The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-10

do. If you could only see things
my way"
Kay said, very low. ooh, Lex
oh, darling, the thing is, l love
you. 1 can't seem to STOP"
He laid his cheek against her
hair in a gesture of tenderness.
felt it's ~softness, smelled its frag-
rance. He said gently, II love you
too, Kay-you know that. But
Don't say it," she interrupted.
Don't say any more than-just
that you love me. Lex she went
on in a breathless little rush
Maybe I've been wrong all along,
and you've been right. l think
l could be happy when we're mar
ried, living however you want to-
Darling" Lex said incredu-
lousy, gathering her close again,
you mean it,"
Kay nodded, her dark eyes shin
ing, her lips a little parted, wait
ling for his kiss. When it was over,
she murmured, clinging to him, Il
love you too much to hold out any
longer. l missed you so when !
was away-nothing's any fun with
out YOU"
1--WE felt that way, too" Lex
said.
He waited for the rush of Ella
ton, of overwhelming happiness,
to well up in him. But there was
a sort of numbness in his senses,
even when Kay's lips moved be-
meath his, even when he held her
close against him. What was the
matter with him, he wondered.
Had the wait for her been too
long, the certainty that she would
never give in to his ideas so deep
ly ingrained in him that he still
could not accept her capituiation
as a fact? That must be it, of
course. 1t was just that he could
not believe it yet. The knowledge
that Kay was going to be his wife
was too new, too wonderful, for
immediate acceptance. He simply
wasn't capable Of grasping his
good luck yet. When he did, every
thing would be as it used to be,
before things got SO involved and
at cross-purposes between them.
The old feeling would flare up
again-it was bound to. Until it
did, he mustn't let Kay ems the
lack Of full response in him, he
must pretend an ardor he still
didn't seem quite capable of feel
ing. Because, Of course, he loved
her. He'd loved her for years and
wanted her to be his wife. Darn
this numbness that seemed to hold
him in its nightmare grip!
Darling. . darling" Kay said.
"You can't imagine how glad I
am to have things all settled be-
tween us. While l was away. I
had a chance to do a lot Of think
ing and saw how wrong I was
The ways Of women passed all
understanding.
'"Then why" Lex asked, didn't
you tell me when you first came
back that you'd had this change
of heart? When 1 saw you last
week, you seemed just as deter
mined as ever not to give in"
Kay smiled up at him winning
ly. Cant you understand that?
I'm terribly stubborn. 1t wasn't
easy for me to admit I'd been
wrong. But now that I have, I'm
so happy"
Even as Lex kissed her, Kay
was thinking: How plausible one
can be, when one has to. l didn't
decide about this when l was in
Florida. I decided tonight, when
I met Sherry Kent. She's far too
attractive and too much in love
with you, for me to take foolish
chances.
I really haven't changed my
mind about your stuffy old farm
at all. 1 can stand it for a while,
thought can stand anything for
a while, so long as I get you by
doing it. Later on, when we're
married, I'll be in a much strong
er position. Then I won't nave to
worry about you bouncing into
SherrY's eager hands or the re-