The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-30

1 neT! ne Sdlu aDTuptly. Il maven either. So let's cheer ourselve a little before we decide the sit uation. Sit here while I wash u and then we'll go out"
 He went into an adjoinint room. Left alone Kitty droppet her head against the back of tn divan and closed her eyes. Oh she'd been right in knowing she could lean on David's kindness And just for awhile she had tt lean on something.
 When she opened her eyes i was to her first realization of tht room, a shabby room, in mannisf thing in disorder. It seemed tC have nothing in it but books , books on shelves put in betweer he windows and against the enc vali-bcoks on the table back ot ! the divan, old. worn-looking books | But noting them, Kitty smiled She'd pictured David lonely but no one could be lonely with SC many books. At one of the win lows stood a desk and a type writer, covered over with a wild confusion of loose sheets of paper That was where David worked probably he'd been working there when she telephoned. He came in to find her still smiling. Fine. You're looking more like yourself, Kitty. Ready? There's a little place on the cor ner, not many f1'ills to it."
 "Oh, I'm so glad of that" Kit tvs tone was feryent. The restaurant was almost emp ty. The table to which David led Kitty was marble topped, center ed with salt and pepper shakers, an enormous sugar bowl and vine gar cruet. A sign on the wall behind it warned patrons to watch their own hats and coats.
 Kitty had a swift disturbing mental picture of Gar at the Hoff- man, Marge, Diana, Red, the oth- CTS
 T can recommend the beef steak and French fries," David was saying.
 I'm really not hungry"
 Yet, when her dinner was set before her, Kitty ate, because she knew it would please David if she ate.
 Now" David pushed his emp ty pie plate away from him. Tive been thinking, Kitty"
 She had to interrupt him. "Oh, David, I'm so sorry to bother you like this. But you see I had to talk to some one" She flashed a small grateful smile on him
 David laughed. Don't worry about bothering me. No one be- fore, to my knowledge, ever has looked to me for help of any sort It sets me up immensely. But what I was going to say is that we'll take the whole problem tc Dorcas Tabor"
 Kitty sfrank back into her chair with quick sound of pro- test.
 ~Oh, David! I can't"
 David ignored her pleading. 'fDorcas is the most understand ing creature in the world, Kitty he told her. q call her doctor of souls, an angel of the damn ed"
 But his extravagant hyperbole did not reassure her She could not take her story to a strang- CT; David ought not to ask it ot her.
 David I can't" she repeated niserably.
 ''Well. one thing, Kitty. I can't put you up tonight. Not that ] wouldn't sit on the curb all night quite happy knowing that you were comfortable in my bed but my dear stepmother might not believe that occupied the curb. Another thing I cannot advise you about getting work as well as Dorcas can. And we don't want to start off on the wrong foot, you see A painful flush had crept over Kitty's face. She had put David l in an awkward position and nov was baking his most reasonable way out of it. She nodded hel head slowly in acceptance of hi: suggestion, averting her gaze a. she did so.
 'That's good grill" She might have been, indeed, the child Int thought her. You'll like Dorcas She lives just two blocks dowr the street. We'll go there now Maybe we'll be lucky enough tt find her without any engagement this evening"
 Outside David drew Kitty. hand through his arm. In spite of herself her steps Jagged; it stil