Evening star., 1924-11-02

self. smiled. II was so afraid he was
going to die," she said.
HE would, too, II it hadn't been
for you, BB," Ann said. you've done
done the most unselfish thing ever
heard Of"
Brenda turned, looked out of the
window, tho tears running down her
cheeks
1T isn't unselnsh-a bit," she said
TITS the mm-m- most selfish thing In
the w-w-world."
,,.x You IN mean y. you've fallen in love
Brenda did not answer for a mo.
ment. Her lips quivered. "Y-y-yes.
she said.
you poor dear! Ann said, and
Ann told Hiram about it tha.
night-in her own way. "Brenda's
going to marry that man." she said.
Hiram looked up from the evening
paper
Does he know it?' Hiram asked.
Not yet" Ann said. But shell
lescing."
Hiram grinned. "If she does" he
admitted, "she will"
But she didn't take care of Dick
Richards during his convalescence.
On Saturday afternoon, while Bren.
, da was at the Offices Of the ConsoIi-
dated Film Company, an enormous
Rolls Royce paused In the snow out
side AIMS door. A fussy, middle
| aged man and a woman, and a doc.
tor with black bag in his hands
and two nurses in uniform. got out
In another moment one Of them rang
the doorbell. Ann went herself
| "Mr. Richards" the fussy man
| asked.
| Three flights up" Ann said.
| When Brenda got in at 6 o'clock
while she told her how they had
taken him away in an ambulance.
| Did you say a Rolls-Royce. Ann?'
Brenda asked.
Absolutely" Ann said
| Brenda narrowed her eyes
| "a real Rolls-not a car with one
of their radiatorsT"
! NO." Ann said. TT was a Sala-
manca brougham."
| That sort OF finishes me-doesn't Z
it," said Brenda
| Il don't see why" Ann said.
| "Oh, yes. you do" Brenda told her
| III he were a poor boy-the son OF
a high school principal or a brokers'
| clerk. or something. I could go and
see him and they'd be nice to me.
But he isn't. His people have got
real money. He's got away from them
and come down here to Pluma Gogg's
they've got him back. and they'll
| jolly we'll see that none of US has a
chance to know him again"
Ann could not deny it
| Well" said Brenda, I'll go home
and sleep all night and all day to-
morrow and all tomorrow night"
+
CHE did not sleep all day Sunday
~ because Ann rang her up the
next morning at half past to tell
paper.
Read it to me, will you Ann"
Brenda said.
Ann read:
Richard Richards. jr., the inventor
and engineer, was found by his
parents yesterday. ill with pneumonia
| in a one-room studio apartment in
the series OF houses known to artists
everywhere as PIuma Gogg's.
He was taken to the Richards
home at Park avenue and Seventy
ninth street in motor ambulance.
1t was said he had passed the crisis
Of the disease and would recover
Young Richards quarreled with his
father, who Is president of the Richards
Marine Construction Company. last Fall.
and resigned his position as head Of the
engineering department.. His resigna-
| ton precipitated crisis in the affairs
Of the company, as several other officers
Of the company resigned at the same
time. 1t was said among young Rich
ards colleagues that he had gone
| abroad to work on crude-oil engine
he has long been interested in.
Miss Pluma Gogg said last night
that the young man had rented the
studio some months ago, saying he
was working on some drawings. She
supposed he was an artist. Asked
IL there was anything unusual in his
conduct, Miss Gogg replied, Very
What was unusual?' the reporter
asked.