! SERIAL' STORY
BY HENRY BELLAMANN
THE OORDON8 ARE STERN
CHAPTER XV
A NNA'S diagnosis of Parrls state
of mind was correct Her ob
aervatlon was a neat compound of
native peasant shrewdness and!
affectionate Intuition. Parrls was
apprehensive and miserable for
precisely the reasons she had
named. "
Today, for the first time since
Ince that dreadful day, he walked'
boldly down through the ever
green groves toward the pond.
V "Renee, my darling. I love you.
' I didn't know then how much. I
know now."
, At the sound of the words which
, startled him back into the present,!
all sense of her presence was
gone.
Time had begun to pass. It:
; wouldn't ever stop now. It would!
' fio every day, faster and faster. Al
'Stirring, unhappy, frightening
tnougnt.
,
' A BERDEEN COLLEGE ended its.
college year with the usual!
dull and repetitious ceremonies r
held during what always seemed,
the hottest week of the year. Par
. ria avoided most of the events.
- ' A week later Madame von Elni
'left for St. Louis for hospital ob-;
cervatlon, and Parrls yielded to.
Drake's insistence on a camping
j trip. His grandmother returned to!
Kings Row before him, looking1
less well than when she left
He went to Anna. "You've got;
..to tell mel What did the doctors
ay?" ,
"Nothing new. I must tell you,:
.Madame is not well. Just go on as,
''if everything were as usual, Par-j
ria. Don't let her think you are:
worried about her."
It was in town that afternoon
that Parris learned from Colonel
Skeffington of Mrs. Tower's death. ;
"Very strange," the Colonel said.;
"Nobody knew she was ill at all,:
not at all. If you notice anything:
curious over there, son"
T) ARRIS found Dr. Tower read-
ing. He appeared as calm and
- unperturbed as always.
. "I Just heard a few minutes ago,
bout Mrs. Tower. I'm very sorry."
; Dr. Tower looked as it he were
i not really listening. He inclined
t his head again.
Parris stammered a little, and
. , continued: "I was away, you know.
My grandmother was away, too
- In St Louis, or you would have'
ncBiu jjum us.
An awkward silence fell be-
. tween the two. Parris fumbled
. with some papers.
"Msrlnmit von 53n came to see
. nt just before she went to St
, tiouls. She wanted to know if
' you'd be ready to go to Vienna in
September."
Parris' breath went out of huq.
Oh." His tone was dreary.
."Parris,, I undertook this work;
with you with decided misgivings.!
I guess it's fair to you to tell you.
khat it has been a pleasure."
,;. PrH hlncHMi -
v ."I hope that when you get into
our work in Vienna you 11 find;
hat all of this has been a help.)
of it has been inadequate.
ome of it has been is in advance
of any institutional study you
(could have gotten anywhere. I
link some of it will prove useful."
U Parris felt a quick surge of curl
ity. Be was sure that this man
'twas really able and Intelligent i
vlprobably a very fine doctor. Whatj
Hvas the matter? What landed him j
. (here in Kings Row with his sole)
. icontact these lectures and talks to'
, a medical student?
. Parris sighed. "Maybe it would,
be more sensible for me Just to be,
a, doctor, and not start out to spe,
cialize in any sort of way, but "'
"Well?"
"It's Just that I think I really,
want to. It sounds a lot more in
serestlng." ; "It is. It is a vast field for re
r search. I don't know if the time
Unas come for this kind of study, or
,eiot It looks as If it might oomei
,now,"
, "I guess I keep thinking of Lucyl
Carr, the"
: ' "Oh, yes. The Insane woman youj
(played to. Oh, yes, yes." : ;
i . inj nMn c; -ii
: "You don't feel such people i
.'trail, sort of objectionable?"
; Parrls looked as If he didnt un-
aerstand what the doctor meant1,
- He shook his head. "No, sir. Never.!
I liked Mrs. Carr, and I like Benny'
Singer."
Dr. Tower half closed his eyes.i
"I sometimes think the whole:
thing is a problem for the poet"!
Dr. Tower stood up. He pushed!
books and papers about impa-i
tiently. "Well, I hope you've en-(
Joyed the chat I did. Now, get on
with you, Parris Mitchell. You'vej
got a summer of tough work!
ahead. 1 won't fool you about that I
We'll get those letters off to Vi-i
enna, and then we'll know in a'
month or so how things stand." ;
fD ARRIS was deeply concerned I
r: for Drake, whose pride had
(been dealt a telling blow by Dr.
Gordon. That Drake was in love
(with Louise Gordon, Parris did not!
UM,M .., 4hnt .-nl
wuu iivi uiav uau, picvvjfj
Louise, weakened in strength and:
(purpose by the united wills ofl
overwhelming parents, loved'
Drake.
I Because Drake was considered
"wild," and the "town was talk
ing," Louise was forbidden to see
Ihim. The two of them had quar
reled, Parris Interceding in hopes
Of salving Drake's petulance, eas
ling Louise's pain. How,' he won
Idered, could Dr. and Mrs. Gordon
Ibe such pillars of virtue in Kings
'Row snd at the same time so de
termined to make their daughter
imiserable? He felt again the
islrange working of that intuition
Mint made, him doubt accepted
-values. They were steely the
Gordons. Couldn't they see that
Louise was he supposed "sweet"
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was the word, and really in love?
And that Drake, for all his swag
gering, was a fine boy, and lonely?
"Listen, Drake."
"I know that tone of voice.
You're going to have some kind of
a sensible suggestion. I don't want
sensible suggestions. I want you to
sav something to make me feel
better."
"I was Just going to ask you why
you don't marry Louise, right off".
You're your own boss, as Louise
said. You've got enough money "
"I'm not 21 yet Parris. The
Farmers Exchange Bank hasn't
got much to say about what I do,
but they don't have to give me a
cent more'n they think I need to
live on."
"But I thought"
"I've got a checking account?
But it's just about three thousand
dollars, or was, I mean. I've spent
a lot of it. Can you imagine what
old Mr. Curley, he's the trustee,
would say if I told him I wanted
some of my money so I could get
married?"
"Could you start in some kind
of business, do you think?"
"I've been turning that over and
over in my mind. You know I've
been talking to Peyton Graves.
He's going to work in real estate."
"Sure enough. Old Peyton
Graves. I didn't know he had any
get-up about him."
"Peyton's got the same idea I
had about that tract of land right
up there by the public school. He
said if I could get my money out
and put some in with him his
uncle would let him have some
we could swing in together and
make us a lot of money."
Parris looked respectfully at
Drake.
"Are you going to do it?"
"Can't I just halfway hinted to
old Curley something about an in
vestment and he nearly jumped
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thing, I guess."
(To Be Continued)
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national cultural society formed
after the war would assure fu
ture peace. Might work if it
could be organized without peo
ple.
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hats more sensible, says a mil
linery dpsisner. Instrarl of wast
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those supporting the nation's V
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