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CHAPTER V
IITARY drew back at th tlht oi
A Strang eye e taring from the
shadows.
Fear paralysed her for an agon
bed gecond and then, bracing her
self against the lash of spray, she
ran along the darkened deck. Her
beret blew off In the wind. Her
shoes slipped on the wet floor.
And all the time, staccato sharp
behind her came hurrying steps.
It she could reach the salon door
she would be safe.
Panting, she came to the door
and swung herself against It In
the muffled light of the room,
almost deserted now before the
dinner hour, she breathed a quick
prayer of relief. The safety of the
room gave her courage. Cautious
ly, she opened the door a crack.
Leaning against the deck rail
directly opposite was a man's
Imirhed flcure. hat nulled low on
his forehead. In the darkness he
was nothing more than a silhou
ette. Mary waited no longer. When
she reached her cabin, her maize
hair tumbled on her shoulders and
her blue eyes were wide.
A NNA, awaiting her, looked up
with a shy smile of greeting,
then asked Quickly, "What's
wrong? You're trembling."
"It's nothing," Mary answered.
"I'm Imagining things. Ever since
the boat sailed I've been on edge,
"But something must have star
tled you. You're white as a ghost'
Mary took off her tweed coat
slowly. "You'll probably think I'm
crazy, but it's true something did
startle me. I could have sworn a
man was crouched behind the
companion way watching me. And
I'm almost sure he followed as far
as the salon door."
Anna's hand flew to her mouth
in a gesture of fear. "Oh I won
der what it means. So many,
strange things are happening in
this war that it's enough to make
you lose your mind. Spies are
everywhere. You don't know when
you're being shadowed or why. No
one u saie. nicu, u ww
voice growing bitter, "I hate war
I hate It Why must people tor
ture and kill each other?"
I She broke into sobs. Mary, sorry
let once that she had startled the
frail Anna, reached out a comfort
ing hand. "I probably imagined
the whole thing. Most likely it
iwas what we call in Yankee slang
a "pipe dream.' Let's forget it .
"And what's more, Anna Win
We've stayed in this cabin a if
we were in hiding. We've got to
Istep out you and L Well go up
to dinner in a blaze of glory.'
! Anna looked up uncertainly. .
-''Mary, aware again of how
strangely drawn she was to this
wisp of an English girl, continued,
"I was considered a clever stylist
in Paris before the war started.
I know what clothes .can do to
people. Well dress gorgeously to
night and forget the war."
"That would be fun." Anna's
eyes lighted for a second and then
sobered. "I'm sorry, but I can't
go. All I have are my uniforms
. and the plainest clothos. I haven't
anything for a party."
"But look! I have trunks full
of clothes. Ill pick out a frock
that will do exactly for you.
You're just about my size and
height When I've dressed you up,
you'll be ravishing."
. Mary began shuffling through
the closet where the beautiful
gowns had been hung. Her eyes
; glistened when she came to the
Robin Hood red frock, slim
bodiced and with a skirt that fell
in rippling cascades of chiffon.
' In the darkness of the closet she
. pressed its folds to her face. This
was the dress she had worn the
night when she had first met Vin
cent, auaaeniy, au uie rapture 01
her romance came flooding back.
She remembered Vincent's first
words after they had been intro
duced. "Is it you or the dress
that's so gorgeous?" he had asked
with that intriguing uplift of his
left brow.
Demurely she had answered,
"It's the dress." And all the time,
of. course, she was trying not to
how her breathlessness at meet
ing this gentleman soldier.
Vincent had answered: "Why, to
be sure. Probably when I meet
you for lunch tomorrow I'll ask
myself how I could have thought
rou were the most beautiful girl
d ever seen."
It had been like that. Swift,
inevitable, a love that had thrown
them together in the midst of a
war-mad world.
au mat was in rans in Sep
tember. This was now, aboard the
Moravia, plowing through winter
seas to New York.
JJARY turned to Anna with the
red dress. ;This if what
you're going to wear."
Anna Winters touched the crim
son dress. "Oh, no, I couldn't,"
she protested. "It's too beautiful
for me. I'd be out of placa in it
t couldn't"
"But you will," Mary said firm
ly, "and we're going to start rlght(
now to make you a knockout"
Anna's brown hair was brushed
into a swirl with clusters of curls
pinned over her ears to give
breadth to the pinched face. All
the tricks of the trade Mary had
learned as a fashion designer were
brought into play.
The new flag-red lipstick, the
tawny pale powder, the alluring
eye shadow paste these came out
cf a kit to make Anna blossom
from drabness to charm.
Mary's own shimmery lingerie.
sheer stockings, and gold slippers
went on her cabin mate. And
lastly, the Robin Hood scarlet
dress.
Anna Winters gasped as she
stared at the mirror. She was
lovely!
"There." said Mary, "while
Rome bums you're going to dance,
Anna. You look like something
out of a fairy tale a beautiful
damsel waiting for a Prince
Charming to claim you. And who
knows, maybe one will."
Anna glowed with an inward,
radiant happiness. "I'll wait for
you," she said.
Mary shook her head. "No,
you're to make your entrance
alone. I'll join you later after I've
had a chance to make myself
properly alluring."
The English girl's eyes suddenly
brimmed with tears. "I want you
to know," she began in a muted
voice, "that you ve made me nap
pier tonight than I've ever been
in my life."
For a minute, the two girls
looked at each other the gentle
governess and the American styl
ist, so unnice, ana yei ai wis min
ute, so strangely the same. Same
slim, graceful figures same smart
Icoiiteurs, and more hidden gnet
I in their hearts.
Mary Carroll knew then that
l.i i . J u al.mMil In
una rmnuiv wuuiu w ...
her mind for aU time. ' Nothing
could ever blot it out. In a life
time, she would never forget Anna
Winters standing before her like
bright red flame tragio ana
beautiful.
(To Be ConUnuea)
THE NEWS AND THE HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
OUT OUR WAY BY J. R. WILLIAMS
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Beautiful Dolly Thon. member of a
dancing troupe appearing In San
Francisco, whose name has been
linked romantically with that of
Mickey Rooney. But the troupes
chaperone denied that Dolly has
matrimonial plan.
I FLAPPER FANNY ey sy.vi.
"Lissen, some of the best cooks In the world are men. You
women just try to make a mystery outta it." '
CANADIAN STATESMAN
Answer to Previous Pnxxle
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31 Form of "a." 55 Occurrence.
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34 Woman. ' 57 Hatred.
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58 Mister.
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