Evening star. [volume], February 18, 1940, Page E-14, Image 68

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By WILLIAM NEWBAUER.
Synopsis of preceding ipst&Umentc:
Balm Warbnrton’i mandate to Erie
Reardon te to follow her greauetloa In
two dan from a slrle' school in the
South, and Betty Gordon and Clara
Blanehard. her roommates. persuade her
te meet Betty’s boy-friend, Tony Bar
clay. ana two chums. None of Tony’s
friends are free on such short notice
and the four go to a roadhouse, Tony
orders drinker and while be le danclns
with Balne, Betty orders more drinks.
Worried by her condition, they start to
take her to his ilster’uplace, but Betty
crabs the steerlns Wheel and the slf
sagglna ear la struck by a truck. Betty.
Is badly Injured and Balm la uncoa
eenselous when they are taken to a .
hospital Eric’s mother pad opposed hie
marriage to the tlrl who had to help
pay her way at ichool by acting as
waitress, but finally screed to wait to
see howElaine conducted herself at
school The aristocratic Mrs. Reardon
has just confided to Helen.Wortorskl.
her companion -secretary, that she It
giving Eric a nice Check tor hie honey
moon -fo to Hewall and Helen Is
' wondering whether, when her employer
learns of the accident, she wHl forbid
Erie to marry Elalna and thus give
her another chance at Eric, when e
meld gives here the Inornint newspa
per. When she reads of the drinking
party end the accident, she does for
bid Eric to marry Balne.
CHAPTER 3.
It had been such a wonderful
dream, all about a gay little party
she and Eric were giving for their
closest and most interesting friends,
with Clara and Betty on hand and
on their very best behavior, each
contributing as only they could do
to the general funmaking. Elaine
heartily enjoyed such pleasant
dreams and it annoyed her to be
dragged so unceremoniously away
from one to, the sterner reality
of pain and a hospital bedroom. She
through Elaine’s body. She clutched
hit bond excitedly. *Wia—was one
of them a man?”
"A very good-looking chap, «o
the nurse told roe. And he was
very determined to see you. So
much so that when we refused to
let him in he accused us of being
a bunch of quacks.”
His description of Eric amased her
and Elaine stared with disbelieving
eyes at the good-looking doctor.
Well-mannered, meek Eric accusing
them of being quacks? “But he
didn’t,” she contradicted flatly;
“Eric would never say such a thing.”
Room More Cheerful.
“I’m only repeating what the
nurse at the desk told me,” Dr.
Stuart said tersely. He glanced at
his watch, sighed and rose from the
chair. “Well, duty calls. But I
wouldn’t worry about the lack of
visitors. We’re going to permit them
to come up today. And I’m willing
to wager youll wish they’d never
come.’’
Before Elaine could think of an
answer to his parting remark the
door closed behind his stocky, white
clad figure and she was again alone
in her room. She was alone to go
back to sleep if she so chose, but
now, suddenly, the room didn't seem
quite so small, quite so cheerless,
and nothing was further from her
mind than returning to her dreams.
Betty was going to live! Eric was
coming to visit her! Elaine was1
Aunt Ella rushed across the
room placing loving arms
across her shoulders. “Elaine!” ■
she cried. “I was so worried
about you. Are you all right?”
scowled up at the young interne who
was standing beside the bed shaking
her awake.
"Is the place on fire?” she asked
sleepily, "or are you just amusing
yourself?”
"You’re the laziest person I’ve
ever known, Miss Warburton,” the
young doctor informed her, unper
turbed by her scowl. "You must be
getting in training to outsleep Rip
Van Winkle.”
Elaine raised a hand to cover a
very impolite yawn. “I do as the
Romans do, Dr. Stuart. When I’m
at a party I dance; when I'm in bed
I sleep.”
Her remark brought a grin to his
usually sober face. “You can over
do most anything. But I really
didn’t wake you up just for the fun
of it. You’ve pestered me so often
about your friend’s condition that
I thought you would be interested
to hear that she’s regained con
sciousness. As a matter of fact,
she’s completely out of danger.”
Elaine’s Back Hurt.
"Well, that Is worth waking up
for,” Elaine cried with a happy
smile. Elated by the news, she so
completely forgot her own injury
that she sat up in the bed. But she
had hardly managed to achieve a
sitting position before a fiery pain
slashed across her back tearing a
gasp from her throat. She sank
back to the pillow grimly gritting
her teeth. Glancing sheepishly at
the doctor, she was annoyed to see
that he was amused rather than
sympathetic.
"You’ll know better next time,"
he told her with a little laugh. "But
I think I’ve bothered you enough
for one afternoon. You must be
anxious to get back to sleep.”
Elaine didn’t know the reason
why, but suddenly she became
aware that she did not want him
to leave. Not taking the time to
realize that an interne might have
more important things to do in a
hospital than stand around talk
ing with her, she reached out and
plucked at his coat before he could
take a step.
“No, don’t go,” she pleaded in a
small voice. It gets rather lonely
In here. That’s why I sleep so
much.*5
Calls Her Beautiful.
“A beautiful girl like you lonely?”
he scoffed, turning around. But
there was a look of understanding
In his line brown eyes as he brought
a chair from across the room and
sat down beside the bed. “Why,
you must have a host of friends.”
Elaine shook her dark head sadly
on the pillow. "I'm not beautiful,
as you very well know, and as for
friends, well, no one has even come
to visit me.”
He laid a comforting hand on
hers. “What you’re really trying
to say is that he hasn’t come to
visit you. But you shouldn’t let
that bother you. The truth of the
matter is that your aunt and two
friends have been calling at the
hospital all week. We didn’t think
it would be wise to let you have
visitors so soon. After all, you did
have quite a shock, and we felt
that rest was the best thing for
you.”
His wonts sent new hope winging
almost tempted to pinch herself to
make sore that she wasn't still
dreaming. Rarely had she received
so much good news at the same
time. She had been a fool, she
decided exultantly, able to laugh
now at the thoughts which had de
pressed her for almost a week. 8he<
should have guessed that a girl of
Betty’s type would live to be a hun
dred, accidents and illnesses net
withstanding. And as for Eric—a
blush of shame stained her cheeks—
she had been too hasty in her judg
ment of him; she should have known
that he would not fail her just
when she needed him most.
Finds Herself Hideous.
■ She wondered what time he would
arrive and .glanced excitedly at the
baguette wrist watch Aunt Ella had
given her for a birthday present.
Strangely, it was still keeping per
fect time despite the 'crash The
hands indicated 2:30. Recalling
suddenly that her nurse had*once
mentioned that the visitor’s hour
began at 3, she pushed herself over
to the side of the bed in order to
more easily reach into the white
enameled cabinet. She drew out
her mirror—she must look her best
for Efic.
One glance at her reflection in
the glass brought a cry of dismay
from her lips. Why, she was posi
tively hideous! Thankful that sne
had possessed the foresight to check
up on her appearance, she reached
hastily into the cabinet for her
compact and then groaned, as she
recalled she had none with her. Her
searching Angers did find a comb,
howeyer, and she drew this out and
began tugging it through the tangles
of her wavy brunette hair.
It was difficult to perform this
job satisfactorily in a lying-down
position, but she did the best she
could and was pleased to learn after
another examination in the mirror
that this seemingly inadequate at
tention had considerably enhanced
her looks. Her cheeks were red with
a healthy flush, and though she
could use a little lipstick and.
powder; she placed the cQmb and
mirror back in the cabinet, decid
ing that there was nothing more she
could do. Surely Eric would make
some allowance for the diffluilties
under which she had labored?
Her Aunt Arrive*.
Another glance at her watch in
formed her that only live minutes
had been consumed in this tidylng
up. But that was impossible. Her
watch must have stopped. She raised
it to her ear and was disappointed
to hear the swift, staccato tick which
denoted a perfectly adjusted me
chanism. She heaved an impatient
sigh, but then, realizing that im
patience would accomplish nothing,
she made a determined effort to
quiet herself. She was being a fool
again. After all, only 35 minutes
more. Just then a noise at the door
brought her head swiftly around
and as it opened to reveal Aunt Ella
a happy smile came to her lips.
“Remember, only 15 minutes," the
trim young nurse warned. “And you
must not excite Miss Warburton.”
"Young lady,” Aunt Ella declared
dryly, “if an automobile accident
couldn’t kill my niece I’m 'sure she'll
live through my visit.”
The nursr opened her mouth to
speak, but apparently deciding
otherwise, she walked out of the
room and closed the door.
“Elaine!” Aunt Ella rushed across
the room and placing loving arms
around her shoulders. Half crying,
half laughing, she pressed her dark
head close to her motherly bosom.
“I-1 was so worried about you.
I would have seen you soousr only
they wouldn’t let me in. Are you
all right?”
Beaasures Her Aunt
”1 feel fine,” Elaine told her. hug
ging her happily. "My back was
hurt, but 111 be out of bed In an
other week or so.*1 She looked re
proachfully at the tears which
streamed down her aunt’s plump
cheeks. "But you musn’t cry, Aunt
Ella. Honestly, I’m getting along
swell.”
“Sstop using lang,” Aunt Ella
commanded briskly. But she did re
lease Elaine and sat down in the
chair beside the bed, dabbing her
eyes with a handkerchief. ‘‘Now,
tell me exactly what happened? I
read about it in the papers, of
course, but I want to know all
about it.”
Apprehension crawled in cold
waves along her spine as Elaine
caught thU reference to the news
papers. It mean that Erie’s mother
had heard about the accident, and—
and what would her reaction be?
The question was mirrored In her
eyes and she looked at Aunt Ella,
but seeing her fidget Impatiently
on the chair, jfoe launched Into an
explanation of the whole affair.
As she stumbled self-consciously
through the story her aunt’s face
became grave, and Elaine felt her
happiness of a few minutes ago fade
way. Her cheeks were burning aa
she finished her story.
“I know how you feel,” she said
sorrowfully. "You spent almost
every cent you had to send me to
the school. You were anxious to
have me graduate from a fashion
able college and—and I let you
down.”
‘1 sent you to school because of
your voice," Aunt Ella contradicted,
managing to hide whatever disap
pointment she felt. “In this world
It Isn’t only whst you knew but
whom you know that counts. I
thought If you could meet people
who amounted to something they
might be able to help you if you
decided to sing professionally. And
as for graduating, well, you did. The
school authorities decided that you
girls had been punished enough. X
have your diploma back at the hotel.
I was worried about something else,
Elaine."
Her Heart Pounds Madly.
Elaine felt her heart pound madly
within her. She looked fearfully at
her aunt. “Is—Ts it about Eric?”
For a seemingly interminable mo
ment Aunt Ella offered no reply
and Elaine felt that the suspense
would kill her. Just when she was
sure she had reached the limit of
her endurance Aunt Ella slowly
nodded, her head.
"Mrs. Reardon became quite
angry when she read about the acci
dent. She told Eric that if he mar
ried you she would disown him. He
—he decided to obey her.”
It wasn't true! It couldn’t be true!
She was just in the middle of some
horrible nightmare. Eric would
never let her down. He had held her
tight in his arms and sworn he
would love her always. He wouldn’t
fail her just because of an accident.
Aunt Ella was just teasing her. Soon
she would smile and admit she was
just joking. But even as the tears
welled in her eyes Elaine knew that
Aunt Ella had told her the truth.
Eric had been forced to choose be
tween herself and his mother. And
he had chosen his mother!
(Copyright. 1940, by William Newbauer.)
(To Be Continued.)
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drive.
Commodity Price
ChangesinWeek
'»th* Associated Pnu.
NSW YORK, Feb. 17.—Grains,
cotton and some livestock tilted
higher this week In cash commodity
markets, but a long list of industrial
raw'materials, table food items, and
certain textile fibers turned down
ward.
Declines outnumbered advances in
the Associated Press index of 35
weighted cash wholesale staple
prices, and the measure dipped.
The, index, with 1936 as 100, stood
at 73.56, compared with 73.75 last
week and'66.39 a year ago.
Cash wheat, com, oats and rye
advanced on reports of less promis
ing weather in the winter grain
belt.
Cash cotton turned upward as
prices In foreign markets stiffened.
Hogs and lambs sold at higher
figures in Chicago livestock trading.
Among table food items, net cash
declines were recorded by eggs, but
ter, cocoa, flbur and lard.
Cash rubber, steel scrap and
turpentine tilted, lower in the in
dustrial raw materials market carry
ing the industrial component of the
Associated Press index to a new low
for the year.
A mark-down in cash tin carried
the non-ferrous metal component to
a new 1940 low also.
The index compared as follows:
fbb. IS Pm. Te»r
» Mew 1840 low
Weekly Financial High Lights
»m»*m«ni«iw. This week. Prev. week. Year ago.
I- «eel production...- 683% 71.7% 643%
3—Auto production- 66360 96366 7*360
*—Freight earioedings- 636308 " 667304 676363
6—Stock MlM-- 3373366 3,734.755 2380,750
6—Bond sate.... 637,160,700 633,603,436 $25371300
Pinal three ciphers omitted in following:
6— Electric power produced (kpit.) 2333314 2341366 2368387
7— Crude oil produced (bbls.). 3366 3,406 3383
$ Security offerings- $146303 $32335 * $32367
9—Bank clearings .:-..i $4312348 $5360304 $4,447366
lde-Oemand deposits-— $10,106300 $10,190,000 $16376300<
II— Business loans.. $4314300 $4305300 $3,745300
13—Excess reserves....... $5360300 $6330,000 $3,170300
13— Treasury gold stock- $18,063300 $17306300 $14,772,000
14— Brokers’ loans. $466,000 $467300 $660300
, Money and bank rates:
Call money,». Y. Stock Exchange.. 1% 1% 1%
Avg. yield long-term Ovt. bonds... 333% 232% 2.43%
New York Reserve Bank rate..__ 1% 1% 1%
Bank of England rate..' 3% 2% 2%
' Sources: 1—Am. Steel Inst. 3-rWard’s. 3—Aaso. Am. Railroads.
4 sad 6—N. Y. Stock Exchange.- 6—Edison Institute. 7—Am. Petroleum
Inst. A—Poor’s. 9—Dun St Bradstreet. 10 and 11—Reserve member
banks .In 101 cities. 12,13 and 14 Fed. Reserve. .
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Rubber Dealers to Help
Prevent Big Exports
By tb» AawelatoS hw.
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—Rubber
dealers made plans today to eo
operate with Government authori
ties in preventing unusual wartime
shipments of the commodity out of
the United States.'
The Rubber Trade Association of
New York, Inc., has voted a policy
of restricting re-exports of rubber tb
"normal peacetime exports.”
Directors were authorised to name
a special committee to confer with
Federal officials in Washington on
ways at carrying out the policy.
Re-export* of the staple, normally
laround 400 and 500 tons a month,
jumped to 6,000 tons in October and
avenged about 1,000 tons the last
three months, trade circles pointed
out..
The increase gave rise to reports
shipments indirectly were going to
Germany..
The United 8tates, in a barter
agreement with England, has been
accumulating a reserve of rubber for
use in event supply lines to the Far
Eastern producing sources were cut.
Copper Market Jetted
By New Buying Rush
It Pm AuoeUWd Trm.
NSW YORK, Feb. 17.—Foreign
and domestic orders had the copper
market stepping fast this week.
Lunging out of a long winter's
sleep, sales totals for the red metal
piled up to the best levels since
early November last year.
While primary producers held flm
at a price of liy4 cents, metal ip the
resale division was prised as high
as 11% costs a pound and was set
the way up at the week end.
But the export division of the
trade responded with a sharp mark
up to the improved demand, for
eign interests had to pay a premium
of Y* cent above the domestic level
and for March delivery were charged
as high as 11% cents a pound.
The sudden onslaught of buying
had saltan scratching their beads
wandering where to get hold , of the
copper for delivery. The prwent
free supply available for immediate
delivery was limited largely to one
major producer, according to trade
sources.
Even those who have in the past
bought copper through the futures
market on the commodity exchange
were beaded for trouble since com
modity exchange warehouse stocks
totaled only around 1,500 tons.
Prance started the foreign inquiry
rolling with an order for 35,000 tons
at 11% cents a pound for prompt
shipment. This was in addition to
the 150,000-ton order placed last
December.
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