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He turned toward her and for the first time Gule could see his face plainly, lighted by the fire. It was

Brian Westmorel

→

BEGIN BERE TO-DAY

asured her cheerfully. "Although, my life," she said again. "I wish I I wish I know, how GALE HENDERSON, preity, 21, works in at that, the crowd seems to have could thank you.

suk mill. Gale has had two years of gene the other way to-night. Wish to say it- college trainisz, hoped to be a teacher, some of them would show up to wej The gray eyes were looking direct- When her father became 111 she was glad to could get you something to drink." ly into him. Serious gray eyes be

neath wide-curving dark brows,

take any work the eisild zet. She and her 1-year-old brother, PHIL, support their in. | valid Tather,

STEVE MEYERS. who also works in the

Gale said, "Oh, but you needn't- Gray eyes that glowed richly, warm ahal kas proves himself loyal friend. And suddenly realised how cold whey, that suddenly sent Brian West. ak Cale to marry him. She feels she can was. She was trembling. Her hands more's pulse to apeoding. not leave Phil and her father, finally promises and feet felt stiff, as though aho to give Blave his atawer in a few days.

Later that stening she goes skatlog on the couldn't possibly move them. river. Gale skaten far away from the others, Haddenly the tre crack. Horriẞed.

Acteszik.

CHAPTER II

take your time. Yes.

she

that's

He stared back. The girl was "Here, take this coat!" The man pretty! He hadn't realised before had peeled off his leather jacket with how attractive she was. The oval its upstanding collar of fur, a face, the full lps--he ilked the way helding it out to her. "No, that's all her head was set on her shoulders. right take it.

He liked the outline of her check He helped her out of her own coat, against the dark coat collar. There The man said, "Steady row. Slowly Into the dry one. "Keep moving," he was something familiar about her, yet instructed. Don't stand still for a vaguely clusive. Had he seen her right'

minute. Keep moving all the time!" before? Where?

into dan so was told. While Brian leaned forward. "Never mind He was lying on the ice, stretched out at full length. He held a long he gathered branches und dry sticks about that," he said. "I want to branch from a trea which he had and knelt over them, coaring the tiny know more about you. Who are you shoved forward Gale could reach glow into flame, she twisted her skirt, and how did you happen to be skat. ringing out the water, She stamped ing here to-night? Were you with She gasped hysterically. She had her feet and clapped her hands to- friends?"

"No." She turned so that her pulled herself, to the edge of the gether. broken ice. Behind her the water The fire blazed higher and Gale back was toward the fire and her face in the shadows. "I came alone, shone, inky black. Her wet clothing could feel its warmth. She drew It was such a beautiful night I wanted clung to her.

held

out her hands.

to be out in it. I-ko t "You saved my life," she said alone." slowly. "You"

"Do you? Sometimes I do, too. The words died. He had turned But you took a risk-getting so for toward her and for the first time away from the others." she could see his face plataly, lighted

"I know that now."

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"I can't," she stammered. "I can't do it--1"

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fashionable people in the world there, mind waiting alone!" and some of 'the dowdlest, Thari "No," Gale said. "I don't mind"

nie "Okay. It won't take and the sidewalk cafes. There's the minutes.” there are the museums and the shops, night life, too-though not so much Ho turned to go but aho · called

as you might think. I went him back. "Your there to study, but that's all over minded him, slipping it from

shouldors.

of

now."

coat sho I

her

You mean you're not going back?" "Keep it. I'm all right."' Brian Westmore shook his head, But she insisted he must wear tho "No," he said. "I'm not going back. coat Her own was almost dry, now. I had a foolish nation I could be an Besides, the fire would keep her artist but I found out I was mistaken. warm. I'm here now to stay."

Brian Westmore whistled as ho

"What are you going to do?" drove the coupo along the wooded "Oh, get a job. Try to find out road. The girl was pretty-tho what's been going on here while prettiest girl ho'd met in weeks. I've been away."

There was something about hor

"It !

It isn't so easy to get a job these days," the girl told him solemnly.

Ho laughed suddenly, remembering ho didn't even know her namo, And No, I suppose not. Look here, she didn't know his. Well, they'd

we shouldn't be standing here talking like this. You ought to be where it's settle that in a minute -now-This- warm, get into dry clothes"

was her home; he'd see her often.

"Yes, I suppose I should."

"Tell you what Erlan went on.

This must be about the place, ho decided. Brian stopped the car,

Smoothly, calmly. Like a general in by the fire. It was Brian-West- Hn anw that she was trembling command. The voice steadied che morel

and cursed himself. No need to girl's senses. She managed to push "I just happened to come along remind her how terribly close to horself along. She could feel there at the right time," he said easily disaster she had come. straining, but it did not crack. It "And I know what to do beenuse "That crowd," he went on speaking cautiously on toward security.

ad not track! Inch by inch-lowly, I've seen the same thing happen a rapidly. "They're, mostly from the

a few minutes I'll desk down and get through the trees. Yes, there was tricky mil village-from the other side of couple of times. Rivers are "I can't!" Gale aried out once places to skate. Never can tell whore, town. Youngsters and young fellows my car. It's parked across from the Hi, there!" he called, and ran again in terror. And then, a moment there's going to be a thin spot in the and giris who work in the silk mail, on house. There's a road the other forward.

side of those trees. I'll drive up here later, "All right-I-I can make It!" | [co. Look-if you'll stand over hero! I haven't skated on this river in years.

"If you don't mind waiting alone for through out and pushed his way

eny

"Of course you can," the man said. I think you'll get more of the heat." Used to when I was a kid, every win and that way you won't run "Once again now-" He was puffing, She moved, as he had suggesetd.į ler. To-night I happened to think danger of getting chilled. Do you tugging at his end of the branch. You, it was Brian Westmoto. He about it and hunted up an old pair Together they moved slowly across looked almost exactly as she remom-) of skatos. "I've been away from homo the icy surface. At last the man said, bered him at State University-except for a while. Oh-do you live here?" "All right!"

that she had never seen him wearing) "Yea," Gale told him. "I live

He reached for her arm. "It's all a skating cap. The brown, sweator hero." right," he said again. "The ico is fitted neatly over his broad shouldem. "Funny, I haven't seen you before. solid here. Oh, those skates—”. Sho noticed how tanned bis face was, Guess you must have come while I

He was down on the ice again, and the way his dark hair turned, was away.' unbuckling the straps about ankles, taking the skates off.

Gale'ans though it wanted to curl, behind Gale did not answer that. "Away?" his cars. But Brian Westmore was she repeated, raising questioning "They made me clumsy," the girl supposed to be in Parisi

eyes. Anid. "I enaidn't seem to move."

The young man was smiling. In Paris. I spent two years "You're all right now, the man told "Feeling better now!" he asked. there." hor, helping her to her feet. "Soaked, "Getting your wind back!”

"It must have been wonderful," though, aren't you? We'll build a The girl smiled, too." "I think so," Gale said slowly. "Sometimes I've fire and get you dry. Ought to have sho had. No doubt about it—this dreamed of going abroad. What'a something hot for you to drink, too." was Brian Westmore, all right. But Paris like?"

"Oh, no," Galo said. “I—I just of course he wouldn't know her.

"I

want to get homo. I shouldn't have guess I was more frightened tban Brian laughed, “Well, it's about na come so far away from the others. anything elso," she went on,

different from this town as anything

I didn't think.' It happened no Who wouldn't be? But you kept you could possibly imagine. What quickly."

your bead"

you find in Paris dopends on what "[1] say it did," the man agreod} "No," she told him. "I'd never you're looking for when you go there, grimly. "I heard you call just an have made it if you hadn't kept tell- it's beautiful, of course-wonderful

ing me what to do.".

I came around the end."

"If you hadn't—!" The girl looked at him, wide-eyed,

"Somebody else would have," ho

"Nonsense! You were plucky."

buildings and the streets are, the hand- mighty somest in the world. Lots of little parks and squares, And picturesque Gals shook her head. "You navedlöld bridges. You can see the most

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