TIMES. W IL L A M IN A . OREGON
T h e »IM LANTERN
TI IURSDA Y, SEPT. 21. 1939
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He Knew
" I ^iave a s u rp ris e fo r you,
H u r r y ."
“ Oh, have you? And how long
Is y o u r m o th e r going to s ta y ? ”
C H A P T E R X —Continued
E va ns and E d ith and M r. Towne.
Jane knew w hat J u d y 's h e a rt
Soon they w ere d in in g in a c h a rm
—16—
B a ld y , M r. Tow ne w an ts to m a rry w anted.
"S he does m iss you.
I ing F re n ch re s ta u ra n t. The w a ite r,
“ T h a t’s the th in g fo r you and Del. me. I haven’t told you before. I t is know it when she tu rn s a w a y fr o r r w ith the firs t course. In te rru p te d
He re a lly loves fine stock
And you ra th e r lik e a d re a m and I ’ m not me. Perhaps I o u g h tn ’t to te ll you. th em . When he once m ore d is a p
and he— th in k o f i t —rid in g o ve r the going to th in k about it. I don’t love B ut 1 th ou gh t you’d ra th e r kn o w .” peared, F re d e ric k persisted. " I ’ m
As they say in Hollywood, two
c o u n try —p la nn ing y o u r gardens— h im , and so, o f course, th a t settles
“ I do w a n t to kn o w .” said J u d y, going aw ay to m o rro w . W o n 't you
weds
are better than one.
it.
B
ut
he
says
he
can
m
ake
me,
h a vin g a baby o r tw o .” E d ith was
fe v e ris h ly . “ I don’t w a n t th em to give me m y answ er to nig ht? A fte r
and. B a ld y , so m e tim e s 1 w ish that fo rg et. Jane, you m u s tn 't e ve r let lunch I ’ll ta ke you home and you
going v e ry fast.
he could. I t w ould be such a heav th e m —fo rg e t."
“ I t sounds h e a v e n ly ," said L ucy.
can rest a b it, and then (’ ll com e
T H A T 'S R IG H T
“ Then m ake it H eaven. Oh. L u enly th in g fo r the whole fa m ily . Of
Jane fe lt as U she had been s tru c k fo r you and w e’ ll dine to ge th er nnd
cy. L u cy, you lu cky g ir l—you are course th a t is n 't the w ay to look at a stunning b lo w . She was. fo r a see a p la y ."
going to m a r ry the m an you love. it, but I believe J u d y w ants it. She m om ent, in the m id s t o f a d izzy
She trie d to p ro test, but he p le ad
L iv e aw ay fro m the w o rld —share believes in love in a cottage, but she u niverse , in w hich only one th in g ed. " T h is is m y day. D on 't spoil
happiness and unhappiness—” She says th a t love in a palace m ig h t be was c le a r. J u d y w asn’ t sure of get it, J a n e .”
rose fro m the ta ble re stle ssly, push e q u a lly s a tis fy in g , w ith fe w er things tin g w e ll!
It was n e a rly three o’clock when
ing back her c h a ir, d ro p p in g her to w o rry about.
J u d y , w ith her b row n eyes w is t they le ft the ta ble , and they had a
“ Som ehow th a t d oe sn't fit in w ith fu l, w ent on: “ J u n io r, do you w an t long d riv e before th em . D arkness
nap kin on the floor. “ Do you know
the th ing s I'v e d re am ed .
But M oth e r back in yo ur own nice had descended when they reached
how I envy y o u '“
house?"
the house. I t was s till snow ing
She w ent to the w indow and stood d re am s, of course, a re n ’ t e ve ry
" W ill you m ake cookies?”
loo king out. “ And here I s it. day th ing . . .
Bob was u p s ta irs , w a lk in g around
“ 1 had to te ll you, d ea r old boy
"Y e s , d a r lin g .”
a fte r day, lik e a p ris o n e r in a to w e r
the little room lik e a m an in a
“ Then I w a n t you back.
A unt d re a m .
—and m y page sings— th a t was the Because w e've never kept things
“Jack said you bored h im ."
b eginning o f i t —and it w ill be the fro m each o ther. And y o u 've been Janey m ade cookies, and she d id n ’ t
" I c a n 't te ll y o u ," he confided to
" I used to board him about half
so
p
e
rfe
c
tly
fra
n
k
about
E
d
ith
A
re
know
about
the
ra
is
in
s
."
e n d ."
Jane a fte r F re d e ric k had le ft, "h o w
the tim e when we were engaged.
“ M o th e r know s how to g ive cook queer 1 fe lt when 1 cam e in and
“ N o ," L u cy was v e ry serious, th ing s a b it blue in th a t d ire c tio n ’
He grafted half his meals on us."
Y
o
u
r
le
tte
r
sounded
lik
e
it.
ie-m
en
ra
is
in
eyes
M
oth
ers
know
found M iss M a rtin w ith the babies,
“ y o u -m u s tn 't le t it be the end. You
“
Be
good
to
y
o
u
rs
e
lf,
old
d
ea
r,
and
a lot o f th ing s th a t aunties d o n 't, and th a t s ta te ly old w om an in the
—you m ust open the w indow . M iss
love me m ore than e v e r.”
O b lig in g F e llo w
d a r lin g .”
kitch e n . And e v e ry th in g going lik e
T ow n e.”
"D o es y o u r com pany a llo w you
“ W ell, I w ish you'd come back ” c lo c k w o rk
M iss M a rtin explain ed ,
E d ith cam e back to the table.
Jane signed her nam e and stood He stood by the side o f the bed. and — w ell, Tow ne ju s t waves a
to take tip s ? "
“ Open the w in d o w ? ” H er b re ath
up,
s tre tc h in g her a rm s above hei " I 'd lik e to sleep w ith you to n ig h t. w and, doesn't he, Janey, and m akes
“ No, la d y, b ut i f th ey asked if
cam e fa st. “ Open the w indow . Oh,
you gave m e one, I'd lie lik e a n y
th in g s happen?”
little L u c y , how w ise you are . . . ” head. It was la te and she was very M ay I, M o th e r-d e a r? "
tire d . A g re a t s to rm was shaking
th ing to save y o u .”
“ N ot to n ig h t, d a rlin g .
But you
“ I d o n 't know th a t 1 ought to let
When L u c y had gone, A lic e cam e
h im do so m u c h ." Jane said.
in a n d ’ dressed E d ith 's h a ir. She the w indow s. The w ind fro m the m ay when I com e h om e.”
lake beat against the w a lls w ith the
B ut d ays passed and weeks, and
"O h , w hy not. Janey? Ju st take
found her lady th o u g h tfu l. "A lic e ,
boom o f guns.
Ju dy did not com e home. And the the good the gods p ro vid e . . . . ”
w h a t did th ey do w ith m y w edding
She w alr.ed the floor, a tense little firs t of F e b ru a ry found her s till in
B efore F re d e ric k Tow ne reached
c lo th e s ? "
fig ure, fig h tin g a g a in st fe a r. The ! th a t n a rro w hosp ital bed. And it his hotel he passed a shop whose
“ We p u t them a ll in the second
s to rm had become a w h is tlin g pan
was in F e b ru a ry th a t F re d e ric k w indow s w ere ligh ted a ga in st the
g u e st-su ite ," she s a id ; "s o m e o f
dem on ium . She gave a c ry o f re Tow ne w ro te th a t he was co m in g to e a rly darkness. In one o f the w in
them we le ft packed in the tru n k s
lie f when the door opened and her C hicago. “ 1 s h a ll have o nly a d ay, dows. flanked by s lip p e rs and sto c k I
ju s t as they w ere, and some o f them
b ro th e r-in -la w entered
but I m u st see yo u.”
ings and a fan to m a tc h , was a
are hung on ra c k s .”
“ I'm h a lf-fro ze n , Janey. I t was
The next tim e she w ent to the F re n ch gow n, a ll s ilv e r and fa in t
“ W here is the w edding dress?”
a fig h t to get th ro ug h .
The cars h osp ital, she told Ju dy o f his e x blue, a sh in in g w isp of a th in g in
“ In a closet in a w h ite line n b ag .”
pected a r r iv a l. “ T o m o rro w ."
lace and satin. Tow ne stopped the
“ W e ll, fin ish m y h a ir and we w ill
“ Oh. Jane, how d e lig h tfu l.”
c a r, w ent in and bought the gown
go and look a t i t . ”
“ Is it? I ’ m not sure. J u d y .”
w ith its m a tc h in g accessories
He
As th ey entered it, the second
" I t w ould be p erfect i f yo u ’d ac e a rn e d the big box w ith h im to his
guest-suite was heavy w ith the scent
cept h im , J a n e ."
hotel. R esting a b it before d in n e r
o f orange bloom s. “ H ow d re a d fu l,
“
B
u
t
I'm
n
ot
in
love
w
ith
h
im
.”
he p e rm itte d h im s e lf to d re a m o f
A lic e .” E d ith e ja cu la te d .
“ W hy
“ Bob and I w ere ta lk in g about Jane in th a t gown, the p ea rls th a t
d id n 't you th ro w the flow ers a w a y ? ”
' it , ” J u d y 's voice was a lm o s t p a in he w ould g ive her a ga in st the w h ite
“ M iss A nnabel w o u ld n 't let me.
fu lly eager, “ o f how splendid it of her slender th ro a t, the s lim b a re
She said you m ig h t not w a n t th ing s
w ould be f o r — 9f? of u s.” I
ness o f her a rm s, the s w irl o f a
touched.”
s
ilv e r lace about her a nkles—the
F
o
r
a
ll
o
f
us.
Ju
dy
and
Bob
and
“ S illy s e n tim e n ta lity ." E d ith was
the babies! It w as the firs t tim e sw ing of the boyish figure in its
im p a tie n t.
! th a t Jane had th ou gh t o f her m a r- sheath of blue.
The room was in a ll the gloom o f
Quaker Slate M o to r O il hai a back
He w ondered if he offered it to
‘ ria g e w ith Tow ne as a w ay out fo r
d ra w n c u rta in s . The dresses hung
Jane, would she accept? He knew
g ro u n d of over h alf a century of
|J u d y and Bob
. .
on ra cks, and. encased in w h ite
she w ou ldn ’t. A delaide would have
scientific
refining . . . is recognized by
bags, gave a gho stly effect. “ T hey
F ro m his hotel a t the m om en t o f m ade no bones about it. T he re had
car owners, the w orld over, as the
are lik e row s o f tom bstones. A lic e .”
a r r iv a l. Tow ne ca lle d Jane up. “ A re been a lovely th in g in black ve lve t
guai it j lubricant fo r automotive use.
“ Yes, M iss T o w n e .” said A lice ,
he had given her. too. a w ra p to
you glad I'm h ere? ”
d u tifu lly .
m a tc h .
“ O f c o u rs e ."
The m a id b rought o ut the w ed
The evening stretche d ahead o f
“ D o n 't say it th a t w a y ."
d in g dress and la id it on the bed.
h im , fu ll o f ra d ia n t p rom ise.
He
“ H ow sh all I say it? ”
E d ith , s u rv e y in g it, was stung by
“ As if you m ea nt it. Do you know knew Ja ne 's s tre n g th but he was
the m e m o ry o f the em otions w h ich
w ha t a frig id little th in g you are? rea dy fo r conquest.
had sw ayed her when she had la s t
H is telephone rang
And Jane
Your
le tte rs
w ere
lik e
frosted
w o rn it. I t had seemed to m ock
spoke to h im .
ca kes.”
h er. She had seen her own tense
“ M r. T o w n e ," she said, “ I c a n ’t
She laughed. “ They w ere the best
countenance in the m ir r o r , as she
dine w ith you. B u t can you com e
I could d o.”
had co n tro lle d h e rs e lf before A lice.
“ I don’ t believe it. B ut 1 a m not o v e r la te r? J u d y is d esp erately ill.
Then, when the m a id had le ft, she
going to ta lk o f th a t now. When I ' l l te ll you m ore about it when I
had th ro w n h e rs e lf on the bed. and
| can I com e and see you? And how see y o u .”
had w rith e d in an agony o f h u m ilia
! m uch tim e have you to spare fo r
tion.
Bob had c rie d when the news
m e?”
Acid-Free Quaker Stale M o to r O il
And now a ll h e r a ng er was gone
“ N ot m uch, I c a n 't leave the ba- : cam e fro m the h osp ital.
I t had
is
refined exclusively from the finest
She d id n 't hate Del. She d id n ’t hate
b ie s.”
been d re a d fu l. Jane had never seen
“ Can’t you trust the maids?”
L u c y . She even th o u g h t of U ncle
Pennsylvania
crude o il. A il impurities
a
m
an
c
ry
.
They
had
been
hard
“ Y o u r s is te r's c h ild re n . C an’t you
F re d w ith c h a rity . And the wed are stopped on a ll the su rfa ce tru s t the m a id s ? ”
are scientifically removed. Eacb drop
sobs, w ith broken apologies be
din g gown was, a fte r a ll. a robe fo r lin e s .”
“ M aids? L isten to the m a n ! We tw een, " I ’ m a fool to act like
of oil is pure, heat-resistant lubricant
a p rincess who m a rrie d a king. Not
"H o w is J u d y ? "
th is . . . "
h a v e n 't a n y .”
. . . assuring maximum reliability.
a robe fo r a p rincess w ho loved a
“ H o ld in g h e r ow n.
And by the
Jane had trie d to say things, then
“ You d o n 't m ean to te ll m e th a t
page. A te n d e r sm ile softened her w ay, Ja n e y, th a t frie n d o f yours, you are doing the h ou se w o rk.”
had sat s ile n t and u n c o m fo rta b le
face.
Towr.e, sent a no the r bunch o f roses
“ Yes. w hy not? I am strong and w h ile Bob fo ug ht fo r s e lf-c o n tro l.
“ A lic e ,”
she
sa id ,
suddenly, P re tty fine. 1 c a ll it. She's no end w e ll, and the kidd ies are a d o ra b le .’ ’
M iss M a rtin had gone home be
“ w a s n 't th e re a little h e lio tro p e d in pleased.”
“ We are going to change th a t. I ' l l fore the message a rriv e d . Bob was
ner fro c k am ong m y trousseau
“ I t s nice o f h im ."
b rin g a tra.ne d nurse up w ith m e .”
told th a t he could not see his w ife.
th in g s ? ”
“ Gee. I w ish I had his m oney.”
B ut the surgeon w ould be glad to |
“ Please don t be a ty r a n t."
“ Yes, M iss Tow ne. In fo rm a l.” A l
“ M oney is n 't e v e ry th in g . B o b b y ."
“ T u t-tu t, little g ir l.” she heard his ta lk to h im , a t e ig ht.
ice hunted in the th ird ro w o f to m b
“ I t m eans a lot a t a tim e like big laugh o ve r the telephone, “ I ’l l
“ And I know w h a t he’ll sa y,” Bob
stones u n til she found it.
th is .”
H is face w ore a w o rrie d b rin g the nurse and someone to help had said to Jane d re a rily , “ th a t if
fro w n . Jane knew th a t J u d y 's hos her, and a load o f toys to keep the I can get th a t sp e cia list up fro m
“ I w a n t long sleeves put m it
W ill you te ll H a rd in g e r. and have p ita l expenses w ere a p p a llin g , and kid d ie s q u ie t. When I w a n t a th ing . H ot S prings, he m a y be able to diag- |
b ills w ere p ilin g up.
h im send a h at to m a tc h ? ”
nose the tro u b le . B ut how am 1 go
Jane, I u s u a lly get i t . "
“ I w o rk lik e a s la v e ,” Bob said,
“ Yes, M iss T o w n e ."
He and the nurse a rriv e d together. ing to get the m oney, Janey? I t w ill I
The h e lio tro p e fro c k had sim p le ru e fu lly , "a n d w e’ ve never been in A co m p ete n t housew orker was to fo l cost a thousand d o lla rs to rush h im |
W hen you use Arid-Free Quaker Slate
and lo ve ly lines
I t floated in sheer debt b e fo re .”
low in a cab. Jane protested. " I t here and pay h is fee. And m y in
M
o to r O il regularly, you are free
“ When J u d y is w e ll, th ing s w ill seems d re a d fu lly h ig h -h a n d e d ."
bea uty fro m the m a id 's hands as
com e has p ra c tic a lly stopped. W ith
from worry about motor troubles due
she held it up “ T h e re is n 't a p re t seem b rig h te r. Bob " She la id her
They w ere alone in the liv in g - a ll these la b o r tro u b le s —th e re 's no
to sludge, carbon or corrosion. Y o u r
tie r one in the w hole lo t. M iss hand on his a rm .
room . M iss M a rtin had, at once, c a r b u ild in g .
And J u d y 's nurses cost
He looked up a t h e r and th ere was rie d the kidd ies off to unpack the tw e lv e d o lla rs a d a y —and her room
E d ith .”
car w ill run better, last longer. Quaker
E d ith , h a vin g disp atche d the box fe ar in h is eyes. “ Jane, she m ust toys.
S ate O il Refining Corp., O il City, Pa.
five. Oh, poor people h a ve n 't any
w ith a c h a rm in g note to L ucy L o get w e ll. 1 c a n ’ t face losing h e r.”
F re d e ric k laughed. “ W ell, w ha t rig h t to be sick, Janey. There is n ’t
“ We m u s tn 't th in k o f th a t. And are you going to do about it? You any place fo r th e m ."
gan, had a fe e lin g o f e c s ta tic free
dom . A ll th e h u rt and h u m ilia tio n now com e on out in the k itch e n c a n 't put me o u t.”
Ja ne 's face was pale and looked
and I ' l l m ake you som e c o ffe e ."
o f the b rid a l episode had departed
“ B u t I can refuse to go w ith y o u ” pinched. "T h e re 's the check B a ld y
She d id n ’ t c a re w h a t the w o rld Jane was a lw a ys p ra c tic a l. She —th e re was the c ris p note in her sent me fo r C h ris tm a s , fifty d o l
th o u g h t o f her.
H e r d esertion by knew th a t, w a rm e d and fed. he voice w hich a lw a ys s tirre d h im .
la rs .”
D e l had been m a te ria l fo r a day s would see th ing s d iffe re n tly .
“ B u t you w on’ t tjo th a t, J a n e .”
" D e a r g ir l, it w o u ld n 't be a d ro p 1
Y et in spite o f h e r philosophy. He held out his hand to her, drew in the b u c k e t."
gossip— then o th e r th in g s had fille d
the papers, had been h eadlined and Jane lay aw ake a long tim e th a t her a little to w a rd s h im .
(TO HE CONTINUED)
e m phasized.
A nd w h a t d iffe re n c e n ig ht. And la te r h e r d re am s were
She released h erself, flushing. " I
o f J u d y —o f J u d y , and a g ra y and am not q u ite sura w h a t I ought to
d id i t a ll m ake ?
E m m a Lazarus
d re a d fu l
phantom
w hich
p u r d o.”
E m m a L a za ru s was a fam ous
sued
. .
CHAPTER X I
“ W hy th in k o f 'o u gh ts'? We w ill Jew ish poet and social w o rk e r born
The next day she w ent to the ju s t p la y a b it to g e th e r, Jane. T h a t’s in New Y o rk c ity . H er firs t vo lum e
h o s p ita l and took J u n io r w ith her.
T he d a y a fte r C h ris tm a s .
a ll. And y o u 're such a tire d little of p o e try was published when she
When he saw his m o th e r in bed. g ir l, a re n 't y o u ? "
“ B a ld y , d a r lin g ;
T he o p e ra tio n
was o n ly 18. Subsequently she w ro te
is o v e r, and th e d o c to r g ive s us | J u n io r asked, “ Do you lik e it, M o th
H is s y m p a th y was c o m fo rtin g . E v a novel called “ A lid e " bqsed on the
hope. T h a t is the best I can te ll e r-d e a r? ”
e ryb o d y leaned on Jane. I t was de life o f Goethe. She aided in p ro v id
“ L ik e w h a t, d a rlin g ? ”
lig h tfu l to s h ift her b urdens to th is ing w ork nnd education fo r large
yo u. I h a v e n 't been a llo w e d to see
"S le e p in g in the d a y tim e ? ”
stro n g m an who gave his com m ands n um bers o f Russian Jews who fled
J u d y , though th e y have le t Bob have
“ I d o n 't a lw a y s s le e p ." She looked lik e a kin g .
a peep a t h e r, and she s m ile d .
to A m e ric a . H er sonnet to the S ta
“ Yes, I am tire d . And i f the ba tue o f L ib e rty was placed inside the
“ Give my love to everybody. 1 a t Ja ne . “ Does lit t le J u lia m iss
base of the m onum ent in 1888.
have had Christmas letters from m e? I th in k a bo ut h e r in the n ig h t." bies w ill be a ll r ig h t— "
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