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PAGE SIX
fPSTORMY LOVSih
A NAVY MAN'S BELLE BURNS CROMER /
READ Tilt 8 FIRM '■
I'allou inn « nhirlwind romunce hi
Phanohat nh> it lu is attached la a
11, 8. on >i hoii*. carefree Lieutenant
Valentine. I'erston suddenly maims
Lia Garennt, an Ann i nan south
erner uho is alone in the world ex
cept for an aunt in Priphip and n
father in the <lobi desert u horn siir
has not seen in in ars. VV hen \‘al s
orders an ire. transfer) ino him to
Puget Sound Xaiy Yard, Ida is bit
terly disappointed at the thouuht at
tearino China. At the commandant's
reception at the A 'art/ Void Vat finds
Janice Pdilmy, dunoht‘ i of Captain
t.ddino, and his childhood sweet heart.
fit had Inst seen her in Shanghai
when he said yondba to her in a hull
and that saint dan met hia. Tee
Prestons meet Maurice Cord rep,
aviation executive, who induces Lia
to tip tor a /init in connection with
& masked ball he is : nyn l isiny.
fwiter with seieiat at he is Val avd
fda dine at Cm drop's home. Ida
and Cor drop become quite interested
in one anothei and Val is giad of a
thance to talk with Janice, again.
Tty'mo Chinese, robes on Ida in his
Workshop, Cord in e, also in costume,
suddenly rah lies fire when hia ’•> -
advertently knocks a eintrret liohtil
from his hand. He starts to run,
\zi tackles him mid rolls him in a
rug. Unhurt. Cordrau thanks Vat
profusely for ,aiino his liie At the
bxill [da dms n tantastii dance uhirh
is poorly nei n ed.
[VOW UO U A U II H TUP. STilfiYt
PHAPTKR ?:?
IF ONLY VAL dared slip away
to think this thins out. The audi
ence buzzed about him like a riant
hive of bees. His agitation increased
as he realized the reaction of indi
viduals from the snatches of conver
sation that reached him.
"Neurotic stuff, that last. Filled
with hunger, murder, treachery,
plague "
‘Very ugly. I thought. The ladv
seemed half-demon.”
“How could a girl be so revolting
lb took at? Made me think of a
sorceress t once saw in Yunnan
Province who peddler! dried scorpions
and cobra venom. I shall never like
her after this.”
“Nor l. 1 am .triad now she didn’t
receive us when we railed. She was
at home, you know. We saw her go
Into the house just ahead of us.”
“I had heaid he was extremely
pretty. Whoever could think so?
She looks like an ugly f'hine.sp
ted ”
“Don’t blame the girl. Maurice
Cordray staged this thing.”
“Sh-hl There is her husband. He
will hear you."
He had heard them right enough
trad he was furious. Lia had ex
hausted herself, slaved like a little
Trojan to entertain them, and this
was now they appreciated if- Squar
ing his shoulders he crushed hack
his own doubts and questionings, it
was of first importance that Lia
should not realize how they had te
sponded to her desire to please.
'They must he kind io her! As he
pressed throip'h the crowd toward
the door to the improvised dressing
rooms, he looked anxiously about
him If fully someone would come
to his aid, Sue, lie realized, would
be of no ice; .in<i anyway she would
not nelp Ida on a bet.
A i lear voice beside hlrn
"Helic there, Val Has Mi• Preston
Where Texas Flood Destroyed Crops in 70,000 Acres
Oops, chiefly corn and cotton, In 70,000 acre area near Hochheim, Texas, I
have been ruined bv floods sweeping in from the Guadalupe River. Hun-1
Green Voicing Nation-wide General Strike Threat If NRA Fails
William Green, whose conservative tendencies have lon* madrhim subject to criticism
arcana: issue unions affiliated with Amefcioan Federation ot i*»ber. aaveaied himself in
Icanne out yet’ I want to ten ner
] how thrilling I think her dance was."
He turned to Jan. smiling up at
j him. Costumed as a lady of Turke
stan she was a vivid figure in tight
emerald-green turban, lemon velvet
jacket embroidered in golden
arabesques, and wide trousers of
lilac satin. Lord, he was glad to
sec her. and yet il hurt his pride to
admit lhat here was the only one
who could aid him. He. however,
was not the one to he considered.
If she wished. Jan could make Ida’s
path smooth and easy.
He said abruptly, "Look here, .Tan,
1 want Ida to meet the Yard people
and i don't really know any of
them. Come to my rescue, will you?
She isn’t onto the ropes of a place
like this. I'd be no end grateful If
you would be her friend."
The smile faded from the girl’s
hazel eyes. “I have offered your
wife my friendship on several occa
sions, Val," she said quietly. ”1
have called three times and tele
phoned repeatedly to ask you both
to dine. But no luck Mimi seems
to he the only one who has success
fully crashed the gate and made
your Ida like her whether she wished
to or not. 1 understand they are
great friends anil that Mrs. Preston
plays a mean game of ‘Lady Come to
See’."
"That’s just it. Jan." he pleaded.
"Ida is such a kid." He stood twist
ing the tassel at his belt. Hell,
'couldn't she understand it wasn’t
easy for him to ask favors —to let
her see he couldn't put his wife over
with his fellow officers? His un
| happy blue eyes met hers. "You see.
i 1 want Lia to he happy. It’s my
| fault if she isn’t. But somehow.
I'm afraid we've got off to a bad
start here. We have delayed re
turning calls —things like that ”
he broke off thinking it was no use
to go on.
Suddenly he felt the pressure of
slim fingers on his. "Oh Val, of
course I'll help. I was a beast to
say 1 wouhin t." She stood ponder
ing an instant. "Let me think.
Captain Cromwell’s wife is the one
lor Ida to know first. Mrs. Pom fret
leaves the social side of the Yard to
her and she runs it with a high
hand. We’ll take Mrs. Preston to
he introduced and if you are pleas
ant to Nora she will do the rest.
She is really a dear, and like most
older people she adores having the
youngsters pay her a little atten
tion.”
She touched Vai s arm and nodded
toward a slim, sophisticated woman
with sandy hair and a bitter mouth.
"There she is." she murmured, then
called ac ross to Mrs. Cromwell. "Oh
Nora, will you please wait there a
moment? This is my old friend Val
Pre ton. We want to bring his wife
to he introduced, and so that you
may tell her how clever you thought
her dance.”
At the lady’s snort nod of assent,
he took Jan's arm and they pressed
through the crowd. A moment later
fie saw Lia.emerge from tire dressing
looms and start in their direction.
Cordray was with her, a magnificent
Hindu Prince in azure and gold, his
heard braided and tied under his
chin Rajput fashion, a diamond
aigrette in his turban. They moved
in an interested circle of civilians,
several of them artists and profes
sional dancers, who were Cordrny’s
grlests of the evening.
1 lu that first moment Val’s heart
(Copyright)
HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH. MONDAY, MAY 27, 1935
I gave « wound or relief w r.en no saw
j that Lia had not .guessed Hie an
! clience’s reaction to Irei fiance.
Triumph and elation IP shed from
her dark, uptilted eyes. Oh. hut
damn it all. why hadn't he gone to
hei dressing room in time to prevent
her apeparing in ihai costume and
hnlr-dresf/ lie hated her hair
brushed hac k in :hsi stark Oriental
style. She still wore Ihe sheath of
shiny black brocade that fell almost
to the bottom of Chinese trousers
.She had hung hoops of white jade
in her ears and fastened a bracelet
of gardenias about one slender wrist
The effect ivns exotic in the l extreme
Perhaps if she had been in Occi
dental dress and looked less like
some bizarre creature from an un
known plane, the effect of her . die.
tiuhing dance might have been die
counted.
When she reached his side l.fn
cried, "Wasn’t I mahvelous. deaht
Weren’t you proud of me? Mr
Cordray says 1 was absolutely pro
fessional. an artiste."
She turned away before he cmild
even answer: Striking an exag
gerated pose, eyes bright, her small
hands gesticulating excitedly, she
held forth under the amused*gaze of
Cordray and his friends. She scarce
ly returned Jan’s greeting and when
Val finally secured her attention
long enough to say. “We must go
to speak- to Admiral and Mrs. Pom
fret. And after that Jan Is taking
us to meet Mrs. Cromwell and some
of the other Yard people," she flut
tered her tiny hands in an affected
gesture and answered
"I can’t be bothered with the Pom
frets just now. dealt. And if Mrs.
Cromwell wishes to meet me, whv
doesn’t she come here'"’
The most unfortunate part rtf the
last remark was that Mrs. Cromwell
was wdthin earshot. Val saw her
gray eyes narrow, the hitter mouth
quirk at one comer. Ida, the little
idiot, should be spanked. But in her
present state of excitement there
was no use to remonstrate. Impo
tent. he was forced to submit as
Cordray edged In between them.
Laughing over his shoulder the big
man said to him, “I’m stealing your
rightful dance with the Manohu
princess. Preston.”
“Why not.” Val heard her drawl
as they drifted into the maelstrom
of dancers, "since the Manchu prin
cess is your creation?”
When Val turned back to face
Jan. his eyes were dark with humil
j iation. "Behold Big Boss Preston.”
he grinned with an assumed non
j chalance. "master of his household.”
J Then more gravely. “Thank.; for
J fixing to help me out. Tan. II was
J mighty kind of you. Will you dance
; this with me?’’
Kent Town ley. who had Just
caught up with them offered ohjc,-
tion’s, however. "This was promised
to me,” he demurred. "And I’m not
surrendering it even to an old mar
ried gent like you. Preston."
During the rest of l he evening Val
tried repeatedly to dance, with his
wife or even to get near her. hut
Cordray and his friends were always
ahead of him. llis anger mounted
and finally he flung out to the ter
race where he ran across Field who
offered to share the contents of Ids
flask. It was a large flask and. ns
he accepted with alacrity. S’a I hoped
Ids portion would h.mirh his feeling
of complete frustration
(TO uk coxrtxrnm
dreds were forced to ftee homes engulfed like this which only a few
months ago were surrounded by drouth and duststorms.
(Central Pres*)
I SSk« n if Cda*r«** u 5,000 in York, and tftfeeatened a nation-wide general
I jttir* a vw***w «ui the 30-hour week and. Wagner labor dispute bills.
New Kawvv.s Head
VK<v. : i;
Wk lwi|lrafu9
Harper Gatton
Harper Gatton of Madisonville,
Ky., has been elected president ot
Kiwanis International. Super
intendent of city schools at Mad
isonville since 1914, Gatton was
elected to head the Kiwanis ai
the nineteent h annual 'convention
iii Man Antonio. Tex.
Hauptmann Counsel
iHs jHH
Vincent Marco
Reports were current that Vincent
Marco, former Cleveland attorney
recently practicing in Los Ange
les, would join the legal staff in
defense of Bruno Hauptmann,
convicted of slaying the Lind
bergh baby. It was said Marco
claimed to have nexv'evidence that
would help the Bronx carpenter
in his lie hi for life.
COUNTESS BARBARA AND COUNT MAY DWELL IN WEST
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The Carolands, in Santa Clara county, California.
Count Kurt Haugwitz-Reventlow
«nd hia heiress bride, the former
Barbara Hutton, may maka their
He’ll Build More
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, And re N. Toupoioff, builder of the
Maxim (larky, largest plane in the
iworld, which crashed at Moscow
with loss of 48 lives, is hurrying
back to U.S.S.R. from U. S. tour to
build three mot e ships of same size.
(Central Press)
Heads Presbyterians
"4 ——
(■ $ mu
ft
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Dr. Joseph A. Vance
l)r. Joseph A. Vance, 70-yeai*-old
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church in Detroit, was chosen
moderator of the general assem
bly lof the Presbyterian church in
the United States of America,
meeting at Cincinnati, The office
is the highest the church can be
stow
home at Carolands, pictured
above, in Santa Clara county,
• northern California, The estate
Martyrs of U. S. War Game
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Memoi’ial will be sought for crew of the Navy bomber who lost thett
lives in crash of the plane during final phase of the biggest war gam*
in history, enacted near Hawaii. Four of the six victims of the crash are
shown. Top: Lieut. Harry A. Brandenburger, 37, of Illinois, commander
of plane; and (r.) Chief Machinists’ Mate P. 0. I-itts. Below: Lieut,
Charles J. Skelly (left), of San Francisco, and Machinists’ Mate Philip
J. Proteau. 26. of Wrentham. Mass. (Centrul Press,
HmM Numskuu.
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