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
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Bombay, Nov. 7. (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
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day. A government spokesman
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The mystery play "Spooky
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day night in the Lincoln school
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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
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the author, lneloilnc stamped envelope for reply. Beg. V. S. Pat Off.
NANCY MCKM '3 .tfiJV II Wl I
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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.
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By HAL FORREST
By SOL HF'