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PAGE SIX After A Man's Heart by JEAN RANDALL Chapter 28 The Missing Maid "YOU'LL have a devil of a time finding Buff," her father told Tim over the telephone, "if he's made up her mind to leave you out on a limb. If you'll take my advice you'll tay in Denver overnight, at least Tell me your hotel and I'll call you around ten. There may be ome word of her then." There was no alternative. Tim gave the name of an unpreten tious hostelry which he and George made use of when business kept them overnight in the city. He spent a long afternoon in his room, trying desperately to re member any reference Buff had made to the places she liked to stay. Gramercy Park, in New York, had appealed to her. Should he try her there? But she couldn't have reached Chicago by now, let alone New York. In the middle of the afternoon he telephoned George in a for lorn hope that some scrap of news had reached him. It had; a rather surprising scrap, too. "Iris has checked out at the Boulderado," Weckes said excited ly. "And what's more it looks as if Buff had taken her in her car. Latshaw was in the office today. He's pretty hot under the collar as you might expect. First we busted up his deal with that Detroit buyer, and now we've kidnapped his girl so he says." Tim was dumbfounded. Buff and Iris togetherl He didn't know which seemed the more incredible: that Iris would go willingly with the girl who had exposed her de ceit, or that Buff would want to take Iris. He replaced the re ceiver dazedly. But protracted thought and he had plenty of time for thought, protracted or otherwise, before the call came through from Tucson at ten showed him that providing for Iris was exactly the sort of thing Buff might be expected to do. Taking care of people Is a com plex with her. And I thought she was going out of her way to look after mel All that talk of marriage was simply her idea of the best way to protect me from" he winced "the Irises of the world. She'd have done it as readily for George for that fool VanLander. She selected me because mine seemed to her a more desperate case." He thought o. his brotherly admonitions to her, of his stub born resistance to her attempts to help him, and reddened. Buff aeemed to stand before him. her blue eyes gentle, her small slim figure at once protective and ap pealing. Somehow the hours dragged along until ten o'clock. Tim leaped toward the telephone when Lance Carroll's call came through. "I've heard from her," an nounced the artist. "You can stop your worrying. She's safe." "But where is she?" Tim shouted. "Where she prefers to be for a lime, at least; witnout an address "D'vou mean that I " "I'm afraid so. She said partic ularly that no one In Bouldei was to know her destination. Sorry, but Buff always has a pretty good reason for hnt she does." "But but it's absolutely neces sary that I that I see her," stam mered Tim. "Look here, Mr. Car rolll I there are hlngs I must say to her. A lot has happened since you were here. Tt's vital that I see Buff communicate with her. any way." "Write her In care of my ad dress." advised the older mnn "But don't come down here. She Isn't here won't be here. No use to hunt her either. Its a fairly large country to hide In, you know. nd Buff's a seasoned traveler Put your troubles on paper sud end the letter here. I'll see that It s forwarded. With that Tim had to be con tent He wrote and re-wrote his letter: used un all the stationery In the hotel bedroom and rang for more. At one ohocr or there abouts he came to the conclusion that the first letter was about as good as the last: neither lepresent ed adequately what he wanted to ay. He sealed the envelope, tore his other efforts into shreds, and went wearily to bed. The next day he returned to Boulder to await Buff's answer. Tim's Turn To Worry IT WAS Tim's turn to speculate, to analvze. to worrv. He turned over and over In his mind the events of the last few months. He tried to convince himself that Buff had betrnved a personal interest In his welfare Instf id of the char acteristic helpfulness he really be lieved she had shown toward him. He thoueht of the soap sculptor and Buff's motherly care of him He thoucht of the do7en or more University students who droDned in for tea and sandwiches, for mall loans, for advice and help wnn tneir work. Above all. he thnuffht of Iris Buff's action in rescuing the airl who had been the cause of so much trouble to everyone was oroof nos- itive to Tim of Burt's intrinsic kindness. Iris was in a tight place. Latshaw had turned snarline unnn her In the real estate offlce, and accused her of betraying his plans to Tim. The story of that hasty trip to Denver was sure to leak out Tim mused. George's exultation was too great to expect complete si lence on his part "And Buff was quick to realize 11 that While I was stunned with what had happened, and wild with anxiety to see Bu. she quietly picked up Iris and took her away And I flattered myself that she was interested in me, as a man, rather than as a person who needed her friendship and encouragement! U. S. AND VENEZUELANS 'SIGN TRADE AGREEMENT Washington, Nov. 7 (VP) The state department announced today the signing at Caracas of a trade agreement between Uni ted States and Venezuela. The agreement Is the 22nd ne gotiated by the United States nd Is the 11th to be concluded I with Ajjieikan republics. He was right about the story be ing known to Boulder. True, it was a garbled story, involving a summons of the police. Iris's flight from legal accounting. Buff's cha grin at discovering her friend to be an adventuress. Tim learned that Mrs. Webb was returning to the ranch. He went into the kitchen of Buff's apartment to say goodby. She had been good to him. and she had watched faithfully over Buff Tim shook her hand cordially. "No word, I suppose, from Miss Buff?" He did not pause for an answer but hurried on: "Webby. I want you to promise me some thing. You have my telephone number, both at the laboratory and the boardinghouse. I don't like the idea of your being alone at the ranch. You m:ght fall ill Will you call me if vou need help of any kind? I'll come right out. Her broad face, rigid at first with some emotion he did not un derstand, showed a wavering smile. "I'll call you, Mr. Tim. You I you're a nice man no matter what they say." He nodded absently. He was past caring what "they" said by now. The answer to his letter to Buff was due, and over due. Each night he searched the table at his board inghouse, hoping to find the girl's small firm handwriting on one of the envelopes in the pewter plate; and each night he was disap pointed. He questioned George cautious ly. I don't suppose you happened to have heard er from Buff? I mean it's only natural she would write you, considering how friend ly you two were." "Not a word!" was the crisp re joinder. George's sympathj with his partner flamed as bright as ever, but he considered Tim need ed to learn his lesson thoroughly this time. Pretty dull old town without her, isn't it? No tea-time chats, no dinners. Worst of all, no Bulf in that blue velvet thing she wore, curled un in the big chair to listen to us gab about our work. tor such a young thing. Bull is pretty much of a person. A lot of us are lust beginning to find it out." 1 Can Do Nothing' TIM assented unhappily. He had passed the stage where he cared what Weekes thought of him at least where Buff was con cerned. When It became evident that he could no longer expect an answer to his letter that stiffly apologet ic almost incoherent letter he had written in the hotel room at Denver he wrote Lance Carroll. He said simply that he owed Buff a great debt and would never be easy in his mind until he had at least acknowledged it. Would the artist give Buff's address since she chose to ignore both him and his apologies? Carroll took his time to reply and when the letter came. It con tained only two lines. "Sorry, but if Buff chooses to disappear from your life, I can do nothing." Winter which had withheld Its violence until now swept down on the little town. The snowplows were busy every day clearing the roads. The winds came straight from the peaks and were knife- edged. There was little work for elthet of the young men. Tim had time on his hands: time to miss a straight little figure with blue eves which looked directly into his. not drooping like Iris's dark ones: time to recall a dozen little gestures, a hundred inflections of the boyish voice. Buff's own contagious chuckle. He missed her sorely, and as the winter wore on his longing to see her grew almost hourly. Iris faded completely from his mind: or if he remembered her at all It was with the instinctive recoil of a healthy mind from recollected ain. Night after night he lay In is bed. his eves fixed on the cell ing hut his Inward vision busv with Buff; loval little Buff, friendlv and kind little Buff. Buff whose courage was great enough to offer herself In marriage to a man in trouble, since it seemed to her there was no other way to heln him. His Infatuation over Iris Do- Muth had given him a facility in terms of endearment. He had called her "darling" and "dear est," "sweet." and "heart's de light" Foam on the wave, he knew now. Even in his thoughts he could say no more than the crisp little nickname: Buff. Buff' He threw into It enough agonizing longing to more than fill a volume of love poems. He woke one morning with strange purpose. He would drive out to the ranch and see how Wehhv was getting along. You re crazv. .nan. George told him flatly. "I douht If you can get through on the highway this early. It's a sure thing vou couldn't make the road to the ranch. Webhy would have called vou if anything was wronc. You told me vourself she promised." "The line's down," Tim an swered. "I tried last night to get her, tried again the first thing this morning. F.ven if she's well, she may have run out of supplies in that out-of-the-way place." "Well." George sighed, "if vou're dead set on going. 1 suppose I may as well go along." "No, you stay here." There was a brusk note in Tim's voice which surprised the other man. "At the best, it'll be no pleasure trip. At the worst I may get held up out there a couple of dnvs or more. One of us had hette.' be here " So Tim set off soon after nine, In a storm which rapidly assumed the proportions of a blizz.ird. Continued tomorrow CCC Mon Hurl Bend, Nov. 7 i.l'i John Mar tin, Camp Brothers CCC man. wns in a bend hospital today with a broken hack and four other camp enrollee wore nurs ing lesser injuries, the results of a traffic necident Sunday near Mllllcan. A truck carrying 15 CCC men lo the ramp over turned. (JM UsU rrlouut wont ada. MEDFORD MATT On the RADIO CHAINS MOTIONS Where to Find Them on the OlaJ; Kei, Portland. 1180; Ktl, 610. Lot Angeles; KGA, 1470, Spokane; KCiO, 700, San Francisco; KU. 620, Portland; KJU, 870, Seattle; KNX, 1050, Lot Ancelcs; KOA. B30, Denver; KOIN, 010, Portland; KO.MO, 02(1. Seattle; KPO, G30. Kan FranrlM-o; KK! MHO, Knit l-ak. Tuesday 6:00 Aldrlch Fnn-lly. KPO. Kaw, KPT: Frank and Archie, KEX, KJR. 8 :80 Sherlock Holmes. KOO, KEX, KJR; Heldts orch.. KPO, KFI, ROW; Tuesday Nlht Party, KSL. :0O Btnng Quartet. KOO, KEX; Bob flenchiey, KPO, KOW, KFI. 6:30 Fibber McOee, KPO, KFI. KOW; Crosby's Orcli., KNX, KtiL. 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(P) The assembly of Punjab province, predominantly populated by Moslems and Sikhs who furnish the backbone of India's army, adopted a resolution today sup porting Great Britain, and con demning "fascist and nazi ag gression." Finns Set Censorship Kelsinski, Nov. 7 (P) Fin land imposed censorship on mail, telegrams and telephone calls to day. A government spokesman said the danger of espionage was responsible for the decree, broad cast to the public on the radio, Ose Mall Tribune Want Ad By GLUYAS WILLIAMS ASKS, IF HE SHOULD WANT AfH OTHER. DRINK OF WAIER.COULD HE6EfUPAW) 6ET IT? MOTH ER WEARILY DECIDES HE MI6HTA5WTUSTAYUP nt- I ' ' P.-T. A. The mystery play "Spooky Tavern," will be given Wednes day night in the Lincoln school STRANGE Tor further proof addreu free zMe champion, WAS A HePELEGG " IHFfiNTlLE PARAWSR WCTM If YEARS AGO ANP COULDN'T $MM A STROKE set 1.1 u u IrWfiREW IN NEW VoRK sTATe OVER 175,000,000 YEARS AGO 4 Ofesforeetfe'sil 'fa N N.Y.&ate Museum) L oa-All ill hu nxmi OLDEST TREE Far back on time's calendar a giant club-moss (Lepidodendron) grew in what Is now New York State. It was in the Devonian Period, an age when strange, bony-plated fishes swam the oceans of the world. Today this same tree stands in New York State Museum, a remarkable job of fossil recon struction. Its age is estimated at more than 275,000,000 years. CRIPPLE TO CHAMPION Four years ago Nancy Merki learned swimming lo overcome the effects of infantile paraly sis. Today she is an aquatic champion. At the National A. A. U. women's tournament at Des Moines in July, she swam away with honors. Two months later, at San Francisco, she bettered the 400-meter Olympic record. Tomorrow: Rat-Call gymnasium. The play is spon sored by the Junior high school P.-T. A., instead of the Lincoln school P.-T. A., as erroneously announced previously. Members of the Young Peo ple's Circle of the First Christian church compose the cast. An evening of mystery and fun is nromised for a small ad- I mission fee and a large audience AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX the author, lneloilnc stamped envelope for reply. Beg. V. S. Pat Off. NANCY MCKM '3 .tfiJV II Wl I an.- L -'l NWSWoRLP, is expected. The young actori have built an attractive reputa tion in former plays presented. Chines Consul PORTLAND, Nov. 7. W Acting Chinese Consul S. C. Su said today Silwing P. C. Au had been named consul for Portland and would arrive some time next week. JYb m "'A By HAL FORREST By SOL HF'
