The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-15

Tor her left one and taking perma
nent possession OF II. nor by ths
fact that ho went straight on crack
ing nuts between his thumb and
finger and putting their kernels
moro or less alternately, into hin
mouth and into hers.
she drifted on lazIly upon train
" reflection of her own. Was that
smudge Of smoke over there really
Chioago7 Could Il be as near az
ihat7 What we're they thinking
there Of her disappearance Miss
smith and the rest of thom7 Shs
couldn't feel that It mattered very
much. They'd keep II quiet. she
surmiEed. thoy were all so DEATH I
afraid Of Ma Walter Patrick. who
vas 10 have Joined their party last
right. would have told them what
TO do. And today. sometime. as
soon az sho could get 10 telephone.
hhe would let them know that she
Was all right.
Walter Patrick stuck In her mind.
She felt. suddenly, that she under.
btood him. The dune bug-or Bill'H
Interpretation Of him--had given
her tho clue. The next time Pat
tick looked at her with that enig.
matte smile OF HIS she'd be able 10
smile back with complete under.
standing. They ought TO be good
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against well. even in somG circum.
stances against Ma herself II gave
her a rather-disembodied feeling,
to find herself thinking such
thoughts Rs these.
Yet the really disembodiod one
seemed 10 be Leda Swan---who was
40 always on exhibition. with whom
all the world was 80 idiotically In
fatuated, whose faxed biography IL
Tapped up weekly in the column.
whose forged autographs, by thouI-
ends. Il cherished so carefully. To
the Princesa, sitting here upon tho
sand In half "A done, II seemed that
she shared with tha dnna hug a Joke
upon all the rest OF the world.
The sun got his head up above
tho shoulder OF the hills and shone
down warmly upon their backs.
Tho nuts they had been munchinr
at 40 long gave them. at last. a
feeling OF safety. Bill stretched
cut at iull length. rolled over and
rut his head down In the Princess's
lap.
She was a little startled at this
but the mornings mood prevailed,
10 the extent, at least, OF her not
moving away nor telling him to get
Up. What troubled her WAS tha
intensity OF her impulse TO cradle
him up tight In her arms. and the
lnsidious voice that kept whisper.
Ing. What would IL matter II she
u'd? II wan an empty world, wasn't
II, with no notice boardb saying
that they weren't allowed In the
shi1ibbery. no uncie to be afraid OF,
TO pernickoty yachtsman with HIS
talk about probation officers sni
chiefs OF police, no Miss Smith to
tell her what young ladies did or
didn't do; no Ma--that summed Z
up; nobody at all but herself and
bug who wouldn't care what they
did. There we're no rules, here on
tho sands, except what they made
for themselves. She leaned back
Upon her hands 10 hold them still
She began drawing. one after nn.
other. long deep breAths. They
must hs starting on soon TO look for
a telephone.
Suddenly Bill sat erect, stared
out blankly over the lake for q min.
Ute or two, then turned and sought
her eyes.
Princess" he said In a tone she
hadn't heard him use before, a tons
that went through her somehow.
and frightened her, "can we not 10
mad a little, too7 Mad enough 20
be free---like this7 We need not
sleep in holes under the leaves. nor
cat acorns. But little house wa
could build, ana play all day long
In the sand and the water, and !
shall play you tunes from Schubert
but better than the bug. And we
shall tell my uncle, and all the rest
OF them II they come. TO 30 TO hell
away from herei"
She shook her head sharply, liks
one trying TO waken herself out OF
"A dream IT would make won
derful pretend. Bill." she said. "bu,
OF course we couldn'i do Il really"
There Is nothing to pretend
about" he asserted. angrily. "Why
cannot we do ~"
We'll, for one thing" she said
"I've got TO so TO work Wednesday
morning, on the lot out At Holly.
wood On picture" she added.
"You--you paint pictures. then2"
he asked,
She stared az him. IL told yon
who I was yesterday. I'm Leda
Swan, Motion pictures, sillyl
thought everybody In the world.
OIL, IS Il true, not kidding at all,
that you never even heard OF me7
Where have you been1"
"ln America since the war break
out, Before that. all over the world.
But my uncle, he never let me GO
TO tho cinemas, for fear catch
something"
From a feeling Of acute annoy.
Snce her emotion changed suddenly
TO pity. you poor Kid" she said,
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