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THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON
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' By Mabel McElliott
53J. NEA Seivict, Inc.
CHAPTER IV
v .in. dreided these inevitable
Vto. But meantime the
ihc iea of the untouched
Below she could see
"i'S-j roof of Michael's stables.
T .."(, f him, moving and work-
rtlt in that peaceful place,
S . Utile slow of contentment
:.rt He was nice: she did
i' But it would spoil every
' "2 and the rest of the
"would think she'd fallen In
w! SonthlGibb." Zoe was say
u . imall voice, breaking Into
to ..,:
Si bad lived throvfc'i half
n more or less intense love f
"i...i5lr. with Zoe. She was
t
I
15a
months
older than the little
her. with the round
,d flashlnit white teeth, but
fS' "old herself she felt old
A to be Zoe's grandmother, at
Mvr-n's forgotten him." Zoe
'Mother and daddy
thinks I have. But I can's
f I juft rpfl't."
L wMit on. plentins the folds of
Jindkerrbief. "I can't think about
laiM e'st-" slie ,ool!ed suddenly
Z, !emn, her little girl face tak
kHjo lines of intensity.
I've sot to see him.
.jibe's away," Katharine mur
d, inadequately.
v,ir It. He's got to come back
tse I'm Roing to him."
m. ye-" -lin't d0 ,lmt' Ka,narme
-ittfd. What a mess this was!
r. Parker had confided to
Vgto, strykhurst only the day be
Z, Out Zoe had had a whirl on the
kit and in Vtris, t00- mi th"t the
J,ir with Gibbs I.nrkin was defin
ttirol'. Parents! thought Katharine
Jdralj and angrily! Whatever did
AThow about what went on?
;1 think you're being very silly,"
4, nil rather coldly.
7 bn to cry. She cried pret-
ijfiihe didn't twist or screw ner fea
tcisnp as so many women do. She
jat ut quietly and let the large,
njjal drops gather and fall, touch
totltm every now nnd then with the
Mb of the now delicately plented
ludkerchlef.
Kitaarine felt a surge of impatience.
Oi. do atop that!" she said crossly,
ffibbi la slmost 40 and he'll be fat
i time at all. And yon know well
uraih he's had heaps of affairs
iSi married women, too. No wonder
im mother is against him! She has
iptrffrt right to be."
But I lo.ove him," Zoe protested.
Vs (' swimming, red lips pouting.
Tan inst won t nnderstnnn. l on re
m hard almnt it, Kay. Just wait
0 inn fall ..."
"It's nothinir to do with me. Kath-
;Bf said. "Why drag me in?"
YV1I know some day," cried Zoe
H nirit. mopping her eyes. "Then
rc'l! he sorry you were so unkind.
Katharine melted. "I didn't mean
i K hnnestlr. What enn I do to
Mr?"
Their conferences usually ended
ihway. Kntharine was the stronger
lithe two, yet the soft, yielding Zoe
tm naualy bend her to her way of
'iiakinr.
1 thought we might get onr par
ati to let as take a trip together,"
I beran.
"But you've onlr Itmt rot bunk.'
Marine said. ,
" know, but we could say we
nated to do New England the
tttine ahops and so on. . ."
"Aid slip np to Maine and see
!! Is that It?"
if nodded.
Marine frowned. "It's much too
""parent. Bertine would be sure
J Me through it. She's much quicker
n Tour mother about things like
IT.
"She'd
ilrly, "of deceit."
Katharine flushed. It was true,
woe wonld think Hint she would
J fter Zoe properly. Well, and
-TOld, too!
"No, 1 can't possibly do it !"
"Oh, Kay, darling, think about it,
won't you?" Zoe looked as If she
might burst into tears again.
"I don't really like Gibbs," Kath
arine began, doubtfully. "Why should
I foster this affair? I think It would
be the worst thing yon could do, to
marry him . . ."
"Oh, marry!" Zoe opened her eyes.
"Well, Isn't that what you're
after?"
"He hasn't asked me, but he will,"
said the younger girl with a note of
soft triumph.
"I've simply got to get bsck," Ksth
arine said suddenly. Of course she
loved Zoe as a sister, hut this morn
ing there was something peculiarly
Irritating In Zoe's assumption that
she could bend a fullgrown man to her
will. Maybe- Gibbs wanted to marry
her and maybe he didn't. Katharine
didn't know. But Zoe was sure of her
powers. Kntharine. from her chilly
heights of superiority to feminine
wiles, felt annoyed. She was remem
bering with lightning clearness, the
way Michael had stared at her the
other day; so angrily, almost
though he had, for an instant, hated
her! Zoe would have known what to
do in auch a situation.
The little car whirled about, began
the down grade. At the lane leading
tnto the riding club Zoe obediently
stopped. "
"Look, I'll call you up later," she
heean Importantly. 1
Katharine nodded. Then her heart
plunged sickeningly. Something
strange happened to her pnlse: It
was pounding In her throat. She was
oonscinus of a swift surge of rage.
Riding together, heedless of others
along the path, came a man and a
girl.
Michael and Sally Moon!
Zoe glanced at the riders Michael
and Sally Moon and said carelessly,
"So she's got her hooks into him!"
Katharine felt the hot color burn
her cheeks. She pretended not to hear.
Her heart had plunged now righted
itself. She steadied her hand against
the door of the car so that Zoe should
not see bow it was trembling.
Ahead of them, under the high arch
of trees, Michael and Sally rode on.
The sound of horses' feet was strange
ly loud in the stillness. Katharine
could see a flash of sunlight on the
red crest of Michael's head. Sally
drooped toward him and his attitude
toward her, even at this distance,
seemed protective, solicitous.
It was all absurd; It was not Kath
arine's affair, certainly, if Michael
rode with Sally Moon.
"...so I'll count on you then, Kuy,"
she heard Zoe say, in the silence.
"What? I didn't hear you?" Knth
arine's tone was confused, her cheeks
flnming.
"Be darling and think over what
I said about taking a trip to Maine,"
Zoe coaxed. "Mother wouldn't mind
a bit If yon suggested t She wouldn't
even suspect."
"Oh, really!" Kathnrine was unac
countably nettled by the suggestion
that she, at 20. was so staid and reli
able that a willful, pretty child like
Zoe might be trusted with ber any
where. What did people think she was
made of, anyhow? She had feelings
like the rest of them. Anger swept
her, swift and unreasoning. .She
wanted, .recklessly, to strike out, to
hurt someone. She felt savage she
who was usually so cool and judicious.
Zoe was in no hurry to get on. She
lighted a cigaret now, from the little
silver case she always carried, and
offered Katharine one. The other girl
refused. i
Zoe nodded in the direction of Sally '
Moon's departing figure. The absurd
yellow cap could he seen, bobbing in
tune with the mare's jocund trotting
movements. "Hear she's refused Howe
Mackenzie ?"
"Ob. I don't believe It," Katharine .
said sharply. I
Zoe giggled. "Why. Kay, I believe
you don't like that girl."
' (To Be Continued)
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Watch Your Step
By HAROLD GRAY
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fcitrs i bedrora you're considering, the bluebird edging or the
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