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Chapter Eight
Warming Up Lavlnla
A ND Aunt Dorcas did meet with
IX the ipproval of the two girls.
Not only the girl, but Peter and
Freddy also. They eyed Mii Dor.
em with frank admiration. Freddy
actually brushed hij hand across
bit eye, a though to clear his
vision quite certain that he was
seeing wrong. Then wnen ne saw
he wasn't seeing wrong, he
warmed up to Miss Dorcas, paid
tier a lot 01 attention.
"Gosh!" he said on the way to
the theatre. "Miss Dorcas, I can't
believe you ever stood up and
shot a bear.
' Miss Dorcas laufhed. 1 only
stood up long enough to shoot,
she said, "then I sat down very
suddenly.
Freddy laughed, and the others
Joined in. All but Lavinia. She
simply couldn't get used to the
way Aunt Dorcas had of making
light of her past life that life
she. Lavinia. had thought so much
about, and admired. Sometimes it
seemed like sacrilege Aunt Uor
cas poking fun at the things she
had done in long buried cities, and
dark and forbidding Jungles. But
the others didn't feel that way,
evidently.
"Going to wear that swank
gown to our wedding. Aunt Dor
cas?" Peter asked.
"Certainly she's not" said Zoe.
before Miss Dorcas could reply.
"This Is an evening gown. She's
got a flowing organdie for the
wedding, and a floppy hat to
match." She slipped her hand in
to Peter's. "You know like in
that English picture we saw with
the garden party."
"Boy, I'll bet she looks Ilka a
million dollars In It!" said Peter.
"She does," said Zoe. "Lavinla's
got a beauty for the wedding also.
Yellow with touches of black.
It makes her look like a debu
tante." Freddy smiled at Lavinia.
"Now," he said, "I've really got
something to look forward to
seeing Ldvinia rrentiss in yel
low.
After the show they had wheat.
cakes and codes In a restaurant
on Fifth Avenue. They sat and
talked until on o'clock in the
morning.
"It's been a perfectly swell
party. Aunt Dorcasl" Peter said,
when their taxi came to a stop in
front of Miss Dorcas's hotel. "I
can't tell you how much I appre
ciate you doing It for us."
"Nonsensel" said Miss Dorcas.
1 loved doing it And if you two
weren t in sucn a nurry to get
married, we might have a regu
lar round of parties."
"We've got to be married now,"
said Peter, "so I can use my va
cation time for a honeymoon."
"Yes," said Zoe. "Besides, now
Is the time to rent an apartment
not wait until fall when every
one's moving." She smiled at
Peter. "Do you realize, darling,
that I worked my last day today
at Armworth'a?"
"Yes'm."
'1 gavt up my lob just for
you!"
"I hope you never regret It"
"I won't don't worry."
Lavinia shrugged and said:
"Ain't lova grand?"
"It certainly is," said Miss Dor
ess. "Well, youngsters, here's
where I get out."
Peter and Freddy got out first.
They helped Miss Dorcas out, and
started across the sidewalk with
her.
"You needn't coma In with me,"
the said.
"Try to shake ns." said Peter.
He took one of Miss Dorcas's
rms, and Freddy took the other.
Thus flanked by good-looking
young men in dinner jackets. Miss
Dorcas made an impressive en
trance into the hotel lobby.
"Good-night, boys," she said.
"You're both darlings. You've
made me renew my youth."
"Renew it, nothing!" said Pete.
"You've never lost it."
"Of course you haven'tl" said
Freddy.
No Grain Of Salt
"AND." said Miss Dorcas, smll-
ing, "I'm just vain enough to
take every word you say without
a speck of salt!" She looked up at
Pete. "Stoop down here."
Pete did so, and she kissed him
on the cheek.
"Say. thanks. Aunt Dorcasl"
said Pete.
"Now, you Freddy."
She slso kissed Freddy's cheek.
He put his arm around her, held
her for a moment
"Miss Dorcas," he said, "you're
lopj!
Then when Miss Dorcas had
gotten into the elevator, the two
young men went back to Lot and
Lavinia.
"You stayed long enough," said
Lavinia.
"We were admiring your aunt'
said Pete.
"She's a peach," said Zoe. "If
she were iust s bit younger. Pete.
darling, I'd be jealous. Honest I
...... 1,4
Then the Quartette fell oddly l
lent. A wedding tomorrow. Zoe
and Peter . . . and Lavinia and
Freddy taking part It was a seri
ous business. Zoe was to begin an
entirely new life giving up all
she had been doing for such s
long time. oe thinking . . . La
vinia wondering . , , Peter plan
ning . , . Freddy envious. . . .
When the two girls were alone
In the apartment while thevwere
preparing for bed, they talked
soniy. intimately
"Aren't vou in the least ner
vous?" Lavinia asked.
"Nm why should I be?" Zoe re
plied. "The night before your wed
ding a new life stretching out
Deiore you an mat
Zoe turned down the covers.
"I'm happy," she said. "That's all
I can say. She sank down upon
the side of the bed, and kicked off
her slippers. "I hope, Lavinia, that
one of these days you'll be as hap
py as I am."
"Oh, I'm happy!" said Lavinia
"Only not for the same reason,
perhaps."
"Then for what reason?"
"Because Aunt Dorcas is back.
She's going to live with me, and
we can do a lot of things togeth
er." "Is Freddy definitely out of the
picture?"
"Definitely."
"Your aunt seems to like him."
' "But she isn't the one who'd
have to live with him were there
a marriage."
"Has Freddy spoken of mar
riage to you?''
"In a roundabout way. But I
discouraged him."
"Why?"
"I don't love him. I have no In
tention of marryng."
"Still want to live a career wo
man's life, even after you see how
hard your aunt la trying to
change?"
"Yes, I still want to."
' Always A Bridesmaid
THEN another Sunday, and a
wedding.
Zoe and Peter being married
In the Little Church Around the
Corner. Freddy, looking very
solemn, standing beside Lavinia.
And Miss Dorcas a little way be
hind the quartette. Soft music.
Gentle words. Sunlight streaming
in through the stained glass win
lows and touching those present,
softening them, giving the whole
setting a sort of unreal appear
anceethereal lovely. It was all
very beautiful, and very solemn,
and very impressive.
Miss Dorcas wept a little when
It was all over. So did several of
the girls from the store, girls with
whom Zoe had worked for a long"
while. But Lavinia shed not a
tear.
Even when several people paid
her compliments, commenting qn
the yellow organdie with touches
of black. she didn't seem greatly
moved. She merely said. "So glad
you like it" and turned to some
one else.
"Don't look so low," Miss Dor
cas said to her. "It's a wedding,
you know, and not a funeral."
"Sometimes I think there's
mighty little difference between
the two," said Lavinia. "They
both mean the end of one's ca
reer."
Miss Dorcas studied her niece
for a moment "I don't like hear
ing vou make remarks like that"
she said. "They sound hard and
almost bitter. You aren t bitter,
are you, Lavinia?"
"Heavens, no. Aunt Dorcas!
What on earth would I be bittet
about?"
An unhappy love affair, may
be." "Me with such a thing!"
"Well, it's not entirelv impos
sible. Besides, there are times
when one would actually think
some man had played you a mean
trick."
Aunt Dorcas, what a thing to
say! You know I've never had any
time tor men ana and love affairs."
You make remarks about men
now and then," Miss Dorcas said,
"that one would expect to hear
only from women who had ex
perienced a lot of men-trouble
and come out tire wrong end of
the horn."
Lavinia tried to think of some
thing to say, and failed.
She was glad when Freddy Rand
unearthed some rice, and a couple
of old shoes, and some excitement
started.
All the voting ceonle ran out
after Peter and Zoe. pelting them
with rice, and calling out good
wishes. Freddv managed to tie the
two shoes to the car a friend had
loaned Peter for his honeymoon
and one of the girls took the
white ribbon from her flowers,
and added that. The somewhat
elderly car had a rather festive
look as it rolled away. Several
girls wiped their eyes and snid
things about how much they wert
going to miss Zoe, but quickly
added how they envied her the
life which lay before her.
Then thev began to drift away
to keep dates with young mn
they would probably be marrying
some day. And finally there was
no one left but Miss Dorcas, La
vinia. and Freddv
"Freddy." Lavlnla said, "you
take Aunt Dorcas. I feel sort of
head-achev. I have been pretty
much on the go, vou know help
ing Zoe get married, and all that."
"But Lavinia," Freddy pro
tested. "I I"
"It's all right." sn!d Aunt Dor
cas. She patted Freddy's arm.
"Ask us some other time. I'll trot
along home with l-avinia."
Freddv looked from one to the
other of the two women.
"It seems like a ort of anti
climax." he said. "I'm at loose
ends, and feel sort of let down,"
"Why not call up Bessie Mar
shall?" said Lavinia. "She'll chee:
vou up."
Later, when she and Miss Dor
cas were walking slowly up Fifth
Avenue, Miss Dorcas kept eveins
Lavinia. It was as though she
were trvlng to snalvie her.
"I think vou need a vacation,"
she said finally. "You look sort of
tuckered out."
Te be eentlnnrd
BEETHOVEN MOST POPULAR
Amos, la. (UP) Beethoven
could win a musicians' popular
ity contest hands down at Iowa
State college. A check on stu
dents who frequent the music
room shows Beethoven pre
ferred to all the other masters,
with Bach, Brahms, and T.ichai
kowsky close contestants for
second.
Tha Inception of the chain
store was in 1859 when a tea
merchant decided to retail his
rargo of tea rather than pass It
through tha middlemen.
UNORTHODOX GOLFER
Oklahoma City (UP Chief
Justice Earl Welch of the Okla
homa supreme court carries a
strange assortment of clubs with
him on the golf course. Welch
drives right-handed, uses left
handed clubs on his approach
shots and has an ambidextrous
putter with which he ca; use
either side, depending upon the
contour of his shot.
Almost twice as many people
die who are not insured com
pared with those who are, census
figure disclose.
On the Radio Chains
STATIONS!
Chain affiliation and where
they are on the dial:
KALE (MBS) 1330. Portland;
BEX (SHC-Ulue) 11 BO. Portland:
KUA (NHC-Blu. a Mils) 1,110
Spokane; KUO (NBC-Blue) 810.
Kan Franclx-o; KOW (MIC-Krd)
620, Portland; KJK (NBC-Blue)
1000, Krottle; KNX (CBH) 1070.
Lot Anselea; KOA (NBC-Red) 80.
Denver: KOIN (CB-O 810. Port
land; HOMO (NBC-Bed)
Seattle; KPO (NBC-Bed) (MO.
San rranelftro; KSL (CBS) 1160.
Salt Lake City.
Time Shown ts PST "
Thursday
6:00 p. xti Adventure Stories,
KOO, KJR; Death Valley Days, KSL;
Jane Arden, KOMO; Adventures In
Tovland. KEX: aura of Today, KOW;
Ken Stevens and Erwln Yeo, KKX;
Eyea of tha World. KOIN; Don Win
alow of the Navy, KPO.
5:30 p. m. Nawa of tha World.
KOO, KEX, KJR; Dufry'a Tavern,
KSL; Rlcardo'a Rhapsodies, KPO.
KOW. KOMO; Bill Henry. KNX; Leon
P. Drews, KOIN.
6:00 p. m. Major Bowea, KNX.
KSL. KOIN: Blng Croftby, KPO.
KOMO; Cinnamon Bear, KEX; Floyd
Wright, KOO; Scandinavian Report
er, KJR.
6:30 p. m. Joe Oalllcchlo's Orch..
KOO, KJR. KEX; Christmas Bell
ringers, KJR.
7:00 p. ra. Olenn Miller's Orch,
KOIN, KNX, KSL; Al Pearee'a Oang,
KPO, KOMO. KOW; Rudy VallM
Prgm, KEX. KJR, KOO.
7:30 p. m. Newa Hera and Abroad,
KOO, KEX. KJR; Prank ray, KPO,
KOW, KOMO.
8 00 p. m. Amos n Andy. KNX.
KSL. KOIN: Fred Waring. KPO,
KOMO. KOW; March of Tim. KJR,
KOO, KEX.
8:16 p. m. Lura and Abner, KPO,
KOW, KOMO; Lanny Rosa, KNX.
KSL, KOIN.
6:30 p. m Maudle'a Diary. KNX.
KOIN; Saundera of Circle X, KOO.
KEX: Fanny Brlce, KPO. KOMO.
KOW; Newa, KSL; Hawaiian Melo
dist. KJR; Flowers for tha Living,
KEX. ,
0:00 p. m. Easy Aoea, KOO, KEX,
KJR; Duffy's Tavern, KNX. KOIN;
Aldrtch Family. KPO, KOMO, KOW.
9:30 p. m. Harold Stokea' Orch.,
KOO; Death Valley Daya KNX. KOIN;
Newa, KSL, KJR; Moonlight Sonata.
KEX; Herb Caen, KPO.
10:00 p. m. Amerlca'a Town Meet
ing of tha Air, KEX; Reporter Newa,
KPO. KOMO, KOW; Newt, KNX;
Masterworka of Music, KSL; Five
Star Final, KOIN.
10:30 p. m. Tommy Doraeya Orch.,
KOW: Re Id Tanner'a Orch.. KSL:
i Masterworka of Music, KNX: Industry
Iand Defense, KOMO; The World To
day, KOIN; Concert Hall. KPO.
11:00 p. m. Phil Harrta' Orch..
! KPO, KOW, KEX, KJR; Harry Owcna'
Orch, KSL. KOIN; News, KNX. KOO.
Friday
B OO p. m Kate Smith. KSL: Ad
venture Stone. KOO, KJR: Ed B tok
en Music. KPO; Jena Axden, KOMO;
Sura of Today, KOW.
840 p. m. Newt of the World,
KOO. KJR, KEX: BUI Henry, KNX:
BUI Sabrantky. KPO; Cocktail Hour,
KOW; Leo F. Drews. KOIN.
6:00 p. m, Waits Time, KPO,
KOMO. KOW; What'a On Tour Mind.
KNX, KOIN, KSL; Cinnamon Bear.
KEX: Muile. KOO; Scandinavian
Reporter. KJR.
6:30 p. m Michael ' and Kitty.
KEX. KOO, KJR: Uncle Walter'! Dog
House, KPO, KOW, KOMO; First
Nlghtar, KNX, KSL, KOIN.
7:00 p. m. Elsa MaxweU'a Party
Line, KOO, KJR, KEX; Concert Orch,
KSL, KKX. KOIN: Wlnga of Deatlny,
KPO, KOMO, KOW.
7:30 p. m. How Am I Doing. KNX.
KSL, KOIN; Orand Central Station.
KPO, KOW. KOMO; Jack Owena,
KJR; Modern Music Box, KEX; Ama
teur Hour, KOO.
8:00 p. m. Fred Waring, KPO,
KOMO. KOW; Phil Harris' Oreo.,
KOO, KEX; Amot 'n' Andy, KSL,
KNX. KOIN; Buy Washington. KJR.
8:H p. m. Lanny Ross, KNX, KSL,
KOIN: Lum and Abner. KPO, KOW,
KOMO.
8:30 p. m. Variety Show, KPO.
KOW, KOMO: Oang Busters, KOO,
KEX, KJR; Playhouse, KNX. KOIN,
KSL.
0:00 p. m. Who Done It. KPO.
KOW; Three Ring Time, KOO, KEX,
BED WRECKER
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
. hV II KB II
C0M81N, WMP5 COPif ANDTftCKAGft ON 6P AND
SrfS TOWH WITH 5I6H OTSMiSFACIiOr, 10 CHAH6E
HIS SHOES
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OVER "THE BED, SHE HAD If All NEATLY MADE AND
NOV. JUST 10OK M If !
1RIE4. TO CALM HEKDOWN BV HArJ6IN6 OP COAT
NEWLY OH BtTPOS-T
ltf TJ01H6 50 KhfoCKS WCKA6E OFF OS T1O0R.
AND SCRAMBLES AFTER If
fiMSHES CMAfvSW6 SHOES jTTLUrte WIFE H0T1O
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COMPlEfe THE WREXKA6E BYfrMKC. To SMOOTH
OW BEOCLOIHB, REMARKS ITS A5 NEAT AS A Pin!
AND 60ES OCT, WIFE MAKIH6 UP BED All OUER A6AIM
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KJR; Kite Smith Hour, KNX. KOIN;
Punch and Judy, KOMO; B ports.
KSL.
8:80 p. m. Tommy Dorsey's Orch..
KOO; Dark Fantaay, KPO; News.
KSL, KJR; Moonlight Sonata. KEX:
Symphony of Melody, KOW.
10:00 p. m. Hollywood Legion Sta-
ola Orch, KSL: News. KNX: Seattle
Public School Program, KJR; Five
Star Final, KOIN.
10 AO p. m. Danes Orch, KOO;
Broadway Bandwagon, KEX; North
west Bible Institute. KJR; Master
worka of Music, KNX: Tha World
Today, KOIN; Sparkplug and Sun
shine, KPO; Concert Hill. KPO
The Aleutian Islands, south
and west of Alaska, puff with
volcanoes, boast islets that pop
out of the sea and vanish again
as mysteriously and howl with
fog-chilled winds across the
moors.
BOY SCOUTS GET RANCH
Tulsa, Okla. (UP) Wait
Phillips, wealthy Tulsa oil man,
has given his New Mexico ranch
and a 23-story office building to
the Boy Scouts of America. The)
ranch will become a scout camp
and income from the $5,000,000
building will go into the scouts'
endowment fund.
va Mall Tribune want ads.
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GUN GIRL
Mrs. Betty Bradshaw discovered her Vnack for marksmanship by accident while pot
ting away at tin cana with an air riflel Turning to side arms, she won second place in state
wide pistol competition. Then she took up combat shooting. In this the contestant walks
away from three human silhouettes, and at a given signal (at from 10 to 30 feet) draws
the gun and fires three shots while turning and running toward the targets. All of which
must be accomplished in about l.S secondsl In April 1940, she won the world's champion
ship for women in this event. Mrs. Bradshaw gives one afternoon a week to the defense
program by instructing a group of club women.
Tomorrowi Harvest of Death!
TAILSPIN TOMMY In For the Kill
By AL CAPP
C OREAT CCATS T-TH IS
AINT A DREAM.. IT'S
REAL T-T MEM VSHIPS
FROM MY OWN
SQUADRON ARE TR.YIN '
TO SHOOT ME D0WN
The povveh op the hypnotic drug over.
mm, oiUbiis.cn by IH OUUUtN ATTACK.,
SHEETS DESPERATELY TRIES TO ESCAPE.-
THAT'S SKEETER.'S PLANE
ALL RIGHT, ...BUT THE
BUZZARD FLYING IT MUST
HAVE KILLED SKEETS
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law) eJan vaas He. T--"" js-wB
fD TOMMY. ACTING UNDER
AKm r UK.UtK.i. IS LtADINt
A PATROL. ..TO INTERCEPT OR
SHOOT SKEETEfc'S SHIP DOWN.'
LI'L ABNER Wolf Meets Lamb
Ff U LP THAT LOOKS HI VfcJl 7 p
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BUT BEFORE SKEETS CAN RADIO.".
TWO SHIPS FROM TOMMYS PATROL
i.ONVtR&6 on SKEETERS PLANE
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l TUAT I'M A PIMP IIDOir.UT M I AVAII AB.I F .IONFl ll MA'M. II KIM ;TAHT I ,TRANI&FR.
f CHAP- HE. SAID THIS DAISY MAE, l I SEAL OF APPROVAL, I V J V A-WOOIN r-er-V
. v IS A BEAUTY BUT. IF SHE II I SO AH RECKON YO rt r t "AH 4CV
.Af V LOOKS ANYTHING LIKE SOME II I IS SATISFACT'RY.' yCbaw y Xf GRAN' CHILE.. lfvT
I OF THE BEAUTIES I'VE SEEN I I HAS YO GOT Jfij NAME OF . J 1 YSS.
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THE NEBBS Just a Habit
Bv SOL HESS
St looks as if
potts is
GETTING
INTERESTED
IN THE RCH
NE HOPE
That Amytwns
THAT PlPENS
FROM THIS
COMPANION"
SHIP WIV.L MOT
BE A DlS-
APPOiMTMENT
TO AM6ROSE
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OH, GOOD MORNIM& 7
MRS. SMITH IT MAKES 1 i
HAvPPV TO SEE
NOW
SOOO MORNIIslS
n MR. POTTS 1
MmM
fvMUCH MONEY
NOU KMOVJ Mf?S. SMITH,
AND TS NONE. OF MY
BUSINESS, BUT NOU
5PE.ND ENTIRELY TOO
I DONT SPEND MY 1 Si THE WAY, WHO ARE NOOODY X
INCOME. AMD WHO M NOD HOARDING UPYOURT tl L.-ONLY
'HA.VE 1 GOT TO LAY AMOMEY FOR 5 WHO HAVE 1 60T MY MONEY
VP A LOT OF MONEY FOR; nOU &OT THAT YOU AREVSAVING IT AND 1
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