Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03

she found her friend waiting for her
when she stepped off the train.
You've grown thin. Anne" Isabel
exclaimed Immediately.
And you've grown plump. How
pretty you are. Is"
Happiness is the only reliable
beauty secret in the world. do you
know it?" Isabel returned. She led
the way To coupe. Jump in. dear.
] drive this thing myself"
What lovely old-fashioned town
this is said Anne. appreciatively.
You'd love II IL you knew II as
we'll as I do. l wish you could stay
a month--two months. dear. You
look as il you needed rest" Isabel
successfully clipped in between two
vehicles. What sort Of people are
you going to-"
The usual sort of people who de
mand social secretaries Anne smiled
family. Il never saw Mrs. Stanhope.
They are at Pine Lodge until Christ
mas. after that we shall be in New
York
Well, AT least you have plenty of
diversion" Isabel said az she swung
the car into the driveway of a pretty
bungalow.
DIVERSION Anne caught her
breath. Why. Is. I'm the 1oneliest
person in the whole world
This Is real home" Anne said
as she sat at Isabel's dainty dinner
table. "Thirty-room houses and ten
acre-gardens and fifteen servants
don't make home. I've found. Is"
AT the instant her husband en-
tered.
I'm sorry to be 50 late. Is" he
began. But couldn't shake that
fellow till he'd got the last bit Of
information out of mellow do vou
do, Miss Anne? My wife hasn't said
q word TO me that wasn't about YOU
since she got your telegram"
Dear old Anne. You can fancr
how glad am to see her." Isabel
said. What do you think of my
choice of husband. dear"
| Anne looked up at Albert El1iotts
| sturdy manliness and smiled
!. You always were wise she com
mented softly.
Albert said eagerly. by the way,
YOU will see him." He turned TO his
wife. Mother insists on our com
Ing over tonight Ia. The whole
crowd are going to be there TO give
| Arch and Mabel a send-of They
leave tomorrow morning. Mabel is
| my sister" he explained Its the
| hrst break in our family circle. but
Arch received such a good offer from
city f1rm--you'H go. DEAR"
| "Of course. You won't be too tired
| Anne?"
No, Anne replied. Only L
won't be in the way?"
In the wav." cried Albert. We'll
I | should
one of us within five minutes after
you get there. We Elliotts are
great little crowd when we're all TO
| sether, Miss Anne-but you'll see for
| yourself
| And Anne did see an hour later
she thought she had never seen any.
/ thing so inviting as the lighted win.
doWs of the plain brown house. 7,
was an oldfashioned house with
stoves and lamps, but il held many
Injuries. It held, too. what poor lii
tie Anne had never known, a sweet
| FAMILY spirit. This spirit embraced
Anne from the first instant and II was
not long before she found herself re-
| spending to it,
IL was little confusing to tell
which was Elliott by birth or mar.
rage, Tor there were II children with
lheir married partners present. Mr..
ana Mrs. Elliott We're as Young as
any. AND II was hard to believe that
me little black-eyed woman was really
the mother of so many fine women
and big, handsome men.
You should see my grandchildren
she told Anne. I've eight of tba
finest grandchildren you ever saw
Ihey're not here tonight because they
Always carry on so that we older ones
In one room there was little groun
snshs ABOUT the piano, in another
&c couples danced to monograph.
AZ sun another room half dozen
people engaged in quiet tax
Blu Elliott appropriated Anne.
III you DON'T want to dance mr.
sing. he said. let me show Won ~,
'ropnles. I've Travelled round nuits
d OH and am rather proud of nv col.
lection" ny 'oi
Inc trophies were in small. coy
room which he called the den Tba,..
We're indian things-pottery and has
ket.work. Anne felt her enthusiasm
mounting over an Aztec jar.
so you are leaving one secretary.
sup 10 TAKE up another" Bill said
ing at her rather closely, II know
what secretaryships are. I was sec.
Tetary To man for year before
l took up civil engineering-kind of
trained poodle affair, HUME
only the poodle has to be ron.
stantly useful" Anne suggested.
DO you like 1t. Miss Anne? MOI
much nome about those grand estab.
llshments, I dare saw"
Anne's eyes filled with tears
Home!" she said. And then sud.
denly she was telling him about the
nome she had had until her mother
died, and it was found that ali tbe
money had been used for Anne's edu.
cation. Somehow YOU could teI,
things to Bill Elliott's steady gray
eyes, you had to.
They had an intimate talk there in
the little den while the notes of the
latest Jazz fioated in from one side
and the words of popular song from
the other
THE. hope trails always waiting
for you-four you-" sang a bright
soprano.
Then suddenly Isabel burst into
the room with tray of cakes and
coffee.
Have something to eat. you hun.
CRY ones she cried. TITS ~ o'clock"
Wherever had the time gone tor She
glanced in amazemeht at Bill and
she smiled 49,,
bill doesn't like girls, Anne" lisa.
bel said. He isn't nice to them oft
en-. You ought TO feel fattered that
he has devoted himself to you the
whole evening
Miss Anne speaks the same Ian
guage ] do" Bill retorted His tone
softened. II knew you did the In
slant ] looked at you,' he added to
Anne alone.
An hour later the cakes were gone,
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