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"I'll bo glad to," the girl told She turned, renting one arm on her. "What would you like to the piano, and for the first time hear "

- just so it's he noted the exquisite lines of the "Oh, anything girl's throat. Creamy white, round- | music."

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1933.

BY LAURA LOU BROOKMAN

"Yes?"

what he wanted was equally disor- ored. Did lottora, pages of manu•. script and clippings from nows- papers foll to the floor. Bannister pickel them up, Jammed them back. Into the drawer and tried another. For several minutes the search. proceeded unprofitably, Suddenly an oblong bit of he drew forth cardboard,

CHAPTER XXX

"David, I think Miss France in Bannlater stepped backward.

awfully sweet. Where did you say you knew her Was it In New There was no change in his ex-

York? y pression except that his lips tight: aned. "So I'm not deceiving you. ed. iler cheeks were creamy whits, Jullet Franco turned again to "Yes," Bannistor told her. "In It was the photograph he had he said, "You mean you knew-7" too. That, Bannister felt, should the plane. She played a waltz with New York." He returned to his found on the floor of. Tracy King's The giri laughed. "I've known be remedied. A littlo colour would a gay Spanish rhythm and then magazine. A minute later he put apartment, the wedding picture of all along," she told him. "Remembo an improvement. Studying the something in slower tempo, haunt it aside. "Aunt Kate," he said, 30 years ago. Bannister, glanced ber that day we talked at the girl, he forgot that they were talk-Ingly end and sweet.

"there's one thing I wanted to at the bride in hor ruffled wedding hotel? You told me your name was

ing about literature.

That's lovely." Mrs. Howlett speak to you about. I want you finery and the bridegroom with his David Bannister. Somehow the

Her queation brought him said, "Just lovely! I don't know to be careful not to say anything impressive mustache. He turned name seemed familiar. I couldn't promptly from his roverie. "What how long it's been since anyone's about this murdor to Miss Franco, the picture over and studled the remember at firat whore I'd heard it. Then when I was in the depart are you going to write about next 7" touched that plano. It does sound She's well, the fact is there's been back of the card minutely, but a loss in her family recently. A there was nothing to be found BO XOOL!" sho, asked. mont store that afternoon I wan-

Bannister agreed with her. But close relative. Very sad. That's there.

Bannister gave it up. He placed dered into the book department.

Bannister stirred uneasily. "Oh,It wasn't fair to keep their guest why I don't think we should say There was a picture of you on a I don't know," he said. "I haven't at the piano all evening. He asked anything to her about such a gruo- the photograph on the desk before. him, propping it against a pile of table with some of your books. been thinking much about writing Juliet if she would care to play some subject.

bridge. Then of course I know right away. Intely,"

His aunt eyed him for an la-books. Then he sat back and looked What did you mean by telling me

Ke couldn't tell her for the last "I'm sorry," the girl apologized, stant without speaking. Then ebent it. you were nobody of importance"?" two months writing had become a "but I'm awfully stupid at bridge. sald, "Very well, David. I won't After a while he reached for the picture and held it to the light., "Oh!" Bannister didn't say any nightmare. Ho couldn't tell her I always have been. If you don't mention it."

There were more-just "ob!" After a moment that when he sat down at a desk mind I think I'd like to go to my "Thanks. Ho-hum! Bellevo Bannister frowned. he went on slowly. "When you said a vision of Adele Allen came be- room. That was such a huge meal go upstairs and turn in. Little something famillar about that bridegroom. Why ·hadn't' he I wasn't deceiving you, what you fore him, driving away overy I ate." She turned to Mrs. Hew-sleep might do mo good."

afraid I'm meant was that you know I write, thought of work. He couldn't toll lett, smiling. "I'm

"agree with you," bla aunt noticed it before? It was some safdi tersely,

thing that just escaped remem- books?"

hor of the times he had given up, sleepy."

"Then of course you'll go to your after hours of desperation, swear-

Bannister said good night and brance. He had seen the man- ing never again to touch a type-room, my dear," the older woman mounted the stairs. He entered or had he? Thirty years could good his room but seemed in no hurry make great changes. If the man writer. Write? Even the word said. "I hope you get a

about going to bed. For a long in the photograph were dressed in night's rest."

time he ant, sunk far back in a com- modern clothes if the mustache was hateful to him.

A few moments later Juliet left fortable old chair. He was looking were missing, how would he them Kate Hewlett had taken at the picture of his grandfather look? He was spared further explana- up her basket of knitting from the on the opposite wall but he did not tions as Kate Hewlett appeared in table. For 20 minutes there was seem to be seeing it.

Then he went to the desk and the doorway. "I heard some music no sound except the clicking of the in here," she said, "and it was knitting needles. Then Mrs. Hew- rummaged through its drawers. They were in a disordered state lovely! You're going to play some lett snid, "David!"

nore, aren't you, Miss France? He looked up from his magazine. and his method of searching for}

"Of course! And I've read your books, Mr. Bannister. Both of them. I think they're wonderful!”

"Hardly that."

"Oh, but they are! They seem -no real. The characters, I mean. Maggie and Philip and Sammic, Sammio capecially-I think I like him best. You write so beauti. fully; even the ugly parts are beautiful

"Well," said Bannister, smiling, "I'm certainly glad to know I have such an enthusiastic roader"

"I should think all your readers would be enthusiastic."

"They're not," he told her. "Fort from it! You should have seon what some of the critics said about 'Far Candle,' They panned it plenty."

"But," the girl defended, "they couldn't have understood it. Why,' I thought-

For several minutes they dis- cussed the merits of Bannister's newest book. He could not help being impressed by her sound literary standards.. It added im . measurably to the girl's pralso to know that who had read widely, admired many of his favourites among the modern writera, criti- cized others whose work he con-

"I'm knocking off," he explained. "For a while at least. That's why I came to Tremont."

7"

The State Opening of Parlia«. ment the end of last month. Photo shows the processiox arriving in Parliament Square.

Bannister tried to imagine "the result but it was difficult. Who could Bay what the years-30 yours-could do? The man looked much older than the woman in the (Continued on Papo 5.)

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