Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-03-03

was deep in sleep, snrawled IN tne
pullman chair next to her uhc9n-
Acious of her growing panic. hs
was d-looking young husudilu
even 50 sprawled, ana onder otnel
circumstances only TO look al hliil
,rcuia raye made Kitty supremeY
happy aud oblivious to everything . eN.
cent her pride and possession t,1ls bus
NOT now. not with the tram ca iSltS
her nee. IT and nearer 10 Nlhtoh anu
Cars family. obo,.
her ne remembered that Gar nau
written 20 them little more thah Una.
he w MAJ ried. I'm not much On
letters, KIT" he had explained 10 neL.
..'Th n adore you, sweet. no"
could they help it? It., ~. +hot
with his arms close afouhu her, shS
could eiieve him. -,
He Il made her believe other things
too -hat they'd been waiting 1or
one another since the beginning OF
time. fhat il was the simple WORKING
of Destiny that had brought nm 70
visit Phil Corey in Bridgewater afteI
eradun ton, when he'd stood the ola
bov eff for so long-Destiny had been
keeping her there for him. precious
ne-hunlired- -and-ten pound bundle OF
woman, with hair that looked IKE
honey ard a freckled nose and eyes
That were piutT til@H tiie "4NNNN -
he'd ever seen.
Lets drive over to Albany ana
But Kitty wouldn't think she was
married If it weren't in church, her
own church, before ola Dr. Harwood'
with her father and mother there,
with Sally Withers standing up with
her.
Gar had yielded that much if she'd
marry him at once
John Brandon. Kittys father, had
accepted Garfield Frew because the
Corey's sponsored him. His family,
Gar had explained were on the ocean
homeward bound from Europe; when
they got back TO Winton they'd be
frightfuilv busy with everything and
they'd ne glad he hadn't waited. His
father'd been counting on his taxing
a position in his office as soon as ne
finished college. And now, OF course,
he'd do that
had seen their love a beautiful thing
Kitty was just the age she had been
when she married John Brandon.
Children she thought of Gar and
Kitty as dear children.
During that week Of their money
moon, spent in an unfrequented place
in the Adirondacks. Kitty had had
no room in her consciousness for any
one but Gar But now, going to-
them, she saw his family a part OF
their future with which TO reckon.
That she might give them reality
she brought her mind. now, TO what
Gar had told her Of his people. His
mother was frightfully bu@, run
ming committees and things like that,
tremendously efficient, that sort
-'staaring looking and looks half her
age"
HIS father. Gar had said, worked
like the devil; he was director In
almost every concern of any impor-
tance in Winton; he hated the So
ciai racket.
Gar had a sister, two years older
than he was. Carol was a good sort
when she wasn't running after some
queer fad or other
"While I'm laying bare the hard
facts of my family, Mrs Frew, / must
tell you that | have a half-brother.
Back in his obscure youth Dad mar
rfed unwisely and David is the hard
fruit of that union. I'm not at all hot
about him. He doesn't live at home,
prefers a mousy apartment where
what he does is nobody's business
not that we are interested in the
least"
Kitty had not been interested then,
and now she did not think of David.
What If they didn't adore her, that
mother and father and sister OF
Cars? The possibility was so fright
ening that she felt an imperative
need of Cars reinsurance. She reach
ed out her hand locked it around his
foot where it rested on the edge OF
her chair.
And as she did so she heard a
faint laugh from across the aisle. She
withdrew her hand hastily, flushing,
stratled, startled because until that
moment she had not been conscious
of any fellow traveller Turning her
confused glance toward the opposite
chair, she saw another girls eyes
alp away from hers with little
slant-wise lift while her lips held
their amused smile.
Kitty surveyed the other girl with
an unhappy fascination. She's love-
Iy." she thought giving full measure
of tribute to the strangers perfect
Iy nodded profile of nose and CHR
and slender throat. She appraised
the others clothes with new dis
sray; in comparison with them her
own travelling suit, her brimmed hat
her patent leather pumps, in all o
which units until this moment sht
had taken complete satisfaction, look
ed cheap, unstyish.
Her touch on his foot had wax
ened Gar He reused sleepily. Gosh
Kit how long have l been sunk
Where are we?" He Strengthened
and under pretense Of looking out O.
the window kissed her ear. Have
you been lonely, sweet?" He stretch
ed luxuriously, his eyes feasting OF
Kitty's flushing face. Then he turn.
ed slowly to look about him. his
glance travelling gradually to the OPP
posite chair, stopping short there
while an exclamation Of astonishmeni
and delight escaped his lips Ht
sprang to his feet and held out ms
hands.
.4Why, Marge Crosby! When did