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THE REGISTER-GUARD. EUGENE, OREGON
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FRANTIC WEEKEND
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nn't need any-
"1,er' ,n your
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especially if the
port
luit
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as cooking M been
LjIJlancewM gentler
PJl ' ur was an
ker voros.
W of the family iud-
have done. And this
PK " ... i vaetl
Z. was certainly danger-
Lltractive. And more. She
F ' . ...in- th.f made
, kind oi -
1-1 she was charged with
wt. Her oai ""
utwl curU about the nape
neck. nd w1"1 ncr
Ln there was more man
LljesUon oi tne piquant v.
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ns odd, thought Myra,
Hd never noticed that re-
,M.n before. It DodM no
L for some man or men. She
liered what went on behind
k lively lace. Onegotsomucn
fee habit of thinking of one's
hmlly as just a collection or
fcer bothers and listers that
fatten forgot they bad lives
fciir own and were living their
thoughts and feelings inde-
Liitly of the rest of the fami-
Ko," said Myra, wondering
tier it would be wise after
to tale her sister away, "you
a worry about clothes. The
j li buried miles away from
There."
Hut just shows how little you
b about anything," replied
kr with a toss of the head.
Myra'i eyebrows lifted, but she
' said nothing mora.
rpHE next day Myra was sent
again to the office of Mr. Ran
som. And again she saw the
copper-beaded girl tt a desk.
There was something familiar
about her that puzzled Myra and
she could not place it Something
that made the girl seem out of
place at a desk. However, she
greeted ber with a smile and the
girl was equally cordial.
Myra stopped on Impulse.
"Do you remember that officer
you saw me with on the train
yesterday?"
The girl blushed faintly and
Myra decided that she did.
An irresistible urge toward
matchmaking was upon Myra and
she pressed her question. "We are
going up to Ferdy Lorton's place
this weekend. The artist, you
know. I was wondering if you
would care to join us? It's all very
informal, but he has an aunt up
there who looks after the place
and as an alibi for anxious parents
if your parents are the anxious
kind.
Again the girl smiled slightly
and again Myra wondered what it
was about her that she could not
place.
"Don't bother to let me know
now," said Myra. "Telephone me
at the office if you would .care to
join us."
That afternoon Myra telephoned
Ferdy.
"I've hooked her," she said.
"She called half an hour ago to
say she would come."
Ferdy laughed. "What is her
name?"
"Fay Ransom, daughter of the
stockbroker."
Ferdy whistled at the other end
of the telephone. "Fay Ransom?"
"Do you know her?" asked
Myra. But Ferdy was ln a Puckish
mood. He laughed aloud and rang
off.
"Darn you," mumbled Myra In
to the buzzing telephone. "What
are you up to, Ferdy Lorton?" She
shrugged and replace the receiver.
Wasn't Fay likely to be enough
of a problem, without adding
mystery to the plot? "
p'ERDY'S place ln the lovely
Laurentlans was just 60 miles
from Montreal, yet as secluded as
if it had been built upon the
highest crag in the Canadian
wilds. Tucked away off the beaten
track in a countryside of dirt
roads, lakes and wooded hills, It
was a fairly large estate and had
a home farm complete with a
French-Canadian family who did
the chores for Ferdy.
The house itself was a low,
sprawling affair which had grown
charTningly as extra space had
been added to the original cottage.
It was set on a great outcrop of
rock at the very top of a low hill,
and its windows gazed out on
every side over the treetops of
thickly wooded hillsides.
It was comfortably furnished
and equipped because Ferdy spent
a great deal of his time there,
working outdoors or painting in
the studio built onto the house
while his aunt attended to the
housekeeping.
He arrived there alone a day
before he expected his guests and
announced to his aunt that aha
could expect a houseful of guest
for the weekend.
She looked at her favorite
nephew with a quizzical smile.
"Well, It's nice to know in ad
vance. Usually you arrive unan
nounced bringing hordes of strange
people with you."
She was a small woman, so
completely composed under all
circumstances that it seemed as if
the calm of the Laurentian coun
try had become an essential part
of her nature. Conveniently, too,
she was thoroughly conditioned to
Ferdy's whimsies in the way of
guests.
"Do I know any of the people
who are coming up?" she asked.
Ferdy wandered around the
wide lounge, across to the plate
glass window that filled an alcove
and gave an uninterrupted view
of a great sweep of country.
"Yes. There is at least one you
like. Myra Mack."
"Ha," replied his aunt. "I hope
nr Sng is going to happen then."
'Vhat on earth do you mean?"
asked Ferdy with a grin.
"You know very well," said his
aunt. "She is a very nice girl
with a lot of character, but every
time she comes here something
extraordinary happens. Who
else?"
Ferdy listed the others. His
aunt listened patiently.
"Must you always be asking
complete stranges up here?"
Ferdy grinned. He turned back'
to his aunt and lifted a cautioning
finger at her. "You know very
well you are as bad as I am. You
always say that nothing is so fas
cinating as the latest crop of young
things. I'm merely pandering to
your curiosity and bringing up a
fair selection."
She smiled her admission of
what he said. "True. All the
same, that Mack girl has a flair
for complications. We'll have any
thing from a circus to a triple
wedding before this weekend is
over."
(To Be Continued)
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