Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-12-17

you play for US? Ny boy tells ne you
have q lovely gift for music"
There came s moment 81 the end O.
this interminable evening, which re-
paid Susan somewhat for her en6ur-
ance. She and Andrew were shou. 10
leave when the princess said suddenly:
Dear child, you must tel IL the
exact moment of your birth sometime,
for Of course / want 10 caSt your horo-
scope and compare il with MY boys
I would Ike to do ii st once, bur ] an
deep for weeks ahead in calculations
that I have promised sacreSly 70 6e2
friends. ! shant need your birth date
till, say a month from now. You'll give
it to me then. won't you?'
But Of course" said Susan, II shsl
be delighted to"
She felt SO so-Ty for what she tsl.
must be Andrews embarrassment =.
this apparently unnecessary and elab-
crate lie on the part Of his Egerls, ths.
she didn't even glance 81 him. Neither
said anything as the lift rushed them
down. but the moment they had en-
tered his car, Andrew hlu-ted.
Il say. darling. I know JUS. Whist
you're thinking, but you really mustn't
I mean you must remember thai she
doesn't know you know about her get
ting your date from me snd doing your
horoscope al once She made me prom
Use, you see. She couldn't imagine I'd
let the cat out Of the bag"
You didn't" said Susan, Il pulled
t1s cat out myself"
Still, she couldn't know that either,
could she uow?"
After all, angel evaded Susan,
mendacious herself. why make 3 fuss
about q white lie?"
We'll, I'm glad you understand
sighed Andrew, much relieved.
On the day he was 10 leave for
Cleveland. Susan had a fresh shock,
No sooner had she arrived al the studio
for her morning sitting than she saw
that Andrew was hiding some worry
under a s~uspiciously gay manner.
Andrew" she asked all st once,
what's troubling your"
He looked confused, Il don't see wis.
makes think" he began.
But Susan cut him off: Please,
darling, be honest with me. Love does
have intuitions, you know. I SIN sure,
quite sure, that she has cas. my ho-o-
scope, and" she caught her breath,
told you that our stars are untr1sadiy.H
Andrew, very pale, stanmesed lis ex-
plantation: Its not your stars thai sire
unfriendly. It's the aspect Of mine &c
yours. =" he broke of.
"WeT?" asked Susan. 81 pale now SIS
he was. What them"
What them he almost gToaned
why, at every turn Of your Life
would bring misfortune and sorrow OF
YOU
Andrew" said Susan, 30 you mean
can you really mean thst this would
influence you toward me7"
My heavens he said springing t<
his feet, do you expect me 10 facs
calmly the idea that I would rum you,
whole life7-
Susan stood up. too, to face him: !
don't believe in the stars" she cried
clutching him fiercely. You'll have K
choose between me and the stars An
drew, you'll have tol"
They had it back and forth for ths
next hour. AT the end Of it both .elr
exhausted, but Susan had dragged OF
of him a promise to put II from III
mind. at least. until ne returned from
Cleveland. O, the internal c~leve-neSs d
that woman to say that his stars wen
the maleficent ones! And as tn
thought came to her another spran.
up beside it: If only she could get ho,l
Of those two horoscopes, her OWL eSpe
cially, but Andrews, too, she might SIS
Madame Eve perhaps-to point GU
to her whether Andrews stars Es-
really SO inimical to hers, or whethe.
as she was convinced, the princess haI
managed by some plausible trick 4
make them seem SO. But no, this plal
wouldn't work. Andrew would never be
: lieve the ruling of q mere professions
astrologer against the princess. S-l
7 she would get hold Of the horoscope
! if she could. She might think out som
I. other way.
/ ITO be COutiuuad)