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NEVER MIND THE LADY
MIVII MINO TH1 LAST
NiVM MINO fHI IAOT
HIT TMi UOT
by David Garth
suSUi'MH: Allaire wttt tuet
nf arrived at her tather'a Virginia
((!( to find an ell night party
dVinu on it teet. Hhe ari het to
thtr art hawno o postage at arme ;
the tell him that the cannot atom
ach the otd Hie my more and he
fells n't that he undettinndt but
does not botieve there it much eh
can da abovt it. Allatre te not to
eure Down in the ttnptca ehe o
mat d vouna engineer named
Terry Willelt under exrtUna e.r.
eumetancea and the hie a feeling
that WilUtt might be able to do
eometMna very definite about at'
moat anythina
Cbapter I!
FLIGHT AGAIN
rR father alwaya bad been ablt
to do that distort things wltii
oolite sarcaenj. Made them appear
illy and ralueiess and theatrical.
Allaire said nothing. He picked up
tile tumbler and eat back, rlewlng
her keenly- -
"1 euppoae tale new-found ambi
tion haa eometblng to do with your
turning up you, little noie at Stere
Perry. Well, you'd belter think again.
We're going broke and If real aetata
raluea and market eecurltlea don't
pick up there won't be an awful lot
In the old eock for you.
"What'e the matter with Steve?
Juit becauee he probably wouldn't
be caught dead In a covered wagon."
"Aside from the fact that I don't
love Steve," abe eald tranquilly,
"that haa a loi to do with It. Marry
ing Steve would be a nice eaey way
for ua both to go to hell. I've aeen
what happena to these marrlagea
made In heaven.
"Look at you and Mell. Your mar
riage wasn't founded on anything
but society headlines. Vou wen '
best of your respective crops 1
that was all you brought each oi-.er
"And In those dayi while I was
being abuttleJ back and forth be
tween you for all months of every
year, 1 made up my mind I'd never
marry unless 1 was certain my mar
riage was going to last. Oh. 1
thought 1 was in love several times,
but tbero was never much of a glow
about it."
"Value yourself pretty highly,
don't you, AllalreJ"
She nodded untroubled!;.
"Plenty, Ray."
"Proud aa Juno," he commented.
"And now you wait for the glowt
Tou'll wait a long time."
She looked past him, smiling to
herself.
"I've had It. The glow of rivera to
cross, and battles to win, and some
thing to accomplish in life" .
He paused with bis drink near his
lips. ,
"You mean you tell In love with
souiobody?"
Wo!" she said with ewttt surpris
ins Uercenesa. "1 didn't say that."
In the sllenct that followed this
brief outburst her mouth teemed to
curve In something like angry acorn,
and her fatber watched her, touch
ing off bin drink wltb quick short
Hps.
"I have an Idea," be said Anally,
"your pride went for a slight bump.
Something got under yonr skin.
Don't tell ma somebody snubbed
the queen at the tourney."
"Put It any way you like," she said
with a return of her usual calm. "1
learned something and I'm still
fancy free."
"I think,'' Rayburne West said de
cisively, "that you are going to end
up with a mouthful of fog. You're
too hard to please. You want mon to
eross rivers and fight battlea and
you won't find any who will. You're
beautiful, my dear, and 7ou'll al
ways get a play from men, but life's
too short to sweat."
HHJ NODDtiD to her and refilled
bis tumbler from tbt decanter.
Allaire watched him as though be
waa a fairly capable amateur ma
gician. He sot his tumbler down
tmpty, pulled loose bis ires? tie, and
opened bla collar.
"Pardon me." he said. "Feel that
last one."
Allaire wouldn't let him shake
her. She knew what she wanted, bad
known ever since her return from
8outh America.
A sense of breathless tingling lite
that she'd seen that night In the Le
gation Club gardens when a tall
young man came striding down a
garden path and Ueorge l'"o got set
to wave the lamp of reason.
That tall young man bad run out
on ber, ruined an Ideal: j victorious
Invader who with the cattle ready to
aurrender had blown a tin bugle and
,'ldueu away, and she defeated hlra
for It.
Yet ehe had teen enough of the
real underlying raluet of life thai
night to have made her eilstence
luce teem .Ike a rldt on a tinsel
bedecked merry-go-round. Hut one
tension In this house and she felt as
though there waa nothing genuine
TI
ACTIVE H MUSICAL
CIRCLES OP
A recent letter recflu-d by Mr
and Mrs. J, R. TlmmpMn Irom thflr
dauehter. Mlsa Ofralrilne -inompwn,
ho Ifft last rrbniarjr I tor Wa,h
Inj'.on. D. C. hrr he Is now
a wnior lypiAl In te dfpsrtment
of airlrultur. Is of wveral wtial
Ml artlvlilM In uhloh she Is now
engaged. Misa Thomnaon la a vio
linist., and aa well known In local
musical circles before leavin for
the eent.
Mlu Thomon pla)a In num
ber of orchmtra mid mulc gr.ur
In the capital. Sunday, rcemer
NGVU MINO IM IA0V
HfVIt MTA IH 1AOT
NIVU am mi w
HfVU io m IAOT
ana permanent in tnt world. Ther
was an atmosphere of decadence
and defeat her that ruined tradi
tion. She felt ebe bad to get away.
"1 can't do anything about Itr
she repeated. "I can do a great deal
and I will." Her voice softened.
"Snap out of It before you're licked
Take It easy for a while."
She atood up, drawing on ber driv
ing glovee.
"Where tbe devil ara you going V
ber father asked, etar'ng.
"Back to Washington. Another
shuttle trip. Nell may be played for
a eucker by every art dealer eatt of
tut Mleslsslppl and dirt wltb half
tbe stuffed eblrta of Christendom,
but Ueorge Pox Is due on leave soon
and I want to be there. He reminds
me of things. 1 Just wanted to say
hello to you on my birthday."
She drew ber coat about her and
turned toward the door.
"To Eleanor West's for cocktails!"
she proclaimed. "The war cry of
half of Washington every afternoon
at half-past four."
Wltb a Jaunty wave ot her hand
she took ber leave. A moment later
her car roared back down the drive.
Happy Birthday!
Rayburne West Angered the
brandy decanter and felt Irritated
wltb her partly because he was los
ing her to Nell and partly because
he bad never been able to tone down
ber speed.
He had always beeo a little afraid
ot bis daughter. She had a etronge
capacity for anger and action that
gave him pause maae aim mum.
And tbe more he tnougnt oi ner, mo
more artificial and Jaded Tala ap
peared, and tbe older be felt.
Old Age! He stumbled over to the
mirror and stared at hla reflection.
Licked! He euddenly felt elck of
this place.
Change of scene, that waa a.
Change of scene. Go up to New York
and stay at one of hla cluba for a
while until be felt better. He mustn't
get old anything but that
Before be went to bed he leu worn
to have arrangemenla made to have
bis private car "Debutante II" picked
up by tbe Old Dominion, cracs
train northbound for wnsmngion
and New York.
TUB town of Carterot was more
than Juat distance removed from
revolution and Jungle, gunrunners,
merciless sun and yellow river. It
waa on another plane of existence
entirely ond the engineer didn't live
who could bu lid the Bridge of Transi
tion. Nettling In the heart of a blu
grass region of hunt clubs, raclug
stables, and fine old Colonial estates,
It seemed forover porvaded with tbe
caress of Virginia sky and old gar
dena redolent of lilac, mimosa, and
ancient rose.
And on days ot the Virginia Hunt
or Apple ' Blossom carnival tbt
sleepy old town became a eporta
man's Mecca. Fasblunnble society
flowed through tbe wide tree "haded
streets In shining motors, gay tally
hos, and brightly bedecked wagons.
Another world? yea, verily. A
world of silken racing colors, velvety-nosed
thoroughbreds, men and
women riding to bounds, fast little
ponies ohaslng a polo hall on wide
level greensward.
The tradition of .the town was
symbolized by a bronze statue of t
Revolutionary patriot In the historic
square. It perpetuated the memory
of a tall young officer who had on
that spot recruited one of the llrat
companies or Virginia volunteers.
The officer's name waa Captain
Rodea Wlllett, should anybody have
been Interested. For example, Terry
Wlllett in town to bring bis rather
back to the beginning or the trait
dldu't give a bang for all tbe statues
on the fact of tbe earth.
The kindly and patriarchal Cap
teret divine was Interested by tbe
paradox ot an unsmiling young man
who asked nothing, yet. aa sure as
the world was made, wnnted some
thing that he probably could not
have denned himself.
So Interested. In fact, that at tbe
young man started down the walk
from the white ehurch be hastened
after him and laid a band on bit
shoulder.
"What are you going to do now,
my son!"
"I don't know, Sir. Join thi
navy." he grinned briefly, "and lei
tbe world maybe."
"Man you no ideas In mlnilt Your
career?"
"I'll carry on." said Wlllett. A
warm soft breete blew acoaa bit
race at be stood bareheaded by the
entrance to the cnurchyard. "It's s
stinking life, but I'll carry on."
The old minister thoughtfully
rubbed his pince-uel with a handker
chief, his faded blue eyes hllnklni
In the afternoon sun.
C;vrtst I'll t Davit UartK)
Ttrrv doti tittle unaxptctte
Intruding, Monday.
33. she played In tlis orchralra which I
accompanied a prcwtntallnn of The I
MrMitah hy the Waahlnttton Oratorio!
MH'tety. On Chrl.tmaa Kve. ahf playwl J
the violin for a amall armip of slnp
era at the IMcur hotel In the capi
ta'., the group vtanttcrlng from table
to table In the manner of trouba
dour. Mia Thonuwtn state that '
they were vcr' well re-elved. lt
llto audience Joining tn the alnglng j
friMn dinner tablea. i
Mlaa Tliompson la a graduate of '
Medford high actiool. and her many !
frlenda In Medfotd will be glad to '
hear of the recognition her mimical
talent le receiving he alwi appear
with the departtiH'nt of agriculture
rymphony orcheat.a ot eo piecea
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The New Year' festival among the
ancient Pumerlans was one of Joy to
everyone except the king and for
him It wan one of the most trying
period of the year. The festival lnat
ed 11 days nnd It Chief feature whjj
the humiliation of the ruler.
First of all, he had to carry his
royal symbols the ring, sceptre and
crown to the Temple of Marduk.j
where they were taken from him D I
the priest. This official then mapped
the king on the face, pulled his ears, j
end In oMier ways humiliated lum
before his subject. When this ortleai '
was over the king had to kneel be
fore the god and confess his wrongs. !
He was the;. lven back his royal :
InslRnia, but still had to submit to :
slapping by the piiest, During this
rite he was carefully watched for 11 ,
, he was shipped hard enough to mako ;
him shed tears then It was consid- ;
irea a good omen ror tne comius
year. If he took his beating dry-eyed
bad luck was suro to befall the coun
try. This was the way they cele- .
brated the coming of the New Year
4A0O0 years ago. i
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