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
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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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