The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-15
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Sylvia Rivers, rich and spoiled,
rules the younger set of Larch-
neck, fashionable New York sub
urb. Sylvia gives a party at the
Yacht club tand: asks all "the
crowd" except Boots Raeburn of
whom she is jealous.
Boots, heartbrol1en by the snub,
accepts e be1ated invitation to a
dinner at the club that same
night given by Mrs. Waterman,
one of the towns social lig'ts.
Hardy Whitmore. one of Syl-
Was guests, ,rushes Boots off the
dance floor and tries to persuade
ker to go sailing. She refuses and
runs away, lcsing her shoes.
Hardy goes off in his boat and
falls overheard. The entire club
is aroused and he is rescued.
Boots, embarrassed and shoeless,
is driven home by Russ Lund,
swimming instructor.
Next morning she calls on Mrs
Waterman to apologize and, to
her immense relief, finds it un-
necessary. Mrs. Waterman was
called away from the club that
night by a death in the family.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VI
1t took courage Of sort to
face the Beach Club that morn
ing, but Boots ran the gauntlet
with head high. No matter how
clear her books were with Mrs.
Waterman there still remained
the problem Of the younger
crowds attitude toward her.
The first person she ran into,
on arriving at the club, was her
escort of the night before. Russ
Lund wore his usual dark Jersey
swimming suit and had his woolly
sweater slung over his square
shoulders. But to Boots, today,
the face that had seemed merely
rather ordinary, rather lantern
jawed, appeared kind and intelli-
gent. Indeed. she might almost
have called him handsome, in a
big, crude, made way. His we'll
knit figure was hard-muscled,
burned brown. 1t was the body
of an athlete. White teeth flash
ed in a big mouth, and the eyes
under the craggy, irregular brows
were laughing, too.
Flows things?"
Once Boots would have resent
ed his ready assumption OF friend
ship. There is no one on earth SO
snobbish as a young
pretty insure girl. But today
she smiled at him in return, al
most as an accomplish.
"Just fine! Everything came
out beautifully" With a swift
glance at the nearby groups she
outlined the events of the morn
ing, .l
turned out so we'll" He waved
his hand at a big, flabby blond
woman in a rubber suit who came
toward them from the direction
of the lighthouses. "Be with you
in a minute Mrs. Spragg. The
end of the pool"
The fat. woman went and sat
on the concrete curb, looking for
lorn and lonely, and Boots took
the occasion to say hurriedly: u
won't keep you. You're busy"
Swimming lesson" said Russ
confidentially. "See you later"
As she went on down the mar
row aisle Boots told herself that
she must be getting a bit giddy.
There was something lin the
quality of the big young mans
smile that had stirred her oddly.
Her heart was actually beating
faster. Why, she couldn't be
falling for him! She was still
crazy about Hardy, wasn't she, IN
spite of what hal happened last
night? Why, she had dreamed
about Hardy for years, ever since
she was a little bit of a girl! If
Hardy showedlher favor, her day
was perfect. No, she couldn't be
in Russ Lund. She was
Just grateful 10 him for being so
decent about taking her home
last night.
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Patty saw her, as she came down
the steps. eli" Patty called.
Her tone had, the light flick of
nsolence in it.
"Hiw Boots returned, with pre-
ended serenity.
neville. /
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Conner of