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SILKEN SPINDLES

CHAPTER I Continued

by Laura Lou Brookman

As quickly as school days hat end- ed care the disillusionment when she tried to find work. At first Gale. would not hear of her brother leaving high school. Her two years' college training made her confident that there was work she could do, work that would earn enough to keep up the 'Hendersons' home.

But Gale was inexperienced and there were no job oven for those with experience. Trying times, Hard times. Men out of work, standing in for lines. Women asking bread charity to keep their children fed and fow weeks' searching warm. A brought a desperate awakening to the soriousness of the situation. Gale was glad to become a mil girl. She earned $14 a week in the mill and was sure that in time it would be more.

Steve Mayers, standy, reliable mill employee,

Brian Westmore, whose father built the mi13.

boat house. A few yards away, near the edge of the ice, a bonfire was burning. Half a dozen boys and girls stood near it and Galo recognized among them Joey Dinwiddie and one of the O'Connor boys. She sat down on a log and began putting on her skater.

The $14 did not stretch an Gale had hoped. One day when Phil announced with determination that he was not self, and we'd manage about your going back to school, she did not father some how." oppose him. Brother and sister had

"And there's your mother." the girl worked in the silic mill ever since. interrupted. "Don't you see, Steve, Their earnings paid the bills for their we can't can't talk about getting Hving, their father's and for his { inarried 7" medical treatment Gale tock on the "No," Steve said, "I don't nee any duties of cook and housewife as well thing of the kind. I love you, Gale,

A girl in a bright red sweater went as those of mill girl.

I want to marry you. That's all there No one had done more to help her is to think about. You and me.swinging past. It was Katie Shantz keep her courage, to fact each day as We've both been working for others, from the mill, skating hand in hand) it came, than Steve Meyers. Stevo's thinking about others for a long time, with a boy from the shipping room. "Where's Stevo 7" Katic called, com story was different. Two years older Aren't we entitled to some happiness? than Gale, they had known each other Don't you soo that if we keep putting ing nearer.

"Home, I gucAS,” In grade school. Steve's mother was things off waiting for times to get

Someono caught Katie's arm, whirl- a widow. At 17 he had gone to work better or for this or that to happen as a bobbin boy. Now he was in the we'll always be waiting? Oh, Gale"ing her around. There was general spinning room, considered one of the His arma were around her now. laughter, and Galo wwang out on the

the river steadiest, most reliable workers. The girl drew baek. "No, Steve," she fee, heading up

The girl knew he cared for her said. cared deeply. And her feelings for ""Well," he said roughly, “I guess: It was glorious-gliding with sure, Steve? Gales' heart beat a little fas- that's the answer. You don't need to swift strokes, feeling the wind against her face. Silver and black was the ter when she asked herself the quen try to make it easy for me!" tlon. She felt warm, glowing, But She turned quickly. "Steve, I can't elver. A silver ribbon winding be- she put off answering; she thought she say I'll marry you. I do care for tween ebony banks. Gale skated fas

She wanted to get away from the had no right to give the answer. you! You've been the best friend I'veter. There were her own responsibilities had. But there's no use pretending others--to have the silvery, moonlit and there were Steve's.

things aren't the way they are. We river to herself. Out here she could

think. couldn't be married"

"You could any whether or unt you want to marry me-whether you love

She was totally unprepared that winter afternoon when she felt Steve's hand on her arm, halling her. She looked up, heard, in a volce not at me.” all like Steve's naturally, "Listen, There was an instant's silence: then Gale, I want to talk to you. You the girl said softly. "Walt a few days, know I'm crazy about you--I've been Steve. You'll let me have a few days crazy about you for a long time, to think about it, won't you? 131 tell Before you went away to school I you then,"

didn't think I'd have a chance then- "Why, sure if that's what you | but you came back. Since then, when want," he agreed. we've been going around together- well, sometimes I've hoped listen. Gale, will you marry me?"

She frowned. Her eyes shadowed by the late afternoon light, looked al- most black. She said softly, tremu- lously, "But, Steve"

Katie's question about Steve. It was partly because of Steve that Gale had eume to the river to-night, alane, She hadn't wanted Steve to come with waiting for the her. Steve was answer to his question-anil · Gale didn't know the answer. Sometimes when things went as Indly na they had been lainly she thought of marriage na a refuge. Steve's strength to rely on, Steve's kindness, Oh, yes, he was kind. And strong, too. Steve Three hourge later Gate closed the ħad so many fine qualities. She ra door of the house softly behind her cognized them all, and stood for a moment on the top

And yet, vaguely, Gale knew that step.

Steve wasn't the man she had plc- The winter moonlight fell over the tured in romantic dreams, Well, little patch of yard, over the street what of it? Did any girl ever renlise with its rows of box-like houses on those dreams-really? "Does it mean you won't? That either side. It was almost, as bright Steve wasn't 'asking her to marry you don't care anything about me?"

ne daylight, and yet there was magic him now. Of course they couldn't do! "Stovo!" She touched his arm in the night that hid the ugliness of that. It would have to be a long time "I couldn't marry anyone—not right the street

in the future. There was her father now. I do enre a lot for you.. A lot. Gale was wearing a jacket of and Phi You've done so much for me for all | teatlier-a relic of college daya--' of us. I don't know how I could have ever her short, dark skirt, and on her had rounded the bend, taking her out Gale had been skating swiftly. She got along without you! But we can't head was a scarlet tam. She carried of sight of the crowd near the hont ket married. I mean, even if I was a pair of ice skates, MUTO"

She went down the steps, walking house. The shimmering, ellver river know whether or not you want to feet a night to remain indoors, hi strokes. She saw the black outline: "Then you're not sure? You don't briskly. It was altogether too per called her and Gale leaned against the wind, skating with longer, fanter marry me?"

had left the house immediately after of a stump frozen in the ice phend, "I couldn't marry anyone, Steve. dinner, as usual. Her father was swerved to avoid it-and suddenly felt! You know that. I've got Father to reading. There was no reason, Gale the surface beneath her tremble. think about. And Phil. I couldn't ¦ told herself, why she should not spend Gale heard the crack, screamed, leave them."

an hour on the river.

She know what had happened. She cried out again, terrified, helpless,

(To Be Continued.)

"I'm not asking you to leave them. She turned u corner and, ahead. I mean, we could And some way. could see figures moving across the Phil's old enough to look after him-lice. The street went down to the old

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