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CHAPTER XXXVII
her
By Mabel McElliott 1939, NEA Service, Inc.
horself, drawing hor red lips carefully heard all of it. She had even "stood back from her teeth as movie stars up" for Sally because she WAI A Sally was
trying on her wed- did. The effect, she thought, was an- customer and you ought to be loyal ding dress. The soft autumn
She would smile that to your own customers. for sir lifted the hoary net curtains, chanting.
Isabel ret her lips tightly and photographs. If Way were brown leaves blowing she hadn't been marrying Michael packed up her kit and went away, There
had against the windows.
(Lord Garden, although he said it was allent and disapproving. She Mat-nonsense and didn't like the notion) never liked Misa Sally Bloon anyway, "Oh-o-l" said Annabel
who might have gone into pictures, she reminded herself. Catch Isabel this, coming in from a late break. Someone had said once she was the "putting herself out" for Bally Moon fast, her negligee wrapped tightly
WE It again! around her. I've heard ff's bad luck Sylvia Subay type. Or
Maida came Janet Gaynor?
and went with pack ages and, messages in the big, ugly to try it all on together, Sally. Don't you think?"
She called to Friede, the house-house on the wide street. Some of the "Nonsense," cried Sally, turning on maid, to help her out of the wedding people who knew the Moons rather dress: And had Frieda telephoned well called up when their Invitations with a one heel and pirouetting natiaded backward glance at the to Isabel at the beauty shop to come were delivered. They oxclaimed that image reflected in the long mirror and do her hair at four? Well, that Sally had stolen a march on them
wasn't she little rascallthings was all right then. How set in the bathroom door.
The plump German girl giggled like that Sally began to feel better could it be bad luck now, with the over the fastenings, Ja, it was about it all. The spot on her chin wedding to-morrow and the rehearsal to-night?
By the way, bark Joe Balls, looked goot init. Ja... Mis that had bothered her in the morning gone to the golf club? Because
Sally Krown Inver the clumsy riskled to the frequent applications of an astringent; her hair looked, well, want to have an early dinner. We're fingers, fumbling at the snappers She went down to dinner in good
the church going
8 o'clock. at 8
A and hooks. When she
wa Lady humour. Daddy is being so silly about it all Carden she would have a French He still wants us to keep it a secret, maid to go in and out with piles of although his damned old election was frilled underthings, to answer the
and be Rot
in, as usual."
lephone to
"Yes, Madame," Annabel, mystified at this in-
No.
," with just the volvement, promptly said BO, and
proper note of Sally had to explain, with some im-
Bally hadn't the patience.
what
Michael's Inheritance amounted
over to
in
Madamatest notion |
Michael was there. Silent as
he
was always these days, but beauti fully polite and gentle. Annabel. was Impressed by him and said ao.
They were to go over to the church in an hour. Sally drank a good deal louder and gayer
"He didn't want anyone to know to but she thought of it always "in of the white wine--she loved It-and
local storekeepers wouldn't get down couldn't on him. You see, I bought all my things in the elty-naturally.
80ations all go out by hand
this
"T
in vague
sho
wrong
at her once or twice in a
over her
about the wedding beforehand, so the the neighbourhood of a mililon. She her laughter grow
as the most progressed. Michael the Idly have told where
Looked But Bally a Purpose vaguely puzzled way and Annabel And ly
Where mattera
here who D
hand put were concerned, such
the gut whenver Frieds came around, was zaid Annabel who didn't of a frock or the turn of a coquettish openly one you
Sally didn't care. Annabel war a hat brim, she was exceedingly de.
terrible wazoat. She wouldn't dare finits. She knew what she wanted. to criticize her after this. Marriago
Everything seemed to
gave you a certain standing. You this morning. She was putting on could do as you pleased once you had a brand new pair of silk stocking the title "Mrs." before your name. sheer, once with the firest and most That was one of the reasons she had delicate of clocks when she started on
great run in one of them. Then persisted about Michael, even before
he had come into his inheritance. she broke a fingernail and, just before
"Come ca, everybody," she "called a manicure, that was without a doubt
rather shrilly.
#Got
to get this re- the most maddening happening In all the world. Tears of rage stood in her eyes at the sight.
at all and who thought the whole thing sounded "crazy if you ask me." She was to confide this information lator to her stalwart Joseph, who would agree half-heartedly.
Annabel was a big, rosy girl of 24 with blond hair which she colled neat
at the nape, ly
of her rather short neck. Bho had bright, amall eyes and a
a hearty laugh. Sally hated her rather cordially and loathed the idea of having her cousin as bridesmaid, Of course Annabel would be foil for her own petite brunet looks That was one consolation.
"It's very pretty," said Annabel presently of the silver and white dreas with it demirely cut neck land flowing sleeves. "But don't you think tight?
It's just a bit
her
Sally, who insisted on having all
that the
furious,
•
to go
kosreal business over."
They all piled into her car and she somewhat recklessly the half blocks the little redbrick The caterers from 57th street church the
on
side street. Dr. minister had arranged called to say they couldn't get the Willetts, the sittle cakes she ordered. They were to have the side gate left open for making different ones now. Just as them, and they trooped in without good. But Sally had wanted the enea-
attracting
too much attention, al-; the rosea on them. She was
one or two idlers stopped to with
gaze after them. frocks fitted wo
Then when she picked up an after- gay. She felt exhilar was very "melted-and-poured-into-it" look would noon newspaper she saw that rain
The plain, dark little church with be definitely stressed frowned.
was prophesied for the morrow. She the wooden benches and dark pulpit "Not at all," she said. Armabel, fang the theet from her in disgust. rather dashed her spirits, but only for yawning and accepting the hiut, Rain for her beautiful wedding dress an instant. Mr. Moon appeared from trailed her negligee out of the door and those utterly exquisite white and nowhere and Annabel, as proxy, went and said she guessed ahe'd go and do her nails. Privately she thought have it, that was all! Isabel, coming tradition, it seemed plain silly to have silver dipporal She just wouldn't up to the aisle on his arm. Sally. üldn't like this, Tradition or no that in her blue mousseline de soie in with her kit of tools, found her in (how old fashioned that sounded!)
vile humour. Isabel knew that her fat cousin meeting Michael and she would far outshine the bride. tomething important and exciting Joseph at the vestry, quite as though was afoot but she hadn't yet heard she were the star of this particular the news of the impending marriage, occasion.
"Big party on to-night?" Izabel Annabel, blushing and bridling at rejoiced in treastry of village her Joseph, murmured coyly: "I, gossip and couldn't quite understand Sally take thes being kept in the dark.
"Yes-no-never mind."
Sally lingered, hating to take off the frock. She had designed it her-| solf. She was intoxicated with her own appearance. A pity she couldn't call up some of the photographers of
“She's not supposed to say that," | the big city papers, no that they could
said Sally quite angrily. But no one print her pkture in the rotogrRYüre Isabel felt quite huffy, Who did paid any attention to her. They were sectiona later. She might take a Mise Sally Moon think she was, all staring at Michael who had gone chanco and call them just before anyhow? Getting the big head, was dead white and looked as if he were dinner. Her father surely couldn't she? Lambel strongly disapproved. about to faint. expect to keep an important event Everybody had done a lot of talking Before anyone spoke he glanced like this wedding a secret forever. about Sally's engagement to Michael wildly around and rushed out of the He was just being stuffy about It! Heatheroe, Isabel, polishing
and church.
"Stop" him," criod She tried a number of expressions] snipping, applying dye with the tips
Sally wildly. in the glass. Perhaps demureness of rubber gloved fingers, soaping and "Oh, stop him!" would be best of all. She smiled at rinsing and setting ridged waves, bad.
(To Be Continued).
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NOTES FROM THE THEATRES
disintegrated by the advent of a fully called, to the ultra efficient air Russian prince whose standards of life arm of today. Great in that firing and morals cut so vividly across the common idea of "decency" and clean Beery is even greater in "W
picture of the Navy, "Hell Divers
in "West Point living that the whole tenor of their
of the Air." The reason undoubtedly existence becomes strained and warp lies in the story: the great interest ed before the only sane member of that revolves around this old veteran the family opens the eyes of the la and hia somewhat wwell-headed
nylator гол, Bobert Young. and Fredric March to the screen of har infested them all. The story's girls, Maureen O'Sullivan and Row
"We Live Again” brings Anna Sten truder to the canker with which he ava human interest finds expression in lind the King's Theatro to-day, in a Pro series of highly emotional scenes, melange and both do picasant Jobs, Russell, are mixed up in the plot Tolstoy's sincerely handled. The cast of "I as does Young. Lewis Stone produced by Samuel
Ida James-Gleason turns in a splendid
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