The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-14
CAST OF CHARACTERS
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CAST OF CHARACTERS
TERRY MALLOW-f our
love-and kept it
JOE MURRAY-liked new
places, new jobs, new girls
HELEN-fell in love-hsrd
once.
Yesterday: Peace, sublime
,.,e. comes to Joe and Terry
in their new life and Terry
mis.es no opportunity to make
Joe doubly aware of her.
CHAPTER XIII
Sly. sly little witch, this Terry
Murray! She amused Joe, tiekled
him. stirred him and kept him al
WAYS aware of her as every wo-
man wants her man TO remain
aware . and she did it as # ne
were the fount and source OF all
fayors and delights and she SIM
pie supplicant on his bounty. She
gave nothing. oStensibly; and not
giving, could not cloy. Her beg
cling was outrageous and mces-
SAINT and in receiving her
need, she gave back a measure
Overlooking.
He knew all this. by Shrewd,
instructive recognition. But TO
know it only led into further myS-
teries he was not fain to solve.
They might bother anyone. Was
it Spontaneity or art? Was it the
love she protested, or was il the
cunning she would have practiced
on any man who fell into her
hands? Though these questions
prevailed, he had not the right to
answer them if he knew. She had
needed help; he had given help.
He could never ask it back. That
was all, that was enough.
But was it enough, disregard
ing his own conscientious decla-
ration? There were times al
ways, always, there would be
times! when he walked alone
in spirit in an endless search
through infinite places where
there was no one any more,
though he must always go look
ing, always alone. Quietly and
secretly then he groaned little
in his Quickened being. hungry
with a hunger that would never
be appeased.
One day she surprised him by
bringing up an unexpected subject
Of discussion. She had been lis
teninR, serious and thoughtful, to
MS gossip of the shop. She said
suddenly. "Joe, how does a man
become a foreman in a place like
that"
"Why he studies, works
for it,"
Studies what"
"BlueprintS. how to read them
and all. Books. He gets himself
made puSher and Gets a line on
the forman's work"
Where do you get such
boOkS?"
There's a school downtown,
for one place. Union Trade
School"
Her big eyes were shrewd and
her brOws were knit. Couldn't
you go TO that school at night and
get yourself made puSher and be-
come a foreman"
"Sure," But ne was little
taken aback. But what the hell,
baby? I'm doing pretty well for
a young man. Give me time"
She did not argue. She thought
and said, you've had enough
school to do it You have a way
with you with people, you can
give orders and make them re-
sfected. You're smart and quick,
you can pick up thing and know
all about il before ] can get
around to finding where to start
It's lust a natural for you, dar-
lingp
He grinned. What's working
on you now? Money again."
She looked rueful. 1T takes a
lot to get a house"
lone lot for every house,
baby: the arithmetic is correct.
Don't be such little gold digger.
Wen get you a house"
She was q little distressed now,
and required reinsurance that she
was no gold digger, whereupon
she was content and the subject
was dropped.
But it came up again. That
small and intense persistence had
found u new field for action.
Then one day an acquaintance
accOsted Joe in the shop during
lunchtime. The acquaintance was
from another part OF the plant
he merely paused to gossip for a
moment. His eyes were watchful
and cunning as he talked. He