The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-10-03
CHAPTER XVIII


The three well-dressed people
in new travelling clothes rode
across the WIDE tangled streets
of the city. Mrs. Raeburn, smart
and flushed in her brown tailored
suit, leaned forward to peer out
Of the taxi. a..i.
''Chicago!" she said triumph
anti ~. "Why. it's just like New
York-noise and all. But smok-
Ter"
Mr.. Raeburn glanced about him
with interest. When he alighted
from the cab at the concourse of
the other station he dragged his
bad leg just a little. Otherwise
he was a sturdy enough looking
elderly man in neat grey, with a
camera slung on a leather strap
over his shoulder. The slim girl
in blue with the two elder peo-
pie was rather silent. She smiled
when they spoke to her, but her
bright amber-flecked eyes had a
far-away look about them.
She went off to buy maya
zines and her mother said, with
some perplexity and dissatisfac-
ton; We'll, / declare, / don't
know what we're coming to. One
minute she isn't coming with us
and the next she is. | haven't
yet got over the shock of having
her tell me she wasn't going to
marry Edward Van Solver"
"Oh, stop fretting, mother. You
know you're delighted she's with
US. instead of half way across the
Atlantic"
"Of course, l am. Of course,
am. But | can't make the child
out. She seems to be going
around about half awake ~
Boots return interrupted this
cOlloquy. She had two bright.
cOlored periodicals under her arm
and the morning edition of Z
New York newspaper.
'Look, darlings, will wonders
never end?"
She showed them the headlines
over smiling photograph of Ed
ward. =,
Scion of Wealth
Marrics His Nurse"
rs. S. Olympic, at Sea-" tho
story read. Edward Houghtor
Van Solver, only son of H. b
Van Solver of AmalgamateC
Steel. was married today aboard
ship to Miss VERONA Mary Ker-
rigan, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
}. kerrigan of Staten Island.
Miss Kerrigan has been Mr.. Van
Sewers nurse ever since he was
injured in a serious motor acct
dent two months ago"
swell, ! neverw Mrs. Raeburn
looked indignant. so that was
what he was up to-
Boots laughed A cheerful
sound it was in the big vaulted
room. Two or three people turned
to watch her rosy young face
with interest.
ooh, Nuns, you know it was
Of the kind" she pro-
tested. "You know we just de-
cided we weren't suited to each
other"
Her maternal parent shifted in
credulously. CLOCKS like it."
'1'm terribly glad" the girl
half to herself. Hes
such a darling. and know she
was, terribly fond of him. These
rich mems sons never know
whether they're being married
for themselves alone. No, | mean
it," she finished, smiling again at
her mothers offended expression.
"Well, | think you lack the
proper feelings in the matter,
that's ALL" Mrs. Raebum said,
Modified but not wishing to show
it. 1t was a mercy, she thought
that the engagement
hadn't been announced; people
did gossip so. There were plenty
of them, at that, who knew Ed
ward had been attentive to Bar
bara and who would be only. too
willing to talk. Not that they
could say she'd been Tilted,
though. She was an heiress now.
No one in Larchneck could look
down his nose at the Raeburns.
The porter came back just then
and took charge of their bags.
The elder people settled them
selves comfortably in their draw
inc room. The train was to leave
n 2 minutes and Mr.. Raeburn,
according to habit, settled him
self comfortably for nap. Boots,
reelinr that odd. stifled restless