The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-24
Chapter 12 HONEYMOON

THE physician laughed. "Bevins l is a bull headed old rascal" he admitted; then, with concern, Are you i'll too?"
 "No. but I am worried, and what I'd like to ask you shouldn't be dis cussed over the telephone, only I'm afraid won't sleep until l receive the answer"
 Better ask then; he said he'd worked you pretty hard"
 Doctor Kelly, Pm engaged to be married, and if Big Tom is in a seri- ous condition I feel should wait. He told me he was liable to die any minute"
 Well, aren't we all? Walk against a traffic light, work overtime in the hot sun, do any one of number of foolish things and see what hap pens"
 You mean?"
 with proper caution, no more all night vigils and particularly with common sense where his emotions are concerned your friend may live to be a hundred. There is nothing in his present condition to warrant your putting off your wedding. Now go to sleep"
 
 And so they lived happily ever after" quoted Judith Lane Dale, as she lay on the sand, staring at the blue of late September sky. Norm .. member how fairy tales always used to stop with the marriage of the mysterious prince to Cinderella Clia says they stopped there because fairy tales had to have happy end. ings, and if they'd gone on any fur ther there wouldn't have been .. :" Judith found her mouth gagged with a rubber cap Don't start preaching Cliaisms on your honey. moon," admonished Norman. "Aside from being poor taste it disturbs my reading these. ..."
 He had been going through hand ful of mail brought to the beach by Lige from the honeymoon cottage where Delphinium presided and per sisted in her efforts to "fatten thet skinny chile"
 Heres a note from the contrac tor, Judy, he says we can move into Hillendale by October 18th. that's three weeks away and Will Mrs Dale be contented with white picket I fences? The stones won't be avail able for two months and Farmer January's cows came in and ate the evergreens Jimson planted and now January wants us to pay the dam ages.'"
 "To our evergreens?" demanded Judith s.
 No, his cows"
 "Drat January. Norm, our living room drapes are exactly the coloi of the Gulf out there at the horizor line, aren't they?"
 And here's note from Mathie says Big Tom is feeling fine, they're going on up the coast"
 Judith sat up-"So lilly writes my man does she? Look here" sht showed Norman an envelope acros! which her name was scrawled il heavy masculine writing. Your wo man gets written to by Slim San ford"
 Mice chap, like him" observed Norman, then with quick laugh mo need to return the compliment come on Judy, I'll beat you to tn, third breaker with a two minut, handicap"
 JUDITH came up through the thirt o breaker even with Norman an, together they swan beyond the sur to float lazily.
 Norman" Judith rolled over an, began to tread water. "how's you mother enjoying the cruiser"
 Well" observed that young mar "she said they put on a Havana t Miami tournament of contract an she won seventy-five dollars. Nee I say more?"
 Judith laughed. They swan on ur tl another question came to he mind. Norm, it certainly was gel erous of her to give us Lige an Delphy. feel like I'd always know them"
 Generous, my eye" he retortet Mothers suite isn't big enough fc our full-blossomed Delphinium { turn around without knocking owe card tables"
 Judith sputtered as she went ul der, then came up salt water sta ring her eyelashes. 1 "Clia says. Jane Allen told he | that if you had married Mathil