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THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
SoJiuch for ove
bNARD JONES
CHAPTER I
TT was t o'clock in the mornlnr
and Helena Dcrrlk, attired In t
white iwlm ault, wai poised tor r
dive. In another moment, uslnr
her lithe body as a knife, h
Would lilt the water below her
But just now the itood thinking
how nice It wai to be 20 and ful'
of health.
And ... In love.
She described a graceful arc am
loft scarcely a ripple to mark th
spot where that arc had termi
nated. Then, far out from the
lake shore, the smart white rub
ber cap appeared on the surface.
Helena's arms, looking longer than
they were, began a perfect rhyth
mic stroke that brought her to the
float again. Easily she hoisted
herself from the water and began
smoothing out her suit, squeezing
little rivulets of lake water down
her flawless legs.
Wading ashore from the float,
Helena stooped to retrieve a bright
coolie jacket from the sand.
Swinging it around her shoulders,
she started off at a run toward
the big lodge which was set back
from the lake in the cool shadows
of the towering trees.
Well!" she heard a voice re
mark, "I thought I was the early
bird but I perceive I'm just a
lazy piker!"
' She looked up to see Peter Hen
derson watching her from the
veranda of the lodge. He stood,
tall and handsome, with a robe of
toweling wrapped around his ath
letic frame. Even in the weak
sun of dawn, Peter's thick blond
hair shone attractively. Involun
tarily, Helena slowed her pace,
conscious of a queer feeling
around her heart "It's so absurd
that he can do this to me," she
told herself. "I've known him
hardly 24 hours . . .
Absurd, perhaps, but It was
true. She was head over heels in
love with Peter Henderson. She
had been attracted to him from
the first moment of their meeting,
and during the ensuing hours, in
which they had been much to
gether, this attraction had come
to be something more. Of course
it was foolish. Helena had as
sured herself that it was. She
had met Peter Henderson on a
Friday morning. Now this was
Saturday morning and she was
In love with him!
Nevertheless, Helena Derrlk
knew such things did happen. So
why not to her? "But I'd better
be careful," she had warned her
self during the sleepless night
"This is the first time I've been
away from the store really away
tram it and it may be that I'm
l little giddy!"
It had, indeed, been a sleepless
night In lieu of sleep, Helena
had lain, reviewing the chain of
events which had brought her to
Crest Mountain Lodge. For two
years she had worked in Helvig's
big department store, and it was
snly this spring that she had been
given a department of her own.
True, it was a small department;
but it was an important one
especially during the summer
months.
1VOW she knew that she had
been wise to pay strict atten
tion to the ultimatums of Miss
Landes, the personnel manager of
Helvig's. She had been wise in
taking home the little pamphlets
which Miss Landes handed out to
her "class" of salesgirls. The ma
jority of the girls seemed to think
ae whole thing a great joke, and
only a few studied the pamphlets.
"Why should I worry myself to
death after hours?" Maisie Jensen
dad asked Helena. "Old man Hel
rig pays me for eight hours a day
asi that's what I'm giving him.'
No more and no less."
' It did seem as if Maisie got
along quite as well as Helena Der
rik. Both received' the same sal
ary, and certainly Helena obtained
oo more concessions than the
light-hearted Maisie. Neverthe
less, Helena took Miss Landes se
riously; and she studied the multi
rraphed pamphlets entitled, "Get
ting the Customer's Confidence,"
ind "Courtesy," and, "You Are in
Helvig's to Sell Not to Marry."
Then one day, quite suddenly,
Helena was called into Miss Lan
des' office. Trembling, she had
taken the elevator to the fifth floor
Ind walked down the spotless
hallway to the door marked Per
lonnel Manager.
"Good morning, Helena," Miss
Landes had said, removing her
lasses. Characteristically, she had
tome to the point at once. "Helena,
do you know anything about
sports?"
"""Why) I I'm afraid not,"
Helena had faltered.
"Surely you must know some
thing about them," Miss Landes
urged. "At least you know what
a smart woman should wear for
swimming and tennis and" she
waved her hand vaguely, "well,
badminton?"
"Y-yes, I think I do."
Miss Landes replaced her spec
tacles. "Good! And before fall
you can learn something about the
winter sports, too." She smiled at
Helena. "You see, Miss Little in
the sportswear department is leav
ing the first of the month. I
thought you might like to have her
place."
Helena Derrik had gasped. The
sportswear department was one of
the most important in Helvig's. It
was important not so much be
cause of the volume of business,
but because of the fact that it
drew the daughters of wealthier
families In the city.
' "You realize, of course," Miss
Landes said, "what the sportswear
department means. IU customers ,
0 itl NtA Siwtt, U
are chiefly young girls with money
o spend young girls who can In
iuence their families to maintain
n account at Helvig's ... or not
naintain an account at Helvig's."
"But, Miss Landes, I "
"It's my opinion," went on the
orsonncl manager Imperturbably,
;hat you can handle the spoi-ts-rear
department even better than
iiss Little. You are good-lcok-
' ig, and you've that healthy, out-'
oor look that a girl in that de
artmcnt ourM to have. But that's
jt what convinced me, Helena,
ve watched you in our personnel
lasses. You strike me as a girl
v.o is anxious to get somewhere
the v.-orld. What do yowsay? '
"I'd like to try It, Miss Landes."
'20 on the Monday of the follow
ing week Helena had found
herself in the sportswear depart
ment. This department of Hel
vig's big organization was hardly
more than one comer of the "la
dies' rcr.dy-to-weor" but it was
a glamorous corner, done in a sil
vered modernistic mode with in
direct lighting and streamlined
iisplay cases. Old mr.n Hclvir
had quickly recognized the trend
toward outdoor activities on the
part of young women, had been
among the first to sec that a smart
costume was half the fun. He was
proud of his sportswear depart
ment and cautioned his buyers
that it was to have not only the
reasonably priced lines, but the
occlusive outdoor costumes a
srelL (To Be Continued)
A Ptinus fur beetle Is said to
have "penetrated directly through
27 large book volumes in so
straight a line that a siring could
be passed through the opening and
the whole series suspended."
The Tseo people of southeast
Uganda. Africa, have coiffures em
bellished with hair collected from
the heads of their dead ancestors.
stuck together with blood, and
decorated with feathers.
There are four -American Ro
man Catholic cardinals. They are:
William O'Connell, Boston; Den
nis J. Dougherty, Philadelphia;
George W. Mundelein, Chicago;
and Patrick J. Hayes, New York
City.
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looking a bit surprised when the
newscameraman recognizes them
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