PAGE TWENTY-FOUR
The New OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning. April 21, 1929
Daphrie"
(Continued from Page 22.)
girt shrill, happy laughter tink
led, lingered a moment, and was
goae In a -whiff of gasoline.
A pickup maybe. Girls did
things like that. Other girls did,
why couldn't she? It would be
ale to ride in a fast red car, and
top somewhere where it was
brick t and light, for something
hot to eat. Something hot . .
she bulled her coat tighter about
her. It was getting cold there on
the pier..
Two drunken seamen lurched
by. One of them was singing soft
ly. In a sentimental whiskey ten
or . . Lay my head be-neath
the rose . . .
Daphne listened, huddled in the
shadows . . "Be-nea-th the
ro-e." It was oddly sweet in the
silence of the wharf . .And the
lareblng sear.t?n weren't alone,
they had each other.
Til do it!" she decided hotly.
I'll pick someone up. Everybody
else does, I don't know why I
shouldn't!"
nr. uariz . .wnaiever maof j
him pop into her head? Mr. Gartz,
aad his wet, thick lip s on her
Beck . .Ugh! She scrubbed at
the spot. Just below her right ear,
sickened at the remembrance .
It wasn't any use, she couldn't do
it . . .
She leaned against the shed
again, straining her ears to hear
the last of the sailor's song, hear
ing Instead the soft lap. lap of the
water . .a cradle song. A song
for her . . .
She looked over the edge .
dark and quiet with Just the crate
bobbing up and down, up and
down, peacefully . .it wouldn't
be eo bad to be bobbing up and
town there, dead . .if you went
too close to the edge . .and
fell In . . .
Lap, lap, lap . . .the water
againts the piles . . .talking
to her . .If she should fall in
. . .accidentally.
She wouldn t do it, of course.
hat her feet were bringing her
nearer the edge. Her hands were
searching in the small red purse
for her card case, to destroy the
cards. Just in case . .The nick
el! She pulled it out thoughtful
ly. It seemed a shame not to
spend It first
She stood looking at it in the
darkness, feeling its shiny sides
Suppose, it were only a telephone
slag! "Well, I'll go spend it any
way!" she thought whimsically,
"IH buy a cup of coffee down here
somewhere, and if it's bogus 'U
aay I couldn t see in the dark!
A cup of coffee! She could al
most taste it, could almost smell
its hot fragrance . .
She ran all the way back to
the ferry, keeping close to the
lights, away from the piers. She
was suddenly afraid of the
smooth, oily water.
CHAPTER X
TNSIDE the Java Inn the air was
warm and smoky. A great
hooded range extended along
one side. The small, brown tables
were crowded. Sailors mostly.
Nice-looking boys, lean and bronz
ed from the salt wind, ready for
anything. They raised bold, friend
ly eyes to look at Daphne as she
came in. One of them grinned.
"Hello, cutle!"
"Aw, shut up!" his companion
drawled. "You're annoyin' the
lady!" And he grinned, too, and
deliberately winked a bold, dark
eye.
swallowed it, reached for the salt
and pepper. What a lot of pepper 1
He'd spoil it . . hut he seem
ed to iika.it that way. He was cer
tainly enjoying If, She sighed, and
reached for a piece of bread. My
but It was nice to eat again, even
dry bread. She had another slice.
And another. More than her share,
but the man didn't seem to care
for bread, some people don't.
. She watched him furtively, busy
with his ham and eggs and French
fried potatoes. He looked like
somebody she'd seen before. A
little wrinkle of concentration
gathered between her eyebrows.
When you have only a nickel
you have to read the menu pasted
on the window to make sure cof
fee won't be ten cents. It was five
at the "Java Inn." Just a block
from the ferry building. A nice,
clean-looking place, with a plate
glass window, and a red-faced
cook In a white cap, flopping hot
cakes merrily. The most delicious
smell of coffee and toast, and fry
lag steaks, came out to her on
the sidewalk. She pushed in the
door.
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She watched the man furtively, busy unth hit ham and egg$.
He was so busy eating that she
could frankly stare and he didn't
even notice.
Smooth, blond "hair, lighter
than his tanned skin. Well chisel-
Embarrasesd Daphne sank into
the nearest ' empty chair at the
other side of the room. Under
lowered lashes she saw that she
had chosen a tabla at which a
man sat smoking, reading a news
paper. The waiter placed a paper nap
pin, a knife and fork and a glass
of ice water on the bare table be
fore her. and a long, spotted "Bill
of Fare."
"Just a cup of coffee that's
all!" At the sound of her voice
the young man opposite looked at
her over the top of his paper,
then returned to his reading.
The waiter went away and did
not Come back. The sailors shuf
fled oijt with a great scraping; of
chairs and flipping of coins ,oa
the cashier's counter. Soon Daph-i
ne and the man at her table were
the only ones left, and she wish
ed, uncomfortably, that she had
chosen another table. But the
warmth and the smell of food
drugged her senses, she sat there
stupidly, waiting for her coffee.
It came finally, a tall white
mug with the cream already in it,
golden brown, boiling hot. With
the first sip Daphne began to feel
better. Her head cleared. Warmth
surged through her. She drank
the scalding liquid greedily, and
put the cup down In a little panic
when she saw that it was already
half empty. She wanted to make
it last. The man opposite had cof
fee, too. He dropped three lumps
of sugar Into his cup, and stirred
it absently, still absorbed in his
paper. Then the waiter came back
with a smoking platter of ham
and eggs, and a plate of bread
which he placed between them.
Ham and eggs . . .sputter
ing still, full of little buttery bub
bles . .Daphne took another
sip of her coffee. She was hungry,
terribly hungry. How good the
ham and eggs looked. She watch
ed, fascinated, while the young
man cut off a piece of the ham.
ed, very masculine features. Long
straight eyebrows. A nice boyish
mouth that quirked up at the cor
ners. He looked like . .like .
She studied him, trying to remem
ber . .a collar ad? No. not a
collar ad. The man who smoked
cigarettes on the billboards, half
serious, half humorous.
He certainly , looked like that
cigarette man, but the man In the
cigarette ad was darker. "Well
I've seen him somewhere!" she
thought. But where? Absorbed in
trying to remember, she took the
last piece of bread, and ate it dry.
The coffee was all gone.
Then, absently, with his eyes
still on the paper propped beside
him, the young man reached for
a piece of bread. The plate was
empty.
He looked at It blankly, then,
with a flicker of amusement he
looked-' across at Daphne, shrink
ing In her chair, growing smaller
and redder every moment. She
felt him looking, knew that he
was laughing at her. It was no
use pretending not to notice.
"I'm sorry," she said in a small
voice. "I didn't think. I Just kept
on eating. Maybe it wasn't meant
for me at all .
He continued to look at her,
amused and silent, with the air
of an old. shaggy dog watching a
nervous kitten. When her yocie
trailed away he said heartily.
Why that's all right. We'll or
der some more."
(To Be Continued.)
SKULL IS FRACTURED
William, the 13-year-old son
of Pete Farley, died Sunday In a
Pendleton hospital from a frac
tured skull received when he fell
off a horse at hi shome in Board-man.
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