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CHAPTER XLVIN

BYTURY RAYMOND

she said, "Ann's back from the hos-down, stirred against the pital"

pillow.

23,

1985.

white

It was just

Peter the Third had opened his A year later. Mira. "Ridiculous, ever going there," he Kendall, Milicont and Carol wore growled. "All this business of hos- eyca. His tiny flats began beating walting at Ann's home, walling for pitals, clinics, nurses, diets for a baby. the air. There was a lusty, fadignant

wall- Ann to come back from the hospital. Civilisation's gone soft, my dear."

"Got a tempor, oh? Well, ho Ann and Peter and their three-weeks-

"He's a nice baby," Millicent said, patting the wrinkled hand. "Wouldn't wouldn't be a Kendall without old son.

He's a perfect Well, son, come to your great- "Here they are now,

you like to see him? from the window.

Kendall,

granddad."

Carol 'sald,

And hero they were. Ann, being lifted by two stalwart attendants. A nures In crisp white following.) Peter, carrying his first-born careful- ly, marching proudly.

Soon they were all crowding about Ann's. bod.

"Hello everybody," Ann said, "It was sweet of you to horo for Peter

ba Third's homecoming "

I

"No. I've said I wouldn't go, and; won't."

"He's exactly like you."

"Humph. Stuff and nonsense." "He's got the same kind of chin. I'll bet my Hat he'll be a stubborn youngster.**

暾

He stooped, lifted the baby into his arms and, sat down with him, rocking back and forward in the big chair.

Peter the Third's face rolaxed, his tiny flats uncurled, his blue oyen stared up at the old man. He was the pleture of perfect serenity.

"Yes, he's exactly like me," his great-grandfather said. "The world's fine when he's having bis way."

"Peter the Third was sleeping again Peter the First had retired to the

lg livable room across the hall.

Peter the Second had returned,

Ana had wakened from. a long sleep. Bho beard voices and steps on the ...istair. Millicent said, "You couldn't have

The door opened and Poter stood kept us away. Look at this young there, grinning happily. Beside him ster, Peter! He's holding hands stood an elderly man with gray hair already. A tiny hand had curled and force gray eyes under shaggy around her finger.

brows. The fierce eyes softened as What a man, what a man!" mocked they travelled from Ana's lovely, wist-after a long, comradely talk with hla Carol. But her eyes were soft. ful face to the small, white bed close grandfather, and now was sitting not far from Ann, reading. There was a Peter was sitting by Ann's bed, by

"Grandfather Kendall!" Ann said look of unutterable happiness and con- his eyes never leaving her for very

glad tentment on his face. long. The last three wocks had been a little breathlessly, "I'm so hard on Peter. Everyone talked about you've come." how splendidly Ann had got along. But it had been a period of fearful suspense for Peter.

"You would think Ann is the only woman in the world who ever had A baby," Millicent had said. "Tear- ing up to the hospital every few hours, worrying the doctors and nurses to death. And perfectly in eredulous when they said Ann could come home! And scared!"

Ann had known how neared Peter right, was. "I'm going to be all darling," she had whispered as Peter stood, watching anxiously, while she was being lifted to the stretcher.

In the ambulance later she said, "I'll be up in another week. And soon after that we'll drive out to Kendallwood and show off young Then a slight shadow had crossed her face. Everybody in Kenda!!wood wanting to see the baby-except the owner of Kendallwood.

The old man came over to the bed and stood for a moment, star- ing down at Ann, taking the hand she held out to him. Suddenly he atooped and kissed her forehead.

"Peter,"

ho, said, sternly, "why wife didn't you tell me you had like this? You young idiot"

Peter saw there were tears in nis man The old eyes. grandfather's wiped them away surreptitiously with his handkerchief.

"You wouldn't have believed me if had told you she was an angel."

Ann was lying in bed; eyes wido, too happy for sleep.

They were all together in this lovely home that she and Peter had built. Life was wonderful. Nothing was quite a wonderful as lifel

"Ann," Peter said.

When Peter spoke her came, her heart always bent a little faster.

"There is a moon to-night like the one the wise men raw," Peter said. "A crescent moon. And close te it a bright, clear sinr.**

"Let's see."

He lifted her in his arms, threw her about her, and carried "I might have thought you wereja robe

the window where she could slightly exaggerating." The old man's to

the dark are of the sky, the Indeyen were twinkling. "Ann, I've been re

shining slender crescent and the big. an okl fool-"

"We were silly nut, to come out bright star.

baby Ann was thinking of the Ann's shining eyes and kidnap you. met his." "Now that you're here that lay in a manger no many boun

We've had years Of her we're going to keep you.

in his white, small baby, sleeping your room waiting a long time."

"I sort of thought of that myself. hed.

few! "A little child shall end them," I brought a satchel with n

she whispered, her face things-

"Good old COUL!" rait Peter. against Peter's shoulder. Mrs. Kendall had long sincs become

In the south wing I lips found hers. reconciled to Peter's marriage, and "We'll put you even grown fomi of Ann. But during where your great-grandson's hymn to a world" anid Peter.

disturb

"Four." corrected Ann happily. your the 12 months Peter's grandfather the morning won't

him. "Don't forget we've adopted grand- stubbornly refused to see "the girl slumbers.

father." who hat hopped up and married Peter Won't you?"

THE END The mall head, covered by golden and hopped away from him almost as qulekly, as he phrased it.

Ann couldn't be perfectly happy, with Peter's grandfather feeling s he dish.

"He doran't feel any way at all," Peter told her. "It's that darned hard head of him. He always has bren J' acknowledge bated to wrong."

"Couldn't you try once more-7" Ann had asked to-day.

"No," Peter said hotly. "If he docan't care any more about his first great-grandson, let him stay away!"

Ann had worried about Peter's atlitude,

There, listen

CINEMA NEWS

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"Threa make

dramatic power to the film that makes it oven greater than the original veri- "The Old-Fashioned Way" (Continued from Page 10).. Baby LeRoy, Hollywood's youngest motion picture star, is teamed again rondor of "Have A Heart" ice cream, with his deadly rival and feudist, is warmly sympathetic and makes an W. C. Fields, Paramount's comedian Ideal romantic partner. Notable for.in the latter's new picture, The Old- their contributione in the supporting Fashioned Way" opening to-morrow cast are Una Merkel, as Joan, Miss, at the Queen's Theatre. Originally

whose

of teamed up in Paramount's "Tillio and Parker's friend, humour saves many a cult situa Gus", this pair works together for tion, and Stuart Erwin in the role of the second time in this production. Gus Π would-be millionaire who Flelds is presented as the manager At first, confident that his grand-finally settles for two hundred dollars and leading man of a hungry troupe.

month.

of stock players, such as used to tour father would relent, Peter hnd visited

"20th Century"

the provinces in the Gay 90's. Duck- him regularly, as before. But, na the

Disclosing a Bale for comedy that Ling the sheriff and the rate hotel 1.onths went by and his vehement protests against his grandfather's even his most enthusiastic admirers keeper in ons town they flee to the treatment of Anu left the old man had never suspected, John Barrymore next where it is Fields' fortune to appears to-day at the King's Theatre encounter the town's richest widow, unmoved, Peter's attitude changeil.

He was becoming bitter. Ann. could in the sereen version of the famous a fatuous lady with dramatic Ree. She couldn't bear it-Peter feel stage play, "20th Century", one of bitions and a romantic urge. ing that way toward his grandfather, the must hilarious comedies to come on, played by Baby Leltoy, takes a his face darkening when his grand out of the film factories in a month liking to Fields, and the widow fin of Sundays. It keeps the audience ances the troups on Fields" promise father's name was mentioned.

in one. continuous uproar of laughter, that she is permitted to act with them. The film purports to tell the story of So, torn between love of money and Oscar Jate, an egotistical stuge pro- his duty to his company. Fields man- lucer, who takes an unknown girl, ages to find a happy solution for his happy ending makes a star of her, and brings her troubles as well as

When the new home was being built Peter had gone out to bring see il-bart hnd his grandfather to come back Blanc.

On the day the baby was born Peter had gone out again for Krandfather.

his

"Aan named him Peter-far boch of us," he said. "She says she hopes thore'll be a Peter Kendall for every Generation."

Very interesting." snid, the old ran dryly. "No, Peter, I won't go back with you. I'm an old man now

too old to change my mind.”

"Very well, sir," Peter had answer. ed. And had left without another

word.

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to the heights of fame. In the splen- for the romance of his daughter, did supporting cast are seen Carole Judith Allen. Featured in the sup Lombard, as the temperamental Lily porting cast are Joe Morrison, who Garland, the object of Jaffe's pursuit: rose to fame by his popularisation Walter Connolly as the producer's dis of "The Last Round-Up" in the Zieg tressed business manager: Roscofeld Faolies, and another netor who Karns as the cynical, wlae-cracking is, after a long while, staging a 10- press agent, O'Malley, and Etienne tion picture comeback, namely, Jack Girardet, Ralph Forbes and Charles Mulhall. One of the features of the Levison in important roles. Howard film is a condensed version of that. Hawks directed the film from the old-fashioned melodrama, "The Drun- screen adaptation by Ben Hecht and kard" or "The Fallen Saved" which Charles MacArthur, co-authors of the uses the entire company currently original Broadway stage Ruccess, producing the play on the Los Angeles

brisk pace and stage,

Peter had not asked his grand- father. to come to-day. There hade has Imparted n Leen an ominous net to his Inw when Ana mentiuned It.

"I be durned if I will.” He bent i down swiftly to kiss her, and whe amed him. When the smiled her brown eyes lighted on though a little Ban.o were burning within her heart. Such a warm, human, understanding smile. If it had been anyone but Ann his grandfather had hurt, it would

not be so hard to forgive him.

Mrs. Kendall was holding the baby. Her usually smooth hair wen slightly disheveled, her face was flushed. She looked almost motherly, Ann thought. "It doesn't taka me long to go! my hand in with children," Mrs. Kendall waR saying proudly Millicent "I think I'll come over to- morrow morning and see how that j nurse bathes him. I've forgotten more than these new-fashioned nurses

will ever know about babies."

ta

"Come on, Mother, before you undo all the good work that has been done training this infant," Millicent said. "It's time Ann was getting a te reat."

■

"I think I'll také a jump over to Kendallwood whon I put you out," Millicent told her mother, on the way homa.

"It won't do any good," Mrs. Ken-! dall said. "Your grandfather is terribly hard-hended." She added complacently, "When I realised Peter and Ann were so much in love I became reconciled to their marriage, į And I must way she's a very sweet girl."

Millernt found her grandfather alone, altting before the fire. Sho thought he looked tired, alder. But there was fire in his glaneo when

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