Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-18

HER uncle was little more matter-of-fact.
Perhaps he'd better come In to stay
with US, and I'll give him job
Anne shook her head. He'd be grateful for
the job, Uncle Tom, but I've feeling that II
he got very far away from the tavern he'd be
roaring drunk and on his way in "a hours
He will anyway, Anne. You'll be lucky If
he do Snt rob you when he leaves. Let him
go now. Why should you care?"
We'll of course" Anne heSitated II
don't care, suppose-except that it seemed
a chance to give poor fellow lift
She told Graham Of her uncle's offer that
afternoon while he was putting the finishing
touches to a wooden arch over the gate ITO
work for him and stay at his house, Miss
Hazard? Do you wish me to-"
We'll you might try working for him, any
way. Better spend the nights where you are"
He smiled. I'll work hard for your uncle
but I'd rather sleep in the yard here at the
tavern than in his guest chamber. This isn't
such bad ARCH do you think? l took a
Beaux Arts prize Tor design once"
You're not even lying well any more" she
said. and he laughed. KNOCK of and get
ready for dinner. Afterward shall need some
help with my accounts"
'Oh, that's easy. Miss Hazard" he said.
"Ive audited the records Of Thorne- Hardesty
often enough mean" He caught him.
self. please forget that, viii you?"
Don't worry. Graham. or Thorne rather.
the firm has already written me the little 1t
knows about you BY the way are you a
periodic drunkard?"
Il suppose So" he said. Sometimes I go
for weeks without drinking"
How soon will you go back to it and leave
here?"
Whenever you wish me, TO-" he replied.
Anne paused and then asked, will YOU
promise to quit drinking for good, Thorne?"
Il will promise to try" he evaded.
But you won't promise ACKNOWLEDGMENT If
prefer you to?'
He faced her, suddenly very pale and shook
his head. mo. 1 can't"
She left him. and he remained there mo-
tionless until the first arrivals for dinner
startled him from his thoughts
Strangely enough, there were three young
men in the dining room that evening Curious
that only tonight the first time In perhaps a
fortnight, she had even remembered to wonder
If any OF them might be the one for whom she
had waited so long.
Anne had been watching from her window
the following afternoon as Graham-She per-
sisted in thinking of him as Graham-was
putting coat of paint on his gateway arch.
A heavy, towering motor van halted unex-
men on the drivers seat hailed him immedi-
ately. She heard their voices but not what
they said, and presently one of them climbed
down and leaned on the fence beside Graham,
jerking his thumb toward the van and laugh
ing.
When she looked again Graham. too was
aboard the van. which remained as though
heavily rooted in the roadway while a thin
vapor breathed from its exhaust. vague
alarm fastened Annes attention, and when
the huge heaved into motion a faint cry
broke from her. He going! He'd gone!
Suddenly she found herself, frantic and
breathless dashing down the stairs She
gained the lawn, the gate, the roadway, and
saw the van already distant almost at the
point of rounding the bend out Of sight. She
reached out her hands and said something
She never kncw what. At the last instant
when it seemed that disappearing bulk could