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. CHAPTER II
yHERE was one individual in
that noisy playground crowd
"who felt something ot this social
difference, and who thought about
it. That was Parris Mitchell.
Parris was, in his own dark
way, a thoughtful boy. He was
standing a little apart and was
dreamily half thinking something
of - Miss Venable's thought. Inside
they were all well, kind of alike.
' But outside here, everything was
different
Two or three girls were stand
ing near, talking with their heads
close together. He wondered why
they always acted that way as
if they had secrets. Vera Lichin
skywas one of them. She caught
sight ot him.
"You going down to Professor
BerdorrTs for your music lesson?"
"It's my birthday."
"Oh." She looked slightly mys
tified. Nothing ever interfered
with her violin lessons.
-' "I've got a new Bach piece,"
' Vera made it sound important
"I have a new Bach piece, too."
"Is It hard?"
Yes. It's in four flats."
"Well, I've got to go." She
turned with an air of serious de
cision. She did not look back.
"Hello, Parris." Cassandra
Tower hung back from the other
girls who were walking away,
their heads still close together.
."Hello, Cassie."
Cassandra smiled. "I heard you
say today's your birthday. How
old are you?"
"Twelve."
"Fm going to hare a party next
Saturday."
"Are you?"
"Yes. I'm going to invite you."
"I'd like to come."
"All right I'll send yon an in
vitation." He walked slowly toward the
r f tile which mounted the tall fence
surrounding the school grounds.
- He did not see a little girl who
. through the gap in the boards.
6he was smaller than Parris, and
. rather poorly dressed in a faded
r: calico dress. She was extremely
- blond, and an expression of sweet
' nest- half angelic half sensuous
gave her a somewhat enigmatic
charm. 1
"Hello, Renee." .'
' They proceeded without further
speech along the road toward Par
ris' home. Renee lived on the
von Eta place. Her father, Sven
t Gyllinson, was the overseer of the
. nurseries owned by Parris' grand
j mother. Renee and Parris had
played together since they were
Dames. ne was only a tew
months younger than Parris, but
, she was a grade behind him in
school. Seemingly, they took no
notice of each other now. When
' he picked up a rock and threw it
; ene inrew one aiso wiin naicu
' lously similar gestures. ' If he
swung his book strap from one
shoulder to the other, she did, too.
Apparently she wished nothing
but his company. She was always
lagging aiong always naa Deen
as long as he could remember.
As they neared home Renee
(poke. "I'll be glad when school's
out won't you?
"Uh huh."
; He opened the wicket gate and
stood aside for her to pass
through. She waved and turned
Into a lane that led to the over
, steer's cottage.
T) ARRIS MITCHELL'S mother
had died when he was born,
. his father less than a year later.
Since then he had been cared for
by his maternal grandmother. She
adored him, and he adored her.
His grandmother, Marie Arnaut
von Eln, was wholly French. Her
family came originally from Lor
raine. She had been twice married,
(the second time to a wandering
(German aristocrat who had come
Ito America to make a fortune.
lAfter various enterprises he had
(bought lands at Kings Row be
cause of some fancied similarity
. of the soil to that of his native
German province. He built a
house of foreign fashion, laid out
elaborate grounds, and manufac
tured sufficient wine to drink him
self to death.
Marie von Eln was a resourceful
woman. She employed French and
German labor and turned the
vineyards into a nursery.
Kings Row had never known
quite what to make of her. She
was a "foreigner," but obviously
did not fit into the usual categories
of what were always derogatorily
referred to as "the foreign ele
ments." She had the bearing and
manner ot an aristocrat, and her
sense of humor was of the kind
that often made the women of
Kings Row uncomfortable.
Parris bore a striking
blance to her.
"Bon solr, grand'mere." He held
tier very tight and kissed her four
(times on each smooth cheek. He
rubbed his face against her hair.
:"Ma belle grand'mere!" '
"Mon enfant." She held him off
(and put up her lorgnettes. "Tu
lea fatigue?"
"Mol7 Non. Fas du tout
"Are you hungry?" I
"Of course." ?v - t i
Madame called, "Anna!"
A short fat maid appeared so
quicKly that one suspected that
Ishe had been waiting at the door.
After the pie he went directly
to his piano practice. The square
rosewood piano was old, and the
keys were yellow, but it was in
good tune. Very slowly, very
carefully, counting aloud as he
practiced, ha attacked the Bach
piece "in four flats." He began
again at the beginning for the
10th time when his grandmother
came to the door.
"What Is this that you play?"
"It is an Invention."
"Indeed. Is that something im
portant?" "Herr Berdorff says so."
"It is extremely ugly. It must
be frightful to learn such a thing!
Come with me it is enough of
this this Invention as you call
it and it is your birthday. I have
a present for you."
Parris lay in bed listening to
the little sounds of the night He
was very happy. It had been a
beautiful evening, and his present
all those books! His "belle,
belle, belle grand'mere!" He had
heard Anna say that Madame was
growing old. Old! Some day his
grandmother would die sooner
than other boys' mothers who
were much younger. Terror seixed
him. He took the edge of the quilt
between his teeth so he wouldn't
cry, but it was no use he was
already crying.
No, no, no! Le bon Dieu would
never permit that He remem
bered once that his grandmother
had shrugged her shoulders con
temptuously at something Anna
said about trusting the good God.
Was it was it possible that his
grandmother knew something she
Bad never told him that perhaps
perhaps there wasn't a bon Dieu
at all, just as he had found out
when he was a very little boy
that there was no Santa Clans and
no real giants?
He turned his face down into
the pillow and pulled the cover
ing over his head.
(To Be Continued)
ALL-OUT BY MISTAKE
CHILDERSBURG, Ala. (A5)
A visitor called at the high school
office of A. H. Watwood, and
finding him absent from his
desk, pushed a button on the
wall.
Doors down two long halls
swung open and children march
ed from the 20-room building.
The button had signaled a fire
drill.
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By J. R. Williams
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