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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1942.
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Chapter IS
Friend In Need
SILENCE, and Lavinia withinf
that the could coma right out
and ask th young man why he
uvea in ine aiiapiaatea cottage,
why he avoided people, why be
never dressed up and went place.
But she had never been the sort
of person who could immediately
start quizzing people. So the went
en tninking the questions.
"You don't know now trateful
I am to you." Roderick said, "for
not lettine. un and running away,
"Why should I do that?" La
vinia replied although she knew
perfectly well that to get up and
run away naa neen ner nrsx im
Dulse.
"Need you ask?" Roderick
pinned. "After all, t do look like
rDeacncomDei or someming. nna
ve overheard tome remarks.
when calling for the mail at the
village post office. That mysterl'
ouj voung man who never does
tnytning out loai in. ine tun.
That disreputable person who
lives In an equally disreputable
cot tare. Hes probably an ex
Eangster. hiding away from the
iw or hit past. "
He paused, glanced at Lavinia.
"So. since you came from the Inn,
I naturally thought you might
have similar opinions about me."
Lavinia laughed softly. "Don't
Sou know you re tempting me to
ood you with questions?" she
laid. "After all, I am a woman,
and I have my share of curi
osity." "Well, since you were kind
enough not to run from me," said
Roderick. "I'll explain that I used
to come here summers wnen
wat a kid. And it teemed a nice
place to come for a sort of vaca
tion this summer. The cottage in
which I'm living still belongs to a
branch of the family."
"That explanation it completely
Elausible and satisfactory, taid
avinia. "And, I might add, you're
taking just the tort of vacation
I wanted to take."
"You mean you're not happy at
the Inn?"
"Not especially happy no," La
vinia replied. "I went there to
please a relative. But It s a long
"Funny thing." taid Roderick,
"but when I saw you this after
noon I had an Idea you'd be the
tort of girl you are."
"Then I'm glad I came this far
long the beach," taid Lavinia
gcntiy.
"Will you come again tome
time?" There wat eagerness, ur
gency, in the young man's voice.
"If you'd really like me to,
"Oh, I would I"
"But I must be going now.'
Lavinia arose. She held out her
hand. "You've cheered me up a
lot and I thank you for It You
may at well know that I wat
pretty well sunt"
Roderick Elliott took the out
stretched hand, held it in a strong,
friendly grasp. He looked deep
Into Lavinia'. eves.
"You've cheered me, too," he
said. "More than I can tell you.
i snail oe looKuig torwara to our
next meeting."
"So shall V Uvinla taid. She
withdrew her hand, and wat
puzzled at the odd manner In
which her heart wat acting. It
was beating with unusual rapid
ity. From excitement. Drobably,
aha told herself. Or could it be
Roderick Elliott's handshake had
teemed strangely thrilling.
"Shall I walk you back to the
inn? tne young man asked.
"No, thank you," said Lavinia.
"That won't be necessary. The
moonlight's to bright it't almost
line daytime.
"Then good-night, Lavinia
Prentiss."
"Good-night Roderick Elliott."
Lavinia. moved off along the
beach, teeming to melt into the
brightness of the moonlight. Rod.
crick stood where she had left
him, watching, until she reached
the path that led over .the rocks
to the Inn. Then he turned and
walked slowly and thoughtfully
toward his cottage.
"reeling Pat
IVHEN 'ovinia reached the Inn
' ' ahe went around to a side en
trance. She wanted to get to her
room without meeting Margot
Linden or anyone else she knew.
But luck was against her.
She ran smack into Pat, the
man who taught dancing.
"Oh, Miss Prentiss." he said,
"I've been looking for youl"
"Why?" asked Lavinia. "Did
you want to collect damages?"
"I don't understand." said Pat,
not looking especially bright.
"For injury to vour dancing
shoes and your shins."
Pat laughed, loud but some
what hollowly.
"Oh. that!" he taid.
"Yet, that. Or perhaps you use
protectors you know, like In
hockey or football."
"Really, now. Miss Prentiss,"
"It's not as bad as all that."
"No? Well. I'm afraid it is." La
vinia looked at the man straight
in the eye. Just at the looked at
men back In Armworth't when
she was annoyed with them. "You
taid you had been looking for me.
Well, here I am."
"I wanted to say that Tm quite
ture you could become a very
good dancer with a little help,"
Pat said "And I'd be glad to offer
you my services."
"1 tee. At so much per hour, I
Suppose."
''Oh, no not that"
"Then what?"
"I often help guests especially
Important one, and"
"What"! important about me?"
"I've been talking with Mist
Linden, and she told me that"
"So you and the hostess have
been discussing me. How nice!"
"Miss Linden told me that you
are the niece of Miss Dorcas
Prentiss."
"Yet, go on."
"And so. tinea you are, I that
is, we"
"You mean my being Miss Dor
cas Prentiss's niece make a dif
ference?" "Well, not exactly. Only Miss
Prentiss it quite famous, and
she'd naturally want her niece to
enjoy her stay with us."
Good-night," said Lavinia.
And ahe hurried to the elevator
and up to her room.
She was angry. Men, ahe
thuught. Fools Idiots Every one of
them always having a motive
And then the remembered Rod
erick Elliott, and thought: "May
be not all of them either." Cer
tainly Roderick Elliott hadn't
made himself the least bit ob
noxious. And he wanted to tee
her againl The mysterious young
man asking the working girl from
Armworth't to loin him again
upon the hull of the wrecked
boat
She began to undress, and at
the did to she smiled to herself.
Aunt Dorcas tnd Zoe would be
tickled pink if they knew. They
would be no end excited to hear
about the "handsome stranger."
They would want to hear all the
details no matter how insignifi
cant They would insist that it
was Just the tort of thing she
needed to nave happen to her.
They would gloat look senti
mental build a tilly Action
around the incident
It wat utterly fantastic for her
to go on with it. The man wat
nothing in the world to her, and
the wanted to be alone. Sooner
or later he would bore her to
tears talking about his cousin in
England. All he wanted probably
was an attentive ear someone to
sit on the beach and listen to him
talk on and on endlessly about
himself.
"I'll forget the whole Incident,"
she said half aloud, just before
she went to bed. "I'll go to an
other part of the beach, and read
my boon.
But the did no such thing
Fast Friends
THE next morning she walked
toward the half-buried hull,
and Roderick Elliott Joined her
there. She went the next day and
the next They began calling
each other by their first names.
It wat almost as though they had
known each other for ages.
Hello, there, Lavinia. hows
the world treating you?"
"Oh, a little better, thank you.
Rod. How's It with vou?"
' Brighter oh. Infinitely bright
er!"
Lavinia looked forward to the
meetings. She enjoyed them.
She forgot the hurt of a few
nights before, when the had
proven herself to be such a dud
at bridge and dancing. She and
Rod talked, or yat In friendly
silence understanding two peo
ple who seemed strangely In need
of each other.
It was beautiful. It was like
something out of a book.
Freddy Rand, the store, the
Zoological .'ark. the Brooklyn
Museum all faded trom her
memory There was a new-born
eagerness about her a new look
in her eye.
"Whatt hannenlng to vou?"
Margot Linden asked one day.
you look like a girl In love.
"Nonsense." said Lavinia. "I'm
getting rested. The salt air is do
ing wonderful things to me"
'That," said Margot "is some
thing you should take up with our
press agent."
Lavinia wroU I long letter to
her aunt and one to Zoe. She
wanted to pour out a lot that she
felt but restrained herself. She
casually referred to Rod as a man
she had recently met a man who
seemed to like being with her
even if she wasn't a shining so
cial light. That's all she said about
him; just that and nothing mora.
She devoted the remainder of the
two letters to descriptions of the
scenery and to detailed reporta
of her bridge experience with
Mr. and Mrs. Masters, at well at
to what had happened when the
men at the Inn tried to dance
with hor.
She felt gay at timet at fre
quently Increasing times.
At other times she felt down
right reckless And she would ask
herself what on earth had gotten
into her.
Roderick Elliott . . the rocky
coast of Maine . . . seagulls .
sunlight . . . turf . . . And Aunt
Dorcas up in Portland, studying
about whales!
Maybe lire was meant for some
thing besides working in a de
partment store. Mavbe It did
mean something to a girl besides
trying to become a department
store executive. Maybe it would
be better for a girl to come to
places like Harbor Head for her
vacations, instead of going to
quiet tpots in Connecticut or off
to shoot lions or dig up cittea.
And to, with a song upon her
Hps, and a lightness in her feet
Lavinia Prentiss once again hur
ried out of the Cliflsuie Inn to
meet the voung man of the
wrecked and haif-burled hull
Summer was a marvelous season,
she decided: especially when vou
were out under the tky. listen
ing to the restlest ocean, watch
ing the seagulls, sharing it all
with a pleasant companion.
Te be conflnecS
SILK STOCKINGS
New York, Jan. 14 (P The
president of the National Asso
ciation of Hosiery Manufactur
ers, declaring the "one Pearl
Harbor is enough.'' said '.oday
the stocking Industry wat defi-j
nitely through with silk. '
The executive. Earl Coi'Stan
tine, in an addrexs to tha. Na
tinnal Retail Dry Goods associa
tion convention said:
"1 hope we wot t go bwk to
the old days and that American
manufacturers will give us new
products so that we shall never
have to return again tj the
capricious Japanese markrt."
He said that except for ' few
plants silk yarns un hand were
virtually exhausted and that It
appeared thnt rayons wu.ild be
the chief substitute.
Cm Mall Tribune east aoa.
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COMPENSATION CLAIMS
Salem, Jan. 14. W Initial
claims for 1942 unemployment
compensation benefits reached
16,813 yesterday, a decrease of
17 percent from the same per
iod last year, the unemployment
commission reported today.
United States consumption of
petroleum products increased
more than 12 per cent during
1941.
31st CONSECUTIVE PUDDINO
Sterling, Colo. (UP) Cow
boy Bill Candy got his Christ- Q
mas plum pudding from Win
Chester, Eng., despite the war. It
marked the 31st straight time
Bill had received the delicacy
from his sister, who wrote: "II
it goes to the bottom, it will be
crime for it sure would be a
waste of good food, which mm
can't afford now."
Cloalng time (or Claaairied Ada
a. m Too Law to ClasaUy 1240
p. m.
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A couple of years ago Art Nelson dug three coyote pups from their den and tamed one.
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become as useful as good dog. In herding cattle and sheep he responds to his work as would
collie. He lores children, and It not treacherous in the least. At home he curls up in a big
.chair, but also gets a thrill from riding in a car or a motor-boat!
Tomorrow: Strangest Battlel
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