Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-19
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LINETTE'S ALMOST FOR
GOTTEN HERO REAP
PEARS ONLY TO ENLIST
HER AID IN THE PURSUIT
OF ANOTHER MAID

HER AID IN THE PURSUIT
OF ANOTHER MAID
y NETTE SHAW was checking
addresses for the coming an
nual reunion OF the alumnae oil
- RObIe College for Women. That
was one Of her main duties as
secretary of the Robbie AIumnae as
ISOLATION on Thirtieth street. 10 was
early May. The lilac bushes of Central
Park we're white and purple. Street
carts vended viOlets and roses. On
campuseS, young men and women were
StrOlling and mating. Or wondering
about rented tuxedOs or formal or
CANDIES.
Linette fancied that she was dream
ing when she looked up from "Ad-
! dresses of Members, volume three" to
! see Berkay Caldwell crossing the blue
| carpeted hall toward her desk in the
alcove.
-Four yearsl Two dances, two kisses,
! two telephone numbers exchanged. He
4 had looked her up finally?
She had almost forgotten him, or
so she believed.
It might have been last night that
she had danced with him. His thick
untidy black hair, his uncleft chin, his
football shoulders, his unabashed dark
eyes. were instantly as familiar to her
as this polished walnut desk at which
she had docilely sat for three years
and five months.
So Linette rose eagerly, with light
like a night star in her dark blue
eyes.
Rising, she saw that he had not
come to look her up. He did not even
remember her.
He smiled uncertainty.
Miss Shaw, secretary Of the Roble
Alumnae Association" He glanced
down at a scrubbed card in his hand
for reinsurance Of her identity and
authority. 1--WE been told, Miss Shaw,
that you're the person who can best
aid me in-in a matter"
"Yes?" Her eyes had ceased to be
night-starrish. They were expression
less.
AS If taking a too cold plunge, he
drew q breath. He seated himself on,
a corner of her desk. Then he smiled
at her again, hke-oh, she got It'll
Like an undergrad about to softsoap |
an elderly woman teacher. An Eng
liSh teacher.
Linette was annoyed. She was only |
a. Not girls worst age. And once at /
dances she had been sought after Not 1
sought after like some other girls, the I
prom high-lights. But sought after.
"It's a mess" he began to explain, /
sim embarrassed IT want to locate
an-well, flighty young alumna. I've
got to find her, too"
1t was Duvvy Maune. She had run
away to New York. Her family ana
Berkay Caldwell's lived on adjoining
estates In a county in Eastern Penn
sylvania. Known each other all their
lives.
Duvvy had run away to see life, with,
more or less, q married man OF the
vicinity whose wife was heart-broken
but coldly resolved not to give d.
Vorce. And Duvvy, the naughty girl,
simply must be found and hailed home
before-before-
Embarrassed, his voice trailed into
silence.
before anything unforgivable hap
Dens?" supplied Linette, unfriendly.
'Um-well, before she gets into the
he said, helplessly. "Of
course weber family-would forgive
Duvvy, almost anything, you know.
5he-she's Just Duvvy."
Iiinette's rather lovely mouth tight
med. She had known Duvvy Maune.
Not wen. But well enough. Linette had
been a dignified senior, Duvvy q
iRzzIing freshman. Duvvy was the kind (
II girl that women do not forget.
Duvvy had pale gold hair. fairy hair
0uvvy thought well Of Duvvy. She
borrowed other girls perfume, brace
cts, taxi-fare, and lecture notes. And
lever paid back.
So now Iinnette Shaw was not only
and hurt because quick
Wild hope had been nipped like bud
which niistook March for May, she was
,erplexed.
'sWhat can I dor" she asked, not too
raciously.
He explained eagerly. Robe College {
or Women was one Of the Oldest In s
titutions In America. It's alumnae
Tere many and loyal. Some one might
ave seen or heard OF Duvvy. II Miss {
Ihaw did not mind 'phoning everyone
n the membership list g
Miss Shaw minded. But she did not