The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-22
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Boots .Raeburn, Is and pretty
is openly snubbed by Sylvia Riv'
ers, the richest girl in Larchneck
fashionable New York suburb
Sylvia fails to ask Boots tic a
party at the Yacht club. Boots
accepts a helated invitation from
Mrs. Waterman, oneof the elderly
social lights.
Hardy Whitmore, one of Syl-
Was guests, who had been drink
, ing. puts Boots in an embarrass-
ing situation and she is escorted
home by Russ Lund, swimming
instructor. The malicious Sylvia
seizes this opportunity to hurt
Boots and persuades Mrs. Fer.
nell of the Woman's club to ask
Boots to resign from the Juniors
Young Mrs. George, a neigh
Dor, asks Boots to luncheon. She
is sympathetic, tells Boots SHE
ought to get away from Larch'
neck, and promises to help her
find Job.
Russ Lund takes Boots for
drive.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XII
! "Well, that will be about
enough of that" Boots said tc
Iherself in the silence and cool
ness of her own room. Russ Lunc
had kissed her and she had ex
planned to him later, gently but
firmly, that it simply wouldn't dc
and that was all there was to it
She and Russ had had "gooG
talk" coming home from the
shore. She would not have be-
lieved that the big, square-shoul
dered man could be so articulate
She was perfectly right, he hat
agreed. 1t wouldn't happen again
She was "darned sweet" and he
wanted to be friends.
81 managed it rather nicely
Boots told herself, peering at her
self in the mirror in the light Of
the pale electric bulb which
swung eerily from green cord
She felt rather proud of herself
on the whole. After all Russ was
definitely older and she had beer
iudicious and mature and charm
ing in the situation, had met i
'gravciy and simply as a woman
should. No, she didn't like "thi
paving about" 1t was all RICH
if it happened to be "the rea
thing" but what she felt fol
Russ, she had explained CAREFUL!
and with what she felt was JUS
the roper touch of regret, wa
merely friendship. A month agc
she had not known that this tai
bronzed man with the unruly hail
and the big, smiling mouth ever
existed. He had simply been par
of the background along with thu
dipping sails, the awnings, tht
iron tables on the club terrace
Now he had definitely come alive
! She was conscious of him, his big
, ness and his strength, but the!
would remain friends, nothing
more
Just the same she couldn't hell
noticing that in the mirror he
eyes looked enormous, excited
The pupils were dilated. He
color, too, was high. She had :
ideepened wild rose flush in either
! cheek. She leaned forward acroS
the Uttered dressing table TOT
with it's jars and pin trays anc
torn envelopes to stare at hersei.
in frank admiration. Why. sh'
looked different already and sh'
wasn't in love. with him at all, l
was just that his words, tina
brief, not-unpleasant momen
when she had been crushed close
in his arms had done something
to her. ..
"Awakened-Fm awake" muir
INJURED the GIRL to herself. Oh, al
this was foOlishness: she was onl!
playing. really. But it was nice
to know someone admired you
thought you were beautiful, desir
able .. a..
She went to sleep with a little
smile of conscious power hover
ing about her lips. Of course she
wasn't going to let Russ kiss hel
again, she told herself firmly. Hi
would have to realize she simpl!
couldn't consider him in that way.
So it was perfectly all right.
= !
/ But of course the thing WASH
settled as simply as that. Thu
summer nights continued to b.
miracles of scent and sweetness
and Boots, in her new-found iso