The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-15

came the sparkle and shine and
steaming heat of the sun, and Tony
asked, wrinkling her face:
"Will they Gomez"
"Who?"
''The smarties. Your friends"
"Oh," Joe said ruefully, 'they
may. 1t may be clear up In the city.
They may be on their way now"
sits three Maybe we ought to 60
back and clean up and be ready for
'em. And I'll tell you," Tony said
In her animated way, as he gave
her his hand for the last hard steps
up the cliff, IF they aren't coming.
let's telephone Bendy and Alvin and
have them come over for supper.
All that chicken, you know, and the
delicious asparagus"
Must WEI" he said, as they
walked along on the soaked new
grass of the cliff.
"Well-"
"It's 50 nice when It's you and
me and the dog"
Shedding their wet outer gar.
ments and leaving their soaked
shoes at the door, they went into
lifeless warmth, to sudden almost
stunning silence after the riot of
the winds and the sea.
There's a telegram there, Joe.
Probably they're not coming, and
we might have finished our walk !
Dibs on the shower!"
Not waiting until he opened the
yellow envelope. she ran upstairs to
the chilly spare room, changed into
her velvet frock, and came down
decorously 20 minutes later with
her still damp hair brushed into
shining rings. The sitting room
was deserted and the fire burning,
the guests just descending from q
big parked car at the door.
With q call upstairs to inform
Joe of their arrival, Tony went to
the door and did the honors. The
world was one wide glitter Of hot
sweet light now, and the young
garden and the red-flagged terrace
and the backdrop of blue sea looked
their loveliest. Tony introduced
herself to Professor and Mrs. Un-
ger, and Doctor Hermann, and
Frau DR.. Knecht.
"You had lunch all ready for us!"
lamented quiet little Mrs. Unger.
'We only turned It into dinner"
Tony explained. "And then we went
off on hunt. It's all here. waiting
for you. We could sit out here on
the terrace" she added, III It
weren't so horribly wet underfoot.
I'll tell you"
And she went quite simply for q
broom, and quite simply surrendered
1t to young Doctor Hermann when
he offered to take It.
"Yes, swish all that water or"
she said, land all those leaves, and
Wen move the chairs back-that
one, Professor Unger-and those
two, that's It."
When Joe presently came hurry
ing down, with his round face moon
Ter than ever and his fair hair very
sleek, she took the women upstairs.
mo, / live In San Francisco with
a brother and aunt" she explained
to them. I'm a newspaper woman.
But my sister lives In Monterey,
about ten miles from here-you
must have passed through It on
your way down-and I come to her
nearly every Saturday. and manage
usually to be with Joe on Sundays.
Usually there's Sunday company"
Tony went on, laying out q comb |
and powder and wondering what
they thought of her. "but today was
so stormy"
When It began to grow cold on the
terrace they went In to the fire. and
Joe propped the kitchen door open
80 that they could all talk together.
He looked tired, somehow, and
Tony stole q moment to ask him IN
an undertone II he felt well.
"Finei" he assured her cheer
fully. The chicken was bubbling
again In its rich creamy gravy now.
and Tony's fluffy biscuits were In
the oven. The whole house was
filed with the pleasant smell Of |
baking, Of asparagus, Of wood
smoke. Brenda telephoned; had
the company GOMEZ II not, she
and Alvin were going to suggest
Oh. they had come? Was Tony
coming back that night?
Yes, Tony would sleep at Bendy'A
Joe'd bring her back early. And
had the cuff link shown up?
"Yes, he didn't eat It after all,
the darling" Brenda reported Of
her first born. Tony went back to
dinner preparations. pleased that
the little interlude had come along
to answer any curiosity Joe's
friends might have about her. Not
but what the fingers appeared
completely Indifferent to the state
to her morals. and DR.. Hermann,
the least imaginative soul In the
world. AS for the big German doc
tor, she looked as IL she were en-.