THE EUGENE REGISTER. GUARD
MABEL
McELUOTT
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
Daddv" Bountiful
BY HAROLD GRAY
CHAPTER XV
. ,i comlni to Sun
IS hail n ba lived
dar ta... , worlds, vowed
....lonately to herself,
' 1st them aeo "
S to her marriage. They
fPrf to suspect that the very
nl A f her world were
of her
jround her.
I "'" -j ..r.alf from bed at
. .7 eh. hadn't alept for
ll a .;.ay. There was no use
Iir'at herself In the mirror.
W"1. had aged overnight, ahe
"Allf Tom .till slept, heav
to" be"f..V.i:.iv. on the daybed.
I . ...u fnrirlvB him
W'frr had betrayed an
SritM Pct ,he day befre
IjbiuW. heavy-eyed, ahe went
.tbs business of preparing
Sast. She had to eat some
bfr she reminded herself. Even
f Tom didn-t love her any more.
Ln If It dial'1 n,atter t0 anyone
IVrther "he lived or died (she was
rinsalarse family of Morella
noment) she had to have
'-5Hh!if onnuirh. she brought
.SiS to it nl t. Pchrt
i t white panuea
think, ny'ng home the night bete-
that she would tell Tom she
n,' working for Marko-that hla
nay had bought the platinum
titch! Now she would keep that
lilslr to herself. She needed, Bhe
Kid herself coldly, every penny
ibe could earn. If Tom were going
io behave In thia unforseen. this
outrageous fashion, aurely ahe had
i right to earn money In any
bonorable way which presented
Itself. . . ,
niof a time he wandered out,
looking big-fjed and sleep-sodden
ud tbeeplsh.
"Rood morning
Gypsy's reply was glacially po
lite. "Will you have aome coffee?"
She glsnced out of the window
with studied Indifference. "Your
orange Juice is In the Icebox."
"Xo, thanks." He didn t aay
tii head ached but he looked It,
At last Tom's composure broke.
"Look. Gyps," he said placating-
hr. "Let's have It out. I can't
stand this."
It's none of my doing. Gypsy
tlooght rebelllously. I didn t gam-
bit sway our money. It's no fault
ol mine. But she listened to him,
iiTertbeless. She could not entire
ly steel her heart against him.
Hed been at a loose end, be said,
tie day before. She was busy he
didn't have anything to do. Some
of the fellows had gone over to
tit club and a game bad started.
At first he hadn't meant to get in,
Bit he had. He had won, to begin
with. He had got excited. Then
luck had changed. He hadn't been
ibis to stop,
"How much?" She didn't look at
bin.
"Serenty dollars." His voice
Mi very low.
"Ob, Tommy." But the word
wis enough. The Ice around her
"art had cracked up. She was
In bis arms and she was crvine.
ud be wis smoothing her hair and
telling her he never would again.
Sbsknew that, didn't ahe? And he
a nound he knew that She
wsstlng her time with him.
GjPay put her hand over hla
Bonth. "You're not to say hat
wr." She felt atrong and ma
wnal snd brave. Her love went
wt to him like a tide.
So It was that the Morells, troop-
" ra at naif past four, found
isron oi a united pair. Gypay,
urown curia shining. In a
Jrfgnt frock, and Tom with hla
around her.
So the storm blew over for
the moment and the little domestle
bark waa ateered Into sat waters.
But It waa hard, making up for
Tom'a losses. They felt the pinch
of It all through January, and
though Gypay said nothing, Tom
felt It none the leaa and aald to
himself grimly that he had learned
hla lesson.
Gypsy's Saturdaya at Narka's
continued. All her fears had van
ished now. After that firat Satur
day ahe aaw him only once or
twice. Her conscience no longer
troubled her. She waa getting
through the work splendidly. The
richness and the comfort of the
big room received her agreeably
wnenever ane came. Bates had
taken to serving her tea, Gypsy
would look up to see the ailver
tray with Its delicate china and
linen Before her.
"Mr. Broughton aald you were to
have It, Madam."
On the fourth Saturday ah had
planned to leave rather early. As
usual, ahe had told Tom a white
He about meeting someone for
shopping. But the difficulty of
making Saturday a permanent
engagement waa growing.
At last she nut away pencils and
pads, covered the typewriter and re
signed it to Ha cave of darkness.
She was just about to ring for
BRtes, to secure once more the cus
tody of her hat and coat, when ahe
heard a familar voice in the draw
ing -room.
"Don't trouble, Betes." ahe heard
Lila say. "I'll wait right here. Mr.
Broughton will be home directly. He
said ao.
Gypsy's hands flew to her throat.
Lila, of all people! Oh, she didn't
want to be found here. It wouldn't
matter what she said or how ahe
tried to explain, Lila simply would
not understand. Her eyebrowa would
go up, she would look quiiiical and
sophisticated and amused. No, ile
couldn't wouldn't bear it!
Wildly she looked about for a
method, of escape. But a penthouse
20 stories up offers few of these.
Gypsy glanced at the clock. It
was five minutes past fire. She
stodd up, bracing herself for the en
counter. No matter what Lila said
or thought, ahe had to walk out of
that room at that moment. He foot
was on the threshold, her hand at
the gates behind the velvet cur
tains. He heart was going like a
triphammer.
I thought you were gone, Ma
dam". . . Instead of Lila, Bates
stood at the fireplace. Lila a fur lay
across a chairback, her acent linger
ed on the air. Gypsy murmured
something hasty and low and aped
across the room like an arrow. Luck
waa with ber! Lila had gone into
Mnrko'a dressing room to powder
her nose!
She was safe. She could escape
without being seen:
(To be Continued)
Painting of Camp
Given Camp Creek
CAMP CAPE CREEK, CCC, Feb.
20. (Special). A large oil painting
of the Cape Creek ramp was present
ed to the company Friday evening hy
C. Benuchamp of Newport. The paint
ing shows the camp building and sur
rounding forest, with the coast line
below giving a contrasting color with
ite surf breaking against the dark
rocks.
The painting was unveiled at a
camp dance with a number of guests
from neighboring townj attending. All
commented upon the likeness and
faithfulness of the detaile reproduced
on canvas. The huge painting mess
ures 3V4 hy 8 feet and will hang in the
recreation ball.
A buffet supper was served in the
dining hall following the damp. Sev
ers! members of the company took
part in the progrsm.
1 WELL. WELL- HOWS N fWELu, I DID BETTER i APT6R. M.L , WMV Wrt IWH DO I CA.RB FOR Jr i
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FASCINATING NEEDLEWORK
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