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THE EUGENE REGISTER GUARD LITTLE ORPHAN ANN IF Just for That By HAROLD GRAY jtditimbu BRQOK.T.AN L ,..,.t C.herrv thontht ths K. nrds would not corns. Her rf!ti WgethM and hiddtn Pi ttble. "er. lik, ice. 8h. f.lt KJr.h nome terribla, chilling Fy.5 ..t.n nosiession of her. L"d not ipeak. Eh couH not F. . atar nff down at tat P"' . I. h.F hraln th 1. i-MU WW E.7t Dsn and Brenda Vail!" w . i... OUT a HiWUiBUI. MUV L. that moment waa a liietime. V . w .,-aa than and Boms- rU,ea u Kk--..M llmnlv. "."V .... fnr limoh. A Hidden headache I get .onetimes. II you'll cail a cab 9 - II K1,.A. IS k. knon was an " noticed cue wuy.w - . r. .... n en. He laid a few . to the waiter, helped Cherry fccr coal auu m ...i,.k drew to the curb In L,r to Peerion'a signal. Mai h have entered and driven home ink iu back against the cuh ih cab Dulled out into f... Riaamtd relief to be alone! few the drearj afternoon paed tnnld not have told. She reached . . i: I a ...1.. Ltij'in a little heao on the day- trt ebe lay staring across the Cherry did not weep. She C .re trV to think. 1h tCDe Er beer' tns 8cne that twiated laved and tortured ner waa uks vt'ical pain. It waa ao new and trrifying. . it tray kitten climbed to the day rt, nestled beside Cherry and id for caresses that did not come, ibiae faded from the patches of .tEu tha livine room window. uiunded on the stairs and died awa.v. iu bihuuiiwi. iheid a radio orchestra clayed a r "torch song." C whole situation was apparent to Cherry, ua, yeei one nau blind not to aee it before. Dan's . . t?: t . U. tB coldness. n . How could she have tailed kdcrstand what waa happening? Is shadows in the room grew er and outlines were lost in tue i iiht Dan came at last. For bstant be stosd silhouetted against hill light men na toucnea tne twitch and tne taoie lamp gioweq L?'.aM. "Hello." and drorned bis Lit Into a chair. He want to the ten, filled a tumbler with water drank It. returning, no tooaea iki rlrl rnrionalv. Slit's the matter?" ha asked. fc't you feel well?" berry raised ner eyes, ti au tillipl seemed satisfied. He be- to waistie soiuy, sans into nia frits chair and unfolded a news- Ir. There was suence that was broken until Cherry spoke. er voice sounded flat and unnat L She said. "Dan. I waited nearly lour" JlViited? It's no later than the I usually get here. mean at noon. At the library. 't you remember we wera to lunch toaether?" fee young man'a face was bidden the newspaper. "Sorry," he said. iiorfot. couldn't have made it kij because I was tied up on a nr. They're short a counla men In it the office." lo hs eho&a to 11a about M TTa flH he could de"ceiv her with I oiuu excuses. Cherry sat up lly, her bands clasped, fingers Isinff Into tha riaah. p I saw you, Dan!" aha said. n newspaper dropped and Phn- rtjaraeu ner curiously, "What you talking about?" sw you at the Wellington. Were havlnir liinrh thara vih Ml Vail." Pb. jou did!" , ' pair eyes met like swords, 'pointed waning-, nerry could not en- it, bae could not face the anger hostility that burned In Dan's Ha mnf hafa hi, an Innf. at that n-ar! Wl right'," Dan said evenly. "Snp- ai me Wellington! bup- I did lunch with Rrtmria. In Irj anything criminal In that?" rrv spoke as though she had heard him. ai,A..tnt... .1.. slowly, "when I thought you LA' 9" office special assfgn- rvjira worii you were with I weren t you 7 You've been p her for weeks. Why didn't u me the truth? Why didn't IBV Ton HiHn'f Tnu m. 1 m - BUI tUVIV Irdid you have to lie " I" sit a mitinte!" Phlllln. ita.. Mi Ton haven't any reason to 'Pain and yon can't eay I lied. I IJT' a story today until 1 f If you wonted to know where r "o speraing my evenings why F(yOU Bsk? Toil hftVAn aaaman much Interested In anything Jv dons tor a long wnue. ' e aa. The girl waa on bar feet, anger flaming in her cheeks. "Don't you dare talk to me about that woman! Don't you dare I She's a horrible, shameless old vampire. That's what she is a vampire! Talking about tha play you wera going to writ together when all she wanted was to have you making love to her. You know it's true don't try to tell me it Isn't!" "Ton can't talk that way about Brenda I" "Ob, can't It Tour wife doesn't make any difference but this won derful Brenda I!' Cherry's emotion waa 100 mucn lor ner, tier words broke off and she turned away. Phillips said coldly, "If you're ready to listen meyDe you 11 let me get in a word or two. I suppose this is all further proof that I'm the worlds prise failure. You've aaid It a dozen times before, put when vou try to drag Brenda Vail into It I1' Cherry whirled about. "I told yon not to mention that name!" she warned. "Can't you atop thinking o( her even for a minute? Well, then go to her I I never want to see your face again. I wish I'd never married you. I wish I wish I were dead!" Her voice fell on a broken SOD. "So you wish you'd never mar ried me! Don't forget It was your idea. I didn't ssk you to marry me! Have you forgotten that?" Cherry cried out as though at a blow. "You could say thatl" she gasped. "I auppose you never loved me at all? You made me believe you did. You made me think you wanteo to marry me on, i wisn you'd go awayl I wish you'd leave jne alone!" She sank to the davenport and buried her head in the cushions. Cherry was weeping uncontrolledly now. Her shoulders rose and sank with great shaking sobs. For a moment Phillipa stood look ing down at her. Then he crossed tne room, piciced np his coat and hat An instant later the ball door opened and abut AAA Cherry did not know bow long she lay there. She knew Dan had gone, but she did not stir. Gradually her sobbing became more quiet and then stopped altogether. She got to her feet, crossed tie room and fumbled mechanically In a bureau drawer for a freeh handkerchief. Her eyes were swollen end red. Cherry caught a glimpse of herself In the mirror and was shocked for an instant because she did not recognize herself. Upstairs the radio was still turned on and a man was singing. A croon er whose weekly salary was fabulous. The song was a popular one and Cherry had heard it often before. The words were appropriate: "After I waa sold on all the tales you told Didn't you let your kisses turn from hot to cold? Was that the human thing " The song ended on a dissonant note. Perhaps the owner of the radio disliked the ballad or perhaps he was only leaving the apartment to go to a belated dinner. At any rata the radio waa silenced. It was curious how that silence af fected the working Cherrv'a mind. She was still dazed by tbe unreality of what had happened. Dan bad come ana gone away, tine was never go ing to see him again. Dan was leav ing her for Brenda Vail. The words shaped themselves In her consciousness. She eaid them over to herself and yet' they meant nothing. Dan was gone. He wasn't coming back again. He didn't love hei? bad never loved her. Cherry began to move about the room nervously, She picked up tbe newspaper Dan had thrown aside, folded It and placed It on the table. She straightened the cushions on the couch. "But I can't stay here," she told herself suddenly. "I've got to do something go away. Tvs got to make plans!" All at once she was consumed with feverish energy. She pulled on her hat and coat, caught up gloves. Then she was hurrying, almost running down tne stairs. "Telenhone." was the word that re peated itself in Cherry's mind. Yes, she must find s telephone. There was one on tbe table In tbe entrance hall but she swept past it. Out in tbe night the cold wind struck her face and blew her coat back. She bent against tbe wind, walking rapidly. It was almost an hour later thnt Cherry stood in the telephone booth of a corner drug store. 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