The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-13
"I'll always be with you'
sweet"
Like an exhausted child she
fell asleep in his arms.

Berenice had not been back to
her apartment since her illness.
She said she never wanted to see
it again or anyone connected with
her life there, anyone except Bill.
1t was pathetic how Berenlce
chung to- Bill, how she could
scarcely bear to let him out OF
her sight or he, her.
Tony first interested Steve Hill
in Bill. Steve's word carried
weight in the radio world. He had
Bill promoted to the script de-
partment on the local station.
Steve said Bill had ideas. ideas
that we've needed on scenarios
and advertising programs.
"The boys no salesman" he ex-
planned, "but he'll rise and shine
in the writing field if know
creative talent when I see it."
In the meanwhile, although his
promotion carried a modest rise
in salary, Bill and Berenice were
going back to three housekeeping
rooms in an old brick house.
Janet had imagined it would
take them all afternoon to get
settled in the new place. Both she
and Bill were determined that
Berenice should do nothing ex-
cept lie on the couch in the liv-
ing room and direct proceedings.
However, everything was finish
ed by four o'clock. Janet decided
while she had Jim's flivver to run
an errand for Anne. Old Mrs.
Givens who lived on a black road
behind the Country Club earned
her living by making patchwork
quilts. Anne saved samples of
materials for her. Janet stopped
at the flat for the bundle and de-
livered it. 1t was after five, the
hottest time in the afternoon,
when she started back to town
and until it joined the highway
the rload was unpaved.
"Thank heaven, there's only a
mile of this" she muttered, chok-
ing on the cloud of red dust she
had picked up.
She felt apprehensive about
the tires on the car. They were
badly worn. Jim was dickering
for new ones.
II knew it, she exclaimed
when with a slap, bang, whoosh,
the left rear tire went flat.
Gas I live and BREATHE" cried
Janet. "a rescue!"
When the roadster slowed down
beside her, her exultation took
wings. NO." she muttered moro
sely, there are days when you
can't get a break"
Having trouble?" inquired
Gordon Key nervously.
ooh, no." replied Janet with
elaborate sarcasm, II rip tires to
pieces for the sheer girlish fun
, of it."
eve can telephone jim after
we get to town and have him
send out for the car" he suggest
ed tinidly. ''That is, if you don't
mind riding in with me-"
''There doesn't seem to be any
help for it," snapped Janet.
She locked the flivver and
climbed in beside Gordon, osten-
tatiously ignoring his offer of as
sistance.
He started and turned very
pink. 'You mean, they'll think
we-er- planned it,
1t was not Gordon's fault that
just as they turned in off the dirt
road, Priscilla Leigh should drive
out of the Country Club grounds
in her white and scarlet roadster
But it was Gordon's fault when
he became excited and stalled his
engine right across the highway
so that neither machine could
move.
Gordon shivered and would
have embarked upon a voyage of
explanation if Janet had not
kicked him in the shin. "Have we
taken root or what?" she de-
manded fiercely. Lets co.
The car began slowly to move
away. $50 nice to have seen you,'
Priscilla called after them with a
silvery hooking laugh.
Anne had asked Cathy and
Danny to supper that night. An
ne also insisted that Berenice and
Bill come back to the flat too.
Bill bent anxiously over Bere-
nice. Tired, sweet?" he asked
tenderly.
Berenice laid her check against
his hand. "A little"
"Run on, you two" said Anne
with a smile. II shan't be alone.
Steve Hill is coming"
The doorbell rang and Janet,
coloring painfully, started to her