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Show .4 T JHE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, ownm6u UTAH ASK MS' - - ? GEORGE K WORTS THE STORY THUS FAR: Zorie Corey, Kho bates herself for being so meek, is railroaded into taking a Job she does not want, helping Admiral Duncan write his memoirs. She is In love with Paul DunWhile can, the admirals grandson. aboard the steamship Samoa en route to Hawaii a hand is clamped over her mouth and she Is scooped up and tossed into the sea. She avoids the propellers and manages to catch a life ring which some sailor had tossed overboard when he saw her fall. Zorie is rescued, and learns on recovering from shock that Steve, Pauls handsome brother, was taken violently ill at the time she was thrown overboard. The Admiral announces that Pearl Harbor has been bombed. .RELEASE dios were confiscated and only curt official bulletins from were issued. On the dayWashington after the attack on Oahu, two United States destroyers magically appeared and escorted the "Samoa on her zigzag course the rest of the way. Zorie wondered how the war would affect the plans, the status, of Steve, the Lannings and Pierre Savoyard. She had hoped that her problem would be solved by the military authorities. She had expected all of them to be detained for investigation when the ship reached Hono-lulBut they hadnt been. Her own fiery hatred of Japan, of all the CHAPTER XI Axis powers, had made her prob-lesuddenly acute. Yet she had, "They can thank God theyre not despite the intensity of her feelings, in Honolulu, where civilians arent done nothing allowed out of their houses after tionalized it about it. She had raby telling herself that Steve said impatiently. the blow dark, kill the admiral. She might Theyll come if you want them to. had decided to talk it over with him, And I dont really give a damn who to tell him all her suspicions, comes as long as you get Basil and let himabout decide what action to Stromberg. Tell him youve got to take. discuss the future of the sugar and She had grown very fond of the pineapple industries with this war peppery old man. Her brightest recon, and the difficulties of shipping ollections of that strange voyage had between Hawaii and the Mainland, been her work with him. He had no with all these Jap submarines fear of submarines and he was dearound . . . Three or four other termined to get on with The Book. couples to balance the table but a Once he was reconciled to Zories nice gay crowd. disinterest in his Annapolis pranks His deep voice became a rumble. and the Battle of Manila Bay now A minute later, Zorie heard a car being fought again with terrible new start. The admiral presently returned along the path he and Steve had taken. The sudden ferocity with which war had burst upon the Pacific had put all of them under an increasing strain. And Paul was trying too hard to make up for lost time. She was finding his at times trying and she was finding it more and more difficult to keep Steve out of her thoughts. One evening at her stateroom door when Paul had kissed her good night, and had asked her as he did so often these days if she still loved him, she had murmured, "Of course I do, Steve. She was so frightened she turned cold. But her voice must have been too low for him to hear, or his own thoughts too turbulent. He hadnt noticed the slip. She could not drive Steve out of her mind. . . And she was still undecided, still torn between her infatuation and her patriotic scruples. She had tried to rationalize it by assuring herself that she could, any time she wished, notify the authorities, and. by her knowledge that there was still, in spite of her sure suspicions, nothing she could prove. She dreamed about Steve. Often there were strange dreams in which both he and Paul figured. If Steve suspected her suffering, he was being very nice, about it. It was, she supposed with some bitterAs one man they raised their ness, an old story with Steve being kind to all the women who made glasses to her. fools of themselves over him. As, weapons he had plunged into the for example, Amber Lanning was story of the Duncan clan. He was anxious to get on with it, doing. Most of all, she didnt want Paul but he had told Zorie there would to become aware of it, although she be no work today. Pad found her in the arbor a litwas sure that his renewed ardor was making him blind. She did not tle beiore noon and she had lunch want Paul to be hurt. And regard- with him on a lanai shaded by a less of where her heart wanted to Pride of India tree. The center-piec- e was an arrangement of translead her, her mind was still at the ginger controls. Her mind kept insisting lucent spikes of blood-re- d baked first her tasted She flowers. in little a time, fully that she would, recover. By then Paul would be breadfruit. "Ive been thinking things over, back on an even keel and they You once mentioned said. Paul be would, at an appropriate time, that youd prefer it if I gave up my married. Of the remainder of the trip on ambition to be a professor of psywent to the plantation the blacked-ou- t ship, she would un- chology, e and luna and worked up. reasonably recall most vividly, not as a that! I didnt say Paul, "But, the frantic excitement of the passenOr had she? gers, nor the tension, the alertness, Zorie protested. "Did I ever tell you how we came n faces of Honothe white lulu under martial law, but her by Uluwehi E Kai? There was suffering in Pauls childish jealousy of Steves attento be tions to Amber. Amber, with her eyes. He was preparing To her. noble. please lack of inhibitions, wasnt making of Uluthe her story was He telling fact that the any efforts to conceal E Kai, but she scarcely heard she, too, had gone overboard for wehi She was wishing he would him. Steve. , His overso humble. stop' being Zorie affected The war, curiously, a had reached her to please scarcely at all. After the first awful anxiety She scarcely stage. irritating feeling, when she learned of the very of what he was saydevastation at Pearl Harbor and at caught the gist the army and naval air base, her ing. There isnt a lovelier spot in the returned. Her new Paul said, and fearlessness was impervious. She world than this, the lead happiest life would wasnt afraid of torpedoes or Japa- you be the Youd known. ever neiyouve nese bombers and, as she saw And the clan. Duncan ther submarines nor bombers, her boss of the undisis the Uluwehi of fearlessness was not tested. After mistress of this island. I know the first days attacks on Oahu, the puted queenthe admiral is about you. enemy was occupied with Wake, how crazy nothing he wouldnt do for Hong Kong, the Philippines and Theres . I realize all that, and I . . Singapore. Yet Zorie was certain you how attractive that setup that, if the enemy returned, she realize be to any woman. would would not be frightened. She had sensed most of this. She Often she came upon Steve and seen herself presiding over this Amber, walking together, playing had place, modernizing, simplifyping pong, or the horse races, or lovely of the rooms, giving lively some shuffleboard. They were always ing nmng taking hold and Uluwehi to its laughing, always so absorbed in parties, and restoring each other that they were oblivious. things, Of course it apglory She tried ot to let Paul see how former to her! it affected her the bleak fury, the pealed is But your career here, Paul? her. No. jealousy, the hatred that swept little He shook his head tragically. After the first day, there was it. war news. All the passengers ra- Thats just u. m $ over-zealousne- ss cut-can- war-wor- g, . self-possessi- . U ... J Attom&n "The instant this book is finished, Zorie said crisply, well go back to Elleryton. She had a sudden glimpse of the twin chimneys of the Fenwick Body Plant and of the social life Mrs. Folsome, Mrs. Aunt Hannah. "Now lets stop all this silly argument. He came around to her chair and kissed her on the cheek. "Thank you, Zorie, he said solemnly. "That was what I wanted you to say . . . Would you like to be married here? Zorie hesitated. Her heart was beating in slow, cold thumps. "Yes, Paul. Of course! "It would be a lot of fun, Paul said. "Wed have a luau an Hawaiian luau. Would you like that? "Yes, dear. "Ive been thinking, Paul said, "that we might be married Sunday. A knifelike pain went through Zories heart. Trying to control her voice, she said, "Day after tomorrow? "Yes, said Paul. "Why wait? Weve been putting it off long Mc-Gonig- le, The Questions How many times a year :lock and a sun dial agree 1. 7 D A quiz with answers offering information on various subjects ? What 6. ex- actly? The Answers Four times April . 15, June What sovereign, upon seeing 15, September 1 and December 24. 2. Queen Victoria. an imitation of herself by a 3. India. It has a volunteer said: "We are aot amused? army of 2,000,000 strong, accord3. What country has the largest ing to the government of Indias information service in Washingvolunteer army? ton, D. C. 4. In London what is Rotten 4. A fashionable equestrian thorRow? oughfare. n 5. Duncan Phyfes 5. A lyre. 6. Norway. motif on furniture is what? 1. groom-in-waitin- g, best-know- Use Rich Corde in Making That Bag DONT FOOL enough. It was true. They had. Rather, Paul had. For more than a year they had been on this vaguely engaged basis. And there hadnt been a day when she hadnt hoped that Paul would decide not to wait. But that had been in Elleryton . . . His announcement left her with a feeling of panic. She realized that she hadnt the slightest desire to marry Paul day after tomorrow. He was fondling her shoulder. "Then, he said, "well fly over to Kona for a few days. Well come back here and stay until the admirals book is finished. Ill find plenty to do. I want to do some more work on my dissertation. He was trying to be gay and reckless. But he wasnt convincing Zorie and he wasnt convincing himself. He sensed that something was wrong, but he didnt know what it CO YOU want a Corde bag! Too was. expensive to buy? Then cro"Would you like it that way, hon- chet either of the beauties picey? tured inexpensive and easy to do, Zorie was gazing at the garden. "This would be a lovely place to be Rich Corde bags crocheted in squares or married, she said. She would not triangles. Pattern 936 contains directions to She would it. go for purses: stitches; list of materials. escape try through with it. She could not let Due to an unusually large demand and Paul down. current war conditions, slightly more time She wanted to cry. All the time is required in filling orders for a few of Paul was talking, shed been seeing the most popular pattern numbers. Steve at her wedding Steve watchSend order to: her with a brother-in-law- s She was about to leave her room when one of the maids brought her a lei of white ginger flowers. When she put it on, it fell almost to her waist. If she had needed a completing touch, the chain of glowing fragrant white flowers supplied it. She asked the maid who had sent it. "Mr. Duncan. "Mr. Steve or Mr. Paul? "Mr. Steve. It almost went without saying. With all his ardor, his anxiety to please her, Paul would never think of sending her a lei especially a white ginger lei. She went out onto the lanai with its blackout curtains of heavy blue velvet. The admiral, Paul and Steve were already there, but none of the guests had come. The three men were drinking They stared at her as she crossed the lanai. As one man they raised their glasses to her. It was almost involuntary. The expression in their eyes was a toast. She murmured, Thank you, sir, demurely. Steve made her an She noticed dry little lines about his mouth and eyes. He looked tired and worried and tense. She was aware that Paul, in spite of his resolves, disapproved of the frankness of her star sapphire dress. He had betrayed it in his eyes after the admiral had complimented her. It was, she thought, disheartening. Paul did not want her to be radiant. He wanted her to be dull. He had always wanted her to be dull. She was sipping her cocktail when Amber and her uncle came out of the house, followed by Pierre. Am- dress ber wore the midnight-blu- e the most effective dress she had. Mr. Lanning was all in white. Pierre Savoyard had crowded his powerfully sloping shoulders into a white dinner jacket. He seemed ill at ease.. 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