Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-28

Of Plymouth. Put on spinner sir.
There's mackerel about"
II was very pleasant. lotusike exist
ence into which Martin had drliteo
since his arrival in DeVonshire month
AGO Some days he fshed. on others he
took long trampS across EXmoor. The
iov of his liberty was still new thing.
| There was scarcely morning that on
waking he did not experience little
thrpb of happiness as he realized that
the hours In front we're his To while
away as he wished; that his former HE,
with it's duh routine and sordid cares,
was a thing Of the past. He was no
luxury lover II was, above all things.
the sense Of freedom which he most ap-
nreciated On the morning after
his fishing excursion in the lonely nay
there arrived among the letters for
warded from his rooms. the first letter
with the Ardrington poStmark He was
lust starting for a tramp. and he thrust
il INTO his pocket and kept 1t there
until he reached his destination on the
edge of a strip Of moorland, precipice
below with gimpses of the sea through
the thickly growing pine trees. the
writing was bold and large, yet fen1i-
nine He read and reread the letter
With mcticulous care. as though striving
To find in it something more than the
mere words.
A Lette-.
MY Dear Martin.
L wonder what YOU are doing with
Yourself? We miss YOU very much but
nv eccentric uncle has now developed
a Sudden penchant for society. Our flag
is flvinc and the gates are open. We
have half a dozen people staying here
no one. I think. in whom you would be
very interested except Gerald whom. for
some reason or another. my uncle seems
to be tolerating
You want to hear about Laurta OF
course Well to be frank. I'm rather
worried about her. When she heard
that YOU had gone there was moment
in which l feared an outburst. That
is all past now. II 1t were possible, /
should say that she was very bitter
about what she terms your desertion of
her. She and Gerald are getting on very
veil together-too we'll. l consider, but
I.aurita only laughs AT me when hint
at the fact.
Uncle has heard no more from those
terrible men. He, too. TO be quite frank,
seems in way to resent your departure.
although not to the same degree as Lau-
rita. I alone remain thoroughly SYM
pathetic. do really feel that you were
put In an utterly impossible situation,
and I am glad that you had the courage
to stand out against IT,
You arc welcome here any time.
think you ought to come back before
the Summer is over You would find the
situation much less difficult now. Very
sincerely. yours,
BLANCHE BIRMINGHAM"
Martin folded up the letter and put
Il carefully away in his pocket. A
wave of something which was equiv
alent to homesickness had seized him.
The almost theatrical beauty of his
immediate surroundings suddenly pail
ed. He felt a longing for the quiet
country lanes, the wooded park. the
old fashioned flower gardens Of Ard
rington II was place for dreams
where he lay and ne Welded 10 them,
He tried to think of Laurita with her
delicate oval face. her scarlet lips and
her eyes lit with fire. His thoughts
only imperfectly fashioned her. II was
always Blanche who took her place
Blanche with her frank. challenging
eyes. mouth always beautiful. but
which al times he hated. half pro-
vocative. half supercilious the perfec-
ton Of her the self assurance, the de-