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Show AKOWAN TIMKS, PAROWAN. UTAH carried rrr Brough Will I rim rrj.l ir te d rwav. thirkirg. while CORNER you held roe m your arms, th.it no girl could h.ie than was at that momert htppir No two people OUT OF THE EMBERS could have leen more in love V'e 'ker dont laugh, please we were NORMAN ST By AM EY BORTNFR like that fire is now. Just ore consuming t'uze of love for each other. He couHnt help smil rg at that. this thing out, had lived there he and Jan i,iL jt'S talk for Jan really was in a stale, to talk had laid. a 'For good while after their Jarii'e like that But It disappeared when And ha had agreed. Not big house was too honeymoon. The 'i b.g Too many he turned toward her. She was so thought he people around Too many distrac-uonclose to tears s 7 wa 11 would be like She from each other. So had they "And now. Will, lock at us. Weve r to be very calm, very moved to the cabin . . They had made a wretched mess of things, the much changed a great deal since then. a.t!e'rry we Mert v.'e who will go no farther. Not in look. Ten years wasnt very havent "Damned If we havent." He was Jj r t. ny dear. R yu want one long. In themselves, somehow. nearly noble enough to admit, furi.rk. I'm game. Just to it But the cabin had not It thermore. that it had been almost was precisely as tt had changed ,n't end In another row. been then. entirely his own fault, but he didnt noble him Seemed a bit smaller, but then time She He became slightly have agreed with him, that it was all over with always does that to distances and and might then the row would start Ha ftj N re was suddenly courteous. dimensions He busied himself with was quiet for a long while, and then h sr ke to her in a tone he might the kindling. There was only one he said: "But fires do go out evenbig chunk of wood Enough for a tually, and I guess ours has." kne ucJ toward any ciran r.ot his wife: "Where would little while. The fire caught nicely. "Yes. And whats the use of blowwhile you pronounce Jan held her hands to the growing ing on cold ashes? . . , But you ke to sit thats sentence" flames. Feels good." she said And why I brought you here to the Sir krrw at once. She must have fceen thinking about that. "Not Would you mind kere." she said. g e went down to the cabin?" The cabin. IIow long had it been jjice he had seen the inside of that affair beside the river? And what could have made her want to go there, of all places? Not in the least, he said. "We'll need wraps." They dressed for the raw December (jar 8"d went out the west door. Crisng the lawn 6he took his arm. That was unexpected. And also a Lit.e uncalled for, he thought, under the c rcum'tances. Why should she rake a game out of splitting up? Th.r.k rg that, he stiffened and she felt it But she did not release his arm "Remember the first time we she tame down here together asked The first day we came here you carried me through the doorway, THU. Cant say I do." "You mean you dont want to. It when the chill had been taken from cabin, Will. I had the wild idea that was after our honeymoon. And you the room she sat on the sofa and somehow we could patch it up. Try held MY arm. Her voice was low asked him, with a restrained, al- again. But weve done that too most fearful little gesture, to sit be- often, havent we? ir.d uneven and somehow queer. "Too often, Jan." Oh," he said. Whats the mat- side her. He did, and waited again The room was hushed, after that, very nobly for her to begin this ter Getting a cold? last talk she wanted. for many minutes. Hushed, except No. Not used to fresh air, I supfor the crackling of the one big At she did where is last "This pose. Itll be all right soon. chunk and the rush of air through we she said. "Here started. Will, "In the Nevada climate, you Do you the chimney. And even that slowly in this little She did not answer. Maybe mean decreased. The fire he had built and ever think about that time? she hadnt meant that. To speak of not replenished was burning out. of it a moment "Thought the advantages just of Reno while he Just like the fire Jan has spoken of. remained East would not fit her ago, he admitted. We were happy then, werent Burning out. It was a simple thing mood. been had There present to throw more wood on a fire. But times plenty of them when the we? was it so simple to rekindle their Important small niceties of conversSHRUGGED. "Suppose we own flame? He decided he was getation between them had been forwere, Jan. But Im afraid we ting morbid. gotten, giving way to bitterness and havent been very There were only deep red embers happy since." recrimination. But he admitted she "No, not very. . . . And why, Will? between the andirons when she bad never been crude To cover his Do you know? How did we lose rose. "I told you last night that own remark he said: Has the what we had then? Not that it nothing would keep me from Reno, cabin been kept clean? makes any difference, of course. she said. "I meant, it, then, but Quite. Its always in good order. Here we are, and how we got here Will, Ill stay if you want me. Ill No telling when someone might doesnt really matter, or even whos do my best to make us happy. We want to use it. Theres some wood to blame. . . . Right, Will? were once. Maybe, in some way, we there, I'm sure. And you remember He stared into the roarcould be again. She waited. He did "Right. how that fireplace heats, Will. ing fire and considered that she was not move; did not raise his eyes calm. Better The embers glowed. Thats right. I do remember. being exceptionally The worst of it was that he rememthan he had hoped. 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And then in He gazed open-eyequick, bounding leaps he ran up the hill and into the house. Up the stairs. Through a door he had not opened for so very long. The hour was not yet gone. 27 Plane 28 30 32 34 RaSr having more farewells. He did not stir for a long while, frowning at the fireplace. The one big chunk had only a tiny bit of redness along one edge. The rest was cold gray ash, smoking fitfully and not pretty to look at. She had been rigbt. They had been exactly like the fire, blazing up for a time and then cooling to drabness. "I wont bother you any more. What had she meant by that? Never see him again? He realized suddenly that he WANTED to see her again. It wouldnt be right not to. You cant live with a person ten years and simply forget it, like that. Maybe they could even be good friends, after the divorce, and have some of the fun they missed before. Without the ties of marriage, or the restraints He knew he was being very foolish, thinking things like that. It was all over, and she would be strange and distant whenever IF ever they met. Friends? Hardly. Jan was out of his life for good that was settled. The cabin was getting cold. He had no idea how long he had been sitting alone. Was the hour up? He rose to stir his aching legs and considered hunting more wood for the fire. With the tongs he probed at the ashy big chunk and at his touch th wood which had seemed so cold into flames, so lifeless jumped warm, surprising, beautiful. A single touch had done that. HIS Serlr H-- "Jan, he said. "Jan. Youre as slim as you ever were. Ill carry you over, again. war If fee are eel difiptad Piston rings cost less than smoAQ rings! Even boy know a invokmg rthauxt inrana burning ml, wasted power, maybe costly engine damage. If your tor amokr It lirotmhly need new Sealed Power Pi it an Sealed Power Riug Set King. There Specifically engineered fig your car, truck or trector engine, whatever the make, model or cylinder wear condition. 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