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SINCLAIR LEWIS'
"DODSWORTH"
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wheels go around, aboard ship mod in the world. "Or else he was on the for ward deck, peering eagerly into space, like a Columbus in reverse, for first sights of the old country,
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE
Sam Dodsworth, lending automobila manufacturer of Zenith, allows Alms self to be persuaded by his wife to
"The affair between Fran nod Lock- sell his plant to United Motors, and ert had, therefure, progressed mor embark on a new life of fun and ad- vellously-up to a certain polit. And ventare. His wife wants to recapture then the Englishman had actually in- her youth in Europa; she yearns for sulted her. Yes, Fran inainted, lie and romance and culture. Sam bids fars-insulted her. 1o and kissed her well to his friends and his business, shoulder? with Tubby Pearson's warning ring. ing in his cares "Americans like you and me can't quit.work. We're meant -to die in harnest!"
CHAPTER 2
Major Lackert was in turn offended. advantage of me he cried. "I "You're taking a wickedly unfait thought I was doing what was ex- pected of me."
Fran was scandalized. “What I ex- pected of you?"
**There's a tradition about thin nort of thing" Major Lockert insisted.
Fran put on her workiest manner.
Bam's interest Increased with each day of the journey. While Fran made friends with an attractive English-"I thought clallized people knew man, Mujer Lockert, an urbano man- 'where an innocent Birtation stops."
The flirtation between Fran and Lockert progressed marvelously-up to a point,
of-the-world, Dodsworth found fruit Major Lockert smiled. "For n cir ful acquaintances in the engine-room,ilized woman who's been married as and would spend hours ndairing the long as you have, you're making a giant turbines and the polished, intri- good deal of a small matter." rate mechanism-nklu to his plant in He intended this to anger Fran, and Zenith.
le did.
Makes me wish I'd bullt ships in stead of automobiles," he yelled above the din to his friend, the Chief En gineer.
"It isn't a small matter with me!" she shouted furiously.
1 offer you my must abjeci spol. orien," said Lockert.
Ilo also offered her some excellent advice advice that sent her into the air with rage. The manner in which the advice was given was even more offensive to her than the advice Itself. Ho treated her as if she were a silly schoolgirl. -
The Chief grinned. "Well, if you had." ho shouted back, "I'd hate to ave the ocean on a Sunday afternoon," Eren pleasanter prospects were in Kloro for Dodsworth, helping him eanfirm what he wished so desperate ly to believe-that he bad made a wise decision to giving up his busi "Give up starting things you aren't bras. All his life he had dreamed of prepared to falab," he admonished. soine day seeing England, the home "You think you're a woman of the of his forefathers, the land of Bhake-world. You're nothing of the sort. speare and Dickens, the country of Why, any modern school girl would Oliver Twist and Sherlock Holmes, know how to handle herself better the countryside beautiful beyond than you do,"
dranins. England! Mother Englandl There was more of this nature. The And cach day brought his dream upshot was that Dodsworth found b closer to reality. With Incredible with to tears. speed, the hugs ship swept the waters, bringing the British ahore nearer and
The first of Dodsworth's great dis appointments came on the inal day of tho rofage, when he rushed to Fran, filled with expberance. He had just nighted Bishop's light, behind which lay England!
The more she tried to explain, the ' more bewildered Dodsworth found bimaelf, and the more helpless.
"I suppose it's up to me to go out and shoot him," he said, trying fechly make a jest of it. "I would feel like a foot. And anyway, it's ZOTE own fault for Birting with him. You must have given him some creuse."
Thin led to more tears, and bitter
He found Fran in tears. What she words that required smoothing out, Jind interided as snild firtation with Finally, when peace had been estab the attractive Major Laskert had fished, came the bombshell. ended in disaster. It had all been
wonderfully enjoyable up to a certain pleaded. "I can't go to England "Don't let's go to England." Fran paint. Dodsworth was rarely around where that man is-laughing at ta!" to disturb them, being occuplat main-1
And no the Dodsworths went to
ly in the engine room, where he con-France instead.
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the Chlef Pägineer on what made the
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