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FRIDAY, FEB. 14, 1941

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SERIAL STORY—

By RUTH AYERS

YESTERDAY: April calls Kent, breaks the date, saying his sudden arrival has given Ann a shock. But back with her own crowd, April finds she can’t forget Kent. Hal Parks takes her home early, offers to help if she needs him. But April doesn’t explain.

! CHAPTER FIVE

t YES, AS HAL PARKS had said, there were other ways of being drafted besides for the Army. "You could be. drafted for peace work, for service — why even for loye. Drafted for love! April said the words aloud and couldn't help laughing at how they sounded. . Going upstairs to.her room, April Burnett made another impulsive decision. Ann was away. Kent was home on leave, eyes blinded, life at a stangstill until his sight returned.

Why shouldn't she be drafted for]

love for one day? In the dakr, middle-night hours, it seemed very simple and smooth. When she finally slept, her conw= science slept with her. ? The next morning, she fairly flew to answer the telephone, reaching it just before Octavia came lumbering through the kitchen door. “Hello,” she said. : #0Oh, Ann, youre all right?” Kents words were eager, happy. e,” she said, and then in a per, “everyone’s asleep except me. I'll meet you in about half an hour in front of your house.” Hardly waiting to hear his answer, she hung up. Nip, aroused by the jangle of the telephone bell, pranced at her heels. : Seizing Octavia in the kitchen, April demanded, “What can you root out of the ice box? I'm going on a camp fire jaunt today.” Octavia pondered this. “Camp fire? Why, Miss April, you hasn’t been on no outdoor cooking trip since you was in your lollypop days. How come you -larking out today?” “Well, it’s a swell day, isn’t it, and why should I sit in a stuffy house when all outdoors is calling?” - “It done never call you before,” Octavia brooded. “Now you take that dear sister of yours, my own little lamb, Miss Ann. Many ‘a time shes gone out on a day like this for one of dem steak fries.” “Exactly! Steak. fry. That's what it's going to be. Fill the thermos bottle, pack the steaks, toss in the salt and plenty of whatever else we need.” a ig OCTAVIA BLINKED, then cast a suspicious look at April. “Who else is goin’ on this here outing?” “The whole town, the whole world, maybe.” As April started for stairs .she heard Octavia grumbling about how lucky she was that she had a prime roast on hand from which a few choice slabs could be cut for steaks. e { One thought intruded as April dressed. She would give Ann. plenty of time to arrive home if she had taken the midnight train from New York. : : * Now for her outfit. She felt a catch in her throat as she remem- © bered Kent Carter wouldn't see if. Just the same, she chose her newest sweater combination, wool in a luscious ice cream color, worn over flamhe red slacks with a matching hood. She’d top it off with Ann's eoat, the same one she had worn last. night. £ In the distance, she heard th whistle of the New York train. It would take only a few minutes on . Sunday morning for the town taxi to. teach the Burnett house. Fifteen minutes went by, 20, a halfhour. No Ann.

Resolutely, April ran downstairs a

to the garage. When she had the car out, she made a quick dive into the kitchen for the kit Octavia had packed, and fled without a word or a backward look. Kent was waiting at the gate of the Carter house. As April slowed the car, she had a chance to look at him. He was out of uniform and had worn slacks, too, and a heavy sweater. His head was lifted,

the glasses making dark shadows on|'

face. “Ann!” . “Good morning, Kent,” “Good morning, glory.”’

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with sure steps as if her being there

was giving him the confidence he}

needed. “1 was scared last night that all the excitement had made you a wreck. I'd know soon enough whether you were all right if I could

see you.” ‘He had climbed into the car. “Does

1 matter so uh,” April asked with

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her heart in her mouth; “that you can’t see me, yet?” “As long as you're beside me, nothing matters.” : Le. 8 = ‘BUT SHE'D SEEN the shadow cross his face and realized no matter how confident he was in what the doctors. had said, there was this fear behind everything that perhaps he wasn’t going to . see again—ever. ° Quickly, she changed the subject. “The day, Kent—it's made to order.” “Yes, to qrder for us. Tell me ‘about it, Ann.” As he moved closer. to her, she started the car. Ann! Always Ann. She picked her words as she was sure Ann would have done.

she said. “The sky is cloudless as October ané the sun is going to be as warm. Even the grass has a green look where the frost has dried, and the hills are horizon blue.” There, that was the way Ann would have described it. She felt proud of herself. “I've brought the fixings for a steak fry,” she said. “Go on—tempt me further.” His head was back against the leather seat. She noticed his hair, brown, with a brief, russet wave. “Well, if you must be tempted further, we're going to drive miles

and miles out. to that windmill farm! we discovered.” she was thankful Kent couldn't gee the guilty blush which she knew was creeping into her face. Last

night, when she'd been making these fantastic plans, she found a noiebook Ann used in her music lessons. There'd been a few notations on the margins. One of them had said ~®ent and I found another perfect place for picnics today. We drove through the State Park to where the red road forks off and tame upon a farm with a windmill.” “Nou remembered it, Ann?” he spoke with a quiet kind of happiness. :

S : “You'd hardly know it’s winter," “Yes,” she faltered. “It was a—

red letter day.” The words were choking her. This venture had seemed easy and gallant on her part when she started out. But no, not a mile from the Carter home, her courage was Wr ready failing. She must tell Kent at once, no matter what the consequences. She shot the roadster to the top of the hill and thén, abruptly jammed on the brakes. The car quivered to a stop.

(To Be Continued)

(All events, names ar? characters in this story are fictitious.)

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