SERIAL STORY OF BRIGHTNESS GONE BY HOLLY WATTERSON CTaWik'tti TUB TORTt Peter Waaler la fa the aaaappr altuattoa of fctlMK In love rtlla Caadnca Heck, r?aa le ensaaced ta Martin Corbr Wter'a roeMBtate la medical araaot. Sae aad Teter hare area ralaed tog-etaer. for Belle, the aee ,: ana niie oi ietera zataer, le aa aaat of tae orpaaaed Caaaaee. 1'eter aaa retaraea treat a aaat anera aoepltal Joa to Had Caa daee entered la aarae'e ttatalna. kit father alatoet peaalleea and aeparated front Belle, era haa re fnied to tarn over their eonatrr anna 1a her aaabaad ta aatlalj credltora. THREE'S A CROWD CHAPTER X "PARLY In the lummer Peter had promised himself that his first i act for the fall would be to got himself a single room. It would be more expensive, but there was , no reason men to win inai ma allowance would not cover it He had had another reason, only half-admitted to himself, for wanting to make a change: in Uune at Tuckaways he had felt that he would have given any thing to be able to erase his orig inal mistake In having brought bout a meeting between Candace and Martin; he did not intend that they should be thrown to gether again through him. And if he continued to live with Mar ' tin that would be almost unavoid able. AH that had now been changed. Rather than increased, expenses would have to be pared down to a minimum, for one thing. And (or another, he meant to stick closer to Martin than a brother. But he was due for some bad times because of the arrangement, he knew that Having to con- Kruiuitiic inaruQ titm ueen lougn T enough. He had been afraid that ; he might not get through it de cently, that he might somehow slip and Martin would realize the ' true state of things. But Martin j was too wrapped up in himself ' at the moment too far gone in J' a delirium of rosy dreams to have ' noticed anything. ' Having to see them together, i however, was something else again. He most dreaded the first : ; occasion. He spent hours specu ! tating on the best way to carry it i off, whether to be out when she I rvas expected and casually walk ' In later, whether to be there in t the first place, or what It turned ' cut to be easier than he'd dared i. hope. i They were all there, including I Chip Wilson and Bill Ward and ' the landlady, Mrs. Prosser, who ' was very particular about what) j went on In her house and who' , must of course be introduced. f And they were all charmed. They made a party of it The boys I went out and got wood and made : a fire in the fireplace and Mrs. i iProsser sent up hot cocoa as a i mark of favor. Candace sat there r looking all that was lovely and ' beautiful, she was delighted and i delighting, and the boys were ; willing jesters and everyone was very gay. ; ITYURING the week Martin, :. whenever possible, would go ; over to New Jersey to Candace. (but on her day off she usually fcame to Manhattan. Occasionally ithey managed a movie, but for jthe most part they sat in the al cove and just talked. The two younger boys were frequently away, but Peter, in spite of hints tram Martin, refused to absent Jiimself. He would sit in the other loom, honestly trying to lose hlm jself in his books; and all the time ine would be achingly conscious jof the whispered conversations in iwhich he could have no part Or lot the sudden pregnant silences snat were even more difficult to bear. . j One evening when they came in .peter thought Candace acted wor ried. She seemed to be wanting a chance to talk with him; she loitered about the desk where he sat picking up and idly looking at the titles of his boks, and when 'Martin tried to lure her away her none wnen sne answered him isounded slightly sharp. i The old camaraderie of the Ibrother and sister relationship gain existed between Candace nd himself. He asked now, Adopting the old familiar tone of (raillery, "Just what weighty prob lem is on your mind this mo ment?" Candace started.. The frown Sines disappeared from her fore Jhead and he saw she made a de liberate effort to smile. "Nothing," she said. Martin grinned at her. "If any Ithing, I'd say indigestion, prob iably. We ate at the Greasy Vest." She said, "Sir, you Jest My (digestion is such that it could (take care of a grand piano, swal lowed whole." But she sounded absent-minded, her thoughts ob viously weren't with Martin. After an instant she said to Peter, trying to make it sound very casual, "When did you last see your father, Peter?" So that's it, Peter thought She iguesses about Dad or she knows. . . He leaned back in his chair, idraping a leg comfortably over lits arm, and drew with elaborate (concern on his pipe. "Oh, one day Jast week. When did you?" She said seriously, "Not since the day I told you about, when the stopped off at the hospital. I haven't been able to get him on ithe phone, cither. I've phoned 'him several times when I've been In town during the day and his secretary would always tell me that he was busy, or away, or something." She apparently de cided to plunge. "I phoned again today. A strange man answered who said ho represented receivers lor something. Peter, there's some thing very wrong, isn't there?" , "I'm afraid so,", he admitted iqulclly. "Dad is, at least tem ipofarily, busted." : nTARTIN looked shocked and sorry. "That's tough lines, Pclp." L "Tar him, sura, peter said. I "But he'll come through an right" Candace realized from his man ner that Peter didn't want to talk about it; she asked only, "How can I help?" Feier smiled. He said cheer fully, "By working hard, and by being a good girl so that you wont be worry on his mind " She started for home soon after ward. The brownstone where the boys roomed was on West 15th street and the understanding was always that Martin would put her on the Tube at West Ninth street and she would take a taxi when she got off the train at the other end .When he came back from the walk Martin was looking thoughtful. "Do you suppose this will make any difference with the Good Samaritan appointment Pete?" he ventured finally. Peter was annoyed. He said testily, "I don't see why it should, do you?" Xtariin looked surprised at his tone. He said reasonably, "Well, it was such a cinch before. All your dad had tc do was to put in a good word with old Harts- home and you were all set " "Theres nothing to stop him doing it now." Peter said, "if I wanted to work that way. I dont Where the hell'd you get the idea I'd use my father's connections to get me an appointment, anyway?" Martin was annoyed in his turn. "You don't have to jump down my throat when I ask you a civil question." What he felt to be Peter's superior attitude irked him. "A guy who has a liveried chauffeur toting him around in a Cadillac can afford to look down his nose at the bird who has to fight for a seat in the subway, too," he said, "but you must ad mit that there aren't many who can afford sucn a luxury. There are lota more of us who have to fight. "As for me," he added, "I've had to fight for everything I got I can't afford to be squeam ish. J go cut to win, and I fight with no holds barred " (To Bo Continued) Sea water contains four grains of cold rjer kilnurnnt on the average, according to the analy sis of a noted professor. The vegetable "sounsh" elves its name to the sport of the same name. A tom-tom is a drum. "Want-ads" cost little bring results! mi i THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson com. trust ma t. h. reo. u: a. pat. orr. JAPAN PROOUCES THE BGOSr ON EARTH... AND WE'RE NOT REFERRING TO THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES, FOR. WHOM WE HAVE OTHER. NAMES, BUT TO THE SPtOEJZ. CZAJ3t A CREATURE WITH A IO-FOOT LEO SPREAD. SABOTAGE" A PORCUPINE GNAWED A FIRE HOSE THAT WAS BEIN& USED IM A NEW YORK. FOREST FIRE. 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