The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-29

for Marvin to be home from church? ? Are you sure you should mt go after him?"i
 I'm not at all sure whether to leave him to do what he said he'd rather do or whether he'll secretly be instilted if take him at his word."
 "He likes to subdue the flesh. :" said Linda. 'ItiI do him good to walk, and he can take a quick dip alone before luncheon"
 "All very we'll" answered Tom. "But, Linda, I'm worried. We don't seem to be making any real prog ress."
 "We've time yet, Tommy. I have feeling-had 1t all along that some one thing will suddenly turn the scale and settle 1t. Whats the program for this afternoon"
 "DeVos and Pratt are playing tennis-you know we have the courts. Dolly Alger wanted to have her sister play but Fleur vetoed that. She'll be right on deck her self. Then. as you know, DeVos Is booked for the Stoners' blowout this evening. He certainly seems dashed to Fleur's chariot wheels. Not ordinarily an impressionable chap, either, I should think. sup- pose it's her money. You can't help thinking of it."
 ''She's the one that's made 1t im- possible to think of her aside from her money" observed Linda coldly. : can't imagine Fleur concealing her sense of its importance. Has he any of his own?"
 A. H~ aA S~k o1%Ass1A say. His family's considered ex- tremely wealthy on the Continent and even over here he'dNrank as a his uncle's perfume business is probably just a passing fad. He's notorious for having them but us- ually they're more decorative than useful. He met Valeska at Cap d'Antibes last season and she fell for him like a ton of bricks. im- agine the old man wanted to keep in with her - their American per- fume business is gold mine of course and so cOaxed DeVos to follow up the acquaintance and make the trip for that purpose"
 "He didn't seem to me to have that--well, passionate devotion to duty which is such characteristic of my beloved MT Statlander." re- marked Linda. "Va1eska won't care for 1t if she hears. DeVos has been dancing attendance on Fleur oner."
 Shell care for it if 1t means the prestige of having Fleur and her crowd as customers" retorted her husband. Remember Valeska Is first and last a fiend for profits. All that artistic languor takes sec ond place to the question of cash in hand. I shouldn't wonder if she'd rt gard it as the best stroke of business I've done getting him l.. with that gang of showy spend- CTS and letting him alone to make himself s0iid."
 well, take all the credit you can for it. doubt if your other office representative will speak so well for you" must talk to that man this after noon! First I thought he just wanted to go on with last years f urcs and the estimates for next year but now 1t looks as if he had something else on his mind. He 6LuAtCA " oPO&h VI ~. OsA SHA Vs~S down to the water but stopped
 when the others caught up with us. Gosh, Binks -- look at the time! I'll bet they're all so hum gry they could eat each other."
 At the moment there came a
 discreet tap on the door. Linda opened 1t.
 "Please, ma 'am." said Rosic's
 voice, tits past one and luncheon
 is ready this 10 minutes. But MT
 Pratt is not back yet. Should we be serving 1t before he comeA?" Before Linda could answer Toms voice behind her spoke authoritatively.
 "He should be here very soon, Rosie. He was to walk up from church and perhaps he's been de-
 layed. We'll be right down and if he isn't here by half-past one we won't wait"
 Linda closed the door with ex- cessive caution and looked at her
 "Service is out by 12:15 | ,mpt," she said. I've never had to wait luncheon for anyone who I nA&nnHaA Sf