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Small Town Girl

(FROM WHICH METRO-GOLDWYR-KATER HAR MADD A MOTION FICTURE)

An inciting romanes by

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DEN AMEN – WILLIAMĖS

THE STORY THUS FAR

Kay Brannan, late of Welles- ley, elopes with Bob Dakin, me- dical doctor. He in drunk, but nabor oguin, in horrified becauro of Priscilla, his fiancee. Priscilla openly insults Kay so Rob re- luctantly consenta in Kay's plea that he wait until Spring for I divorce. As the months

tan Bob breames engrossed in his medi- cut work and he and Kay vihlape a sort of strained companionship, Princilla visits Ray one day and Bob drivca · her, home, Hours later he returns from a success- ful operation highly jubilant. The hospital had located his at Priscilla's. But in the hours of waiting Kap has suffered. She knows now that she loves Bol and that ho loves Princillo, Next' day she leaves for Carvel, bid- ding no one good-bye bit `Bab's father.

CHAPTER XXVIII

Kay cried: "She la? I didn't the most matter-of-course fashion, know! She hasn't told me. I'll bet waiting for Kay to go on. George is proud1"

"I used to take a drink, sumotiņins, "Georgo" in a good man," Mrs. Mother." Kay confessed. "I'd had too Brannan said gently. "He in do-many that night! I wasn't drunk; Ing well, Kay!"

|but things weren't real. And when And Kay naked about

other I had to get away from Dane, a boat townnfolk. Mrs. Brannan patiently came along past where we word an told her all the news. Nancy Townd, chored, and I asked them to put me had come home from Holyoke with-i pahore. I, meant to take a truin for out Onixing her course there.

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But Bob was In the boat; ani he Up with her studies," Mrs. Brannan ex-was drunk too. He wanted to drive

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She Clemon

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ssist."'d never met him before, He was ant at the State Library. A political enged, and I knew it. Oh, there's

no excuse for met appointment. Lillian Radford was

Mrs. Brennan Bald mildly: "We fill teaching in the Carvel shools. She says she's stopped struggling know, of course, that it was anden, because you hadn't mentioned him in Mr. Brannon added, with a little chuckle of mirth. "Lillian's a nice Emily knew his reputation."

your letters before. And of course girl. Lots of fun,

Emily's ford of her." Chuck Webster's fil-engaged to was mean to me, na- Kay nodded. "So the girl he was ling station bad become a garage turally," she explained. "His people E/Canada April 3 Apell b

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Kay did not announce her home-pering. Ned Paster was back In cilla flyde-sald something that in- Pres. Harrison E/Japan MAY

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sion was made, there was no time for was not very well, had had a ner to stay married to me. for a while. Pres. Wilson E/Anis May 16May 17 May 19 May 21 May 23

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farewell for Bob.

Charley Radford's shingle mill bad felt he'd treated me badly; and ho It was impossible even to write burned down, and Charley was dead. wanted to make it as easy for me as E/Japan Juno 26 June 28)

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smiling at many memories.

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She took the train to Dexter. The better trains ran to Newield, and a motor bus service would bring her to Carvel from either town; but if she went hents by way of New field, bus must pass through Carvel village to reach Cap'n Somer's place, and she dreaded the recognitions she must face, the speculations her arrival, must provoke.

till her long reticence began to be She asked Kay no questions at all; conspicuous and disquieting, anl Koy said at last ruefully:

never

MTB. Brannan was sitting in a rocking-chair. She had been notion- "I expect you've wondering how less; but now she selected a sock-from happened to burst in on you with a basket beside the chair and began So sho chose to come by way of

out any warning or anything." to darn

Mrs. Brannan smiled.

rocking gently to and fro, Dexter: and for the last hour of quarrel with good luck, Kay," she Kay said, pleadingly, pleading for "So you see, I've been pretty bad," the northward ridle, while

the Weare mennilered in wide casy was ever likely to show.

said, with as much affection as she reprobation, for scorn. Mrs. Brannan curves within sight of the train, glad to have you here, afraid if I "You see that, Mother? What a— "I'm too did not speak, and Kay inslated: she filled her eyes with the familiar touch you, you'll vanish again. We've hussy I am?" contours of the hills, and the pleas-missed you!"

Mrs. Brannan smiled She said "Why, I always rather

1

come

This la Kay, she admitted.

Jikel

ant green of the bright countryside. "I know." Kay assented.

ut her. When she alighted at Dexter, she thoughtfully should have

you, met no one whom she know. Even bome when I left college. the driver of the bus was a young the place for me."

For course, you would," Kay mign the had never seen before. "Places don't matter 31)

Jaugh. It was, she reflected, more than Mr. Brannan suggested. "It's what

much, greed, choking, trying to

"But I mean... She could not two years since she went away, and pee dae some wild things," Kay Mr. Brannan suggested. "Once the

do in them,

speak, things 223

night in the interval "I've

"Bab seems to have-behaved well," changed. Yel

smiled admitted, laughing a little reckless; hann was done." faintly at the thought, Carvel didly. "I might as well tell all about it!

Sho looked at Kay

have

not

"Dost tell me The

anything you briefly, rocketed along the wind-shouldn't," Mrs. Branmau advised, "Oh, he's been great," Kay stam- ing road, lurching around the She hesitated for a momerst, then mered: "Io's... von; and suddenly she saw her home, said wisely: "I expect there is

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"I see," Mrs. Brannan commented,

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leaped at incredible happiness; and she never do, and it makes for friction hang on to him, ruin everything for alighted smiling. She almost ran Inter an." across the wide lawn to the side door: Kay smiled, shook her head. "No him. He's still in love with Pris- cilla. And she admitted bravely: doc quarrel at all, Mother," she insisted. "If I didn't care for him, I could." moment a

Later, wether's arms. child.

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Bob's fine!". She hesitated, her face Kay had an hour alone with her twisting in a grims of fun word She was busy with the sock for

"Of course," Mrs. Brunnan nasented, mother, for Will Brannan would not only way to tell it is in plain words,"

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For a few minutes after her armet. I was ready to marry almost the rest of it, except in that

poet I set my eng for every man times in this one spot already; and rival, Kay was full of questions, anyone, as long as I didn't have relis almost as good as new..... Her

one place, well, her come back here. Lots of men were Wis mother said. "But he's growing nice to me, but most of them

MI Were older Mrs. Brancan explained. "I boya. Dane Ripicy gave me a big

think I'll call up Emily," Kay decided. "Um

Crazy to expect you will see a great change rush, but he didn't ask me to marry

see her again. Is she as

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desperately that this was my last chance. And it was retten!"

"Of course," Кау assured her. that. And I went, feeling pretty calm content. "And Emily's fine?"

"Fine," Mrs. Brannan agreed. "She's going to have another baby, you know."

She hesitate, scanning her mem ories; but Mrs. Brannan nodded

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wha in his papers and at the table he heard only half the conver- sation between Kay and her mother, Ho might catch the tag end of n sentence, and demand to know what they had been saying, and Mrs. Brannan at such momenta would patiently retrace the ground just

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Mrs. Brannan nodded with a great relief. "I think he's well," she doubt- fully agreed. "Ha hasn't been ill for over a year now Kay."

And Kay said: "I'm so

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'Kay) sedmu ⋅ to have, estilot-down

all walked over to Emily's, ani saw sister faded, a little weary, Bogin- into the routing of Carvel. Will sho the baby put to bed, and Kay found ning to seom older. But Emily, turn back to her childhood sweat- George astonishingly younger, nioro blooming with the approach of ma- heart, Elmer Radford for love and amusing, and with a colm' dignity ternity, wore a wise and gracious contentment! Look for to-morrow's". born of success which became him beauty, the beauty of one who has revealing instalment, well. Emily was radiant. Kay un- „found the life, she loves.

(To Be Continued).