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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.
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Grangers Present
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Contest In County
CENTRAL POINT. April 21. (ffpU
Prldty tht artng will put on thlr
compel Ittv ply, 'Th Teeth of M
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