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1.1 ITIJi ORPHAN ANNIE
An Old Time Friend
By HAROLD GRAY
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FTny tartbreakj. Gypsy was
tow. Thursday after
" St.. ir outside was sultry but
,, no sunshine. Men ana
". to echo each other's cora
about the heat, wondered if
would bring ram and con
It was unlikely. There seemed
u no end to this scourge of hot
rltr hsd hated to come down
OT She made the trip because of
'"L-.l sale of electric fans. They
.nH a fan in each of the
K would nwke the nights less
-olUfD'e-
j thu Tturcha8e and was
. the clerk the address when she
K Abbie Manley at the next counter.
Kit the bouse that evening. My
K, I'm wilted. Look at me! Did
P'er see such a sight?"
, i -0t on the car that I hadn't
ime in today, but I wanted
of those electric fans.
them?
ft' po down to the
Did you
fountain
.. .1.- o.. "It'll flllflllv
CVre andnI feel the need of a
ibbie led the way to a table in
earner. Women and girlsa few
i ih,Di with young men, aat at the
fc:flborina lames. Rome aniiiriai,
Oip took a sip from the toll
niirt' n1 signed. "Our garden
,j have been almost ruined by
i beat. Po you think it can last
tn tell!" Abbie said
iloiophieally. She took a spoonful
ii,.onm and pineapple. "By the
t I laid I hadn't seen you since
imd .lim were out at the house
rjt I (INI. 1 snw you at uie i un
ion Inn Inst Monday. I was with
I Sirs. Reynolds and she was in a
-m so I couldn't come over and
I' "?"
-But I wasn t at ine j'ine urove
Gypsy began. ,
Of eotirse you were. Didn t I see
! Von had on a blue dress and
lir buck was toward me, so of
ine iou didn t see me, nut 1 rec-
Iridl Jim. It was about two
. . . ...
crs Issues were lowered, -i
lirabsr now," she said quietly.
I-Id forgotten eoout .vtonnay.
Tben is Jim going on his vaca-
r Addis asuea.
In not quite aeciaca. .eir
:tb. I eness. tie wants me to go
Lit eirlier to the lakes. I think
jns I will. '
Winh I could go with you." Ab-
uid enviously, "unaries is sucn
bear. He says if he can endure
. hint rinwn town T oueht to be
L to stand it at home. Won't let
to without him. He re going ease
Sintember. Isn't it disgusting to
irt to wait so late? Why Gypsy,
it's tbe matter with you .'"
Tm all right. Just a little raint.
Rnt va.iVa nMtA ns 11 sheet! Ts
. ativthine I enn cot for you?
! The girl shook her hend.
1. naPrAntl nil ntrht " h In.
ti. ''If you don't mind, though.
Mine I'll leave." .
Of course. I'll go with you."
Tltiss " Gypsy stopped her.
don t bother, Abnte. 1 tt
h rather von didn r. Keaiiy. l
bin It I'll be all right as soon as
outside. '
But, my dear child, I can t let
t to alone like this.
Ion will if I ask you to, wont
kAbWe? Tlense!" . ,
It doesn't seem right addic
fix but she did not rise to follow
llrpsy turned away.
B( hot air struck the girl's face
bit like a blow as she stepped
tin the street. It wns the snme
hpRt. from which she had
lit refute, and yet Gypsy did not
ti it thought. She did not notice
direction she took Dut somen
Pine Grove Inn last Jionony.
no dress. "If it were anyone but
, Gypy thought, "I wouldn t
't It. I'd think they wanted to
' trouble. Abble couldn't do that.
wouldn't ! Oh. but even Abbie
!d know I never wear blue!"
Urcia Phillips' fnce danced before
' MRrcia wore blue divinelv. Gvu-
ifl seen her go past the house in
trocKs a dor.cn times, ho .urn
lunched at the Pine Grove Inn
'3 Marcia Phillips.
rr were blinding her. She
paused to brush them aside. What
if people did notice that she had been
weeping? Jim already had made a
spectacle of her. Lunching with
Marcia Phillips at the Pine Grove
Inn!
She would go away, of course.
People could believe it was a vaca
tion trip if they wished. She would
go away and make it as easy for
Jim to divorce her as possible. Or
she would divorce him. The whole
thing was settled. She would tell
him tonight.
It was a relief to come to a deci
sion. Gradually Gypsy became aware
that she had been walking in the
wrong direction. She was on the
east side of town in a neighborhood
she did not know.
She turned to retrace her stepi.
The buildings were old here. The
shops looked run-down and cheap.
Barefoot children in soiled clothes
played in the street 8he passed an
eating place and was almost nau
seated by the odors. Once more she
realized how terribly hot the air was.
Two blocks farther and the street
became more respectable. Now a
breeze was stirring. It was like an
oven blast. Gypsy saw that the sky
had darkened.
"It's going to rain," she thought,
as the wind blew her skirts. "It may
be a bad storm. I'd better hurry to
get to the car."
Suddenly she heard her name. It
was a man who was speaking. Gypsy
turned.
"How do you do, Mrs. Wallace?
I'm afraid you've forgotten me."
"How do you do?" Gypsy said.
She raked her brain but for the life
of her she could not recall a name
for this friendly, attractive person
who evidently knew her.
"My name is Gibson Frank Gib
son. Don't you remember your hus
band introduced us the first night
you arrived In Forest City?' It wns
on the train just before we reached
here "
"Oh, of course T do. You must
excuse my memory, Mr. Gibson, It's
really dreadful."
"Not at all. Besides I can under
stand. . You would have seen more
of me, I assure you, only I've just
come back from a trip to tbe west
const. Isn't it my luck, though, to
lenve Oregon and get back just when
the heat wave is doing Its worst!"
"Oh. I'd love to see the west
const." Gypsy told him. "Were you
in California too?"
Gibson nodded. "I like Washington
and Oregon better myself. Make the
trin out there usually twice a year.
Selling hardware is my business."
He paused and grinned. "Not with a
nnck on mv back, you understand.
My firm sells to retailers."
Gypsy smiled. "I didn't think you
carried a pack." she said.
"Spenklnr of the heat wave look
at this!" Gibson held out one hand.
Rnlndrops as big a five-cent pieces
hnd begun to fall. "Well. I guess the
siege is broken at last. You'd better
come up on these steps! You'll get
wet."
"It doesn't matter." Gypsy said.
"I'm going to have to run to catch
my car "
Gibson took her by the arm and
led her under the shelter of the en
trance to the drug store.
You d be drownefl if you trlen to
catch a car now. Even a taxi. Be
sides, there's no need. Mv car Is just
around the corner and if you'll let
me get it 111 drive you home.
"Would you really?"
"Glad to. Will you wait here? I
swear it won't take me more than
a minute!'
Gypsy s heart pounded as she
waited. If it were anyone except
Frank Gibson it would have been a
perfectly natural procedure. Jim had
practically declared she should never
speak to Gibson. Well Jim Wallace
wns not a person to give her orders.
When the trim brown coupe drew
up to the curb before the drug store
the girl ran out to it. Gibson swung
the door open and she stepped inside.
"Going to be hard to drive, isn't
it?" she asked.
'Not bad. With such big drops
the shower enn't Inst long. Too bnd
because the ground needs the mois
ture to say nothing of we suffering
humans."
The glass at each side of the car
was drawn down, Gypsy took a deep
brenth.
'Oh. the air Is so much fresher!
she exelnimed. "I love rain storms.1
'Do vou ? Like them myself. Al
ways have liked to drive in the rain."
There was a pause and then Gib
son spoke again. "It's still early." he
Baid with sudden enthusiasm. "Sup
pose instead of taking you directly
home we swing out on the Somerset
und? We can get a renl oreath of
fresh nir out there. What do you
say? Shall wo do ft .'"
(To Be Continued)
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