Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-03


Copyrisht: isss. By chEistins sope-slade
TWO PARTS PART ONE
REVELATIONS FROM FLEP's
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CHANGE
THE LIVES OF SEVERAL PEOPLE
ON A MOTORING HOLIDAY
ACROSS EUROPE.
what does Lefty Brood look Ike
bathingl ask you'll A bunch Of melons
IN a string bagl"
The bunch OF melons Ia the hotel
bedroom next door reared itself and
choked with Indignation. The calm
pleasant voice on the other side Of the
wall continued clearly and placidly.
and I don't wonderl See ner at
lunch today wailowing ia her spa
ghettfl There's something indecent
about such devotion 10 food -
Who was Flip talking tor Lefty could
only hear the one clear voice. Tremb-
ling with suppressed fury and over
mastering curiosity, Lefty heaved her
flabby bulk out Of her comfortable bed
and battered to the door.
The hotel corridor was empty and
fun OF moonlight. Gently she laid her
pudgy, be-ringed hand on the handle
Of Flip Russell's bedroom door. It
yielded
Flip lay fast asleep. drowned in
moonlight and open air.
Her comic, clever white face, dated
1901, was peaceful as a baby's. As
Lefty stared at her Flip suddenly said:
ANY one else would diet" In that
same, loud, impersonal voice. Even
If 1t killed them"
Lefty went back to bed In great dis
treSs OF mind.
This was the second day Of their
motoring holiday, and already the
peace Of 1t was disputed.
They were only at Scissors, and they
planned to motor, the eight Of them,
in their two cars, for three weeks
Flip had absolutely ruined her holf-
day at the very outset =. Sniveling
with self-pity, Lefty sought her big
consignment Of soda mint. She had
dreamed of all the little epicurean
places they would visit and eat. In her
holdal was her LES Auberges de
France" the Bible Of the devotees of
the fleshpots. She had pored over 1t
for hours in her small London service
flatlet. Now everything was spoiled
She would feel self conscious with every |
mouthful she ate under the quiet, indif- |
ferent flicker Of Flip RuSselPs black
eyes.
ct shall go home" she thought mis-
erably. But she had paid $500 into the /
common pool for this holiday, and
Percy Lord was treasurer. She wasn't /
prepared to go home and sacrifice
that; not for all the sleep talking Flip
Russells In the world
Her family had all been big. hearty
eaters, three bottle men. Doctors and
specialists had tried in vain to coax and
brighten her onto diet. She had
add up her doctors and chemists bills
or the year. Thirty-two pounds so farl
Half the cost Of this holidayl
She fell asleep in the unsympathetic
lawn. crying bitterly.
The next morning when they drifted
Town. hated and handbagged, to begin
he days journey, Lefty Broad joined
he Lords thoughfully In the hall. Percy
md Elsie Lord owned one Of the cars.
The six of them had known the Lords
or at least ten years; known them
turing the blonde gold-digger episode
Isle could never forgive her husband
r forget. The blonde gold-digger had
Deen casual acquaintance OF Flip
-. GCfCf 1tlA Lkd4 NAlk%CA AACA -
ID at one of FIip's studio parties right
q the middle of the worst OF the fl
ancial depression. She had been
beautiful in a gIittering
manner. He fell for her in the crazed
vay a worn out man Of 48 can fan for
eW thing that offers respite and re- l
sxation to exhausted nerves. His wife
orgave Flip, but she never forgave
er husband. He accepted her attitude {
Ieakly, because he knew he had been
etrayed in moment Of low ebb, an
motional and nervous zero hour.
Flip joined them.
''Did you sleepP" said Lefty Broad 3
1ddenly.
like a top" answered Flip blandly. I
Never stirredl Where are we going TO :
inch? Where are we stopping? I'm :
arvingl Lefty, have you looked up >,
me deIectable eathouse in that book 4 4
yours?"
''Tive Just weighed myself. I'm over 2
velve stone I'm cutting out lunch, .
welve stone is too much"
No one said anything. y
Golden days and silver nights Z
eandering through the italian Tyrol a.
/ magnificent roads that cut in half. "
Re a strip Of pale drugget, q floral v
rpet that might have been patterned ~
ON Michael Angelo pictures: the eight II
wrists in the two cars drifted across s
rope. u'
At every town they stopped for the hi
ght Lefty Broad weighed herself. II It e.
IS possible, and always she had lost n
light.
On the personal matter Of food she al
Is acquiring strange new spiritual "
lues, and she felt grand physically. II
It is believed that Rome, in the time
julius Caesar, contained about L. oS
900 inhabitants. The present pop OF
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