Detroit evening times., 1941-09-28


walk home alone ," when there
was a slight commotion. Mr..
-Redcliffe was standing imme-
diatelY behind them and a mo-
mcnt before one OF The servants
had handed him a cablegram. He
slit II open, crushed it in his hand
and sputtered: We'll, III be
hloWed, I'll be DANCED, I'll be. -"
Not bad news / 'ope, my Cliff
ferd ? Feiieitte Feiieitte Perrief asked
anXiously.
Not bad ?" For once his good
humor seemed shattered. mot
-b8dt - ne shouted. I'll say It's
bad. That gal of mine is coming
down here right away"
What girl ?" Mademoiselle
Perrier asked in a startled voice.
My daughter Sandra."
"Ah, your leetle daughter" the
Frenchwoman murmured in a re-
1ieved voice But how charm
ante. How ! shall love to meet
this leetle girl who has no
mother pauvre cherie.
Mr. Redcliffe looked at her. AL
most he felt he was seeing her
for the first time, seeing her not
with his eyes, but with his daugh-
ter Sandra's eyes, and it wasn't
a happy experience.
"Humph, ha,' he cleared his
throat, "Sandra isn't a little gal,
Felicite She's" he, gesticulated
vaguely tan and, and His
voice died away as though he
were. incapable of expressing
what he meant
"How / shall love err" Made
moiselle Perrier was chanting. Il
shall be 'er friend, but 'er wise
friend, for l am a leetle bit older
than she, n'est-ce pas? We shall
have ze fun together, dances,
bathing We shall not only be
friends but confidantes. We
shall
But suddenly, as though unable
to stand any more, Mr. Redchffe
swung round and grabbed Ash
ley s arm. Come along over and
have a drink" he said 'Phew
but / need it,"
A SHLEY said to June as she
~ was turning the car out of
the drive: What would you say
TO a spot of food up at lie Cab
aret, my sweet ?"
June said: "Yes. Id love that"
before she remembered it would
be better if she refused Wasn't
dining with Ashley alone at lie
Cabaret just asking for trouble
The atmosphere was so romantic
that one felt il should have de-
feated its object, but it didn't
The restaurant was set high up
in those hills which were deep
purple in the daytime and were
now silver under a glittering
sickle Of a moon one dined in
the open under a shaded lamp
and saw stretched beneath. the
panorama of Princeville. with it's
twinkling lights, and the sea,
blue-black with silver foam. A
native orchestra played on
understanding instruments. No,
certainly tonight of all nights she
shouldn't have gone with Ashley
10 lie Cabaret.
Mr.. Redcliffe seemed dis
turbed at the thought that his
daughter was coming, didn't
he ?" she remarked.
Ashley grinned. He looked
rather like naughty small boy
when he grinned like that.
Disturbed is putting it mildly
From what he limited while VIC
were having that drink this San
dra person is a regular Tartar.
IL was she who insisted. il ap-
pears. that her father come here
and run the plantation Before
then he had employed "a manager
But the girl insisted that-her
father do something worth
while" instead Of frittering away
his life in food and good living
Lord alone knows what she'll
think of Mademoisele Perrier
and believe me, the dear little
Frenchwoman is not going 10 be
dislodged easily"
June laughed. II wonder how
the daughter will like being
pauvrc cherc'd' an the time"
His grin widencd. do her