THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, OCTOBER
13, 1933.
For the LOVE of EVE by Lucy Welling
CHAPTER XLVI
Eve found the little town of this while I've been cooped up in parked the car. Than Dick putted Dick was not at the boarding! Ple Forest enchanting. It had an offee worrying about potty the old-fashioned bell and set its houso when Eve arrived there.
hven, seltied by enterprising sous jealouster and having general ring pealing through the house. servant answered the ball and in- and daughters of New England grief!" vited Eve into the living room to ploncors, hence its architecture was walt for him. A moment Inter Mrs, Williams ontored. Her blue
"You didn't have to, you know," strictly colonial. All of the houses, Dick reminded her. "And you were painted white. Some had needn't go back." green blinds. Grouped at the Four
"Oh, but I'm going!" she said,
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A tall, wiry woman dressed in. tight-fitting black greeted them.
"We are Aunt Sophronia's nieco and nephew," Dick announced.
From an Inger room a com-
herself for a chat but Evo neitherings-the town hall, one storoy high you don't think I'm going to be in, Hannah1 Sond them in!" eyes looked kindly and she setti Corners were the important bulld-instantly regretting her outburst, manding volca called, "Send them disclosed the purpose of her vielt and quaintly formed of cobble-within sight of my goal and then or asked questions about Dick
Sophronia Rader greeted hor Presently Mrs. Williams excused stones, a little cobblestons church, herself and returned to the kit another church of wide white clap. not stay to have the glory, do you "ophew affectionately, then turned "No," she continued. "Some of to peer at Eve who went forward chen. Eve grow nervous and reat-boards with a tall steeple, and my acquaintances will alt up and and graciously extended her hand. lass. Then she saw Dick's yellow truly modern school house of red
take notice when June first comes
"This is Evo, my wife," said rondster coming around the bend of brick trimmed in white,
and Bixby's announce the name of Dick.: the road. 'She aut stock-still. Dick In the afternoon Dick took Eve their now advertising manager!" "Well glory bol" ejaculated the stopped the car before the door and for drive into the woodland. The
|00-year-old aunt, "I never ex- his companion-an,attractive girl inpaved road wound in and out
Dick had often spoken of his pected to see you! Never expected stepped out, entered the house and among the trees, downhill and up, Aunt Sophronia and he had promie. Dick to marry in the first place. passed down the centre ball.. until they came to a clearing high ed to take Eve to see her some day; Bet you had to ask him.”
Dick drovo un but soon reap above a lake. Below them the Since Aunt Sophronla's home was Eve laughed. "Why," that's junt peared. A moment later he stood water, blue-black from the dense not far distant they set out early what my grandmother said.” in the great arched doorway of shadows, resembled a huge mirror, Saturday morning and drove south Aunt Sophronia and Eve bo- the hall, staring at Eve.
banked by foliage. Evo, stood en-through the mountains and foot-came friendas immediately. Eve'a "Why, Evel" he cried. Plainly tranced and Dick's arm gently hills into the Chorry Valley, heart warmed to the aged woman ho was embarrassed and Eva im- [alipped about her. mediately thought of the girl who "Like it, sweetheart," he asked. had been with him.
"It's heavenly," she answered "Well, this is a surprise!" Dick softly. was saying..
That night she slept more sound- ly than she had slopt for months and awakened refreshed and enger for the now day...
She
Eve'a composure, left her. began to cry and this only increased Dick's embarrassment
"Not here," he said. "Come up to my room." He led the way to largo upstaira bedroom. It was a comfortable looking room-not nt all as Eve had pictured life near a construction camp.
"You don't seem to ace me," she said in a trembling
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very pleased
"I'm surprised, that's all," "Well, you may as well know I saw you with your girl.friend," she gold accusingly. "I'm sorry now that I canie.”
Dick Inughed: "You needn't be," he said easily. "I was out at the job this morning and picked her up on the way back. Sho's ong of the teachers who live here and she was walking home from church, I wouldn't have been very pollte to pass her by, would it?"
"It looked add to me'
"See here!" Dick said holly. "I'll not be put on the defensivo just for giving a person a lift." """Oh,-* Dick-we're quarrolling again and I didn't want to."
He turned away from hor and looked out of the window,
"Dick," Eve bogan timidly, 'Ho half-turned. "Dick, I was so lone- ly!" she added wistfully. Ho turn- od and she was in his arms.
They took more trips into the woods in the days that followed. "To think," Eve said one ovoning. "that you have been enjoying all
They followed the turnpike over who had broken a hip at the ago rolling farm country until they of 80 and lived to continue her came to a little village nestled cheerful philosophy.. among the hills.
· · Looking about the room Eve's "Oh' It's another greon and white eyes brightened and she cried out, i village" crled Evo. "That's just "Dick, look at that lovely whatnot the sort of background I had ima--with spool turnings, toot" gined for Aunt Sophronin."
Dick smiled. Eve's onthusiasm always ́plunsed him.
They drove into the yard be fore a small colonial cottage and
Two men wore shot to death and 18 injured in a riot which climaxed ́an eight-wook strike in a silk hosiery mill In Northeast Philadelphla
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Aunt Sophronfa glanced around. "Humph-that old thing!" sho Baid. "Why I've had it for 60 years. Neighbour gave it to me for helping her when sho was sick. If you like it you can have it,"
Why, you darling." Eve said i and kissed her.
"So you like antiques, eh?" Aunt Sophronia said. "Well, I'm tired of them. Lived with them all my life. I ke newfangled things better. But I have something I want to show you and if you like It you can have it too. It's old but It's right pretty. Hannah" she called. But this time Hannah musl have been in the basement for she did not answer.
"I don't know what's the mat ter with that woman." Aunt Sn- phronia complained. "I have such a time finding the right person for a companion. This one would he perfect but she has a cat. And everywhere that Hannah goes the kitty goes along. I'd like to ret rid of the cat, but if the cat goes Hannah will follow. And then I'd have all the trouble of Anding i someone else."
Finally Hannab responded. "Go into my room and bring the upper drawer of the highboy to me," Sophronia suide briskly. Hannah came back logging the mahogany drawer. Dick rose to help and they
net it on a chair before the aunt. The fragrance of violets rosn from its depths as the white-haired (Continued on Page 71.)
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