The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-25

artist. whose studio teas and work have
attracted the fashionable crowd. Sidney
has been Pats pal from childhood ana
hes lust returned from abroad. Pat hesi-
tates 70 undertake such a bold scheme,
but the realization Of her debts begins
to pinch and influences her TO agree.
Her rich and snobbish relatives are OBJ
uoSad to anv contact with neW-rlcn
family but do not offer 70 help her. The
situation is complicated by the return OF
HELENA. an actress INTRODUCED aS MS
sister. who is going % New York tor an
engagement and wants him TO try his
Sow GO on WiTH THE STORY
(Chapter Three-Continued)
She seemed as she listened. to
catch a glimpse of the essential
beauty and SORROW Of wifehoed and
motherhood.
But it amt part of your duties
to listen to an ola woman talhng!"
Mrs. Palmer would say, with smil-
ing compunction. Patricia's answer
was frequently the subtle fiattery
Of honest interest.
But go nn-dO you mean to tell
me that this man-this Mason man
actually had the effrontery to
offer Mr.. Palmer $50 for the patent
and formula and the whole thing?"
CHAPTER FOUR
ON a sunshiny, crisp Sunday
~ morning in late October. Sid
ney Hutchinson entered a certain
attractive downtown restaurant at
about 10 O'Clock and looked about
it searchingly. More than one
church-going woman was breakfast
sng here. black gloves and prayer
boc laid beSide her plate, and
an NC them he discovered Miss
Cit ssbrough. He sat down in the
empty chair opposite her.
They looked serene and content
and approval upon each other; there
was an exquisite Willingness in their
relationship of which both were con-
scious. The tall. handsome, keen
eyed artist, in his garments Just
suggestive Of the picturesque, and
the beautifully groomed and dressed
woman. with her mySteriously lovely
face. had been made in one mold.
Their conversation was like some
thing rehearsed. they thought alike
on almost every subject, and seri-
ously Of none. Books. theories, mu-
sic and the peccadilloS of their
friends formed their meeting place;
Patricia would say a clever thing OF
a painting, even if she quite dis
believed it, Just for the JOY Sidney's
pleasure in the epigram gave her.
With laughter, with mutual ad-
miration, with gay, hospitality be-
side the studio fire. and in the more
serious mood BETTING formal din
perS, when Sidney in his irreproach-
able evening clothes was target for
all eyes. and Patricia's beautiful
arms and neck we're bare, they met
almost every day.
And once or twice a year they
gpent a whole day together in the
woods. more in memory Of the old
boy-and-girl times years ago than
because these gypsy expeditions had
ANYTHING 70 do with their present
relationship. They had begun this
when Patricia was perhaps II, and
when her father added dignity II
not charm 10 the expeditions.
And in the first months of lone
illness after his death. she had loved
thosc quiet Sundays more than any
thing else in her life. After Sid
news return from Paris they had
ftfully revived them; today'S free
dom was the first since Helena's ar
rival.
Did you have to tell Helena?"
Patricia smiled.
mo. she went OF with her Roses
last night"
And that" the girl added with
her slow smile, is the beginning Of
the end"
The beginning of the beginning,
he amended. And as she glanced
at him. and saw the narrowed gaze
fixed steadily upon her. happy color
flooded her face. His big arms were
folded, his fine mouth unsmiling,
and for perhaps five minutes. while
she finished her breakfast. he
watched her in silence.
THEN they went out into the
Il sunny streets. Just warming 70
2 mellow autumn day. Sidney. tax
ing possession Of her bag. caught
her small hand in his childishly as
they walked.