The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-11-21
CAST OF CHARACTERS

CAST OF CHARACTERS
JUDY ALCOTT - admirars
daughter. She faced a choice
between two navy suitors.
DWIGHT CAMPBELL-am-
bilious lieutenant. He faced
choice between his wife and
duty. =,
JACK HANLEY-flying sail
or. He faced a test of patient
MARVEL HAsfINGS-navy
wife. She faced the test of be-
ing a good sailor
Yesterday: at MarvePs wed
ding, Judy sees the good-looking
blond man who had attended
Marvel at the restaurant that
day. Tortured, Judy means, i
can't stand it. can't. Jack
quiets her. .
CHAPTER XIII
Don't be fool" Jack whls-
pered ROUGHLY. His hands closed
around her arm, in vise-like
grip. Her mothers head was up,
her. eyes forward. Pretending
nothing had happened.
4 Judy came to herself with a
sick Jerk. How could she have
made such fool of herself? Her
eyes fastened on the bride, on
Dwight, on the face Of Command
err Hedges, who was the Texar,
kana's chaplain. She had heard
him reading the marriage service
for many young Navy men and
their brides. She set her mouth.
Pray God no one else but Jack
and her mother had noticed.
The solemn words of the mar
rage service rang through the
flushed church. ''ln sickness and
in health to dove and to cher
ism for richer for poorer q.
for better for worse :"
Dwight was putting the ring on
MarvePs finger. with this token
= judy OIL neT up
And then it was all over. The
bride and groom were going up
the aisle. Outside, steel flashing
in the sunlight, there was an arch
of swords. The ushers, standing
straight and tall, with their swords
uplifted.
There wa snoise and laughter,
and someone said, Pop! There
goes the first flashlightp Pictures
of the bride. Pictures for the
newspapers. ! " s-... -
There was a wedding luncheon
at the Coronado hotel. Judy
sehooled herself sternly. She must
get through it, Dwight was mar
ried now. Married. She wanted
to cry.
The long dining room was mob
bed. There was lace covered ia
bic, and Diane whispering, "It's
her own cloth, and her own silver.
Isn't. it sumptuous?" e..
Rows of repousse forks, heavy
silver p4atters. A frosted wedding
cake as big as a pHnchbowl, with
a beribboned wedding bell lean
ing on it's side. There was a CEN
terpieee of orchids-orchid col
ored and yellow. There were long
trays of crisp rolls, iced mousses
with. pink tops and sections of
golden lemons nesting in parsley.
Snowy napkins, stacks of exquis-
tie china. At one end of the table
an imposing silver coffee pot sat
among tiny, priceless cups.
Jack whistled. 81 said brown,
didn't -" He added, "I'm hun
CRY. She must have imported a
chef from New York. There's lit
tie I recognize"
But though he brought Judy a
plate loaded with dainties, she
couldn't eat. People were toast
ing the bride, pressing around
her. Judy thought desperately,
"She won't miss me-" And yet
she'd have to convey her best
wishes. She'd have to look at
Dwight and say, 81 hope you'll be
happy"
Diane and Bill found them, and
Diane said, "Boy. this reminds me
Of the day Bill and l sneaked
around the corner and got mar
ried" She laughed. ale took off
ON flight about two hours later,
didn't you, darling?"
II was not that they hadn't seen
weddings before as beautifully
managed as this one. 1t was SIM
ply that everything here shrieked
of Marvel's millions. There was
no nominees about this wedding
no dear, heartfelt tears, nothing
that, except for the wedding bell
on the cake, would have distin-
gushed this opulent lunch from 4
thousand 9th er fashionable
lunches,
Bin said reflectvely, when he
said. With this ring | thee en-
dow I was reminded of the old
one about the seaman first who