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v mi - - ' ' "' 1 ty WATKINS WRKXI " lf 1 ' 11 1
Chapter 14
Caalle In Maine
p WAS ifrid jrou wert not com
ln
Joined him upon the top of
g." Rod Mid when Lavinia
tall rock, one of their favorite
spots, from where they could
look rar out to tea.
'And V laid Lavinla with an
honesty which surprised her. "was
fraid you'd gone away. I topped
at the cottage on the way up.
"I'd never go away without
savins good-bye."
"I hope you wouldn't."
Rod moved over for her to (It
down beside him.
"What were you dreaming
about when I came up?" Lavinia
wanted to know. "Castles in
Spain?"
"No. castles In Maine," Rod
said. "Hoping that I might some
day build one."
"Why not be practical and
make it bungalow?"
"No toking, Lavinia. I really
think it would be splendid to have
a castle in Maine right here on
this very spot.",
"It would be picturesque at
least"
"And rd have a high tower
with a wide window, so 1 could
spend hours Just watching the
surf come "tmbling in. green on
blue, blue on green flecked with
white caps like a lot of tossing
plumes."
Lavinia loved to hear him talk
like that, and found herself lis
tening eagerly for more. She tried
to convince herself that it was
all lust a lot of romanhr nonsense
Rod was talking and could not.
Or what if it was romantic non
sense? Wasn't she supposed to be
on a vacation, and oughtn't she
to listen to something tnat had
nothing on earth to do wi..i busi
ness and the life she lived back
In New York? Certainly. Very
well, then go on and listen; and
stop trying to analyze everything.
"1 think I'd prefer a low.
sprawling sort of house." she said:
when Roa stopped speaking.
"With wide porches ana flower
beds and vines.
"And a widow's walk," said
Rod.
"What's that?"
"It's a sort of walk on the roof
ef the house, around a kind of
cupola look-out Wivea of fisher
men went up there to walk, to
watch and look for tieir husbands
who often never tame back."
"Then I wouldn't want a wid
ow's walk." said Lavinia. "Just a
roof over my head and one that
didn't leak.''
"You are practical, aren't you?"
"Yes. I started out that war
when I waa very young, and it s
hard to chance now."
"I waa pretty practical myself
for quite a while," Rod con
fessed. "But the more I saw of
wars, the more rumors of wars
that 1 heard, the more 1 thought
about the matter. And now I've
about concluded that being prac
tical doesn't really matter. With
things as they are in our troubled
old world, I get the feeling that
one should live each day net as
much out of It as one can and
give little thought to the tomor
rows."
"Are you getting as much as
Sou can out or eacn air living
lis way?" Lavinia asked. "I'm
Inquiring through interest. Rod.
not idle curiosity."
'"I know you are." said Rod.
Tm merely trying to adjust my
self, perhaps. This is a good place
In which to readjust oneself, you
know or find oneself." Ha laid
his hand over Lavinia a. "And vou
are nelplng me. 1 think it a darned
sporting of you to come and visit
ins like this when there's so
much gaiety going on at tha Inn."
Life Story
f DON'T cara for that sort of
gaiety," said Lavinia. "I think
I gave you that idea the first time
we met"
Then almost before she realized
it she was telling Rod about her
work at the store, about her aunt
and the sort of life she lived.
about her dread of coming to
Harbor Head, not even omitting
tha nightmarish evening when
she played bridge with the Mas
ters couple.
"And that." she ellmased.
my story, and I seem to be stuck
Rod laughed. Then he snoke.
"But maybe you ahould play
bridge more, and dance." he said.
"1 used to be a pretty good bridge
player, and I happen to have a
book on the subject. Perhaps we
could help each other you get
me back Into prjrtire. while I
leach vou some of the tricks of
the trade."
"You mean lu ' two f us?
"Yes. It's called Honeymoon
Bridge We ran lay out hands, and
Btuny them
"I think I'd like that," Lavinia
said. "Anyway, I wouldn't have
ataee-fright."
Then we'll do ttl" Rod said
eagerly. "We'll become a sort of
Lulnerlson pain
"You might become another
Culbertson. Lavinia smiled, "but
I m sure you d never make a Mrs.
Culbertson out of me." She
peered out over the water "I;
that an Island out there that
dark something sticking up
agninsi me noriton? '
"Yes," said Rod. "It's supposed
to have been headquarters of a
band of pirates In the long long
ago. My grandfather used to tell
me stories about it
I d like to go out mere sots-
time.
"Then let's go."
"How? Swim?"
"No, in a boat I have one, rw
know.
"No. I dldn'f
"It's a boat of sorts." Rod said.
Tm working on her now Tha
engine got a bit cranky, but ought
to be in shape soon." He suddenly
had an idea. 'I tell vou what we'll
do!" he exclaimed. "We'll have
supper on the island. I'll broil
hot-dogs and make coflee and
we 11 explorel Then when tt gets
too late to explore, we can come
back to the cottage and have soma
bridge. How about it?"
"I'd ove it " a d Lavinia. with
out a moment's hesitation. "But
on one condition.
"What's .hat?"
"That vou let me contribute
something to the supper."
Min... T , I
dui I in iiivuiiig yuu.
"I know, but since you're going
to help me with bridge, the least
I can do is bring along a pie or
something."
"Lavinia, you read my mind!"
said Rod. "'ve been longing for
a good piece of apple pie for
weeks.
Then Til supply one." said
Lavinia. The pies they serve at
the Inn are delicious. I'll see if
the manager will arrange to sell
me one for our supper."
"And I'll get hold of some
cheese." Rod said. "Nothing fancy,
mind you but the sort my
grandfather always called 'rat
cheese.' It goes fine with apple
pie."
"You may have lived lr Eng
land for a long while." Lavinia
remarked, "but I see your taste
is still strictly American." She
glanced at her watch. "I prom
ised Margot Linden I'd go swim
ming with her at four. It's almost
that now."
"I'D go down and work with tha
boat then," Rod said. "And have
it ready for our trip tomorrow.
You won't change your mind,
now, and decide vou'd rather do
something more exciting?"
1 can i thinx or anything mora
exciting, said Lavinia. "or any
thing I d rather do than visit the
island with you. Rod. I'll come
around four-thirty. Or is that too
early?"
It s never too early tor you to
come," said Rod.
Mora Mystery
LAVINIA hurried off. And
sometime later when she
went down to the beach she found
Margot waiting for her.
Mow do you Uk" him now
you've seen him a number of
times?" Margot a.ked.
The mysterious voung man.
don't think for a moment that
you can see him every day with
out someone knowing, do you?"
Lavinia shrugged.
"I hadn't liven the matter a
thought" she said. "And the 'mys
terious young man is qiilie nine,
and thoroughly normal. I'd almost
forgotten that he was supposed to
be mysterious."
Margot lowered her voice at
they passed a group of bathers.
"There's a rumor floating
around that he's really one of
those Uerman prisoners escaped
from Canada."
"Really?" said Lavinia. "Ru
mors seem to be the rage at Har
bor Head."
"Rumors, my dear," said Mar
got "are always numerous at a
summer resort But, after alt
there could be something in the
rumor about your young man be
ing from the internment camp "
"Of course. There could also be
something in the rumor that he's
a criminal hiding from the law.
But let's forget rumors, and have
our swim. Shall we?"
"Right!" said Margot "Come
on, let's dive through that big
roller just coming in."
That night Lavinia lay long
thinking of what Margot Linden
had said. It was only a rumor, of
course. Certainly Roderick didn't
look at all like a man who'd been
in an internment camp. It was
too ridiculous. And vet he did te
main rather reticent about him
self. He didn't want to talk about
the war at all. which was just as
well, since she didn't relish the
subject either; and yet come to
think about it maybe the reason
Rod didn't want to talk about It
was because he might be afraid
that he would slip up and reveal
something about himself.
But in spite of doubts that kept
trying to creep in and spoil things
for her, Lavinia went down to the
pier at the appninted hour the
next afternoon. There she joined
Rod. and looked at the boat
"I hope vou had no illusions
about her." said Rod. "1 mean 1
hope you didn't picture a yacht
or a launch luxurious, or anything
like that."
"What I don't know about boats
would fill a library." said La
vinia. "And I love this onel It
looks so cozy, and used."
Hod laugh ?d. "It's been used
all right!" he said
It was a flat-bottomed boat
with an outboard motor. Her
paint had long since peeled off in
generous proportions, and her
bow looked as though it had made
a practice of bumping Into things
Te be conUnoe4
WILLAMETTE TEAM
LAUDED BY KNOX
Salem, Jan. 15. MV Secre
tary of the Navy Frank Knox
commended the Willamette uni
versity football team for its as
sistance and conduct on navy
transport on his way home from
Honolulu, President Carl S.
Knopf of the university said to
day in disclosing content of a
letter he received from Knox
Knox particularly commend
ed tha player for their car
of wounded soldiers and sailors.
and for their assistance In stag
ing drills aboard ship.
The tram, in Honolulu dur
ing the Japanese attack, return
ed to San Francisco on the first
boat bringing wounded soldier
and sailors from Honolulu to
the west coast.
BECOME CHAPLAINS
Nottingham Eng. (UF Sl'ent
monks from the Trapplst monas
tery of Mount St. Bernard
Leicestershire, who have not
spoken for 20 years except at
mass, have emerged from the
monastery to icrve as army chap
lains or to help the clergy in
the Roman Catholic diocese of
.Nottingham.
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WHAT, NO PURPLET
Dupree. S. D. (U.PJ A white
mare owned by rancher Barney
Lannen foaled a colt with a six
colored hide white, black, red,
roan, blue and pink. Lannen
named It "Rainbow" and hopes
to sell it to the next circus that
comes to town.
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AViP WILP LIFE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
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TAILSPIN TOMMY New Assignment!"
WATER CHESTNUT WAR
Tha water caltrop or water chestnut threatens to become a menace to navigation as wall
as wild life on Inland waterways all over tha U. S. Not only because Its growth chokaa
streams and lakes, but because, being a decorative plant, it la often set out for ornamental
purposesl It is thought to have bean introduced in tha U. S. from Asia about 18S4. Tha beds
vary in sise from a few acres to more than 1.000 acres In axtentl The war department has
requested Strange At It Seems to use this opportunity for Issuing a general warning of the
potential dangers of tha plant, last it spread to other parta of the country.
Tomorrow) Human Jewelryl
By AL CAPP
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