The Washington times., 1935-11-04

very well. And certainty wa
It wasn't the fact that sne'o
had breakfast on the pier in her
bathing suit with Jamie, and
been found by his wife, that
huniliated her. There was no
crime in that! And it certainly
wasn't her fault that he had for
gotten the family breakfast party
His father didn't look like the
sort of man who'd be furious over
a thing like that anyway. He
looked like the best natured one
in the family, to her!
It was letting JAMES wife
make her FEEL Inundated, that
hurt! The way she stood there.
smiling that nasty-nice smile OF
hers, speaking in her soft, flat
voice, acting as if she'd caught
,Janie lie doing something cheaE
and silly-like kissing the parlor
maid!-and absolutely ignoring
Mary!
jamie hadn't improved matters
by being flippant and wise-crack'
ing. If she had been more ma
tural, or shown a little dignity
his wife couldn't have put them
at such a disadvantage.
Jamie was disappointing. 1t
wasn't that he was changed. ex-
actly. Maybe that was just the
trouble with him. He wasn't
changed. He wasn't grown up.
He still acted like college fresh
man. You expect more than that
of a man who is married and in
business. Shed got past that sort
of thing, if he hadn't.
Milt Holden, with all his self
consciousness, had more finesse-
and, Of course, Stephen Bennett.
Well man like Bennett does
spoil you. You compare other
men with him, and then you
are out Of luck!
Anyway, it was none Of her
business how silly Jamie was, be-
cause, thank heaven, Vesta Grain
ger got him, not she! "a
That's some satisfaction. May
be it's worth everything-to know
at last that the man you wept
buckets over wasn't worth it, and
you wouldn't have him now If
you could!
So she comforted herself when
Vesta Todd looked through her,
rather than at her, the meaning
less smile just lifting the corners
of her pretty, painted mouth, and
DR.. Crawford, apropos Of nothing
at all, spoke of the trouble she'd
had in the past, with secretaries
who just couldn't keep their
place.
CHAPTER XXXIV
Mary's brand new indifference
to the heir to the Todd fortune
had a new and rather alarming
effect on him, Perhaps he was
piqued by it. Perhaps he thought
it was assumed, and wanted to
call her bluff. He fairly dogged
her footsteps now. Hung around
the cabin. WhiStled. Waved.
Sent her notes.
Tim Fried, Janet'S husband,
was Enthusiastically seeking her
out, too. Why did it have to be
they, instead Of any one of the
perfectly good unmarried men?
Certain Fried got no encour-
agement from her! He looked so
much like Milt Holden that it
gave her the horrors every time
she looked at him. Besides, she
hadn't any desire to flirt with a
married man!
Jamie. well. it was a little
different with Jamie. She hadn't
any particular desire to flirt with
him either, but he had been
taken away from her once. She
wouldn't have any scruples about
1t. Vesta had it coming to her
mean little snob!
They were all snobs, even Dr.
Crawford, who had talked so
much about despising them. and
had been so chummy with Mary
on the trip when she didn't have
anyone else to be chummy with.
And now she'd forgotten all
about that. Took good care to
remind her about her place"
Old Mr.. Todd, Jamie'S father,
wasn't like the rest, though.
He was away, fishing, most of
the time, but whenever they met
he spoke to her just as he would
to any of the others. Not polite
and cool, like to guests. Not cool
and patronizing, like his wife and
daughter. JuSt-nice.
Once there was special little
covered dish on her breakfast tray,
and the maid who brought it said
that 1t was trout that Mr.. Todd
had caught, and he had given or
derS that "the nice little girl who