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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1943-07-14

cn BEN Mnboben binaui lit Marpin-
gen sebal1t, Elm 8orf bon etpa 200
Salliern. gs miro bod iiberragt bon
Der Stride u,1o Dem Bfarrbal,ie, beibe
auf Der tpeitliden snbobe eeleeen.
Son bier aus idaut man iiber oas
Gorf bintpeg auf oie oitlide 5iemlid)
iteile slnbobe, pelde nit Nabel= l1nb
2aitbbol5 .beitanben lit. Ser r,11tere,
bem 9orfe 5ugefebrte, ipit 5ulaufen-
be Cell oes 8ebol5es beiBt ser Sdr-
tellpalo, Ser obere brett itb binarf.
5iebenoe Seil traet BEN Namell
Sdnanbed. Gas lit ser S6auplat
ser Gorgange, bon oenen i6 berid=
ten min. ~. -. .- ..
Efarrer Neureuter trot enolid)
Cit uno lnterbrad meine 8etrabtun-
gen. Cine bobe @eitalt nit idarfen
ernlten 3iieen. Ser gmpfang n1ahte
MIDI bonge fiir meinen grfolg. Sd
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lenoes, Mpitiides iu ibrem ael,beren?
gsifts bon alleoen1. Sd lebe BRET adDt-
iobriae 8auernmab6eu Dor mir, Die
iid1 ideu suIommenbraneen, ga lie oen
fremoen Serrn erbliden. Beoer for
perlid, nod eeiitig ragen tie iiber ben
GurdIdnitt ibrer @enoiiinnen berpor.
Sur 5ogerno fommen lie auf me1ne
aufforoer,lng n6ber 1lno nennen ibre
gamen: 9atbarina Subertlts, Slllan'
ma 2eiit uno Margaretba aun5. Ses=
tere; Sodter elmer 8itpe, lit, nenn
cu9 finger, bod GROCER uno geiped.
ter als Die anoern beiben. Sbr 8elttt
lit ettpas aneeeriffen, blaB; friiber lit
lie Elm geil,nbes, bliibeno ausiebenoes
&inb setpeien. ,..
Sssd) mar in ser Mbiiht nah Scar,
pingen gefommen, nidt MIR mir ielblt
Elm urteil 81 bilben, ionoern aub an-
bern iiber sic oortieen goreange 0fe"
6enlbaft geben 5u fonnen, llno brad)-
II oesbaIb elm dbnli6es Mibtrauen
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het uedielte nit @eiansen gu gbren
Der Simmelsfonigin. gs erinnerte
oieies oaran, baB it MIDI in elmer
@emeinoe befanb, oeren Srts- 1lnb
&ir1enpatronin Maria lit 1,no sic itd
Dor anoern burd Sflege oes Marien:
fultus itets berportat Sn ser Ndb,
Der Stride befinoet lth cine uralte
@aafabrtsltdtte nit ener Marienldu
le unb einem 8runnen, Ser ,,Warien,
bern" senannt. Sn fritberen Sabrbun
nerten tparen Sic 8lGltbigen aub bon
ausparts bierber lpaafabrten eefpm,
men; iest pflegen nod Sic 0orfbe-
mobner abenos in fleinen Srupps Oen
&olenfran5 beteno auf oieien itillen,
nit 8Qumen bepflan5ten Gebetsplal
su 5ieben sur gemeinidaftlihen slbenb
orba6t. gs ml1tet einen eigentiimlid,
an, lpenn man in ser 0dmmerl,nl
oben ltebt ltnb bon alien Seiten aus
bem 0orfe oieie betenOen Sbaren ber
enfonmen bort.
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nit, tpie es ettpa ser ltnteriu6ungs~
ridter Dem Snqniiiten entgeeenbringt.
Suerit tpoute if mir giniges er5ablen
laiien, Damn berir6en, Oh iih nibt
@ioeripriid)e ODER cine natiirlide gr-
ndrl.ng finoen lieben. ~
vSbr babt alio", 10 beeann id,
suoie Muttereottes eeleben?'
uSa."
/ ."slu6 bel,te in ser air6es" .s
! IuSa." .. =
.@ie tpor iie benn?" -. @~'...4 ',
Isle faB auf oem 8ooen i'm @an-
&C." -.-<- -. 49,. !. -.
"3eieet mir ei1,,nal, tuie iie So
iab."
aeines tpollte baran,. al11 bas 3u=
re6en ser gltern baIf 1id)ts. (Spdter
allein nit mir. feete iih oas cine
ain6 pIatt auf sen 8ooen.) ....~.
u@ar Die Ml,ttereottes aIlein?"
,Sie batte bas &ino arf oem red.
ten Mr1n."
n8ie idal1te lie aus?"
uSraurig l1no idoute unter iid)."
. ,Bie par lie eefleioet?"
,,Sie bate Elm tpeiBes &lei6."
u@as bate Sic auf oem &opfe2"
. ngine arone."
,,@ie mar Die &rone?"
Sd 5eibnete einen &eif uno fiigte,
.(Jorties1ng auf Seite 12)
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i Sm Sabre 1899, als cine sroBe
Sterbli6feit aufgetreten mar, baben
it6 oie Marpinger iogar ourb Elm
feierli1es @eliibbe perbunoen, ieoen
5amstag gu gbren Ser Mutter Got
tes 5lt feiern l,nb bonn Wittaesaneelus
on feine fnebtiiden &rbeiten 5l1 Der.
ribten. Die tpiilte 3eit Ser frana0li.
ld)en Nebollltion uno ser oarauf fol.
aenoen ariege .brahte bas @eliibbe
III 8ergellenbeit. 8ei elmer gpioemie
I'M Sabre 1914 muroe es inoes pie
Ser erneuert lno blieb beiteben, bis
Elm Menidenalter ipdter ser 8ii6o
Arnoloi iid peranlabt iab, es a,1f5u
6eben uno ais grias oie Ser3=Marid
gruoeridaft in Der @emeinoe ein5u
fiibren. Bon oieiem 3eitpunfte an, 10
miro .beridtet, bob iif iihtlih oi,
Moralitat uno Damn audi ser @obl
l.ano Der 8emeinoe, Sic porber ir
5lemli6en 8erfan sefommen maren
Nab Dem 8ottesbienit in oas
Bfarrbaus 5uriidgefebrt, erfabre id
haB oies orei &inber, pel6e gridei
.nllngen baben tponen, neblt ibrer
Miittern lnb oem Batter Der iiingitet
:5u elmer leinen Snquiiation gelaoe1
iino. @leid oarauf treten bie gltern
eln. Wit geipannter grmartllng ieb;
id ben fleinen giiionaren etltgesen
Saben iie ettpas 9elonoeres, Muffal
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MISUNDERSTANDING In Marpingen

: y "a ( T..
Gorbernerfung: Giner llnierer az
teiten 2eier bot inns eriud)t, ets
mas 8eihihtlides iiber Die Dor
iiber SO Sabret bielbeipro6enen
SO ute + gotteseridleinlngen in
Marpingen, areis ct. Benoel I'M
8e5irf Srier, 5ll bringen ltno un=
iere anIidt bariiber 81, geben.
8obl nietnano oiirfte ba5u be-
rufener iein, als Elm 8rieiter, Ser
oamals Marpingen tpieoerbolt
beludt fat ltno feline ginoriide
unb llnterludunsen in folgenoen
Sdiloerungen lpiebereegeben bat.
Ser Name bes Brieiters lit @n1.
Gramer. Or idrieb: -n
X X X a .
es mag tpenige religioie @orfomm=
niife Der ne,leIten 3eit eeben, oeren
9unoe ii6 10 raib ,,no 10 ipeit ber-
hreitet bat, nie Die greigniie bon
Marpingen slls es I'M SuIi 1876
bieB IN einem rbeiltiIben Dorfe iol-
len Marieneri6einnngen borgefonlz
rien fem, legte getpib ,,iema,lo bieien
@eriidten beionoere 8ebelltltng bel,
5,,n1aI ba oieielben sar 10 1,nbeltimnt
uno oiirftig tparen. Sn 3eit bon tpe-
nigen Sagen l1abn Sic Sabe iebod)
idon elm anoeres slusieben an. Sef=
fentlid)e 8latter beribteten bon elmer
eroBartigen geneel1ng oes 8olfes,
bonn 3uiammenltromen bieler Sau=
ienoe, bon plobliden Granfenbeilun-
gen; enoli6 bonn ginIdreiten Ser be-
tpaffneten Madt, pobei es nitt obne
8Mtpergieben abging 0as lag bier
por? gauidung oOer 8abrbeit?
SbpobI tpeit bonn Sbauplae oie=
Ter goreange, et1tlblob ih midi, oen=
ielben allf5llIuhei1, Inn mir ein eige-
mes ltrteil 5l1 btlbcn. Gin bpppeltes
Sntereiie bepog midi bier5u. gorerIt
mein allgemeines Sntereiie an Ser.
artigen gorgangen als Grieiter; bann
nod Elm belorberes als 9febafteur eli
ner marianiiden Monatsidrift. Muf
Dem aatbolifentage au Mii1,den I'M
Septenber 1876 traf ib mebrere
Serren, Delbe eben bon Marpingen
fomen. giel battel1 Tie nidt erfabren,
inoes ipraden tie itd iiber sic Sade
eiinitie uno befrieoigt aus. 60 madte
ib mid oenn auf oen @eg nad Mar=
pingen. Derielbe fiibrte iiber Stutt-
gort, grlt6iaL Raiferslautern mad
ct. @enbel. Son ba tparen nod auei
itarfe Stiinoen 5lriid5nlegen. Ser
Wirt i'm 9rieriben Sofe, an ben ida
getpieien mar, l1ta6te elm beoenfli6es
6eiidt, ais ct mein &eiieaiel erfubr.
Warpinger1, 10 beoel,tete er mir, fei.
bon elmer Menge tgenbar1i1en beiest,
Die ieben ausmdrtigen ,,nbormbersig
nad ct. @enbel transportierten, nell
der obne geniigen0e 2egitin1ation BE-.
troffen ip,1roe. Cine, ioI1e mar niht
ilt meinem @eiib; Brultn genug, mid
pcr5nieben. Meiue Soffnung griinoete;
ltb nllf bic eMngabe, tbas Bfarrbaus-
lieee abieits, man tonne es erreiden,
cbne 6as Dorf at pafiieren utto beIien
geiasiing inter bic iAugen 5u foms
men. Sd Iegte 6aber Die 5trede 3l
Sub auriid '11ao erreiobte a1nbeI1itiat
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back on bedspread with travel
booklets. and she said directly,
Whats up, Andy?"
I'm going to join Jim," Andrea
said with sparkling eyes. Look. let
me show you what I've bought"
She opened the closet door and
began taking things from their
hangers. Cotton dresses, a pale
pink crepe. IA white polo coat. They
took Bcth's breath away.
Il expect to get slapped down for
this she said out of experience.
but you're getting in pretty steep.
How's Jim going TO pay for these
after you're married."
They're all paid for" Andrae
said. Il told you l had Il little
money. Well. what do YOU
think of my going out there? tn
be like a dream"
II hope So" Beth said SLOWLY
But. assuming that you can get
thcre-do You plan to swim I'm
not sure. that it's going 10 be the
safest place in the world"
Andrea sighed and looked to
heaven for patience. IF yol. aren't
The darndcst kill-joy, Beth Kinnan.
FIRST you want me To make sure
In in love with Jim. Then | make
sure and you don't want me TO
marry him"
"Of course 1 want yon TO. We're
talking about two different things"
so you're worried about how I'm
going 10 get there? Well. Ill tell
you. Jim will take care Of every
thing. He'll well. next month
he'll wire me money. | expect to
leave i'll time To Spend Christmas
with him. What du you think Of
that ?"
Il think spending Christmas on
honeymoon with Jim is Just what
You should be doing in this para
disc you talk about, rs you ought
10 know. but I'm wondering if
youll he able to-"
Andrea sat down hard. "Why
not?"
D'i' N'N ICdu Tic D1Dpr9,
Andy? Don't you know that were
1T swords point with japan? And
that Pearl liarbor is great naval
base on which our little brown
brothers have their greedy eyes ?"
Andrea laughed. rs that all?
Why. honey. the laps are so scared
of us they wouldn't even dare light
a piece of punk. let alcnc a fire
cracker. OF course / read the IA
pcrs.'
Did you know that instead of
sending ior their wives to come
ont there. many of tie Army and
Navy men are sending them
! homc?''
Maybe they're tired of them"
Andrea said Scrcnrly. Anyway,
why would the Japs want anything
III Hawaii? They'd never dream of
trying 10 invade this continent"
Did Jim tell !ou that" Beth
asked quietly.
Moo. not exactly. Anyway. I'm
not scared of them. My mind is
made up and nothing is gGinn to
| stop me now. Honolulu, here
GOMEZ"
(TO BE COn,iau>i)
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be surprised if war popped IN the
Pacific any day.
Determined that nothing should
spoil Andrea's happiness, since she
was determined TO go, Beth
changed the subject again, and it
wasn't mentioned tie rest of that
day.
She was in complete accord with
Andrca's determination. If she
were in Andrca's shOcs-oh. happy
girl to be marrying finished go
to Siberia. dcfying the whole Ger
man Army to get to him. She could
understand Andrca's finding a little
thing like possible war no deter
ent.
The girls went back to their
sewing while the daylight lasted.
Then they listened to symphony
music on the radio and later they
had sandwiches and coffee. and it
was time to go.
I'll walk home with YOU" YER
non said, going TO get his coat.
"A dime gets you quarter that
Vernon proposes tonight" Andrea
whispered to Beth, thereby getting
Beth Into n state Of panic.
"Why don't you and Bert come
along, too" Beth invited urgently.
ITS such divine night! The air
would do you good
Marion thought that was q
splendid idea. 1t was obvious that
Vernon didn't. that he had some
thing to tell her. He lad to tell her
when they were walking two by
three, since Andrea had abandoned
her to walk with the other BIakes
on the narrow sidewalk.
I'm going back to California,
Beth"
Beth stopped in her tracks. mo,
Bert! I'll miss you. Why do you go
back?"
"My efforts to get into something
useful here have come to nothing.
I've good business back home.
My kid brothers carrying on, but
he wants TO get into the Army"
Washington won't be the same
without YOU" she said honestly.
You don't know what it's meant
to me to have YOU for my friend"
| She saw his face wrinkle unhap-
PLY into a wry smile.
Il guess that's what I am, Beth.
Your friend"
II thought you'd known all
along"
Somebody clsc?"
Eyes. guess that's 1t only
can't have him. Vernon"
He held her arm little closer In
his. I'm sorry" he said.
II know you are. And I'm sorry,
sorry it isn't you, Vernon"
Il don't gi:c up easily. Beth. I'll
come back. Don't don't sit
under the apple tree with anybody
else. will you?"
There isn't anyone else"
Then she thought of Dennis. but
only. of course. because Dennis
would take her out again. She
wouldn't be quite datelcss when
Vernon was gone.
ITO &c Continusd>
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s5E5NANUoEdF

Beth well knew, was that she cou,d
never regard her Jim as an old
| friend.
She shook hands with him when
ne lett. stood marble-like when he
planted Il brotherly kiss on her Inns.
! "t'" smut her eyes when she saw
nam sweep Andrea into his arms
and hold her closely, previously.
with not n word.
She did not 80 to the railroad
station with them. She stayed home
ana sang the st. Louis Blues" to
Keep ncr mouth from crumbling.
ana planned stories, speeches and
WITTY sayings. as the phrase goes,
WITH which to cheer Andrea when
she came back to the boarding
house.
| But Andrea was in no need of
cheering. She was blithcsomc. cx-
pcctant and full of secret thoughts
winch Beth came to know in the
days that followed.
andrea took TO pouring over the
smart fashion magazines that were
showing clothes for tropical eli
mates. and said she thought she
might write and ask Peg Woodruff
To send down Il box of her summer
clothes she'd left at the apartment.
Bcth told her not TO be deceived
by Washington weather. IL would
probably turn cold.
| Whom tho fret l.i
from Jim. Andrea began to show
an extraordinary interest i'm gcog-
raphy. and went so far US to read
two books about Hawaii.
! It's wonderful out here" She
told the girls. Nobody ever does
any work. You don't do anything
but Swim on a heavenly sea. and
sun-tan. ana live in beautiful bun
taioWS, and sleep and go 10 par
ties. If ever there were a place dc.
signed for paradise on earth. it's
Hawaii. And there are millions OF
men
f.unicc laughed that off. There
are millions Of them in Washing.
ton. too. but what TO do about it %
"Wc'r" lucky. having ours" An.
drca said, and then remembering
Brth'S presence, Il meant it would
he heavenly for a girl like Beth"
Il wilt easily in tropical chimes, ="
Beth said.
She was beginning to see writ.
ing on the wall Andrca's interest
IL warm weather clothes. in liter
allure about Honolulu all added llr
10 on" thing. Andrea was thinking
of going there And that could only
mean that she was going to marry
Jim.
Beth felt 4 growing concern. She
Was prepared for their marriage
1t was not that. News got around
Washington and news had come tC
her. Things added up Ia a sum to.
tai that WAS diSquicting. The Japa.
nrSc diplomatic Office i'll Washing.
ton was very busy. Tense confer.
cnccS were already under way
Men in the Navy. stationed at Pear
fiarbor. were sending their wives
back to the mainland. Two and two
added together.
One day Beth went up TO An.
ar2G room 10 find her lying on hci
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Fight on tuberculosis

To accomplish our objective
TO remove tuberculosis nom tho
world-that hard. slow. tedious
work must so or. That is why the
sal" of Christmas seals and SUP
port Of the National Tuberculosis
Association must be kept up.
What are the elements it. this
hard individual toll that have
brought us 81 far on the road to
victory? First, umqucs iunabiy. is
better and vailir: diagnosis. We
can spot an active case earlier
with more certainty than Mc used
I" and 80 begin treatment earlier.
And the earlier treatment is be
gun the more liErly are We To
have Il good result. We used 10 ne
unwilling to maize Il diagnosis
until the germs could he drmon-
stratcd in the Sputum. Now We
believe that II tn" germ; can he
found il is Il late ana possibly
hopeless ease.
Removing Infected Patient
More important than treatment
of the infected individual, how
c"cr, Is that We remove him from
contact with the icst Of the family.
For We know nUw beyond any
doubt that tuberculosis is Il con-
tagiOus disease and is transmitted
from one human being TO another.
The only other method of iufcc-
ton is 10y milk from an infected
COW and We have largely liuui-
dated AL our tubvrculuus infected
cattle.
Another element in our control
is that We have more :anitarium
beds in which to- I,l;,rc patients,
thus accomplishing the removal
from the family. "" need more
santaria but that l.; part of the
future battle.
Lastly, instead Of waiting for
case L. come /" the doctor. wc
employ cas-" iiriu~ and the doc
tor takes the initiative in labelling
- ease. This is tn" reason for the
preliminary examination in far-
tOr!"s. schools, tie army, ctr.
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE


IT WAS SUNDAY. the first in No
vcnhcr. and the church bells were
ringing and cchoIng all through
the frosty air above the great city
of Washington, which lies like a
fiat bowl b, tween two rolling hills.
split by Il band Of silver that is the
Potomac.
It's tho first sign OF winter this
year" Marion Blake said. coming
10 the door of her bedroom where
Andy and I'cth were working or.
more correctly. Beth WAS working
and Andrea was dreaming. 1T ncv-
er gets really cold here, but still
Bert says it can't compare with
California"
California. pooh" Andrea ejac-
ulatcd when Marion had gone back
10 the kitchen from whence came
aromatic Cdors. Hawaii has it
aces and spades over her old Cali
fUrnia."
ITS not hers" Beth said, rcmov-
Ing pins from the hem of a checked
t"rcta skirt that was six yards
WIDE. She's n Washington girl, but
l suppose, now she's married Ia
Bert, it's the old Whittier thou
Eocst stuff. That's the way you've
got TO be with jim"
With Jim and me, home will be
where we hang our hats. He hasn't
any family, any more than / have.
/ don't know what we'd do for rcla-
lives il we didn't have you. Bcthic.
Jim hasn't even fifth cousin liv-
Ing. We're just couple Of or
phans."
Trying to make me feel sorry
FOR you? Come away from that
window and let me try this skirt
on you"
Andrea duck-d her dark head rs
Beth slipped the skirt over it. Its
folds fell to the floor in n wide
sweep. Il can wear it with a red
SILK jersey blouse. or a tailored
white crepe, or something very
transparent in black" she said
looking at herself in the long door
mirror. II expect we shall dress fol-
Gunner lot out there
This will make three dinner
dresses" Beth said, knccling TO put
pins in the hem again. you're
pretty we'll fixed"
Speaking of fixing" Vernon hat
come to the bedroom door, II got
lock for that trunk of yours. An
drca. ] can fix it up so that it vii
last until you get off the boat, any
way"
Bert Blake joined the party. mix
ing martins in a shaker. "Whci
You going, beautiful"
Next month. l haven't passage
yet. I'm waiting for money. I won
be going for five weeks yet"
Five weeks of this will make
me nervous wreck" Beth put in
This Is tho first and last time
ever try to make n trousScau."
s"Are you surc?" Vernon asked
quietly, drawing her eyes to his.
We'll. almost" Beth said.
Good girl" Andrea ruirmurct
under her breath so that only Bet
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could hear. Never close any doors
on opportunity"
This girl" Beth indicated An
hrca with the point of her scissors"
is doing all right. She's got one of
the girls at The boarding house do
ing monographs for her, and old
Mrs. Banner is knitting q sweater
I'm making dresses on Marion's
machine. Vernon is fixing her
trunk. What's your contribution,
| Bert ?"
Bert said he was supplying
morale, and they'd better call their
sewing OFF and come and have n
cocktail.
"Grlp them, kids" Marion ad-
viscd. Were having a kind of pre-
Thanksgiving dinner today and
don't want it to spoil"
Andrea whirlcd from the win
dow. "But that's bad luck, MarionI"
The boys advised her not to be
supcrstitious, but Andrea went into
the dining room with her fingers
crossed.
There we're turnips and cram
berry sauce and mashed potatoes
and a noble bird. before which Bert
stood with poised knife, and five
people drew in rapturous breaths
before the appetiZing odors which
rose from the table.
Temptation is stronger than SUI
IpcrStitiOn," Andrea admitted. "Ill
have only one more dinner like this
before | 60 away. Do you suppose
we'll be eating Coconuts and poi on
Christmas Day."
"You wont know what you're
eating, if memory Of my honey
moon serves me-" Marion said with
a fond glance at her husband.
This is wonderful" Beth OBJ
served. swallowing her first mouth
ful. "You Blakcs don't know what
a touch of home life you give us. /
used TO be a pretty good cook my
self and I miss getting up meals"
Across the table, Vernon said,
"You belong in your own home,
Bcth. An Office is no place for a
girl like YOU"
Under cover of conversation, An
drca whispered. Prepare yourself,
sister. I scent an invitation to pre-
side over Juniors dream house"
Beth had n feeling that Andrea
was not far wrong.
II was not much later that she
was sure OF it. Andrea had said
there was only one catch in going
to Honolulu. that it was so far
away from Beth.
california Is not far away, An
drca." Vernon said. but he was
looking at Beth while he said 1t.
Its lust nice holiday away. If
Beth lived in California, you could
visit each other
Beth said hastily she couldn't
abide turkey stuffed with chestnuts
or oysters; just give her Marion's
dressing any day.
Bert brought the conversation
back. saying he wasn't sure there
would be much going back and
forth to the islands; things were
Getting pretty hot and lie wouldn't
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR


JIM HAD eight DAYS leave no.
fore leaving to report to his base
in the Hawaiian islands. and he
Was spending them in Washinrtou.
Andrea. with no conscience at all
told Beth she had blithcly lied To
her boss. saying she was married,
and asked for the week of to spcud
with her soldier husband. and was
given it. Beth counsclcd against
this. but Andrea said she might no,
ever see Jim again. When she said
things like that. Beth felt some.
thing inside her chest become a
heavy little lump.
Andrea had recovered from ,bc
blow of hearing that Jim WAS 90.
ing away, and blosSomrd, as if Tho
leave were merry holiday. buying
herself new drcSScS-and Beth had
come TO the conclusion that An
drc;i was charging her many pur-
Chascs. but dared not discuss it
with her-and planning all sorts
Of goings-on for the eight days.
Eunicc Scccombc, whom Beth
had come to know in n casual wav.
said she would chapcronc them rs
she had before. and Jim could stay
at her apartment. The B!akcs.
Marion and Bert. gave two parties
for the engaged couple. Vernon
took them, with Beth. of course. TO
II Patio, which didn't seem quite
as fabulously interesting to Beth
rs il had when she was with Dem
Ills, and the girls at the boarding
house rallied their friends around
on Sunday afternoon and had a tea.
and served sherry and sandwiches
and tea and cake with equal I'M
partiality.
II seemed to Beth that Jim had
never been more handsome. or An
Grva more flashingly beautiful than
"hcn she SAW them together then.
And she thought. IF Jim were
mine. would be beautiful, too?
Her thoughts were with them
always. but she kept out OF their
way as often as she coMl Jim
came to take her to !urch ,Wicc
during that week. anu each time he
repeated that lie was counting on
her TO take care Of Andrea. Each
time she assured him gravcly that
she would.
The day before lie went. she
bought a handsome leather frame
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