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I K, 1941 k STORY CONSCRIPT'5 Wirt W WALLACE CHAPTER XIV husband'! voice went on w, JMIU.- ----- tggily on tM cnau- Cwrrickt. INI. N1A SarrlM. In a. ;,ere you last night?" (kle r. ,. ....In & e lit, dectrie l! Nine-tmny .- Bill was asking her bt her out last night. L were you?" ne snou.cu fclartha, are you (here." wever ts explain wo nd say. quiciuy. t, ,.. nut with the girls kt. Vou know, I I joined . rraeated. "Bowl- El after midnight? You a glutton ior sted herself. "I'm sorry Id your call,- sne sum 'Was it was Uortant? Did you get Uant? Sure It was lm- I wanted to tarn i yuu. the guys go into town on r nights and have them time. And me, I'm stuck i, thinking of you." Lad been dancing at the I -lnVi coin from one Jrms to another's laugh- loylng herself wnue am k n Armv camp. ... V "... Ml I'm sorry I wasn't nere: vou can t stay nome ught," he said. "As far as concerned, i ve got a im With only a year to train brass hats aren't handing leaves to speak of. tad hoped that he might time for a few days. But fcren't to have even that. Bah you'd come up here Bill saia. now aooux eek? Do you think you She hesitated. Much as ihi wanted to go, It had been gruel ing drive. And she'd been late the following morning. "I I hate to ask Paul for hia car again, she (aid at last. "Besides, he said he wouldn't lend It to me." "Said he wouldn't lend It to you?" Bill was Incredulous "What got Into him? Did you smash a fender going home?" - "No. He thought It was too long a drive for me. I was late next morning." "Why don t you ask him to drive you down, then? It's not too far for him, I hope! I d like to see the old prune, anyway."- "All right," she said slowly. "I'll ask him." "That's swell. I'll be seeing you next Sunday." "Yes." "In ease I forgot to mention it" he began, softly. Martha knew what was coming. She fin ished It for him, "I love you, dar ling." She sat there, after she had hung up, wishing bitterly that she hadn't lied to Bill. He wouldn't have minded her going to a dance with Paul. There'd been no need to lie. Their silly little joke, hers and Bill s was like a reproach to her. "In case I forgot to mention it " was a phrase that always brought back the time Bill carried her over the threshold Into their new home. He had glimpsed the red leather chairwhich he had insisted on buying in defiance of all the laws of good interior decoration, and he had dropped her uncere moniously. "The chair! See, it does fit In, see?" Martha had managed to keep herself from falling by grabbing his shoulders. "You dumb oaf! Is this the way you carry in your bride?" Bill had grinned, sheepishly. "In case I forgot to mention it, I love you, darling. But you've got to admit, that's a wonderful chair. It Si I 2. n S DOUBLE-DEf!KFT TflVTlflV craviFT .- Am. I and blown to Titan, hut mnltiil iinrlflrtit. In ihm iiu oi December 29. adds distinction and elasa to the whole room!" She went back to bed. But not to sleep. Why had she lied to Bill? Why? Paul was delighted when she asked, him to drive her to. the camp. She had known he would be. "Now you won't have to leave on Saturday, to make it," he said. Sunday morning at about 7 will put us there plenty early." iney reached camo soon after 10, and again Bill was waltlna. He shook hands with Paul and said pityingly, "You look pale, fellow." 'It's the night life." Paul re torted. Martha prayed he wouldn't refer to last Saturday night. "He means night work." she nut in hastily. "The plant's about 3000 orders behind." Bill asked. "Want to take a look around the camp, Paul?" "Not especially," was the honest reply. "Give me a bird's-eye view of what they've been doing to you, and let s get out of here. I suppose you'd appreciate a decent mean I'll even pay for it" "What do you mean, decent meal? Listen, boy, this army leeas gooa: It did not take long for Bill to secure his pass. While they wait ed, Paul and Martha stood out side the building, and every time a soldier passed Paul shook his head mournfully. "I'm certainly lucky the country needs me more behind my slide rule than behind a gun!" "Do they look so bedraggled to you? Or miserable? What is it?" "Maybe It's the uniform. It sheds a pea green glow . . ." The drive into town from camp. with Paul behind the wheel and Bill squeezed into the space next to the door, was different from the other time she'd spent with Bill. Now Paul was asking ques tions about the training. Bill explained, "The brass hats figure they can't give the con- scriptees any fancy training. You can't make anti-aircraft gunners, anti-tank gunners, tank corpsmen, even horse wranglers for the cav- lry, in a year. So we're the In fantry, boy. The good old infan try, the right arm of the army. We're the kindergarten class, in I soldiering. "They're teaching us a lot of tough exercises to harden us up. Then we march, learn how to care for the rifles, and the right way to hit a mud puddle. Then there's drills, the manual of arms oh, lots of higher learning. .We're getting battalion training pretty soon. That s harder. Camouflage, scouting, patrol Am I boring you, Mr. Elliott?" "No, Indeed, Mr. Marshall,' grinned Paul. "But I think Mar tha s yawning." It was a gay Sunday. After a huge dinner in a good restaurant, they explored the town. It was full of soldiers. About 8 o'clock they found a cheerful little joint where Bill and Paul drank cold beer, and where a juke box ground out dance music. Martha, danced with Bill, and then with Paul, and then with a couple of soldiers who had somehow crash ed the party. "We're lonesome," they explained. "We're very lone some." Bill vetoed a movie. "That's all we do nights, -see movies. 1 1 bet I've seen every one they're running in town. Yes, a gay and jolly visit. And yet, saying goodby to Bill, Martha couldn't help the little feeling that something had been missing from I their hours together. Some tender- I ness, some intimate oneness; a joy in being together that had been theirs that other Sunday. Bill whispered, against her hair, as he held her close In a last fare well, "I enjoyed seeing Paul, honey. But next time, try to make it by yourself. After all, darling, two's company especially when it's a darned long time between Sundays!" (To Be Continued) TH1. RIQISTBR'GUARD. LITTLE OftPHAN ANNIE EUGENE. OREGON COURSE. AS YOU SAY. ITS pretty harp semrf out a MOSTO" THOSE FOREIGN COUNTRIES WITH YER HIDE THESE DAYS. BUT THrS LET TbK PIAPCS IT Her Hero ir By HAROLD CGUHi SIDE GLANCES I I-IX. I kit hi. L: .. . . I Ulrui(1ay, let's get baby a good ilronfi bank 10 vt I no n't k ...... 1 . , . ,. it Perfumed butter 1 served many Parisian restaurants. LT. R. M. KRUMMES, Boise. Idaho, pilot ov a twin- engined U. 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