The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-20
. SERIAL STORY
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BY EDWIN RUTT
CAST OF CHARACTERS
BY EDWIN RUTT

>NS UT SnANAN L Z No
klNKAlD PARKER - hero
Handsome, johless. he has just in.
herited half-iuterest in a vacant
Connecticut home.
SALLY PENNINGTON-hero,
inc. Blond, pretty, she has in
herited the other half Of the
home. Together they turn it into
. "Restratorium."
Yesterday: The Ameses con-
graduate each other after their
little act before Kinks and
Sally.
CHAPTER MI
Il could kill Spencer AmcS,
Sally said venomously. as she
headed the car out of WinStock.
"Babbling about his board OF di-
rectOrS. know darn well he
could give us that extension If
he wanted to-"
Seems to me he could" said
Kinks. Didn't old keuwOrthy
say he just about owns that
bank ,"
Wilton was decent about it,
anyhow" said Sally.
"He made an impaSSioncd plea.
all right" Kinks admitted. But
listen, beautiful. don't you go get
ting any wild notions i'm your
head. | positively forbid YOU to
marry Wilton AmeS no matter
how expert he becomes at bawl-
ing out his father"
M L ry?" exclaimed Sally.
Good heavens, I'm too busy to
marry anybody. If you OF Will
ton want TO get married. YOU d
better find some girl who isn't
trying to run a cockcycd hotel. -
I've made il a lifelong habit
to marry girls who run cockcyed
hotels | miSnamCd our place. II
ought to have been called Hay
wire House. | wonder what kind
of nut this new woman will
turn out to be"
Il wouldn't know. But she'll
be nut without doubt. We seem
to attract the bizarre and out
landiSh Incidentally though, Mr..
Parker. | haven't heard you muir
muriug about wanting to sell the
place lately"
ME? When did say | wanted
10 sell it,"
"Thc very first day you came.
You were quite definite about it.
You wouldn't ruSticate in the bull
ruShcS i'm an old fire-trap like
that. You weren't ready for a
wheelchair yet. Not you"
Kinks grinned. You've got me
mixed up with couple of other
guys named Joe"
"0h. no. | haven't. | rcmcm-
Der every word you said.
And l." said Kinks. "remem-
her Just how you looked that day.
III tell YOU how in one word.
Swell. WAS Knocked for a loop
and I'm still looping. Gee. Sally,
couldn't you take few minutes
off to marry me and put me out
of my misery"
Sally said: Keep your eye on
the hotel business, Mr.. Waldorf.
But she added: YOU'RE rather a
sweet person. Kinks. don't know
what I'd do without you.
And consider this girl. said
Kinks. slightly exalted by the
crumb she'd tossed him. "If you
don't marry me, you'll be faced
with drab, gray vista of Par
kerleSs years. Think of it. Why,
no woman'S life is complete with
out Parker
"Grcta CARLOS doing all right,
| hear" said Sally. And just
then the Pennington-Parker Res
tatorium doomed before them.
An alien car stood in the drive
way. And on the porch, in con-
verSation with Mr.. Hardness, sat
tall, thin female whose pale
gold hair. threaded here and there
with gray. flouriShed in wild
abandon about he rhead. Her age
was indeterminate. She might
have been either 80 or 40. She
wore cream-colored, raglan
coat. And in her lap repoSed a
book, a magazine, cigaret case,
a handbag, and a dachShund.
Sally opened her mouth to
speak. but the dachshund beat her
to the punch.
"Yip," said the dachshund.
The tall woman tapUpd its head
sharply.
CAM ruhig, Wolfgang," she
said. And TO the assembled COM
pany: II have to speak to him
in German"
I'll brush up on my Goethe.
murmured Kinks iuaudibIN.
Mr. Hardness took the floor.
This is Miss Clara FenimCre,"
ne said to Sally. She thinks she'd
like to stay with US for a while"
I'm a nerve case" announced
Miss Fenimore abruptly. "My
nerves are all on edge. | haven't
had a nights sleep i'm six months.
No. seven. What | require is ab-
solutc rest. That is why your bill.
board attracted me. Have YOU d
clean, comfortable room with 7
southern exposure? | hope YOU
allow dogs" She spoke in je,ky
fashion. like locomotive making
a tough grade.