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J A YOUNG NAVY BURNS CROMER
HEAD THIS FIRST:
Follow inn « whirlwind romance <ti
Shanghai where he »s attached to o
If. *’ nun boat, carefree Lieutenant
Valentine Preston suddenly marries
Lia Garenne, an American south
erner who is alone in the world ex
cept tor an aunt in Peiping and a
father in the Gobi desert wham she
has not seen in pears. Wham Val's
orders arrive, transferring him to
Puget .Sound Navy Yard. lAa is bit
terly disappointed at the thought of
leavino China. At the commandant's
reception at the. Navy Yard Val finds
Janice Edding, daughter ot Captain
Lading, and his childhood sweetheart.
He had last sten her in Shanghai
when he stud ooodby to her in a huff
and that same day met Lia. The
Prestons -meet Maurice Cordray,
aviation executive, who induces Lia
to try fat a part in connection with
a mashed hall he is supervising.
Later with several others Val and
Lia dine at Cordray’s home. Lia
and Cordray become ijuite interested
In e«e another and Fat is glad of a
chance lo talk with Janice again.
Trying Chinese robes on Lia in his
workshop, Cordray, also in costume,
suddenly catches fire rchrn Lia in
adlatently knocks a cigaret lighter
from his hand. He starts to run,
la/ tackles him and rails him in a
■rug. Unhurt, Cordray thanks Vat
vrofusely for sating his life. At the
tail Lia dues a fantastic dance which
•<s poorly t eccii cd. However, Ida
believes she lias been a huge success.
(NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY,
CHAPTER 24
WHEN HIS friend Fiel.l finally re
entered the clubhouse and left him
alone. \al .stared moodily through
u.e French doors watching Ford ray
display Ida as if she were one of the
treasures from his studio. For a mo
ment he hated them both, hut as the
liquor relaxed his nerves he grew
rainier What was the use, he thought,
ot *<-tting all steamed up and acting
iiV.e a jealous ass? Why begrudge I
those two their little hour of
triumph when they had both worked
ro hard to earn it? And maybe he
had been mistaken to think the
audience hadn't liked Lia's dance.
She seemed to tie getting plenty of
attention. Although lie would have
preferred, looking out. for his . wife
himself, it hadn't turned out that
wav so he might as well make the
best of it.
He i-trolled to »he edge of the ter
race. lighted n cigaret and staled up
to where ihe branches of cedars
made black lace patterns against the
starlight Starlight! It always
would remind him of night watches
up-river on the Yangtze. lights i
when he had paced the deck think
ing of .lan Edding. Presently he
heard sofi foot: teps on the flags and.
as it lie had conjured tier up by his
thoughts, turned to see .Tati standing!
a short distance from him.
She was quite unaware of his
pres.etii e With a weary gesture she
pulled off the tight turban and
pushed hack the thick waves of her
golden hair. He heard her sigh and
grew acutely conscious of the sad
little droop to her head. As he I
wat. bed hei his mind flashed hack ;
to the night of Fordray’s dinner
when tie had sensed that someone
had hurt lan deeply. Rut who could
ever tiling unhappiness to a sweet
Kid like this good little* square
shooter !
He 1 earned suddenly that it was
unfair to spy on her and he called
her name softly. Startled, she
swung about to fare him. “On
It’s it's you. Val,” she stammered j
“I was perishing for a breath of ;
fresh air- —"
He had been lonely and her com- !
ing seemed tike a gift. The music
floated out to them through the
open doors and holding out his arms
ht> asked, "Give me the dance you
promised, Jan. Please.”
The orchestra plaved a dreamy
Spanish melody and. flanring there
under the stars, a sort of peace stole
into his troubled heart. It had hern
a long time .-’ince he had known
such a moment of tranquility, ft
was as if he had fought across a
stormy bar into quiet w'aters.
Dancing with Jan had always been
a lovely sensation. She was like
thistle-down; and yet you
ffit heh vitality, her fragrant, radiant
Mvuthfulness He gpi.jFd her nearer
tfifc open doors wher» he mi~ht see
her clear eve* In the u«ht As ja'e 1
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“Terribly sorry,” Val called.
stared down at tier he realized that
she was more beautiful than lie had
ever suspected.
Breathlessly, without his volition,
he said. "How lovely you are!"
There was a deep, throbbing note in
his voice.
She raised astonished eyes to
meet his. "Why, Val. you've never
before paid me a genuine compli
ment like that."
"It's your fault if 1 didn't." he re
torted. "Why did you hold me away
from you? I always felt as if there
were a wall between us. When 1
tried to batter it down, you built it
up again
The music stopped suddenly and
she slipped out of his arms. “Did
you ever stop to think you might
have bad more to do with the btiild
j ing of that wall than I?" she asked
' in a voice so low he scarcely heard.
When she turned away and disap
peared 1 (.rough the doorway into the
midst of the dancers, lie stood star
ing blindly after her.
A while later he roused himself
from bewildered thoughts, re-entered
the *iubhouse and went in search
of l.ia. When Brad, who had been
trailing him through the crowd, told
him that she had gone off to supper
at Ford ray's residence leaving word
for him to follow when lie got
j through enjoying the party, lie sur
prised himself by laughing. He bad
suddenly remembered a full bottle of
whiskey reposing in bis desk in the
bungalow. He was going home lo
see how much punishment it would
: stand.
| During the following week all of
j Ida's time was spent in Seattle with
the decorator who was refurnishing
Ihe Pre: ton quarters; but she spoke
often to Val of what she considered
her triumph in the Masque and she
waited expectantly for an invitation
to one of the dinner parties planned
before the fortnightly dance at the
r luh.
Val'.* senior. Idnhury. and his wife
I probably would have invited the
j newcomers to he their guests, hut
j I.inhury had gone on leave. To Ida's
I incredulous indignation they were
not asked to join any of the other
Say dinner groups And so they
went to the dance alone.
There, as Val feared, instead of
I he interested audience Ida expected,
she found everyone discussing the
spring golf tournament; two ships
had departed from the Yard and two
others, with their fresh groups of
officers, had come in for overhaul;
the Norrises were not present; and
even Fordray. one of a large dinner
party, came to greet her but briefly.
Before the evening was well started
Val was sick at heart to see her
smah chin trembling with disap
pointment.
He was keenly sensitive to the
Xard>,indifferences Only the young
sters-from visiting shiiis were . rut,
ting in on Ida’s dances. His indigna
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year-old Elaine Barrie, her
mother and other friends. Re
ported estrangement of Barry
more- and hit- wift* tk»-. form**,
HENDERSON (S. C.) DAILY DISPATCH. TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1935
: tion grew* until, in the midst of th»
I evening, he gathered up Ida, ft
handful of ensigns and their giria,
, piled them into his recently-acquired
motor car. and repaired to a dingy
i roadhouse in the back country called
Otto’s Fastle.
» The music at Otto’s was almost
■ as bad as his potent drink known as
"Fougar’s Milk", and before midnight
everyone was ready to return to the
Prestons’ quarters for scrambled
eggs and bacon. Crowded into Val’s
■ roadster, with two men and their
j girls spilling out from the rumble,.
they all sang gaiUv as they spec!
along. When their destination cam*
I in sight Val conceived ihe notion of
I sweeping up lo the gate at SG-cdd,
then slamming on the brakes lo in
abrupt halt.
I The car. however, did not respond
. as he had expected. To a chorus of
wild shrieks from the girls in the
* rumble, it skidded and barely missed
a sedan just emerging from the
i Yard. After a moment. Val backed
i his motor and came to the side of
i the other car. ‘‘Terribly sorry,”., ha
i i called apologetically. “1 didn’t see
i j your headlights." It nonplused him
I j to realize the other driver was Cap
tain Kdding. w ho was taking a group
i jof Seattle guests to the midnight
I ferry. The captain stared sternly
] across at the younger officer for a
I ; moment, then turned his eyes away
! and drove on.
• j As he pondered over this incident
i the following morning. Val was wor
ried. That* had been a pretty juve
nile stunt he'd pulled last night,
After all. a naval officer had a cer
tain dignity to uphold. it couldn't
have looked very well when that
■ earful of \H;Sug Fomanaehes skidded
in through the Yard gate. Anyone
could have seen with half a glance
they were all fairly well potted. Val
had always admired Captain Edding
land it bothered him to consider the
j had impression he had probably
I made on his senior. Also, he now
j realized he was juggling T. N T
when, in defiance of the strict ordet
forbidding liquor in the Yard, he had
laid in a stock. Before he left foi
the office, lie locked this stuff aw r ay
in the back room for their secret
and personal consumption. and
warned !.,ia that it was not to be
served to guests. After this, if thev
wanted to throw a party, they’d go
out in town or to Seattle.
A few days later when it w'as sug
gested that the assistant communi
cation officer accompany the captaih
of the Yard to a Naval Reserve din
ner in Seatlle, Val was glad of the
opportunity to get back on a friend
ly fooling with Captain Edding. When,;
he told Dia of his intended absence!
for the evening and suggested she
ask Jan to dine with tier,
and agreed that it nnglif; f>e- ajgoad
chance to get acquainted
she w ould [follow his suggestion
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