Evening star., 1940-07-27
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by O|eo /. Ro>monith -

ton. His only sons romance with
beauty parlor operator was front
page story.
Kit Dressed for Dinner.
Kit, already dressed for the eve
ming, was in the apartment sitting in
the red dusk of the freight softly
playing the piano. His hands fell
from the keys as she came into the
room, We'll Mary" he said, "hoW
did you get on with the old MANI"
He didn't say very much. Moth
ing at all to explain why he
wouldn't receive us together, and
then wanted to meet me alone. Ex-
cept perhaps that it's quite clear
he'll never forgive me-"
Kit turned on the floor lamp be-
side the piano and looked at her
ut was very game of you to go
Mary"
What else could I do under the
circumstances? To them I am a
genuine problem. We have to look
at it from their point of view
He said IF had realized all the
complications, 1 don't think l
would have asked any girl except
perhaps professional actress, to
have undertaken it
Il didn't realize them either"
You're not sorry? You don't
want to back out?"
NO, of course not. You couldn't
do anything then to inherit your
money"
His heavy black brows drew to-
gether over his thin high bred
nose. He looked over the piano top
through the shadows of the beauti-
full room into some interminable
distance. He said money is damn
nuisance sometimes"
Party Is Planned.
Mary laughed shortly. She was
Scared with many wounds-some
deep enough to leave a mark for
life. Its only common sense to
put up with the agony of having
too much,' she said. It's worse not
having any"
Kit turned back to her. They had
been married month now, and
home in the Bardsley Mansion for
two days. Kit had been uncom-
munnicative and bitter on their
trip down to Florida. Ruby had
admitted that it was necessary for
the convincing look of the thing.
but all the same she had opposed
1t. Mary knew what was the mat
ter with him. He was in hot water
all round.
After dinner they sat by the
wood fire in Kits music room, his
favorite room and the one most
expressive of his love of pure color
and modern furniture. 1t was the
most exhilarating room in the
house. Kit looked round it with af-
lection. Well have a party here
soon to present you to my friends
my real friends"
Mary spoke impulsively-"oh dear
another ordeal"
He looked at her with sympathy
Nothing to be afraid Of they're
decent crowd. I'll kick anyone
downstairs who isn't nice to YOU"
She laughed joyously. do Kit!
Ihatll rate another vote of thanks
from the newspapers-especially if
1t happens to be woman"
Martin Is Worried.
He laughed with her and took the
tiny Sevres coffee cup she handed
him. Are you suffering very much
Mary?"
Moo. I'm certainly getting the
corners rubbed off my vanity but
I don't mind when I think of nv
mother"
What did she say when you told
her about-this"
Il didn't trust myself to tell her
personally. I wrote to her after we
had gone away. She's quite dazed
OF course, and very worried about
poor faithful Martin. wish I could
have told her, but she would never
have agreed"
Where is she now, Mary?"
AT lonely sanitarium with a
bungalow Of her own in the Cali
fornia desert. I flew down with her,
1t was miracle to fly over snow
bound towns and frozen lakes, buf-
feted and shaken with wind and
finally reach warm golden hills and