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0 felAL STORY MUKUtK IN UJNVUT v A W. O'BRIEN MA SSRVICC. INC. ! "l" A defc. He jjjjjj TO REMEMBER chapter m jKANT ROLUNS heard tfl, gasp of surprise, but idwr stopped nns slowly. d(mt shoot," came nmktakably feminine. "I Mt to move an Inch. Bible sensation of having tod of himself swept over ZL A, he rose, rather ,Con the stairs, he dreaded he girl's face could it be irse? r to frighten you, Sister," sgized, "but it's very late It 's'all right," she replied 'I realize fully that it is ours, but I just couldn't id thought a few breaths air would help. You may ne and ... felt his face reddening. 10w, just a minute . . ." de a feeble attempt at his good-natured side, t trying to get any charm ton such as yourself re- I was merely trying to own somebody flashing a i here . . ." wrse seemed to freeze, that," she gave a short laugh. "I guess it was I. itealing a pufl of a cigaret, a that is evidently enough ; you fellows dashing up med." ' , was nettled but he ed bis pride. Taking her anta he guided her to the door, opened it and waved de. She paused under a corridor light and looked In some surprise. what, she asKea coiaiyi Wit olraret!" Rollins pushing forward a pack- tesltated a split second, k one. He snapped his taking advantage of the name to examine her fea- Yes, she was definitely m a cultured sort of way. coughed abruptly! "Good L" she exclaimed looking tfgaret, "either the brand is 1 " r m td t A I At three o'clock to the after noon, the troopships began to move out to sea. awful or I'm catching cold. Good night." Later, lying in his bunk and gratefully sipping the Scotch and water his snoring roommate had left for him, Rollins was letting his mind drift through the hap pier side of the uncomfortable meeting. Suddenly he sat bolt upright, TT hadn't clicked in his befuddled mind at the moment but sub consciously it had registered in the flame of his lighter he had seen what an uncommonly large tip of cigaret she had wetted. And that cough like a person puffing at her first clgaretl He awoke unrefreshed to find the throbbing noise increasingly evident but the troopship still at the dock. Steam was fully up and smoke rolled from the two funnels. There was the unmistakable atmosphere of last-minute preparations, and the captain's bridge was a hive of activity. Thousands of soldiers were jam ming the starboard side which faced the actual water leading down to the sea. At regular in tervals freighters were steaming by. Evidently a huge mercantile convoy was leaving for some over seas destination. A few minutes before noon the last of the merchantmen went by an insignificant but sea-toughened trawler. Although painted over, the letters on the bow of the trawler were visible to the troops. "Ahoy, Loch Lomond!" some body roared, and the troops burst into the gay Scottish tune. .A window opened on the trawler's bridge and a ruddy face appeared, lips plainly moving in aceompanl- mwn 10 xne Troops' singing. At 8 o'clock in the afternoon, the troopships began to move, starting from the farthest inland dock. The bands of all units ap peared on deck. There wasn't a man below. The air was crisp and clear and bright sunshine basked the dramatic scene. Tees and Rollins clanned mm another on the back enthusias tically. "We're off!" yelled the lieutenant "I was berinnlnc in think it would never hamwn to us." Tees smiled. "Oh. I thounht toM sail all right, but who would have thought it would be like this . . . He made a sweeping gesture. "I expected to slip out in the dark ness with everything very hush hush. Instead, the bands are play ing, me noys are yelling and sing ing their heads off. Just look over there!" THE wind was beginning to bowl r.ff V. l.r. l Sharp flecks of snow bit into red. dened cheeka and men dashed away to reappear with overcoats. Already a gray drabness waa melting out the Nova Scotian coastline and the rolling swell waa becoming more pronounced. Half hearted jokes about seasickness began to circulate. Suddenly, the whistle on T 6" began emitting a series of long and short blasts it was the life boat alarm signal! Tees and Rollins, standing up near the pitching bow, looked at one another startled, then laughed outright: "It's the lifeboat drill they warned us about!" yelled Tees as he started on the double for his boat station. Rollins was right be hind him, but something on "A" deck caught his eye. He slowed to a walk. There was the nurse the same one he had encountered last night on the deck. The lieutenant's eye brows knitted into a frown as ha saw her evidently making no effort to dash for her boat station. She was peering intently through a pair of powerful binoculars at the battle cruiser from which the light flashes were coming. Lieutenant Gregory Rollins was puzzled as he stood at his station. Why the binoculars? Why the rapt interest that even a lifeboat alarm didn't disturb? - But, most puzzling of all, where had he met the girl before their encounters aboard ship. It had been somewhere interesting and on some important occasion. But where and when? (To Be Con tinned) THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON UTTLE ORPHAN ANNIE Face On the Bedroom Floor July 18, 1M1 By HAROLD GRAY .s-t-l ma Ak 'nn i MARRIB3 MSAeS "DADOf HOME FROM THf STILL. A LONQ WW 1 FROM WBXBUT whew! ive HEARD tt WATCH DOGS OOM' THr--. AND O 6UES, TOO, SLEEPlN IN FRONT O" THEIR MASTERS BED BUT 1 NEVER SPECTED TO ANYTHING LIKE 1 f WONDER IF HE3 KWH CT1 I i4LMat!tlf3 1 I ASLEEP-MAYBE IF ( lWW& I ImSS&SFm I I he iskt, i could I wmm cj - lSIBSSgiEM I GEHIMSOMETHtN--. 1 DS WmmSEMll II STILL A LONQ WW 1 1 . u.w?inP wMtM ri .1 1 mMZti. II FROM WELL BUT y INTO HIS ROOM- WMw CFK'. I (MfXxTS- XI I NEVER SPECTED TO SEE ImZffl t'i ' ' " POPEYE Now Showing "Anybody Gotta Daisy?" fAHOV, MPS. JQNCS Tomorrow "She Hasn't a Leg to Stand On!" 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