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PXOE ETfiHT MEDFOIiD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORl), OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1932. KITTY FREW by JANE ABBOTT. synopsis: 'Tony elinn on a trap and it ten't a pretty one," Kittu Freut't alalar-in-lou. Carol, wame her. Carol dleliket Kitty, but flnde tome pleaevre in opening Klty'u eve to the ettuatlon. Since their marriage Kilty and Garfield Frew have been etaying Kith hi family. Hie mother, dtuappolntr.d ' at hie choice of a wife, givre him plenty of money and telle htm not to go to work lor a while. Kitty dtultkeu the reuniting atmleue life ot amueement. but what ehe trice to make Oar practical, he gele angry and telle her ehe le "umnlU town." Her preltineee and rtood common tenue make little imprea. eion on Gar1 trlende. Chief among them le Uarge Croeby, who envbe her while ehe trlre to get Oar away from Kitty. Uarge hat caught Gar1 Intercut with oome amateur theatrlcale they are working on, and Gar ependu much of hie time away from Kitty. Chapter 11 WHO HOLDS TRUMPS? "fKWOW" Kitty err waa sharp V ... an Ideal match . . . wealth and family. . . ." The words ihot across her memory Mrs. Frew had said It of someone Joan Travers and Jerry Mont. "Carol, stop! Why why should yon want to hurt me!" ' Carol shrugged her shoulders. "I told you I had my own reasons. And maybe when you're sunk your self you like to see someone else writhe." "Well. I'm not writhing. Not even to pleaae you ana I going to let yon disturb me. I'm sorry you're not happy. I can't under stand It. You hare everything most anyone could want" Carol's answer was eiploalre, "Everything! You're lived here two months and can't teet Why, I'd leave this house In a minute If t could lust as David did. I will, some day." Over her own outraged emotions Kitty felt a need of Carol's greater than her own and It held her, pity ing, tor a moment. But she had no way of reaching through Carol's strange unfriendliness, and before any word could be spoken Carol went on, scornfully. "I thought maybe I could open your eyes but you won't listen You can't see a game when It's played right under your nose. Well, that's that" Kitty's control was close to break ing. She would not let Carol see It break. She would not writhe for Carol's satisfaction! But she had - to catch the back of her chair and hold tightly to it to ateady herself, "If yon mean Oar a'.d Marge I'll trust Oar to play any game fair!" Carol had moved toward the door. She turned with a little mocking mile. "But Marge Isn't holding the trumps, you see! Or that's what you don't see!" When the door closed behind Carol, Kitty knew only a hot In dlgnatlon In which Carol's parting taunt lost all significance. "She wants me to be jealous! She wants Oar and me to quarrel. Well, I won't We won't" She'd been forewarned. Indeed. She'd been very close to Jealously this evening. She could thank Carol for saving her. Her moment's pity for Carol was gone. Of course Carol wasn't hap. py; who could be happy who so enjoyed the process of hurting someone else? She and Oar must get away from this house, from Carol's spying, watching for opportunities to say such things as she had said tonight. "I'll talk to Oar's father tomor row morning." Oar came In a little after ten. She met him almost gayly. Ob. he'd been ever so busy, "We closed that deal tor the barn, Kit." Gar threw off his coat and lighted a cigarette. "It's going to be a knock-out, the whole thing. Marge haa an architect making some drawings already. And Som erset eay, that boy' a headache! He's had a put or I can't smell one. But he knows his job. And you wait He'a going to make a head liner ont of Marge before she's through with him." Gar had drawn Kitty down Into bis lap and she cuddled her head sgalnst his shoulder happily. She waa think ing, not of Somerset and Marge and the barn but that when they had their own home It would be like this, they'd sit like this before a fire and talk. But her determination to talk to Oar'a father stayed with her. She slipped out of bed early the next morning and dressed quietly so as not to waken Gar. 8ha watched the clock and when Ita hands point ed to the exact hour of eight she went downstairs, her heart beating a little fast because this talk meant eo much. Mr. Frew waa already at the table, his newspaper spread before him. Oh, why, Kitty .thought aa ehe went In, hadn't she got down before he'd started reading It But his welcome seemed to hold only real delight "This Is nice, Kitty to have your company. Perhaps If I had your pretty face across from me every morning my digestion might be better." And Pound smiled, too, and be gan devoting himself to her needs. "Mr. Frew" And then the ab surdity of that checked her, to hart no more Intimate name by which to catch bis attention! But he bad not heard It "Well, are you happy with us here, my dear?" Eventually ha came to bla usual question and Kit ty pounced on It in relief. "Ob, yes! But I've been think ing I came down this morning to ask you Is that position in your offlce still open to Oar?" Her voice trembled In spite of her. Mr. Frew looked a little vague. "What position, my dear? Of course we might make room for him somewhere. I've always played with the Idea of hla coming into the offlce some time. But his mother led me to believe he'd made other plans." Kitty caught the table edge with tight fingers. "He hasn't any other plans, that Is none that will get us anywhere! And he ought to begin working. We ought to be living in our own home, Independently. If you'd make him think you needed blm, maybe" Her earnestness brought Mr. Frew's full attention to ber. There was a little kindling of satisfaction on hla face. "You're right Kitty. The boy ought to begin working. Tell him to come In at four o'clock this afternoon. We'll talk things over there'll be some place I can put him Into. I've just bought a new business block he might take over the renting ot the offices." "Oh, I know he could do It," Kit ty cried and then laughed that she should be extolling Oar's ability to his own father. Mr. Frew patted her band. "I didn't think the girls nowadays bothered their heads about practi cal matters. So you want a home of your own " For a moment she fancied a quality of wlstfulness In bis tene. "Well, make yours, Kitty, and keep It a home. Don't let It get to be a mere shell of a thing" "Like this bouse," she finished silently for him, on a flash of un derstanding. But that understand ing waa lost at once In her Joy that he'd promised to talk to Gar. And If for even an Instant Daltos Frew bad felt any longing for s home that was not a mere shell, even a gorgeous shell, that appar ently was gone, too, In his concern at the lateness of the hour, "You've made me forget that 1 have a very busy day ahead of me, little Kitty," he lamented. Oar did not waken until nearly noon. By that time Kitty had com pleted in her fancy the home they would, have, to Ita smallest cub- board. They would buy their fur niture carefully, a few plcturea, pic tures they hung because they meant something to them. Books they have books, everywhere, not Just In stilt rows. , Oh, no, their home should never come to be a shell ot a place; there would be love In It, laughter, non sense, a need ot one tor the other. She'd have Oar's father and mother, even Carol, come for dinner often. And David. David must come to alt before their fire, to know that their walla were walls that put arms around you When Oar wakened she met him with shining eyes, a merry mood. "Oar, I've a wonderful surprise!" But she would not tell him, sbi said, until after he'd had bis break fast; she teased him, eluded him when he tried to kiss her, shook her head, laughing, when he made absurd guesses as to her surprise. When she told him she put her arms about hla neck. "Oar, your father has a splendid position for you, right away! It's something to do with a new building he'a bought. Renting the offices He wanta you to go In at four o'clock today to talk about It!" Oar pulled her hair. "Since when have you been getting chummy with Dad? I haven't heard of any ne building." "I ate breakfast with him thli morning. It waa nice. I think h liked It And we talked of things." "Ha, I'm Jealous! What things?' "I told him that we oimht to bavi a home ot our own. Oar." Shi waited, then a prayer healing will every pound ot her heart (Copyright. Jant Abbott) U n I n t n t tonal aavaadropplno flvaa Kitty the hay to Mra. Fraw'l rlckary, In the naxl Inatallmant. TAILSPIN TOMMY An Old Enemy The "Scarlet Ace!" By OLfcNN CHAITIN tDO HAL runnw Grangers Present Comedy F riday For Contest In County CENTRAL POINT. April 21. (ffpU Prldty tht artng will put on thlr compel Ittv ply, 'Th Teeth of M Gift Horn?." The cut Include; Mr. Butler, Eula Brnnon; Mr, Butler. Will Foley: Ann Fuller, Edith Bohnert: Kitle, Evb Smith; Devlin BUke, John B'wkford; Aunt MtrlvtU, Mm Rich trdton. Othr member will b on tb ' pro rim and ftll hop (or ft Urge tUemUnee. A amftll etur( will be -nado st th door. At the ueit Ormnge meet In ft, May (1, ft number of candidates will ' Initiated In th first and aecond de f rea. A new telephone eer vice to be Inaugurated In Bwltaerland will en able ubncrlbert u ruble to rench their pirty to hive mr magna de livered by a apeclal bureau. Elect Officers Of Eagle Pt. P.-T.A. tAOlaK POINT. Ore-, April 31 (Spll P. T. A. met April 8 and elected officers m follows: Mrs. O. B Ourtterhaut, president; Mr. W. H Young, vice president; M.m Yetta Olaon, secretary; and Mrs. Esrl Stoner, treaurer. The program conlsted of a read ing, Irene Pearce; ptsno solo, M1m Yetta Olson; reading. "Cooperation With the Teachers." Mra. Charl Wslker. Mr. and Mra. J. R. Kline enter talned Mr. and Mrs. Luther llsak at dinner April 17. Almeda Anderson of Mint ford vla ltd April 13 with her aunt, Mrs, Les ter Throckmorton. Mr. and Mrs. Ntk Young ara re pslnting their home. Mr. snd Mrs. Roy Smith spent the afternoon April 11 .aadlstlng them. Mr. snd Mr. William Perry wer la Mcdford on busluesa April It), P3 JOUA .IN PERSON! WTH' SCARirr ACE HIMSELF! EL SETOtfKlNS, TO STC YOU 1 IwtAO ARE TUESE IT ISA AfJLAc NygSSMll HOtd'6 THE OLD EL WHEN OlO YOU (SETOOT OF , HV BRAVE ENEOYJ ANO ASA.N, JOSE 3 BUT I STRANGERS? YOU W tSEN-ERALl TRCS J'piT T 7Tnnww rrr. r& oail? J los jrandes .jkeeteri Jj the last time i C know them vecesvwe u ll I I FLASH? affl i i YfT--r TO MEET VOU ASto X SAJj VtXJ I DIDN'T J Oil A? YOU JfseNOR. 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