The Coolidge examiner., 1935-11-01

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her have q headache wani TO
E BE- alone
Eoddy. with a troubled frown.
put out his hand 10 take her arm.
bui Silver moved hurrledly away.
a few minutes later. behind the
closed door Of her own room. she
fai dowu IN the darkness and stared
out a. the crisp autumn iracery of
the leaves o. the great oak against
The stars
ITO think-when the real thing
came" she whispered duly 20 the
square pattern % stars and leaves.
1T had 20 be wrong. too
The district buried wl,h talk of
the opening ot The Tperald Eas
club for the winter season. The
fashionable folk who would come
out from the cities Tor week ends
~ The club would he free wlfh their
money and the tradesmen would
7 benefit
The hunt dinner and ball ecle.
bra,ed the close 81 the bic. game
season In the north. Roddy a..
tended with Corlnne. whose rudl.
ance dlled him wlih pride and
secret. shamed alarm. silver sent
her regards 70 Gerald. and spen.
the evening playing cribhage with
old Roderlck.
Tie following dny. az twilight.
with a peut.up feeling she could
no longer endure. Silver saddled
Rusty and rode into Heron River
60 get the evening mail In the posi-
Office she met Freda Aiichener.
I'VE missed you last night-at the
club" Freda said.
Have a good timer silver asked
absenily.
Hasn't Corlnne told your II was
gorgeous :"
Il haven't seen Corlnne set. !
think she has been sleeping 10 20.
day They didn't get home ;ln
dawn"
Freda dropped her voice 10 an
embarrassed whisper. ~Roddy VII.
lard had better watch his step.
saw Corinne--well. she was only out
walking under the trees with Gerald
Lucas-but you know how people
talk"
Silver laughed nervousiy. Non
sense. Freda :" she protested. For.
sc, about it-and keep 4, TO your.
self. please. City people don't think
anything OF such things"
With the one letter for Roddy
which Tlllle Fink thrust out TO her
l through the wicket. silver rode
slowly home. unsaddled Rusty and
turned him Into his stall Then she
went reluctantly 10 the big house
to give Roddy his letter.
Corlnne called 10 her from the
living room In a yuIee that seemed
10 Silver TO be porieniously viylfed
and gay.
"You missed a swell time last
night. ny dear" Corinne cried as
Silver stepped into the room.
Roddy looked up a biz wearily.
He lifted his hand toward her in
greeting.
1T must have been fun" Silver
said burriediy. Here's a letter for
you. Roddy."
He got up and took the letter.
Corinne at once sprang up and stood
at his shoulder. her eyes upon the
unfolded sheet.
Then she uttered squeal OF Joy.
"Roddy. A position at the Unlver-
slty farm Darling :"
Roddy glanced down again. not
without pleasure. at the letter. His
patient experimenting with yellow
corn his working under diff.
culties his devotion TO an idea
the position would be open by
January first :.
Silver. staring at him. felt her
brain spin and turn over and then
come To a cold. clear pause Have
you been offered a position. RoddyT'
she asked In a voice as calm as she
/ could make It.
AT the University. SIlver." Co
rinne burst out "oh, it's-I can
scarcely believe it,"
Don't get yourself all worked
up. Corrie." Roddy begged "Old
Neal Anthony has been trying to
lure me into something Ike this
ever since | left college II seems
hard TO convince him that I'm a
farmer, not a white-collar man"
Corinne looked suddenly DUN
founded. you don't mean-you
aren't going to turn II down. are
your she gasped.
"I'ye turned Neal Anthony down
before" Roddy replied quietly. Il
see no reason why / should change
my mind now"
Silver felt that she had frozen
into her chair. Ii was only with a
supreme effort that she got up and
fled from the room. Corinne's voice
following her. piercing and furious
with outrage at Roddy.
For two hours after supper, Rod
dy sat with his father and Sopnro-