Evening star., 1934-05-03
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTALL
MENTS

Pierre Reynal dies suddenly, leaving his
wife Corinne and two ia dauETniIerSi TaIeris onty
and Sandra two years younger; that their
fathers wealthy bachelor. brother, Raoul
riehtful place in New York society. When
Sandra is Is, Corinne takes a Summer
cottage at fashionable Sandharbor Gil
burt Akin OF the wealthy Virginla IA, AklnS MS
Sandra and does ask her to 20 with HIM
TO the clambake. the seasons finale When
sandra stop, interfering with Valerie :, S
prospects. She says Akin is in love with
Val and that she will win him if Sandra
although she has been thinking much
about the tall, young, blue-eyed news
paper man she has seen Oh the beach
several times. When the tradeSpeople le-
fuse to trust Mrs Reynal further. Sandra
finally vo sETees @ 9 go od to her gnee be Ra9H
to come 10 live with him unless her
mother mends her spendthrift ways
Sandra tries in vain TO avoid Akin; tnen
Valerie tGs her Ra he has asked PeT 70
deeply hurt; sapdra begins recruiting,
escorts. for herself and tells Val i, she 5, has
works out She tells Gil and he asks her
to go to the clambake with him Sandra
decides to wait for the crash when her
mother announces she has taken an ex-
pensive apartment in the city.
INSTALLMENT VII.
"HE crash came sooner than
Sandra anticipated and from a
totally unexpected quarter.
L As she descended the stairs
of the cottage the evening of
the clambake. Sandra had that par
ticular feeling of sovereignty Whlt n
comes to woman who is looking her
ultimate best and knows it. The
dress she wore was the color of the
sea in Summer with the moon Shlm-
mering upon it-jade and Silyer-gllt.
That it had weathered many similar
occasions in the giddy gesturing OF a
social order which lives in show
windows was of small consequence to
its wearer. BY contrast the Jade
dress made a Coronet OF Furnished
copper of her hair, deepening the
bronze of her slim arms and straight
young shoulders.
Worn but willing" Sa II d
thought. AT any rate, it will ST" me
through the night What a night!
Abandonment to whatever is. Hit the
line hard and often-for the limit"
Three of the men who were to form
her escort already had knotted on
the veranda, one was coming up the
steps and the remaining two had
turned in at the gate when Sandra
appeared through the doorway.
Hail, hail the gangs all here-or is
it?' The questioner was a roly-polv
youth showing unmistakable signs OF
inflated girth and early badness.
1T is" Sandra said. That is, II
you think you can manage with six"
Six or sixty, you'll slip us just the
same Sonny Warren untangled his
long length from the chair and came
forward to take Sandras arm. The
round youth hastily possessed himself
of the other.
of to the races" he called, and
the cavalcade moved toward its first
objective, which was to be the palaZzo
of the Courtlandts. transplanted piece
meal from an Italian city, and set up,
with every modern accompaniment
that building genius could devise, on
this alien gold coast. 1t was the GUS
tom among the young recruits of
Sandharbor'S pleasure army to turn
on the steam" in various hot spots
before ventuIing the main event Of
the evening.
On stone terrace under the stars
the cohorts of youth were already
gathered, calling out hilarious greet
ings to Sandra and her party as they
moved into the salient.