The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-30
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other friends without consulting
! Kay.
Many in the crowd had read
about FED Graham's exploits, but
| mad never met him. They had
! read, too, about the notorious
/ dancer, Illah, who had come in on
! the plane. They wondered if she'd
be at the party that night, hoped
so, and whispered about it ca
They all came, and they were
on time. Toward 10 o'clock the
three rooms which had been
thrown open to guests were filled,
and people had begun to take pos
session of the porches and even
the kitchen. Some of them in
vaded Dickie's nursery and woke
him up. Some played piggy-back
with him, long past his hour for
sleep.
Ted was a little bewildered at
the sight. He had come home late
for dinner and found that the
guests had already begun to ar
rive. The members of the army
crowd were strangers to him. No
body bothered to introduce, him,
but he supposed they were Rays
friends. ,
He was tried and sleepy and, at
last. retired to his den, but some
of the men had already taken pos
session of it. They were shooting
craps on the floor and didn't even
look up when Ted came in. A
woman hurried after him and
/ caught his arm.
Tied Graham" she exclaimed
breathlessly. "Do tell me about
that fascinating creature you
brought IN with you today on the
plane. We read about her in the
papers. Is she really Eurasian?'
Ted laughed. He felt certain
that if Illah had been there the
woman would have lifted her lorg-
nette and stared, as at a monster
IN the zoo. -,
give seen her dance" Ted said
"And she dances remarkably
we'll"
"Then I'm sorry she didn't come
to your party. l came all the way
from San Francisco just to see
herp' Pique was written no the
wrinkled jowls of the dowager:
face.'
The whole evening, to Ted, wa;
as groteSque as this one incident
The gaiety of the crowd was eX
'aggerated. Some of the guests
disappointed because lllah WASH
there to dance for them, soon de
parted. There was continuous tall
about going on somewhere else.
Ted sought refuge from the brit
tie chatter at Rays side, but she
was in the center of an admirin&
throng and he couldn't seem tt
get in a word. She was wearing
slinky white evening gown that hC
had never liked to see her wear
When he came close to her she
was listening attentively to Monte
Blaine and did not even see Ted
He went upstairs again and
finding his den empty, locked the
door and went to bed. He was
tired-dead tired. He had impor
tant work to do next day and il
less than a minute he was sounc
asleep.
Kay had seen him go upstairs
and she followed as soon as she
was able to slip away. Finding
the door locked, she knocked
There was no answer from within
the room, which was dark, she
knew. She tried the doOrknob.
! "Lockedw she thought angrily
"He's asleep. The idea-insult-
| ing me by going to sleep during
my party. While there are guests
in the housew
Ted's apparent indifference en-
ragged her. "Asleepw she stormeC
inwardly. "But he wasn't to-
tired to go out with Illah and tina
Rosalind Kruger in Honolulu. A
rightw She shook a small fist a
the door, trembling with rage an
disappointment and defeat. "A
right, I'll show You. I'll go GU
with that crowd downstairs an
stay as late as / please"
She went downstairs again
Joined in the fun even more gayly
! Kay's adventurous spirit hat
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