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7?Ein TTTTS FIRST:
Araminta William*, a daughter of
) ier h,other’s second marriage, and
dependent an three stepsisters, is
loved bp tuo men, Ramey Tyson,
younp and wealthy, with whom she
has grown up and who wants to
many her, and Janney Breckenridge.
in the diplomatic service, who does
not want to marry her, but wants her
or. u pedestal before htip as a saint,
tie rnrourages Araminta to seek out
a career for herself % on the stage and
sue is following his advice white he
is abroad, after having broken a
promise to marr.y Barney. Meanwhile
i the tries to put Barney out of Vr
wind. Araminta,. who has returned
to the house of her sisters ta get a
rape tor a rehearsal stumbles into a
party to which she has not been in
vited. and Barney, who is present,
rushes her off when she is discovered
by the guests. At the rehearsal,
which is a private affair, Araminta s
work is commented upon by pro
ducers present and she is assured ot
a chance,in New York. Then Barney
takes her home. That night, before
going to sleep, she compares Barney
and Janney and finds she really
wants Janney.
(sow no os with the storyj
CHAPTER 20
SHE HAD SLEPT, finally, to
dream she was again in the deep
forest. Again sh e trees hid the sky,
again the shadows gathered. She'
wandered in darkness, and in .the
darkness she heard herself calling,
"Jan, Jan!"
Then out of the stillness a voice'
answered, and the voice was rot
Jan’s but Barney’s!
In the morning she went to Leon
tlne, and found her In her room up
stairs. writing,
Araminta stood in the door: "May
I come in, .Leo?"
Leo looked up, "I haven’t had my
breakfast.”
“Are you too hungry to talk?”
"About the party?” Leontine’s
voice had an edge to it.
“No, although I’m sorry I crashed
In at the wrong moment.” Araminta
sat down by the window. The wind
was blowing, and the bay was gray
—altogether a dreary prospect. “I
came to tell you that you needn’t be
afraid. 1 shall never marry Barney
■ —because I care for someone else.”
Leontine spoke with dry lips:
“Someone you are going to marry?”
“No—”
"You mean he doesn’t love you?”
, “I’d rather not talk about it. Leo.
And 1 am sorry about last night.
Barney insisted on going on with
me to Marianne’s.”
She stopped as she saw Leontine’s
face. “Oh.” she said, “did it hurt
you as much as that?’’
Leontine shook with stormy crying.
Her head went down on her desk—
her arms outstretched across it.
It seemed dreadful to Araminta. as
she listened to Leontine’s sobbing,
that life should be like that. Every
body loving the wrong person. Even
If Barney came to care, what peace
could he find with that restl<y*s
spirit? Leo’s crying was like a trop
ical storm —devastating. And Bar
ney deserved the best of everything.
The wind swept gustily through
the room. <\faminta rose and closed
the window. As she turned, the
scene was indelibly Impressed on her
mind. Leontine’s room was very
modern, in green and white, with a
sharp accent here and there of black
and silver—in its bareness, its re
straint. Lt expressed, perhaps, the
best that was in Leontine of lucidity
and order. In the months that fol
lowed. Araminta was often to think
r»f Leontine’s room, and of Leontine,
with the traces of tears still on her
cheeks, her hair In disorder.
“Leontine.” she said, “I am going
away. Let’s bury the hatchet, dar
ling.”
I.eontine pushed her hair back
with trembling finger#. "Oh. Minta.”
i*he said, violently, “I’ve been such
a —beast —”
Araminta crossed .the room and
kissed her. Not a word was spoken
as they clung together—but Leon
tine’s rough hpad .lay In the hollow
of her young sister’s shoulder, her
pyes hidden, as Afamlnta’s hand
caressed her.
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Araminta was to go to New York
In December, and St was In Novem
ber that she wrote to Jan:
“When here, i shall leave
the behind me. I have
-.j&MhjPvtU'ail my bridges. I shall have
enough from the beginning to
n,hie«tv■irty expenses, and so shall be
Financially independent. Jean Arthur
'letting .'me have‘her apartment.
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“I’ve been such a beast—”
The Huse-Browns have been won
derful, and their influence has given
me a push forward which it would
have taken years to achieve by my
self. Aunt Min has Insisted on buy
ing for me an outfit which is like a
bride’s trousseau. She thinks I’m ex
tremely foolish to go on the stage,
yet, since I must, she insists that
I shall not go shabby. It has all
been very exciting and very flatter
ing hut I thfnk I’ve kept my head.
“Nicky and Mary don’t like the
idea of my living alone. But girls
do it in these days and I shall have
my work and your letters. That will
be all I’ll need, my darling. And
when I say ‘darling’, I am not mak
ing love to you. It is such a friend
ly word, ‘Darling, darling, dar
ling’ . . .
“I shall hate to leave my ducks
and my little cat Buffet. And Nicky
and Mary. lam rather like a pussy
cat myself, Jan. I like a warm
hearthstone. But I shat) learn to
like the other, and there will be aM
the new friends —so wonderful . and
different. And I shall be different.
But it will be the kind of different
you want me to be. and what you
want me to be is—my life. . . .
“Yout flowers came yesterday.
Everyone wanted to kpow who sent
them. But it was easy enough to
put them off. I am becoming a bit
of a public character, and get tokens
now and then from the stage fans
who have seen me in our little thea
ter. But no one but you would have
thought of the white roses with the
silver ribbons. . . .
“I can hardly believe it, when you
say you may see me in January!
If you will make it New Year’s Eve.
we can go to church and watch the
new year come In —together. I
should love that. Jan. I should like
to say my prayers—with you.
“My dear —I am opening my
heart! Perhaps too much for
friendliness. Perhaps too much for
a saint in a shrine! But my life is
yours now. to mold and make. It is
as if I were the clay and you the
sculptor. Perhaps some day, like
Pygmalion, you’ll make me come
alive!”
She had written In a moment of
great exaltation. His reply was no
less exalted. “How high you have
climbed in a few months, Mignon,
a little more and we will reach the
white peaks together. And then you
will thank me! For I shall have
saved you from yourself—that other
self, beloved, which slept and
dreamed and knew nothing of
achievement.”
With such stimulation, she spurred
herself to meet his exnecta.tions.
HENDERSON, '{N. C. J DAILY DISPATCH, SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1933
Worked hard. Grew a little pale.
Auntr Min, coming down to Great-
Gate for Thanksgiving dinner, spoke
about it. “You look like a ghost,
Minta.”
“I’m all right, Aunt Min.”
‘Don’t tell me. ...”
The whole family had come to the
feast, and there was Barney and
Uncle Thaddeus. And Taylor Piex’ce.
Helen had insisted that Taylor must
be included, and at dinner she an
nounced her marriage. “We did it
yesterday, so that today you could
all be thankful.” she told them, with
a rather engaging much of impu
dence.
Taylor beamed, “Blame me,” he
said, “I made her do it. I wanted to
be in the family.”
His smile was ingratiating. They
all shook his hand and kissed Helen.
After all it wasn’t so bad to get one
of the girls married. And Taylor
would take Helen to his home. It
was a nice old place, going to seed
a hit. But Helen’s money would hglp.
. . . So ran their thoughts weigh
ing the material aspects, unaware
that in marrying Taylor, Helen was
doing a big thing for herself because
she ioved him.
Yet. even with this somewhat
hilarious interlude, the dinner was
not a success. The oysters were per
fect, the turkey roasted to a turn,
the pumpkin pies oozing with rich
ness. Yet with Araminta going
away, and Helen married, the house
holds at Bay Cottage and Great
Head would face changed conditions.
“How many,” Aunt Min asked,
“are coming up to Washington?”
Iris said, “It seems foolish, doesn’t
it. to open the house, just for myself
and Leo? We may go to Florida or
something.”
“Take any or all of you on my
yacht,” Uncle Thaddeus offered.
“Barney and I go down in February.”
“If we have a yacht % said
Barney.
Everybody looked at him. “If a
few more railroads pass their divi
dends,” was his explanation.
“None of mine have.” said Aunt
Min. Her complacency was evident.
Uncle Thaddeus was on edge. He
and Barney were heavily loaded up
with unprofitable securities. And
there was no doubt he had been gul
lible in the matter of Florida invest
ments. The news of the market in
the morning paper had left him de
pressed and uneasy.
Nicky also was depressed. He had
a cold, and that morning he had
been cross to Mary. Bay Cottage in
winter was not all it might be. and
the little theater wasn’t well-heated.
(to nr: contikueth
WingcdNeighbors
By JAMES BEARDSLEY
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The CaroHna Chickadee has . beep
justly called the .‘aerpbat of the. for
est.’ It very .peculiar
Stance while Searching, j-ree trjinks
for food or when frolicing about jaar£
position quite advantageously in itj
encessant search for soft larvae of
the codling moth or other tasty mor
sels . t
.. Theupper part of the Chickadee’s
head, nap, and throat are black, its
breast is white shading into buff. Its
back and tail are gray.
This bird has little fear of mam
During storm periods it will almost
eat from your hand. It is very easily
observed on account of this lack of
fright.
The Chickadee does,,not migrate
from northern habitat. It js a great
Nvonder to me how a few bugs, larvae,
and spiders that it is able t-o find on
a snow covered terrain can keep it
warm and alive in subzero weather.
Yet this minute feathered furnace
inspired the great poet Emerson to
write on a blasty day;;
“Piped a tiny voice hard by,
Gay and polite, a cheerful cry—
Chic-chic-aKlee-dee! saucy note
Out of sound heart and merry throat,
As it is said. “Good-day, good sir!
Happy to meet you in these places,
Where January brings few faces’ ”
The Carolina Chickadee is com
monly known a,s the Tomtit. ,lle Is
well worth your observation, and is
most likely to arouse your enthusiasm
in birds. Go to walk in the woods
tomorrow. I am sure ,you will find
him. % 's?■ ’
1 —^—f—j,
Drewry News
By MRS. HENRY WHITE,
A. Boyd White returned
in Raleigh on Wednesday after spend
mg several days with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Patterson and
children Agnes and Evelyn, visited
Mrs. J. H. Bullock Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Fleming and
children of Norlina spent Sunday
with Mrs. Fleming’s father, Mr. S. B.
Fleming.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Williams of South
Hill visited Mr. and Mrs. Nat Wil
liams on Friday of last week.
Mrs. Barker Watkins and children
Barker and Betty Jeans spent the
week-end in Henderson with her
mother Mrs. Harris.
Byran Brewer of Townsville spent
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs..
Hamet Brewer. -
Mrs. Agnes Wilkerson of Henderson
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. H.
Bullock.
Mr. anti Mrs. J. C. Stabler, Miss
Judith Boyd, Mrs. J. C. Watkins and
Mrs;. Henry White attended the meet
ing of the Warren county P. ’J’. A
covihcil in Warrenton Friday afternoon
Mrs. WJ. W. Martin of Greensboro,
fitild extension worker was present
and spoke to the P. T. A. members
The Warrenton P. T. A. were host
esses at a tea after.the business meet
ing.
Misses Beulah and Blanche Jackson
of Jacksontown. visited Mrs. H- E.
Brewer Monday evening.
Misses Katie Mae Newton and
Nancye White of the Middleburg high
school faculty and Mr. Peterson of
State College, visited at the home of
Miss Nena White on Sunday evening.
• Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Kimball
have a daughter, Ann Haywood, in
stead of a son as reported in the
Drewry news last week.
Misses Frances Boyd and Ethel
Newell of Townsville, and John Bolen
of Raleigh, visited friends at. Drewery
Saturday evening—.
Wife Preservers
Enamel the lower edge of the
light colored window shade, so that
when it becomes soiled from han
dling it can be washed.
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