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PAGE SIX KITTY Jby JANE "ABBOTT, SYNOPSIS! Alter the death al her hueband. Oar. Klltu Frew Have with her friend, Doroae Taber. David Frew, Oar's halt brother, who hat been in love with her lor a long time, tries to help her adjust by tuaoeatina that he mnke a home tor Qar'e lather and kit titter, Carol, and her husband. Chapter 40 TREASURE ISLAND SHOP "70U'VE helpei me so always," Kitty alL "Now this I wa getting (rlghteaed, David. I couldn't go on living this way. My brain la empty, David, and I couldn't think of anything else. But you're thought ot It for me. I'd like to go out to the little house with Mr. Frew and Carol and Fast Ton are kind to let us In that way." The look In her eyea tore his heart. "Kitty, Kitty you're young. Tou hare a lite to lire and It will be full and happy. There'll be other men lo lore you from whom to choose" She turned a Quick rebuking, si lencing glance on him. . "Can you suppose for a moment that I would think of that now!" "No, not now. But when the time comes " He Jerked his sbouldors. "Kitty, t told yon once that 1 was disappointed la you. I didn't think you knew bow to face thlnga Quarely. I was wrong. I believe you do. At least you hare learned perhaps better than the most ot us. It means more to me than I dare tell you, that you feel that I hare helped you. We'll leave It like that. But I'm ready I want to help you, always. I will never care for anyone's happiness as I care for yours." He did not look at her. He teeled himself against her prob able anger. Bbe knew what be meant But she answered quietly, unemotion ally. ."Thanks, David." Then she eaugbt his arm with both hands. "Oh, David, I do appreciate what you're given mel I oan tell you bow I feel. I can forgive you now for what you said to me that day ' about Oar and me. When you told me to call It a bad business. It ' was but It was my fault as well as Oar's. I shouldn't bare married him without knowing him better. It wasn't' fair to him. Oh, I don't mean that I would bare lored him any tbe less! I mean I would have known better how to weigh the . good and work In him. Then 1 would have given him real love.' There was profound regret In ber voice. "It he'd lived things might have happened again and I might have failed him In understanding! And we might have (polled, lrredoem ably, what was beautiful between ' us. And I have that. It's It must be enough." David made no answer. And be- - sause he didn't she turned a slow, grateful smile on him. j They heard Dorcas' voice In the lower hall calling to Mrs. Gentle. "Here's the late Miss Taberl i How for supper." Darld moved to ward the alcove where Kitty had laid out the cold supper. "David," she had followed htm, come np close to him, "David, be fore Dorcas comes thanks, again, for your being Just you." A little before nine o'clock ot an October morning, more than a year later, Kitty Frew parked a small car before a smartly windowed shop on Winston's Elm Avenue, alighted and walked briskly through Its wide glass doors. "Good-morning, Josle. "Oood-mornlng, Mrs. Frew. Mrs. xiuidueiu puoneu mat sue was going to keep that dress, Mrs. Frew. I knew she would. I know her kind they'll row about anything. I al ways could pick 'em out the minute they walked Into Stratton's." Kitty had hung her coat and hat ' away. She appeared In a trim, tail ored dress of soft deep blue. They moved brlsky about the work ot putting the show-room Into order for the day, taking off and folding cotton coverings, rearrang ing stock. Josle talked as she worked In the breesy confidential manner ot the days at Stratton's, only now It was about her baby and her Bob. Kitty, half-llatenlng, smiled. What luck It had been to And Josle eager to earn money to help the limited flnances ot her small housohoMI "Did you know this Is our first birth anniversary?" she asked Josle, "We balanced our year book last night and we're oaeaoV "Hoo-rayl" Josle waved hsr dus ter. Then she saw a limousine draw np at the curb. The business of the day had be gun. Kitty left the customer to Josle and retired to tbe cream and ODD FELLOWS OF STATE NAME NEW HEADS AT MEET KUC1ENK, Or, May 95. tP) Coming iu highlight In Tuesday's pro gram M th 77th annual araalon or the grind bodle ot Oregon, X. O. O. P., th election and advancement of officer In the grand encampment found Earl H. Shank of Hood River advanced to the office of graud pat riarch of the grand encampment of Oregon. J. U. Wilson of Tillamook presided over Tuesday's seaaton of the grand noamftaent am) retired, fxota tils WWW F gold cubicle that was tbe office. There was mall to open, orders to fill, orders to check over, sales to enter, A typewriter swung at one aide ot her flat desk. On the other side were tiles. Across the room was another desk, another type writer. Carol Bomerset was her partner In the Treasure Island Shop, where were sold dresses, blouses, negligees, costume Jewelry. But Kitty did not open the top letter of the pile Josle bad tut on, her desk. She looked at It, musing ly, thinking: "A whole year!" It had not boen altogether easy, the Job David bad given her ot mak ing his father and Carol and Fau! happy. Each had had to learn to adapt himself to the quiet and re moteness of the little bouse. When September came Dalton Frew had decided he'd like to stay on until cold weather. One day ho had driven Into the city to attend to some Important affairs. He had kissed Kitty on his return. "It seems like coming home," he'd said. But Carol had been restlees, bored. "It's not netting us any where," she had, fretted to Paul, In Kitty's hearing. That atteruoon Kitty had coaxed her to her hilltop. "Paul's going to hare that dra matic work on the Times." "Oh that It's something, ot course. He's tickled about It. And It the Players go on they'll have him direct I suppose. But It won't be enough to Uve on the way we want to lire." Kitty's face bad sobered. Carol's tone was like Gar's. "I've got some stuff to get rid of, anyway," Carol went on. And then the plan had sprung to Kitty's fancy. "Carol, why don't yon open shop somewhere? Nowadays you hare to put your stock right under people's noses." "I've thought of that but how can I without any money?" There was the money which Dal ton Frew bad put Into the bank In Kitty's name. "Carol, we might go Into partner ship. Only I'd want to sell some thing besides Russian doo-dads." "Oh, well, I'm fed up on the Rus sian line myself." "The dresses would go. There's always a sale for those. And the Jewelry as a sort ot side-line. And lltte odd things" And they had talked and talked, with Dalton Frew and Darld and Paul Bomerset and Dorcas Taber and In October the Treasure Island Shop had opened on Elm Avenue Just where Its windows would catch the eye ot erery woman motoring to the business part ot the city and within walking distance ot the wealthiest homes. They bad adjusted themselves to their resonslbllltles. Carol was tbe better buyer. Kitty admitted It and sent her to New York to order more stock. Kitty was the better sales man. "I suppose I've Inherited It from my father and my grandfa ther." She was living with Dalton Frew In a quiet roomy apartment He had asked her to live with blm with such simple pleading that she had no thought to refuse. Letters came infrequently from Mrs. Frew, sometimes from Miss Bixby. No one of them hinted at coming back to WInton. Miss Bixby had written: "Sometimes I think she Isn't Just right in her mind. She'll sit for hours and not say a word or as much as stir. She's like some one lost poor dear." Her poison had come back to her self, Kitty had thought, reading It Dalton Frew had not let her take any ot the housework on herself, "My dear,' you do not need to," And one day she had found old Pound waiting for her when she came back from the shop. Ob, it bad been a good year, counted tn what ot purpose It had given her. Her days had been full, her evenings spent In amusing Dal ton Frew. And yet she sighed, now, think ing back on them. David now spent the greater part of his time in New York. "Little Lady" had been an amaslng suc cess. David was established as a wrltor. Weeks had passed when she had not seen blm. When he had come back for brief stars she had fancied that he was dlfforent But that was to be expected, she'd argued with herself; success, new friends, new inspiration for work must Changs him. The old David was Rone, she'd told horselt, rejoicing for him, yet feeing a little longing tor the David she bad known. (CnpyrigM, Jane Abbott) Dv!s telli Kilty hi ! golna nbroirt, en Monday, can sne ee nappy, aona oflloe of grand patriarch after he tag been elected delegate to the sov reign grand lodge w&lca meets In Denver next September. John echwltaer of Portland advanced to the office of grand high priest of the grand encampment, and William Morley was selected as grand senior warden. Several prominent men are ex peoted to enter the contest for the office of Junior grand warden of the graud encampment. Todays program Is to be feat' ured by the grand lodge parade, one of the most colorful events of the convention. GOLD STAR MOTHERS REACH FRENCH SHOR I'ARIS, Mv M.(AP) Seventy eight American fold star mothers, the first group to nJik-i a pilgrim age to the battletlslds In 1031, arrived In Prance today aboard the levlathan alter a pleasant eroMtnf All wart Ut food beallb. 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