Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-06-27

| Sheila. There's just one thing gets
her. And that's sin. You know that.
Your mother thought you'd done
something wrong. She thought that
after all her love and teaching and
prayers, you'd done something bad;
that's what was killing her. That"
Frank concluded with great simplic-
ity, "that's what was eating herl"
There was a pause. Then Frank
asked again:
"Sheila, will you 60 homer"
She looked at him, suddenly sur
| rendered.
eyes, I will, Frank"
GOOD girl" he said.
"Shall I just walk in on my moth
err"
"She'u be ready for you'll"
It warmed her heart. There was
| something tremendously exciting in
the process of yielding her will to
that of this young man.
Frank glanced at his wrist.
II have to see a man in the Chan
dler Building here, wherever that
| is" he said. cts twelve o'clock.
We could lunch at one, and start at
two."
''Is there two o'clock train?"
"Train! I flew down, and I'm 60
ing to fly back"
"Fly!" she said.
Certainly" He laughed at her
bewildered face. Haven't you ever
flown?"
"When on earth would I fy?"
"Well," he said, "you can fly to-
day. You'll be home at three o'clock.
I always fly down here to Atlantic
City and back. I've done it for
years."
Home at three o'clock! The mere
thought made her heart soar with
sheer ecstasy. Ma-at three o'clock.
"I'm taking you to the Command
er for lunch!" Frank said.
AT luncheon she tried to tell Frank
some of her experiences at the Pen
dergast, but she was much too ex-
cited.
you're different today from the
poor little soul who came into our
house two weeks ago, Sheila." He
watched her, in satisfaction, for
few minutes and then added, with
just hint of his kindly and patron
izing air, "You have a new good
friend in Miss Kennedy, Sheila."
"Miss Kennedy?"
'The young lady who's going to
marry me in June"
"Oh," said Sheila.
tShe's so much interested in ev-
erything I tell her about you. She
thinks-no, no sauce" Frank said,
interrupting himself. "She thinks
what everyone else does, that you're
staying with some friends of your
family. She doesn't know I'm in
the secret" he said. I'll tell her
this last chapter of your adventures
tonight"
81 hope it's the last!" Sheila said,
and added: "Peter's given up his
law"
ooh, yes. He wasn't Frank
shook his head-"he wasn't a law
yer!" he said. "My fathers de-
lighted to have him with my uncle in
the family business. To tell you the
truth, Peter probably took up law
work because he thought it was cas-
Ter than a job!" he added, with
lenient, brotherly laugh.
"You're lawyer, Frank?"
He looked surprised.
"I'm in the district attorneys Of
fce."
81 knew you were-sort of-politi-
CAL"
eyes. Bernadette wanted to live
in the country" he said, but Mr..
Lille wants me here in town."
Sheila watched him in fascinated
admiration.
sis it Interestingly"
every"
"Is Miss Kennedy's father in poll
tics?"
"Not officially, no. But her grand
father was Senator-state senator
McLally."
Frank looked handsome, serious,
as he spoke. The satisfaction he
felt in all these facts was obvious.
"When we're married, and home
again." he said, "'Dette and l want
you to visit us, Sheila. She wants
to meet you, and want you to meet
her. You see," he went on smil-
ing, mo matter what you do, you
aren't going to escape me. tell
'Dette I've constituted myself sort
of big brother to YOU"
Sheila looked across the table at
him steadily, without smiling. She
did not speak.
A quarter of an hour later she
climbed confidently into the first air.
plane she had ever seen at close
range.
CHAPTER XIII