PSQE EIGHT
.KITTY'
by JANE
BrKOraiS: "t.ul II a bad busi
ness," David Frew savs ot the
tarriage ot his hall-brother Oar
and Kitty, whom ho is advielnp.
Kitlv has run autau Irom Oar be
cause he is too impractical to sup
port her, but she expects him to
come and aet her, Meanwhile, the
Is uorktna.
i Chapter 28
NEWS OF OAR
TOU mean divorce him?" She
said It slowly, In I low tone.
"Of course. You're young. You'll
And a real man, some time"
She put out her hands as If to
push him out ot her sight. The
blood rushed to her face In a hot
flood. Bright angry tears tilled her
eyes.
"Don't say that to me, Darld!
Don't! You're spoiled ererythlni.
I've thought you were so kind, that
you wanted me to be happy, I've
felt so grateful. And you can dare
atund there and say that! Oh, It's
that you don't know what It Is to
lore anyone as I lore Gar I" She
turned away from blm and walked
swiftly, a little blindly, toward the
, door. ......
, He reached It before her. He
' took her shoulders and gently
wheeled her about.
"Forget that I said It, Kitty.
: I'm a fooll It's that I care a great
deal ab,out your being happy. Smile,
Kitty," be Implored. '
"You mean dlvoroe hli
She smiled up at him, .a con
tained, reproving little smile.
"You can be so nice when you want
to be, Darld, and then you can be
so perfectly horrid!"
It was as near a truce as she
would make; he bad to accept It.
There was no lettor for her on
the bottom step of the stairs the
next night when she came home.
Nor the next. A week passed, days
of Intolerable waiting, hoping, and
. then another week when the
Icouldu't hope.
: She avoided Dorcas, the little
.Igatherlngs around Dorcas' Are. She
.avoided Darld. Darld thought her
a fool. Well, perhaps she was
At Stratton's she worked with
desperate eagerness, because so
working she could crowd her
wretchedness out ot her mind. Miss
Lee bad commended ber more than
ones, out ot hearing of the others.
It was Miss Lee's policy to give
, men customers very alert attention
when they came Into the depart
ment One afternoon, an hour he
fore closing rhne, a man came
around the mahogany partition that
divided the sportswear department
from the coats and dresses. Kitty
was putting blouses In their tissue
paper cases. '
"Miss Brandon!" Miss Lee sig
naled. . And Kitty, lifting . her head,
looked straight Into Tubby Wllktns'
amazed face.
"Kit!" He used Gar's name for
ber. v
"Can I help your She said It
. mechanically, without knowing that
she said It . Her knees shook, her
Angers clutched the satin ot the
blouse she was holding.
Tubby was staring, his eyes
round. "8ay, you ore Kitty, aren't
you?" He lowered bis roles.
"Yes, I am." And then Kitty
laughed. She laughed because It
was pood to see Tubby's frlsndly
plump face, and because he looked
ao ridiculously unbelieving.
Tubby turned his head to right
and left. Then he leaned across
the counter. "What's the big Idea,
Kitty? Are you here Incog? Oar
said you were In Brldgewater."
"He did. did he?" Kilty smoothed
the blouse she had rumpled. She
put It Into Its paper case. "Well,
I'm not What con I show you,
Tubby?" Kor Miss Lee was dsn'
tvrously near them.
E
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DEAL RULED OUT
DALLAS, Or., Mat 4. (API A
ruling by Judge Arlle Walktr that no
testimony relative to transaction
t. "Westerner," magaclne which )
oiiicen 01 me ampin tioimng com
pany popcMfd to purchase and ue a
a, house organ lor the company, will
be admitted In the trial of O. P.
Coshow, former preitdmt of the com
pany proposed to purchase and use as
with Intent to defraud, unless It can
be shown that Judge Cofhow had
knowledge of, or was connected with
the specific transaction, featured the
third day ot the trial of Coshow here
today.
Japan consist ot 407 Islands,
FREW
ABBOTT
"I'm on," Tubby whispered.
"Show me anything. Kit. Lord,
I've forgotten what I came for
eeln' you knocked me flat. Oh,
I're got to get a birthday present
for my kid sister a leather coat"
The leather coats were In a far
corner. Kitty led him that way.
"Is Is Oar back?" She didn't
want to ask Tubby that, to expose
her hurt and hor heartache but her
lips framed the question Instantly
against her will. .
She saw the puzzlement grow In
Tubby's face.
"Back? Sure, Oar's back. But,
Kitty, what's up? You haven't quit
blm, hare your
"I'm waiting until Gar can sup
port me." She did sot look at
Tubby. She was reaching for other
coats.
"That's darn funny," Tabby mut
tered. "Why Is It funny? I didn't mar
ry Oar to lire on his mother."
Then she wished she had not said
It, to Tubby. She bit her lip.
"Now, please, It you want one of
these coats, select one or I'll hare
Miss. Lee down on my head."
"That's talking. Olre me the
pink one or Is It red?
"But, wait, see here. Kit
Kitty had mored to go away. She
turned a pleading face to him.
. "Please, Tubby."
m?" Kitty said slowly.
"All I was goln' to say Is that
I'm knocked flat, flndln' you here.
But won't you have dinner with me
or something?".
"Maybe some time." A little
louder; "I think you will like this
coat, Thanks." She escaped him,
then,
Gar was In Wlnton. He wns
spending his time getting the barn
ready, rehearsing for the play,
lunching, dining wtlh Marge, no
doubt His mother had glren him
that much rope ,
Oh, why hadn't she made Tubby
promise not to tell Gar he'd seen
her? But she answered herself. It
wouldn't make - any difference
whether Tubby told him or not;
Gar did not want to see her.
; When she went out Into the street
Kitty passed the Times building,
hoping that she would And Darld
there. She needed to talk to some
one; she wouldn't mind his scorn,
anything he might say.
But Darld was not standing In
the old place. She walked on to
Ketchum Street
Dorcas was In a flurry ot dress
ing. V
"Want to cook something here,
Kitty? David's gone out to his
place In the country. Good riddance
he's sour on everything."
So Darld had gone to square up
with himself! Kitty, scrambling
eggs mechanically and with no ap
petite, thought ot Dorcas': "Good
riddance." But ther'd been a queer
tone In her voice when shs'd said
It .
Unreasonably Kitty resented that
Darld should take himself off Just
now. She felt a little scorn tor any
need of his. Why didn't he marry
Dorcas when It was so plain that
he could hare her?
All the next day Kitty stared at
herself In the glass. Tubby must
hare thought she looked dowdy.
Perhaps tomorrow some of the
crowd would come In, Just to see
how changed she was.
All the next day Kitty waited
tearfully for some one ot Oar's
crowd to come. Each time anyone
appeared around the dividing par
tltlon her heart missed a beat
When halfpast Ave came her head
ached. She knew that It was Gar
she really was hoping would come.
(Convrlsst, Jane 4bb.lt)
Will Oar oom.t Kitty till looks
hopefully for him, tomorrow.
"A. R. Psrker, a cowboy from Cen
tral Point, Ore., known as 'Wyoming
eilm' " went down the street In Red
ding. Calif., at an opportune mo
ment a few days ago and aided the
Janitor of the Northern California
National bank In picking up gold
nuttgsta In front ot the building.
according to the Oourler-rree Press
of that city.
The two mon did not estimate
the value of their finds, the paper
eld, but it was thought to be about
30. They reported Uist some pros
pector bad pronsbly dropped the
gold.
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