Evening star., 1925-07-26
LOVE with Incidental Music)



was obliged to combat strangulation
Five thousand to play with! Kay's
father was big man, jovial and pop
ular with his fellows, but not-well,
not the success he had once hoped to
be. He was slow of movement and
sometimes it seemed to him he must
be slow of wit too. Three thousand a
year had proved his limit. He no
longer hoped to make more. Rather
was he haunted by the fear he might
| make less.
He was very polite to Bromley and
though he felt distaste for the
younger man he fiattered himself that
he hid it.. His wife assured him other
wise, in the privacy of their chamber.
What do you want me to do-fall
on his neck and kiss him?" he demand
ed
You know very we'll that you've
like to him.
Hes a stock market gambler-and
they're all rich one day and broke
the next"
Hes not" she retorted. Hes a
promoter-and If you think he's not
good one, just let me tell you this
he's stopping at the Copley PlaZa!'
Those promoters always have to
throw a big front"
nounced. You might at least want
to see Kay get the things we've never
been able to give herr
And II Kay's father displeased her
mother. Kay in turn bewildered her.
She seems $3.50 calm about 1t
ALL she confessed to Kay's father
some time later. Flowers, books,
candy and theater tickets-why,
would have been in the seventh
heaven when / was a girl"
He gave her a curious look, but
said nothing.
Not that I wasn't" she added,
hastily. But think what such at
tentions mean to girl, Sam. /
should think she'd be simply thrilled" !"
The rest of Elton Heights certainly
was. The long racy roadster forever
drawing up before the Elton house;
flowers and candy by messenger
boysi Think of 1t!
And the diversion was Heaven
sent for all this was back in April
when the Witherbee house. just va
Gated by the Randalls, remained a
problem. The Randalls had not had
the distinction of being among the
original settlers. but they had proved
most acceptable adjuncts to commu-
nifty life. Which was more than
could be said of their immediate prede-
-
horse in the cellar! This had seemed
to Ted, aged IL, and Kay, aged s, a
highly desirable innovation at the
time. It had not seemed so to their
elders.
OF course, there had been then no
modern conveniences in the Wither-
bee house. This, with its size, had
made it difficult to rent then. Now.
with all improvements, 1t did seem as
Mt Y1iC
granted.
Nevertheless, Elton Heights wor-
ried and would continue to worry un-
til the hoped-for nice people moved in.
There were some people out to see
the Witherbee house today"-so most
any Elton Heights wife would inform
her hero. home from the wars, most
any night. And oh, John. do hope
they won't take it, The woman-1
wish you could have seen her. She
was perfectly impossible. Sixty If
she was a day-and she had on one
of those new sleeveless flannel sport
suits in orange and a hat that was
supposed to match and didn't.
| THIS sort of conversation was much
! l. in evidence in the Heights during
| April. And inevitably, as Colgate
| Derr Bromley spent much OF his
| time there, he was conversant with
| the community crisis of which the
| Witherbee house was the crux.
"Why don't you all club together
and buy it?" was his first suggestion.
unfortunately none Of us has the
spare cash." Kay's father replied, try
ing to keep his voice amiable.
"Well-there must be something
7 Cd
WHAT" asked Kay's father, mild
| ly enough.
Yet there was a challenge in his
voice.
This Bromley himself realized. He
strove desperately for inspiration.
| Then:
Listen" he commanded trium-
phantly.
They listened. And II Kay's father
did not think much Of the plan he at
| least kept the fact to himself until
he and Kay's mother were alone. He
| filed exceptions then, but was prompt.
| ly overruled.
| 'T think it's a perfectly gorgeous
idea," she concluded. And SO will
everybody else"
| Everybody else did. They chuckled
over it-and were strong for It.
'I've got a cornet up In the attic,
recalled Theodore Norton, 1st. Il
| haven't used it since"
Not since we all got together and
threatened to tar and feather you,
| Charley Emerson assured him.
| 1T was no worse than that har.
monica you used to initiate bird trills
on" Theodore Norton, 1st, retorted.
| IT wonder where that is" replied
Charley Emerson, unabashed.
| MY boy John has been bowling for
saxophone," contributed Ed Hickoks
"I'll be hanged If I don't get him one.'
And so they discussed the great
plan and agreed upon the campaign.
Through all this Ted was away, of
on a trucking job that had taken him
to Philadelphia. He came back over
the road of a Saturday night, put uI
his truck and was on his way home
| on as peaceful Sabbath morning as