The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-14

Then Corinne said, "But promised
them we'd be there"
81 can't help it," Roddy protest
ed. eff you want to go, take the car
and run over for an hour or so.
I'm so doggone tired ! could"
Harry and his sister will come
for me-if you won't take me-"
Corinne replied distantly.
"Corrie!" Her name, as he utter
ed it, was a vehement plea. But she
did not answer. She had already
left the room and gone into the hall
to telephone.
Roddy sat for minute where he
was and listened to Corinne's voice
as she talked to Harry Richter and
made her own elaborate excuses
for her husband. Then he got up
and went to the kitchen.
He was sitting there half hour
later when Corinne came and stood
in the kitchen doorway, She was
dressed for the party. Roddy looked
up.
"Give my regards to Harry" he
said, land tell him to bring you
home early"
Corinne frowned. 81 didn't think
you could be so stubborn"
Roddy got up and put his arm
about her. 1T isn't stubbornness,
DEAR" he said quietly. Lord, can't
you tell when man is dog-tired?"
you're not too tired to 60, If
you really wanted to-" she persist
ed. "It's just that you don't like the
people who are going to be there"
"Well-they're not my idea of a
steady diet, exactly" he admitted.
She drew her lips tight as she re-
turned his look. "You are very
funny sometimes" she said coldly.
II simply can't understand you.
Don't try, kid" he said and pat
ted her on the shoulder. Go ahead
and have a good time. I'll put in a
couple of hours checking up on that
new corn"
you're not too tired for that"
she retorted.
"But that has to be DONE" he told
her. There's Harry now"
There was the sound of car
coming to a stop before the door.
Corinne turned away Immediately
and was gone. Roddy went to the
window and watched until the car
was out of sight.
X X X
Silver gathered her tweed jacket
about her and seated herself beside
clump of Juneberry bushes on the
hill. It was quite late, but she had
been unable to 60 to bed on such a
night as this.
It did not seem possible that
Gerald Lucas could be only a few
miles away. She found herself won
dering, idly, what he would do to
amuse himself presently with the
leisure his new enterprise would
give him. His effort to restore their
relationship would not be reepated,
she knew. He had not made any
attempt to communicate with her
so far as Silver knew, Corinne had
not met him again. But that mo-
ment in the sultry moon-rise, when
Corinne and Gerald had looked at
each other for the first time, re-
NAMED in her mind still, haunting
and OMNIBUS.
There was a sound Of someone
moving out of the brush to the left.
Silver glanced up and saw Rcddy
standing a few feet away, looking
down at her.
"Why Roddy!" she exclaimed. x
though you and Corinne had gone
to the party"
For moment he hesitated. "'Co-
rhine went" he told her. 1.-THE
Richters came for her" He sat
down near by took a night off
and spent it bringing. some Of my
records up to date" 8.
II wish," said Silver wistfuHy,
"that I had studied plant pathology
and those things instead of langu-
ages. Every time I 60 into your
laboratory I feel so darned in
ferior!"
He laughed indulgently.
"Well, you're certainly young
enough to learn" he remarked, eff
you're still bent on being farmer.
And it's beginning to look as
though Vol are" He got his pine