The Washington times., 1937-11-17

you met him!" He came over and
grabbed Karen's wrist.
1T is, isn't it? You planned
last night. You knew we'd see him
there! That's it, Mother. The
Judge! You know! The one who
sent her to Jail"
Karen's eyes blazed. She had
tried to be patient, but now, under
her mothers sharp eyes, she was
afraid. The seed of doubt was
planted. Things would be diff
cult. Her mother would tell her
father. Everything she did had
to be lie, every word she said.
II am not going to talk to you
any more, Ping"
So she made her escape to her
own quarters and locked the door.
Lucy drew her bath, and Karen
asked for supper on a tray in her
room. Later, when her father
came to her door, her lights were
out, and he did not disturb her.
COUNCIL OF WAR
That night Mr.. and Mrs. Nal.
lory held a council of war. NAL
lory was disturbed by what his wife
told him.
1--WE been afraid of this Stod-
dard all along, my dear. I am
going to find out what this is all
about. I'll have man put to in
vestigate in the morning."
you mean a detective?"
ooh, no. I'll just have one Of
my operators look into the situap
ton. That Stoddard is no good.
He's running for office in the
fall" Mallory's jaw was set. ut
is times like this I am glad we
have money"
Karen was at work the next
morning at 9. She had breakfast
with her father for the first time
in many weeks, and they both en-
joyed the bright sun that streamed
into the small dining room above
the solarium. Karen seemed like
her old self, gay and smiling.
Mallory's fears were st1lled Tor
the moment. He watched her
lovely face and felt assured that
her break with Ping was a good
thing. Mallory had never felt
very keenly about Ping. He felt
he was not a strong enough char
acter to rule this daughter Of his.
"She's too much like me-" he
unused.
When he was ready to leave,
he offered to give Karen a lift
downtown. She accepted, and on
the way down she told him some
thing about the volunteer work
she was doing. He assumed it
was for her sorority, and he heart
lily approved.
You need to take up some Sc
rious work, Karen. I want you
to know something about life.
You'll have many problems to
settle. I'd hoped Jay would be a
help, but"
Mallory turned his face away
from his daughter. Jay was q
heartbreak to his parents.
Karen walked over from Broad
Street, for she told her father she
did not like driving up in the
shabby district in an expensive
car.
They're SO poor down there.
father"
Yes, Karen. But if you helped
them it would not last. I thought
as you did when I was your age.
That is why I understand so we'll
what you are going through.
You'll learn after many heart
breaks that it is not so easy to
help the poor"
Karen caught herself. She had
almost told her father that that
was what Dick Stoddard had said.
You'll learn by trial and
error"
The days flashed on. Twice
Karen was forced to go to parties,
invitations for which she had &C.
copied some time before. Once
she saw Serge, but he had faded
out of her consciousness almost
completely.
She did not see Dick. He was
keeping his word. He had tele-
phoned her at the office every
afternoon, and Karen did not
realize that Miss WEIGH was quite
conscious of that fact.
SHE MEETS DICK AGAIN
On the fifth afternoon Dick
asked if he might meet her after
work. He justified himself COM
pletely about that. He wanted to
talk to her about the MariettoS.
He thought he had a plan for
them.
Dick thought when he saw
Karen walk into the little reStau-
rant in her simple dark suit he
had never seen her so lovely. She
seemed thinner. Her face was
more serious. He stood up when
she came in, and, quite uncon-
scious of the fact, he held her
hand a long time as he looked
down into her eyes.
Then he plunged into the mat
ter at hand. "Marletto has
chance to get a new site for a
fruit stand a little further uptown.
If he had it clear, he'd do better.
I'm all for leaning him money
enough to send for his sister. She
can come over from Naples, take
care of the younger children and
then Lucia can get married"
III give her the grandest we'd
ding the street has ever scent"
Karen WAS radiant "LJou y,o1,nh