San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-17

Maxwell ReeQ. he Hdu peeh
in Honolulu several months
and just learned of her be-
reavement. 1t was nice.
friendly letter, fanciful and
struck with color. 1t made her see
tropical gardens. volcanoes and satlny,
brown forms diving through warm'
silver waves. Oh, what a rich, ad-
vcnturous life he had-the way
man should live-roam the seventy
and seven seas - plunge tathoms
deem in every known joy. Then one
would hav, that easy fascination !;
that throb and magnetism in every
little word one said.
She saw the sleek, black head; the
slouching, graceful form, as he
stood with an arm about her that
night in Belvedere when he seemed
to hold life like a glittering diamond
in his hand, turning il so that she
was spellbound with the thousand
fires in the shifting facets.
He was coming home right away
and she must then teach him how.
to be that great, platonic friend as
was already solemnly agreed and
sworn between them.
IN CONNIE'S HOME.
She let her thoughts wander, tap
ping absently delighted - delight
full"
II was two months since she had
com. to live with Comics folks.
In the beginning she was so CRATE
full for the presence Of other people
that she had not noticed the empty
monotony of her nights and days.
She accepted the quiet that was
hers as the inevitable fate of one
who loved.
She wrote in her diary: Mora Lee
: Meadows. how long will it be thus p
and underneath in microscopic letters,
Mora Lee Herrick-" She blushed
and laid the pen in quivering haste
over the last word. Two years, per-
haps three, she would have TO wait
this long before Life caught her up on
its dazzling great tide of emotion and
happiness.
Connie was living now, pattering
along on the bright surface of things :;
Sallie studied furiously and fell in love
with her professors. She came home
week-ends bursting with ever new ex-
elements. Minna, the youngest, went
10 parties three nights every week ;
she entertained her ''sweeties" on
other nights and the "sweeties" took
her for long automobile rides. Billie,
who seemed to Nora Lee in perpetu-
al establishment. as though her three
young daughters had grown up over
night from babies into rivals; Billie,
who was past 40 and looked no more
than %. and her bridge clubs, her tea
engagements; her evening dancing
classes. where she dragged dad" her
movies and supper parties.
WATCHING LIES SHOW.
In all this hectic coming and going,
Nora Lee was an outsider, standing on
the curbstone of life watching the
rsrish show 90 by. Now, with Max
well Reeds letter repeating sunny
phrases 20 her mind, she had a feel
ing that the band struck into a lifting
tune Just as it cam, near her. Her
feet and her heart took up the happy
chords.
Friendship-of course, one might
have friends. She and Dane had dis
cussed this point. He had quite cas-
ually mentioned party given by
some wealthy heiress or other, to
which he and other students had been
hidden. In glowing details he told of
the singers who entertained them, the
champagne opened by the girls father.
She was a Peach and not bit
snobby. though she has money enough
to buy and sell sou and me-"
Nora Lee had IN greatly in
famed by this scntence-in fact she
didn't like this sociability of his. He
went east TO study-let him study.
She wrote back in her grandest for
mality: 81 was interested in your ac-
count Of the heiress. But money in
such huge quantities is very offensive
10 my creed. regard such people as
gluttons. They sit down at the feast
of life and without waiting for any
one else or for any human decencies
they begin stuffing food end drink into
their mouths. They swallow down
their own portions and then begin tC
bolt your share. mine, the other fel
lows. They are just the greedy pig