The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-11
. SERIAL STORY
KINGS ROW

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IN = hurry
Drake eslnsed At tina ansxr<et-
81 psrsrsescls.
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never though about thai c<< =
ket ap there. Nelly. We aon1
want 10 spend ear lives cat here
10. slF. ! never thought ~ that
How dyeu happen 10 think sneas
II"
Paris waved his hand with .
ssss nttie gesture = asrfse.slea
Il implied . wsae knowiessxs 81
the ways 81 women which tina
wss the meres, sample.
srsrrl. You know rr@.saa Hla
out thor. weet Of town.
"xss. 81 eoufss. Why -
I want Ia buy N
''acpd gracious DRAKE What
for its just = hlll-
Kings Rev has Eot 10 grow.
hasn't n That's the beat alree.
ton for 1, 10 re. wealdn1 that
he = god place 10 build houses =
YOU know. locking down acres
III. creek there. and away out over
the eountryr-
Paris sss nightly impressed
Why. that's wonderful You'd
make . lot 81 money. wouldn't
You. and he rich - nis selcs sound.
81 = little wlssfnl
well. doctors make = pile At
money. wouldn't II b the dsrna.
est thing n we. YOU and me. could
build houses for o uns<lves out
there. right next 10 each ether -
Listen. Drake" rsrrls ~riE.
glsd about and pulled enc foot
under him. lie rested ee arm
along the hack If the buggy sest
aud resticulsted In hls odd foreign
with the other. The talk
ran on Into details. n seemed "a
them al that moment that hfs Was
clear and straight ahead Of them
and pleasant They would ds tAlsl,
or that. thus or 20. They won.
dered once or twice Why older
people always spoke Of the Diff
eulties of life. hut. ~ course. in
oldsn times everything WA ar
ferent. There really wasn't much
use In paying attention 10 old
people, They didn't understand
that the world had changed now
and that things were easier and
simpler.
All Of the next day, and tbs
next. Paris went about In = pleas
antly unthlnkinK hare of mind.
That one afternoon with Drak,
had relieved the whole feeling o.
loneliness which had weighed OF
him for weeks. Hut he did no
want To see him not just now
He could talk 10 Drake about hi
work. his hopes and plans. an
about . good many Of his every
day troubles. But at this momsn
he ionEed for someone who spok,
the language of another aide o
his personality.
lie recalled now what DR. Tows
had said last week about iniui
ton. Place strong reliance on IL
II you have q mind that uurkl
clearly and well on the nos
what was II be said oh. yes IN
normal planes Of consciousness
People thought Drake was Wild
A. happened no often. Paris in
tuition said no 10 everything PEG
pie thought II had besn that ~a,
with Tom Carr and crazy Luey
lie wondered II his Intuition WA
reliable : Just because people wsr
on different roads. couldn't the.
still understand each other-
After supper he remembered hi
notebooks. lie had left thsm Il
Dr. Towers study the sffsrnooi
he began his unorthodos holIds,
lie would have 10 walk into tow
for them.
n wac quite dark WHEN b
reached Cherry street.
As he was about 20 step ont
the low porch floor. he saw 10 HI
surprise that IL wns csssandra an
not Dr. Tower VINO sat In tho dee
chair under the shade
light
Hello. cassandrs. ms me-
Paris. Didn't want 10 scare you
Why. hello shs arose an
dropped her book face Down In IN
chair. Come ln7@ me word
we're distinctly question. and nd
invitation.
We'll. I - just cams after m
notebooks. I left them hers Tues
day
Paris dropped his cap and coz
on a chair. I've bssn ylsytn
ho0ksy."
Prom fsther7"
no. Hs put me up 10 t. So
I needed u rest
Hes IN ~. Louss
.surs snouah7 Whsn did b
Eof@
lie ssid tell you WHEN ~
came hack nd b ready 10 -
you On Wednssds
Wednesday. ON. Al night"
PARIS felt himself grow . Atsl
III 81 ease under her steady SIR
tiny. Hs esily hadn't had . GOO
look 81 he Tor q aong time. ~
be had forgotten hoN bgveiy 81
Vas Hs felt hss heart beat
little faster ara MA breath eofn