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member 13, 1932. THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE The Visiting Nurse By HAROLD GRAYj CHAI'IKR XXXI ,na t stiff ut0 bow Shsusk Wmsff turned on his heal end t o oickly through the screen door oicklj it"11 thB two tehini him i i.(t brenthleM. 7m recovered first Hastily he -j ... nhire the Irishman had Jading bJ the table. -Br heaven; eunim jT touli Xbe light'! gone now but "jl wa, a little, outside at least. on, Binks. Ko he'a gone in. a,t look'." i, one long gin", lung mck so tut tie Inst dying light struck full IT its P-'"5- Linda ""ibt a faint jttction of a dark mass that was in JjTjjoin nnd cutting through, behind " ribbon of pale glaj that raarksd J, roi. lIin M "other dark in the background. I wold see him just a blot of it moras walking across the ?jj and going into the garage. He jTmnding here, wasn't he?" "Tes. Wtb bis back to the door. I tao'bt did the best yon could, honey. jot a damned tad break. He saw me Jj Here was light enough to see Si I didn't go in the big double 011 . .1 - - . T .L...1J tars wnere tuc c ouuum lite, of course fool that I am! w op tne srnirs irum jusuib. lu )4 I d.uhed right in the central ir and came out from there too. He ltnew i u v k .... Tint's b.id. Linda!' . . I J!J I Tes. flu Jou uow uiu jrou itruve n!" Toe shirt? Just as it was. I think. Bit Linda another queer thing! Hat wasn't any shirt of his. That tti one of mine." Tom are you sure i Sure as you'd be of a dress of jan. That one with the fancy bos- sfl. -That waffle-front one?" "Yep, Only been laundered once it twice. "Now will you plense explain that? Inn, have you any idea 1" She mored to touch his arm. The pture a consoling one but ahe teided the sense of support herself. "I'm absolutely In the dark about 1 Idiot blockhead fool that I un! Why did I have to pull such a boner?" "Tom we mustn't leave Mr. 8tat ander out there on the terrace alone. Cut we talk this over later? I want tell you whnt he said" "Suppose he bolts I "Mr. Satlatdcr?" "Sbanghnessoy, of course!" "Oh! My mind's on the other one. In ought to go talk to hm. I'll ran tp sad see Rosie you said she was erring " "Bawling, pood kid. Didn't notice ae or was too upset to try to hide It Linda, her room faces the garage. TTstch his lisht." it the last step, she came to a dedilon. It might be foolish and force but it was action and that teemed called for. Cheered by her moliitioii, she knocked briskly at Rosle's door and called, "Rosle It's Mrs. AvertD. Might I In a moment?" There was a subdued fnltter and a tearful voice answered something she 44 not get, but she henrd a creak of Wiprinps and the sound of someone mraj. Then the door opened and Undi acted npon her Instant Impulse ef irmpathy. "Rosie, dear child whatever'a the ntler? Let me :ome in. There! Sit and tell me nil about It!" It was hard for Rosle to get Hertcd. Never fluent, sho seemed Wiled completely. Finally, In a sud fen bnrst of relieved confession, the fry came blurting out. Stripped of iti incoherence and repetitions, it was hie! enoosh. She hid launched npon ' tmlty yet delicious flirtation with kWhnes'ey. The. breakfast tray of tie first morning had proved Its be lining. Liter, vastly flattered that he referred ter to the "quality," Rosie H nzreed to mee him on the pine Wi the nicht of the dance. ("Rut I m't there over-lon.T. Mrs. Averlll," "-ie vowed nnd Linda believed her. innle'd he.' knewed if I'd stayed out Into the nitbt,") At last, fearing Itnie'i reproofs for herself and pos r! trouble for him. Rosle had sent o back to the club grounds. That Khe had started back to the house, ne ercild, Linda perceived, have tnr r ther longer nlone or briefly joln- the dance, and, finding someone to his plnce. Oh, curse the more Willlnsr tnr m nniWvMl ..lit. flirtation, returned to the shelter of ue trees. As Kosle went on with her story. Linda inclined In th late.,. idea. For breakfast the next morn ing cnaugnnessey Had come to the kitchen doOP With N hnmtU and tion. He had spilled liquor on the ironc oi nis evening shirt, torn it slightly and smeared gras stains into the cuff. "Tis DOOr ha tnr -T1 tl,A nBnd looks of him," said Rosie naively, "and proud that ye should not know he has but the wan shirt. Sure, 'tis the Irish know htd to be poor with 1111 gance, an' glad I was to do him the service without anywan bein' . the wlaer for it. But," and again her voice was choked. 41 'tin tlm luck, beggin 'yer pardon ma'am, seems to naunt tne atlair. first, 1 tried some of the clanin' fluid yersilf was liquor. But whin It hit the gasss tablecloth an" fine it worrked fur the lqiuor. But wbit it hit the grass stains a terrible color it tnrnMl ehfm intirelyl Worst yet, whin I come to slap it with a hot iron, whose paces of cloth came away under me hand." Confiding emotions chased through TI l-t -j l... , . , uwiua s mimi out ner race snowed only sympathetic attention. "Well!" she eiclaimed. "That was a mess: uut it wasn t your fuult, Rosie!" "Oh, but 'twas mine that I made matters worse, ma'am. I was frantic like, you see, an' how was I to know he'd stay quietly in the house this aveniu' an' not need the dress clothes, at all, at all?" She. hesitated, then plunged. "'Tig a thief I Bin, ma'am me as yevt always thrcated so fair!" "Mr. Averill's shirt?" asked Linda calmly. Rosie turned, eyes round with astonishment, and spoke in an awed whisper, "Himsllf has missed it already?" Rooie's eyes were grateful. "That's what I thought, ma'am. But 'twas wrong of me to do it without hit) k no win' I" Linda patted the roughened hand. "There, Hoaie! It'a over and no harm done. Now I've an idea that will make everything ail right, I'll tell Mr. Shnu-luiesscy 1 happened to find you working on the shirt and told you to try the cleaning fluid. As it was spoiled when you did what I -suggested, it would be up to me to make up the loss to him and I hold you to send one of Mr. Ave rill's till J could get another." Rosie shook her head. "I swore to tell no-wan of It," she said. "And this afthernoon he knew it was clane an' ready for the iron in'. I must tell him mesiif," she sigred dejectedly. Linda suppressed a smile. Poor, honest, frieudly Rosie, so easily wheedled (and doubtless forgotten) by ber far more skillful countryman! Though she could not help feeling more lenient toward Shaughnessey, she knew he had shamelessly made use of Rosie's good nature. Suddenly she stood up. A lgbt in the upper floor of the garage had gone out, "Rosie, you and Annie had planned to go to the movies tonight, hadn't you?" she asked. Rosie nodded and then shook ber head, indicating thus that she had been but wasn't. "Oh, yes, you are!" Linda understood tho pantomime perfectly. "Dr. Boyle isn't coming so you needn't stay home for bim and yon both need a little change to take your minds off the excite ment of today. Was the Freemans chauffeur going to take you over to Port?" Rosle nodded. The tears magnlcally stopped but she paused like a child midway between grief and pleasure. "Well, then tell Annie to tele phone him while yon wash your face ad brush your hair. And trust me to fix this up Bomehow." The look the big, raw-boned young girl turned up to her was frankly adoring. Linda never skimped praise for fear of "spoiling" the girls but when she gave It she meant every word, and they knew it. 'The saints bless you, ma'am," re plied Rosle fervently. (To Be Continued) If the Venus flytrap plant of Caro lina has been induced to shut on something it doesn't want, it opens again quickly, snd when it hss ben cheated two or three times in sne ccsMon, the plant ceases for a time to respond. - THIS CURIOUS WORLD - APPifSEEQ WS JONATRoN CHAPMAH thecqumtrvin xe early pioneer, qxano planted adplb seeds whe3eveb he went, he wanted settlers' d have something wore than meat and pish to fat tofcc 0 HIS PLANTING SBEW AN AREA OP 100,000 SQUABS MILES. irsjsra wWH(T RHINOCEROS v AFRICA, KNOT WHITE SOME rlTiES PATS (TAS BACKER. THE BLACK RHINO, V a ttai st leu sotwc 1 r.tr vs rm a r lr i I I I II M 7 . 9 - sr scavciL mTSS WtNTHE ICELANDIC VDLCANQ SKAPTAK JOfOM.w H I7SJ, THE 0U4T ANO FUVtS RLSNEO CTOPS ri 5COHAN4 600 MILES AWA. The Best of the Nation's Human-eat" and Funniest Comics On This Page Daily ITS SHORE MIGHTY KIND O1 YOU ANNIE, TO CO ALL. THIS PER US PORE f SHU- DON'T THANK ME, MR. MUDDLE- THE FOLKS IN COSMIC CITY SENT ALU TH" GRUB ANO CLOTHES AND THINGS- THEY WERE .LAD TO HELP YOU PEOPLE OUT' -Z( PRETTY TOUGH, REINO SO HARD UP, AND SICK , TOO- MR. MUDDLE CAN'T BE LAZY, OR HE NEVER WOULD HAVE CHOPPED ALL THIS WOOD- SOME FOLKS JUST SEEM TO ALWAYS BE UNLUCKY- osw ) II tfi K V FOLKS- iZS U ' t iTMT 1 HKI HERE'S SOME HOT SOUP FOR YOU, MRS. MUDDLE GEE, YOU'RE LOOKIN' A HEAP BETTER. TODAY H DOC. SAYS YOU'LL BE UP AND V FEW DAYS' IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR YOU, ANNIE, NO ONE WOULD HAVE KNOWN OF OUR PLIGWT- YOU'VB SAVED US ALL C WLL, I'LL BE . 'Ml I , f 1 GETTIN' ALONG, NOW- f f? I TAKE CARE O" THAT fl l U COLD, MR. MUDDLE. &JS I iSf DOC. WILL BE UP ETaZc I P IN A LITTLE WHILB f "B1 1 I L f" AND I'LL BE H JrLI 1 H'.ft BACK TOMORROW- KL G- BYE- Ttf-BHE Ml TIM TYLER'S FLYING LUCK By LYMAN YOUNG Upg P'l BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES Just Like Him! By MARTIN c 1 ( ; s " ( j y n t j h SO TrWa' TV' OWE. VEAsmlTO SuWE1. WtVL. .VktRt 1 MJD XWEWt' HVAW ,0?Nl .TtU. 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