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.THE REGISTER. GUARD. EUGENE, OREGOW VJOLACE coojtlrM. 1N1. NEA SrnrlM. In. HlsHALL dressed "ImTeye,. th-t "r. .fter the acci- ZZi nd powderea ' obliterate the 2S&I on her cheek. rtSfw finger, trem- ' ".use he wanted UZt Bill hd managed ffl Mi fhad been sur ',HU little .hlver crawled frmine. Surprise w 'S descrip,ion I brought herself up nm tt-an't going KTSpWon. and the I !?! that she'd Sfto Bill to imaS'Pe Martha and Paul, fumbling with fca to the oa " topped suddenly - had l"5 jj n i-arrv out Seat? Had she actually fcldn't eai dtouh. EL made her jump. Kwered it. With a grunt, t j.im 'Tnr VOU. It's I the hospital. Must have tone put in his room!" toon, at the same hos- h no phone. the heard Paul's voice, a I hf "Are mi How do you feel? Is nothing the matter gala rsui. wuubw . lit himself! As if he bis own office. "But I've rly out of my mind wor out you. How are you, I thought I'd killed you I criminal carelessness, fcnctically perfect," she E hwnitAl snubbed me. El'i coming from camp. Ei ba up to see you in a tie." . I How did he 7" lesnt know about the ac- were out." She went on. fay, "I'm so afraid Su Syhave " irouian'i nave aarea, ne She was just talking and head. Don't think about ti the held the phone, il the children shouting Here's Uncle Bill, and idjerl Daddy, Daddy, l'j a sodjer." here," she said. "Goodby, there In a little while." n to the door, the swift happiness that always I seeing Bill coursing through her. She knew, in the swift moment before ahe actually saw him, that this joy that could turn her blood to water, this sweet delight and keen aliveness, could never come for her with anyone else. And the prayed, achingly, that nothing would ever change it for Bill ever spoil It for either of them. "Darling." She threw herself into hia arms, her cheek with- the alarming scratch . against his shoulder. Perhaps he wouldn't notice it right away. His arms, tight around her, made everything all right once more. The sense of panic which the . accident had brought the nebulous fears which had gnawed at her this morning were gone. "Darling, I'm so glad you came. Oh, Bill, I do love you so!" "Honey," he cried. "Martha, sweet Here, let me look at you." He held her away from him, his eyes on her face with the old hunger and eagerness. And then, like a blow, he saw the scratch. "Martha, what happened? Where did you get that scratch?" Behind them, Eugene was grin ning sardonically. Before he had a chance to sivak, Martha told Bill quickly, "It's nothing. I'll tell you later. Come In, let's catch our breath first. Are you hungry?" "See here, kid, what's been go ing on?" . Bill was seriously alarmed, and his eyes commanded her. "I was in a little accident," she admitted reluctantly. "Paul and I were driving last night, and " "Last night? I wondered what made him come up here, when Eugene told me on the phone. "He brought her her paycheck, said Eugene. "Then they went for a ride and first thing I know, he's in the hospital and a man brings Martha back, knocked silly. "I wasn t knocked sluy! I was only scratched up a little. It was unavoidable. We we turned into the highway, and the other car had been going o fast" .jr. Bill's sunburned face was still, closed up, unreadable. He aat down on the sofa, drawing his wife beside him with hands that were suddenly very strong. She felt his fingers biting into her arm, and saw the line of his mouth tighten. "Suppose you tell me about U. Martha? "Oh, Bill, 'don't get worked up! Really, I'm not hurt at all. He couldn t help It, don't you see? We turned Into the highway we had been talking. Paul said the office was so busy I ought to come back and hire a woman to do the work here ... Bill was listening in silence, With that look on his face. With SIDE GLANCES f lyl"'" ffIT T, K im ,i VfihH 10 8et out of hue 'or aa hour or I lern00D-w home is cluttered with fema barking 'Don't I" o females hia eyea telling her nothing. She wcm on, desperately, "w Just got so absorbed, talking, that w. turned out and the other car was speeding" Eugene, stralehtentn hi Khnul. der, put in, "So he wanted you to hire a woman to look after the place here, eh?" "He thought It was too hard for e." Bill's big hand dronnrrf in V,r knee. He caught eight of the bruises under her stocking. "That's from last night?" "Yes, but it doesn't amount to anything." She leaped to her feet "Darling, please don't make a tragedy out of an unimportant little accident. We ought to go and see Paul. He'a the one who's In the hospital." "Bad?" "No. The doctor said hrnV.n collar bone and concussion. He sounded all rieht on the nhnn little while ago." Eugene said, "Take mv er. Don't forget to look In on Helen, too." All the way to the hospital, Martha tried to be natural with Bill. She kept her voice lieht. asked him about camp, laughed aooui me accident. . But his an. swers were short, and behind the eyes that told her nothing, she was afraid Bill was painfully fumbling with the fact that Paul had driven up here after- her. One he said, "Why didn't he mail you the check? "Oh, he wanted to see how I was doing, too, I guess. After all, the office is busy and may. be they told him to talk me into coming back. . . " inai curious constraint was still between them as they walked into Paul's room at the hospital. It was there as Martha hung oacK, letting Bin speak first. "So you got my wife all scratched- up, you worml" Bill cried. But the heartiness was brit tle, some of the easy good-fellowship there had always been be tween the two men was absent. Or, perhaps, Martha told herself, she was only imagining It, Paul was propped up on the pillows. There was a bandage around hit arm and shoulder. He did not look ill. "I wish they'd let me out of here." "Let you out? You ouaht to be in Jail!" Bill roared. "Taking my wife out and nearly killing her." Paul's swift wince was too real. Bill said, hastily, "Heck, fella, I'm just kidding. Lucky It was no worse. Don't take It to heart, Paul. Accidents will happen." Martha stood close beside Bill, gratefully. Everything was going to be all right The door opened. A nurse looked in. "Another vis itor for you, Mr. Elliott." Suzanne Decker, her arms full of flowers, came into the room. Martha stiffened in surprise. Paul, too, was looking at Suzanne in un disguised amazement "How did you find out so quickly?" he asked. "I phoned you at the office early this morning. Your chief en gineer told me you were In the hospital. She ran to the bed. "Paul, how are you? All the way out here, I kept thinking the most awful things! He only said you'd been In an accident he wouldn't give me any details, laid he didn't know." She looked at the white bandages around his shoulder. "You're badly hurt! That, ban dage" "The awful truth is a broken collarbone," Paul laid. "Your hasty trip, while a compliment of course, simply isn't Justified bj the injuries." He was smiling, now, but Martha sensed the an noyance under his bantering. "Martha was in that accident too," came Bill's voice, from the other side of the bed. "Don't you care what happens to her, Su zanne? He meant it lightly, of course. He was teasing going on with the bantering Paul had begun. But it was exactly the wrong thing to say, Martha realized with horror. For Suzanne's red Hps were tightening grimly, and flame leaped into those gray eyes. Even while Martha's own eyes flew to Suzanne's pleadingly, in the thick silence which settled, the savage fury which Bill s well-meant teas ing had caused went mounting. Suzanne cried. "Why should I care what happens to Martha, Bill Marshall? You blind fool, if she had only let Paul alone this would never have happened!" (To Be Continued) 7 c SEES r. Wsressiorial MUIW WAUjAIe Vice rresiaeni usrner cnacn Tte, jn .u. "Mr when he administered the oath of office to his successor, Henry f . nomas Qult "Lce of President Roosevelt at Washington. D. C. Monday. Left r""li oldt . ' " Prement i bodyguard: Wallace. Roosevelt. James noo seven, ,.u at sou. Md Garne,. Unfinished Business Page Seven. By HAROLD GRAY up tfurm WvrT YOU. 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