Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06


well with Vicki-"
Exactly. And she won't get
on we'll with me. She'll put me
in my place with that fierce jun
gle glare Of hers"
Lorna. you've written too
many lurid romances. Georges
not menace. She's just a lonely
tender hearted old nanny who
has lost her ewe-lamb. once she
accepts things. she'll be all right.
Youn be her Young Miss and
I'll be Young Boss again. She
called me- Mister Mallard today.
She's good and mad when she
does that"
Emory, dear you are such a
child! In some ways you're
younger than semary-
younger than David ever was"
Well, that's all right, isn't it?
Don't you want a young beau?
You're as young as Spring your
self. you know That's why I fell
in love with you because
needed laughter Don't go sour
and critical on me I've had a
life fun of stuff like that
analyzing my own moods and inn
pulses wondering what the devil
was wrong with me, why the
whole world eXasperated me so
that nothing but the quiet of this
place contented me, gave me any
peace. I was wrong, of course.
and I did Rosemary a wrong, eX-
posing her to that sort Of thing
Then you came along and I saw
what I had been missing
But she was not notified, the
glow he looked for did not come
into her face.
Emory I'm not going TO be
rushed into this, you know
You're very gallant to call back
my lost youth, but we both know
that we are mature people, and
experience moves slowly. You
swept me off my feet by that
swashbuclling sort Of impetuous-
ness that makes you so attrac-
tive -
Mauard laughed loudly Vicli
would be amused to hear me
called a swashbuckler She thinks
I'm an old moss-covered hermit
with mildew on my whiskers"
4 ORNA'S eyes smoldered little
- DO we have to drag Vicki
into every conversation. Emory
II seems to me that we could
ignore your first wife's likes and
dislikes. After all I don't remind
YOU daily that l was once mar
RED and that my husband stayed
true to me and loyal to me as
long as he lived
1T isn't a question Of what
Vicki might find diverting It's
a question Of what I decide to
do and I'm not marrying you
now. my dear not until Autumn,
= if then. And | shall have to
spend the Autumn and Winter in
New York, you understand that,
+ of course ?"
But, Lorna, what point is
there in waiting? We aren't
young any more, as you so
dclicately reminded me Surely
we can trust our judgment now.
And as for New York I could
manage a few weeks. l suppose,
maybe l could get in some work
on the marketing end of my bust
ness. hut later in the Winter
when the new crop is coming on,
I'd have to be here
You have this Jeff Lane on
the ground. He handles every
thing for you doesn't he ? But I
have to make my own contracts.
never have been able 10 see the
Use of dividing my income with
an agent"
MaHaFd looked gleemy- Lorna
was being difficult. and though
he had definitely formulated the
theory long ago. that the crea-
ton of difficulties and reserves
was part Of feminine defensive
ness that women having battled
down the traditional walls that
protected them had found them
selves exposed 10 the too-brutal
atmosphere of a world built by
men and hastily thereafter set
TO work throwing up any sort of
flimsy, whimsical defense - he
was a little at a loss for the
proper weapon to attack this
temporary barrier.
Jeff wants to quit" He said.
He has a wife mixed up in his
career some rich woman years
older than he. who finagled him
into a marriage when he was a
kid lust out Of college. I'm try