Evening star., 1933-09-03

across the lawn that separated her
bungalow home from the house in which
Leonard Beck lived Mrs. Beck was on
a the front porch, and as she greeted her.
Jean forced smile and concealed the
telegram which she was carrying.
Good morning, Mrs. Beck" she said rs
Lenny around?"
"Yes, jean" Mrs. Beck replied. Hes up
stairs, packing his trunk. Go right up, but
don't let him talk you into packing it for
him. I'm sure he would if he could"
Jean laughed. Don't worry" she said, as
she closed the screen door behind her. I'm
used to Lenny."
She climbed the stairs, pursing her lips to
utter the low whistle that had been a private
signal between her and Lenny ever since either
of them could whistle at all There was no
response. She reached the top Of the stairs
and saw why her signal had gone unanswered.
On the floor of the hall beside the door Of
Lenny's room stood huge trunk. Piled about
it In the utmost disarray were books, clothing,
and all the odds and ends that a boy thinks
he must take along when going to college for
the first time. And in the midst Of all this
confusion sat Lenny, his curly head deep in
book, all packing operations suspended indef1-
nitely while he delved into its fascinating
pages.
BOO! Come on loafer, get to work. Jeans
sudden shout caused Lenny to drop the book
and glance up with startled eyes. Then his
good-looking face took on a half guilty grin.
Hi, Jean" he said, scrambling to his feet.
Il came across this yarn while was packing,
and started to read it. Say. it's peach! I'd
forgotten what dandy mystery it is Well,
what's the good word?"
EAN found a chair that was not entirely
buried, sat down, and mutely extended
the telegram which she was carrying. Eagerly
Lenny took it and let his eyes run hastily over
the crisp, typed message
The telegram was from New York addressed
to jeans father and dated that morning It
was signed by the law firm of Carson, Ekins
& Green and read as follows:
"Our Calcutta representative reports
Peter Holloway died three days ago in
Delhi stop Left estate barely sufficient to
settle debts and pay funeral expenses
stop Letter with full details will follow"
Lenny raised his eyes from the message and
gazed steadily at JEAN
Gee. JEAN that's tough" he said sadly.
THAT definitely means no college for you,
doesn't it?"
Jean nodded without speaking. Perhaps no.
body but Lenny not even her own parents
knew how desperately she had been counting
on her Uncle Peter to make it possible for
her to enter college that Fall. For a time her
father had thought he would be able to finance
it himself, but his business was taking every
penny he could spare. Then, as September ar
rived, and all other chances had failed, they
had thought Of Peter Holloway, old and &C.
centric halI-brother of Jeans father. They
hoped that he might be in position to ad-
vance the money for jeans first year. at least.
DETER HOLLOWAY was strange character.
] He had spent his life in a dozen the
way corners Of the world, but most recently in
India. Only once had Jean seen him. and that
was one Summer five or six years before, when
he had paid her family brief visit strong
friendship grew up between the old man and
Jean in those few days, and he had written her
several letters from distant places since then.
Peter Holloway was supposed to be fairly we'll
to-do, although nobody knew much about his
affairs. At any rate, Jean had hoped that he
might help her get to college, and SO her father