Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-11
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.--\rTER THIRTY-FOUR

--NVTER THIETY-FOUR
..kNLE, DRUMMED a tattoo on
.. lA.,cy'S door with her fingers.
..... She waited 4 moment and
..1,3 again bill"
-,. heard 4 stirring, then a
laden. "YcS?"
sic. uo, The sun is out and the
is aye singing. And anyway, I
.,, .o 80 walking with you be-
.r breakfast"
l.,-y stirring. then-"Not inter-
...... !- sunshine, or birds"
sr. smiled at the oakcn door.
... n-..kGaSt, or me-"
q lh. [ like breakfast"
...r right. Ill right, you too. Let
., "a robe on, can't you?"
a.. ,uyned the knob and poked
.slyJ head out then, smiling
.ly. Sleep had worked its mir
last evenings gloom had fad
What's the idea, disturbing a
-..-ulu in the"
"fH.Sh and so dress. I'll wait on
- 'front.' porch. Comb your hair.
.,." She reached quickly to pull
.a IT the black crinkleS that his
...y. had ironed down near to his
..a tnc1 she laughed and left him.
lie came down in whites-white
IS trousers. white SoN and shoes,
.n.te sport shirt that laced part
... down his big chest. and that
. very short sleeves. He had
-...y.I hurricdly so that he now
.Es.s Ike 4 youth of II, pink and
lamp and pretty. Gayle told him
LAX.
Your voice will even be chang
..- soon. I betcha" she concluded.
lie grabbed at her in mock fury.
81. ..,,lged, ran. Shrieked and ran
-.s.,r. There was no escaping him,
,..,h. In a moment he had her
.- his powerful grip. AS if she We're
...,r sister aged 10 or so, he lift
.. her bodily up onto his shoulder
... carried her across the lawn on
. .-u-. Quite by chance he circled
>.,,. uaSsed Shrubbery and came
,..r.. sight of the old Merritield
summing pool
An ha." he cried. suddenly. The
.so,. thoroughly recOnditioned and
.a4iutad. had been filled. Even
...r It's water caught the spring
..-!,. :aWn and reflected colorS. The
.a.-r-c wind ripple made patterns
Bill Bailey, what are you going
- Go:' Gayle suddenly cried.
Wake Il gentleman up at mid
light, viii you? Disturb a thinker
g.: his sleep. Pound on his door like
blacksmith, and drag him out
ITO me cold. Ha! Vengeance is
nine"
She began q terrific squirming
~. Kicking and failing and plead
.-E. salf-laughing and half-fright-
....-i at the same time. The more
she wriggled, the faster he ran
a2G the higher up he held her in his
-.Harful arms. All at once they
.--a ~ the edge of the pool.
-YEOWr" he yelled, and
.-rr" her in.
- had barely hit the water
20 Re part marked nine feet deep
zen ne had Owed in headlong.
>.- struck on her side, but Bills
sine vas a graceful head-frst. He
ne. through the water to come I'M
.-r he" In a matter of seconds he
~. gripped her again and was
G.,jiDg her face up in the air.
"I-hope-you can SWIM" he
s.rinEed, through the drip.
I can't swim a stroke" she
s-.-iad. II hope you-droWn-with
-- hateful thing, COCOON"
She leaped at him then, pumped
ar'h hands onto his head and quite
thoroughly sOused him. She used
lie leverage to step up onto his
s.-merged shoulders and plunge
aH=r. When he sputtered to the
surface again she was sitting on
'-a blue tiled side of the pool,
g-.-aciGg at him and squeezing
:"- hair.
IN hate you until the year
26"o.' she avowed. Il spent hours
Cr.aqing this morning. Hair-do,
cl.ls face, everything. Now look at
ny cUrls. Or eX-curls."
II her own estimation she was a
r-y looking mess. Bill, though,
looked at her appreciatively still.
tf"r hair cut in a long bob, was
angle Of wet, straw-colored ma
,e"-al which captured golden points
u sunlight now. The water had no
Whit damaged the color of her
rHa@ks and lips, and Bill doubted
hat The color was artificial any,