THE NEWS AND THE HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS. OREG ON
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CHAPTER XIV
' TIT AHY leaned against the sand'
bag barricade for rapport
'.' Vincent Gregg and CrU Mar-
chetta passed down the steps of
the lodging house and on beyond
the tobacconist's ahop, Joined the
" throngi of Trafalgar Square.
Their attitude of Intimacy had
been heightened by one of merrl
ment, aome pleasantry they alone
1 or wnaiever u was, icemra iu anui
a door between them and Mary
urrou.
Now, even it ahe could have
nounced her pride. If the could
have faced her fiance with her
beauty disfigured from the blow
. n the Moravia, she could never
have matched Vincent's pace.
Things had gone too far ahead
while she lay in the hospital. And
It ever the adage, "three'e
, crowd, was applicable, it was
now.
Her loneliness seemed almost
. niore than she could bear. The
', desolation of her heart had
( stunned her. She had not known
she could feel so cut off from any
": cent at that minute.
. JJACK to Charing Cross she went
as the bright winter day be
came overcast The silver balloon
barrage melted itno gray clouds
as visibility lessened. A light rain
whipped her drawn face. The coat
that Lady Ponce-Townsend had
provided was all too thin for this
cold, wet wind.
Her feet - dragged along the
streets and up the stairs to the
rooms In Soho Square. And there
was no cheery fire blazing in the
grate as there had been yester
day. Without stopping to remove
her wet coat she sat down at the
writing table. Without even think
ing what she wrote, the words
lormed;
Dear Dr. Lenoxt
- Tne offer of marriage' you
Blade last night overwhelmed
me with Its generosity. While
I feel reluctant to allow you to
sacrifice yourself for me, never
theless, if you are still of the
same mind, X shall be proud to
: (hare your name. - And if you
have reconsidered and wish to
withdraw the offer, please be
lieve I understand. . -Sincerely,
Anna Winters.
I She sealed the letter hurriedly.
found a stamp and rushed out to
post It before she might change
cter mino.
rJHE next night brought Gilbert
Lenox to Soho Square. "' The
sight of him renewed her courage.
. "I don't think you will regret
this decision," he said seriously.
"It Isn't that I will ever bother
rou. Tour "ersonal Ufa will be as
tree as it always has been."
Mary nodded. That was one of
the reasons she had held back.
Re could give her so much and
she could give him nothing in re
turn.
"You o have to ear 1 wffl1
In the registry and it will be all
over. It's quite simple to get mar
ried In wartime; everything Is
easily arranged. I made inquiries
today," he went on. "I will have
time oft on Saturday afternoon. J
think it would be best to have the
ceremony then, if you aeree.
Then, it I have to go to France
next week, everything will have
seen xaxen care of."
"It isn't as if he weren't one
of the most eligible men In Lon-
aon," Mary told herself. "Hand.
. , . . l. ui.j aim
dependable as the Bank of Eng
land. Why is it that men like Gil
bert Lenox are always second
cnoices to the Vincent Green?"
But to love Vincent had been
her destiny and to escape his love
she could not Nor would she ever
nop loving Vincent And was she
being fair to Vincent? After all,
he thought her dead. Was it not
unjust to expect that he would
cut himself off from all the things
of life because of her memory?
. Gilbert's voice brought her back
to the immediate problem.
' "You will want to get yourself
some gay clotnes to be married
to," he was saying. He tendered
10-pound note. "Some new
clothes will make you feel better.
XT j I. . .
wn g mamea every day,
ruu luigw.
"How exactly like him!" she re
newed; as she murmured her
uianits. -Thoughtful, above all."
She had not Included that in the
swift catalog of his qualities.
When she spoke It was hard to
express the fullness of her grati
tude. "You are much, much too good,
rou deserve the finest wife in the
world."
"I'm not complaining about the
wife Tm going to get" he said
quietly. "Even if she Is to be
wife in name only."
e
fTHE next day Mary went shop-
ping to nearby Selfridges, the
American department store In Ox-
lord street She was surprised to
find she could care again about
lines and materials, colors and
treatments.
"Blue's my best color," she de
cided. "Blue It will be." The right
shade would accentuate the color
of her eyes that the accident on
the Moravia, for aU its malevo
lence, had not been able to harm.
She was pleased with royal blue
frock with Jaunty pleats and
close-fitting bodice. And it even
had a jacket that would do away
with the shroud-like black coat
Lady Ponce-Townsend had given
her. The outfit even in winter,
seemed to promise spring.
A dose-fitting toque of the same
color had a smartness that was
almost American. And Its finger
tip veil would cast merciful un
certainty over the marred side of
her face. ,
A gold clip, new gloves, hose
and oxfords of London tan gave
Mary an exhilaration ahe had not
felt in months.
But all the time she busied her
self with these outward details,
she battled with her conscience,
too. On the marriage records she
must give the name of Anna Win
ters. Hitherto her masquerade had
hurt no one. Would it be wrong
to take this legal step without re
vealing her own Identity?
In the end, she had her answer.
This ceremony waa to be an im
personal contract not a marriage
at all. It she betrayed her real
identity now she would be sent
back to America. Some day she
would make everything clear to
Gilbert Lenox.
SATURDAY found Dr. Lenox
and his bride-to-be en route to
the registry.
"Cheer up, little sober sides,"
Gilbert said, looking at her kindly
as the taxi bounced over the cob
bles. "There isn't a thing to worry
about From now on, everything
will be all right!"
In the bright winter sunlight,
Mary found herself relaxing under
the doctor's thoroughly competent
guidance. He'd saved her life
when she had been at death's door
and now he was determined on
further salvage of the pitiful thine
he'd saved.
I Somehow, the shock of seeing
Vincent Gregg with Carle Mar
chetta no longer seemed so ap
palling. The blight of loneliness,
terrifying and chilling, seemed to
lessen when she was with Gilbert
When the clerk in the registry
asked if she, Anna Winters, took
tills man, Gilbert Lenox, for her
lawfully wedded husband, she
hesitated only a second. Then her
voice, which had been so rnuflled.
spoke up clearly
"I do!"
(To Be Continued) '
OUT OUR WAY BY J. R. WILLIAMS
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