Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-18
A SWEETHEART AT THIRTY
The Story of, Wornn's Trnnsso<uaaoon.
BY MARION RUBINCAM.
OUR DINNER.
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Az Is. Aunt Enid Haines looks so, and
- considered BY her family and the VII
I,r,p 20 be a hopeless old maid. The faT,iiy
c1Ds,sts of a critical s<ter-in-law, Esther;
Jim ENDS brother. and three children,
Ialira James and Violet END Is taken
from this hopeless rut by Violet, who
wants 10 go 10 college. Enid gives the
g,rl her own httlc legacy and they 60 TO
tho cItv together
Thcre thev awake 10 the possibilities
az hfc End bcsins 10 make herself
Young again and pretty, VI natures INTO
= charming Young woman. W Is m sove
with Rud Pearsol. of whom the family
dlSapprnvcs; Enid falls IN love with 5ud
cnnioyer. Francis Meade, wealthy,
cultured bachelor Of As. Bud. meantime,
has gotten IN with an INSCRIPTIONS crowd
Z mon and when he Is robbed of some
mofiev ne was carrying for ms nm, every
,nc bcl,cvcS him guilty. End and Francis
hocome engaged. Vi l. heartbroken over
the sa,spiclon about Bud When the tr1al
c,rnes tlp. Bud Is caught in he.
End gocS hack To her country home
COR = month 10 let her sister lIvc lit
tie while IN the city. thinking the change
would inspire Esther a. It inspired her.
Flnalv she does decide to 60 back
CHAPTER CIX.
We turned finally into Fifth Avenue
and started south.
Almost homer | said happily. Tran
c,s 90 over 20 Broadway when we pass
the park want TO see all the lights again. y
FrancIs laughed
viii YOU ever get over yorU fond
ness for the gaudy lights OF thnt
terrible street. he asked.
No. never" answered. They may
ie gaudv but, they are hike carnival
that = always going or.
.'Such sentimental ideasV he scofied,
turning the car To the right. Very well
IN drive YOU through the romantic
dlmness of Central Park and bring you
out ia blaze of glory at the Broadway
entrance.
There NOW" ne announced as we
turned INTO the brilhance Of the thea
trc district Look as much as you can,
for after We are married and go to Europe,
YOU won see tins sort Of thing for long
,irne-not till we come back again.
But vou won I mss il" be went on.
There will be so many other things
Tor YOU 10 grow excited about that mere
waste of valuable electricity TO advertise
garters and halrpins won't interest YOU
at all.
''Oh. but il wlll"' ] protested LOOK
At the huge crowds, Francis. It's ne4y
time for the theatres, isn't it? ] always
forget there are SO many people In the
world until come up here IN the evening
Francis laughed again.
The number of people walking along
this particular street are going TO de
Law your dinner half an hour" he told
me Eve have 20 wait now at every cross
ing to let the traffic through"
Dinner What materialist you a1ep
And again he laugh ed-the rich-tone
laugh that pleased me so much.
dMateriallstw he echoed That's 8
new word, Enid. ] never heard you use
1t before Only don't think too harshly
Of me. j like TO tease you. And even il
these glazing, gaudy signs annoy me,
like 70 have YOU like them"
This / didn't understand Francis
explained, a. he started the car again
Ter one Of our many waits in the crowd
other cars and taxis:
81 like your enthusiasm. It's as fresh
that Of young girl It's glorious
,alitv 70 have, and YOU have 30 much
it, / hope you never lose it.
Its such a glorious world" !" / an
cred "Hou could ! heap but be en-
.siastic2 Besides, think of all the lovely
parts Of II that were to see-together
And ! turned TO smile up at him.
We had come finally to the end Of the
great Jam, and We were able to run q
little faster / turned from the compare
tive darkness Of lower Broadway to look
back, up the crooked, twisting lane that
blazed and sparkled and winked and
plared with It's ever-moving lights and its
restless. ever-mOving crowds. Then
settled back for the few minutes left of
our drive.