Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-07-01
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By JULIET WHO'D ToNEPKENs
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IN TWO PARTS-PART TWO


4 She had so stirred him that ne hac
TO get up and walk about the room
he asked questions about climate
water, soil, prices, and she was as full
OF new knowledge as though she had
been preparing for this moment
though the idea had only just come
: to her.
A secret purpose made her mean
descent. for never in this world would
Sally Tremaine accept such q life.
David might be thinking that she
would, for Sally was q tireleSs sports
woman. but Anne'S knowledge OF her
went deeper. Sally would never consent
TO cut herself off from the life she
knew and the crowd she went with.
Dinner IS served Della announced
from the doorway
David started The clock was strik-
ing seven.
your boat couldn't come back in
this storm, Anne said, speaking cas-
ually over racing happiness. Not for
a second had she forgotten the time
You might as well have your dinner.
He stood frowning, hesitating. sally
Is expecting me for dinner" He had
! 70 speak harshly to get it out at all.
4 Anne showed no sign of hurt. "She
/ Is not expecting you If she looked out
! OF her windowsl She knows where
/ you are, OF course. Why don't you
David tried to, but the wind had put
the line out Of commission. Sallys
name had broken the charm that had
IAN on the past hour, and they ate
rather silently. And yet in spite Of
everything, it was so natural. being
there togetherl They did not have to
talk, 70 be at home with each other.
And Delia's excellent food was tran
qulliNng. Perhaps neither had eaten
much that day.
When they left the table. David nut /,
MS hand through her arm, Just as he I
always had, and it sent the old de- /
light through all her being. Surely he /
must feel 1t, too-it was not all hers? .
She looked up into his face. acknowl- /
eoglng the message, smiling infinite
understanding. He had to smile back.
but his eyes we're tragic.
Anne brought out the card table
ana the crtbbage board "Remember?" !
He remembered. One fearful night
they had grimly played cribbage hour
alCer nour, braced across Annes berth
with the board between them. while
Ine sea and the ship fought 1t out.
Iney mad never played the game since
How they had loved each other that
night, with death so nearl A blast
that nearly drove in the windows
brought back a sense of heaving decks.
then a great burst of rain came sluic-
ing down the panes, pouring like the
sea on their portfolios. Anne could hear
their voices coming out Of the past,
neld down to everyday quiet She had
said, David, if there is any choice, I
would rather die with you than live
without you"
And then David: But Anne. there
IS only one thing that could make
1ylng easier, and that is knowing that
you were safe"
Then. Anne, crawling on her knees.
lad got out the cribbage board. She
had said, Wen play for it, NV lover
If win, we stick together" And she
lad won every game until a mighty
urch had overturned everything are
'ast her into his arms How they had
owed each other!
The rain will beat down the waves.
men your boat can come over" Anne
AID, TO show that she was not trying
o hold htm-not for one moment.
David made no answer.
At first he played absently and
nne's score ran up Then he reused
imseh to fight. They had always
layed games with complete earnest
eSs, no quarter given and debts rig
rouSly settled. BY their intentneSs. ~
ley might still have been playing for
neither in shipwreck they should stay oe
,gether. y
The little pegs travelling about the ~
bard brought their hands close. An ~
our went by, and another They did -.
0t notice when the rain stopped and las
re wind died away. A spell lay on -
e room, shutting them IN together ~
ke bright cocoon woven about -
lem. They. were very stiIl and David ~
lowed nothing, but q light not from u
mpS shown in Annes face.
She was still winning when a long Lle
OF from the cove shattered their CO. ~
on and tipped them out into flat. -
lilly reality. David went to the win AAAl
w and opened it.
why, the moon Is out" he said. pe
nd the boat has come" ~
anne looked from another window w
lld1ng the curtains across the light,
Is very rough still In the chan I
! " she said, you wouldn't rather WI
ut till morntng2" wa
The pause was dreadful. II she had
'ked she would have seen that David WI
8 leaning far out, hands gripping .sT
WINDOW and his eyes staring down -.
the boats outline as though they VIZ
10 cieave the darkness.
III go down and take a look" he
d, and went quickly out.
Anne wtlted down inside the cur an(
ms, her forehead on the sill ooh, yer
AZ let him go-don't go, David Yol
n clamor, she pulled herself up, Won
liking back her hair II am going TO ma.
strongI" she said aloud. ing
David was gone so long that she 7
to wonder II he had not simply had
with no goodbye. That would not DaV
Ike him. Perhaps the engine was run
ing trouble. She could dirnly make froz
the boat and the two figures stand he
on the landing Presently David Sal
ned back to the house side
Ie came In newly charged with deri
le black mood. The lift of his head ID
the shutting Of the door seemed him
mean anger He stood against the 81
r, and Anne, leaning on a chair II
k. had to wait TIL it burst out: you
Sally came for mel7 And then, Il
tn taking In the whole world. even into
lie, "She had no right to come and doos