Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-12-21
GLORIOUS
/ ADVENTURE
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BIZ Il. d. WILKINSON
lAxs1etated HevspapersJ
WEU Service.


minds thzt-yhs-S4t dn- t-tntznato-mz
~ any one. Chef was not only good
looking and popular.- but he had a
tItI1re- A graduate Of Yale, he was
he spn, Of $hirssham.s feadinsi citi-
zen and would one day become sole
owner Of the Lofiag Textile mills.
1t was hard 70 understand . girl
who would pass up m offer Ike
that.
For some reason Kay must have
decided to live and die an I'd maid.
because no girl could possibly as
pire higher than Chef Loring.
Az matter Of fact. the folks Of
Shiresham were fog once quite ac-
curate IN their guesswork.
Kay had resigned herself to do
just what they predicted: Live and
die an old maid And she prob
ably would have succeeded because
Of natural stllbb0rnness and IN
dependence OF nature had not. a
month after Chefs prorosas Ben
Hosea Of the Wellington Express
popped Into town one day 20 inter-
view Loring senior concernins the
Possibility Of textile strike
In route back to the rsiIfbad TIA
tion Ben stopped In the drug Store
to buy some eikarettes f1s1nd
Kay Winthrop there
One i6ck At Kay ana Bir.. Hosea
had an attack u go0sepimple&qE
.rlHe followed her out to her ear
, and climbed boldly aboard the run
Kay looked at him Indignantly,
but The didn't sctearri.E 7s'9li'''io9
iir':E1eiiss me" said Ben, Htng his
hat r,FeEtraFeledo an over sthfS
J Sldnworid rof 0ursi md shack again,
and I've never seen q girlaasibeaas
tttnl ~ ryou!.inbe RS ss szIss Ills
Kay was too overcome With as
enlistment to speak.
And when at last HE got hear.sself
partially under control stie didn't
say lat an ,whaasshes f1teaded. uGfn4
stead, an eager wistfA look came
INTO a sss 5saIIe t9 BIeIF ggSstissIttx s,9
she asked. 991T SGmtzi1dO
China. yes" said Ben, and
opened the door Of the roadster and
sat down beside her. Twice. Drive
me down to the station and m ten
you aH0about dChna3tFio gniwolIof
r. Thinking it over later, KAY mar
veled at her acceptance of this bold
y6dag fhan.fsgg 30 N T. SEspnsp
:sjYet she knew mat in her dreams,
she had always, wanted il that way.
rd Secretly that had been her,heart,s
desire: To have a bold. Laughing
Young man appear from riouSwhers
ana sweep her Of her feet, 50 I to
speafss t5dtaik to ihef OF fafF away
coumr5asJnof vagabehdiag sareahA
thegworlds of queer, strange people;
of love and romance, and newer
once Of settling down and living
insecurity as Chet Loring and, all
the other young men she knew want.
ca t6ido.E sSDoi Sn1 fsrI bSonUoI
-diKay fen inffevgowief him. iii wol
nj She couldn't help It. s1sa-Gd gni1u
.ysBe was1a symbol Of all the things
she had ever wanted and dreamed
Of having, Everyone told her, she
vas crazy, they shook their heads
IN pity and admonition.A But KAY
didf4 ucare.d d nojqU bnG sS2I1d
-nWhen Ben proposed marriage She
accepted eagerly0 ,qnibIaH q si3
ot Tyeoa qlittle money! saved up.'s
he said, Enough to, buy JUS, pas
sage on a freighter going to China.
IN chuck this reporting Job and do
the thing I've always wanted to do.
Write travel book TN do it while
we're ffs1sinE1 Hetoss 9&iS1 PaEikc.
VIII you take a chance that I can
sell the beekl.snnne-fmss gd1 nj
II "Yes,Y said Kay n breathlessly,
s"roh, yes, 1fn be a glorious adven-
tlret You can show me an the
places you've visited beffotfHe, an the
queer countries Tafid strange c0tnl
tries. Esd ydqIuM q msiIliW ~
sliBenJ nodded andnfor once held his
tonguesIM bnG est1immo0 5ruoO
He looked down into her glow,
ing eyes and Instantly turned away.
But Kay was too excited to notice.
Vel elope," he said. Next
Thur sday night. ftM be more ex.
citing" 3,
Until Thursday Kay lived in 4
yerld sof h3eAms aha glorious exz
pectAacJ. J vWhen 4he~ time cama
she was waiting for him with hes
sultcases packed and an eager, joys
Gus look in her eyes. y
:,g During sgtbe Eide ltq The d0ctF hs
Sfaeu esptata viii marty US %
lb6afds' eVBn sW ,T9nt92oT q
stnAndothen heowasstrangely Silent
AtttheRpiep he pointed 9oilts theit
ship, and Kay exclaimed in delights
"Oh, it's wonderful Liker-lilke 4
dream shipl." s.
5, Pen swept her into hisoafms and
s,Sa 9Ss he ssst 3Assrs s. down "a sq pssc
ing box and stood before her, 1oolrs
ing down into her eyes. JshI 9
O1RDaflingF heosaid, nsT thought i
| could go through withiitS lbutfD can't,
You're too fine and good lend71and
slorloussrrttgi1dD 10 onintoa 9
- Slowly the smile faded rom Rays
lips. the Joyful expectant look left
ihera eyes.u .inn.f lie rcIES 3