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THE EUGENE RECtlSTRR.flTTARD
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
I low Can She Know?
By HAROLD GRAY,
be in'
Gaylord
CHAPTER XLI
mFN'E had consumed two muffins
1 hlfnre she decided he mieht as
JtJn immediately with her plan
'"' iine rid of ierry aieaae,
' . nreas toy ren ilk
she asked hr mother.
',o wear it on the train,
the train?"
Vm learlni thii afternoon
. I've some business
Sere to attend to." Irene added in
"Her mother waa worried. "There's
Ihinr wrone. u... -paired
aw.ously.
,0tW I want to aee
n.r mother's face cleared and Irene
messed that ahe hoped there was to
C . reconciliation. Irene had intended
w to hope this' thereby nulkmlt her
departure
. vmvtt AA not aneenon her
Airther 'Please don't say anything
i-Berrl and Dad mrai in Kone.
ked. "I don't care to talk
.hnnt my plans.
Her mother agreed with her that
.Hence was best. Irene left without
urine toodby to Tommy, and since
Si mother would naturally lead him
suppose she had (tone to remain
Irene hoped he would realize bis loss.
All the wav to Oakdale she occu
nied herself with thoughts of her re
to Tommy, making plans for
tk.ir future together and even plan
.i,.:.. wedding. She'd wear a
tmn of delicnte pink with just the
f;f,f tint of yellow in it. A satin
,rith deeper rose slippers, hat to
Mtch and an armful of pink and yel-
i low roses.
; d..iv if wasn't so far to Oakdale
' not half the distance it had seemed
J when she left the town.
'. She must watch out for that little
: ...Hon they called Old Town, where
i Ojkdalo bad been before it moved up
the hill. She would get off the train
there ana leieini""?. uuc..t wi.
! would he a telephone in the station.
J it would be too great a risk to go on
! to Oakdale station where she would
i be sure to encounter aome acquaint-
inces.
Irene had written home about the
' beautiful Oakdale station once, to
i boast that Mr. Prentiss, her father
" in-law. hnd given the park adjoining
' it to the town and placed a handsome
: drinking fountain in the middle of the
- nark in honor of the memory o bis
' defeased wife. Gnylord's mother.
' She thought of this now,, as the
i train bearing her back to the scene of
' her brief married life, slowed for the
stop at Old Town. It was an express
' but all trains stopped at Old Town.
i Tou could get off the fast trains
there, but von could not get on them.
' Irene had little fear of meeting any
i one she knew in Old Town.
She thought of the prominence of
1 the Prentiss family. Tommy Wilson
i w a nice boy. She really loved
i Tommv. But the Prentiss mansion
i ws the finest house in town. Darn
I Iierry Meade anyhow! Why didn't he
i suiv where he belonged and not go
1 chasing after young married women.
Irene was worKing up a nine 01
ricbtcous indignation against Derry.
He was to blame for all this. Gay
lord's father had been going to give
her a car of her own choice next sum
mer. He'd even hinterl about a gen
erous settlement on both mother and
child when the first Prentiss grand
child should arrive.
Irene wondered if she hadn't been
hasty in making him understand she
considered it far too early in her life
for her to think of having children.
"That's all old people ever think
of when their children get married."
she remembered complaining to Gny
lord. "It's perfectly disgusting!
Don't they suppose a girl wants to
have a little pleasure in life before
she settles down?'1
She had not quite understood the
war Gaylord had looked at her on
that occasion.
The porter helped her off the
train and Irene gave him a quarter.
He pocketed it with no warmth of
gratitude in hia mumbled, "Thank
jou miss."
Irene had been a difficult passen
ser. She hnd fruit and she wanted it
knt on ice. She had flowers and
jtacks and stacks of magazines. She'd
-tinuht them all herself and taken a
drawing room besides. But she did
not deny her fellow passengers the
pleasure of looking at her flowers.
She kept her drawing room door open
and the flowers on display during the
day. The fruit was brought to her
after meals in the dining car. Tea
was served to her in her room and
she sent back several times for dain
ties she thought she would like.
It made her feel like a princess to
travel thus and she half-hoped the
other passengers would think her a
motion picture actress going to Hol
lywood. She kept her motion pic
ture magazines prominently in eight.
In company on the trip there were
several fascinating young men who
Picked np magazines and opened doors
for Irene, who gave her a seat when
ever she appeared in the crowded
club car, though the only proper
place for her on the train was the
observation platform.
Those who remained on the train
by the time it reached Oakdale were
sorry to see her go but the porter
was not- "Two bits an a couple
measly dimes," be grumbled to a fel
low porter.
The other porter showed a dollar
from a lower berth passenger and
grinned. "I'se laughin' las'," he pro
claimed heartily.
Irene had to carry her suitcase
herself when she finished saying
goodby to her new acquaintances just
outside the train. She hadn't wanted
to have it taken into the station un
til she saw who wns about. The suit
case was light. She'd told her moth
er she wouldn't bother about her
wardrobe until her "business" in
Oakdale was settled. Mrs. Everett
understood this to mean until Irene
had made up with Gaylord.
Seeing no one she knew Irene en
tered the small and dingy station and
looked around for a telephone. There
was none in the waiting room and the
station agent was away.
Across the street there was a small
general store. Irene went over to see
if she could telephone there. She was
annoyed to find the instrument in the
open but the store was deserted ex
cept for the presence of a young man
who told her she could use the tele
phone "with pleasure." and she
needn't say much to Derry.
The young man had been staring at
her. at first openly and then, appar
ently remembering his manners, more
guardedly, ever since she entered the
place. Irene was flnttered. She ac
cepted this interest as a compliment.
Her fur coat was eastern mink and if
the youth didn't know that he couldn't
help knowing it wasn't cheap. Her
snug little hat which barely covered
the crown of her head and allowed
her wealth of sunny hair to show was
the cutest thing she'd ever owned.
Irene smiled over her shoulder as
she asked for a number, and she
pouted prettily when she failed to get
Derry on the line. She tried again
and again, and at last was told that
Derry was skating on the lake at the
country club. She asked to have a
message sent to him and gave the
number of the store from which she
was telephoning so that Derry might
call her.
After that she was free to amuse
herself for a while. Suddenly it oc
curred to her that the young store
cleric might have some interesting
gossip aliout some of the people she
knew. It might even be possible that
she could learn something to indicate
Gaylord would like to have her re
turn. She'd play her part in a rec
onciliation if Gaylord and his father
would come half-way.
Traveling in luxury had impressed
her again with a measure of what
she'd lost. She did not know that it
is much easier for a poor man to
imagine himself rich than for a rich
man to imagine himself poor.
Ease and luxury coming to Irene
suddenly had given her the idea that,
she commanded such thincs becnuse
she waR herself beautiful. Since
she'd left Gaylord she had realized
that rich young men do not fall into
every beautiful girl's life. As a
Prentiss she'd had the opportunity to
meet men of wealth. She had not at
tracted one of them. As an ex-Pren-tisft
she was again just Irene Everett.
daughter of a small town grocer. She
hadn't enough of the Prentiss money
to rise far above this station, apd
she had no career to remove her from
it. She might grow old before she
met another wealthy man who want
ed marry her.
Irene tried to open conversation
but the young clerk seemed shy. She
was Btill trying to make him talk
when the telephone rang.
(To be continued)
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commerce, '
I 0 To sell.
"MAoto body,
2 To regret.
M Domesticated.
Ill Greedy.
IT Requirements.
lTo rub.
20 Mesh of lace.
21 Granted a
claim to.
28 Two Ave.
24 Southeast.
25 Witticism.
SOVVaa victor.
28 Behold.
'29 Cabin,
" Affirmative.
2To scold con
stantly. 4 Beaten down.
80 Signal
" systems.
88 Fairy.
0To emulate.
II Relied on.
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MPald pub
licity. 5 Dried gran.
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60 Membranous
bag.
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channel.
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86 Band of
twiated tvfigs.
M Wrath.
00 To steal.
01 Most Im
portant branch of the
Amazon
River.
68 Boy.
64 Memories.
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S Entrance.
8 Insane.
4 Upon.
B Street ear.
6 Wagera.
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as shooter.
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Ye.
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To-aecure.
To help.
To weep,
Matching
group of
dishes.
Knock.
Label.
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pronoun.
Nominal
value.
Part of ear.
African title
of respect.
Style.
Story.
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Pale.
Before.
Fuel.
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