Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
TWENTY SIXTH INsTALLMENT.

! Greensboro Bridge and were
trundling along the boulevard
= 4 that threads the North Shore
did Cathleen settle back to
full enjoyment of her adventure 1t
was good to leave the snarl of things, to
y nut them behind her. If only for while.
= Her nerves--it was only within the last
: few days that she had discovered that
: she had any-were far from steady.
: An deep down inside her buzzing
had been going on. like bell out oil
= oruer. The more she had tried to ignore
= the buzzing, the more insistent 1t had
: become. Now it was beginning to die
= down.
! Did / ever east along. from day to
!. day, with nothing to think about eN-
Z Cept fun and clothes and what mothei
: would have for dinncr?" Cathlen asked
= herself. Her life before she had left
: home might have been the dream CT
another existence. Even The Nook. with
!. its crgandie aprons and climbing silver,
seemed far of. Neil Nielsen end Ken
!. Meth Hall? Travellers she had passed
7 on the way. Travellers she might meet
r again. in passing.
= But Tonne must have last name.
: OF course. but 1t didn't matter-how
z blue his eyes were, how gentle the deep
!. rote in his voice! Tom was not passer-
y by He was a true comrade OF the road.
! even though he was no msre than
y.
= thing as spiritual mate? And had she
!. found the mate of her spirit, only to
> lose him to a SIP that had put out
!. to sea? What would Julia say II she
5 should tell her how she cherished the
: thought of man whom she had seen
= bat few minutes. and whom she did
= not know at all-not even his name?
! Sometimes I suspect that ] keep
!. Tom in my mind just TO chase out the
!. others Neil and Ken" Cathleen charged
:. herself. Making myself believe he is
!. tho one man gives me something to
!. hold to-"
: Journeys End will probably give you
:. q real kick" Julia was slying. 1T does
: me. It's one of those places that is so
: perfect that you begin to hunt for blem-
; ishes to make sure 1t hasn't dropped out
: Il drove through the grounds once,
: when they were thrown open to the
/. public" Cathleen said. 1T was the
:. most beautiful place I had ever seen,
: o. ever expect to see"
Did you?" Julius eyes sparkled.
: ''Father used to get big-hearted and let
: the public have peek at the domain
), of the great Caldwell. He doesn't any
: more. The freedom of the grounds is
: turned over to squad of protectives,
> uniformed and in plain clothes, whose
8 duty it Is to keep all trespasSers off the
: premises i'm 1gine it would be easier
: to get into Buckingham Palace than to
I crash the gates of Journeys End"
: 1T must be satisfaction to keep out
Z the people you don't want" Cahleen
: sighed.
!. Yves. In a way. you can't blame
: father. The last time he opened the
= gates for charity, a watchman discov-
Z cred time bomb under his chair on
> the east terrace It was set for 7 o'clock,
: the hour he usually goes there to look
4 over the evening papers
Cathleen could see that Julia loved
: her father. She might speak of him
, facctiously, as she did of Journeys End,
but underneath her banter was deep
J. affection for both her parent and her
: home.
; II might as well explain my family"
: Julia went on. iii begin with father.
He's tall and white-haired and cold
: looking like statue done in marble. A
s little overpowering at first. You Won
|, der how he came to step down OF his
pedestal. But he really isn't that way
: ut all, except on the outside"
! I'm afraid of him already" Cathleen
; confessed.
: Don't be, Kit" Julia begged. "See
If you can't crack through the marble
and find the real him Underneath. He's
lonely"
! "I'il try" Cath1een promised.
Then there's Elise. Elise Is my step
! mother. My own mother Is dead" A
! pause. then Julia hurried on: Don't
mistake Elise for my sister. She'll be
: introduced as Elise Caldwell It's a
house rule. She can't bear the idea of
having grown-up children. She's really
! only few years cider than I. In fact,
we were in school together in Paris.
That's how father met her. used to
ask Elise to go places with us. She
seemed to have no one IN the world to
be kind TO her. No relatives nor friends.
The next thing knew, she had father"
Elise must be clever" Cathleen said.
; She Is. in a way" Julia said. Many
people consider her beauty. A Mona
Lisa with green eyes and the dimpled
! chin of a child Father worships her
; ing. fanatical cbsession.'
1T sounds-terrifying Cathleen
half wished she had not come
: You won't see that" Julia said.
: 'Father keeps his feelings well hidden
] You'll be interested in Joy. She's my
. napper sister. Don't be shocked at any
! thing she does. It's the set she goes
: with. She's rather typical of her kind.
: Frenzy. Fever. I hope she'll snap out
: OF 1t. But I don't knew. Elise has her
: pretty well in tow. Joy fills the house
with lot Of slick youngsters and some
; older men, too, who don't mind i'm
bibing the hospitality Of the great
!. Caldwell Elise likes that. She gets her
s share CT them"
: But your father-h he adores her
! eurely-"
"Oh, she losses father q crumb Of
: herself occasionally. Enough to keep
z him quiet. He's grateful for crumbs
And that is all-of the family"
i Julia laughed. "Ycu said 1t almost as
: 81 it were a prayer, Kit. That's all Of
!, the family. There's another exhibit In
: my menagerie. though sort Ct APP
!. pendage to the main show" How bitter
> Julia could be! His name is Wallace
!. EmmonS. Think of lemons and you
! have it. I won't describe how he locks.
!. II I did, 1t would spoil the while day
: for me. He'll probably make love to
: you. II he does, laugh at him. Moth
:. ing upsets EN- so much as being laughed
!. at. There's possibility ne will not be