Page 14 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon Tuesday, August 18, 1953 BURNED FINGERS By KATHLEEN NORMS . CHAPTER 23 For a year ' and a half they wouia not see eacn oiner. Jen nl!4r counted the days and tent him an accurate calculation ol them. Jim checked them oil fertotuly one by one. He would neaa nu letters: -yi aay gone; 4W days to o.' Letters were not wholly satls factory, but they were better than nothing. Jennifer managed to aee aome of his hospital associates now and tnen to glean wnat eos sip she could of the old hospital with which to amuse him. In reply his letters were less ire. fluent, briefer, and less lmaglna tlve. But he never left her in any doubt of his feelings. Jennifer In jus heart was already his wife She dared not write him that she was tired, blue, discouraged or that she had a cold or a cut finger. His instant anxious re plies, his worried questioning wouia arrive wnen arte naa en tlrely forgotten the passing dis comfort. Jennifer kept busy, read much, took long walks, beguiled this time of loneliness and waiting as best she could. And the months went oy, A teasing, chilling little thought had come to her often At first she had been able to dismiss this inouxnt peremptorily. It was no body's business but her own. But gradually It gained nower came more and more often. It Degan to aisiuro ner night's sleep, wr wring little riding her like imp. There was something in her own past tnat Jim did not know; mat jim nao a right to know There was a man named Bid Ror. rows In the world indeed, In her immediate .worio wno naa once loved her and whom she had lovea recKiessiy in return, jsvery newspaper every mag azine article; on me suojeci slated frankly that undergraduate life in all the great colleges was a time of moral freedom for both girls and men; Jenniler cut from a weekly an honest statement of the case. "Statistics show that few girls pass through college or early bus iness years without occasional In fractions of chasity," said this article, "and while not approved or even countenanced by the au thorities, these facts are recog nize! and It Is conceded that In mr- cases adolescent ezoeriencM of l.ils type do not leave a per manently deleterious mark upon either the young man or woman nor prevent responsible and en during martial relations in later years." All very welt But none of It seemed to apply to her case. Her case was something of which her nusoana should know before mar riage end she did not know how to tell him. Once he knew, once he had said that It did not make the slightest difference In his feeling for her, then the blessed waters of relief and oblivion could close over the whole thing, then she would not have a care in the world. Walking down to the shoo In the winter mornings, walking home in the cold, gritty, windy, dust, Jennifer mused upon the thing, half aloud, as If she were talking to Jim. "No, Its not that, It's not that. T don't in the least feel myself a Magdalen, repentant and reform ed. It's not that at all! I made my mistake and I paid for It in humiliation and tears and I was eighteen. I'm twenty-four now: I've done a lot of living since then. I'm wise enough and strong enough to be any man's wife perhaps all the wiser and strong er because I was such a fool I If a daughter of mine ever did what I did I'd know I'd been an in efficient mother, I hadn't given her the right values. Well. I didn't have a mother I had Betty, and she was good and kind. Ood knows, but she didn't know all the longings and the dreams and the disappointments that were In my heart, how I wanted to go places and see things and have things happen to mel He was older and he was ' rich and he told me that he loved me that wan enough. Don't think I want you to open your arms, Jim. and say. 'Mv little soiled dove, all la forgiven I You've made your mistakes too, done things, no doubt, you'd give your life to undo. I don't want to hear about them, but I want you to hear about this because we're starting honestly, we're going to try to build a different sort of marriage all dignity and good ness. I think you've a right to know this about me; maybe you haven't, but whether you have or not you're going to know It. There Isn't ever going to be any fear In my heart; 'Suppose Jim hears It.1 "Perhaps 81d and I are the only two persons who know It; per haps he's forgotten It. Perhaps he's no more anxious to remember It than I am. If I thought that I think I'd keep mv mouth shut. But there were "levator boys . . waiters . . . and Eueene's father Knows, i nad to tell him. after Eugene died, so he would under stand Mv Ood."" Jennfler would sny. sloppln short In her walk. swallowing wi h a dry throat, "to have It never to have happened!" Sometimes her heart was young and happy enough to rise above the nagging little misgivings No use. The miserable gnawing uneasiness wduki creep in again Jennifer visualised the years ahead, the position of a doctor's wue. Her nusoand s growing repu tation, his affectionate reliance on her when he was tired and anx ious, the children in his home, the position of the LlpplncotU as time went by. They would go up to the lake with dark-eyed, eager girls and tall, tawny-headed boys rioting about them. They would have all the happy times, all the crises and responsibilities, the pride and In terest that made married life such miracle. And all the time . . all the time ... all the time . . there would live in her memory the humiliating knowledge that for a few feverish weeks she had been what she had been to Sid Bor rows. When she by in a hospital bed with a baby in the curve of her arm. would It be In her mind then When she looked up from scold ing two small daughters for for- f Ttting to comport themselves like Ittle gentlewomen would she see It In Jim's watching eyes? When he and she were married and went away from the Evans house in a joyous whirl of 'laugh ter and tears, flowers and good wishes, would her very wedding day be clouded by the unforgolten memory, that was to be a chain upon her soul foreverf Obviously the thing to do waa to tell Jim all about this and have It over. Jim was three thou sand miles away, and this sort of thing was not easy to write. What to write, or to write at all? "Oh. for heaven's sake." Jen nifer would say wearily to her thoughts, "let me stop thinking about it. Someday 111 make aome reference to It to Jim and see lust how seriously be takes It If it seems to knock him silly 111 tell him the whole story. If he Just shrugs It off, then ltH be over." And Jennifer would resolutely plunge Into her work, her read-1 lng, Sunday trips with the Ev anses to beaches or parks. Most of the group knew now that she was engaged to Jim One hot March afternoon she was out in the back garden of me Ban Jose Avenue cottage neip- ru ing old Mrs. Flood tie up a ban sia rose. "Ill nut a rope under It. Ma." she said, "and then take the two ends of the rope up the ladder ana sit on me root ana Dull. Ana when I get the roses up you! straighten up the lattice." The great bushy wreck below stirred, rose a few Inches. "The trouble Is." Jennifer gasp ed, "that It'll Dull me down be fore I pull It up. Well have to gei me moots ooys or else wait for Mary!" "Let me get un there with you. said Jim Llpplncott from the path, I jennuer gave nira one loos, was down the ladder In two springs and into his arms. She gave him back kiss for kiss and clung to mm, hall laughing and half cry ing, while he explained his presence. Im in. dear: In the war. In the Army Medical Corps. "Jlml" She pushed him off with both hands studvlne his well-fitting uniform. "Oh, darling. since wnenr- Well, they need doctors, and the Office of Procurement classes me as 'non-essential, so, knowing id be drafted, I volunteered. You're not sorry?" un no . . . she said slowly; you couldnT, do anything else. Everyone s In or going to get In. I Joe and Martin all of them But somehow I didn't think of It as getting so close to me. So youte a captain? My captain I When do you go? Where do you 0'' . . i com xnow yet. But d-you gnow wnat this means. Jenny?" She looked at him with her be wildered, little-girl smile. "It means we can get married!" "But It means you'U' be going awayr i "Maybe maybe not. I mav be stationed nere for the time cemg. One of the service hosotals: i there's a dozen around the bay area - "Then we can have a little house of our own? spring sunset light was ex quisite over the plain little back yard when they finished the lob. Jennifer had been back on the roof and Jim back on the ground more than once before the bank sia was roped Into place and the Drosen spravs cut awav ana the lattice reinforced. Jennifer's face was a warm rose Itself, her fore-1 head was wet, her hair tousled into a mop; she finally descended the ladder into Jim's arms wltht a laugh of triumph, and with the breathless old woman they went into me nouse. From then on evervthlne was confused and breath-taking and delightful. They were going over 10 Moine s ior dinner. (Te Be Continued.) Smithfield Smithfield Misa Gloria Hopkins ot Salem was the house guest of the S. M, Ed lgeri from Wednesday through Monday. While visiting here she, together with the Edlgers, attended the wedding of Miss Marciel Reimer and Marvin Reiger at the Mennonite Breth ren church in Dallas. Next week is Jolk county fair week at Rickreall, in the! new grounds and buildings. Carol Curtis Pattern "Country Lane" Rosea, The be loved wild roses which grow along old country roads are done in the two-color transfer process which requires only stamping on material to preserve the lovely colors; rose-pink for the flower, moss green for the leaves and stems! Two sprays measure by 3S inches, four spravs measure 3 by 3 Si inches Use them on pale pink, grey or white table mats guest towns, on pretty gift aprons, on wash dresses, blouses. scarves. Send Joe for the "COUNTRY LANS ROSES" (Pattern No. 471) all transferring and laundtrlni Instructions. YOt'R NAME. AD DRESS. 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Mr. and Mrs. ftoscoe Roberts of Webfoot spent Sunday on trip to Broadmead, Ballston ' and Sheridan. They called on Mr. and Mrs. August Swanson and Mrs. Ames Holdredge. The Yoruba tribe of Nigeria ig divided into many clans, which identify themselves by varying patterns scratched on members' faces. ROOM & BOARD By Antra YCXje TUSSLE WITH A SHARK WAS MILDLY EXCITING, COMPARED TO THE ENCOUNTER I HAD WITH A GIANT OCTOPUSy 7mi Aevcn BLOHART V I'VE MET FLAT ; LIARS. BUT .' THIS GUY IS 3 j; DIMENSIONAL y ?.v i,.u1 r" . 1 . f Fl- -7,3 '',W J;--M mm I WAS WORKING AS A DEEP-SEA DIVER. AND DOWN 30 FATHOMS WHEN THE HUGE MONSTER. WRAPPED HIS TENTACLES AROUND MY WAIST-AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT. Art ARGE ELECTRIC EEL WENT WRIGGLING BY-GRASPING IT FIRMLY WITH MY RUBBER.- GLOVED HANDS, L PRESSED IT AGAINST THE OCTOPUS AND SHOCKED IT INTO INSENSIBILITY n ACROSS 1. Small ex plosion 1 Cast off S. Exchangs premium It Kind ot bird 13. Lone stick 14. Curvs 15. Undress allira IT. English queen 1. Regal 19. 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