Evening star., 1941-02-05


head, its blackness grayed with clay
dust. 1t was not a handsome face,
but it was a face you could not
ignore. It had a sense of quiet power,
which made it all the more strange
to find it here in an old barn on
the seacoaSt turning TO look at two
neatly dressed girls who had just
popped in as it were from nowhere,
vet regarding them as though 1t
were the kind of thing that hap
pened every day.
The silence as Verify and the man
stared at each other made Peggy
uncomfortable. She tried to break
the tension.
I'VE saw the notice at the top of
the road"
The man looked down at her. oh.
that" he said Sorry"
His reply upset Peggy. What do
you mean? l thought you wanted
tourists
I'VE love EN-. Couldn't live with
out them" For the first time MS
ewes and mouth broke into slow
smile
We'll" said Peggy belligerently.
I'VE thought we'd have lunch here.
His eyebrows lifted slightly. It's
oil very difficult" he began.
he Lost His Temper.
reygy interrupted him. What
is?" She found herself beginning
to be interested in his face. Verify
was still silent. His eyes moved
slowly first from one to the other.
II lost my temper" he said.
Peggy shrugged her shoulders
with impatience. How does that
affect us?'
Very much. if you want lunch
You see Martha packed up and left.
'Martha?'
"shes the cook and general fac
totum."
OH" exclaimed Peggy.
Exactly" said the calm young
man. And she took Olaf with her.
"Olaf?'
"He's her assistant; dlshWasher,
headwaiter, houseman. He's her
husband as we'll
That's two. Any more?'
He nodded gravely. There's Joan
and Hedley."
Peggy's eyes opened with Won
der at the unconcern Of the man
who stood now with slight amaze
ment in his eyes.
And who are they?"
"Potters"
"Where are they?"
"They eloped.'
"Eloped?'
That's why I lost my temper v
"Oh!" said Peggy. You really
did lose your temper" He seemed
80 calm.
"one has to occasionally or it gets
rusty"
Verify smiled but she could not
take her eyes from his face. Peggy
was beginning to enjoy the con-
versation.
why did they elope?"
"Hedley thought Joan was get
ting too interested in me-
oh"
so he thought he would carry
her off, cave-man like, while there
was vet time. He was mistaken, OF
course
Naturally said Peggy.
Romantic but Annoying.
Naturally. I am not interested
In women. but I am interested in
making as much as we can While
the tourists are here to buy. And
they've run away without any
money"
How terribly romantic" sighed
Peggy.
ANNOYING. isn't it?" he said.
"Whas are you going to do?" said
Peggy. beginning to feel almost
motherly toward this stranded
young man.
"Me?" he asked. I'm going to
swim. Care to join me?"
Verify suddenly laughed. The
more she saw of him the more dill
ferent he seemed from any other
men she had ever met.
Well" said Peggy, slightly sur
OrlSeQ DV MS answer. IL ali iN~o'
Where shall we change"
He shrugged his broad sunburned
shoulders. Anywhere you like.
Pick your room.
The two girls changed into their
bathing suits in one of the bedrooms.
After discounting the untidiness OF
the unmade beds and catered rub
bish of hurried departures, they
saw that everything was in GOOD
taste in a solid New England way,
furniture picked up here and there
and blended we'll, gay colorful cur
tains and patchwork bedspreads.
Peggy chose her most becoming
and exposing bathing suit. Verify
was somewhat vague.
Hes crazy" said Peggy as she
slipped her clothes off. But mes
nice Now that's the kind OF man
I'm looking for . but there 1t is
YOU either find the wrong KIND
making pots of money or the right
kind making silly things like pots"
A Perfect Spot.
"Is it so silly after all, living in
q place like this?"
Don't get money, Verify. My"
said Peggy looking at her we'll
rounded figure in a minimum OF
coverage and that coverage closely
fitting. This ought to make him
look up"
He doesn't like women" said
Verify, slipping into white
anchored blue swim suit.
I'm not a woman. I'm a girl, the