Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-18

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bright eyes. Lord, who said
marry?
"Oh, that's all right. A fellow
likes to park his pin somewhere.
Come on, be a good egg"
"Well-oh, all right"
What difference does it make,
she thought, what difference does
anything make, remembering
suddenly Saints crinkling blue
eyes and his slow, hesitant II
adore you"
Anyway Owen wasn't afraid
every girl he met was going to
get him for breach of promise.
The next evening the light
house keeper blew in on them in
wild excitement. Fifteen years
he'd been operating the radio sta
ton at the tower, and never a
message had come for him that
wasn't an SOS. And here, from
an official marine station, was a
message to a girl on his island
He had decoded it painfully and
scribbled it out on brown wrap
ping paper. Nancy caught the
contagion of his excitement, but
it faded quickly as he read the
message.
Miss Nancy Chatham care Of
Judith Lighthouse Brooke Is
land Tournament oUer MarUin
i0on stop Wonderful 1oeather
stop Arrived Neto York today
stop When are you coming
back impatient to see you
stop st Laurence Vail
what answer, Miss ?" the
lighthouse man asked, hoping he
would be able to send the answer
more quickly than he had de-
coded the message itself.
mo answer" Nancy said
sweetly.
That was just like Saint. He
would use all his influence and
connections to send silly mes
sage like that, which said pre-
cisely nothing. Impatient to see
YOU"
Owen caught the temper that
underlay her sweetness.
Must be important-a mes
sage to the lighthouse station"
he hazarded as a feeler after the
man had gone to radio over and
over to a surprised operator mo
answer no answer no answer"
"Who is the ardent MANI"
TITS nothing" said Nancy.
"just a message about a golf
tournament from a man used to
know"
Used to know!
JUDITH arrived the next day,
u in a special launch she had
hired to bring her over.
ooh, by the way, Nancy she
said innocently, having already
noticed the pearl-set pin on her
sweater, saint is back in town
He rather expects you to return
tomorrow-said the three weeks
are up. I told him not to count
on it. Wait, he sent you pres
ent."
1t was another large package.
Nancy took off the paper in quiv-
ering interest, but when she
saw the familiar box, Susskind's
Sweetheart Chocolates, she didn''
even open it. Judith smiled as
she threw it on the table.
Owen came in a little later,
volubly grateful to Judith for
sending Nancy to brighten his
exile.
"Shes a great old turnip, Ju-
dith, and we're engaged. Oh,
chocolates! Judith, you'll spoil
the boy yet"
He pounced on the box and
opened it.
Hey, what sort of trick is
this? 2" and he dropped the lid in
disgust.
Judith smiled
Nancy crossed to the box with
sudden interest. All the choco-
lates had been removed. There
was little gray velvet jewelers.
box in the large one.
She opened it quickly, and took
out a slim bracelet of sapphires
and blue-white diamonds. AS she
slipped in on she read the card,
saint Lawrence Vail" and in his
sweet scrawl, ITO my wife"
Eyes bright, while they both
watched her, she stopped to con-
slider. Did sheer didn't She
have grounds for breach of prom
Use?
Turn it over, darling" Judith
said.
Nancy did.
II guess maybe ! will go back
tomorrow. Sorry, Owen, but
you'll have to find another hangar
for parking your pin"