The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-12
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DE1iN f1ENE lODA1
Boots Raeburn, 1S, and lovely,
elopes with Russ Lund, handsome
swimming instructor, because her
pride has been hurt by some pet.
ty social snubs. r., Russ goes to
Miami, promising to send for her
later. Boots gets a job in de-
partment store. She is living in
tiny room in Greenwich village
when she is stricken with influ'
enza. Denis Fenway, young au'
thor, befriends her and later in
PRODUCES her to some of his
friends. Boots finds herself re-
senting the possessive air beau
tiful Kay Chillingford has towsre
Denis.
Just before her illness Boot.
received a telegram telling he,
Russ had been killed in a motor
boat accident. She goes back te
the store to work, too proud ts
appeal to her parents. She see'
Edward Van Solver, one Of Denis
friends, frequently.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXX
Spring days with a hint Of
warmth in the air; rainy days
with ribbons of silver mist float
ing in from the river and fog
horns blowing, Boots livet
through them all. Edward went
| to Nassau on a late March cruise
and she missed his voice on the
telephone and his laugh and hi
admiring glance. 1t was lionel!
and her room was full of the
irestlessness of spring. 1t was
thrillingly painful on one of those
i lilac-tinted evenings. with
quick, earlier rain drying on cit!
pavements, to walk along thu
narrow streets, to see barrows o.
daffadils by the curb stone or ;
huckster with his wagon fiueC
with plants for window boxes
pansies, pink geraniums, agera
tum. And to be alone in the cit!
lin springtime, Boots discovered
is an experience at once sad ant
sweet.
! She wanted someone to EMO!
the frightening days with her
someone to hum the music tina
every hurdy-gurdv italian played
on his wheezy barrel organ. Th'
radios along the shabby street
, gushed music, too. And she wa
young. She went along on dane
ing feet.
J Once she went to the movie
with tall, blond, serious-minde'
Hilda APPEL who had been a stu
dent nurse but hadn't been abb
to stand the rigors of training
Hilda was popular on the sevent
floor of Lacy's.' She was quick
eager, pleasant saleswomar
There was tlak of her bein
made some sort of supervisor a
Easter.
/ 81 took to-; you right ava!
You're different" the wide-cye
Miss APPEL confided to Boots
"Sure, | like all the girls, bu
there's. something about you.
could see you were used to bel
ter things. -. 3" -..-.- .-.-
She knew the whole story nov
How Boots had eloped with Russ
Russ death: she knew all abou
the tiny. cramped flat in Astoria
with Gloria cutting out sleaz
blue and red silks under tn
glare of the overhead fixtures
Boots had told her all he
parents anger, everything.
you'll get over it. Things wi
come out all right" Hilda tol
Boots seriously across a cafeterl
table. The vinegar cruet, tn
catsup bottle, the heavy glas
pepper and salt cellars were be
tween them on the gleamin
white table. There were coarse
white-handled knives and forks
There were twisted paper napkin
and heavy glasses Of water an
their plates. heaped with the sim
pie. satisfying food. Baked beans
Brown bread. Waldorf salad. &.
II II =
'I know" Boots eyes were Ia
away. Strangely enough, it wa
not of Russ she was thinking a
the moment. He and all tn
events Of the past summe
seemed far away. Why, alread
it was May. Soon the awning
would go uD at the club out i
Larchneck. There would be fires
sand raked into the space be
side the babies pool. Their
would be Young. bare, eager fee
on the bleached boards of tn
raft.
"You were just a kid. 70,
didn't know what it was a.
| about" supplied Hilda gravelI