The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-06-23
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Cunningham hears her fiance, Bob
Haskell, telling one of the brides
maids, Sylvia, that he loves her
but can't afford to marry her.
Marcia, hurt and bewildered,
sails alone on the trip that was to
have been a honeymoon. On the
ship she meets Phillip Kirkby, en-
gineer. Phil is going to Paris to
ask Camilla Howe, to whom he has
been devoted for years, to marry
him.
In Paris Marcia meets Camilla
Bob arrives and the four go about
together frequently. One night in
a popular restaurant Marcia
dances with Pierre, a gigolo.
Fla shlight photographs are being
made and in the confusion Pierre
kisses Marcia. She is furious.
Rosita, a dancer, comes to their
table. Marcia believes Bob is
much attracted by Rosita.
Back at the hotel she finds a
letter from her friend, Wenda.
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CHAPTER V
"Your loving family at once
sent over to my house for you,
nv lamb" Wenda had written in
the letter Marcia received when
she came from Montmartre with
Bib. "Or rather, your father went
on a personal quest, accompanied
by the disappointed bridegroom
Your mother conceived the notion
that maybe you had grown fright,
ened of marriage-of being a good
mans wife, and all that. But she
behaved royalty when the guests
came. She told them about youl
pink eyes, and everybody was
very sorry, and nobody believed
one word of it.
"When the last guest had gone,
the wedding party sat down and
ate what it could Of the salads
and ices and sandwiches aid no.
body talked very much. I've
bunch, Marcia darling, that your
fair Robert had been parceling
out farewells hither and yon. He
didn't attend the wake, Of course
He couldn't quite believe that you
had flown had the gentle task
of telling him-and he still thinks
that you'll show up again. He
was plenty angry at being stood
up and I've a hunch-and so have
half a dozen other people-that
he thinks no girl can do that to
him and get away with it. Sc
cheer up, Marcia, he may be see
ing you. If you love him, it is
ali right. Love comes high some,
times. He will always hand out
compliments like old ladies parcel
out peppermints, but they'll only
be peppermints, Marcia.
"Please come back soon. By
the way, Camilla Howe is in Paris
1 knew her in boarding school. She
came out the year before we did
and you've probably met her. She
is on the level, friendly and gay!
but no one. could ever get ahead
of her, as Robert almost did with
you! She might be good for you
just now"
There was more. Brushing her
bright hair, Marcia was glad that
the letter had come on that par
ticular night. Whether or not Bob
had roamed in the park, handing
Observation-Disclosures grimaced
at the thought-to the silly little
dancer, didn' matter. That he had
come to Paris with a resolve that
he would win her for his pride's
sake-if that were true matter
ed terribly. She was thinking
about it when she slipped between
the cool linen sheets. She wished
someone could advise her. Maybe
Phil would talk to her about it.
she decided, as she began to gro"
drowsy.
She went shopping the next
morning, not so much because she
needed a new frock but because
she wished to 60 somewhere
alone, away from the hotel. She
chose a green-gray dress with 8
silly little green coat and a gray
hat that rolled away from hel
face, leaving her eyes wide anc
surprised. But the fitting took
only part of the morning. She
took a stroll down the Champ:
Ulysses. 1t was not yet ! O'Clock
when she returned to the hotel
In the lobby she saw Phil, anc
smiled happily. 1t was nice to see
him stand up, nice to have hin
grinning at her in that easy, slow
manner. -,
"How about lunch?" he asked
81 thought | had girl lined up
but the girl had another mar
promised" He paused and made
comic moue.
"Lovelyp Marcia acquiesced
"May l look in my mailboX first"
She had postponed coming home
in order to avoid Bob. But now
at the hotel, she had a desire to
know, without any more waiting
whether he had left a message
Of course he would have!
There was no message and she