Browning chief., 1941-02-14
do e / By G.ts":s %ss,s'
,r,sh, 1870: By News Syndicate Co. Inc
N TWO PARTS-PART TWO

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Ia all at oncel Though there'n be
ssmifed at him afchiy. f.f1l get
lr iced tea while you're finding it."
he stared after her rustling percale
Id and then down at the stack OF
reTs gTpere'l be .onei, EYen here!
ewes lffted 'daiedly to the nook OF
beach. bone-white under the Flor
sun. Then tn "a churning glitter
fear and hope, he riffled through
letters, selecting those addressed
an unfamiliar band, and those du-
blsly typewriter. He had torn them
open and had glanced at them be-
e ne he yo"fn retTned with his
She peered at him anxiously. "Ah-
nj didn't find the one you were look
for did you? We'll, therell be more
morrow"
He had come down here to escape.
Slt there was no escape-no escape
kom anything! If he were to thumb
kantcally. through letters, he thought.
might as well do 1t in his own
bartment in New York
{@You have been very kind to me.
frs, Thistlerigg," he said with emo
Ion. Il hate to leave here, but" He
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br COPY Of the original draught
,Rb his S 6ss Io5ssy 9sy 5 f9oY sGRssh1ns He rdss
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ford stiffened on his lips. Just what
lad he meant by that? Himself and
Eel. in some humble little place like
his And for that reason. Mrs.
fhistlerigg, I want you to accept a
fifc more than my weeks lodgfna
NTH my deepest gratitude. He
|reSsed into her hand number Of
fisp bills-something over $50 he
fnew-and hurried across the fraycd
|rass rug into his own room. Il
S,NIf
Spring squeezed out II he. stony
tev!ces Of New York. 1t gfhted off the
Kings and pompous breasts OF the
(igeons strutting in front Of the Fifth
Venue library, 1t shot . pale flame
Il ySuow and Mdea across Central
bark, with blue for the little lakes.
Md now j might go into haber-
Iashery on Madison. inspect a rack
II ties, and say casually. rI'll take this
Eray and red one. In fact, Ill take
wo Of them. RS a nice pattern The
'lerk might suggest variety. but j
could be firm. 80 -
If it happened to be lunch time
md he cohtrived TO be alone good
Ieal now-he would stroll into some
uiet little French restaurant he fav-
red. and seat himself at a table Tor
wo. For the walters benefit, he would
!elay ordering, he would glance to-
ward the entrance, glance at his
watch, and then smiling, choose
wo of each dish that appealed 70
i'm. He would finish, each course and
wave the anxious waiter away with
he untouched dish opposite him.
"a fellow that doesn't turn up when
'ou ask him to good lnchTWhat
you'd you call him, anyhow? The
keleton at the feast? Bring on the
est of it. I'll rib him about it later
But that ghastly joke had brought
i'm up short He had left IS bill on
he table, and departed. Immediately.
1t the stand on the corner, however,
e bought two eAcsllens sigRrs, only
ne of which he sn1phDd. Ill 4
There were days,seven week OF
wo. when Joel gave him temporary
espite, when he would not put two
ickels into a subway turnstile when
e would not glance behind him for
companion to emerge with him from
n elevator door. But those were pc
iods when, in desperation, he lent
Mss K rs Ye E e night S5 flses
inarily have despised.
| The last of. these periods Of relief,
plfPer, uf hiP' n9e tharn Tran