The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-06

his retort. "You'llshave to look after yourself, Mrs. Drill's taken the after noon off. Not that she's any good when she's here. I'm about sick of her. I can tell you. Sick of every. thing"
 "Ill make some tea" Georgie said.
 She went to the kitchen and put. the kettle on the fire. She didn't want any tea, but it was something to do; she leaned her head against the mantelshelf and watched the kettle with far-away eyes.
 It seemed funny that there was no longer anything she, wanted to do, no place where she wanted to go. Tomorrow and all the tomorrows would be the same, monotonous and empty.
 She had not said goodbye to Bishop-he had been out when she left the hotel, and Georgie had been glad.
 She did not want to think about Bishop any more. She did not want to think about anything any more; it would be wonderful if one could take a sponge and wipe everything from ones heart and mind which one wished to forget.
 Edward Bancroft appeared at the kitchen door.
 How long are you going to stay?" he asked.
 Georgie's eyes dilated.
 "How long?" she echoed.
 That's what said" he answered irascibly. "How long are you go- ing to stay. I've reason for ask ing"
 And then as she did not answer, he said
 Have you quarrelled with your mother?"
 Yes, l suppose so." He grunted. "Pm not surprised. knew it would happen. She was jealous of you, suppose" The kettle boiled over, and Georgie hurried to the rescue. XXHEN she had removed 1t to a
 w safe place she looked at her uncle again. "Why did you ask me how long I was going to stay?" she | asked.
 His eyes seemed to avoid hers. Because Pm giving up the house" he said.
 Giving it up!" Leaving it. Selling it If I get a chance to sell it." he answered tes- tily. "Pm sick of living alone. It's ! no life for dog, let alone man" Where are you going to live then?" Georgie asked faintly. "At the Boar's Head if you must know. It'll cost about half this place does and darned sight more com fort. Not that you'd care about it." q don't mind where 1 live."' Georgie said helplessly. Was there no corner in the world where she was really welcome?
 Well, you can't live there." Ban- croft said flatly. "So you'd better make some arrangement. You've got your own money, and the beg. garly pittance your mother allowed me for your board here can be added to it I daresay." He turned on his heel and left her. Georgie felt dazed; somehow she had never dreamed of this; the Hol- lies was an institution. she could l not imagine other people living in it's shabby rooms. she could not i'm agine her uncle living anywhere else.
 Make some arrangement" What did he mean by that? That he did not want her, of course-nobody
 wanted her.
 She made some tea and poured
 out cup, but left it untouched. Make some arrangement" That meant to live alone somewhere. with only her thoughts for company. She thought suddenly of Clifford Asher, the only soul in the world who really wanted her. It seemed a pity that she did not return his af- lection. As he had said. they might have been so happy together.
 Until she went to America noth- I ing had ever seemed to happen in Georgie's life, and now in the space of a few short months. so much had happened that she felt bewildered and lost.
 Nicholas would be in Ireland by this time: her heart seemed to melt within her at the thought of him. "A common film man, and a for gotten one at that" so Evelyn had described him. r
 Well, there was one heart in the world that would never forget him, no matter how old and lonely 1t might grow.
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