Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-04
By MARIE DE NERVAUD

BY MARIE DE NERNAUD
MYRA bent her curly blond head
NI over the curtains she was
shortening 10 m the windows m
her future home.
~ wish they had made those
windows larger, Big Boy" She
murnlucd 10 The great dane
lying az her feet.
He cooked his huge head al her
voice. his yeeS watching her with
a vague interest
"TheX 70 ~ small II makes the
house look ike frontier fort.
She dropped the curtain III -hGr
lap TO contemplate the mental pie
turc of Bart'S ranch house
Funny how two houses ON tho
same range could be >o different.
Theirs. built 10y her grandfather
about the same time that Bart $
father had built has had broad
porcheS and generous windows
open 10 the sun and air and the
gorgeous Wow of u mountains.
LOOKED LIkE FORT
Barts. on tho other hand did
look something like a fort. II was
built Of heavy logs, tho from, door
opening hluntlN on short ihghi
Of steps, the windows narrow and
deep set in the thick walls.
Uneasy speculation ran through
Myra. Bart was set IN his ways,
but surely she could manage him.
Get him 10 add a front porch even
perhaps enlarge the windows IN
their room.
A low growl from Big Boy
brought her back TO the present.
The next instant the growl changed
10 joyful banks of welcome that
mingled with oncoming hOof beats.
Good boy" Myra approved.
Its high time YOU began To like
Bart
Then. all the breath drained out
of her. and her heart stood still as
Big Boy rushed for the newcomer
II wasn't Bart /, was no, IT
couldn't be, Not after a whole
year! Not after
HER FACE Flu SHED
Slowly Myra stood up. the color
that had drained away flooding
back over her face and neck. as
the tall rangy rider dismounted,
with a deep voiced
Hi. Myra! Remember me"
Big Boy does"
A saving anger came TO Myra 5
rescue. So Toby thought he could
come back after this year of
silence. and be as casual as all
that! Find her Just where he had
left her. Eating her heart out
waiting
The red had concentrated 10 two
bright spots in Myra's checks and
her eyes held blue sparks as she
came slowly forward
But there was nothing slow
about Toby'S bound up the steps
or to his stride 10 meet her! The
next minute. he was kissing her
For one amazed second. wilC
answering emotion stampede
Myra TO brcathlcSS response
before she struggled to free her
self.
CRAZY QUARREL
"Don't Myra" He held her so
close she couldn't breathe, much
less speak. II know. hadn't
gotten over you. Ever since that
crazy quarrel. I've been trying
to persuade myself that l had,
but-Myra. Myra. Why did our
two tempers have TO explode at
the same moment? Think of the
precious time we We lost"
precious time we've gained"
Myre freed herself al last.
you're mighty sure of yourself.
aren't you, Toby Saunders"
Whatever might have happened
10 Toby'S temper, II was clear
that Myra'S was still at the CN-
ploding point.
You think YOU can leave me
cold" She chokcd suddenly al
the memory of those months
after Toby had left
Everything had happened Her
fathers death, the revelation OF
the desperate financial condition
of the ranch. her mothers acct
dent. from which she was still
recuperating in the hospital
TOBY DIDN'T KNOW
With all the pent up bitterness
of her disilluSion. Myra dashed out
the facts. stopping only AT Toby
Mortified exclamation.
"Myra. I didn't know. l
haven't heard wOT- from the
range since I left" His brown
eyes. trimming with diSmaY and
love compelled hers "You know
IwOuld have come if -. darling,
forgive me-"
He tried 10 draw her 90 him, bu,
Myra shook her head and the look
IN her eyes pulled HIM up short.
Its too late she whispered,
the anger gone. and in its place
only a dcSolatinC sense OF iutllltN
Two wrecks from toGrN-IH- he
married to Bart Brown"
Bart Brown. Why. he's old
enough"
Myra took advantage Of Toby
StupefaCtion
Bart has done everything for
us since Dad died" she defended.