THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON
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LESSONS IN LOVE
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Vle of masculinity
f l)n for mercy
'Liw. it Uncle Hank, she
? ft nnked the wheel
CmlSueNuealed.
before given any
jut i man cuu" r
1 .ml ihedldnt Intend
FTLi ,n Blake. Cer-
Til lury Crover couldn't
7. J,,, equilibrium, how
rftimntlnieledOklahoman?
Li .k remembered that
C ed glamor were something
- or mad at herself.
net jfta her to think ta
PniiKitawtuddednlght,
fcr iwlm. unaer me
Ci bun of two blue spot
U witer to Larry Graver's
llgobd grupy cool.
fed In a gowen, sieen-ni-
t.pi suit looKea jikb a
U i leaned against the
L lading to the diving plat-
U wm all eyee. "You're
tek'toaammea. "some-
Ulthink I ought to turn on
maa full blast with you."
ti cnetimes I don't think
toft the time I devote to
H tt V ahe returned.
tti l wretch, Larry Grover,
lN know it, but I like you."
Wa to marry me?
fttt i proposal?"
hat bo illly. Just founding
at h I make up my
h'll (tinned,
kci'i laugh was full and
tit 1 guest that's what I
tat jm most. You're al
ways good for laugh."
He grabbed her wrist. "Let's go
in," he said, nodding toward the
water.
"Go ahead, IH Join you la a
minute, Tm waiting for Sue to
bring my bathing cap out I don't
want to spoil this permanent.''
She watched Larry plunge Into
the water. He came up spouting.
Someone touched her on the
shoulder. It was Dugan. "I'm go
ing to collect that bet we made,"
he said somewhat grimly. Swiftly,
but all too late, she remembered
their golf wager.
CHE screamed but he already
had scooped her up Into his
arms. She tried to hang onto his
neck but he pried her loose.
There was a flash of gold in the
glow of the spotlights, and she
went sailing up and outward.
Even as she flew through the air,
the realized that he had handled
her 115 pounds as though she
were a cork.
Then the water closed over her.
She came up gasping, her wet hair
matting in her eyes.
"Oooh, my permanent," she
groaned, and from the side of the
pool Sue Bishop, Charley Gilroy
and Bruce Meade roared at her.
A brown body flashed overhead,
and Dugan was in the water be
tide her.
"Sorry, couldn't resist It," he
grinned. "Anyway, you had It
coming, you know."
She lunged at him but he
laughed mockingly and moved
away with a surge of power.
Breathless, Barbara swathed
herself in a huge terry cloth robe.
"I thought I was flying," she
said to Sue.
"You were flying," Sue replied.
"He could have thrown you all
the way across the pool if he had
wanted to."
JT was hours later, when every
one was asleep, that Barbara
sat up suddenly in bed. She
listened carefully. There It was
again. That little noise she had
been hearing for the last few min
utes. She slipped into her slip
pers and robe and went to the
door.
She looked at her watch. Two-
thirty. Everyone should have been
in bed long ago. Curiosity re
placed fear as she started down
the winding stairway.
The noise she had heard came
from the kitchen, and it sounded
like the rattling of pans.
She opened the kitchen door
noiselessly and gaped at what she
saw. Dugan Blake, also in robe
and slippers, stood at the stove
scrambling eggs.
Quietly she tip-toed around to
the pantry and picked up a paper
bag. She blew It up and returned
to the kitchen. Just as Dugan was
taking the eggs from the stove,
she smashed the bag with ex
plosive force.
Dugan Blake seemed to leap two
feet oft the floor. The frying pan
struck the edge of the table and,
bounced back up toward his taoe.
When it was all over, Dugan
was spread on the floor, halt the
eggs in his hair.
Barbara sat down on the floor.
She laughed until it felt as though
her sides would split. She looked
at him and laughed some more.
And then slowly through the
eggs on his face he grinned back,
"You almost killed me."
"I should have," she gasped,
"but that was close enough for
me."
He got to his feet and offered
his hand to pull her up after him.
"I got hungry," he said, "and
there was only one thing to do
about it."
"I suppose I should offer to fix
some more eggs for you," she said,
"Okay, I will."
"You're sure you won't poison
them?" he said quizzically.
Somehow that should have put
her on the defensive again
should have prompted her to an
other barb and reawakened all
her animosity.
But It didn't It felt as though
the ice were broken. It was quite
unexplainable, but quite nice.
She wondered if the some
thought might be occurring to him
as she turned to the stove.
Barbara had her answer in a
most startling manner. She didn't
realize he was behind her until
she felt his hands on her shoul
ders. It was like an electric shock,
but it was nothing compared with
what followed.
Almost in the same movement
he turned her around. The next
instant he had taken her in his
arms, pressed his lips against hers.
There was no time to react . .
no time to think of what was hap
pfning. All she knew, dimly, was
that she was returning his kiss.
(To Be Continued)
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