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Zurich Herald, 1938-12-01, Page 2n, Pj W1 �w ke eiNlargazet gotraerre dila itel4 CHAPTER II When hours later, the train shuddered to a stop in the great New York station and Kathy. step- ped off, she saw Lois who hurried to her. "Katha!" And Katha was kissed by a warm, laughing, red mouth. "Oh, it's grand to see you!" Lois was small and vivid. She wore a leopard coat over a simple brown dress and a brown felt hat with an upturned brim. Always Richard Carruth boasted of Lois in his letters to New Hampshire. A wholesome kid be had written many times, who liked sports and he She hooked her arm through Katha's. "Dad was sorry he couldn't meet you. Business, you know. And Mother and Millicent —" She frowned. "Well, you see, they're having people in for cock- tails. People for you to meet. So t:.::-, sent nee. ." "I'm glad they sent you," Katha said. People for you to meet .. . Her heart jumped. To walk into a room filled with strange people had always terrified her. Shy, small town girl, she thought. Coun- try bumpkin. She'd probably stumble and drop things and not know what to say.. A long sleek black car with a chauffeur at the wheel waited. Soon it was moving down Park avenue... . Katha said, "Remind me not to stretch my neck, Lois. I haven't been in New York for eleven years." "I'11 take you all around. We'll have fun." "ROW is Urge,1e 13ic arts? How are !trot Evelyn and Millicent?" And as soon as the questions fell from her lips, she felt Lois tight- en. "You mustn't call her Aunt Eve- lyn, Katha. Just call her Evelyn. Dad is fine but terribly busy all the time. Millicent is always busy, too, all the time — busy doing nothing." She's unhappy, Katha thought. With all that Richard and Evelyn had given her, she was unhappy. After a while Lois said, "I real- ly insisted on meeting• you because there are some things I wanted to tell you. Our lives are so different from yours. I was with you only a couple of days last summer but I liked the way you live. It was peaceful and—and sane. We. live", --f she--ga•Tee.a•art.-littlelaugh • — ` oh, I don't know, Iike crazy peo- ple. You see, they don't approve of me. Mother and Millicent, I mean." "Don't approve of you?" Katha asked. She stopped looking at buildings and hurrying people and looked directly into Lois' pretty, earnest little face. "No Social Butterfly" "I don't care about parties and clothes. Mother thinks I'm hope- less. When I go down to the farm Dad has in Maryland, I never want to leave. I love the life down there, living in riding clothes, fool- ing with the horses and dogs." She wrinkled her little nose and grin- ner:. ' :'cs:t, I'm talking a lot. But I ;...- ::r"x. be a social butterfly like.7.1i:tieent. But, Iiatha, I didn't insist on meeting you to talk about myself. I wanted to warn you not even to look at Kemp Loring. Millicent's in love with him and if you look at hint twice, she'll have her claws on you." Katha thought, "What am I go- ing into?" she said, "But I'm just a poor relation, Lois." "Yes, but you're too lovely look- ing." And Lois was thinking how Evelyn had received the news of Katha's visit, how she had crud. "But, Richard, what will I do with the child? Oh, I'm sure she's a darling and I know she's your sis- ter's child, but what will I do with her? She's been nowhere and she'll probably look frightful and Millicent will be embarrassed be- fore her friends. Why did you have to invite her here? You could have sent her a check for a trip or. . ." But Richard had said quietly but firmly. "I invit- ed her and she's coming. She's lovely. If anything, Millicent's friends will probably embarrass her." Millicent's flippant remarks to her friends had drifted to Lois, "I don't know if I can make it, darling. I've a country couei:i coining and I don't know how she'll turn out. Of course Father in- sisrs on lily being sweet to her." The ear stopped before a tall white building. Katha followed Lois' trim little figure inside and to the elevator. Up. Up. She held her breath until the ele- vator stopped. Then a door swung open and she found herself stand- ing at the entrance o the largest! toGel.est •2`0511 she Tied ten ` e'en, a room alive with people talking between sips of cocktails. Jewels sparkled on wrists and fingers. 'Pee Melte was thick, Then she saw Aunt Evelyn. No, just Evelyn, she thought quickly. Issue 48—'38 D And she tried to hide a smile be cause Evelyn's hair was pale yel- low now, She was very thin in the clinging blue velvet gown. The Country Cousin The slender blonde girl dressed in black with pearls at her throat was unmistakably Millicene be- cause she was Evelyn twenty years younger. And Millicent was talk- ing to a tall, handsome, dark- haired man. Kemp Loring? Katha wondered. Don't eyen look at him, she thought. Then Evelyn saw her. Bill McMillan looked at the en- trance just then, too, seeing Lois with a strange, black -haired girl. 'GVas she the country cousin Milli- cent had been laughing about? She couldn't be! .And yet she must be... And Bill McMillan thought, "Katha Lodge doesn't know it yet, but she has the last laugh, She's beautiful. Look at Evelyn putting on the grand act of welcoming her...." Evelyn was saying to Iiatha, "Darling, I'm delighted! How are dear Grace and John? And the twins? I've never seen them, you know. You were very tiny when I saw you last. Do come and meet everybody. Richard isn't here but I expect him any moment." She took Katha from one group to another. Finally they came to the end of the room where Mill - fond of Lois. "You sari never :fore get that Lois isn't your .own sister, can you? But sne's a credit to ou, a swen kid." Richard Carruth, gray. -haired, brown -eyed, distinguished, Canis in, wont directly to Katha with his hands outstretched, embraced her, and kissed her, And Katha thought, "1 believe I'm going to cry," because his arms were so loving, because she knew now that ]Evelyn and Millicent had not w.iuted her and resented her, that Evelyn was being the actress she could be, and that 1M1illlcent would not even pretend to be friendly.. Richard smiled down at her. "You look great. You're the only girl here except Lois who looks as if she gets enough sleep. Eve- lyn and N.iillicent go onnervous energy. When this mob Blears out, Kathe, we'll have a quiet family dinner and you can tell me about the folks at home. I'm delighted you're here." But when the guests left, Mill- icent, it appeared, had left with them. Though nothing was said at dinner, Katha recognized the snub. During dinner, Evelyn fre- quently consulted her watch. Richard, though he looked tired, talked animatedly. Lois smiled across the table at Katha and talked. Kathy felt the tightness in her ease a little. At least she had Uncle Richard and Lois... After dinner Evelyn disappear- ed and appeared again in Rich- ard's study. She had changed from the blue velvet to gold lace. "Katha dear, I'in so sorry to be leaving but I've had this theatre engagement for weeks. Katha promptly forgot her. To Day's Popular Design By Carol Aimes 644 SWEDISH KNIT AFGHAN—DESIGN Ia0. 644 Afghans snake perfect gifts. This old-world design is unique. It is knit in lengths which are sewn together—one diagonal strip then one flower strip. The flowers being knit into the pattern using green and one other color yarn. The pattern includes easy to follow instructions for knitting, ma- terial requirements and directions for finishing. Send 15c, coins preferred, to Carol Aimes, Room 421, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. ieent stood with Kemp Loring and Bill McMillan. Coolly Millicent said, "Hello, Katha. How nice to see you." 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