Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-08
SUSSKIND'S SWEETHEART
CHOCOLATES


SUSSKINDS SWEETHEART
CHOCOLATES
ARE THE WISE MANS INSPIRED GIFT
To Mr. Susskind's relief it did not prove such
bad psychology For penniless youths were glad
to insinuate that their ladies were dangerous,
and older men found it amusing to send the
box to ladies who really were dangerous And
sales mounted persistently.
But st. Lawrence Vail gulped the ad with
his morning coffee, guessed that his kitten was
showing her claws and sheepishly departed for
a golf tournament in North Carolina
Every night Nancy's rage mounted at the
receipt of large box of red roses-no card
;nclosed-and a telegram:
Miss Nancy Chatham II East Ninth
Street Ne1D York City They are putting
on a great tournament down here stop
Wish you toere here stop MarUin played
three holes under par today stop Won
deTtul heather stop Be good girl and
don't work too hard Nancy stop st Ldtc-
renee Vail
Nancy tossed that one to Judith Brooke the
night that two of the three weeks had expired.
Judith laughed as she read it.
THE only thing I can see Nancy is for
you to go to some island where there's no fioEst
or telegraph service. You might take my cot
tage off the coast of Maine. Why don't you?
The boat goes over tomorrow. Then we'll see
what Saint can do"
JuUiLH brOOke, ueG eT nldcHtnQ.
Judith did not tell Nancy, who had secretly
foresworn the sex, that Owen Brooke her ia
vorite nephew was presumably studying for
the bar exam in the adjoining cottage on her
island.
II there were worlds record for getting en-
gagged, Judith had no doubt that Owen would
be the title holder. He was the typical college
boy, always engaged, although Judith suspected
that he had never seriously considered the con-
Vention OF marriage, except perhaps when he
was examining for sociology quiz.
fancy landed on the little island at high
Y tide late the next evening.
Early in the morning she ran out surveyed
the enchanting gray and blue cottage in the
sunlight, approved of it, and then raced to
the beach and lay in the sun. A large moss
covered rock broke the wind from the east
She lay there a long time, reveling you
might say, in her broken heart Straw quota
tcns drlfted across her consciousness and she
murmlred them in melancholy delight.
He ,DiH not come, she said;
She Uept am dtDedry dtreGry
0 God, that toere dead.
And:
Stredo on her roses roses
And neDer q spray of yet0;
In silence she repoSeS
O toould that did, too.
II repose in silence all right" Nancy thought.
lin fact, you might say, I'm incommunicado"
And, for she was young and in love- the uni
VersaI panacea OF sea and sun and sand with
the warm fragrance of bayberry, had already
begun its healing process when
Ouch, darn!" cried Nancy
She picked up the calf skin tome that had
come hurtling onto her thigh from behind the
rock. BLGckStoneS Commentaries to,lsled
brown head appeared over the rock and under
1t such surprised, rueful boys face that
Nancy giggled The boy grinned an engaging
grin.
Il am sorry. But say, what commentary
on Blackstone's taste! And was going to
throw the old boy to the fish. My names owen
BROOKE, by the way, and what are you doing
on my Aunt Juditt's island?"
"Oh, she lent me her cottage, to get away
from it all. I'm Nancy Chatham"
"Judith's swell girl. The family dror,s me
on this island so I won't be distracted from nv
lousy books and she lends you her cottage"
Nancy smiled. He seemed very young after
Saint.
I'm sure she knew wouldn't distract YOU"
"Oh, off the sexl" Owen said Sagely His
wide experience had made him feel precocious
in the ways of women. We'll SO am I off YOURS.
In fact, the boat that brought you over brought
me letter ending it ALL and my pin back
again. Let's drown our sorrows together"
With swift run and dive he was in the
water Nancy dove after him 1t was pleasant
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