The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-14
CHAPTER Nv.

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Tips was turning to Jane now
and introduced them to each
other. Jane, this is Mrs. Stanton.
Iris, Miss Lambolt."
''How do you do?"
"How do you do?" Iris Stanton
smiled brilliantly.
"Miss Lambolt is at the station
Also" said Tips.
Really! You must bring her
along to see us, Tips"
'Thank you," murmured Jane
politely.
Mrs. Stanton turned back again
70 Tips. Il mustn't stop any long
er now. But I'll be seeing you
soon. Sunnilands is the name of
the house we've taken. Come in
tomorrow evening for a cocktail"
CPL see, Iris. Pm not certain.
I'll give you a ring"
She made a little face at him
and swept away with a short
goodbye to Jane and much
warmer one to Tips. Jane rested
her elbows on the table, cupped
her chin in her hands and looked
thoughtfully at Tips. "You know
her pretty well, don't you, Tips"
II know her fairly well, yes.
Her husband was stationed at the
same airdrome I was at up north.
met them both up there. The
husbands very decent chap
eff I married YOU" said Jane
slowly, I'D fully expect you even
tually to be talking to some 9TH
er woman just as you're talking
to me- But don't let's argue about
it. I'm due back at ten and we
don't want to spend the time
wrangling."
But they did and were still do
ing so when Tips brought the car
to standstill some little distance
from the airdrome shortly before
ten o'clock. We'll, here we are"
he said lightly.
eyes. Here we are
"Tve never kissed a girl who
didn't want to kiss me-"
'You wouldn't be doing so
now"
He said at last. still holding
her closely. You let me kiss YOU
and yet you won't agree to mar
ry me-"
''That was just a moment of
Madness"
Il don't believe you. You let me
kiss you because you're in love
with me-"
This was true, of course, but all
the time she denied it. Before he
could argue with her further, she
said, ''There'll be a row if l don't
get out of this car right here and
now and hurry. Fraternizing with
the officers is forbidden and if
I'm caught " she was out of
the car as she spoke.
There were twenty-four Waafs
at the airdrome They had come
in patches of twelve, she and
Sparks having arrived with the
second contingent The first,
they'd soon discovered, had been
sent to do their special training
Immediately on joining the SER
vice, thus missing their fortnight
of life at the camp near London,
which had been devoted solely to
disciplinary training, and as
suredly this had been a pity.
Jane, in the first few days on the
station, had realized quite dispas-
sionately the difference between
the girls who had arrived with
her and those who had been sent
on earlier.
Sparks murmured to Jane,
"Bluebell-darling is off again."
Bluebell-darling was eighteen.
She was the lovliest thing Jane
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most silver it was so fair and her
eyes, fringed with thick dark
curling lashes, were as blue as
her nickname
Jane paused in the important
business of cleaning her buttons,
deciding with satisfaction that
they positively shone like gold.
The door burst open and two
more girls appeared, Hunter and
Brett, who were bosom friends.
''It's the hours that'll kill us
off," said Hunter YEARLY. "I'm so
dead tired I could lie down and
die" She fished her makeup out
of her bag and began to redo her
face. It was very pretty face and
she knew how to make it even
prettier. Her father was an NJ. P.
She claimed to know everything
that was going on and had never
been taught the meaning of the
word discretion.