The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-05
CHAPTER 19. DON'T BE ALARMED"

CHAPTER 19.
 DON'T BE ALARMED"
 That's exactly whats been the trouble, Mother" Gar said. Kit ty hasn't gotten on to our way of living. She thinks leisure k loafing, and in Bridgewater loaf ing's a sin. But she'll learn"
 Of course, dear She mus learn. Your father has spent thf best part of his life in building up fortune and an honorable place in our community. These will be yours some day. And we want you 1 to use both for the advancement of culture and good citizenship Kitty must see that such occupa- tion is worthy mans time. had hoped that you would marry some girl who had been reared to the responsibility of wealth, some girl like Margaret Crosby, but as your ci1oice-a nasty choice you must let me repeat. Gar-fell on Kitty, we must make the best of it."
 ~Youre' wonderfulr Gar repeat ed warmly.
 NOW run away, dear. I've a very busy day ahead of me"
 "IM hunt up Pound Maybe Kitty left some message with him for me"
 I'm sorry, Gar. have had to dismiss Pound I discovered that he was shockingly dfshon- est"
 @Pound?e Gar stared at her. "Old Pound?-'
 "It distressed me to send him away But to have kept him on would have undermined the whole service in the house"
 You must have hated to fire him. How long-fourteen years, isn't it? He came that fall I was getting over the measles. And he's been putting it over you all the time. has he? The old devil. ,
 .I'd rather not talk about 1t. Gar. I do feel very badly about it.
 Gar left his mothers room and went to his own to dress. Half dressed he called Marge on the telephone. She'd wanted him to come in for tea. Somerset said Dl and some of the others were coming. and they were going to talk over the casting of the first play. He'd told her he diclnt 7 think he could make it; he'd thought of kitty, that he'd been leaving her alone too much. Wen, now, Kitty had left him.
 He informed Marge, when he stopped for her, that Kitty had gone to visit her family. She might be there a week or mort. Her mother wasn't very well. He remembered, conveniently, that Kit ty had said that her mother was not we'll
 Good" Marge cried. Then she laughed. T mean it, Gar -I need you so much now. I'm sunk whenever I think of build ing over that barn. And you know so much more than do"
 He spent the greater part of each day that followed with Marge and Decker, the architect. He lunohed with Marge, going over with her the plans and plumb CTS and painters estimates which Decker sent in. Somerset usual ly met them at tea-time and then later the others for dinner some where. Because his room seemed lonesome without Kitty he spent only enough time in 1t to dress and undress, and sleep.
 Every morning going down ear Her than was his custom he ask ed Jones, the new butler, if there had been a telegram for him or a letter.
 Every morning he stopped ln his mothers room to talk to her He told her what the Players were doing.
 You won't believe your eyes. mother, when you see the old barn-Marge sure is an artist. She knows what she wants, too We hunted all over the city yes- terday for some old lanterns big ones. She's going to have them bronzed. The proscenium arch is going to be mauve ove, bronze. Decker couldn't get it at 1 si,.-t 1a,.4 NIn,.cra s.t,,clz Ia it Os