Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
I&sA THE LUCKY LAWRENcEs MA
b. KATHLEEN NORRIS

But he didn't. He was wonderful,
but he didn't care-that way.
And then Christmas week came ana
Dick was going Christmas afternoon 70
Los Angeles on o case for three weeks.
wondered If he could get me job,
any kind of job. So I went to his
ofice-and I told him the whole story.
HE was wonderful He never SAID
3 word Of blame; the only thing ne
seemed to think of was how to get me
out and how to spare you and Ede ana
Phil. He adores our family, OF course.
HE said that since was minor q
very serious charge could be brought
against Van. At first wouldn't con.
sider that. But he talked me over and
composed letter to Van, as my lawyer,
and sent it of that afternoon, few
DAYS before Christmas. And Dick told
me just to keep quiet and not worry:
that he would keep working at 1t and
1t would all come out all right.
Ivan wouldn't write me. ever,
through the Clippersville post office;
for fea- we'd be discovered. We had
rented box In the Greenvale post Of
Ace and used to take the trolley over
there and ask for letters. And during
this Christmas week went over and
there was q letter-from Van.
IT had written him that was sure
now. But he didn't say anything about
that. He just said that he was not
going back to college, but that his father
had staked him to a years trip around
the world. and he and his chum were
going. Gail. 1t went through my heart
like bullet.
"You should have wired his motherl"
Gail said passionately. you oughtnt
to have let him get away with til"
"She knew, of counsel"
"She Couldn't"
"Of course, she didi" =.
Gail was silent. sickened by the bad
ness Of the world.
ivan had simply-as far as she
cared" Ariel said, simply got Clip
persville girl into TROUBLED
IT can't bear It'll" Gall whispered.
hands over face.
Gail, do you know that I never felt
bad"
Gail Redeemed in embarrassment. VI
know what you mean"
II mean" Ariel said, that I loved
him-I did care. was carried away !;
I'd never loved any one before! But
what did feel was fury. Fury at my
cheap little factory worker-like q
servant girl: why, the servant girls have
more senSel could have torn myself
to pieces, having Van smile and go his
way, and Dorothy and her mother clear
out like that"
you have a child. Ariel?".
wait. Well, lay awake all that
night Of Christmas eve. and I thought
and thought-how to get away, what to
do! And 1t seemed to me that was
going raving mad. I was, too. And
then quite suddenly, peacefully, made
up my mind to go away with Dick, to
make you think we were eloping.
thought that If Van sent for me could
tell you then, and II he didnt-Dick
would FIX some way out!
II got up at 4 and packed my bag
and dragged it down and shut 1t in the
old wood shed. That afternoon when
you thought had gone to Miss Walls
I went out and waited for the trolley,
and took the bus to San Jose, and
bought myself ticket to Gilroy That
was as far as my money would go.
After the train had started I walked
through 1t, and I found Dick talking
to man, and he came right back with
me and told him what I'd done!"
And was he wild?"
Wild? Oh. no! He said that he
wonderful!"
Calls eyes flashed darby blue.
Dick" she breathed
He said he thought 1t was the right
thing to do And he said not to worry
and that he would arrange everything
| the next day. He asked me If I had
anything with me, and I said. oh, YES,
my suitcase. So took his berth and
he sat up all night-thinking, he said. -
The havoc she had left behind her,
the havoc she had wrought in his life,
had meant nothing to her then and
meant nothing to her now.
He didn't mind" she said vaguely.
We were going to be married the
next day, Wednesday," she presently
added. But you can't do that down
there. Dick wrote you that we were
getting license, and we did. But we
couldn't get married, not for several
days. and meanwhile Van wired-wired
to Los Angeles. You see, he'd had Dicks
letter and it was true that he was going
around the world, but by Panama. He
wired that he would be in Los Angeles
IN 16 days and would see Dick.
Then Dick said 1t would be much
better to wait and see Van. To make
sure, he cabled the ship In Havana.
And Van cabled back, All right He
was afraid Of being arrested on account
OF my being so young
Dick had to go to San Diego and to
san Pedro. But Just waited at the
boarding house. It was horribly dull
Vans ship got in and we were mar
RED and Dick and I swore that nobody
should ever know. I hated him then.
I didn't want to marry him at all. But
DICK said ne would start legal pro-
(To Be Continued.)