The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-07
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of her grandfather'S whereabouts
she had driven in in the family
sedan and hand stopped az Il groc-
cry store on Center street to do
some marketing.
Coming out of the store, kath-
crime stood on the sidewalk, look
ing up at the threatening sky,
holding out an experimental hand
10 feel for raindrOpS. Her brown
suit was two years old but she
wore il Superbly. her 1.-THE, we'll
built body giving it flair and dis
,inetion. 4 green felt hat, smart
i'm its agclcSS way, was pulled over
her hair. From beneath 1t her
bronzc-brown curlS escaped, Civ
ING an effect of carclCSSncSS and
childish disorder. Her bronze eyes
matched her hair. Exactly.
someone once said, las if cut from
the same piece of silk The girls
eyebrows were archCd but un-
plucked. When her wide lips part
ed i'm their quick. warm smile You
saw that her teeth were brilliant
ly white. but not entirely even.
There was about her something
magnetic and natural and bOyiSh.
Something eager and intense.
People called her nate.
Just a passing shower. she
said with a smile to the little
grocery clerk who was carrying
out her bags 70 her car. Did my
sister remember to write down
cream of tartar, Henry?
eyes, Miss Kate he answered.
"But Miss Caroline forgot 10 say
whether she wanted light brown
or dark brown Suga, so | put IN
a pound of each.
Smart boy" Kate said. I'm
going TO the drug store now. Close
the car window when you're
through. please
She dashed up the street in the
now briSkly falling rain. her head
ducked 20 miss the singing drops.
She felt someone seize her arms
and shake her sharply. She had
run pell-mell into handsome
black-haired young man of about
%. While he pinned her elbows
TO her sides ne laughed down at
her. in a hurry" he asked. !
Morgan" Kate exclaimed. and
blushed with excitement and hap
pineSS. She had been thinking OF
him steadily for almost an hour,
wondering if she would encounter
him somewhere in town. He was,
in a way. her fiance. In the par
lance of the small southern town.
he had rushed" her for several
years. and one night at a dance
last June he had proposed to her
and she had accepted
"Why. no, I'm not exactly IN
hurry" she told him. Il could be
persuaded 10 waste a little time,
if that's what you mean
Then come on in here he
urged.
They were standing before
drug store. Retaining one of her
elbows, ne Diloted her through the
door, past the marble counter with
its clustered imbiberS and led her
to the fartheSt table in the rear.
Kate said, little breathlcSS,
"You act as if | might bolt and
run. That's part of your fatal
charm. Morgan-treating women
like captured trophies" She
thought, Il banter him as if | had
TO. Why can't | Just remember
we're engaged and relax
Morgan PrentisS smiled. What
do you want TO drink, honey"
She told him a limeade, and he
instructed the waiter to "make it
two" She thought, Hes going
10 ask 70 come out tonight. I'll
ask him for dinner. I'll hurry
home and make a cake 1t was
Friday. and they almost always
dated Friday night. IL was an old
custom. begun when she was a
day pupil at the boarding school
in town.
Hates gaze. honest and eager
and very much in love, rested on
his face. She noticed for the
thousandth time the way his crisp
jet black hair curled above his
forehead The way his arrogant
noStrilS dilated when he inhaled
his cigarct. The quick gestures of
his well-kept. nervous hands. The
Of his SURPRISINGLY blue