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h. 1943 THE REGISTER. GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON SERIAL STORY BLACKOUT gY RUTH AYERS corvnwHT. NKA aVICK. IMC she with Anna's mrroll shuddered as V"! -. i.n.r. with An b out hw M'r; f she were tres- P ihen she unfolded the I'M .h" read the neat, I'X letter, hrw '""',, Tav Concern: Tmade alast attempt "" . .. services to ' "T There is no use in r&zi- "e Doctors told ffe an incurable heart 1 D i oninu to the Kain where I can at I'"5 j nd money wor rr, v hem my Lj, to tnS'"" jjatry l flll1 know. L'l may never reach the Vf 1 ."I...., nnthinB tO lOSC sies. :.,. " William ' Jfs SS i Franc. ;J,H War. My mother a wbe orougni f ;.,r orphans. When my !:,. affairs are settled here I "X and come to PowaitsaiiiMy .: native is my ? Winters whom I have SMn. He live in Canada. lose his address and ask . be notified in case of ac- litA . Wltr. I StIUJa . lowly the letter loosened in s hands, ine rears ..a- (3 too oveiwiuua ----- tied down her twisted lace. LiMi Mary next opened her (f ,-, cun had oierced rj, roiim w h London ius e irridescent ausi inrougu mc Mows. A nurse stepped up to try's side. "I'll bathe you ana onng you o ipper," she said. "Then how -ut a sip 01 ncn lea: m. jjchu. .... n 4n ViQI.A B Ive oroers you nt .. .- -it this morning. In another day L. 4n laf vnil sit I My, juisS winters, nco nly relieved that you're back the wna oi me uvmg ugdiu. ;bert Lenox fights for his pa- !L'nnoticing, Mary Carroll began .1.'. U- Vincnital VrtllUni tally she became accustomed ll.-.-! . 1.. 1 A w neanng jieiscu tancu uj is imiuc. oiiciifiLn oiuij At raing to her, she accepted her W1U1 icMguauuii. Days passed and soon she was up, taking walks in the ward and going to the sunporch. One by one, the refugees who'd survived the Moravia disaster, were being discharged. Mrs. Tully remained and, in her clumsy way, tried to be comforting. It was she who was beside Mary the day the girl finally could put off no longer the task of lacing herself squarely in the mirror. Resolutely, she drew her eyes to the glass. "My, you must have had pretty hair," Mrs. Tully began to chatter nervously. "The gray in it is from the shock. It's a wonder we didn't all turn white-headed. I knew a woman once and she got white overnight from seeing her husband killed' before her eyes." Wearily, Mary brushed her hand over the once silky, corn colored hair. It had turned darker and the gray stood out sharply. There was nothing about her, except the eyes, to suggest the piquant face of only a few weeks ago. Gray-tinged skin, a twisted cheek, staring eyes. "You could wear a veil," Mrs. Tully prattled on. Mary closed her eyes briefly, "Yes, I could wear a veil," she stammered bitterly. She felt a touch on her elbow, "Not too much at one time, young lady," Dr. Lenox was say ing gravely. "Come out to the sundeck with me for a minute. It's clear enough today to see how London is redoubling its barricades." In some way he had extricated her from Mrs. Tully and guided her to the deserted porch. "See how they've hoisted a whole new floating fleet of bal loons," he painted out. "And a whole new crop of 'A. R. P.' signs have sprouted in the park. Looks like there isn't a mid-London building that isn't knee-deep in sandbags now. It's pretty grim, isn't it?" Mary shook her head in agree ment. He went on, "I'm on air raid emergency duty. You feel it's pretty close when those warn ing sirens begin to howl." She looked up quickly, words on her lips. This very young American doctor standing before her was the one who'd rescued her in an air raid that last night in the restaurant with Vincent. FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia -OOPR.mOtYKCAKRVtCE.IMC. T. M. REG. V. . rAT. 0F.- Bi 1 niLIPW 1 p r mini mri. uimii ...j ui ii.ii 'Ge,this is tough work! the icicles are just ponrin' offa me." SIDE GLANCES i Thera ennM Ha nn M,laiun that Yankea drawl that flamlno hair and the massive shoulders or a football player. Then her lins rlnH n- i would never connect that girl in the restaurant with the pitiful person standing before him. "And blackon" rw T was saying, "I'll never get used u uiem. mere's something frightening about a blackout." BlaCkOUt! Th wnrH ati-nnlr k.- sharply. She stared at Dr. Lenox i . . . mm no seemea 10 sense ner thought. She beean slnwtv. Aarh cviiotiio torn from her tnrtiinmlv Thi, is blackout for me. I had every thlns to live for befnrs hl hap pened. I was in love so very mucn in love. And now, this awful War has hlaMrH mm nut tOO. I'm lielv. T'm miiml T don't want to see anyone or have anyone pitying me." Averting her face, she felt Gil bert Lenox tnnnh hmr Viah14a. gently. "You mustn't feel like mac i aon t Know much about love but if it's as glorious as it's supposed to be. nothing ran change it. You must believe it. it s your jne line. Have you been in touch, with your sweetheart?" no, no," Mary cried. "Please no." Gilbert Lenox led her in a chair. Then he took out a note book and his fountain pen. "Write me his name and address and let me explain what's happened to him." He thrust th nan inln Viai- Vianrf and opened the book to a blank sheet. Never would she write Vin cent's name or address. Never would she see him until she was herself again freed from the blackout that held her prisoner. Her hand with the pen in it began to move. Instead of writ ing, she made a few tentative lines. London in war. London with Hyde Park dotted with A. R. P. signs and busses rolling on almose traffic-free streets. The pen moved jerkily at first and then more freely. Dr. Lenox bending down looked puzzled. "Gee, you can draw," he said. "That's clever." Not since art school days had Mary Carroll tried anything ex cept fashion sketches. It gave her a funny, choked feeling to see this fragmentary skyline sketch. Dr. Lenox was patting her shoulder encouragingly. "You're a swell kid and we're going to get you well, Anna Winters." Anna Winters. She was now Anna Winters. She must act as Anna Winters, talk as Anna Win ters and be Anna until the day came when her blackout could be lifted. It would harm no one and it would give her the chance to remain as a British subject in London until the day when the terrible disfigurement was gone and she was reunited with Vin cent, "I've already talked to Dr, O'Connell, London's most famous plastic surgeon," Dr. Lenox said. "He's at the front now but when he comes back, I'm going to have him look at you. And now here's some good news. You've had enough hospital for awhile. You're so much better and stronger that it's going to do you good to get out of here and be with your own friends and people. Suppose we make this your last day here?" (To Be Continued) LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE Very Warm for January By HAROLD GRAY, United States new car registra tions for the first quarter of 1938 were approximately 37 per cent higher than for the same period of 1937. 4laMMMMM iiMiillitJ Stories in, STAMPS www. rrft ; V ; o5oi ""' j : First Postmen Pictured On Jugoslav Semi-Postal T A RKL Y does an authentic nir ture of a nation's first postal service appear on a stamp. But the actual riders who first carried messages for a Serbian monarch 100 years ago are pictured on Ju goslavia's new stamp, above, low est value of a series of five com memorating the centenary of mail transport. The design is a repro duction of a painting, made in 1887. The Tartar riders, shown on the stamp, are Indja and Bogdcn, who carried messages between Prince Miloch, ruler of Serbia now a part of Jugoslavia and the Sul tan of Turkey. Other stamps of the set show the horse-drawn post wagons, a mail train, a motor bus, and an airliner, loading mail at Belgrade airport Proceeds from the surtax provided a fund for a home for postal, telegraph and telephone employe. The poets group of the U. S. Famous Americans series will be released in February. Following are the places and dates of first day sales: Henry W. Longfellow, 1- cent green, Portland, Me., Feb. 16; John Greenleai Whittier, 2- cent red, Haverhill, Mass, Feb. 16; James Russell Lowell, 3-cent purple, Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 20; Walt.Whitman, 5-cent blue, Cam den, -Tf. J, Feb. 20; James Whit comb Riley, 10-cent brown, Green- I vou fool! 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