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by Laura Lou Brookman

NEGIN HERE TO-DAY."

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| rip the collar and cuffs and turn them

over."

"It's a lovely cont," Gale agreed "And no warm. Mary'll look nice in that brown, too."

over and over again, but it was plen- sant to ride along, breaching the frosh air, her mind at rest.

·GÁLE HENDERSON, proft and 21, works in ilk mlik Bho and her 10yearold brother, Fill support their farald father. STEVE MEYERS who são works in the

Presently the driver called out, mill asks Gels to derry him, the prom

Well, l keep her warm. That's "Gates Centre," and Galo stepped * Lew days. to rive him ab and through the fos why I'm so anxious for her to have down to the street. There was no

Gale goes skating, breaks And is rescued by BRIAN WESTMORE . She needs a warm coat, Mary pavement, only a beaten path. Gatos whose father, now dead, but the Hrlan has coms home after two years in docs. She can't stand cold weather." Centre was nothing more than a col- "I'll come over and get the coat lection of a dozen houses, two stores Par's to ember the m1. Gale disappears before he warns her nam

as soon as we're through with dinner and a garage at the crossing of Centre VICKY THATCHER, daughter of ROBERT Sunday, Galo promised. "I guess I'd Rond and the stato highway TILATCHER, general manager of the mill. scheres to captivate Urian. She asks him better run along now. Do you know, to help her In a pish, supposedly to dis Mes, O'Connor, we had vegetable soup unwelcome for dinner and father said, 'Well, this aulter. The plan is really an attempt to

attentions in good soup but it isn't up to that

courage DREG HARMON.

Inveigio Firlan Belan greet.

her ..to show

CHAPTER XXI J Mrs. O'Connor tilted the lamp shade so that the light fell on the work in her lap. She took up her needle and thread and reached for a large brown button.

"So your father's botter this eve ning" she said to Cale, ncross the table. "Well, I'm glad to hear it. I've been meanin' to get over and ask how he was gettin' along, but this rheumatism in my leg's been so bad; lately I haven't been out of the house.

declare, I

If it isn't one thing it's another!

"Yes," Gale agreed, "it does seem that way, I'm sorry about the rheu matism. Is there anything could

do?"

guess I

I

Mrs. O'Connor makes","

"Stuff and nonsenso! Go along with you."

"But it's true," Gale irsisted. "I guess I'll have to get you to teach me to cook."

"It's not much I could be teachin' you." Mrs. O'Connor measured a length of thread critically, broke it off, and moistened the end with her lips. "But if there's ever anything you want and we've got it you know where to come."

"I certainly do!”,

"And if you find you can't get out to Mary's on Sunday It'll be all right, I'll find some other way-"

"But I'm sure you won't need to. Well, this time I'm really going!"

She went through the door and closed it behind her. Mrs. O'Connor held the brown button on the coat and drew the needlo through. "She's a good girl, Gale Henderson is," Mra. O'Connor announced to the empty room. "She's one in a million,"

chango

Galo found the Kilerons tiny home and Mary came to the door.

"Why, Gale Henderson!" she ex- claimed. "Where ever did you come from?"?

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SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES

NOON SATURDAY

MARCH 23rd..

Nothing would do but Gale must come in the house and have a cup of tea. Mary slipped into the now coat and was delighted. The two girls had known each other for years, though they had had never been close

Was four friends, Mory

small girl with ARRIVES SHANGHAI-MONDAY MORNING, than Galo-a younger dark red hair and blue eyes. She had been married for a year and a half now. All that time had been spent away from home and she was anxious fer news of her family and of the village.

It was later, when Galo arose to go,

than she had thought. The sky was darker now and a sharp wind had risen, Mary came to the door and called after her, "The 4:30 Ins is the last until 8 o'clock. Maybe I'd better Galo shook her bend. "I'll make it come with you" all right," she called back, and set

signal the storm broke then. Wet. off for the crossroads.

Almost as though by prearranged sleet came down with driving force, melting and slipping down inside Galo's collar. The wind was cold and rowing colder. Gale bent her head and blinded her. Once she slipped and ran. The sleet stung her cheeks

Mr. O'Connor shook her head. "Nothin', dearie," she said, "but thanks for offerin'. There's nothing that seems to do much good for rheu- matism but sayin' your prayers and sometimes the Lord seems to be

Early February brought a listenin' elsewhere. I've had rheu- matism off and on for 10 years now in weather. When Gale stepped out and 1

can stand it. What of the house Saturday morning the makes me so tarnation mad is that Hun was shining and the air was al- it hud to come right now when most spring-like. By evening there wanted to get this coat out to Mary sidewalk where the lee had melted ry were little pools of water along the for her birthday. It's Sunday-her and the ground was wet. birthday, I mean, I'll havo the coat Next morning the sky was cloudy finished and she needs it, but I don't but the air was still warm.

Galo had know when I'll be able to get it out dinner on the table half an hour car to her

Why

lier than usual. Later, putting dishes I take t7" Gale into the hot, suday water, rubbing asked.

them with the dish mop, she hummed Mrs. O'Connor raised her eyes. a little tune. She was glad she was and almost fell but she caught her "Could you?" she asked. "I won't going to Mary Kiloran's this after balance just in time. It was so dark let the children go so far from home. noon. It would be a 30-minate ride now that she could scarcely see the Mary Ilves clear cut in Gates Centre, into the country. She was glad she path

| you know,"

can't

"But that isn't far. I could ge on the bus. I can do it, Mrs. O'Connor. I'll be glad to!"

"Now noy, that's mighty nice of you. If it wouldn't be too much trouble"

"Listen to you!" Galo said reproach- fully. "Talking about trouble-after all you've done for us! I'll go out and take the cont to Mary Sunday afternoon. You'll have to tell me where she lives, though. It's beon a long time since I've been in Gates Centre."

She ran on and reached the cross- could do something, too, so help repay roads, breathless. There was the big dira. O'Connor for all her kindnesses bus coming down the road, its head-

When Gale came into the living

the street.

room presently, wearing her coat and lights gleaming. Gale stood still. hat, Tom Henderson as sitting in one hand raised, and heard the grind his favourite chair, looking out on ing noise as the driver put on the

brakes,

The bus halted, stopped. Suddenly Gale sild, "I'm going to take the bus out to Gates Centre now. I'm Ciale gave a liltie cry of dismay. She sure I'll be back by G, at the latest," was on the wrong side of the inter- section. She ran forward, signalling Tom Henderson leaned forward and to the driver to wait, but evidently peered up at the sky. "Better get he did not see her. There was an- started," he advised. "Looks like other grinding sound, a snort and the there might be a storm after while." "Oh, I don't think so. It's been like this all day."

"It's the third house from the garage," Mrs. O'Connor said. “A "Might be a storm just the same," little gray one. That's where Frank her father insisted. "Better take works, you know at the garage." your umbrella." Frank was Mrá. O'Connor's son-in- Gale meant to. She went back to law and Mary's husband. "Some her room to get the umbrella and then times," she went on, "I think they'd thought of the kitchen door and went been

a good deal better of Frank to see if it was fastened. It was not and Mary-if they'd waited to get until she was on the bus 20 minutes married, the way I wanted 'em to later, riding along Centre Road, that And yet I don't know. He don't make she remembered the umbrella again. much but they seers happy. Frank'a | Gole didn't think it mattered much awful good to Mary and she thinks that she'd left it. The sky looked there's nobody else like him. This clearer than it had when she had COEL

left the house.

*

She held up the garment, inspect ing it. It was a heavy brown cloth with a lighter plaid collar. "I made

A window up in front of the bus was lowered and the fresh ale swept Gate's cheeks. The bus was rolling past a row of one and two-storey

bus was on its way.

(To Be Continued).

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