PAGE TWELVE
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRTDAT. MAY 24. 1940.
By Jean Randall'
rtSTERDAY: Brtnda't Utlrr
from Ntw York hvi thai Linda,
Hugh't trite, it clerking in a bar
gain txuemenl. Hugh can't un
derstand it because he fends
Linda tSOO month.
Chapter 17
'JnlerferenrV
"r0 YOU think woman proud
L' inomh to refuse your
money all that time to max no
effort to patch up the quarrel do
you think .he'll tolerate your
ending her in her present cir
cumstances?" asked Brenda.
"Linda la proud," he said again.
"Proud as the devil!"
"You're not exactly a lamb for
meekness yourself, my H u g h I
Now listen to Auntie. First, write
the bank and And out whether
shes using the money you pay in
tor her
He gestured impatiently. "No
need to! Of course she's not. I see
It all now. Why was I fool enough
to think she'd accept money from
me when when
"Be earefull You're not to tell
me about it, you know." She
paused, her thoughts busy with
this intriguing problem. "Let it
alone, Hugh," she said at last "I
mean give me a day or so to
think what should be done. It will
have to be the right thing. One
false more and your Linda will
have flown.
"My Linda," he muttered, pass
Ing one big clever band over his
forehead. "My Linda! How I wish
he were again!
His caller's grr.ve fare bright
ened. "Grand! Fifty per cent of
the situation la okay, at any rate.
If I'd had both of you to struggle
with "
He snorted. "Tf you thought for
one minute, Brenda tsurnham,
that Linda's leaving me was by
my wish with my consent any
thing but a bitter blow to me
then you're not the smart girl I
considered you.
"Practically everybody on The
Street thinks you ordered her
out"
"Then practically everybody on
The Mreet is a fooir
"Perhaps. Hugh, do you fee!
perfectly well? It's getting fsll
Ish, you know and lots of peo
ple have flu, and flu can so easily
go Into pneumonia. Don't you feel
a little feverish and achy?" she
inquired hopefully.
"What the dickens? Brenda.
re you losing your mind? I am
In excellent health, thank vou.
Not that it matti.rs," he tacked
on with bitterness.
She sighed. "I thought a tele
gram to Linda, saying that you
were at death's door"
He lighted another cigarette:
took his time about it Then he
mentioned: "It'a plain to be seen
you're a fiction writer!"
"And a student of psychology!"
she Hashed.
"We-ell; there might be two
opinions about that! Oh. calm
down, little Brenda! I rlldn t mean
to hurt your feelings. Great Scott!
. Haven't I put my fate in your
hands?"
"Oh. Hugh, have you?" She was
pleased and proud. "I'll do mv
very best for you, I promise you."
She rose for the second time. "I'll
run on back now and think.
There must be some simple, nat
ural wav out of this thing, and
we'll find it: you'll see!"
On the sidewalk outside Miss
Ormond was waiting for her.
"Hereafter," ah pronounced
grimly, "you're to telephone me
when you get these mad urges to
visit Hugh Snltu.il At least I can
see that you're chaperoned!"
Too Large A Dose'
THE other letter which Inter
ested Brenda that morning was
from Ned Barrow. It announced
that its writer would return by
the end of the week, and de
manded to know what ahe had
done for his cause with Alains
Ahernatliy.
"Thank Goodness tills presents
Tift complications," the girl mused.
"I shall have a straightforward
talk with him. and either prove
or disprove that story against
him. There's to be no slllv mis
understanding in this case!"
Despite herself, her mind dwelt
on Mac. Since their latest quar
rel they had preserved a sort of
armed friendliness: politeness, at
all events. He inquired each eve
ning as to the progress of her
book: she in turn made courteous
comment on his newest advertis
ing disnlav. She knew all about
those di.'plays bv this time: en
vied Mac his crisp, succinct use of
words, his economy of expres
sion. Secretly she believed him
possessed of a fomewhat rare
ability and would have died be
fore admit'.ing it to him!
Twice he had Invited her to
drive with him but as he had also
lnc'uded either Adelaide or Io
bel Burke in his invitation, she
had had no talk with him alone.
ToniRht. however, Isnbel had a
broadcast on: Adelaide went
across the street tn pay a little
fsll on Miss Ormond.
Mae said nothing of taking out
the car. Instead he lighted his pipe
and settled himself in a shabby
old leather chair with every ap
parent intention of apending the
evening without moving from the
spot Brenda seized her opportu
nity. "Mae, I wish you'd tell me
something!"
"Tell you anything," he agreed.
"I infer it's about The Street?
Look here, Brenda, you don't have
to shoulder all our burdens, you
know!"
"I know I don't." she answered
soberly. "And sometimes J won
der if I'm not not "
"Butting in?" was his affable
suggestion.
She laughed. "It's a horrid ex
pression, but that's what I mean.
Here I am, a perfect stranger to
all of you, yet trusted with some
most intimate affairs. It makes me
feel well, sort of unessy: hum
ble, you Know; as it I had no right
to know all I do know."
He took his pipe from his
mouth and regarded her. "You're
a nice little thing. Brenda. when
you don't get on your high horse.
You do have a right to know what
is being thrust upon you. certain
ly. I admit that perhaps nowhere
else in the country certainly no
where else in this town is there
such a closed corporation as The
Street. It started with its physical
-limitations, of course. It's almost
as if we were on a little island,
isn't it? And then most of the
families have been here so long
thev know one another's secrets.
"Personally," he continued, "I
think you're getting too large a
dose of Street affairs. I under
stand that dear little Dorothy Is
the latest applicant for advice and
symnathv."
"Did she tell you?" she de
manded, startled.
Curia Or No
UI GRINNED. "Didn't I tell
1 you we have no secrets here
on The Street? No, Dorothy didn't
tell me but Mrs. Arnold did. She
called me up at the office this
morning and poured out her
woes."
"Called you up at the office!
About Dorothy's hair?" Brenda
was aghast. She leaned forward
urgently. "Mac, tell me! That was
what I was going to ask you.
there anything the matter with
Dorothy's mind?"
"Nothing that I know of save
its small sire. Dorothy's mind."
he elaborated, "is so small ryu'rm
always falling off the edg6 of it
ana Druising yourself. Now vou m
warned, Brendal Keep off! Let
Dorothy and Mrs. Arnold settle
the vexed Question of curls or no
curls."
Jteluctantly she acknowledged
i wisdom of this advice: but her
perverse femininity protested.
Why shouldn t Dorothy have a
permanent if she wants one? It's
her own money and her own hair:
she's surely old enough to decide
on a trifle like that!"
tie shrugged his shoulders. "It's
up to you, my dearl Don't say
afterward that I didn't warn you.
What" he went on calmlv, "are
you going to do about Hush Sal.
tus? Discontinue your visits to the
studio, or take Miss Ormond along
wild your
I SUDDOSS she telenhnnei vnn
tool"
No. she stonned me as I itrnve
In this evening. Said she'd issued
an ultimatum."
She and her ultimatum.! f
shall pay no attention to her, of
course!"
He leaned back larllv and re
garded the ceiling. "I'll remind
vou of that a week from now.
What about Ned Barrow? I hear
he's returning this week."
There s nrecious little vnn
don't hear, it seems to me! But
yes, he will be bark and I shall
ask him about that mnlher-nnH.
child storv."
And if you find he's married
or ought to be?"
It was her turn to ahm "T
shall discourage Alaine's feeling
aDoiu nim.
He was silent for a moment:
when he spoke it was with a note
of earnestness in his voice she had
not heard before.
Ixok here. Brenda! I rln tMnV
you're swell. I think vou've
been kindness and friendliness it
self to put up with some of us.
But forgive me for saving it
won't you? Interfering with the
lives ot others is dangerous work,
no matter how noble one's mo
tives are. These people are most-
older than vou. Let em work
out their own problems. You came
here to write a book. Do it Let
the twins muddle along with their
rows and threatened elopements,
forget Dorothy's permanent or
lark of it. ignore Maud VanNess's
vaporings: above all. don't trv tn
Dlay Providence to Saltus. You'll
be sorry if vou do, mark my
words!"
A fleeting mood of sweet rea
sonableness descended upon her.
surprising herself almost as great
Iv as it did Mac. She assented, led
him to talk of his work, of the
citv, of The Street, s erred ami-
ahlv with even-thing he said: was
in fact so angelic that Mae grew
drunk w ith power and pushed his
advantage too far.
I'entlnued tomorrow
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