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cease etn mesa jot Man | ‘ k i g* z g ira aa Hs a g 8 Fe Ww light creep over ocean and orks its pres to blue. would br: e war a ae Soldiers would in long, creeping green-gray rai BH ae I Ale: - << singed en rs turned back. She ugly noses seca plone Se ted pot even want Fol ieee nes now even want to} br: there. The fever was gone) ho: ~ In the thin light Carey’s face ‘was a young face grown old. He held her hand under his arm as small/ close to his heart but his eyes fol- lowed a plane nosing its way into before the|the clouds, going somewhere, to and another in the drive} Canada, to China, to the steppes the porch light was on. She|of Russia. A low even humming ft i f perked without ing at them| followed in its wake and then @nd_ went up the three white steps/ that, too, was gone. : to the door. ere we are,” Carey said. “America. What do any of us, our little ways, our wills or wants to] count beside that? That’s impor- tant, That’s pushed everything off the fe. It holds the spotlight. A r.” He gave her a side- wise grin from a cheek dark with sja night’s beard. “We can’t run away from it as you Lie $2 doe ‘when i or escape, like poor li is. + ae Se tes one We've got to strip down to our room and found a box of| Shorts and face it, with or with- ders on a bathroom oat aaa do it” thia said. swallowed a handful. = ncnmpes »| “Give me a chance to try. she laid down on Maud's| “QIN° Means giving up a lot. Tt means going far on a little—the Indian’s handful of corn.” He was making it as hard as he could, pressing her ruthlessly. “You’ll forget what luxury is if you fol- tablets were harmless soda Py aati Bet tact pe an was not! iow me, Cynthia.” the point. “We didn’t have luxury at the ‘The little white face on the pil-|lake,” she said steadily. “We was what it meant to Cyn- doves that. I don’t want anything rr. Fe you. Can you turn the trick the other way?” “I can and I will, Carey.” . [Iz was strange how clear and simple it was with him by her side, The night had unfolded the picture in its deceiving colors. She hadn’t been willing to give oP anything. The house, her way of living, possessions. Vera, sub- sidized to keep her at heel. The neurotic child and her fanatical worship built upon ideals to a point of dangerous hysteria. Even poor Maud with no independence of her own but chained to Cyn- thia’s wheel, duty bound, to Cyn- orange blossoms. Invisible} thia’s home and children. And she span the distant} would have done this to Carey, too, if he had let her. The struggle need never have been a struggle at all. They were hers as they had always been but on terms that would have to be | ply captivating, with typical mus-, jical accompaniment a la Fran-, remade. “Find us a little house, Carey, close to your work. I'll live your way and it’ll be the way I love. Ned and Anne will take over this place and the income will keep the children in school somewhere —where no bombs can ever come. Ned can take over the office, too. I don’t want it any more. Get a little house near enough for you to come home to lunch.” “It'll have to be darn close.” He laughed and kissed her and his cheek was rough, “They'll have to stop making cars if. they make planes enough.” Then he wasn’t laughing any more. He held her face between his hands and looked as though he could never see enough of it. “You're going ‘to be my wife, Cynthia. That’s the only way it | could ever be but I thought you’d never see it. And some day when this is all over we'll go back to the lake and sleep under the tarp with embers at our -feet. Promise me, Cynthia.” She promised. And in the eter- nal hopefulness of the heart it seemed that this must come to “if Carey hadn't come—' “That was make believe, this is| pass. It was something worth “If he hadn’t been| real.” He didn’t spare her. “You’ve| waiting and working and wish- 5 ey I found her—” |cherished the wrong gods, Cyn-| ing for, picked up his bag.'thia, and they’ve nearly tricked! =~ [THE END] ——_—____. es 28 astern |Sauk Lake, N. Y. Died Oct. 19,! NO HURRY NR ts i TODAY’S i Taximan: I'll b a job find- ARIES 1831—Daniel Colt Gilman, fam-|in’ the other sixpence change for \ed educator, born Norwich, Conn. 1947—John Paul Jones, famed | Died Oct. 13, 1908. American naval hero of the Rev-| elution, born in Scotland. Died} 1864—Thomas A. Sperry, the im France, July 18, 1792. | caveing salesman who origin- 1766—Alexander Wilson, Pen.| BUY. waever peddier to noted early Seture writer, born in Scotland. Died Aug. 23, 1813 1822—John M. 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Zone AMIA. pointments ae also but must Pe THE FL if ing, and flies begin . a jances, although no one was ad-| Players: Benoist, Blaise, Car-! liver the bundles to the packing he zing . . . Quick! Stop thie — ! mitted without special invitation.| nini, Chataigner, Esquiu, Lessaf-| rooms over the Duval Restaurant! nerve,wracking symphony There were jales of laughter) fre, Rene Rix, De Croix, Anthime, | (see sign, “Bundles for France” —with Flitt | throughout the evening and I can Blanc, Marigny, et la Parisienne. jon balcony above). Te ae oe Son | truthfully say this dramatic com-; More promi among th Speaking of the Foyer, we wish pve ee path noms edy rivaled any performance I at- a a nn Se ott Soha aun tended during my student days in sen fies end the, | Paris. The singing, too, was sim- Buy pas Yo eupply of cais! | Although this was a full eve-; entertainment we were all) | ning S01 when it was over. 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Daily. 2 to 3 Glasses The French navy thrilled us, their commanding officers and in! the Chamber of Commerce and'son for his tireless efforts in be-| with last weekend with a characteristic and amusing theatrical produc- tion. The cast, although amateurs, displayed amazingly professional, well chosen and the scenery most} players names are mentioned: This brilliant affair which was French nacy group and their Barn Theatre, rendezvous of the GARDNER'S PHARMACY AADRAARRAN SMA OBALAAAAAAADAAAASABALEA BDAADAAADADAADAADADASAAAAAAASABAAAAAAABAAAABA THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1! woor guests. opening night were Mon-} to express at this time our appre- sieur Le Commandant de l’Argo,| ciation of the delightful distrac- commanding officer of the French} tions offered to us by our gifted; First fleets in the U. S., Monsieur -le| program director, Gerald Pinder, | kind of ships do Commandant Ricoul, most of the] in the line of cinemas, dances,| watches on?” a officers of the French group sta-; games, etc. jwe would like also] Fourth Classman: “A bark, tioned here, Mrs. Effie Pauls of|at this time to thank Mr. Hender- Naval Group the turn their commandants in the} her attractive daughter, Mrs. Lou! half of all the Allied servicemen.|I had the audience laughed heartily to see; Reedy, Miss Micky Goldberg of|This gentleman deserves muth| vited as “guest themselves thus characterized. Earl Carroll Vanities fame, and so| credit for his splendid work. A/}day morning. The following is the program) on. : vote of congratulations is i = jones ag fs e| just as it was presented and the] ‘Those desiring to see photo-} order for young Mr. Ritterker of st ve graphs may py Maderootsalle the U. S. Navy, for his success l'Amerique! 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