Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-22
Chapter XII
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l. ....rs7r house. He useo the
allO..r, rs living room, the alcove
rom ,.5roor He and Selma had fur
&A + together discarding all of
ns-.l original belongings except
IS table. and one fat comfort
uE a,5sd o.I armchair whose bro
s.'' ,rtare limited a past grandeur.
eau. 10 had got his books ranged in
.s- Evolves along one wall, soft-shad-
''--r. m table and desk, the place
~. rore taan livable; lived IN.
.1 tbe process Of furnishing Sc
I''. ~, into tie way Of coming into
~. tor 3 day or two to prowl the
WV. rooms and the secondhand
s Size lad a genius for this sort
,.t.-r. hated the spick-and-span var
.r5 veneer of the new furniture
' -.rs r9r In tie regular way.
srs enjoyed these rare trips into
...,. made q holiday of them. Dirk
.r5 -sEe her TO the theater and she
r.t 81 enhanced. Strangely enough,
...iasrIpg the lack Of what the world
IN, romance and adventure in her
@,, she ala not like the motion pic
.a.s, DAlI the difference in the world"
~. would say, between the movies
md the thrill I get out of play at
ne tbeater My, yes Like fooling
vltb PAPER dolls when you could be
,avlng with a real live baby"
The day was marvelously mild for
March IN Chicago Spring, usually so
oov IN this region, had flung herself at
chem head drst. AS the massive re-
volyng door Of Dirk's Office building
famed him into the street he saw
Paula III her long low sporting road
ater at the curb. She was dressed In
black All feminine fashionable and
mldde-class Chicago was dressed in
black. Ali feminine fashionable and
mlddle-ciass America was dressed In
black. Two years Of war had robbed
Paris of It's husbands, brothers, sons.
An Paris walked in black. America,
untouched, gayly borrowed the smart
habImen.s of mourning and now
Michigan boulevard and Fifth avenue
walked lmurely in the gloom of crepe
and Chiffon black hats, black gloves,
BLACK slippers. Only black was good"
.hls year, =
Paula smiled up at him, patted the
leather seat beside her with one hand
sbat was ahsurdly thlck-fngered in its
SlrI.nel glove.
ITS cold driving. Button up tight.
Whereu We stop for your bag?"
He climbed into the seat beside her.
Her manipulation Of the wheel was
w.tchcraft. The roadster slid in and
out Of traffic like a fluid thing, an
elane. stream, silent as a swift cur
rent in a river. When his house was
reached. I'm coming up" she said.
Tsuppose you haven't any tea?"
Gosh mol What do you think I
an a young man In an English
novel ~
wow, don't be provincial and Chi
cagoish. Dirk" They climbed the
ahres fights of stairs. She looked
about Her glance was not dlsapprov-
Ing This isn't SO bad. Who did it?
She did Very nice. But of course
you ought to have your own smart
little apartment, with a Jap to do you
1p To do that for you, for example"
Yes grimly. He was packing his
osg-uot throwing clothes into 1t, but
folding them deftly, neatly, as the son
o. wise mother packs. my sal
ary'd just about keep him in white
linen house-coats."
I'm going to send you some things
Sor your room, Dirk"
For Gods sake don'tl"
"Nhy not"
Two kinds Of women in the world.
z learned that at college. Those who
send men things for their rooms and
those that don't"
You're very rude"
You asked me. Therel I'm all
Get He snapped the lock of his bag.
Y r. sorry 7 can't give you anything.
haven't q thing. Not even a glass of
Vine and a-what is it they say in
o5ass?-oh, yeh-a biscuit"
p The roadster again Paula main
ned g fierce and steady speed for
sue remainder of the drive.
We call the place Stormwood,"
paula told him. "And nobody outside
.ae dear family knows how fitting that
.a Don't scowl. I'm not going TO tell
yen my marital woes. And don't you
say I asked for it. How's the
fob%'
Rotten"
You don't like It? The workT
Y Ike it we'll enough, only-well,
you see we leave the university archi-
ssee,lfal course thinking we're all go
q to be Stanford Whites or Cass Gill
eeris, tossing of a Woolworth build
ING and making ourselves famous over
Night I've spent all yesterday and to-
nay planning drygoods box that's
going up on the corner of Milwaukee
avenue and Ashland, west"
And ten years from now?"
len years from now maybe they'll
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