Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-03-31

hearing OF the others.
IL was Miss Lees policy to Civ
men customers very alert attention
when they came into the department.
One afternoon, am hou before closing
Tune, a man came around the ma
hogany partition that divided the
sportswear department from the coats
ana dresses. Kitty was putting
blouses in their tissue paper cases.
Miss Brandon" Miss Lee sig
nailed.
And Kitty. lifting her head. looked
straight into Tuhby wilkins amazed
face.
"Kitr He used Cars name for
her.
Can I help YOU" She said it
she said it. Her knees shook. her
fingers clutched the satin OF the
blouse she was holding.
Tubby was staring, his eyes round.
Say, you are Kitty. aren't your"
He lowered his voice.
Yes, I am. And then Kitty
laughed. She laushed because II was
good TO see Tuhby's friendly plump
face, and because he looked so ri
d~icnlously unhelleVing
Tubby turned his head to right and
left. Then he leaned across the
counter. whats the big idea, Kit
"? Are you here incog? Gar said
you were in Brideewater."
the blouse she had rumpled. She put
It into its paper case. We'll, I'm
not. What can | show you. Tubby?"
For Miss Lee was dangerously neal
them.
I'm on" Tubby whispered. "Show
me anything. Kit. Lord, I've forgot
ten what I came for-seein' you
knocked me flat. Oh, I've got to get
a birthday present for my kid sister
"a leather coat.
The leather coats were In n far
corner. Kitty led him that way.
Isis Gar baeke9' She didn't want
To ask Tubby that, to expose her hurt
and her heartacie but her lips franz
ed the question instantly against her
win.
She saw the puzzlement grow in
Tubby's face.
Back? Sure. Cars back. But.
Kitty. what's up? You haven't quit
him, have you"
I'm waiting until Gar can sup
port me-" She did not look at Tubby.
She was reaching for other coats.
That's darn funny" Tubby NUT
why is it funny? I didn't marry
Gar to live on his-mother.' Then
she wished she had not said it. to
Tubby. She bit her lip.
Now, please, if you want n of
these coats. select M or I'll have
Miss Lee down on my head
That's talking Give me the pink
but, wait, see here. Kit"
Kitty had moved to go away. She
turned a pleadlng face to him.
please, Tubby,'
IAN was goin' to say is that Tn
knocked flat, findin' you here. But
won't you have dinner with me or
something"
"Maybe-some time A little
louder; II think YOU will like this
coat. Thanks" She escaped him, f,
then.
Gar was in Winton. He was spend
ing his time getting the barn ready, |
~rehearsing for the play, lunching, (,
with Marge, no doubt. His
mother had given him hat much
rope
Oh. why hadn't she made Tubby
promise not to tell Gar he'd seen
her? But she answered herself. It
wouldn't make any difference wheth-
er Tubby told him or not; Gar did
not want to see her.
When she went out into the street
Kitty passed the Times building,
that she would find David
there. She needed to talk to some
she wouldn't mind his scorn,
anything he might say.
But David was not standing in
the old place. She walked on to
Street.
Dorcas was in a furry Of dress
ing.
''want to cook something here,
David's gone out to his
place in the country. Good radiance
hes sour on everything"
So David had gone to square up
with himself Kitty. scrambling eggs
mechanically and with no appetite.
thot of Dorcas': Good ~riddance."
But ther'd been a queer tone in her
voice when she'd said il.
Unreasonably Kitty resented that
David should take himself off just
now. She felt a little scorn for any
need of his. Why didn't he marry
Dorcas when it was so plain that he
have her?
All the next day Kitty stared at
herself in the glass. Tubby must
have thot she looked dowdy. Per-
naps tomorrow some of the crowd
would come in, just to see how
she was.
All the next day Kitty waited fear
'ully for some one of Cars crowd to
Each time anyone appeared
the dividing partition her
leart missed a beat.
When halfpast five came her head
lched. She knew hat is was Gar
really vas hoping would come.
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