The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
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put up her enchanting mouth.
Lets kiss and make up"
''Till the next time" said Jim
sharply.
He did not kiss her. Somewhere
during the preceding ten hours
all the ecstasy had gone out Of
Miss Helen Sanders kisses so far
as Jim was concerned, leaving on
ly the torment.
''Here comes Cathy!" cried
Janet excitedly. "Doesn t'she look
lovely?"
Jim twisted about in his chair.
Cathy was doing her solo special
ty. It was a military routine. She
had on brief blue satin trunks
and a full white silk Blouse with
long graceful sleeves gathered in
at her slender wrists. She was
wearing a tiny gilded trench hat
jauntily perched on the side of
her shingled blond head, and
small glided leather boots that
wrinkled down around her
ankles.
"Isn't it queer how common
stage women always are?" Helen
drawled. $50 trashy, don't you
know"
"You can't call Cathy trash, !"
said Jim. "Not in my presence"
"Cathy?" echoed his fiancee.
my word, do you know herr"
''1'll say I do" said jim, "and
she's wonderful"
Miss Sanders elevated one ex-
quisite white shoulder, made an
other caustic inspection of Cathy
and then murmured in her most
insulting manner, "Tll wager you
know nothing good Of her"
Jim's eyes narrowed, but his
tone was pleasant, almost con-
versational. "You couldn't earn a
decent dime if your life depend
ed on it," he observed. "Cathy
supports herself and baby. She
and my mother work for their
living, but you'll never live to be
as much lady as either of them"
"This is too much," remarked
Miss Helen Sanders, rising to her
feet.
"Sic 'em, Jim," said Tony Ryan
softly.
Jim had also risen. IF you
mean you're breaking our en-
gagement," he said, cts all right
ders, twill you take me away
with me. In fact it's fine"
Father" said Miss Helen San
from these odious people? At
once! I want to shake the dust
of this hateful town off my feet.
Tonight"
ayes, Helen" murmured Mr..
Give Sanders YEARLY.
It was after midnight when
Cathy came slowly out of the en-
ployees' entrance to The Golden
Pheasant. The wind was chasing
ragged clouds across a large pale
moon. Cathy moved as if she were
very tired, or deeply detected.
'Cathy!" whispered Jim.
She started violently. He took
her arm and guided her down
the street. He had gone home
after his flivver. Gently he help
ed her in.
II thought thought you were
with-they said you were going
to marry that Sanders girl" SIAM
mered Cathy.
I'm not going to marry any
one except you, Cathy, if you'll
have me-" said Jim. Il love you"
"Jim!"
'I've been blind, Cathy" he
groaned. II almost lost you."
liz u1S" IlC1 W HILL 01AC was
shaking like a shy, frightened
child. He stopped and kissed her.
Her lips were as sweet and fresh
as Danny's. There was no tor
ment in Cathy's kisses, only ecs-
tasy.
It was the next night. Bere-
nice was pacing her living room
floor. She had had almost no rest
for two weeks.
eff I could only 60 to sleep and
forget for a WHILE" she whisper
ed.
She was going to take only two
veronals, she told herself. 1t was
not as if she meant to do any
thing desperate. She had to have
some rest. She moved slowly to-
ward the bathroom. She kept
looking over her shoulder and
shivering.
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