Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-09-15
CHAPTER IV--Continued

was saying than In the yellow en-
velope, opened It carelessly. But In q
flash his attention was whipped away
from her. He read In a sweeping
glance, and before his eyes came back
to her they went hurriedly to bis
watch. ~
i've got to 60. Gloria" he said
nervously. Immediately. This. is I'M
portant. III be gone a couple of days.
Something has happened
He helped her in the car and lifted
his foot to follow.
Gloria" he muttered. II can't make
It. IT | see you home | will miss the
last boat across the bay
She was more and more interested.
She had never known Grafton to show
emotion as he showed 1t tonight; she
was more and more curious about that
business which carried him out of
town. Why hadn't he tossed the teIe-
gram across the table for her to read?
Here was a shut door, and from being
barred a door always invites the more
temptingly. Especially to a girl like
Gloria.
"Why, I can 60 home alone
Il don't like 1t. L" He ended
abruptly and thrust his head into the
ear, his eyes aHesting hers Ia the half
light.
Come with me, Gloria ~
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whether the man was suggesting an
elopement OF just q wild bit of down
right unconventionality.
u mean It," said Grafton. Listen.
The new day has already started. I'VE
got to drive up into the country; we'll
phone your mother and will start right
away. Well get there long before
noon; We'll be back before night. 1t
would mean only d days outing and
no harm done. Won't you come,
Gloria7 Please comeln He pulled out
his watch again We've just got time
to catch the boat comfortably" He
called to the taxi driver, ITO the
ferry" and jumped in.
But
"You can come as far as the ferry,
anyway. And"
When they came to the ferry there
was no time for aebating the matter:
the crowd was pouring toward the last
boat, and Gloria, her eyes bright with
the JOY Of her ~escapade, went with
him through the little gate. 1t was
unconventional, as she saw quite
clearly. But to Gloria u~nconyention-
ality was q condition fairly divided
into two wildly separated browsing
grounds: there was the thing which
was just daring; there was that
other which was ugly because 1t was
Compromising" This adventure prom
Used to fall into the safer category.
They laughed together In anticipa-
tion as they crossed the bay. On the
electric train they were whizzed
among many sleepy folk into a Sleep
ing town, Oakland, browsing and ST.
lent. Bratton summoned a somnoIent
taxi driver and they were whisked
through the cool air to a garage. He
left her a moment, sitting In the taxi,
while he ran in and arranged for a
roadster.
Gloria, left to her own thoughts, be-
gan to regret having come. The thing.
reviewed In solitude, was Crazy
She grew vaguely distressed. She
wanted to go back to San Francisco
but there would be no boat now until
full morning, three or four hours: she
could not get home before v or
half past even O'clock.
1--WE got the car" Grafton was
back offering to help her down. "And
j phoned your mother"
"Was She
"She trusts you with me, Gloria he
said quickly.
She let him help her into the car he
had hired. Grafton would not tell her
where they were going, assuring her
gaily that their destination was re-
served as the final surprise for her.
He evaded laughingly when she asked.
Maybe Wen keep right on going, al
ways and always" he jested with her.
She thought that under the Jest there
was a queer note: when his eyes
flashed briefly toward her she tried to
read their message. But the hour.
m~ystery-filled. filled them with mys-
terry.
Gloria began laughing.
what will we look like tomorrow
l mean when it's full day. Me dressed
like this-you In evening suitl'
by JGye!" said Grafton. Then he
laughed with her. "It's the lark OF
my life"
They were far up-country when the
sun rose. Gloria was asleep and start
"a wide awake when the car stopped
suddenly. They were In the one street
= little town; 1t must be eight
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