, 1935-05-09

largest Of the stone houses dowL
On the point IL was set IN tht
midst OF park-like acres It's Nor
mar turret was hung with ivy. ano
In summer clematis dropped mourn
fully from it's portico. Within II
was dark with seasoned oak. EAST
ern rugs. bronze lamps and red vel
vet hangingA twenty-five year
ago n had been a -show-place.- anc
In the eyes OF Katharine's trim
modern stepmother n was that stin
Her father. white-haired. portly. Q
lawyer down In the city. never
thought OF changing anythinF
about t. True. an oil burner had
replaced the coal furnace several
years ago. and two OF three Of the
bathrooms had suffered innovations
In the way OF colored thing and ser
tubs. Otherwise Il was unchanged
Katharine said 90 herself thai
she hated H. When she came intG
her mothers money-that would b.
next March. and she was LOOKING
forward 70 it-she would and her
self q gay. r1odern apartment down
In the city and would furnish a ~
the modern manner-tweedy fab
RIGS. chairs fashioned Of chromium
tubing. sngled tables with glitter
Ing mirrored surfaces. Meantime
she merely existed amcng the fur
nishings which had seemed 90
grand 10 her mother as q bride 3
quarter OF . century past
Her father and her stepmother
had M idea what went on under
those smooth fair brows. Inwardly
Katharine seethed; outwardly, al
least, she vas calm This ridine
club Of Michael Heatheroe's mac
given her a much-needed outler
lately. When things palled on her
when life seemed too utterly poi
sonous" TO bear another minute. she
would slip into her riding things
and drive over 70 Shady Ridge
where the COED smell OF trampled
earth, the stamping of horses IN
their stalls satisfied something IN
herself Not that she would &C
knowledge. even for q minute, that
she was interested In Michael
IL was only that later. changing
gear NO some eross-light or slipping
heedlessly along In traf1c. some
word or gesture OF the red-haired
young mans would come back &c
her: she would catch her breath
and smile. hugging the thought &c
herself Then. instantly. she would
be her old cool self again. Michaei
Heatheroef What was he but O
sort Of gToom-no one the Stryk
bursts could possibly knowl
A GLANCE nc her watch now
warned her that her hour was
nearly ended She spurred the lit.
tie horse back IN the direction
from which she had come. Usually
she and Michael cantered easily
along these green aislea I'm the
lush and fun perfection Of summer
morning But nov Katharine hur.
ried. ~ though some demon pur
sued her. Her breath came fast
and unev7nly; her hair began TO
curl I'm little damp ringlets about
her face. She told herself that she
was fastening back because shs
had III appointment for luncheon
Even privately. she would not ad.
init that she could not bear 20 see
Sally and Michael Heatheroe re-
turning together IN pleasant init
macy. Perhaps be would have bis
ungloved hand on Sally's Bride
no. she could not bear thatI
Fury oaused o5ediently now at
the intersection Of the bride path
and River Road Michael had
taught her % do this and. even
Katharine's touch on the
bride urged her On. she hesitated.
nervously paving the red earth
K athsrinA reused from her
stared unseeingly for q
moment into the eyes OF the girl IN
The little green ear which had
drawn MP a Fury emerged from
The green tunnel
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