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hard. He looked across the room
and blinked again. He rubbed his
hand ever his eyes.
IT'S true" Kit said calmly. "I'm
here, but was beginning to think
YOU weren't ever coming"
He was spent. His body sagged
against the door and the look he
gave her vas weary.
WEAKNESS vas the last thing to
EXPECT in a mans eyes that rested
on the vision Kit was. Her face was
radiant under the blue-black cloud
Of her hair. Her figure in a white
satin gown was contentedly poised
on his lounge. Her very contented-
ness was breath taking.
Pun along, Kit" he said wear
ily. 1T would be my luck to find
you on my boat"
you've taken the words right
out of my mouth" she agreed.
What kept you so long,"
i was busy" he said shortly.
and now I'm sleepy. It's after
two. Run aiong and let me go to
! bed"
$50 we're two hours out? Good"
please, Kit. I'm not up to talk
ing tonight. You won't find me en-
tcrtainin2.'
She planted her feet firmly on
! the CARPET and sat back on the seat
as though she were nailed to it.
II didn't come to be entertained"
she told him. And L didn't come to
wish You bon voyage. Also, I'm not
running along. I'm staying"
V&ncc's yaWn ended in d sur
prised and angry gulp. Perhaps
you'n be kind enough to tell me
what the devil you are doing here"
"Cf course I will"
On second thought" he said
colGly. well do our talking in the
morning. Come on, you're clearing
out"
Where to-" she asked blandly.
I'm slowing away here. Oh, Vance,
take a deep breath! You look as If
you were going to explode"
He took the breath.
Il have no passport, no ticket, no
accommodations. And no clothes
except the ones I have on. But I
have plenty OF money in my pocket
book and" she told him blithely.
You were left behind he
asked hopefully.
The merry shake of her head dis
couraGed that hopeful idea. mo, I
stayed behind to be with you. I
want YOU to understand that my in
tcnt.oHs are strictly honorable
even if I do intend to stay right
here al the way to Europe. It's
comfortable little place. Honey. 1t
needs few noW err. l think. I
hadn't included them in my plans.
made them so hastily. Not" she
added imprccsively, that they are
not fairly complete"
10 IS Continued)
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CHAPTER FORTY-FOUK
WRITTEN FOR AND RELEASED ~
CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION

AN HOUR later, at Mr.. Greg
ory's house, the butler told Kit to
wait, that Mr.. Gregory would join
her in a moment
Kit hastily powdered her nose
and replaced the Epstick she had
bitten from her lips. Would Greg
DRY, she wondered, believe her story
that Vance had been stricken i'll?
1t was the only story she could
think of.
"Well, young lady" Gregory said
cordially from the hall as he came
toward her with outstretched hand,
ito what do I owe the pleasure OF
this unexpected VISIT"
ITS about Mr.. Hcaley. Vance
Healey."
What about him." Gregory
asked, less pleasantly.
She knew then that this man was
too wise to believe the story she
had intended to tell him. She heard
her own voice in rush of words:
Mr.. Gregory, you're so good to
all of us so like father
I. I've come to appeal to you.
It's about Vance . and me-"
His face lightened interestedly
She was in too deep to withdraw
then.
1--WE we'll, Vance doesn't
have a show to do for a fortnight
and after tonight, I'm going
to have to 60 off the air again. i
strain, you know, after my illness" "
'T see" he said, not seeing at all.
But what has this to do with
Healey?"
"We-we-we're clipping. That's
it! We're sailing at midnight Or the
Victorian. Vance will be back in
time for his show"
Gregory's voice dropped to a
dramatic whisper, MY dear child,
of course I see now. You want me
to grant him a fortnight's leave of
absence so that you can make a
round trip to Europe?"
She nodded.
II think that could be arranged.
Yes. Why not? I'll notify the
studio"
mo, no." she said agitatedly.
please don't do that. Please keep
it secret. You know that Vance
and I-are both pretty we'll known,
and if people knew-We wouldn't
have any privacy. Couldn't you fix
it up without anyone's knowing?
You can do anything you want to
do"
Gregory patted her shoulder "a
tefnally. II think I can. The best
of luck TO you both, my dear. I'm
a little surprised that it's Healey.
We rather thought YOU and young
Sembler would be making an an
nouncemcnt some day. We were
afraid that you might leave radio"
"You don't know it, but i have"
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she said to herself in her car after
she had left Gregorys apartment.
That was the moment When
Gregory was excusing himself from
his guests. II must get in touch
with the purser Of the Victorian"
he said to them. Some young
friends of mine are sailing on her
and I want to sec that they get the
right treatment"
It was the second sailing of the
Victorian The morning papers
would make a feature story Of it.
A new queen of the seas, the luz
ury liner was Europe bound with a
passenger list made up of the
great, the near great, the rich and
the famous names that made head
lines. The eyes Of the shipping
world were on her radical Gtream-
lines and the record which she
hoped to break.
When the ships clocks sounded
four bells. the decks had been
swept clean Of The litter OF con-
fctti, crushed orchids and gar
dcnias. The laughter and the por-
ping of corls, the c!ink Of silver
ard the tinkle IF glass was done.
The ship had settled down for the
night as she nosed out TO sea.
A cloud Of stale smoke, and the
echo of dying h!larity came from
the room on E deck when Vance
Haaley came OF oG i. closing thc
door back Of '.inl.
He found his way 20 ;:!c open
deck, and the clean air struck him
sweetly as he shook himself and
tried to remember where his cabin
vas. And under what name he was
selling.
Moore. John Moore. That was it.
That was the name he was sailing
under. He was sailing. He knew
that we'll enough. He knew very
, we'll what he was doing. He hadn't
had a drink since six o'clock, and
it was we'll after midnight.
He was glad he hadn't had a
drink with that gang of college
kids he'd got mixed up with on the
pier.
He rubbed his head as if to clear
away the rush of unpleasant mem
cries Of the day that had led to his
being where he was. He went over
to the lighted companionWay to
look at the tickets he found in his
pocket. His suite was on A deck
A-1G3. What the devil had he taken
a suite for? Re remembered. then,
that i: was I'll that was available
uncn he vert to the ticket Office
that morning.
Remembering what lie h1d done
and T'hv.- i:c cursed himself for
a feel as he r~t the KEY into tho
lock CT the Ccoc marked I63.
He grcncd TO- the Light sWitck
ard flooded the room. TIE white
light dazG,ed min ard he hlif.;ed
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RED Vance? 1t was nothing to her.
But it ism small voice in her
cried. 1T will matter to Vance.
Vance, who is a part of you. He'll
Go something inlpulsive and crazy.
You can stop him. You can try to
stop him."
Suddenly, as another occasion
long ago, she new what she was
going to do, new that she was
going to do something without
knowing what it could be.
She drew away from Jerry Sem
bier, who could have given her the
world for a playthiug. and said,
Jerry, forgive me. That's all can
say, but please let me go without
asking HE any questions. Please
believe that have to go. Tell the
others am i'll, Tell them anything
Iou like, but let me 20 ALONEn
Reason returned to her when she
was IN her car-she could not find
Vance at that hour. She told her
chauffeur to take her home.
She had had no plan when she
eft Jerry. A desire to comfort
Vance had motivated her.
Pacing the floor in her own
apartment. she knew she could not
90 that. He wouldn't want to hear
the news from her. He would learn
II from the morning newspapers
and that would be best.
Her heart ached for him, know
ing what it WAS 10 lose the person
one loved.
BIT Vance did not love Mimi.
She had said to him, You must
, be in love"
. When a man was in love, he did
rot laugh and answer lightly,
what is this thing called love ?"
No. Vance did not love Mimi.
ATS heart scared, knowing it for
certainty. He loved her world
mat accepted him on equal terms.
lie loved the feeling of his own
Importance it had given him. His
pride would be hurt, but his heart
vas intact.
Comtorted by the thought, Kit
eel asleep.
! II was late afternoon when she
vas awakened by a telephone call
rom the studio.
she put the telephone back on
The table by her bed and picked up
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the morning newspapers that Anna
had left there.
The tabloid headlines, as she had
suspected, told the story of the
night before.
She read them aloud:
"Debutante Wed to Merchant
Prince. Mimi Purcell Becomes
Bride of Archibald Reeves in Mid
night Elopement."
She flung them aside. She was
done with everything that Mimi
Purcell Reeves might do her whole
life long.
Meanwhile there was Vance. She
dialed his telephone number.
He's not here, Miss Kitty" his
man told her. Hes gone"
Gone? You mean that he's gone
out? Where has he gomez"
He didn't say. ma'am."
Did he say when he'd be- in?"
He said Maybe Christmas
ma'am."
christmas! Listen to me, Andy.
You're a very bright young man
and you know I am a very close
friend - as you are - of Mr..
Healey's. Now, 1 want you to think
hard. Try to remember if he gave
you any indication of where he
might be going"
After moment Of hesitation, the
man said, He told me to see that
his bags got to the dock before
midnight. But they amt for him.
They're for somebody else"
oh, they are, are they? For in
stance?"
THE name on the tags, Miss
kitty, is Mr.. Moore. John Moore"
He certainly hasn't much imagi-
nation" Kit said under her breath.
Aloud she said crisply, What dock,
Andy?"
She wrote something on a piece
of paper. Then she called her law
yer and told him if he didn't have
a police escort for her when she
finished her show at eleven that
night, she'd get a new lawyer.
She made another Gala call to
the office of Gregory, president OF
the Consolidated Broadcastlng
company. Mr.. Gregory was playing
bridge at home all afternoon, his
secretary told her.
(To Be Continued)
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CHAPTER FORTY-THREE

KITS TABLE at El Morocco
was near the door. Il was a little
before midnight anu her guests
had not yet arrived.
Jerry was saying. What DO you
say to flying Honeymoon"
:: Kit said, There's Dig party
coming in. I cant see who it is,
Jerry. The wall is in my way"
Jerry turned his head. Not Our
friends" he said. RIO is a beauti-
full place that I'd like you to see"
I'D rather so north. Jerry. 1t
will be lovely and cool therein
Nova Scotia, I mean-in late"
Hi, everybody: We've just been
married."
With everyone else. Jerry turned
his head toward the velvet roDe
where girl had cried out that
single triumphant sentence.
Kit cid not move. She didn't even
turn her eyes. She couldn't, because
it was Mimi Purcell who had
spoken.
She couldn't stare a. Jerry for.
ever with her eyes frozen. She d
have to turn and look-and smile
at Mimi and Vance.
She turned, her whole body
steeled for the shock.
After a moment she realized tina.
she would not see him: the tri.
umphant party moved to table
beside hers and it was Archie
Reeves to whom Mimi chung.
1t was Reeves who was saying,
1--WE decided to elope at dinner
time married at Armonk an
hour ago"
And Minis high clear voice:
I'VE don't expect anyone to 10
surprised. We've been in love for
years"
What's the matter. Kit ?" Jerry
was saying. You look i'll"
There's nothing the matter
with me-" she whispered.
There wasn't. Nothing had hap
pened to her. She was with Jerry.
Jerry, who was good for her Jerry,
whom she was going to marry
What difference could it make to
her if Mimi Purcell had not mar
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NOTICE.

have This dav qualified ....
the Clert: Of the Superior Gain.
Vance County. North Cu..
Administrators OF the Este, ..
husband. the Late G. T. F.m ,
this is 10 notify all person. ...a.
claims against said estate t. ,.r..
them to the undersigned on ,.. .a.
one year from this date or til. ....
will be pleaded in bar Of a..
covery. Persons indebted =. ..
Estate are requested t. u...
mediate settlement.
This the 2lSt day oi T....s.
1910.
MRS. JENNIE EVANS
Administrators Of Estate ..
c. T. Evans.
J. p. & J. H. Zollicoiicr.
Attorneys.
S3-30-T-l4-2l28
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"a sponsor when I've got front
page news! Will you please tell mo
what difference coupla DAYS can
make when we can make the front
rage two days in succession? Don't
YOU realize that no press agent
ever mas been able to do that-to
break the front page with two diff
| ferent stories. two days running ?"
Couldn't you change the rou-
tine" she said pleasantly, with
out looking up. You're going right
back into the story that 'yester-
day we made all the front pages
with the story of Kits ovation Sat-
urday night"
Ferris eyes grew dreamy and he
chantcd the headlines lovingly:
Radio Star Revives Berhardt
Tradition. Excited Fans Stage
Riot in Street. Storm Broad
casting Company to See Favorite.
Police Reserves Curb Crowd.
Famous Singing Star Ac-
claimed by Mob on Return to Radio
After Battle With Death"
Same mob, nearly crushing
her. They tore the clothes off her
back" Fran said, her tone frankly
more pleased than sympathetic.
And now you won't let me fol-
low it up with the announcement
of her engagement. Star to Wed
Sembler Scion It'd break every
front page in the country"
You'd better not try it or you'll
find something else broken. Kit
says we can't announce the engage
ment yet, and you know that when
she tells me that, can't do any,
thing about it,"
shes right" Kit agreed from
the door to Fran's Office.
You're breaking my heart"
Ferris told her. Miss O'Reilly, be
a good guy. Don't you realize that
VIC gotta give the papers a break
after what they did for you last
month? Gee. they gave you as
much space on that Gershwin show
as if you'd been doing it,"
1T can see your position, JIM
mic" she answered, but this is a
personal matter. 1 don't see how
it would be giving the papers a
break"
THE end of July rarely turns up
any good personality stories and
the papers would eat it up. Can't
you see the headlines and pictures
you'd get?"
Look, Jimmie, the papers can
have it. but not until Monday.
We're going to announce it at Mrs.
Won Sicler's house in Oyster Bay
at dinner Sunday night. You can
see that the papers have it for the
carly Monday editions"
"Okay," he said sadly. I'll have
to set some spot pictures. Gimme
the address and III get the photogs
out there"
Kit shook her head. "You can't
invade a private home, Jimmie. I'll
tell you what we can do. On Fri
day night, I've invited some people
to Ell Morocco around midnight.
You can bring one photographer
there and hold the pictures for
Monday"
"Morocco?" Fran asked.
Yes. A night club is more anus
ing than q hotel. And sooner or
later, during the evening, every
body turns up there"
Fran said, I've been looking at
your horoscope"
Kit laughed.
"All right, laugh. But if were
you, Id be glad to know that the
moon will be in Aries after Thurs
day
IF that makes you feel better,
think that's just dandy"
Aries is your birth sign, so
when you've got the moon in your
birth sign, anything you do is
right. Where's your engagement
ring?"
"IH my purse" Kit said. Pm
keeping It there until we formally
announce cur engagement"
And you say you're not super
Stiticus." Fran jeered.
ITO BE Continued
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cuA pTER FO2TY-TWO

II
, BOTTLE FLY alighted on the
white rufled curtains that pie"
softly III a wide window framing d
yisw Of rolling lawns and elo'ldIeSS
blue sllv above distant tree'ops' a
nnyse came into The room and
crossed the thick blue carpet
soupdIesslv. She captured the ny
in a capable hand.
The girl on the bed said softly
let him 60, Baldie. He has Sucn
pretty green wings
SO we're awake" Nurse BALDWIN
said cheerfully. And what cos
,r,,me shall we put on this after
inoon:?" +,o+
Xii could look at the bed jackets
that hung in row OF scented vel
vet hangers. 8
Kit shook her head. None or
those" she said. The new set Mrs.
Sembler brought me day before
Yesterday. .;o. ,e
The nurse lifted CONNECTION OF
,obwebby chiffon and lace from the
drawer. There was another gut
from the same shop. 1t came WtAte
rou were asleep. Wen have a look
at it in a few minutes.
She put Kit on her chaiSe lounge
and gave her mirror.
The blue veins showed beneath
the translucent skin of her brow.
hut the contours OF her cheeks ana
chin we're rounding out.
The nurse laid a pale pink oIan-
ket over Kits knees and placed
q long silver box or them.
kits fingers fingered over the
strings. over the tissue that en-
folded a taffeta house coat. she
read the card that accompanied II:
Wear this tomorrow, dear. I'm
coming to take you for your first
outing in my car. The Semblers are
sll so happy that this day has ar
rived" Gertrude Sembler had writ
ten.
Isn't she just lovely to you?"
the nurse said. hanging up the
house coat. She treats you just
like 8 daughter. Of course they're
all nice to YOU.
Yes Kit said.
She put Mrs. Semblers card IN
carved box. In another compart-
ment there were four cards from
Vance. The cards that arrived each
Sunday with the flowers he'd sent
since she had been there. Vance
himself never had come. She was
not allowed many visitors, and she
had not mad the courage to ask
Fran if Vance had wanted to come.
The nurse. still occupied hang
ing the coat in the closet, said,
Tomorrow we go out for a little
JOY ride. And one week from today
ne 60 home-gooG as new. l sup
pose we won't be sorry??'
Kits penSive gaze travelled SLOW
~ around the peaceful room. She
said, Perhaps I shall be sorry to
leave. I like it here where it's
peaceful - and strange Il mean
where it's . different from other
places where one might have asso-
Citations. What date will it be a
week from today"
The Fourth of July. dearie!
Won't that be a lovely day to cele-
brate your new independence"
The Fourth Of July.
Another Fourth. There was girl
sitting on the steps of an old
church in the frightening twilight,
telling man she'd do anything he
asked. But that was not the girl
twisting blanket soft as baby's
hair. That girl had been lost some
where in a Journey through dark
valley. There was a timelessness in
that valley and it made a single
year ago seem remote.
Kits head dropped. She said, II
wish that I could always be like
this-between yesterdays and to-
morrows."
The nurse looked at her anxious
~ and turned back the covers on
the bed. II think we'll have a little
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-21
QudI, Pheasant
Program Planned

elcaSing 1000 birds this year, twice
mat next year and several times
the number the following year. Cost
runs approximately Is cents bird
for care.
Four resolutions were passed at
the meeting. including a request
that Arizona and California hunting
licenses be honored on both sides
Df the Colorado river: a suggestion
that the water level of Imperial lake
be kept steady during February,
March and April so as not to in
iure spawn; and to place Parker,
Headgate Rock and Imperial lakes
under the jurisdiction of the U. S.
Biological survey instead of the
Parks service.
Present from Yuma were two
members of the Biological survey,
Macolm Allison and T. R. Lawhorn
H G.. Thacker. head of the Yuma
Rod and Gun club. James Stahl, al
50 of the club and o. j. Lovett
Yuma county assessor.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-21
Junior College
Building Planned

Contractors studied plans for a
new junior college building for Ell
Centre Wednesday. the first unit
in a long -ran2e building program
lOr the mHtitGtlOn
Bids will be opened March 7 at
III" office Of GUy A, Weakley. sup
crintendcnt Of FL Centro schools.
Cost OF tho now building has been
variOuSly estimated at between S45.-
COO and $4,000. 1t will provide a
new auditorium to seat 265 junior
college students and five new class
rooms as we'll as offices, washrooms
and separate heating unit.
The new building, one-Story, will
be located to the west of the present
Junior college building and will front
on Brighton avenue. Eventually, it
will serve as the WeSternmOSt link
in a chain of school buildings that
Will lnclutic the present high school
home. Plans have been drawn with
a view to futuIe replacement of the
present Junior college structure with
a more extensive building that
will fit IN with the entire architect
ural scheme
No bond issue will be required for
the new construction. II will be
financed out of current funds.
The addition should tide us over
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-21
Russians Declare
Decision Reached
To Shatter Line

MOSCOW. Feb. 81 UP)-The
Soviet Dress today displayed an Of
ticial news agency dispatch de-
claring that the Red army had
now decided to break the Manner
helm line in drive that "presages
the erd of the Finnish war"
The dispatch, carried by the Tass
agency, was dated kovno and quoted
objective military experts as say
ing that the Mannefheim line was
as strong as the German Siegfried
line or the French Maginot line
and that its destruction was "a
most difficult task from the military
standpoint"
The most important battle of the
war was believed imminent in the
Vllpurl sector of Finland.
An army communique said that
Russian troops had captured the
town and fortress of Kojvisto tKoiv-
lsto), cleared Finnish troops from
the peninsula adjacent to it and
captured large trophies"
Russian planes. it was asserted,
had shot down AZ Finnish planes.
tKolvlstO, on the west coast of
the Karelian Isthmus. has served
as the anchor of the Finnish Man.
nerheim line on the right flank
since the start of the war. Heavily
fortified, it and Koivisto island,
off the coast. had resisted attacks
by Russian aiiplaneS and naval and
long range guns for many weeks.
Loss of the area would be a serious
blow to the F'lnnS)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-21

Rearing and feeding pens for
phcasants and quail in Imperial
Valley with view to releasing 800
to 1000 half grown birds next year
we're discussed Tuesday night III
BraWley by members of the I'M
perial County Fish and Game con-
ServatTon association.
A committee of seven, five from
BraWley and two from FL Centre
was named to gather figures on the
cost and report back within two
weeks.
The state of California supplies
young birds three to six weeks Ole
without cost. The birds would be
fed in central rearing grounds in
the valley for approximately SIN
weeks and then released
Robert Whitelaw, association Of
ficer, said the program was for
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-21

the fire which swept the winter
quarters of Cole brothers and Rob-
ins circus last night.
Three hundred horses. - camCiS.
II elephants. and 20 mules, mon
keys, and ponies. liberated by their
keepers, stampeded through this
town. and scattered over the north
Indiana countryside
Early today towns and farmers
assisted circus men in rounding up
;he grazing animals, which. because
of their peaccable natures had been
permitted to escape the blazing infer
no that engu.fcd the meat eating
and savage animals.
They found camels grazing along
the paved highways, amid bill
boards, silos, and farm houses Here
and there, they discovered an Gle
phant, his placidity restored, trlldg-
ing distastefully along through the
snow
The circus employees were adly
shaken by the horrible deaths OF the
big, ferocious jungle beasts. Their
oNAtetiiio anu iioWlo lIlltt lllC llISIlt,
ringing shrill and tortured above
the roar of the flames ana the
Shriekln2 of fire truck sirens.
Nothing could be done for them
because to liberate them would have
meant turning man-eating beasts,
maddened by fire, loose on an I'M
armed countryside.
Also roasted alive were two mouf-
Ions and Two aoudadS, the wild sheep
OF Aardinia and north Africa res
pectively.
Employees heard the great black
leopardS throwing Their magnificent,
lippling bodies against the steecl
bars of their cages. They heard the
fierce snarlin5S of two lioneSseS
slowly turn to tortured WhimperingS
as the flames engulfed them. The
lionesSes had cubs and the two
babies oied with them. The roar
lngS of two male lions came through
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