Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10

trunk"
After he's gomez"
"yes-yes after he's l,left
| you,'
II worked over that" said Desiree
| ut didn't look as if you had
worked" said the other. 1T looked
| as il you had llived."
| HIM said Desiree, startled.
"rhe way YOU Rugged it," the Gilly-
| person reminded her eagerly. The
way you put your nose down on it ana
smelled it, Any woman watching YOU
would have known--tobacco was what
coat. YOU know When you shut your
eyes. you-almost-had him back
again"
ultantly.
But not quite" said the GiIly per-
son. And so--you sat on the floor.
and you rocked yourself back and
forth. and YOU cried and cried-over
his old coat
Desiree was not altogether sorry for
the arrival at that moment of tea. 1t
gave her respite from the intensity
of the Gilly-person regard.
Between interchanges as to sugar
and lemon or cream the Gilly-person
offered shyly. II suppose you're won
dering why | thrust myself upon you
like this
"Oh. no. not at ALL" said Desiree
politely. IF you liked the picture so
THE Gtlly person smiled family.
"Of course, | liked the picture
aren't millions Of people liking it?-
but it wasn't Just that. 1t was YOU
long before | ever saw Lost Souls.
ooh, how long?" cried Desiree, more
than ever pleased. This is my first
big picture. YOU know. Did YOU see
me in something else? I've had the
rottenest little parts.
Until / came up here on a visit
10 DAYS ago." said the Gilly-person
simply, II hadn't seen a movie for
years.
Desiree gasped "Where were you?
Where could any one be without see
ing movies?"
"Oh, the movies were there--only l
hadn't the time nor the money. I've
been living on ranch in Arizona"
Then why-then how said
Desiree, what could 1 have to
do why did you want
The GiIly-person drank deeply of
her tea, as if for courage. She SIAM
mered, "W-will you let me tell you
about it?"
an die If you DON'T said Desiree
frankly.
The Gilly-person, setting down her
cup, leaned forward earnestly.
She said: II told you I'd been liv-
ing in Arizona. l wasn't born there.
I was born in Alabama. Five years
low tn
and met some one"
"Hawaii?" said Desiree, startled.
"Yes-'' said the Gilly-person.
you know-you were there, too"
Yes" said Desiree.
II was -, them" said the Gilly-per.
son.
why, so-was l." said Desiree.
She looked at the other, and a lit
tie fear ran over her. Twenty
sevens young" she had said to
Smithy. The Gilly-person did not look
young. And Desiree and the Gilly-
person had been % in Hawaii to-
gether.
Am I taking too much of your
time?" asked the visitor earnestly.
"Oh no--go on"' said Desiree.
"Where were yon? In Honolulu? Did
you like it? Do you remember those
wonderful beaches-and the singing
boys-and the moon? I've never seen
the moon so big and so white and SO
warm anywhere else. Have you?"
Desiree remembered the room at
the seashore. A room not too large,
not too clean-only Desiree, five years
ago. wasn't too critical. perhaps. She
could see the mat on the floor, rough
to the naked feet when one came back
from swimming. She could see the
old green shade, cracked and eased
from end to end, Tapping idly
against the Notwithstanding, when
you wanted to sleep.
A dressing gown of flannel-brown
and yellow, in narrow stripes-hang-
ing on the closet door.
Why should just that dressing gown
stand clear?
How long were you there" asked
Desiree, with touch of her best
drawing room manner-because the
dressing gown came back so wildly.
There had usually been straw san
Desiree hated straw sandals-now.
Why couldn't man wear soft leather
slippers?
Il was out there six months" the
Gilly-person was saying.
And you We're teaching?"
Not that it mattered. But the
queer little thing had so obviously
something she felt she must tell Des-
iree-somethinE which had happened
in Honolulu five years ago
Did ] ever meet you?" asked Des.
Tree suddenly.
II Unlikely. She hadn't met many
people. Hadn't had time nor in.
clination. They used to be on the
peach all day--every day. She had
learned to use surf-board a little. In
what they called the Kings surf, !"
out beyond the hotel pier. Great
waves rose above you. toppled behind
YOU, While YOU sped shrieking, in
floods of ivory foam. You lay on a
surf -board, and, when the wave
came-some one-a beachboy-or
some one else-thrust the board for.
ward. Sometimes your hurtled madly
/ MISUNDERSTANDING you DIDN'T
sometimes you fell off and were
smothered in tingling seas--rescued
and laughed at, held till you could get
your breath against a cleaning sun.
burned shoulder
At-a-gir Who's afraid! What
are you doin'? Tryin' to swallow the
oCCdh ne Ldu Ildu d. StTIpeQ DIue-
| and white jersey-a white belt-blue
| Shorts-pretty snappy for swimming
things, then.
All the curl he tried to brush out
Of his hair at night came back when
he got in the water-close, sandy
curls.
He was in bank" the Gilly-per-
son was saying.
who was" asked Desiree, before
she caught herself, then added quick.
iy: "A bank? oh. yes-and you were
iteachinS?"
She listened better after that. Keep.
ing her eyes on the Gilly- persons
face. She asked questions to keey
herself listening.
Had you known him before yot
went out there"
'Oh, mo- met him in the bank