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yorrtond felt light; if you were
happy, only happiness mattered.
Later Phoebe sat in the thea-
ter alore, watching the comedy
yunfolding on the stage. But the
seat beside her shrieked its
emptiness, and she was so con-
~ scious of it that she could not
concentrate on the play. The
jokes seemed flat, the ensembles
tawdry, the music a thin patter
of sound. Then Ben came.
And suddenly the show was
wonderful! Phoebe turned to-
ward him, her face faintly
gleaming in the light from the
stage. “Ben, I'm so glad you
could get here!”
an ~ They were going to have din-
ner at Aunt Bea’s restaurant on
i Ninth Street, so they took a bus.
= Phoebe relaxed in the hard, wob-
y bling seat on the open top, rest- z
ing on Ben’s shoulder.
5 “Say, Phoebe, I was just
thinking. We might easily run
into Peter at your Aunt Bea's
: place. Shall you mind if we do?”
¢No. Shall you?”
Of course not.”
“Then if Peter doesn’t, it'll
be all right,” Phoebe said.
But she felt a little nervous
as they went through the street
door leading to the restaurant
and up the short flight of stairs
“into the hall of the narrow build-
ing. “It’s quite early, Ben, Let’s
go back to the kitchen first and
surprise Aunt Bea.” Taking his
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Bea in her white Hoover apron
ran to greet them, holding her
face up for her tall niece to kiss,
beaming at Ben. “I’m all over
onions, Ben, can’t shake hands.
How grand it is to see you!”
Matzu came through the
green swinging doors from the
dining room with a tray, his
forehead wrinkled with trying to
remember his orders, and then
he saw Phoebe and Ben and
grinned like a delighted school-
boy. Anna was very busy with
her ‘chops, but she turned
around and looked at the young
couple and smiled at them too.
“Aunt Bea,” Phoebe said
nervously, “is — is Peter here?”
“No, but he’s coming. And
most likely Henrietta Austin’ll
be with him. She usually is.”
Peter and Henrietta Austin!
Phoebe and Ben looked at each
other.
“It’s as plain as the nose on
your face,” Aunt Bea said, all
the time busily stuffing deviled
eggs for the salads, “that Hen-
rietta’s head over heels where
Peter is concerned. Now you two
run along on in and have your
dinner—and don’t forget to order
tipsy pudding, or else the butter-
scotch tart. They're grand.”
Ben and Phoebe took the
round table for four at the end
of the alcove which opened off
through a wide arch from the
big dining room. Matzu hurried
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~ YOUNG APRIL by Dorothy Chadwick
Matzu had whisked away the
fruit cocktail glasses and had
gone to the kitchen for creamed
sweetbreads when Peter and
Henrietta arrived. They paused
just inside the door to say some-
thing to Jean French at the
cashier’s table, and Phoebe look-
ed at them. Henrietta was —
well, she was Henrietta, her tiny
hat edged by bright blond curls,
her lips so red, every inch of her
joyously alive. And Peter looked
so well that sudden tears came
into Phoebe’s eyes. For weeks
she had been remembering him
as she had last seen him in the
pine grove, white and suffering;
now there he stood laughing
with Henrietta, and all his radi-
ant quality had come back.
Ben stood up to attract their
attention and the boy and girl
hurried across the ~ half-filled
dining room into the alcove.
“Why, hello, you two!” Hen-
rietta gave Phoebe’s shoulder a
quick hug and beamed at Ben.
“This is simply marvelous.”
“And what,” Ben looked into
Henrietta’s sparkling eyes,
“brings you into New York on a
day like this?”
A tender softness diffused the
sparkle in Henrietta’s face;
without answering she glanced
at Peter.
“It’s wonderful to see you,
Phoebe,” Peter was saying.
“Gee, but you look well.”
~~ hand, she dragged him down along behind them and lighted They gazed into each other’s
a the hall. the tall white candle which eyes. And suddenly Phoebe
es “Why, you darlings!” Aunt sparkled and shone. knew that, so far as she had
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Answers
1. Piano; Kay Kyser.
2. George Gershwin.
3. Elmer Layden; Hoard Jones;
Lynn Waldorf; Dana Bible.
4. Testatrix.
5. Hydrogen.
6. Benjamin Franklin in a
brochure while United States
minister to France.
7. Lower leg.
8. Six; a $5 bill, a $2 bill; a $1
bill, a 50-cent piece, a dime
and a nickel.
9. Eclair.
10. Thirty-eight.
11, Patty Berg, golf; John
Henry Lewis, boxing; Gene
Mako, tennis; Ken Keltner,
baseball.
12. Normandie.
13. Ten.
14. Wrestling.
15 Heart specialist.
16. Rumania.
17. Crystal.
18. Italian.
19. Charge; Winkie; Prince;
Farmer.
20. False: New York and Phila-
delphia were, I Boston
Peter were concerned, every-
thing was all right. “What are
you doing these days, Peter?”
“I have a job.” Peter an-
nounced it proudly, excitement
kindling his dark eyes as he
looked at them. “Your Aunt Bea
found a place for me in an or-
chestra.”
“Oh, Peter!”
“Congratulations!”
Phoebe and Ben spoke in the
same breath, but Henrietta said
nothing. “Isn’t that splendid,
Hennie?” Phoebe asked, sur-
prised by the sudden droop that
showed itself at the corners of
Henrietta’s gay mouth.
“Of course it’s splendid,” she
said slowly. “Only—tell the rest
of it, Peter.”
“Well, you see,” Peter said,
“the orchestra’s going on a tour
of the country—all the way out
to California and back—and I'm
going with them.”
“Oh! When do you start?”
“Day after tomorrow. In
some ways I—I hate to go.”
Peter was looking anxiously at
Henrietta. “But I feel I've just
got to hang on to this job.”
“You, you have, Peter.” Hen-
rietta spoke so seriously that
Phoebe felt a queer thrill. “And
—and of course you'll come
back.”
Phoebe, who had been looking
from one face to the other,
glanced away. She felt that she
had no right to observe the look
that passed between them.
They loved each other!
NEXT WEEK:
Ed Prentice Consults Ben
About Dispossessing
The Rosicki’s!
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6—Catch sight of
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14—Over
15—Out-door game
16—Region
17—Specks
18—Lively song
19—Money drawer
20—Nobleman
21—Italian city
22—Large marine snail
23—Lessen
25—Crush
26—Bricklayer’s implement
29—O0gle
30—Abodes
31—Begin
33—Vehicle
36—Indian
87—Tuneful
328—Kimono sash
40—Lair of a wild beast
41—Form of dentin
42—Mohammedan household
44—Forehead
45—Describe
46—Thanks before a meal
48—Animals without feet
50—Mountain spinach oy
51—Bang
52—Shaded walk
56—Blink
57—Bovine calls
58 —Cuttlefish
59—Fencing sword
60—Sea birds
61—Poet
62—Game animal
63—Hire
64—Plastic mixture
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2—Central American free
3—Dove’s home
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6—Divided JO
8—Spanish jug
9—Child
10—Ancestor
11—Sign of the Zodiae
12—Parts of a battery
13—Chat
21—Chum
22—Miserable
24—Discolor
25—Persian nymph
26—Dull sound
27—Repetition
28 —Portent
29—Well-bred woman
31—Moderate
32—Crag
83—The Abrabian gazelle
34—Assist
35—Hoar frost
38—Cry of the bacchanals
43—Shady promenade
44—Man who puts up the money
45—Gypsy
46—Clutch
47—Hindu queen
48—Lengthwise
49—Out of date
50—Was indebted
51—Small marsh bird
53—The sacred bull
54—Register
55—Tardy
57—Gull
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