Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22
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INSTALLMENT xxx.


DATRICIA stood, small and slim
and rather annoyed, with hel
II. hands behind her, and answered
Ethan for the fifth time.
II old not see any note she
= reiterated. "You know I always tell the
truth"
Ethan sighed He knew she did
"Why do ;cu care SOP" she demanded
her blonde brows knitting with her I'M
canny concentration on the problem a.
hand. He made no answer. suddenly
Patricia spoke. 1T has to do with my
Helen. It was her note. Is that why
she won't come back, because she sayS
she gave it to me? Well, then, don't
royalty for love, her little face tense
with the sacrifice. You can believe her
and not me, if 1t will bring Helen back.
at isn't that entirely, dear he said.
You look terrible" she announced
s'Something's awfully wrong, and you're
all being stupid about it, the way most
people are I'm going to see to things:
Ethan made no answer. He scarcely
heard her.
Generous with love. That was it.
That was the torment of it. Generous
with love to him, had she been too gem
erous to others? Would she never be-
long to him only?
He faced his own thoughts, he fol-
lowed them back. Hard and dishonora-
BILE like Nina. Nina was hard and dis
honorable Yes And it was Nlna's
word that Ronny was in love with Helen
that he had accepted. 1t was Nlna's
amused suggestion that Hslen's old lover
had returned, and that Helen knew It,
and knew he was free and was MOI
to be trusted? Yes, that was what Nina
had limited subtly. He had taken
Nina's word. He had been fool.
:, And yet-She had broken her promise
not to see Ronny. She had said she had
left a note explaining, and there it was
her word against the childs.
- He walked the floor for hours, till
It was so dark that if he had not known
the room by heart he could not have
paced the darkness.
He went to the telephone and called
her
Mrs. Birch answered him
She's gone to Doris Milliken's, that
movie business they make such fuss
over" she said. She won't be back
till late"
That was where he had first known
she belonged to him. He had a quick
impulse to drive over there now, wait
for her as before. But he checked
himself. 1t wouldn't be fair to take
her by storm again before the others.
He would write.
He sat down and wrote to her. He
told her that he loved her and trusted
and believed in her. that he was COM
ing to see her next morning. He walked
out through the fresh damp chill OF
the February evening, and down to the
nearest letter box, coming back with
q lighter heart He could see her al
latest by 10. He would go down and
start the Office machinery-a very i'm
portant matter must be at least Shelvec
next morning-and go straight back tc
Helen's house. He signed WITH
happiness. +. Helen againl
Patricia had made for the lodge
where Marietta at this time of day
would be resting from her labors and
talking to her husband about the af-
fairs in Kingsway Village.
There was little concerning the
Kingsway family which escaped Mari
eta, whether she had to discover II
lawfully or unlawfully. And as she
earnestly desired things to go right
with the Kingsways at all times, anc
Ethan's marriage was something she
considered a good thing for future
generations, for once she satisfied Pa
tricia's curiosity.
God moves in a mysterious way His
wonders to perform" she confided t.
her husband afterwards. And II tina,
outlandish young one can do anything