Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-09-10
Honeymoon
| Mountain /
) By FRANCES )
5 SHELLEY WEES 5
Copyright by
Frances Shelley Wees
WNU Service
CHAPTER IX-Continued
Copyright by
Frances Shelley Wees
WNU Service

CHAPTER lX-COntlnued
My dear, you are more than vel
come" Grandmother said warmly
ANY friends of Bryns are our friends
too, and our home is always open to
them. And l am delighted to hear
you discussing details of modern So
ciety. l am sure your talk will be a
liberal education for Deborah, and
help her to establish herself more
easily when she goes out into Bryn's
world with him."
Pillars black eyes rested momentari-
ly on Deborah. They were quite ex-
pressionless. "There will be no diff
culties for Deborah" she said tender
~. "She is so adorable that she won't
need to make the slightest effort. Ev-
cry one will fall in love with her at
first sight"
'Just as Bryn did," Sally added, and
looked fleetingly at Pillar.
"Just as Bryn did," Pillar repeated,
but her mouth frightened a little, Deb
orah saw, at the corners.
How long are you planning to stay,
Pilar?" Madeline said evenly. "Are
you going home for the yacht races?'
Il really hadn't considered 1t.
wasn't sure I'd he invited to stay, you
see"
Grandmother gave little sigh. II
am so thankful that when Deborah
does emerge into society she will have
dear Bryn to take care of her. He un.
derstands so well what her life has
been. and he is so thoughtful and low
ing. II, takes great load off my mind
to have him So"
"Bryn has always been DEAR" Pillar
agreed at once. Il don't know what l
should ever have done without Bryn,"
she went on. For years, now, he has
been my staunchest comrade. No mat
ter in what difficulty i found myself,
there was always Bryn, and he brought
me all his troubles and joys as WELL
1t delights my heart to know that he
is happy
Deborah did not move. Grandmother
lifted her eyes and looked at Pillar
frankly. "You modern girls are so
honest and open," she said. "In my
day girl would never have dared to
make such a statement about a man. |
She would have been afraid of being |
misunderstood"
"Nlisunderstood?' Pillar murmured. |
ficking open the lighter.
''Tn my day." Grandmother explained,
there were few young men such as
our dear Bryn, so handsome, so ell
gible in every way, so fine. If girl |
had been his friend always, as you
have been, my child then she would |
have been expected to marry him, and,
indeed, she would herself have expect |
ed to marry him. l do not quite I'M
derstand the new camaraderie which |
allows of such close friendships with
out any thought Of marriage or roman
tic love. In my day, so queerly uncon-
trolled was human nature then. the
sort of friendship you mention would
have been potentially dangerous If
either the girl or the man-particular-
ly the man-married elsewhere"
Pillars eyes narrowed the faintest
trife against the light as she looked
at Grandmother. Grandmother was sit
ting up little straighter than Deb
Orah had seen her sit for some time
and there was little pink in her
cheeks. But her eyes as they met
Pillars were calm and kind. and Deb
orah pushed away the thought that
Grandmother suspected something and
was taking her own way to combat
the hint Of danger.
Pillar rose and stood for a moment. 4
tall and lissome and full of grace, be-
side the door. She was smiling. Gus
toms are very different now" she MUIR
INJURED, and begged to be excused, and
went out through the door.
There was little silence when Pillar
was gone. Deborah looked up from
the puppy to find Grandmother stitch
ing away placidly again, her eyes on
her material, and Sally and Madeline
looking at each other with steady
meaning. Sally and Madeline didn't
understand They didn't know what
1t must have been like for Pillar to
love Bryn, to have loved him for years
and then to have him suddenly marry
another girl. They didn't know what
1t meant to love Bryn. Simon and
Tubby were all right, of course, and
perfect darlings, but they weren't
Bryn. Deborah's eyes burned, and the
bad lump came back in her throat.
There was a knock at the door. 1t
was one of the maids, wanting Deb
orah The cook would like her orders
the maid said respectfully. Deborah
went out and shut the door behind her.
Deborah stumbled down the hall to.
ward the kitchen. In her minds eve
she could see herself sitting on the
wall the other night, with Bryn lean
Ing close beside her. She remembered
what she had wanted to do. Bryn's
face was so close, and he was such
dear: she had wanted TO take his face