Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1932, Page 29

By S N e Ann Forester CHAPTER LVI. SEA of black mountains, pitch- ing again® a star-encrusted | sky. Black miles, pricked by | one solitary point of light—the | lighted lamp in the hunter's cabin where Nick and Judy had found shelter. The feeling of those wild spaces—of the vastness of this moun- tain night, made Judy more keenly aware of the warm intimacy of the cabin. A terrific argument had gone on with- | in her in those first few moments when | Nick left her alone in the cabin while he went outside to make the plane fast. | Clashing emotions . . . fear and joy | clamoring in her heart. and reason | trying to talk them both down with | cold logic Well, suppose she was here. Suppose ghe and Nick were isolated in these black mountains; this was the twen- h century! People couldn't talk ut her idents will happen. E: tally to frail airships adrift in wide S, Down there—back there in ld be wonde t n-appe: e The dinner tan coming in late from golf club . . . Amy and Vera and Mrs. Carter. And old Mme. Carter at ths end of the table. And her empty chair—and Nick's. , . . | Then some one would phone the air port. They had checked the plane ot at the port. They would report that it had not returned. Accident 5 trouble, . . . They would be alarmed. Picturing Nick and herself lying broken | in some canyon. . . . | Determinedly, Judy crushed down the panic in her thoughts. Well, what was she going to do about it? What could she do? After all, it didnt greatly matter. What mattered was that she i Nick were alive and well. Simply ed—marooned—safe here in this 1 cabin, miles from anywhere And suddenly the panic was gone and a sort of excited joy was bubbling in her heart. Why probe into future troubles? Tonight . . . why tonight was_precious. ! Nick came in to find her breaking twigs across her knee for kindling. Her hat_ was tossed to the table. her tum- bled hair hung about her flushed cheeks, her eyes were like stars when she raised them to the man “Nev-ver knew—sticks—could be—so_ tough!” she panted. \ “Here, stand aside, woman. and let a real man get at that job.” Easily Nick lifted her to one side and snapped the stubborn branch. “You go see what were going to have for dinner. That's a woman's work anyway! Ill have this fire going in a jiffy." Judy shoved back her hair, carelessly, like an engrossed child and crossed to the provision shelf. “'Beans—bean soup—string beans—" e read aloud “Sort of like! Whatll you have! ‘Lamb, ram, sheep or mutton? Isn't o wood they wc “Wait until you've been marooned a few dozen times. you'll learn not to be 5o picky! 1 was in the gumbo down in Texas once. 25 miles from the nearest town—and when you saw the town you wanted to shoot yourself.” “What did you do?> How did you get_out of there?” “I never did get out there still!” 4 I eye him I'm stuck down over her pok: ta tion from the fire he was car ing. “You don't know me, lady! You've no idea how silly I can be when I put my mind to it.” | Nothing in the aimless answer to send the pink urned around to survey the provision If once more. Nothing in the words v become clear to for the light touch. Nick, too, was stir red by the thougit of those black miles i g them in together in this isolated | cab Nick, too, was secretly thrill- | ing to the delicious sense of intimacy. Just the two of them, here together, closed in the secret heart of the moun- tains . . Hidden from the world .. . And} too, was fighting off the memory of that moon-flooded even- | 1d_her against his | heart and whispered: “My darling— The dry wood kindled, crackled cheer- fu The small room grew warm. So | varm that Judy laid aside her packet | and worked in her sleeveless jumper. N took off his leather coat and rolled the sleeves of his flannel shirt above the elbows as he helped her pre- are the meal. They kept up an endless | arrage of repartee as they ate, each | afraid to let a sudden silence trap them. Bean soup. corned beef, canned pin apple—they made free with their un- known host's food stock and ate with appetites too keen to be squeamish, A box of crackers, warmed in the oven of the old wood stove, loganberry jelly and black coffee topped off the dinner. Night . black night pressing against the cabin. . . Closing them in here together in the lamp-lighted warmth of the small room. Washing the tin cups and plates in the galvanized iron bucket which Nick had filled from the creek and placed on the back of the stove to heat. Nick —talking easily of his travels—talking the terse, salty phrases of the sky man —tried to take off but it was too soupy « . . next day cleared a bit but still 30 foggy I had to follow the railroad | track half way to Waco . . . she star ed to settle and I nosed her up. . . . Talk . . safe, commonplace talk, so that he could still the clamor of his own | heart. Trying to forget the dangerous | nearness of her. . . . | ‘Warm and sweet and desirable she was . . . and his brother’s wife. A man | mould be a bum to take advantage of | a forced situation like this—hands off, though his arms _itched to hold he: Love . . God! It was ironical when & man loved the way he did and was shut up with her like this and had to keep hands off. . . . Dear kid. . . . Site Wi Aving to Judy's cheeks as she | s | Judy of the sweet, grave eyes, the warm lips. . . . Here, better not think of her lips! K}rhe moon rose—a flat, white moon, floating clear of the black peaks. It flooded the small clearing with cold silver. Trees were masses of inky shad- ow, and the tinkle of the stream had an icy sound. Nick called Judy to look at it, and to- gether they stood in the flood of moon- light just outside the cabin door. The girl had pulled one of the army blankets about her to protect against the biting cold. She looked, swathed in its folds, her ruffled head sticking out of the top, like a blanketed squaw, the man thought, with a flash of tender ridicule. He folded his arms, as though to keep them from going around the slight, absurd figure. And the tension they had each known in there was doubled out here in the magic of the mountain night . 4 Standing close to Nick's elbow, Judy felt the compelling force of the man. fel an almost irresistible desire to creep uto his arms. In<tead, she moved a little apart and rushed into nonsense ase the tension. “The moon in the sky is a custard pie—" She laughed. “What do you see in the moon, Nick? Only a man’s face? There’s a girl, too. A pretty girl look- ing up from the lower right hand cor- ner, if a circle can have a corner! I dis- covered her when I was about ten years old. Her name is Dorothy. Don't ask why Dorothy—I guess it was because I liked the name best.” “Did you ever see the birds in the moon?” Nick asked. And there was a queer tightness to his voice when he tried to speak lightly. “Look at the full moon through a tclescope some Sep- ight, You'll see little specks— hile it'll dawn on you that he: ross the face of the moon. Bird igrating, a mile * above the earth—— “I've never seen birds in the moon, but once I say a bird-man fly out of the moon—"" Judy was beginning lightly. Swuddenly she stopped. Her eyes going stswly up, found Nick's eves fastened on her face. Their gazes locked and held -and then again, conjured up by her words, the magic of that Summer night In the garden was upon them. Upon them with the terrible, devastating force of a Spring freshet. Their desperate barricade of casual- ness Was swept away. leaving them fac- ing the hunger of their love. Leaving them faced with the thrilling fact of each other—with the dangerous isola- tion of this mountain night. A hunger, like pain, Nick’s face. “Oh, Judy. whisper was like a sigh, And she was in his arms, his lips hard against her own. Fire rushing through her veins. and a warm rush of tears in her throat. Loneliness, doubt of the last month, dropping from her like a_shabby cloak, leaving her glorious in the freedom of her love. Her arms crept around Nick's neck, pulling his face down hard on her own. ‘Darling. . My darling. . . ." As she had whispered it each night when she fell asleep. “Darling I can't help it . T love you so. . Nick’s words like a groan as he gathered her to him Hush . don't talk. * Her arms gripped him tightly, Words would drive them apart again. His arms about her—his lips on her lips—this was all she wanied. Nick—holding her closely. Giving in at last to the love he had for her. This was what she wanted . strangely enough. in that mo- sweet glory Judy was subcon- y aware of the murmur of the stream. To her sharpened senses it had taken on a deeper note—a clamor as of voices—alarmed voices. It had gotten 0 her blood——bubbling through her viens—singing in her ears—a rush- ing uncurbed stream, clamorous with alarm—sweet with danger— She seemed to hear it even when Nick pushed open the cabin door and drew her into the room. sharpening " His Tomosrow—The Reckoning. e Because white is too dazzling in the sunshine, authorities in the Socuth of France are discussing having all main highways colored red. with secondary roads in green or yellow. Hot water and Cuticura Soap remove the dust and grime and thoroughly cleanse your face. If there is any irritation, roughness or pimples the Gintment willquicklyheal. Cuticura Taleam is ideal after bath- ing and shaving. Socap 25c. Ointment 25c and 50¢. _Tal- cum 25c. Proprietors: Potter Drug & Chemical Corp., Malden, Ma: Try Cauticura Shaving Cream. Low Prices on Eyeglass Frames —Our prices for Optical Service have been adjusted to meet the conditions of today. 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The plans for the 1933 fleet concen- tration and exercises, which will be held in Panama during the first quar- ter of 1933, between February 19 and March 25, call for the participation in those operations by the battle force, | including battleships, cruisers, de- stroyers and aircraft, and also some of the minecraft from Pearl Hfl)‘bor:l the scouting force, including cruisers, | destroyers and aircraft, some of the | submarine force and those vessels of | the base force as are required. The | vessels of the fleet are now engaged in the 1932 exercises which involve the attempt to recapture the Hawaiian Islands. During the period from March 1 to 18, the fleet will be divided for week | ends—one-third to Panama and re- mainder to Perlas Island, Bahia Hond: or ports other than Panama. Upon completion of the exercises on March 18, the entire fleet will return to Panama and remain there for upkcep until March 25, when the ships will depart for their respective stations. Two captains of the Navy on duty iat the Navy Department as members of the naval examining board, have | been ordered detached from this duty The first is Capt. Paul P. B who will go to duty as commander of submarine squadron 3 at Coco Solo, | Canal Zone, and of the submarine base Artistically designed matched walnut veneers, Iywood Vanity and large [ ers and Poster Bed (not WASHINGTON, at that place, and Capt. Frederick L. Oliver, who has been assigned to com- mand’ the U. S. S. Seattle, receiving hip at New York. Upon the completion of this course of instruction at the Army Industrial College, this city, Comdr. John W. Lewis will assume duty in the Bureau of Ordnance at the Navy Department, Two other officers, both of whom are undergoing_instruction at the Army Industrial College, will, upon the com. pletion of this course, assume new duties in the Navy Department hero. The first, Comdr. Franklin S. Stein. wachs, will go to the Bureau of Engi- neering, while Comdr. Richard W. Wuest will go to the Navy Yard divi- sion. Capt. Fred W. Holt, at present on the staff of the commander of de- stroyers of the battle force, on being relieved of this duty about March 4, will come to duty at Washington in the office of the chief co-ordinator, Bureau of Budget. The following officers have been selected for post-graduate instruction preparatory to transfer to the Civil Engineer Corps: Ensigns Willlam P, Wesanen, Alexander S. C. Wadsworth and Henry G. Clark, with Ensign George K. Brodie as alternate. N Henry L. Larsen, U. 8. M. C,, who has been on duty in this city in the adjutant and inspector’s department at Marine Corps headquarters, sailed on Februa on the President Harding for Europe He will be in Paris until next October when he enters the Ecole de Guerre for a course of i in French tactics. Chief Pharmacist D. FEBRUARY 21 !Schwarcz. on duty at the Navy Depart- | ment in the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in charge of the division of ‘vnm statistics, will receive the degree of M. A. in economics and accounting \at the February, 1932, convocation of | George Washington University. Army. Within the next few months & num- ber of new officers will come in the various bureaus of tf partment. Lieut. Col. Ed |ley, Cavalry, now on duty with the 2nd !‘Cn\z\ll'v at Fort Riley, Kans, will be | assicned to duty in_the office of the Chief Co-ordinator, Washington, effec- tive April 1. staff duty will shortly be assumed by 0 majors_of the Air Corps. The rst, Maj. E. B. Lyon, A. C. will as- sume his new dutles at the War De- partment on the completion of his course of instruction at the Army In- dustrial College, while Maj. Davenport Johnson, A. C., commanding officer of |the 3d attack group at Fort Crockett, | Tex, will go to'the general staff when relicyed by Maj. H. M. Hickam, A. 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