The Washington times., 1936-03-07

up the subject of Connie himself.
He then told uS the story Of his
love affair with her the summer
before.
Bruce Lloyd did not tell us the
whole story that night, indeed, he
never told Us all Of 1t, naturally.
But during the days he spent with
US bits Of It came out. His ro-
nance with Connie was the only
part of the whole affair he was
willing to talk about at all, and
it seemed to give him some relief
to discuss 1t. OF course, was aw-
fully interested. I felt that I was
living right through 1t with him.
7 thought about it a lot aS it was
the nearest had ever come to q
real love story. In the end all the
bits fitted together. that is, up to
October. After that things be-
came less glamorous. This is the
story 80 reconstructed it:
AS Connie looked out Of her
bedroom window for the last time,
out over the blue waters Of Puget
Sound, her stiff upper lip weak
ened, and q few tears escaped in
spite Of her determination. This
house UP in the hills was the only
home she had known, the perTnA-
nent rock to which her flying ship
always came home, as it were.
Life without It was going to be
strange, unanchored. OF course,
Seattle would always be there, her
friends and family would always
be near, but the lovely, smooth
life Of her girlhood was gone.
I'm being horribly Sentimen-
tai" she thought to herself. "1've
got to snap out Of it. Hundreds
Of girls have taught school before,
and hundreds more would envy
me my good job now. Most peo-
pie would think Mother and Dad
lucky to have Salvaged a car and
. beautifully furnished apartment
from the wreck. Allo1s, old girl,
let's see If your French will stand
up under the attack of American
youth as we'll as It used to under
that Of the Partisan dressmakers."
Without looking back, she gath
cred UP her bag and gloves and
hastened down the broad stairs to
where her father and the trunk
expresSman were waiting.
"All ready, my dear?"
"Quite."
The baggageman took the last
bag. She kissed her father, who
hugged her understandingly, and
they went out to the waiting taxi.
The new apartment was pleas
ant and comfortable, out near the
university. The Sinclairs felt
that they had economical to the
last rung Of the social ladder: but
many q university professor ana
his wife had looked at the same
place with longing and envy.
Connie did not remain there long,
for In July Aunt Hannah wrote
one Of her famous letters. It be-
gan, "Sc you've lost your money"
and it ended with an invitation
to Connie.
Aunt Hannah was q true eccen-
trio. Most eccentrics are either
wealthy or poor, as the middle
range cannot afford peculiaritieS.
Aunt Hannah, fortunately, was
rich. She had taken Connie to
Europe on her first trip ct 16 and,
80 far as Aunt Hannah was con-
cerned, the girl had never
changed. Aunt Hannah was
spending July at Deep Sea Lodge,
a quiet place on the ocean near
Del Monte in California. AS Con-
ME was coming to teach in Cali
fornia in August, it seemed suit
able that she spend a few weeks
with Aunt Hannah.
Connie did not have any flu
sion about securing O good time
out of the visit. She knew from
experience that Aunt Hannah was
q difficult person and that Deep
Sea Lodge was no doubt q very
quiet place. She decided to 20,
however, to please her aunt, to en-.
joy the swimming, ana to get
away from Seattle for a while.
1t was there she met Bruce
Lloyd.
Ito Be COntinued)