Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
JUDY'S MAN
Washngtons Social whrl and Official Life Are the
Background of This Fascinating Love Story.
By HELEN BERGER.
1927. By the PENN Publishing Co.

Even with Honey Judy could ne
longer speak the truth. Il just don
want to-" she evaded.
Now Jude, for heavens sake
don't start that! It's just more of youi
silly pride. 1t will be the best thing
in the world for you to get away
from all the places and people you
know. for while. And 1t will give
you a chance to see what you can dc
with those figurines."
Judy sat down in one of the shabby
chairs, leaned her smooth head back
upon the faded cushions. Her eyes
went out of the window. up ana up
seeking the burning stars over the
roof-tops.
ooh. what do the figurines mat.
ter?" she said YEARLY. TN tired OF
everything. I'll never amount to any
thing anyhow
| She drew a chair close to Judy s.
You must amount to something!
| she said sternly ut would break
my heart if you didn't. Neither Daos
nor / were anything more than dab
blers. We thought we could be some
thing else and we wasted lot OF good
wears trying. All the years | tried
to paint / could have been making
Dabs comfortable as | am making
YOU comfortable now, II L hadn
been trying so hard to succeed. But
perhaps the poor talents we had nave
come to flower in you, judy. Per-
hans Won can make good where we
didn't. And if you did you will make
the waste of our lives worth while.
Perhaps talent is like century
plant. only blooming once in nun
dred years. We weren't content to
be the plant We wanted to be the
blossom. too. But you've got to be
the blossom. Judy. You've got to-.
This was an amazingly long speech
for Honey. And there was depth
of feeling In it that touched Judy and
reused her from her apathy.
You darling! she said. '1u do
the very best / can to flower for
YOU" She smiled little as she said
it, but her eyes were wet.
But 1t was to the memory of
Honey's plea for her Towering" that
she chung through all the preparations
for their departure. Otherwise she
would have found the thought of
what she was committing herself to
unbearable.
The Dariens' country home was in
MARYLAND. Judy expected that she
and Honey would go by train, but Mr..
Darien put all such plans aside.
Cotton will go down ahead with
your baggage. He was Jacks serv-
ant, you remember. 1t will give him
pleasure to attend to things for you.
You and your mother will go down by
motor. You will find it pleasant
trip"
1t was arranged that Cotton should
call for their baggage early in the
morning on the day of their depar-
ture, and that they should make their
start from the Dariens'..
1t was a beautiful day and even
through the ache of her heavy heart
Judy could feel her young response
to the sunshine and the open air. How
heavenly all this would be If she only
had a right to it,
She and Honey and the Dariens
sat visioning while they waited for
the car to be driven around for them.
There was a sense of tension in the
air.
you will write to me often?" Mrs.
Darien asked Judy. Il feel almost as
though / was being deserted by my
own child when you go away, Judy. :"
T'll write to you regularly" Judy
promised.
Suddenly Mrs. Darien leaned for
ward, caught one of Judy's hands in
hers. Il wonder if just once you
could call me mother?" she said in a
low. wistful voice.
Tt seemed to Judy that this was in