The Coolidge examiner., 1935-11-08

think 81 nothing else. She knew.
too. that the family was aware OF f.
! That. undoubtedly. accounted for
much of their restraint.
II VAS n black. hluxfery night.
and silver put on her old leather
| Jacket and her close fitiing tweed
hat. She went out into the lnky
darkness and started toward the
summit Of the hin. when n sudden
fare ~ light. like ,he striking Of =
match. arrested her attention
through the small window of Rod.
dy's workshop In the shelter OF the
slope.
Roddy must BE- in there. sh,'
thought. getting ready for another
nights work. The thought OF his
scif-lmposed loneliness snote drcar.
uy across Silver's heart Why
should she not go 20 him now and
talk 60 hlm-beg him not 60 re
main away from his fathers house
because % herr
she stepped TO the threshold aud
paused
"Roddyf" she called softly.
lie scooped Up handfuls Of corn.
~wellf"
Il came over 10 beg you not to-
not % stay away from our house
because OF me-" Silver said "If
that's the reason
lie stood up and looked nj her.
81 the painful hush that sprang
Into her cheeks. he stepped toward
her with coniFlte haste. His feel.
iugs were IN such confusion now
that he could scarcely speak.
I'm sorry. silver" he said heav.
liy. Its certainly no time for me
10 hold out against you-afier this
We don't seem TO understand each
other. that's all"
Silver turned her eyes from him
I can't 20 on ike this she said
1t has been utter misery"
4 can't say I've been enjoying
Il myself" lie looked down az her
and saw that she was shlvergng
Pint lisien-yon'd better get back
into the house. he remarked grug
~. lie reached down and drew her
10 her feet. then took her hand In
the most acute embarrassment be
had ever known Lets forget IL.
/ Silver"
For moment she permitted her
hand 10 rest in bis. then withdrew
II hurriedly. Without n word she
ran TO the door and vanished IN the
darkness toward the stone house.
Later. when Roddy thoughtfully
returned home. the strong wind
beating up the slope against him
seemed fantastically ike that sud
den impact OF Sllver's cold. slender
body.
Good Lord" he mutfered. and
ran his hand across his eyes. Il
must be crazy
But as he lay In bed thinking
over the events OF the night. II was
the memory OF Silver Grenoble's
cllnging 20 him that gnawed and
worried at the core OF his being un-
I'll az last as he stared up toward
the invisible ceiling. his whole life
seemed TO be tangled In a hopeless
maze
He vowed savagely that tomor.
row he would do two things-he
would write a letter 10 Neal An
thony definitely rejecting his Offer.
and In the evening he would drive
to Ballantyne and fetch Corinne
home.
Beneath the cobalt glitter Of the
sky Roddy found himself driving
along at a snairs pace. although he
had forty miles yet TO go-and fifty
miles back home again. with Co
rlnne beside him
Corlnne had deliberately pro-
longed her visit with her mother. as
Roddy knew. In the hope that he
might finally accept Neal Anthony's
offer, II only TO please her. She had
been affection itself. indeed, and al
ways spoke regretfully OF her pro-
longed absence. But Roddy had had
time TO do a little thinking about
Corinne. She was young and spoiled
and wholly unframed in responsible
ity. But she would grow up In
time, Roddy reflected, and the pass
ing months would bring to her a
sense of her place in the scheme OF
things.
But there would have to be a
change. For one thing. Corinne must
be brought TO realize that they