STORY
CONSCRIPT'S WIFE
WALLACE
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NEA rYlti. Ino.
LOVES YOU!"
& AFTER VI
(? Martna ecnoea
Lment. "But, &uiarow.
fee world-how could
tul qusrrel about me?
SereWnd."
OUT Dumi""
rouf?e. "That's jut
V to know. Don't you
Crstand?"
ttlrred uneasily. "No,
girl touched
her
k- lingers
Ertha. Every time Paul
for a aaie, "
here, wait! i m
lout now, since
lg, noi wiwicij. ...
lout before, wnen we
know. 1 am"
U with Paul, have hn
e house for dinner, or
t
L Vni'led off. She tlghfc
Eld on Martha's fingers
Fly she was saying p9-
'There a no use mnj
In love with Paul! I
ve beeni tven
lou years ago. i w
hen vou married Bill,
h get down on my knees
L v,w-foreoHen mem-
t back to Martha. -The
and Paul mei auiaime
men at a country ciuo
Id Suzanne had looked
Ulth n veiled hostility.
fcr they were engaged,
went on mat irip ui
Was gone lor montns
he returned, the so
ts were busy with the
Bances, and the sensa
L Year's Eve party she
Paul had drifted away
country club set be-
Hha had never been one
Luear Hill Colony,-she
fciced how seldom they
contact witn ms oia
And vet. they ran across
very now and then. In
feint where - they were
h the lobby of a theater,
janne came to the plant
te friends from out of
led Paul to show them
So many things, now that she
knew Suzanne had always been
in love with Paul. Even before
Martha wore hia ring.
"Martha," Suzanne waa saying
huskily, "when you were engaged
to him, I played it square. I tried
to keep out of his way. I didn't
do a lot of things I could have
done. Oh, it wasn't easy. Some
times I couldn't help wanting to
see him, Just for a little while.
But I didn't run after him, I didn't
play any tricks, I told myself it
was over and I tried to get along
without him."
"Yea, aald Martha faintly.
"Yes."
"It was all right to begin again
when you married Bill. I was
wildly happy when Paul began to
call me again, ask to see me. But,
Martha, it didn't take long before
I realized that he we well, we
were always a foursome."
"I don't understand."
"Yes, you do. You must! Sure
ly you weren't that blind! . We'd
sit right here In this apartment,
and Paul's eyes never left you.
He'd look at you so hungrily
and all the while he never heard edge of
a wora i &aia . . .
"You're crazy, Sue." Martha
whispered. "Crazy." Her brain
was spinning dizzily. "You imag
ined it." .
"Did I imagine H when they
took you to the hospital, that time
when you almost had pneumonia,
and Paul almost lost his mind
stayed there all nisht "
"He was with Bill! They1 sat Up
together, smoking, until I came
QUt of it . . ."
"Bill! His best friend! Do you
think that was easy to take? Don't
you see he had to' pretend to to
be friends with him? And then,
instead of dropping you both, let
ting it wear out, Paul kept on
seeing you. As if he couldn't live
without seeing you!"
"No, Suzanne. You're .wrong
"N07 Strzanne. You're wrong,
got up, began to pace up. and down
the living roorir. Thoughts flashed
In and out of her mind, memories
of all the times she and Bill and
Paul had -been together! "But
never-once did he do anything
say anything"
"He - wouldn't, have told you!
He " Suzanne choked. "He
prides himself on being honorable!
Honorable! And what about me?"
She leaped to her feet. She
came and grabbed Mart it's shoul
ders and looked straight Into her
eyes. "Listen, that's why I
stopped coming here so much be
fore Bill left That's exactly why.
Oh, I couldn't stay away alto
gether. I I'm the same way about
Paul, he is about you. I Just had
to see him!"
"Suzanne, you must stop! You
mustn't say things like that!"
"Why must I stop? It's the
truth! You know it's the truth!
And now, now that your hus
band's in the Army and you're
alone again, Paul's making hay
while the sun shines, isn't hr?
That's why we quarreled! That's
why he didn't tell you what it
was all about, you fool! Because
I told him straight out I was sick
and tired of being camouflage
being used as a blind so he could
see you without people talking!"
"Suzanne!"
THE REGISTER. QUARB,
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
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Now Showing "MISERY LOVES COMPANY.'
Tomorrow "WHO'S GOING TO PROTECT WHO?"
By E. C. SEGAR
Suzanne's hands dropped,
wearily, and a shudder ran
through her slender frame. "Oh.
what's the use? I thought if I
told you if ynu understood "
She whirled, suddenly. "I've been
a fool! You probably knew all
about it. A woman always knows
when a man loves her. You did
know! You must have known,
and you encouraged him!"
"Suzanne!" Martha's knuckles
weer white as she gripped the
the end table. "You've
got to stop talking like this. I
won't have it. Not a word of it is
true! You're just Just making
trouble . . . ' All at once, she was
sobbing. Helpless tears stung her
eyes, and her mouth quivered.
"Why should you come here and
s-spoil a f-f-friendship that was
clean and "
"Because it was never merely
friendship. For Paul."
"That isn't true! You know
there's nothing nothing at all
between Paul Elliott and me!
Why, I was engaged to him! If
I if lw why, I'd have married
him, wouldn't I? How dare you
say I encouraged him? I didn't.'
I never even guessed. I married
Bill and I" She was faltering
stupidly, the tears getting the best
of her.
Tears, and a futile rage: a sick,
unwelcome conviction that all
those misgivings she'd had had
been founded on things her own
mind knew, while her heart re
fused to look them in the face.
After a while, Suzanne lit an
other cigaret.
"It's no use crying," she said
In a hard little voice. "I suppose
I went too far. when I said there
wai actually something between
you and Paul. If there had been,
I suonose. ne wouian 1 ever nave
needed me for camouflage. All
right, I'm sorry I said that. May
be you never guessed tnat Paul
was still in love witn you. out
If vou d dh't. Martha, then it's
time someone told you."
She stood uo. "I'm going. I've
said enough. But remember,
there's only so much one human
being can bear. And it wouldn't
be very nice, would it if some
one should tell your husband ex
actly how often Paul comes here,
exactly how much ne - lanes you
out -and exactly how he feels
about you." .
(To Be Continued)
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SIDE GLANCES
CLUB ENTERTAINED
WILLAKENZIE, Jan. 11 (Spe
cial) The Willakenzie Thimble
club held its regular meeting on
Thursday, with Mrs. Chris N.
Jensen. The club ladies spent the
afternoon sewing on little quilts
for the Alice Marie home in Eu
gene.. Later, in .the afternoon the
hostess served refreshments. The
next meeting will be held in two
weeks with Mrs. Harry Meisdorf.
Those present were: Mrs. Peter
Krogstad, Belle Lyrick, Mrs. Ho-
bart Stout, Mrs. Leonard L. Mil
ler, Mrs. Alan MacMasters, Mrs.
Earl Spence, Mrs. Frank Shelton,
Mrs. Richard Shick, Mrs. Charles
Cornelious, Mrs. Clinton V. Corby,
Mrs. Anna Carstedt, Mildred
Wheeler, Mrs. Roy Haxby, Mrs.
Harry Mersdorf, Mrs. Clayton
Cauthorne, Mrs. Frank Oxner,
Mrs. Gyneth Olson, Mrs. Sam T.
Smith, Mrs, Frank B. Harlow, Mrs,
Carl H. Rutherford, Marjorie Jen.
sen and several children,
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