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One Man's Family (Continued from page 21) family may silently suspect about Paul and Beth Holly, who visits the Sea Cliff estate for weeks at a time, no one doubts there's been only one love in Paul's life — the war nurse. Paul, now gray at the temples, often depressed, and with a rolling cadence of maturity in his voice, is in his early forties. He runs a flying school, gives advice at the drop of a handkerchief, lives with the family, plays a detective at the first wink of trouble, and frequently surrounds himself with an aura of mystery. All of the sons and daughters in the Barbour clan except Paul arrived after Father and Mother Barbour had acquired considerable wealth. DAUL came along in the early days ■ of their marriage — son of Henry Barbour, a farm boy who was trying to get a start in business in San Francisco. Born in this period of struggle, Paul has grown to be more of a realist than his younger brothers and sisters. His boyhood memories are not of oceanside estates, feasts at Thanksgiving and Christmas and other luxuries which younger members of the family have become accustomed. What profession he would have followed had he not gone to war has never been indicated. Unquestionably, he would not have entered Father Barbour's bond business, which he has icily side-stepped. The war sharpened his appetite for flying and adventure, and resulted in the opening of Paul Barbour's Flying School a few months after the Armistice. The flying school has been profitable, and remains profitable, but Paul is not wealthy. However, he is a man of considerable leisure; time to think things out, take long, mysterious trips, and acquire many philosophies. One of his philosophies governs his flying school: Don't deliberately strive to make money. Give your job the best you have in you and the money question will take care of itself. His favorite formula for success: Always do the little thing that's ahead of you; don't delay it until tomorrow. If you form the habit of doing all the little things as they arise, the big problems will be easier. Some of his philosophies lacked this mental serenity and Paul found himself in tiffs with Father Barbour; disagreements in which he was not always the winner. Paul believed he had lost face with the family. Cornered, he embodied his prodigious sciences of life in a book. A publishing house liked his book, but it found less favor with the public. Slowly he mellowed and became less erratic. Since the failure of his literary attempt, he has never been one to criticize human weaknesses. Through his tolerance he has become the sounding-board of the family. If a Barbour is planning a revolutionary move either in business, love or domestic life, Paul's opinion is sought; and he does not hold back his opinions. Cliff, second son of the Barbours, acquired some years ago a custom of bringing his dates to the Barbour home to meet the family. APRIL, 1940 Among the first was Beth Holly. Obviously a bit on the wild side, the family was not enthusiastic about her. Paul began seeing quite a lot of Beth and for the past six or eight years she has visited the Barbour home for periods of weeks at a time. Various members of the family tried to sound out Paul on his relations with Beth, but encountered the silence which so long has characterized Paul's life. Not the least of these inquisitors was Father Barbour. In later years, the family has been involved in domestic problems which overshadow the mystery of Paul and Beth and has taken <*n attitude of letting them work out their own destiny. Paul, the family now reasons, is old enough to know his own mind, and wise enough to avoid embarrassing entanglements. Family suspicions about Beth and Paul are based not on what the family knows, but what it doesn't know; not on what Paul has said, but what he has diligently left unsaid. Beth Holly often grows impatient with Paul and delivers an ultimatum. If he loves her, contends Beth in moments she sometimes regrets, he must marry her. If he doesn't love her, she should know it. TWICE she has tried to force him to ■ a decision, but Paul is a man who prefers to leave those matters to a later day. Beth went her way and married another man. The marriage, somewhere in the East, was followed by a honeymoon in Europe. Months later, she came' back with a child. She told Paul her husband had been killed in an airplane crash. Once again, Paul persuaded Beth Holly to move into the Barbour home. While she was there, something seemed to be threatening her. Again she came around to the subject of marriage, but Paul was evasive. One morning Paul found a note from Beth. She had left during the night, taking her child with her. Beth Holly is one of the many unexplained mysteries of Paul's life. Two years ago, he received a series of telephone calls, each resulting in his disappearance for a few days, apparently on missions involving espionage. Once he was in Washington for several weeks, assisting federal agents. He has adopted Teddy, now fifteen years old, as his daughter. Teddy, an orphan, came to live with the family next door. The Barbour neighbors, unable to care for her, agreed to her adoption by Paul, who was enormously fond of her. Teddy could not ask for a more dutiful, more understanding parent. His talks with Teddy provide some of the most memorable episodes in the life of the Barbour clan. Teddy is now at the dangerous age. She has no mother to guide her through adolescence and relies on the straightforward advice from Paul, who counsels her: Don't use up all your emotions in two years. 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