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THE NEWS AND THE HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, ORE
SERIAL STORY
SUMMER
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CHAPTER II
JOHNNY hadn't believed that
Capetown was large enough for
a girl In a pink linen dress to
vanish to completely. He hod run
niter her that afternoon, but she
had disappeared when he reached
the corner. He had had a wild
desire to ring all the doorbells on
Cottage street, and dared not leave
his shop for lear she would come
in during the minute he was gone.
"She's certainly got me," he de
cided, when a customer asked for
r map of Cape Cod and he sol
emnly presented her with a book
on the theater. He found himself
sitting on the wharf, looking out
to sea, imagining conversations
between himself and the girl.
When he went to the Theater:
nd asked for Earl, whom he knew
slightly, a suspicious doorman told
him that everyone knew Mr. Earl
never came down until the week
before a show.
"Have you a beautiful girl, one
of the apprentices, who wears
a pink linen dress and white;
huaraches?" I
"We've 60 apprentices tills sea-j
son, JVlister. How do you expect
me to keep up with their arches?"
In spite of his embarrassment,
Johnny had to laugh. Was he to
be just another of those guys who
hang around stage doors all sea-;
con? I
But he had to see the girl again.
He had to tell her of this anguish
he felt, to explain his love for her.
And he had always laughed at his
fellow students who told him that
love struck like lightning.
AND then It began to rain.
Northeast winds hit the Cape
and a gray blanket of wetness was
spread dismally over the village.
Summer people wired home for
heavy underwear while natives
donned oilskins and made their
lobster boats firm in the bay.
Johnny sat in his shop and
brooded. No customers would
come to Capetown in weather like
this. He had lost the only girl he
could ever love. Wind seeped
through the cracks of his room,
and the oil stove threw out as
much heat as a candle.
On the 13th afternoon of the
rain, Johnny went to the Blue
Whale for a bowl of chowder and
crackers. His spirits rose as he
approached the cafe. Its windows
steamed and lights shone out. At
least it looked cheerful. As he
opened the door he heard the
phonograph blaring gaily.
"That's the last one, kiddies.
No more money in the bank and.
no more music unless Molly snares -another
lobstennan."
Johnny slammed the door after
him as he came into the restau-'
rant
"Shush," the voice continued.'
"Somebody came in. Peek, out,'
gal, and see what you can do." :
Johnny saw a girl's head edge
slowly and slyly from around the '
corner of the booth. Her face was
small and pixy-like, a sweet peas
ant in a bandana, but her eyes
were the same. Johnny recognized
her. That determined mouth could
only belong to a girl who wore
a pink linen dress and white
huaraches!
As far as he was concerned,
there was no one else in the Blue
Whale. He ran toward her, shout
ing, "I've found you at last," and
the crowd of apprentices in the
booth gasped, "Well, old home
week."
"I know him, gang," she ex
plained to the other girls. "But
he's not a lobsterman. He's John-.
ny Regan, summer folks from way !
back. He runs the 'Fisherman's
Fair'." '
"Let's dance," Johnny told her,
since that was the simplest way'
to hold a girl in your arms. !
"We can't," she told him. "No
more nickels for the phonograph's
appetite. What do you people do
in this hole when it rains for 40
' days and nights?"
Johnny dug into his pocket for
. a nickel, selected a waltz. He
trembled as he held her to him,
gently and lightly, as if this, too,
were a part of the nightmare of
losing her. They danced, but
Johnny hardly knew they were
dancing.
"I thought I was taking cold,"
Johnny said, Irrelevantly, when he
could trust himself to speak, "but
I flipped a coin. This isn't a cold;
it's love."
HHEY danced to the door and
" there was the 6un. peeking
over a cloud-bank which blushed
prettily. Johnny stopped their
waltz and stood with his arm still
around the girl's waist, wondering
how he could continue this casual
conversation when his heart was
pounding like an anvil chorus.
"Before you disappear again, tell
me your name. You've no idea
how barklng-up-tho-wrong-tree it
is to 'cherohez la femme' when
all you know about her is that she
owns a pink' linen dress and white
huaraches."
"And has been wearing a fur
coat for two weeks. Why didn't
you have the Town Crlcr page
mo?"
"Never thought of it. Name,
please? Address? Occupation?
Married? I'm a census taker: be
honest or I'll tell Uncle Sam!" 1
1 She held up her right hand and :
swore to tell the truth and nothing
else.
"Molly Travers, spinster, poten
tial actress, temporary address
TiumberV.3 Cottage street. Inten- j
Hons. honorable," she. added. ,
THEATER
copyright, imo,
NBA CKNVtCK. INC.
"Thanks, lady," Johnny said.
He made a pretense of writing it
all down. He needn't have the
information was scared in his con
sciousness permanently. "Golly,
that sun really means business.
How about a date this evening?
Have a little sunset, it'll be won
derful." "I'd rather have a bowl of clam
chowder," she told him. "At the
time, I respected the phonograph's
appetite instead of my own, zud
now . . ."
He led her to a booth, "Nectar
and ambrosia for one blond god
dess," he told the waitress, won
dering if she understood he was
speaking the truth.
WHILE they waited for the
chowder, he reminded her,
"I'm serious about that sunset.
Tonight we're offering as a spe
cial inducement, two lobster salad
sandwiches and a couple of bi
cycles." Molly took out her compact and
applied lipstick to a mouth already
luscious as a cherry. "Sorry,
chum, but I have a date. Look,
food's here."
Johnny drew diagrams on the
tablecloth with his fork. Without
looking up he said, "About that
patrons' list . . ." He looked at
her. The spoonful of chowder
halted on its way to her mouth,
and she frowned.
"That is important. The garden
party Mrs. Carstairs planned
canceled on account of rain. The
weather has ruined everything.
Mr. Earl's postponed the opening
no box office."
"A few really good names on
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ciers, and break off as icebergs when they reach the sea.
NOTED
HORIZONTAL
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aviatrix.
12 Genuine.
13 Type of wheat
14 Vein or lode.
16 To try.
18 Sick.
19 To rob.
20 Lets it stand.
22 Linked.
24 Preposition.
26 Spike of corn.
26 Nothing,
(abbr.).
Answer to
29 Portugal
30 Gypsy.
32 Baking dish.
35 Hurrah!
36 Entranceway.
38 Carved gem.
39 Skin.
40 Wanderer.
42 Broad daggers
43 Fondness.
44 Fixed practice
45 Smooth.
46 Chaos.
47 Branches of
learning.
49 Like.
50 Wagered.
52 Sound of
inquiry.
53 Sorceress.
54 Half an em.
56 She was the
female
passenger to
fly the ocean.
57 She made a
flight
across the
Atlantic.
VERTICAL
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that Itst would work wonders with
Mr. E.," Johnny said.
Molly blew Indelicately upon
her spoonful of chowder. "You
win, smarty. I couldn't miss such
a bargain."
When they had finished their
chowder, Johnny walked with her
down Cuttafic street.
"See you Bt 7, and don't dress.
We may go barefooted."
Molly raised her eyebrows. "But
those people for the patrons' list?"
Johnny shrucced. "Trust my j
judgment, lass. This is the Cape."
He walked back down the street,
hands in bush-coat pocket. He
was whistling happily. In two
hours and 40 minutes, he had a
date with a goddess.
He was almost swaggering when
he turned the corner. He stopped
short. A yellow roadster stood in
front of his shop. Two wheels
were on the curb.
Only Jean Reynolds, ears dulled
to the yowls of Capetown's popu
lace, dared park a car like that
on State street.
(To Be Continued)
ADVICE
DALLAS (T The thief who.
broke into an itinerant medicine j
seller's truck and took five bot
tles of iron tonic probably
doesn't have a guilty conscience.
He dropped a small ticket
showing his weight and offering
this advice: "So eager are you
to help others you sometimes
neglect to help yourself."
j TRUST FUND
j NEW FRANKLIN. Mo. (T
1 The city treasury received
$3806 from the state highway
commission without sending a
bill.
The payment was for road
work done by the city 17 years
ago.
By William
Ferguson
AYIATRIX
Previous Purzle
15 She lost her
life on a world
(PL).
17 52 weeks.
19 Rind.
21 Vestige.
23 Strong
vegetable.
25 Talks twaddle.
27 Skirt edge.
29 Painter's paint
board.
31 Idiot.
33 Plunderer.
SRWU1E3
OF
lEMJiDEJHHRiAL
2 Bulk.
3 Exultant.
4 Exists.
5 Genus of bees.
6 Snaky fish.
7 Partner.
8 Right.
9 Laborers'
guild.
10 Long gross.
11 Beverage.
12 She set a new
or mark
for woman
flyers (pi.).
34 Parrot.
35 To happen
again.
37 Fortification.
29 Marches
formally.
41 You.
45 Light. j
46 Finical.
48 To scare owny
51 Common verb.
53 Company
(abbr.).
55 Nay.
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