The Washington times., 1937-12-14

Nov, I won't tell a soul. I know
how sensitive you honeymooners
are"
Would Rene never Gomez Lynn
served the tea, found some bis
cults to go with 1t, and Mrs. Lowell
chatted on. Lynn was about at
the end Of her rope when Mrs.
Lowell heard a car drive In.
THAT must be the men-folks.
She got UP, and both she and
Lynn went outside.
Lynn knew from Rene's face
that there was something seriously
wrong with the car.
I'm afraid we'll be tied up for
a day at least" he said as he
came over to the trailer.
PA, why don't you have him
paint the garage-that is, ii
they've got to stay overP He's q
painter, his wife tells me-"
THAT so? How about it, Bou.
chier?"
Lynn could not look at Rene,
and she struggled not to laugh,
She expected to hear him decline
with vigor.
That's not q bad idea. How
much would you figure the job
worth?" he asked.
How long would 1t take you?"
asked the farmer.
1T that the garage?" Rene in.
quired, pointing to a frame build
ing back Of the trailer.
YES"
II better look it over" Rene re
piled. and walked over to the ga
rage.
Lynn gasped, turned and fled
back to the cooking supper. Rene
who could do those gorgeous
watercolors, painting the Lowell
garagel Poor Rene!
When he came in later she wa,
still laughing. her head thrown
back.
Wasn't 1t pricelessP"
1T was! I begin work tomor
row."
Are you Serious?"
Il was never more serious In nv
4lfe." He slumped on to the sofa.
Lynn, that cars q mess, Just
about everything is wrong with
1t. The last guy who tinkered with
it certainly fixed it! The bill is
going to be plenty"
How much?"
"At least $40. That will take al
our cash."
"Oh, Rene!"
Nov don't worry. The old boy
SAID he'd give me IS if I'd pain
the garage two coats. can dc
it in two days.
But, Rene"
A STRANGE PREDICANENT
Il know paint. don't I? Be
sides, I've done q lot Of painting
for mother. We're going to drive
In after supper and get the stuff
want to start first thing in the
morning."
do you think we can scrape
enough together to get back to
New York?".
We'll manage somehow"
Rene" Lynn did not know
how to begin.
II know what you're going to
say. Yes, he thought we were
married, and I let him think So
never dreamed we'd be stuck
here There was nothing else to
do. Lynn. They'd never under.
stand"
81 don't suppose anybody else
would, either"
"Of course, they would, If they
knew you'll"
You'll have to be Mrs. Boucher
until we can get out Of here
What about supper?
Rene'S visit to town that night
was not reassuring. He stopped
off at the garage and found his
car strewn about the floor. the
worn parts in a heap. His report
to Lynn was gloomy.
"I've got $40. It will be more
than that, I'm afraid. We have
got to have a little something tc
get the rest Of the way. II we
had any more bad luck we'd be
surk."
why shouldn't I send a letter
air mail to Mrs. Warren's at
torney? He would send me my
check" .
WRITES FOR CHECK
Maybe we better do that, just
to be on the safe side. It could
come general delivery here" SO
Lynn sat down promptly and
wrote to Charles Mortimer asking
for her check by air mail i'm
mediately.
Maybe should tell him to
wire 1t? What do you think?"
"It will cost money to do that,
| but maybe it is better than being
/ stranded"
! So that is the way 1t was left
Mortimer was to wire the monev tc
Lynn to the Western Union office
in Lu Lu, the nearest town.
Bright and early the next morn
| ing Rene was I'm and at his paint