PAGE TWELVE
.KITTY
by iANE
SYNOPSISr Kitty Frew, attrae
tlve and icfll-IIJccd in her oicn
ho..le (otcn. flnde hoetllity and
ecorn vhtn ehe marriee Oarfleld
Prow ana com to live in Winton.
Bit mother reeente her. hi fa
ther ignoree her and hie eleter,
Carol, treate her uilh cold indif
ference except tor one learning to
Kitty that a trap it planned
aoainet her. Kitty pereuadee Oar
to aele hie father tor a fob. al
though ha is more tatltlied living
on hie mother's riniew and work
ing with a llt. tb'j'ir grout,
started by Uarge CroT.n. Mara
it trying to gain Qar's intereet.
and hie absorption in the plays
helpe her game. There eeem to be
endleee committee meetings, and
Kitty ie left at home alone to
make her uncertain plan tor
home vhere ehe and Oar can be
alone. Carol hat told her to study
Unrge't tefhntntte. but ehe hoe de
termined not to be lealous.
Chapter 12
PICKINQ UP A CLUE
"WELL, I'T bun thinking- that
myself, Klttr," Oar said. "We
ought to hava aoma aort at a placa
where we could have the bunch
come lo (or aupper. Dl says there'a
an apartmen (or rent In the Tudor
Arm. Let'a take a look at It. We
could f et most ot our meals out"
"Why, Gar, I'm olng to love
cooking!" Kitty protested. Tudor
Arms ahe bad tc down a little dis
may. But not now would she cross
kissed her noae. "Funny little
thing," he laughed. "Have you any
Idea how (unny you are?" ,
"But you love me!" aha chal
lenged Impudently,
t Oar bad promised Marge to go
with her to look at the architect's
sketches. "The work's got to be
, rushed on that barn, you see. Kit,
and Marge's depending on me."
"But you'll see your (atber at
tour o'clock.
Gar promised, easily. Marge bad
made an appointment with Decker,
the architect, at two. He'd be
through In plenty ot time.
"Gar, I think It'll make your
father Tory bappy, having you in
with him. He looked that way
pleased, lost thinking abont It
Ton ought to be with him more,
Oar."
"Never have a chance. Kit. He's
always been too busy to bother
wltb any ot us. He's work, 1 tell
you. Your dad doesn't know what
work la, pottering around with bis
pickles and things. It mother
wasn't the sort aha la she'd have
et np a howl a long time ago.
Kitty's arms tightened around
Gar's neck. "You're always going
to have time to bother about me,
Gart I'll sea to that" She hid her
(ace because all at once there were
teara In her eyes. "Oar, I want you
to be so splendid about every
thing; I want us to keep our mar
riage like It seemed, you know,
those Orst daya "
He (elt her trembling. "Why, of
course, sweetl You're not thinking
(or a minute that we won't?"
Oh, no, . je wasn't thinking that
now. They kissed, a little solemnly.
Then sbe sent blm away to keep
his appointment with Marge. 8he
wasn't atrald ot Marge, rather a
little proud now that Marge so de
pended upon Gar'a Judgment.
. After Gar had gone aha took a
walk. She did not go to the Park
to watch the children; she went
down past the shops and amused
herself staring In through the win
dows where such engaging things
a wall-papera and silk and chlnts
hangings and bedroom furniture
were displayed. She stopped In a
(mall tea-room and ate a salad with
Bo thought of loneliness.
When she went back to the
house she did not go up to her
room. Pound told ber he had made
ft Ore In the library. "The day'a
aharp like, Mrs. Gar." He smiled
at her (lowing face. Her cheeks
were red but It waa not alone from
the erlspness ot the September air.
But abe liked the thought of the
lire and the deep chair where she
had sat when David waa with ber.
She bunted out a book at ran
dom and settled herself before
the leaping flames. Their warmth
embraced her and made ber
pleasantly drowsy, contented. She
did not open ber book at once;
she lived over again that moment
with Oar thla morning when they
had seomed so close. Oh, sbs had
sot been patient enough wltb Oarl
She thought of David, too. David
would be glad for ber, that things
were shsplng up so rightly. She
thought of Carol; she could tor
give Carol, now.
Oar's mother they must let her
advise them about the apartment
and help them In selecting the
things they needed, then she'd feel
she had a part In It
She heard the ouler door open
and shut and voices, Mrs. Frew'e
and another's. Mrs. Frew was tell
ing Pound to serve tea In the drawing-room.
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AS REOS ADVANCE
AMOY, CMna, April 33. AP Tht
vtcufction of thlt twaty port u
begun by the government force to
day In anticipation of Ita capturt any
boar by the CommunUu under Gn
tral Sun Uang-Chen, who haa routed
the government troopi in city after
city along hla march.
Many Chine fled to tha country
Id, fearing looting and bloodahed.
HONOKONO. April 23. ( AP) Th
Brltlah warablp Devonahtr at Amoy
reported today that refugee were
flocking Into tha city, driven by the
advancing Communist army, and that
tha government troopa ner. retreat
ing toward Ghaugpu nd Tungoa.
FREW
ABBOTT.
"I'm ao delighted that 1 ran Into
you. Your friends see so little of
you, Muriel," the strange voice was
saying.
Heavy curtains hung a little
apart at the door between the draw-
! lng room and the library; to es
cape Kitty must pass them. Sbe
saw such flight as awkward as
roraalnlng within sound of their
voices. Anyway, they would not
know she was there for the high
back of her chair concealed her.
She'd read
She opened her neglected book
but even while ehe read bits of the
conversation In the other room
sounded across ber consciousness.
The friend whom Mrs. Frew bad
brought In with her Agatha she
called her evidently had Just re
turned trom a trip abroad. Tbey
were exchanging experiences, im
pressions. "Maybe Gar and I can go abroad
some day," Kitty thought over her
application to the printed page be
fore ber. They might begin a trav
eling chest right now, drop spare
dimes and Quarters into a locked
box.
"You liked Italy, Muriel? I found
the shops all right but the people
were robbers! All I did was count
my change"
They would go to Italy, Capri,
Naples, Venice. Pictures of vine
clad sunny hills, sapphire bays,
sleepy, old plaztas came to Kitty.
They'd make It a second honey
moon "Muriel, you'll forgive my ask
lng you, but how Is Gar's unfortu
nate marriage coming out?"
The book slipped to the rug at
Kitty's feet Her hands caught
tightly at the arms of her cbalr,
It seemed an endlesa interval be
tore Mrs. Frew answered.
"I can tell you that better,
Agatha, a tew months trom now."
Mrs. Frew's voice bad been even;
Kitty could fancy that sbe was
smiling!
"My dear, I was aghast when I
heard of It I think you were won
derful, letting him bring hor back
here. There are not many mothers
who'd do that Of pourse 1 know
how proud you've always been of
Oar; I can feel what a frightful
shock It must have beon to you.
1 aald to my busband what are the
young people coming to, the way
they rusb into the most serloua
things, as If lite waa some sort ot
play. The dear boy must have been
terribly taken In. What are you
going to do about It Muriel? I
know you must have thought It all
out carefully. You wouldn't face
It any other way. I said that to my
husband."
"Thanks, Agatha. I have thought
ft out I've had to think It out, for
Oar's sake. I am happy to say that
the girl hasn't undermined my
boy's confidence In me and In my
wisdom."
"Muriel, you're a woman In
thousand! And to be so calm abont
It I'd bare had ft nervoua break
down If It'd been my John. Really,
we mothers ought to take out some
kind of Insurance to cover the mis
takes our children make. Ia ahe
dreadful, the girl? I haven't asked
anyone. I didn't want to hear any
gossip about anything so close to
you. But I've been praying that ahe
Isn't too bad; nowadaya the worst
husslea can dress themselves up to
look like our own sweet girls"
"She's not that sort Agatha. In
fact she's quite simple, unsophisti
cated. But 1 am convinced Oar will
tire of her the sooner for that I
know that ber limitations are em
barrassing him already. All I can
do, Agatha, la to stand by my boy.
I am keeping him home, with all
the time In the world to play about
with his old friends, dependent
upon me. And then when he sees
his mistake I will be ready to help
1-22
blm"
Kitty beard no more. A hot fury
waa aurglng through ber, deafening
ner.
A simple creaturel Oar waa to
discover his mistake, throw her
asldel 8be'd taken Oar In
Hf
From the hall a clock chimed.
rA
Four o'clock. The strokes vibrated
ACT
softly through the rooms. And sud
denly Kitty laughed, soundlessly,
triumphantly. At this minute Oar
was with his fahter, talking about
his new Job. They'd go away at
AS
once, anywhere; she would not
stay another night under this roof.
Sbe had outwitted hla mother.
Suddenly she remembered what
Carol had aald. Carol knew a trap,
she'd called It; Carol 'd said she
waa alttlng on a trap, that a game
waa being played under her nose.
And that Margery Crosby did not
hold the trump cards. Oh, fool,
fool that she'd been not to see
(Copm-ight. Jane Abbott)
Tomorrow, Kitty offore Qar his
choice between her and bclna
"bought" by hit mother.
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