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nc one - nobody on earth-rd
amer see have that land than
you. l never minded Steve's own.
ing 1t, OF course. But he's GOT CO
much-it'll mean more tn vo,' o.
Lex. I'm glad" 00
Lex saw her misted, questioning
stance come to rest On the distan1
ney. HA
He told her, unaware that =,
SUI held her hand tight in his
Inc Hemingway house isn't o.
much. Oh, it's substantial enonsh
k kno an that: But later on, do you
know what I want to do?"
She shook her head again, he,
g'ance coming slowly back to his
Il Want to build a now ho,,sc
where your house used to stand
- a beautiful site, Sherry. there
oE the brow of the hill. And 7
tnlnk Kay would like the idea ~
mat OF building a new mouse she
snoulont mind the shortcomings
o the Hemingway place 50 much
II she knows we won't live in i,
always" Il
Kay. The thought of her was 2
coio WIND on Sherry's heart. She
pulled her hand away from Lex,s
or the pretext of pushing , str.na
OF halr back from her face. For
Just a moment. in the pleasure NJ
nearing that Lex had bought =
farm OF his own, she had forgotten
lhat kay was going to live there
with him. She had forgotten that
kay would be his wife-so soon
now. The wedding was only a
scant six weeks off.
Sherry forced her stiff lips into
a smile. She said, Il think that's
a wonderful idea, Lex. Imagine
1t would make Kay happier"
Something had gone out of her
voice, her eyes. Their emptiness
hurt Lex.
Sherry saw his puzzled, seeking
look. and turned her own glance
away. She said, ,'I'm very happy
for you, Lex" "
Thanks, Sherry"
There was a kind of awkward.
ress between them, who had been
so easy with each other only a
moment before.
Sherry said, II think I'd better
be getting back. They won't know
where I've gone-and l haven't
had breakfast"
YEAH" Lex agreed. "I've got
work to do"
He swung down from the tree
and Sherry climbed down after
him. They started walking toward
the house , not running eagerly as
they had done before. Even Kippy,
rejoining them, kept looking up as
though he sensed and was dis
turbed by the tension between
them.
After Leda's break with Roger
Bedloe. she became aware of a
subtle change in the very atmos-
phere of Craven's. It would have
taken a far less sensitive person
than she not to detect it. And
though she did her job with the
same sure competence as before,
her efforts were received with
considerably less enthusiasm in
high quarters. More seemed to be
expected of her, she received less
cooperation and red tape con-
stantly tripped her up. And all
this, she felt with some discour-
agement, was only a foretaste Of
things to come.
She knew that Roger Bedloe's
enmity was at the root Of her
troubles. And, knowing Roger, she
realized there was little probabili-
ty of a truce. He was cooily civil
to her during their unavoidable
encounters. But his resentment
did not .abate. And word Of their
disagreement travelled like wild
fire through the store, fantastical-
ly. exaggerated, loosing a tide OF
gossip that Leda found highly dis
tasteful, try to ignore it though
she would.
She complained to Sherry. IT'S
so unfair-the whole thing! All ]
did was refuse to marry Roger
I'm just as good an advertising
woman as l ever was. If they
don't realize that at Craven's
there are other firms that do
A slight, bitter smile curved her
mouth. Gin fact, I'm negotiating
with one of them right now"
"About a new job?" Sherry
stared at her mother in complete
surprise. 1t was the first time
Leda had mentioned such a thing.
81 didn't intend to tell you until
it was all set and definite. But
I'm reasonably sure Nat Haw-
thorne will meet my terms. He
tried to talk me into working for
him the last time l went east.
Hawthorne's is n OF the most
exclusive women's wear stores IN