Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 September 1936 — Page 22

BEGIN HERE TODAY Kay nn, pretty airplane stewardess, falls in love with Ted Graham, veteran Bjlot who flies the trans-Pacific route. Ted has two interests in life—his job and Dickie, his adopted son. 7 years old. When Ted asks Kay to marry him, she fears it is merely to make a home for Dickie, but she agrees. She does not agree, though, with Ted's theories that marriage, to be successful, must be planned scientifically, just as a Jpblane flight. he insists her housekeeping must be carried on in the same way. with charts and budgets. They have their first guarrel when - Kay hears that Ted has lectured Monte Blaine, another pilot. Kay believes it is because she and Monte went dancing together. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

BY DECK MORGAN CHAPTER EIGHTEEN HE first quarrel of Kay's and : Ted's married life ended in a ~ reconciliation, but it left its mark. . Ted promised to spend more time " at home when he was in port and

Kay agreed she had not meant her angry words. But the conflict was still in their hearts. Kay knew it and Ted knew it. She could see it in his eyes when he kissed her ~ ood-by before his next trans-Paci-«fic flight. = For everal days after he had gone she was strangely quiet. She would sit for hours, gazing across “the distant reaches of the bay. Finally, after’ a struggle, she took up life again as it had been in the little house on the sands. She “was less tense than before. She had stopped worrying about Dickie and had become his partner. They plotted adventures together—usually at night after Dickie had on ~ his pajamas, ready for bed,

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HE child talked less and less about his mythical brother and soon seemed to have forgotten him. “Dickie had so many real" friends " now he didn’t need to imagine them. He and Kay spent gay afternoons “on the beach, at the airport, at the * little cabin in the San Carlos valley. | Occasionally Kay had guests from ‘the flying colony at the cabin. Doris would come with Ralph Banks when their differences were sufficiently composed. The colony was a com_pact [itlte group now. : Monte Blaine seemed to avoid Kay. He had received his promotion from apprentice pilot to : pilot, and everybody was pleased. : Throughout the spring nothing _ disturbed the tranquillity of the colony except the occasional ripples of gossip at bridge. “So-and-so saw Digger in Hon- . olulu last week, and he was with a pretty girl. Buzz. Buzz.”

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N this way a rumor reached Kay's . ears, third or fourth hand, ‘that Ted had been seen in « Honolulu with a foreign girl called Illah. It was, Kay felt sure, the same Illah she had met on her honey‘moon in the Orient almost a year ‘before. The news wads not reassuring to a lonely wife's peace of mind. + But Kay laughed off the tale. Doris had repeated it to her before some others, and Kay tried res‘olutely to show them that she “wasn't a silly, jealous woman. “That’s a long grind at the con‘trols, from port to port,” she said. “Of course Ted dances at the ho‘tels when he: is in port. Why sholuldn’t he He has to stay keen ‘for his work.” “And what about the wife's job ‘at home?” Doris said, laughing. “Doesn't she have to have relaxa- _ tion to stay keen for such a man?” Everybody laughed, dismissing the incident lightly, but deep in “her heart, Kay faced a struggle. : # 8 =n look Illah had given her in Manila on the honeymoon was neatly and precisely closeted in her mind. The reappearance of this

~~ woman was going to be a severe

challenge to Kay's faith in Ted.

She long had anticipated her wed- | “

" ding anniversary. For weeks she had counted the days, even the hours. Ted was due from Hawaii the day before the anniversary, and Kay planned a little dinner for them, alone, even excluding Dickie. She spent hours on the menu, and did most of the cooking herself. Then she went happily down to the landing to see the Mariner come. But Ted did not walk down the gangplank with the crew of six. The acting captain handed her his letter. Kay read it through a mist of tears. He had been detained at - the company’s office in Honolulu. ~ He needed some advice from an expert there on a feature of his gyropilot. He was coming in on the next ~ plane, a few days later. ~ And he had forgotten their first wedding anniversary! He didn’t even mention it. : # ” 2 T home Kay cried a little. Then Doris came in with Ralpn Bangs and an invitation to a gay y Doris’ tried to console her friend.

She is rebellious because

‘| about a party. Why don’t you come

over and go with us?” “With you?” he said. His voice was eager. “Yes. To dance.” “I'll be right over!” he said. # 8 ” T the Presido they met the army crowd. It was like the aviation colony, on a larger scale— a compact group in which everybody knew everybody else. Gossip flew. There were people there who were as familiar with Honolulu and Manila as with Chicago or New York. Many of the officers’ wives had flown to far-flung army posts with Ted Graham as pilot. They were anxious to meet his wife. Kay liked her new acquaintances. She loved the glitter of spurs and the uniforms. She liked to dance with the officers. : But, most of all, tonight she enjoyed Monte Blaine. - His spirits were. high. He was easily the handsomest man in the room. Many of the older women, solicitous for their unmarried daughters, cast acquisitive eyes in his direction. “Who is that remarkable young man dancing with the red-headed girl? Buzz! Buzz!” Lorgnettes clicked. Fans halted in mid-air. “My dear, that is Ted Graham's wife.” “She knows how to pick them, all right. What an extraordinary combination—red hair and green

"AY was dancing near by and

could hear every word. - She|.

wondered why gossipers so often fail to realize how loudly their voices

Carry. But all at once Kay's eyes bes

came as still as china eyes. Her fingers tightened in Monte’s arm and she couldn't help but listen. “1 suppose she has the right tw dance with this gay young fel low,” a voice at her right said. “I flew with Ted Graham from Honolulu the last time, my dear. Ee is always dancing in the islands with that. woman, You've seen her! That horribly rich young widow, Rosalind Kruger. So terribly attractive and so smart!” “My dear, my husband once said that Rosalind Kruger was & men ace to, the.army and navy both.” “She makes a' race-track, back and forth, of the Pacific. You never know where she’s going to appear next, but she’s been concentrating lately on Ted Graham. I feel sorry for his poor little wife. Rosalind Kruger is so dazzling.” Kay leaned against Monte for an

instant. Something closed over her |

heart and squeezed it mercilessly. She felt a little faint. Her. hands were leaden. ne “Monte, let's go out in the cool,” she said. “I need fresh air. A cigaret.” She hurried down the terrace steps into the dark. She didn't want anybody to see what was going on behind ‘the mask of her face. (Copyright, 1936; by NEA Service, Inc.)

(To Be Continued)

HE LIKED

ELLING a right-of-way across his scraggly uphill farm to J. Lester Wilberforce would mean a lot to old Jake Herendeen, and we boys didn’t want to see him cheated. We were in the process, at Ed Forsythe’s store, of “ribbing him up” to meet J. Lester. “Now listen, Jake,” said Lon Keller. “Wilberforce is a rich man. He wants that right-ofway across your property as a short-cut to his summer estate, and it’s worth money to him. Now don’t be afraid of him when you meet him. You just speak -up.” “Yeah,” mourned Jake, eating a peppermint drop. “But, Lon, I just can’t. When I talk to him, I git all nervous an’ stuttery. Don’t you suppose Lawyer Fitzhugh'd do the dickerin’ for me—or some 0’ you fellers?” Lon sighed. “Jake, honest—there’s riothin’ to be afraid of. J. Lester’s only a man, like the rest of us— except for his money. Jim Fitzhugh is down to court in Springdale an’ ain't likely to be here. And if we boys try to butt in, J. Lester’ll tell us to close up. Now git up some spunk, Jake. Remember, we’ll be here with you.”

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EAH, I know,” said Jake sadly. “I better git me some more pep’'mints. I'm most out. Two bags this time, Ed,” he said to Forsythe.

Lon shook his head hopelessly as the timid little old man climbed into his farm wagon and drove away. We boys sometimes . teased old Jake, but we all felt sorry for him now. We know Wilberforce would try to beat down the price for the

right-of-way. ‘It was easily worth

a thousand dollars, and with that Jake could pay a small mortgage on his farm and have something left over. But would he be able to stand up to Wilberforce and demand a just price? It didn't look as if he would. Wilberforce had notified Jake he would be in Clayton the following Wednesday and would meet at Ed's store at noon. During the days that followed, Jake's gloom visibly increased. »” ” ” OOR Jake,” said Ed. “You'd think he was goin’ to be hung, ‘stead o’ sellin’ a convenience to a rich man. He's so worried he’s about livin’ on pep'mint drops. Nearly cleaned me out.” On the day set for the meeting Jake arrived at the store hours early and sat in a corner, a huddled figure in his blue overalls and battered felt hat. He ate peppermint drops continuously. Once he spoke. “There really ain’t nothin’ to be afraid of, is there, Ed?” he said, obviously trying to screw up his courage. “All I got to say is, ‘No, Mr. Wilberforce, you can't have it short 0’ one thousand dollars.’ An’ if he starts to ride over me, I'll just say, ‘No, Mr. Wilberforce’ . . ain't heard nothin’ from Lawyer Fitzhugh, have you?” “He's still down to Springdale,” said Ed. “Oh-h-h-h, gosh!” Jake mourned. “I can’t never do it. He scares me.”

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Wa J. Lester, overfed and overbearing—a man who had pushed far bigger men than little old Jake out of his path—breezed into the store promptly at noon. He got down to business at once. “Let's not lose any time, Mr. Herendeen,” he said to Jake, as we all stood around. “Building a road across your property is going to cost a huge sum. You see I'll be put to great expense. So I feel I'm being

extremely generous in offering you |

$500 for the right-of-way.”

By Harold Standish Corbin Daily Short Story

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PEP'MINT

dered, “give this man a peppermint drop—a bagful.” Ed shook his head. “I ain't got any. He's et me out of stock already.” “Well, here—” to the counter. Eat that.” Jake slowly opened the box, took a piece, and put it in his mouth. “Now, then,” said J. Lester. “I haven’t any time to dally with you, my man, so I'll raise my offer to $1000 dollars. You can sign here.” He produced a paper." = = 2

SIGH of relief went up from the rest of us. J. Lester had come through! But, to our utter amazement, Jake sat there, wordless, just gazing at Wilberforce. And most surprising of all, was the sudden, determined set to his lower jaw. “Well, what do you say?’ J. Lester snapped. He pulled a watch from his pocket. “I haven't any time to waste. Speak up!” Jake said absolutely nothing. “Fifteen hundred dollars!” roared J. Lester suddenly. Jake's jaw set tighter than ever. You could have blown us over. J. Lester’s face turned an ugly red. Vehemently, he waved the légal paper at Jake. “I'll give you two thousand. That's final” he thundered. schemer and a robber, but I nes that road and I've no more time to argue with you. Now will you, or won’t you sign this paper?” s 7 n E waited breathlessly. nodded dumbly. In another minute, it was all over, and J. Lester, black-browed and furious, had stormed out of the Store. By the time we had recovered from our surprise, Jake had disappeared. He was back in town. however, the next day. I met him on the street.

J. Lester reached ‘“Here’s some taffy.

Jake

“You certainly did well, Jake,” 1 |

said. “That was a stroke of genius —to say nothing and get twice a: much as you wanted.” “I ain’t takin’ any credit for it,” said Jake. “It was his doin’.” “His doing!” |I echoed. “How do you make that out?” “I'd ‘a’ signed at a thousand,” Jake explained. “But it was that danged taffy he gave me. It stuck

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