Evening star., 1931-06-26
|@HHA THE LUCKY LAwRENcEs W.
~lXW q By KATHLEEN Soess Er5SE YA
b. KATHLEEN NoRp,s

did you nave a nice drive. darling7"
"Oh, heavenly" Ariel said with q
weary sigh and sober face =
Couldn't you bring Van back To
supper" -
do you like him?" Gall asked en-
couragingly. -
"oh, he's darling" Ariel said list
lessly. mot that il makes any. diff
ference" she added bitterly.
"Ah, don't say that. dear!" Both
sisters dreaded this mood when. she
would be resentful and dark for q while
ana end up with hysterical laughter
hysterical tears and physical collapse.
Sam came in and lighted the gas
above their heads; dusk had deepened
almost into darkness.
Sam, you're an angel!" Edith said.
suppose, jail or no jail, we, eat
sometimes?" Sam asked by way Of
answer.
Listen" he continued, there's a
swell film at the Liberty tonight. Want
mo, thanks" Ariel began to answer
steadily, but her voice shook suddenly
and her words came In a rush. Il
don't want to 60 and have every old
church-going, Psalm-singing, cake-sale-
| making old woman in this town point
ing me out. I'm sick to death Of this
whole place and this house, and Being
poor! I'm not going to stand it, either!
I'm going down to Hollywood If have
to walk there, and I'm going"
"Ah, sweetheart, you'll only make
yourself I'LL" Gail pleaded. Don't get
yourself all wrought up. Listen,
darling, If the Whites do give fancy
dress party, and we give birthday
She stopped, for Ariel, looking at her
with trembling laugh Of scorn, broke
as suddenly into tears and was laugh
ing and crying in the familiar manner
before any one of them could attempt
to divert her. Guided by GAIL she
stumbled from the room and upstairs,
sobbing incoherently and now begin
ming to feel wretchedly sick.
Gail turned down the wide old bed
and lowered the shades.
And all the while her heart sang on
a strengthening and rising note-Dick
-Dtck-Dick. It was good to be %
and to have Dick in the world!
| When she came blinking out into the
upper hall. Phil was waiting.
"All right?"
"Oh, she's fine. Just worn out, that's
all. It's been a terrible day for her,
poor kid! She doesn't want any sup
| per, but she wants us all to come up
afterward and talk to her."
| And so downstairs to the dear
familiar plates and lights, the eager
| conversation that was punctuated with
laughter and supplemented by the
books they always dragged in somehow
! for reference or support
| Gail listened to the others CONVEX
sation demurely. holding herself lit
tie aloof, as If with the instinct Of
awakening womanhood she was already
reserving herself somewhat for Dicks
sake She liked to sit smiling, dream
| ing, half aware of the talk that went
on about her; Gail had never had any
feeling like this in her life before; she
had never known that there was such
feeling. Tonight the world seemed
wider and kinder, more full Of promise
than it had ever seemed before.
Dick" she thought. Dick. Dick.
Dick Dick"
And at the realization that he might
quite naturally come into the dining
room she felt actually faint with
ecstasy. %9.Ta
Van-but then Van did not matter
any more, nor Far Niente, nor the
Chipps' stately Clippersville mansion.
with its servants and awnings and
clipped lawns. All false, all valueleSS
at least to her. Laughing at every
thing, turning everything into joke,
| making nothing of the real things
love and loyalty and service. Their
ways were not her ways, nor their
thoughts her thoughts.
Ito Be Continued.)