The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-14

Julie beanning radiantly at Lyn
across the room, with Dams
watchful eyes upon her; Julie
making no secret Of her infatua-
! ton for Lyn- suddenly, Ann was
out of the booth and going swift
| ly out into the street and to-
wards the office building which
housed Lyn's offices.
It was almost noon, Ann MOTTO
ed as she hurried across the
street to a huge grayish building
which housed Lyn's offices.
| The elevator rose smoothly to
the twelfth floor and Ann step
ped out into a corridor lit to
brightness by big sunny windows
at either end. She walked down
the corridor towards Lyn's suite
of offices that occupied a corner
of the building.
And then she stopped, startled.
For out of Lyn's office there
emerged slim, smartly groomed
woman; woman who came to-
wards Ann, smiling the smile OF
the family cat that has just pol
ished off the family canary and
is quite confident of getting away
with it. In short, LISA Marven
emerged from Lyn's door, smil-
ing, and as she reached Ann she
paused and said lightly, her eyes
derisively merry, ooh, hello
there! Are you following me?
Or-did 1 anticipate you little?"
And then without waiting for
AIMS answer, she laughed richly
as at some delicious joke, and
stepped into the elevator and was
gone.
| Ann was, somehow, frightened.
Badly frightened. Too much so
| to try to rationalize her thoughts.
It was as though she herself were
somehow mixed up in some ugly
business that she did not under
stand, but that was threatening
to engulf her in its nastiness.
The pretty receptionist looked
up and said brightly, Good
morning! Have you an appoint
ment? Oh, hello, Miss Clayton,
I'll see if Doctor Frazier is free"
} A moment later middle-aged
nurse in crisp, starchy white
opened the door of Lyn's private
office and said cheerfully, "Hel-
10, Ann, come in. Doctor Lyn
will see you-and how he will
see you'll"
Lyn was at his desk, looking up
eagerly as she came in, and he
rose to meet her halfway across
the office, catching both her
hands in his, making a little ges-
ture that would have drawn her
in his arms, except that she evad-
ed the gesture adroitiy.
Hi, this is fun!" said Lyn
happily. eve can have lunch
together-as soon as l tell Mrs
Sturdivant that all she needs is
to diet off about twenty pounds
and stop picking fights with her
husband"
''Lyn, what was LISA Marven
doing here?" Ann cut into his
gaiety with a heavy hand.
Lyn looked startled, and his
firm clasp of her hands loosen
ed little so that she was able
to draw her hands free.
"Oh, come now, Ann, you know
better than to ask a question like
that of DOCTOR"
"Lissa wasn't a patient, Lyn, y
she told him quietly, and accept
ed the chair he offered, because
absurdly enough, her knees were
shaking a little. ''She works on
the Courier and she was here for
a story.
I'm afraid I wouldn't know
about that, Ann. I met Miss
Marven at your house; she came
to consult me, as a patient. L
don't think I realized that she
was employed by the paper. No
doubt Miss Deane, my reception
ist, has a chart that gives Miss
Marven's occupation and such
Miss Deane's pretty good about
getting the 'lowdoWn' on new pa
tients before she lets them in to
see me-"
Ann was studying him with a
newly sharpened intensity. And