The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-17
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o. LOUISE HolMEs
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
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reffYs effics n - ehurch Nsfs
vas rallis and snaE pf Carlisle
sss naf n. ne nIEhf nct ~ 49,
~ a. BE always asis cas- nn
McndaY sftsFneaa wss tnsfs
message
" there Il - I'D ssssfiv
hut 4 = ~ = rsfsnnsi nature Wiu
you 49, ~ Cafiisls - call ne 81
ths Faftrss.
Certainly Ms Nsa Walter II
should - recorded nat vsfa an
not deliver ne message. pies san.
81 that evening and Jan deelinsf
his invitation % fiinEdinF
On Tuesday Jan appeared ~
Division lunchsaa IN ne church
dining roen. The program. shlsh
she I'D taken - sunday. had
Informed her thai Tuesday as
guest day.
Jan 49, an unlimited guest ahs
vas greeted politely snd without
trace - ffisndllnsss n shs nd
known 4. the lecturer rsesgvsd
scant altsntioa whiis shs nd the
center - = most dahloas stage
she a. No, catch = eilmRs. -
Terry.
nut Terry caught = glimpse II
her ard ne glimpse eft him sith
knees lie rlhhsf hands. sith
fingers nat shaas De departed
by rear door. driving wildly INTO
the country.
Terry Sss beginning % hrsak
under the campaign. The fact nat
every Instinct hads him hfssk al
nothing for his resolutions
Jan made q reservation fnf the
regular sdnssdaY evening dinner
According 10 the program. The din.
nef waa . cents
do yan suppose that's the eavnr
charge - Jan asked ~ Mippy II
says that Terry eli review : hook
~ he'll have 20 10 thsrs"
she decided 10 take Alppy 10 the
dinner she said aippy might IN.
10Y a. me truth was that Jan.
hrasen ~ she believed herself 10
be. waa actually = little thin skin.
ned and tho polite anuhbinE which
she constantly encountered In
rsrry's church Was getting under
that skin
Fifty tables we're set Ia the huEs
dining room. Men and women and
children surgrd about In . com.
rsdsly riot,
Jan and Mlppy found their place.
and Terry came 10 them. Jan IN
,roduesd hippy and he shook her
hand.
lie, IN turn. introduced thsm 30
the other persons ~ their table.
Nearby diners stood up and stared
Thsy whispered. what's shs
doing here Carl Garfield limited
that she's after Carlisle Who's the
woman with her. Jan Van Walter
Imagine having Jan Van Waiter
a. our supper
Jan heard some II tho whispers
ana ignored them. hlppy ate her
roast pork ard sweet potatoes In
silence. keeping hsr eyes down.
east
me woman on ths other side n
Jan asked, Does aiss poolitsis
live IN nridgstown -
Il brought her siih me- Jan
told her. SHE'S ny maid
"oh. sald the woman. rss news
spread Mia. Van waiter vas at
tending the Kiln street church din.
nsr with her maid There was a
definite uudsrions Of sEeitsmsnt
Jan sat IN ths front fos u
chairs ard listened 10 Tsrry's book
review Tier eyes never lsft nis
face Thsy were pisadinE eyes
although she would have been me
las, 20 admit that mar eyes could
plead
n VAS an excellent book rsvisN
After apparent tFogbis IN getting
started. Terry swung into his ss1is
and proceeded u triumphant md
The entire audlanes waited 70
see what happened AZ ous person
they watched Jan approach Terry.
saN ths yindnsss u hsf smile as