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ToDAY's ADJUSTMENTS.

National Theater Players---"M Merton
of the Movies" comedy, at $40 pm
Matinee at 2:20 pm.
Relasco--John Galsworthy's Escape,
drama, at 800 pm. Matinee at 2:2O
| pm.
Polrs-"Abies Irish Rose" comedy
drama, at 800 pm. Matinee at 2:2O
| pm.
/ Palace--"The Patsy" at 11:15 am.
l:55, 4:05, $50, TAO and GAS pm.
Fox---"The Escape" continuous 1880
am to II pm.
Earle--"Harold Teen" continuous
| II 80 am. to ii pm.
| Rialto--"San Francisco Nights" al
40 am. 1885, $40, 535, TAO and
| GAS pm
Metropolitan--"The Tenderloin," at
| II: :35 am, 1885, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35, Gao
pm.
CoIumbia--"R Ramona" at 1890 am,
IL. ?. 4, 5:45, 7;45 and GAS pm.
/ Little Theater--"Lucrezia Borgia,
| continuous | to IL pm.
Tivoli-"Tillie's Punctured Romance, "
at 2. 4:05, 6:10. 8 and $50 pm.
| Ambassador -- "Freckles," at 2:20
425, 6;25, $40 and 9:55 pm.
/ Csntrai--"The Lovelorn,' at 1890
/ 3 $3.50. S, $50. 8 and $40 pm.
Washington wants no Power Trust
Evening star., 1928-05-19

Branch department stores are being
opened III Japan,
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stR.a-~WTAG WorceSter-~-3S0
.iS---nrcheStra.
1t0u--Snuth Sea Islanders.
= Aa--nanta music,
S,3n~-StuGjo programs.
10 ;u0---Dance music
4t0.s--ckAC Moutreal--930
B.tS-ninnef concert
T,S0~~StutllD programs,
. oo--MuSiral varieties.
a,3o--~Dance Music,
43i.a--CFCA Toronto~--Ga0
l:iS-Horse race broadcast,
1.oo--Musicai programs,
3.~6.9--CkCL toroGt"-~-Nt0
ii 45a--palm Raom Orchestra,
Snt THERN.
aa6.9-~NNNC ASheNiIle~-~i .ata
s,0o-~Dinner music
4:5,o--NSR Atlauta---6iU
+" So~~nemenstration hour.
:No-~SundaN school lesson.
tn~~Musit
q sanfi-~~t'utHser
IL 45~~Redhead Club
etl.s--Mn0D Chattannora--- 1850
t45~-Story SUNDAY school
\ .tin-~~E Ensemble
3t0.3-NIAN Iaekson.ille-~Ssa
:. .nn-~Ntudia,
,.ht-~RecitAi
S.0n--njnner music
$.j0--Stutin
0'tH1~ Recital,
2 .3h-Hapny Girls.
10 :00--Uanre
&&::,l--WHAS Laufs,ilIe--o30
: 0o--Studlo concert
. A,Sn--Studlo prugram,
.ta-Stu,}ents concert
aoo--tsreater Louisville Entertainers
siE9--WMC Memnhis---oSU
= @;30-Demonstration hour
. .uO--Featufrs
IL
S.fS--ntnaer concert.
a;oo-~Barn dance.
.96.9-~W>MB New 0rIeans--I.0i0
q sSO--CDucert
lu;ao~Theater program.
CENTRAL.
as6--kiW Chieago--StO
s.00-WJI programs.
,u1--keystone Duo
1U--MeFry Three
10 tuO--Sllmlaer music
3ssti--WEBHW WAJD Vhiearo-sea
5,00~-supday school lesson.
NEin--Sindio = honrSt
IL h0--~pouuiar - hoursA
4is.I-WGN WIIR Chicago-as0
a.no-Hawaiian. feature
3n--Nals uuattet
lo'35--Sam n Henry, popular
ali.6--WLS ChicaRo~-S:0
no~--sefaG}eoolS back aita }ean
t.35--Barn dance = y houfs)
tss,s-WLW Cincinnati--700
G I5-Nerro artists
H:4a--Organ
3n-Island Queen.
S.oa---OrCheStra
S.3a--Male quartet
lu,mu--Hawatian entertainers
l0;3o--DaTce orchestras.
36I.c--NSAI Cinrinnati--S30
| .30--0rchestra,
3.un-PhanIon FiIidlers,
q 6,o0--Sa iatv Club.
H:'30-~Orchestrs.
: .uu~~FeatHre
s:On--WEAF programs
9ufl~~Dauce MUSE
a:2O--Stusiia features.
Ios0o--Danca music
309.S--WTAM ieseIand--s50
q 900 Neanoiitans
.Hn--f 'antoF's Orchestra.
,Su~--l teseiand Orchestra.
\ S.:30--S9adlo program
.tla--W{NarI taNHlisst
10 Oa--Wvlie's Orchestra
4s0.9--wCN.WJR Detruit--6S0
G:n0--Featunes
Is 63ts---Drgan
.nn--MnEie annFeciatton. naritone
,.s1-Thlrty Minutes from Broadway
f}N--Featurs
10 n0-~Chain Gang
:i52.s---MNA Detroit--s5O
; fe0--niuner music.
sff--~WEAF programs
8o0--Dance music
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Scout Girls Entertain,

Special Dispatch 10 The Star
FAILS CHURCH. Va, May 19,~The
Girl Scout troop of Falls Church, under
direction of Miss Hannah Bonnell, held
a successful entertainment last night In
the auditorium of the Madison School
This marked the local troops share In
the annual drive to raise funds for the
Scout house for negro girls in Ne"
York City
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NaEAIs--Wzshingto Radio Forum
fz4i.s Meters--i.28 kiIoeyciesl.

9LN1-a WIFNEf@-~IelTa KkEzWEFNIE
SIS y p.ra.-Thirty Club meeting, con-
e&cted nv A. Cl0yd Gill
7sI5 p.m.---Weekly forum Of the
Thirty Club
73e p.m--Columbians Dance Or
enestFa
s p.m.-Pf1il Hayden and Les Coigin,
entertainers
40 pms-Frark Davis. English
reader
$40 p.m,--Ambrose Duri<in, bari
tore
pn9.--CoIlmbsa Banjo Club and as
Esgtige artists.
$50 Brunswick Saturday Night
aTs
1918 10 1890 p1n--News flashes.
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He Knew i.

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IN An4efiean history ciass IN 9ae ot
fae high schools had peer having an
ans3festine discussion ~ Civil Wag songs
kaW continued the tfaeBef "~ila
faH name song inspired by john
Browns elgerifHeeI2
"3ahH I3so%ps ooay lies ofef tnf
sehan." e&s .alnaa oi3e AeDsssI VI s1ss
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LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT
SATURDAY.. MAY 10. l928.
nts.a--wT\c wosreSter---5so
40, s--wEAr New york--sI

Programs pyeped Associated Press Scdud tor EGSefn
OF call letters kocgccS on gaf
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Local Radio Entertainment
Saturday, May 10, 1923
EAA-Wasiaington Navy Yard ASA:
Meters-699 kilocyeleS).

NAA-Washingto Navy Yard t4S4.s
Meters-6se kilocyeIeS).
Ss45 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
e55 p.m.-Arllngton time signals.
1905 pm.-Weatl1eT Bureau reports.
NRHF-Ameriozn BroadCasting Co.
lSe2.a Azeters-ss9 Kilocyciesl.
s.95 p.m.-The Town Crier.
pm.-Danner concert.
$50 pm-"Hints for the Radio Lis
AsnEr." By the Radio Bug.
SIS 10 p,m.-Ausical program COM
posed Of request numbers.
HRG-Radio Corporation of America
aa6S.5 Meters-64a KiiOcyciesl.
$50 pm-Studio program.
pm-The AEari0netres.
$50 pm-AIadrsllon and Spanish
Village Orchestra.
$50 p.ra-Waidorf- Astoria Orchestra.
SIS p.m-MoEion picture guide.
5.58 Baseball scores, courtesy
OF the Associated Press and The Eve
ming Star
pm.-south Sea Islanders.
$50 pln-sL0Ee the New Law Of
tha Kingdom. BY Homer j. Councillor,
president Of the Organized Bible Glass
Association
6.A5 nnl.-Fitteen minutes with the
Washington College Of Music. present.
ira Gertrude DvTe pianist
pm.-Unitec States Navy Band.
Tsz5 pm-@A Week Of the Worlds
Business, By DR. julius Klein. director
Of Bureau OF Foreign and Domestic
Commerce Department O! Commerce.
8 pm.-Mediterranean Dance Band
ard Clover Club Trio.
8 pm.-Kevstone Duo, with Bal
LADDERS
$50 prn.--Tango Orchestra, With Fu-
e~tes ard Ortiz
10 pm-ElumheT music.
III pm. Weather forecast.
III To I2 pm.-Wardnlan Park Or
cheStra-
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Washington wants no Power Trust.
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Evening star., 1928-05-19
RADIOS BEST OFFERINGS
TONIGHT.

TONIGHT.
6:0o-South Sea Islanders,
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6:30~Statlers PennSylvanians
--WEAF, WCAE. WWJ.
TOO United States Navy
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WBAL, WLW, WJR, KYW, WRC,
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7.l0-Pops concert--WBZ.
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WEAF. VITO, WWJ. WSAI. first
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CONVICT ADMITS MURDER
Escaped Prisoner Said to Confess
Staying Gem Collector,

Staying Gem Collector.
NEW YORK. May ie lp). Police yes
terday announced that Willard Watkins.
an escaped California convict. had CON
fessed TO the murder Of Robert Hastings.
church organist and gem collector. who
was found strangled In his apartment at
the Hotel Adrienne last February IL.
Four diamond rings, corresponding to
the description of rings reported rs part
Of a So, 900 collection which diSap-
peared at the time of the killing, were
found on Watkins police said.
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any reason to think it was any
body's fault. I WAS bride once
myself, and I know what these
little spats are between two young
married people. They don't mean
4 thing and i don't want you to
talk about Pat tonight. You'll
just say a lot of things that you'll
be sorry for in the morning.
She put her arms around the girl
and drew her towards the STAIR
case.
Now, you just run up and
climb into bed in the spare room"
she added. "And when you wake
up everything will seem bright
and beautiful again
But in the morning things did
not look bright and beautiful to
Lily. She lay in bed looking at
the sunny blue sky outside the
windows and wondering wllere
Pat had spent the night.
Not that I care really" she
said to herself. u guess I'm
through with him after this. It's
bad enough to have poor hus-
band, without having one who's
stfIl crazy about his old sweetie."
Her eyes were hard and her
face was set in lines Of stubborn
ness when a knock came on the
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had no real wish to see him that
day-but he stood for excitement
and rebellion in her mind. She
could .'get even'' with Pat by
seeing him. If he had his Lizzie"
Fritz she had her Staley Drum.
tnond.
Hello" she said when he an
swered his office telephone.
want to buy very hungry
woman her lunch today7 I'm
coming down town in about two
hours
They arranged to meet each
other at i o'clock.
But Il was only ~ when Lily
reached the busy down town dis.
frict and she window sh0pped"
FOR an hour. picking out clothes
and jeweiry that she would have
loved 20 have and wear.
The new gold beads and ear.
rings ArftrAnced her. How well
they would set off her wIfite sIssn
and bright gold hair if she had
q ret of tl1ems And the cunning
new helmets Of black felt or vel
vet that pulled down over the
head! And the silver fox scarfs
in the furriers' windows! Cor
geous!
'And me with is cents in my
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door and Florence brought in .
little breakfast tray.
They're trying 10 be kind 20
me, she thought, taking it and
doing her best to smile. But
it's too late now. They should
have made q fuss over me four
months ago
Florence closed the windows Of
the room and handed Lily the
little bed-jacket that she had
brought with her. Then She
closed the door OF the room and
sat down on the edge Of the bed.
do you remember asking me
about q check in payment Of
some Of your clothes the other
day?" she asked. You won
dered If had coma across 1t
down at AnaouIeme's? What you
said about IL made be curious
and 70 looked 1t up
And you told Sadye Jefferson
about 1T, didn't your Lily sat
bolt upright In the bed, suddenly
remembering what Sadye letter
son had said about hearing little
tllinee' about her.
Don't be silly" FIorence's
voice was dry and brisk. You
don't think / 80 around spread
ing scandal about my own
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Leonard household. The first
was served ut s:3O-puntually, else
there waa trouble. The second
left the kitchen shout 10. The
third had no fixed hour: It might
Be called for at any time between
q, N. and D. m. depending on
the nieht.boforA activities, or the
day4toscof1e engagements, or the
mere indonseQuent whtms of the
consumer
The $50 breakfast was a hearty
one for Henry Harrison Leonard,
father OF Gay. He ate it alone
in Q great hurry, and blindlys
with his eyes fastened on the
market quotations. When he had
eaten It he departed In his limou.
sine. behind his uniformed chaut-
faur ana the smoke OF his Tnatu-
final cigar, FOR Wall street.
The 10 o'clock breakfast was
borne upstairs on q tray and
laid across the embedded knees of
Mrs. Henry HARRISON Leonard.
who thereupon said in 4 tone OF
surprise. breakfast" Mrs. Leon
ard was one of those people who
always seem surprised. and even
incredulous, about every small
est happening in life.
She appeared perpetuA'ly to
doubt the evidence of her senses.
and was. prone to cry, Home,
dear?" when her husband came
home, and Awake, dear?" when
her daughter awoke. a. IL these
things were the last she had az.
pected and entirely TOO amazing
to be true.
Mrs. Leonard brealfaAted slowly
for the sake Of her digestion, and
spartngly for the sake OF her
avoirdupois. Having breakfasted,
she lay hack against her pillows
and seized the paper which had
been brought up with her tray,
ana by successive spread-eag1e
flingings Of her arms. turned to
the society page.
Then for half an hour she per-
used accounts Of the doings of
people she had never met, and
wondered why, with all Henry's
money, she never met them.
The third and final breakfast
was Gays, and 1t was usually
consumed with Mrs. Leonard as
an argus.eyed spectator. Super
vision of her daughters diet and
health was one of the few duties
of which sudden riches and re.
sultant crops OF servants had
failed to deprive Mrs. Leonard.
It was 4 duty she loved, lineer-
ing ghost Of the vanished happy
days when she ha0 Rad things on
her mind. she chung to 1t obsti.
nately.
Observe her at noon Of 4 day in
early January:
Having assured herself that it
actually was noon, ana having
consulted q maid named Martha
as to whether or not Martha was
quite certain that Miss Gay had
said noon, she assembled In 4
small elevator like a coffin on end
from the first floor Of the house
to the third.
There were four mirrors In the
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brothers wife, dc you? No, in.
deady, but I just made up my
mind to tell you about that check
first chance 7 hadand this IL
the first chance. Lily, you
shouldn't have let that Drum.
mond man give It to you
especially when You have . per-
fectly good husband to buy you
your clothes"
Lily sneered openly It that.
"AIl the clothes he's bought me
30 far were kitchen aprCns," she
said with spirit, forgetting the
SIS that Pat had given her weeks
before to pay-alld he thought
for the brown coat suit.
she spent half Of the morning
in bed, thinking how much al1e
hated Pat and wishing with All
her soul that he would call up
the house to see IL she was there.
But he did not, and ct 10
o'clock. when his mother came
busting up the stairs 10 make
the beds, she got up and went
down to the telephone in the
hail. She closed the door at the
foot Of the stairs and quietly
gave Staley Drummond's teles
phone number.
Afterward she realized that she
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Continued from Local Page)
embarrassment. It lasted
for many seconds.
II cant understand you," he
said at last in 4 puzzled voice.
'I-weIl, what you said q while
aso when we were dancinS-you
meant that, didn't your You
aren't the usual dance hall kind
Of girl At all. can see that per-
fectly now. And yet-you're
here. u y
"Un.hum. I'm here"
why are your" he asked d.
rectly.
"Oh-money."
There was q pause. Jerry sat
meditatively lingering his flask.
opening and shutting and reopen.
ing the top Of it. Dolly watched
him. She thought, II like him.
She thought. "Is he always so
pale?" She thought, I'd like 10
draw his hands"
Then she said to herself, unex-
pected1y, not knowing why, Poor
kid" 1t was a curious thing.
Women were prone to think Jerry
Davis fascinating, dangerous,
wicked--anything but pitiful. But
to little Dolly Quinn, from that
elairvoyAnt early moment on, he
was pitifuI above everything else.
The waiter returned. He set
two glasses half fun OF cracked
ice before Jerry. He put 4 plat.
ter Of chicken sandwiches painting
tongues Of lettuce before, Dolly.
He lined UP green bottles and
brown bottles between them. And
withdrew.
mot for me, thanksf' Dolly
said. "Just the ginger ale"
Jerry halted, flask poised. "Yon
don't drink"
NO" She sounded apologize,
30 as not to criticise him. Isn't
1t dumb? But / just never have.
! loathe the taste OF It,"
Again his eyes probad hers. He
finished mixing his own highball,
then leaned toward iIer. twisting
the glass in his fingers. What
are you doing in this place, Dolly
QUINN" he said gently. Come
on. Tell me. want to know"
Through Dolly's head there
flashed the reflection that she
could tell this dark-cyed young
man anything. that he would un.
derstAnd and not be bored. that
she wanted to tell him.
She laughed Ehyly. You'll have
me hurting out my whole life
history In a m:nutep'
81 hope so, very much indeed. "
But it's not . bit thrilling"
He seemed to ponder this, pro
and con. Perhaps not" he de.
cided. 'It hasn't had much time
to b yet, has it2 A few years
from now
He let the sentence hang there,
piquAnt with prophecies un.
spoken.
You're one OF the people things
happen to-" he went on after n
| pause. You know there are
those people? ! knoW you're one
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Dolly was flushing painfully
IT cant beg. She's been 90 much
more wonderful TO me than /
deserve, to have sent 1t this long.
still" Jerry began. But some.
thing in Dolly's expression for
babe any further remark that
might be construed a. censure Of
her benefactor, 90 he said instead,
well, so on"
There isn't much more. The
art lessons have had TO stop, Of
course. ] mean--it's all / can Co
iust to live on what I make at
fl1N store" She was speaking
lightly now. ~ IL it were quite
unimp0rtant. II applied for q Job
at this Garden of Jazz place just
today, after work. because ]
thought it might be a good way
TO earn a little extra money, that
/ could put away and save until /
had enough. But" her eyes
roved the room, and she shrugged
Its not so good. after ali"
Where said Jerry, were
you going when ! first saw you?
Homer"
eyes. I was quitting"
"And you came back just for
the rest Of this one evening?'
eyes"
TELL me Why"
Their eyes met. For just an
instant IL was on both sides 4
poignant glance. breathlesS, frauKht
with meaning. Then Dolly's eyes
narrowed to Sits between her
twinkling, laughing lasles. ''Et0-
cause the proprietor asked me
to-" she teased.
He did not try to kiss her in
the taxicab on the way to Mrs.
Minafee's boarding house. He
put his arm around her shoulder
ana held her hands in one Of
his, but he did not try to kiss her
then. or later. when the taxi
The last thing he said to her
was, Tomorrow evening? About
eight-thirty?"
And when she said yes he
smiled at her for 4 long moment
in the dark Of Mrs. Minafee's
vestibule; then he turned and ran
down the steps.
1t was most unlike him. 1t
would have astounded Gay
Leonard. could she have known.
Also the chorus girl with the
burnt.oranse hair. And the model
from Nine. Lilli's. And the in
discreet young matron on Long
Island. And others.
First, second, and third break.
fasts were served daily in the
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purse that Pats mother let me
takep' thought Lily. and SIS st
home to pay for the food and the
leo and the newspaper all this
week.
Suddenly she felt shabby In the
clothes she had On@a worn, dark
hat and suit from last year. one
Of the few things she had taken
from her fathers house on the
day when she left 1t for good.
1T was thin, too, and the biting
October air made her shiver,
She was plying herself q great
deal when she started along
AIbernaarle Street at five minutes
after one to meet Staley.
Before eIie readhd him she saw
him standing In the entrance Of
his office building watching eager
III FOR her. And when she was
within 10 fest Cf him he saw
her.
f19ii0l she heard him aay,
ana lust as che put out both her
hands III greeting to him man,
coming from the opposite di-
rection, caught her eye.
1t was Roy Jettersonl
She did not speak and neither
did he. but she was sure that he
was watching her as she put
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NOL1 Go On With The Story.

Lily paid not the slightest Bit Of
attention to him. She went on
s0bblng quietly into the pillows,
and presently she heard him 20
down the hall.
She sat up then in the shaft Of
moonlight that lay across the bed
in a wide band OF silver. Pat
and that Ertz walking along I'm
that siIvery light. under the leaf
less trees. side by side! She
thought Of them that way and
her sobs broke out again. Pat and
that horrid little woman!
Then the whole flat seemed to
shake with the sound Of the
front door being violently closed.
Through the thin walls came the
faint echo Of footsteps on the
stairs-tnen the dull thud Of the
street door being slammed.
Pats gomez Lily said to her
self. hardly believing 1t. Like a
shot she was off the bed and out
in the tiny sitting room.
She flung up. the window and
leaned out into the night Yes,
! there he was. going down the
street. gray shadow against the
deeper gray shadows of the dark.
ness
But where was he soing7 '"To
his fathers house, / suppose"
Lily decided. 'sOr else back to the
Jettersonsg' She hated the letter.
sons more at the nlomen. than
she ever had known she could
hate anyone. She loathed both Of
them. Sadye and Roy, simply be-
cause they were friends Of the
Ertz.
She closed the window ard
turned back into the silent room.
All 1t once she was afraid to b
there alone in 1t.
The kind of wild. unreasoninE
terror that sometimes eoEaaes TO
women alone in houses at night,
swept over her like an Icy wave,
leaving her cold and sF1ivering.
1t took every bit OF her courage
TO walk back down the hall and
! into the dark bedroom. When
she had turned on the light she
felt better, but she knew she
could not stay In the pl1cs all
, nfR1at.
I'D die OF fright and they'd
find me With pure white hair In
the morning." she said to her.
self. and began to pack an over.
night bag with panic.stricken
haste. I'LL go to a hotel II It
takes my last penny"
: In five minutes she was d. essed
and out In the street. Then,
iust ~ she started for the
coruer, she discovered that she
had forgotten her handbag with
ali her money in tall Of her
money being the e15 that. Pat
had given her the night before.
For an instant she thought Ok
running down to the 1anitor ana
asking him to 80 into the flat for
the handbag. Then something
/ else far simpler flashed into her
mind. Why not go to the France
family for the night? Their house
4 was only few blocks away, and
! it would do them all good Ia
know what rotten trick Pat had
| played upon her!
"Tl1ey think he's 80 wonderful"
she said to herself, seornfuIly,
starting along the sidewalks un.
der the October moon. I'm Just
show him up"
The little house was wrapped
in darkness when she reached IL.
But - she opened the front gate,
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just by looking at you. It's IN
evitable, with that face"
ThoughtfuIly he jossled his glass.
so that the Ice clinked. You're
Iucky-because you'll live. You'll
suffer son1etimes and break your
heart-but you'll never miss any"
thing. Not anything at all" He
lifted his glass and surveyed her
over it's rim. "To q great life,
he said, and nodded and drank
Now the story Of Dolly Quinn's
uast was brief. That Is to say,
She made It brief when later, she
told 1t to Jerry. 1t was q little
like taking d person unable to
read TO q movie, that recital She
spoke the subtitles aloud: but OF
the pictures that came between,
that reeIed In panorama across
the screen of her remembrance,
she said nothing.
well, first" she began, Il come
from New Hampshire, from lit
tie town called Seavale. lived
there always, till about a year
ago."
Marrow village street. unpaved,
clouded with saffron dust In sum-
mer. The fourth small rickety
house from the corner. The
wealth erbeaten front door that
never was opened. Go 'roun' the
back!' Wet laundry on a
line. Chickens scratching. The
back door at the top Of four steps
thanked with piles Of tin cans and
refuse. The smell of food and
yellow soap and steam and stale
air. when you entered).
I'm the youngest of five chill
dren."
John. the taciturn. the sullen,
who wore rubber boots and work.
ed on the clam flats and never
looked very we'll washed. Mary,
whom you didn't dare mention to.
ward the last because she had
had to get married" Amy, whose
eyes were also blue, who clerked
in the millinery store and was in
love with young Sullivan, the
grocer's son. Frank of the sleek
hair and the dropping cigarette
and the checked suits procured
during his frequent mysterious pill.
KrimaEes "away.'')
I'VE all had to work, and 1
worked in the summers for A lady
named Mrs. Wendell. taking care
of her two little girls. And after
/ got through SCHOOL, left high
school the end OF my second year,
1 was sixteen them worked for
her right along"
Breath Of flowers and cleanli-
ness. Great cool rooms full of
precious. marvellous things. Rugs
like moss. Chairs like thrones OF
velvet stuffed with feathers. Leafy
lawns to walk on. Gardens. Rides
in a glittering automobile. Two
curly headed little faery girls. And
that lovely laughing lady who
WAS always dressed up. who was
always soft-voiced. who said, I've
say 'She doesn't. Dolly. not she
DON'T" and DO you think you