The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-17
Ry IDA RINER GLEASON
CAST nE CHARACTERS

inc. writer of greeting card verse
verse.
BOB MeTAVISH-herO, detee'
tive story writer.
PAT-the janitor who played
The DUCHESS-patrOn of sur
realist art. v F.
tologist.
Yesterday: Bob's suspicious are
aroused when he meets Professor
Braeey. He feels he has seen the
fellow before.
CHAPTER Y
The next Sunday Pat came
tramping down the stairs, NUT
teripo under his breath. The
Duchess was giving cocktail
marty in her studio that afternoon
and he had shifted every piece Oh
furniture she owned not once but
several times. ., -,
Faith. and it's too auId I'm
gittin' TO be nj the beck and call
o. SIGH woman nc told Sen
matt rs he went to open the out
side door for him. with all thIm
fool artists runnin wild up there;
spillin', stuff on the rugs, and
shaking ashes over the whole
place. III be cleanm' a week AZ
Ter. Why has she got to pull TINS
party down here when she's gGt
place TO live in upJoWn. hut
Scbmatz only blinkcd his bright
bIacl, eyes and looked eNpectantly
nj the door, then SCumpered out
into the ward. Anyway It's glad
| am Miss Kathy amt miXln with
thin folks" Pat shut the door
Her and Bob McTav'Sh
maybe'll-"
Eathlccn's door opening just
then put an end To his specula-
tiony. Good morning, Pat, going
TO be a nice day, isn't it, she
said Then she added with an eX-
cited CLEAN in her eyes, I'm aw-
fully glad. because I'm actually
GOING 10 4 party. The Duchess
asked me. Wasn't that nice Of
her? The first party | Will have
attended since | came.
FOR a minute the little IRISH
mans ready tongue seemed ured
and absentmindedly he tamped
down the lighted tobacco IN ms
pine. Rubbing his burned finger
on his pants, he began, Now,
Miss kathy, yc amt lost a thing
uD there. MIR. McTaviSh amt
goin' and e. 4,
But he is. Pat. She invited
him too. Told him to bring Sch
matt. She said her friends would
love him because they aren't . bit
formal or stiff.
Fright she is" Pat retorted.
Its me will be stiff now,
sweepin' out after they get
through. Better think agin, Miss
Kathy, before you go taiEin up
with thin artists
Kathleen looked at him with a
smile. "Pat, did you ever try 70
make rhymes all day long? Well,
if YOU did, you'd be glad OF some
thing 70 break the monotony'
too"
Pat couldn't think of any more
arguments. so sent sudden pull
of smoke up from his pipe as
though expressing his opinion of
all artists and their goingS-on.
But Kathleen did not let Pats
ideas about the party worry her.
She was too much excited at the
prospect. Thrilling new people, IN
interesting surroundings, and Boz
among the guests, were quite
enough TO give her eyes an eager
brightness and make her glow
with anticipation as she put on
her prettiest dress.
The Duchess big studio was
well filled with people when
Kathleen timidly Knocked at the
door. Immediately she was swept
into a gay laughing group, as the
Duchess told them here was one
of her dear little friends from a
studio downstairs. 4 tall glass
was thrust into her hands. and
almost at once she found herself
sitting on a love seat between the
dark MISUNDERSTANDING Profess
sor Braeey, and a pale, anemic-
looking poet, who called her
darling" because the Duchess
had failed TO mention her name.
The room was extremely warm
and close, and the women wore
any sort of garb, from Stacks and
barefoot sandals to diaphanous
evening gowns. To Kathleen's un-
accustomed eyes they seemed
startling to say the least.
She found herself agreeing with
the janitor'S opinion of the Ouch
esS' guests, as she listened to the
loud laughter and some of the re-
marks. A far cry from the dull
Jokes Of Joe Williams and the
staid GloversYlle parties. What
would Aunt Hattie think If she
could see her now? She tried to
focus her attention on what Pro-
lessor Bracey was saying. His
heavy-lidded black eyes had a
strange piercing light IN them
that made her vaguely uneasy.
81 haven't seen you here before,
my dear" he was saying IN pur-
ring voice.
mo" she answered. "You see
/ haven't known our hostess so
very long. | don't go out much
Ii was so nice of her to ask me
today"
He turned so he could look di-
reetly at her. Not at all-not at
all. The Duchess is always look
ing for new sensations, and you
must be very new one to her