Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11

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was glad when they said you were
marrying young Delamater, because I
thought Helen Heather must be like
Nina Heather. At least Helen, I've
loved you when haven't trusted you.
And now"
But suppose you didn't trust me
now" Helen said, her voice breaking.
Don't suppose anything like that"
1.-THE Kingsways aren't very trusting"
she quoted Patricia with note of trem-
ulous laughter.
II suppose that's true. We have a
helpless way of giving so much. All
faith, all loyalty, Helen"
She knew, suddenly, how true this
was, understanding Ethan more COM
pletely than she had ever done. Under
meath all the Quietude-that was con-
troll, not lack of intensity-there was
nature with few of the modern
shades, the modern hesitancies or toll
erances Giving royalty, he had found
the best he had to give being counted
nothing at all-poor Nina, who would
never understand that there were more
wonderful things than diamond rings
in the world land he had taken 1T
harder than If he had been q light
giver. And he was IS now, not boy:
the love he gave was a mans, not
boys.
He was silent. She was little
frightened. All faith-all loyalty
"HelenI"
She laid her bare hand lightly on his
knee and his own dropped from the
wheel to cover it. There was not time
for more; Doris was waving to them
from her lighted doorway.
Ethan turned suddenly in the light
to the Ethan Helen had known long
ago.
He greeted Doris, who was overcome
to the point of giving a small squeak
instead Of polite greeting and whose
terror made her aunt give her froWn
and sail forward with greeting, as
Helen said naughtily afterwaFd. like
mayors speech OF welcome. He stooo
there, courteous and little aloof. the
Ethan Helen had been afraid of, though
his face was a little wistful, as he saw
men little younger than he calling out
to Helen, coming about her as to con-
temporary, and greeting himself with
the respect they would have given an
older man than themselves. But you
have to go and save the village green
for them" she whispered to him, half
laughipgly, half tenderly.
How did you know wanted 10
stay?" he said In the same undertone.
you're so understanding, Helen
And then Miss Louisa was back
again, with her "Oh, you must come
in. Mr.. KinVsway-" and so he took
himself of promptly, only saying, 'I'l
probably be here before you are
through, Helen.s Wait for me-
He made his adieux to Miss Louisa,
who gave him in earnest the respect as
the social head Of the village about
which Helen had leased him; was gone.
He would rather have stayed.
Helen, slim and princess-like In her
soft, white satin, forgot to be any
thing but excited with delight at being
back with her crowd again. Having
seen Patricia safely making friends
in what 1t must be confessed was q
rather poSsessive way - with Doris
cousin Lucy, she swept the crowd
around her.
I'VE have to run these pictures first
she said. Somebody watch the time"
All her old executive capacity at work,
she soon had the complicated affair OF
lighting, setting. running, arranging In
fun blast AS she was everywhere, the
satin frock pinned up under smock
and forgotten in the necessity Of driv-
ing her helpers through it all, it oc-
CURED to her, dimly, yet with little
shock of surprise to be thought over
later, that it must have been she, not
Tommy, who really ran things. Why,
she knew how to do everything. Only
having to make Tommy feel he was
doing 1t while she really was back Of
him. She laughed at herself secretly.
Shed scarcely known it was that way.
Hadn't she been an idiot
1t was halfway through one of the
scenes where Doris was prominent that
they found at one and the same time
that they had to have retake, and
that Doris was vanished from the scene
of action, contrary to her habit Of being
tremendously alert for any moment
when any one might want her, as If
| for fear Of being Scolded.
"Doris-where'S DoriS?" demanded
Allen Rainsford, who played opposite
her.
] Run the next sequence and I'll 60
| hunt for her. I'm not In it and the
rest Of you are. Anybody else may be
needed" Helen commanded, and made
| her way out of the darkened room, be-
tween the boys and girls on cushions
all over the floor; catching q glimpse
of Patricia In the hall with plump little
Dutch-bobbed. dark Lucy, evidently
being told all the child-gosSip of the
town by the rapt attitude of the two.
Doris was not in any of the rooms
4 Helen explored. Could she have gone
out for breath Of the cold, crisp night
air, the room being overheated with all
the people and the necessity Of closed
windows and doors? Helen threw her
| coat around her and slipped out the
side door. not unwilling to breathe the
outdoor GOODNESS herself.
Ito Be COntlnued.l
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