The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-21

states. Ardth begins to fear lest
Faui become bored with her. He
swears his love, yet the shadow OF
che lost throne seems always to
pursue them.
Their o3e day Paul buys a sail
ing ship, thinking this is the one
flavor in his new life he reeds
But as he buys it he realizes that
his hard-bought freedom is a
thing pretty eolse to boredom
! after all.
NOW CO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VIII
Paul was not long in discover
! ing that whatever yachting he
did on the waters of Bay st,
Francis he would do alone.
Ardath received the news OF
his purchase of the sloop with a
murmured. "Oh. darling, how
nicew and she dutifully made a
tour of inspection with him, ex-
claiming prettily over the little
boats COMPACT and robust beauty;
but she very quickly made it clear
that she was content to admire
the craft from a safe and stable
vantage point on the shore.
He did persuade her to go for
one sail out into the bay. A stiff
southerly breeze was blowing, and
when the boat hccled over and
dipped it's lee rail under the foam
Ardath squealed with panic and
gripped PauPs arm desperately.
Furthermore, when they got out
into the open and met the long
swell from beyond Cape Roman,
she became extremely seasick and
miserable. Thereafter, Paul went
TO the boat alone.
He himself was as delighted
with the boat as he had expected
10 be. Voluable Jonas Coffin had
not overstated its qualities; it was
sturdy and rugged, it showed a
neat turn of speed, and it rode
the waves with light buoyancy
that spoke well of its qualities
as Il deep sea cruiser. True to
his promise, Paul renamed il
"lrene," with smile for the
quaint New Englander from whom
he had bought it.
| And he found, as the weeks
passed, that the boat was not on'V
a diversion but place of refuge
For it was becoming increas'
| ingly hard to pretend that life at
the villa was going along smooth
". There seemed to be thou
sand little sources of irritation
that had not existed before; irri'
tationS that grew out of his own
steadily mounting dissatisfaction
with the life he was leading
n The Countess di Marco ant
Reggie Van Thyme seemed to be
underfoot constantly. He and Ar
oath would be finishing breakfast
on the balcony; a motor would
hum in the drive, they would heal
footsteps on the gravel, and there
would be the countess voice, IN
expressibly gay and cheerful -,
"Hello, darlings, are you up!
And presently she would be or
the balcony with them, exquisite
~ groomed and always looking. 9
little artificial, perching on the
table and inundating them witt
the details of so-and-so's party oil
what's-her-name's recent divorce
and the first thing Paul knew the
countess and Ardath would be
iplanning some excursion or fet6
Together and he would find him
self drawn along after them like
IA helpless skiff eddying in the
wake of an ocean-going tug.
iii Or ID the countess failed tc
Itshow up, Reggie was sure to ap'
pear. He would saunter up the
lawn from the beach, grinning
land impudently sure of his wei
|l,comc, with his weary, old-youne
|flface looking like the face of de.
|Epraved cherub: he would saw
lairiiy, "Hello, soaks," and sprawl
fon the grass beside them; ant
|lthen, before he quite knew how il
ihad happened, Paul would find
that he and Ardath had hurried
upstairs to change their clothes
for motor trip to Juan les Pins
or some place.
There were dozens of villas
alorg the coast, and Paul and
Ardath had dined, teased, danced
lunched and gone to costume
balls, it seemed, in each one OF
them-and had, in turn, presided
ut similar functions in the Villa
San Margarete in return. There
were half score of casinos. night
clubs and similar attractions
within two hours ride of the villa
Paul was familiar with all of them
by now, knew them to the distrac'
ton of boredom, could remember
in his sleep just how the heat
waiter in each one flourished his
menu card, just how each exile
from Broadway blues singer roll
ed her eyes, just how each traI
drummer tossed his sticks in the
air and caught them again.
Aren't we," he asked Ardtt
one afternoon, as they emerbec
from their dip in the sea ano
made their way to the villa
aren't we seeing just a little
more than we really need to OF
these people?"
She did not answer until the!
had reached the door of her dress
ing room. She let him follow hei
in, and tossed her beach robe ovel
a chair.
Una,rost ,,oal ,,,o no oil nya,