been arranging her hat, Cynthia said abruptly, with one -.of those flashes of insight which made her so. unpredictable, “I know what youre thinking, Jan—that

-- having married Tim for his money,| :

as of course I did, I'm probably getting ready to lie on the floor and

kick and scream over the mess I've| -

got myself into.” - Janet, who had been thinking - exactly that, could find no immediate words. “But perhaps you remember,” + Cynthia went on, facing Janet, her . dark head high, “that first night— when Tim got so beautifully plastered. I told you then that I'd made my bargain and I'd stick to it. Well, that still goes. . . . And now I've got to run.” “Cynthia, wait!” swiftly. “Where is he?” - “At the Templeton House.” “Can you move him safely?” “I,don’t believe moving him could possibly be so bad for him as staying there. It’s noisy, and he hates hotels, anyhow.” “Then you must bring him here. Barney and I were only staying anyhow until’you got back. There are s0 many places vacant now that it _-won’t take me more than a few hours to find a furnished apart-

:- ment that will do us beautifully un-|

. til we can get really settled. And «~:-the rent’s paid here for the rest

of the month, Cyn—mosu of it with"

‘Timothy . Benton’s money—but I ‘suppose you know that. I only found ‘2 4t out by accident. Aunt Mary never .~ did know.” ve 2 = = -@YYNTHIA did not speak for a ls long time. When Janet, wondering, turned to look at her cousin, she saw that her sensitive mouth was quivering like a little girl's,” and that the eyes -that always used to be so carefully amused were flooded with tears. _ “I didn’t know, either. Tim’s like that,” Cynthia said. “When he does something kind, he hates .: to have anyone know anything about it. . . . Janet, he’s the kindest man I ever knew.” Janet said, “I know, Cynthia, I i think I knew the first time I saw [+ him that he was like that. . . . i+ Aunt Mary knew, too. She told ' Barney that youd used your head : for the first time in your life whe + you married him.” 2 : “Did she. I'm glad....I wanted to write her the truth, Jan; but— well, T know you both thought I was always play-acting. And I was. You see, it’s always been the hardest thing in the world for me to be natural about—things that really mattered to me. Now I'm going to tell you the truth. I'm crazy about Tim.. I'll bring him as soon as I can get him ready.” Wha Janet called Barney and told him about her talk with Cynthia, he agreed promptly that they -. must find another apartment that day if possible. ' Janet went out in a flutter of ex- \+. citement. It would be fun, house 7." hunting for her first home. ¢:. Eventually she found on a rather ':: shabby street, a place which she “told herself a little grudgingly : would have to do till she had time "“to canvass the situation more exhaustively. 8 & 8

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THIS CURIOUS WORLD

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to be desired. The ivory paint was pock-marked in: spots; there was a stain in the corner of the bathroom ceiling where water hadfleaked in from above; the carpet’ was definitely moth-eaten in the corners; the upholstery ‘of the chairs was dingy, and the other furniture was scarred here and there by glass

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Barney came to the Breckenridge in time to help ‘bundle Timothy Benton into bed. He greeted Cynthia like a long-lost sister and had them all laughing in no time at all.

«(To Be Continued) (All events and characters in this story are wholly fictitious)

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