Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-08-27
HONEYMOON MOUNTAIN

every. Almost as beautiful as you,
honey, only quite, quite different"
"Have she and Tubby known each
other long?"
years and years."
"Then . surely you needn't wor-
ry, Madeline. He would have married
her long ago if he'd been going to,
wouldn't he?"
Madeline hesitated. NO." she said
finally. Something new has just oc-
Cured in Pillars life. She wouldn't
have married him until now"
A cold finger touched Deborah's
heart; but the touch was so light that
it was gone in an instant, and she
had forgotten it.
"What can l do, Madeline?"
Madeline brought her gaze back from
the distant eastern horizon. chubby
likes me-" she said. II know he likes
me. We get along beautifully togeth-
er. If l were sure he didn't love Pillar
I'd just simply set about making him
love me-"
''But could l find out about Pillar?
Is that what you want me to do?"
II thought you might ask Bryn. Bryn
knows. Bryn knows everything about
Tubby, just as Tubby knows every
thing about Bryn. And then you could
tell me-"
Deborah was silent, her eyes on the
cloth. Madeline was supposing that
she and Bryn had long hours together,
long hours alone, as Simon and Sally
did, hours when nobody else heard
what they said to each other.
She looked up. "Do you really love
him, Madeline?" she asked softly.
Madeline smiled, slow smile. Her
eyes were tender. Eyes, honey. Really"
.Well, them" Deborah said with a
sigh, "I'll see what can do, Madeline"
1t was only an hour or two later
when she saw her chance. Tubby was
sitting alone on stump down by the
brook, whiting industriously at will
| low stick, trying to make himself a
whistle. Deborah went down the path
and perched herself on messy log
in front of him.
"Do you like it up here, Tubby?"
II think it's great. I'm crazy about
it."
Don't you miss all the excitement
in the city, and all the rest of your
friends?"
mot twinge of missing do get"
"All the things you do sound very
exciting. mean, all of you, of course.
Madeline and Sally have been telling
me little, about places, and people.
Yesterday they told me about Pillar.
think she sounds fascinating"
Tubby looked up. "Pilar?" he said
incredulously.
"She sounds marvellous. So tall and
beautiful. Even her name is lovely,
isn't it? Pillar"
do you mean to say those women
told you about Pilar?"
"Yes. Why not? 1 was awfully in
terested."
"Well," he said with a heavy sigh,
women are the funniest things in cap
tivity. l should think that would have
been the last name they would have
mentioned. And, if somehow you had
heard about Pillar, should've thought
she'd be the last person you'd be happy
about never would have dared open
my mouth about her, but then, who am
L? Just mere man."
II don't see why you feel that way"
hut bo, In
to feel little stiff and queer. "There
isn't any reason why I shouldn't want
to hear about Pillar, is there, or
wouldn't like her?'
| Tubby was silent for moment.
Then, 81 suppose not" he said slowly.
mot under the circumstances. After
all. everything went spang right by
the board for you. didn't it?" And you
know it. So why should you worry
| about Pillar or anybody else?"
Deborah tore a little piece of green
velvet moss off the log, and spread it
on the back of her hand. SO Tubby
| didn't know, either. Tubby thought
| that Bryn had fallen in love with her
in Mr.. Holworthy's office. Tubby didn't
know everything about Rryn, after all.
Suddenly Deborah thought she under
| stood why Bryn had told all these peo-
pie the same story, the story about
falling in love with her. 1t was to
save his own self-respect. He didn't
want any Of them to know that he
had just found a new and interesting
way to earn money. Oh, that wasn't
fair. That wasn't like Bryn. And
"From the sound Of Pillar" she said
at last, II couldn't blame anybody for
thinking she was wonderful"
81 suppose she does sound all right"
Tubby said obviously. "But she's no
good, Deborah. I'm warning you, in
case she ever comes near you. But
what's been handed to her is hard to
| take, and it isn't agreeing with her
very we'll"
did you hear somebody calling?"
Deborah said suddenly. 1T sounded
like Grandmother. Excuse me, Tub
BY" and she got up and ran swiftly
up the path to the house. Grandmother
was not calling. But Deborah knew
she couldn't bear to stay with Tubby
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