The Coolidge examiner., 1935-11-08

! Corlnnr WIS huddleu Up in vea
weeping stormiiy.
.Corinne =" silver said sharply.
You ought 10 be ashamed of your
SELF
Cor!nne stared at her with Wild
eyes. who sent you heret' she d.
manded pc,uianily. Il suppose the
whole Willard family has been hav-
INK conclavet"
stop e. silver broke In. M
one sent me--and you're acting Ike
a child"
Corinue began to weep In earnest.
IL might have known-you'd say
that. This place Is driving uie mad
The wInd-and the cold-and being
alone
You don't have 20 be alone" 81
yer protested. "Why didn't you
come down with Paula tonlsh,
and"
~Because they all hate me, I
know a. They hate me because
I'm not fartn loui-like the rest
% them Roddy hates me-and
loves 20 see the suffer, He's iick.ed
- death because Jason has humh
lated me. Paula for a sister.lnlaw
oh :"
silver took her by the shoulder
I'm not going 20 slt here and listen
20 that nonsense" she said severe
/ Iy You've got 20 get yourself ou
( ~ this mood. Turn over herc' j.
I your head achIng(T
1T has heen bursting all day 80
silver ran her fingers gently over
1 Corinue's shoulders. Il used "a do
I this for ms father when he had q
I headache" she said quietly. and be
gan pressing ber finger tips into the
tendons and muscles that were knot
ted at the back % Corinne's neck
Corinne turned over on her face
/ aud moancd. But silver continued
fo ply her fingers until Corinns be-
gan 10 relax az last. and her muf.
fled walllng ceased
That's better" silver said.
20 oh-ihat hurts."
silver worked more gently. "You
ought TO get out and see what the
world f. like around y0u. III tell
yoti--take a walk wlih me early to
morrow morning. over 20 the Flaihe
place aud back. You have no Idea
I how good II makes you feel"
! A sort OF docllty had crept over
Carlune. 'I1l 30 anything" she
mumbled. ejust TO ge, away from
the grayness Of this hill."
For some time there was silence
between them. until Silver began
10 wonder II Corinne had fallen
asleep. Presently. however. Corinne
spoke up Unexpectedly.
why didn't you marry Gerald
Lucas. silver. when you had the
chancey"
4 should have been the most un.
happy creature In the world Silver
replied
WHY
~flecause- seen enough OF
I thar Hfe 10 know. Silver said
Corlnne lay stitl and aid nol
speak. Fear flled SIlyer's heart as
she Fixed her eyes upon CoFlnne and
wondered. with something Ike de-
spair. what was passing In the mind
of this girl who was Roidy WIZARDS
wife. once or twice she felt that
She must say something TO warn
her against Gerald Lucas and the
/ bright disaster that awaited auy
woman 81 ho gave him her love. but
the words would not come AZ last.
with an Inner trembling. she goi up
and spoke softly.
Il hope you feel better"
Coriune turned over and yawned
Lots better. Thanks 50 much. Sll-
yer"
Silver patted the coyerlet on Co
rinne's shoulder. Try 60 sleep now.
And I'll come Up IN the morning.
right after breakfast. to take you
on our hike"
perhaps IL would be better TO
postpone Il till the afternoon--or
maybe another day" Corinne sug-
gested. I'm expecting a telephone
call tomorrow"
Silver regarded her for moment
/ In silence. well. 90 20 sleep now.
anyhow" she said. and stole quiet
/ ly out OF the room.
Alone again under the cold star
light, Silver found that her minis
tering TO Roddy's wife had had a
profound effect upon herself. All
that lawless feeling for Roddy that
had battled within her for weeks
retreated now before "A burning pity
for Corinne and a feverish resolve
to do everything In her power to
save Roddy's wife from herself and
her false sense OF values.