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PAGE EIGHT NEVER MIND THE LADY MVU HMO IHt LAQV by David Garth IM IADT KYKOPSIS! Allaire West Is lutt arriving o r others Virginia estate a (ha tun res. Allaire has Hved very speedily, although with fewer deviation from the proprt elite than either her father or mother. But in the tropic Allaire has met briefly one Terry Willett, end ehe never hae been the tame carefree girl elnce. Terry Im a young engineer, and although Allaire doet 1 not know It. Terr-J ie at the mo ment in the State. The girl U look ing over the Weet estate. Chapter 17. CONVERSATION PIECE ALLAIRE'S father tad mother hadn't cared a farthing for tradition or memory. They'd pur chased the estate ae a happy com- promise between her mother's lore of Washington society and her fathor's reverence for Kentucky as a more suitable location for his ree ling stable. And they'd done their best to re model It Into a showplace long sweeping wings to accommodate mora guests added to the original mansion, destroying Its simplicity and solidarity: the old driveway winding Its leisurely course through thick-growing evergreens changed at great coat of money and trees Into a gleaming paved double drive, the Dlcturosaue coachhouse de molished to make room for an eight-car garage. They would have to nick that one spot. But even at that they'd failed to wreck the atmosphere of the old place entirely. They had failed In other ways too for her mother had long since rotired to her home In 'Washington where from behind the 'bulwarks of her own social circle and private Income she made soph' latlcated nose-thumbing gestures at her husband, except when something with social and dtsplomatla lure aike that polo trip brought them to gether again. And Allaire's tall slim father, his 'best polo days over, had settled 'down here either to break hla neck 'in a fox hunt some day or else drink himself to death, either of rblch he would probably do very gracefully. It was sunrise r.ione that gave Weatlands any dignity. It, the distance through a grove of trees she could see the red roofs of the stables smart modern build ings surrounded by a covered tan bark track and adjacent to a pri vate throe-quarters of a mile exer cise course. A couple of her father's brood mares were running up and down sear a while fence. Be too bad if to ever bred a Derby-winner he .wouldn't have anything In life to live for. Allaire smiled slightly and sent the car Into motion. Bhe flashed In tbroush the gates, aped up that long .cement drive, and stopped under the ' portico. Homecoming! It hadn't been borne to her for yeara. The drive was full of cars so she knew some sort ot a party was on, but the great house was quiet as the entered. Everybody seemed to have retired, although Ray waa Usually a night owl. But no, there were still some stragglers clinging to the ghost of the evening. Allaire paused on the threshold ot the living room. A man was asleep on a divan with hla hands folded across bis chest. A girl In green evening gown had evidently Just awakened. She was walking around uncertainly. Allaire had never seen her before In her life. Her father's policy ot per petual open house brought many atrangera In with the tide. "What are yon looking fort" she asked politely. "The door. I think," said the girl !r. r.-.a. 'Tarty seems to be over. Look at me walking around like a ' perfect sap." She giggled. ALLAIRE obligingly guided her to the atalrcase. "There you are," ehe said. "Oood luck and good morning." "I'll take the luck and you can have the morning," said the girl. Allaire went bark to the living room and pulled a bell cord. Blytbs, the butler, appeared, stifling a yawn as he saw who had summoned him. She gestured at the recum bent form on the divan. "Please put him to bed," she re quested. "And then go to bed your self. The party," she added, "seems to be over." B 1 y t h and Ms unconscious charge having wooilly disappeared, the girl "Ighed as she glanced about the room. . . . She'd always liked this room. It waa wide and ulgh-celllnged and had a huge stone fireplace. There were pictures of famous racehorses on the wells, and trophy cases ot silver loving eupe, blue ribbons, and other mementos ot horse shows and steeplechases. She'd won a lot ot them herself. But the spirit of the room was DR. TOMPKINS WINS Mrs. A. Orln eV-henrk. recently re ceived word from her sister and brother-ln-,aw, Dt. and Mrs, Charles A. Tompkins of Martinsville. Ind., that Dr. Tompkins has been award ed a fellowship In the Indiana Uni versity school o." medicine In the department of pediatrics, dtaeaaea of children, al the Riley hoapltal In Indinpolla. He la the first to re reive the fellowship. Mrs. Tompkins win be remem bctrd by hrr many friends In Med ford aa Mm Carlta Olftor.1. who made her h.-.me with Mrs. Bchenrk She arariiiated from Medford high rhool and later from the AshlanS Normal, and taught In Jackson eouaiy foe two yeais, I Mvn hmo n lAor nsvu mima uot MVU MMO IMS UOT M4VU SUNO fHI UUT MVU M4NO ihs uov Jaded with trays of empty and half filled highball glasses, bottles, silver palls ot melting Ice, and ash trays crammed with clfaret butts many of them rouged. Their odor combined to defeat ef fectively the fresh clean acent of gardjjns and lawns trying to get through the terrace doors. As she stood there her father came In from the lap-room. He bad a woman on his arm a allm woman with very pale face, eyelids painted golden, and an evening gown not In the best of taste. Allaire recognized her. She was s famous movie actress. Or she had been once. "My Ood" exclaimed her father "Where did you come from?" "Drove trom Washington," she re turnod. "Hello, Tala." "Hello, Allaire darling," said th pale woman. Ray was just beginning to re cover from his surprise. "I haven't seen her for weeks,' he told Tala. "Fact. And now sb shows up all ot a suden." "I want a room and bath," said Allaire politely. "Southern exposure and American plan. And do you al low children?" "I think," said Tala lailly, "I'll gr to bed. I don't feel good for a thing." "Goodness," commented Allaire "la as a morning cloud and aa the early dew It goeth away." "Put me down as early dew," said Tala wearily. She left the room and Allaire looked at her father, dark eyea Ironic. "Still paying tuition for night achool, Ray?" HE aat down without answering He looked tired, but he war still handsome, thick Iron-grey hair, slate-blue eyes In a tanned face, and athletic figure. He'd never be fat and he would always have the glfl of wearing his clothes with dlstlnc tlon. 'What have you been doing late ly?" ho naked. 'The usual thing," aald Allaire "Theatre parties dinner dances, a few night clubs, and a lot of small talk. Oot sick of It and went to Waahlngton to see Nell." She shrugged. "Oot sick of that too." Ray chuckled. "Pretty terrible. Isn't It? Who'i Nell got on her string now? Soma polished young undersecretary from the Bolivian Legation wltb white spats and penciled mus tache?" He laughed again.. "Lord, what s bunch ot Don Quixotes hang around her. She Alls their skins with sherry and they all go looking for wind mills. Don't blame you tor leaving." "Ray," ah? returned, "It's no bet ter here and don't you forget it." "You always were Inclined to bl snooty." Her father picked up tha brandy decanter. "You're the proud est person on this green earth." The girl In white polo coat gavs an Impression ot a young Diana with burnished hair and a quick lithe strength. She blended In with the world ot grace and rhythmic beauty represented In those gleam Ing tall silver cups and the pictures of clean-limbed racing perfection. And Rayburne West, with tht early morning sun streaming on hli evening clothea and the amell ol brandy and that pale woman's per turae about him, seemed a natural completion to the canvas ot bottles, glasses, melting Ice, and ash trays. . He seemed to sense that In hei cool level glance, for he suddenly aet his glass down and looked al ber with some Irritation. "What's come over you?" he de manded. "You usea to ride all day, dance all night, and pipe every mag to mast tor miles around. Don't try to kid me, Allaire," he requested. "You can't put your hair In plgtalli and make a bee-line tor the neareat convent all of a sudden. You'ri raised plenty of bell In your time." "I know." She Inclined her head. Although I hope my particulai brand was nev.ir In bad taste. But I've suddenly realised what I used only to suspect the best yeara ol my life are going by, wasted In silly Inane motions that have no stgnlflcanca whatever." 8he absently twined a linger In a small tendril of blonde hair al her forehead. "I want to feel worth while," she said quietly. "Does that sound like Chinese?" "No," he ssld. "I understand pe tectly. You'd like to -e the plonevt woman traveling with her mate lo covered wagon sbootlng at In dlans with one hand and holding ber baby In the other. Very admir able, my dear. Every bored woman feels like that on re In a while. Too bad there aren't any more covered wagona." (Copyright. 1131, by David Oarth) Allaire, temerrew, mskee an elhsr suodtn decision. I im nc Ul ORtrjON CITT, Ore, Jan. 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