The Washington times., 1934-09-08
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4uIV LICE eyes"
Marian, unspeakably thrilled
was Suffocated with her emotions
It was for moments like these
and for what followed them, that
she lived. This delicious tremb
ling, these Shivers of anticipa
ton, made up for the boredom
the annoyance, the Illustration OF
everyday existence.
"Ah, Marques" she breathed
"only you men Of the old world
know how to make love!"
Marian reached Long Island
that afternoon only q few min
utes before Homer arrived. Her
face was still Scorching with
d'AlhueS'S passionate kisses.
After dinner he sat down before
the radio to listen to q talk on
business conditions. The loud au-
thoritative complacent voice was
intolerable to Marian, in whose
ears were the wooing cadences OF
the enamored Spaniard.
my head aches!" she snapped.
"I'm going to bed, and for Gods
sake, turn that thing down and
keep it down."
For more than an hour Marian
lay repeating the words of her
lover and dreaming Of the ecstasy
that lay 50 Immediately in the
future.
CHAPTER XII
Mill1cent HinShaw wondered
what was the matter with Seward.
She sat on the sand Of Grange
fields beach under a striped UNI
brella, leaning back in the shade,
and her pretty, brown legs
stretched out into the sun and
nearly touching the gloomy Sew
ard.
She wore a scarlet bathing suit
and q little red cap. Last year, a
debutante, she had been greatly
admired, but no one in whom she
could take the slightest interest
had fallen in love with her. With
three unmarried sisters, she knew
perfectly that she should work
quickly, but she did not know how
to go about it, having a phlegm-
attic temperament and the strong
sense of her own dignity which
had won Laura Ingram's approval.
Still she did her best.
isn't it just too sweet Of your
mother to give me dance?" she
said.
Invitations to entertainment at
Graingefield, in Millicent'S honor
were already out.
Mother likes nothing better
than throwing a party" said Sew
ard. "You make a good excuse.
It's too bad I never had sister
mother'd get such a kick out Of
running q daughter!"
"Some day you'll give her a
daughter" Millicent observed, Sc
dately.
Millicent, finding her converse
tional powers failing, decided to
make herself attractive by with
drawal and eXclaiming, I'm 60
ing to have another dip" she ran
gracefully down the beach.
Seward continued to lie still,
with his elbows in the sand, his
chin propped on his hands, think
ing about that girl whose face
was haunting him. He was going
to see her tonight, give her a large
evening. After that almost any
thing might happen.
He had never been greatly ex-
cited about girls until his pseudo
affair with Airline Martin. Badly
as that turned out, it left him
with q new curiosity about women,
The whole business Of love, he
decided, was a matter Of give and
take. Naturally, he wasn't con-
sider1ng marriage with a little
Irish stenographer, so it seemed
best to make her a substantial
present tonight and let her infer
from the start the nature Of his
intentions.
Price Of Honor
Arriving in town about 4 o'clock,
Seward went straight to Tiffany's.
If a bracelet were to be the price
Of . girls honor, it should be a
pretty good bracelet, he argued.
So, at his request, the clerk pro-
duced some sapphire and platinum
circles ranging from $2,500 to $25,.
600 dollars. Even the cheapest Of
these struck Seward as excessive.
He finally selected o pretty brace.