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THE REGISTER. GUARD, EUGENE, ' OREGON.
cfrIAL STORY .
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'1 accepted hii as a matter
worse. Cynthia was
in to profound meditation
the incalculable and amazing
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a, UK) WUluc, --
I of life. It wa there to be
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L rue occasions they
Lw. Explorations Into the
r .hidden au oi unw
would not, perhaps, be proflt--..i
i( I. h art that (Tvn-
renenlly started them, and
Id them in all Innocence. .
i on this day.
ame to the swimming pool,
as pile blue snatch of silken
i ud her . hair cupped in a
blue affair to keep it dry.
Mitchell Grace was coming
Ma a dive. And nobody else
there. She sat down on
L .1 I i .1 I Um
C to the edge, and laughed
k he slipped a trifle climbing
fmA ntlntMl ift a nlara haKlHe
Ki got news for you," she
I wiule he wiped water xrom
face with his hands.
tu tell, its good news."
It certainly is. You've got
key tomtag to you."
tot cash? Not spending mon-
l'o other kind, Admiral. But
got a horrible confession, too.
-Ill get it off my chest.
(a list Tuesday and I bor
(35 from Mr. Grace, party
he second part. Right?", ii
"Putting on the touch, they eall
it"
"So I puts on the touch, then.
Know wnat It was lor?
"Couldn't guess."
e e e
T WAS gambling my all on the
- Whirlwinds to beat Hank
Prentiss. Hank needed to be
dropped back step or two. Char
lie Fleet heard me boasting about
frea a team ana waa nasty. Nasty
He Mid, 'How about BOO, even
odds?
"I gathered tt wis millions."
"Grace, you're gullible. It wu
500 of the prettiest little dollars
and I didn't have them. So I
raked and scraped among some old
tired, worn-out bank accounts and
I found nearly all of it But I
had to go borrowing. And that's
how you got wnat is lt7 touched
lor that 33."
"Seems a pretty long story just
to ten roe i get my money back.''
He looked down at his bare hands
which were gripping the edge of
toe oencn
You will perceive) bow the Quar
rel started.
For he said, Tm not bavin
any, thanks."
"I must be slow-witted. Any
wnair '
"Charity." .
It is to be Judged, alas, that
Waxhaw. S. C. anoke then. Un
out of that lonely, desolate word
sprouted pale shoots of envy and
pride and frustration,'' of old
wounds to the soul caused, not
by the laughter and self-sureneaa
of more prosperoua neighbors, but
by their fuller bellies. Onlv the
man wno nas Known Hunger car
ries that bleak word like a splinter
in nil neart.
"Mitchell Grace You're abso
lutely impossible." She said that
in a rush, not of anger or annoy
ance, but of genuine astonishment.
tie stared at the still water of
the pool. "You're not telling me
any particular news, he said.
She looked-vat him steadily. "I
wish I could understand why you
oenave line mat," arte said.
"There are probably a eood
many things you ought to under
stand." .
'And some that I would like to
understand. You waste your time
on a rounder and playboy who
ia a little frayed at the edges, like
Henry Prentiss. You keep a sim
pleton like Fred West hanging
around with a look like a lost calf.
And when a Dhonv like our ral
Vaughan Dunbar ahowa himself
on the scene . . ." '
He shrugged his shoulders with
such violence that he seemed to
be lifting a weight. -
SHE regarded him very quietly.
Vai. V .
v giu tv iia v uuiex plans I
forme."
"Irs very obvious you havent
any of your own."
She retreated behind a frag
ment of laughter. "I had at least
one, about to minutes ago. To ;
have half an hour nf mt
ming." . .. '
I suppose It's my 'duty, now,
to apologize to the boas' daughter."
She got up, and pulled down
the legs of her bathing trunks and
dived into the water, going across -the
pool in a long, silvery rush,
and drawing herself up on the '
opposite aide, and sitting there -with
her legs dangling.
. A manservant nm, Jmm 4t-
walk and said to Mitchell Grace
umi uuonei Memwether wished
to see him. He put on his robe .
and ilirtnur anrf want h- -
library and Colonel Merrl wether
watched him come toward the
desk.
'Sorrv T'm viae J, J IA
Mitchell Grace. "I can be.'qulck-
"Perhaps It la not necessary." (
"Is there aamethlnv mi wlv
me to do, sir?"
colonel Merriwether looked at
him throueh thou
were perpetually half shut. "You .
wem uaaurcBBea, ne Mia.
It required a marked degree of
Mitchell Grace to restrain the rush '
of bitter words that fled through
his mine", to flush only alightly, .
and to sav after riflnit nn ''
"It is nothing important, sir. Any-.
rrjr, it u my own lauu, -Colonel
Merriwether held a
match to a freak H War tin 4flVHna.
his eyes from Mitchell Grace, and
drew in the first wave of smoke,
and allowed it to drift away from
his mouth. . v .
"It ia a sound rjrinefnla ftra
to keep the emotions under a
strong curb."
I ra sure of it, sir."
"I miffht sav that tha nnlv mt,
take I ever made in. my life was
to lose control nt mv amnllAn.
a brief time. Approximately one
lmw L .a .1
viaj. ou, vt muja uian ou years
of living. The experience taught
me a lesson. I hava not loat
trol of my emotions again, and I
nave not maae a mistake again." -
This was. bv anv mmn iha.
longest and tha most tnrlmat .
versation which Colonel Merrl-'..
wether had ever bestowed upon
his secretary. Mitchell Grace was .
startled. '
'I'm sorrv. Rir ha uln WttiVh
by the way, was a rather absurd
thing to observe. And Colonel
Merriwether descended calmly .
upon the absurdity.
"Reffrets. ton., ara in V.a stmiilat
There is no prosperity in them.
However..." .
. (To Be Continued) . 'V
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Medwho were prisoners in this Red Cross ambulance being driven to the rear of
wean lines. Although the Red Cross on the side of the ambulance was dearly visible,
wmcle was strafed by a Nail Junkers 68 plane, the driver was killed and wounded
M "He hit Maj. William Yarborough, of Seattle, Wash., liaison officer to the
a t S orce8 ands with rifle at right as Nari prisoners remove a comrade
. I!. i!,ance whose driver, dead, lies by the doors he tried to open when the attack
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NEW HAVEN Public works
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