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Show Camellia CamelliaTunes Tunes InBp In InBy By Bp EDITH lOCETT 10CI LOCKET TT HOSMERo HOSMER 0 o McCIurc McClure SyndicateWNU Newspaper Syndicate WNU ServiceCAMELLIA Service Service'AMELLIA /'AMELLIA 'AMELLIA AMELLIA / " ' knew lmew that she WIIS was WIISabout wasabout was-1 was 1 CAMELLIA ' - about to do a scandalous thing thingand thingand thingand and she realized that her five years yearsrespectable yearsrespectable yearsrespectable respectable standing standmg m In rn Mrs Gel Gellow Gellow Gellow low s select board ng house wouldcount would wouldcount wouldcount count for nought it 11 if she were found foundout foundout foundout out Oh but she wouldn woulcln t bel belWell belWell be I IWell Well what else could she dog do ' It Itwould Itwould Itwould would hardly have been proper for forher forher forher her to walk up to young Mr Wait Waitley Waitley Waitley ley whose .hose hose . room was next neat to hers hersand hersand hersand and who o 0 vned ' \ i powerf il II it rad 0 o 0and oand oand and say Oh Mr Waitley Watey ] ! may I Icome Icome Icome come into your ; our oom about 11 0 o 0clock oclock oclock clock ton ght ght9 ? I ve ye Just lust ] ust heard from frommy frommy frommy my coi COl s n Edna of California Cahforma and andshe andshe andshe she writes 'Htes Htes ' ] she s go ng to . ng over overthe overthe overthe the rad o 0 tomght\Ir tomght Ir tonight . . ! \ Mr Waitley Waltley s nce nee nceshe neeshe nccshe she s my only Ilng 1 I ung \lng lng sing \ relative relatl"e relatle " I do dowant dowant want " , ant to hear her vo ce ' Cimell C1.mell C1mell Camell . a liked Mr Waitley Watley Wartley ] and andshe andshe andshe she was aware that the feeling feelmg was wasrecIprocated wasreciprocated wasreciprocated recIprocated but unfortunately Mr MrWatley MrWaitley MrWaitley Watley Waitley ] was extremely bashful so sothat sotlmt sothat that tlmt even if 11 rf it were proper Camellia Camelliaknew Camelliaknew Camelliaknew knew that she would wouJd not have the thenerve thenerve thenerve nerve to ask hunAs himAs him hun himAs As good luck would have it how however however however ever she had overheard him at the theevenmg theevening theevening evenmg evening dinner ainner sinner table stammer in inI inthat inthat inthat I that embarrassed way of his 1m 1mgomg I m mgoing mgomg gomg going to join Jom loin the Swimwm Swunwm club to tonight tonight tonight night , , so I shall be qu te to late Mrs MrsG.ellow MrsGellow MrsGellow G.ellow Gellow . He went out so seldomthat seldom seldomthat seldomthat that he felt compelled to mention itAU itAll it itAll All AU eyes e > es had turned instantly upon uponhIm uponhim uponhim hIm How can you spare the time timefrom timefrom timefrom from your radio7 radIo ? ' several fellow fellowboarders fellowboarders fellowboarders boarders had inquired but the theyoung theyoung theyoung young man had only blushed for forreply forreply forreply forreplyIt reply replyIt It was now a quarter to eleven elevenCamellia elevenCamellia elevenCamellia Camellia noted anxiously amClously there therewas therewas therewas was no t me to be lost . . Going Gomg over overto overto overto to a door which connected Mr Walt Wait Waltley Waitley Waitley ley s room with here her " she carefuUy carefully carefuUybut carefullybut carefullybut but tremblmgly tremblingly unfastened it Once Oncesbe Onceshe Onceshe sbe she was m his room and .and . hadreached had hadreached hadreached reached the radio she switched off offthe offthe offthe the lights for safety s sake for she shecouJd shecould shecould couJd could not afford to be discovered discoveredhere discoveredhere bere here ' From what she had heard beard about aboutinitiations aboutinitiations Intlatlons initiations ] she did not expect Mr MrWartley MrWaitley Watley Wartley ] to return forSHORT forSHORT for forCUftDTl"116 SHORT SHORTqUite CUftDTl"116 CUftDTl116 qUite " some tune tunes tunesShe . JnVEVI she " , would ould h havemuch have haveC a v e C i f Q f much leisure to re real 5 S reOnVKI reS HORT HORTmuch 0 T Tal al aize ze her dreamS dream dreamCTADV S herS 11 CTADV : TO I Q 0 0then R K Y Ythen Y then own room to return her to her herown herown her9 dehghtful delightful de dehghtful hghtful lightful adventure adventureover adventureover adventureover over Camellia CamelIla would wouJd then have ex experlenced experrenced expenenced perlenced perrenced a break m the awful mo monotony monotony monotony notony of her heart s loneliness lonelmess for forat forat forat at least the theoice theoce \oice oice \oce oce soice \ ] from afar wouJd would wouJdhave wouldhave wouldhave have sung its songs of love to her herNow herNow herNow Now in the blackness of o1 the room roomshe roomshe roomshe she could not in spite of o1 hersel herself herselfkeep herselfkeep ! keep l1.ack l1ack back . back the tears as she anticI antics anticIpa1ed anticspaled anticipaled pa1ed paled her herJ herHow her J joy - - ' - . . - - ' . ' _ - How long she sat there she d d dnot dnot dnot not know but suddenly she was con conSCIOUS conscious conscious dI I SCIOUS that someone was at the thedoor thedoor thedoor door ' Camell a sat as it If frozen m in mher inher inher her chair What would she say say9 say9What say9What ? What Whatould \ would \\ould ould he th nk nk7 nk9 ? She would wouJd be beexposed beexposed beexposed exposed Mrs Gellow quite r ghtly ghtlywould ghtlywould ghtlywould would turn her out What hurt her hermost hermost hermost most hov however . ever was the thought of ofher ofher ofher her shame in Mr Waitley Waltley s eyes eyesShe eyesShe eyesShe She would be scorned Qu etiy etly she sheturned sheturned sheturned turned the tuning tunmg knobs off as she shethought shethought shethought thought ha there was nothing deI de deI I 1 ghtful or funny about her situation situationnow situationnow situationnowThe now nowThe The ' ; he man at the door came slenth silentll silent slent silentII ] II h ll into mto the room Strange he d d dnot dnot dnot not turn on the lights Jghts ! he seemed seemedto to have a flashi flashl ghthlch ght , , which \\hlch hlch \ he fo focused focused locused cused about The g rl heard h m mfumbl mfumbl mfumbi fumbl ng about the bureau in draw drawers drawers drawers ers near the bedWllJ bedWith bed bedWith With Wll-J Wll J ] - s cl-er cl er cyer - - ng horror Camell Carnell a areaJIzed arealized arealized reaJIzed realized that this was a burglar burglar'He burglarHe ' He must have been acqua nted with withMr withMr withMr Mr Mr'vatley Mraitley \ Waitley \'vatley 'vatley vatley \aitley aitley ' % ] s hab ts is and was aware awarethat awarethat awarethat that occasionally occaslOnaUy MrVatley Mr \Vatley Vatley Waitley Vatleybrought Waitleybrought \ Waitleybrought ] brought large sums home with him himwhen himwhen himwhen when he was too la late te to make a de depos depos depos pos t in the bankWhat bankWhat bank bankWhat What ought she to ao'1 ao1 ao9 ao ? ' The man s sback sback sback sbackvs back \v\s v s W1.S W1S wis \ . \ to\\ to towards toards \ \ ards her at h her < ! r feet feetwere feetwere were \ ere several dry cells Her fflght fright fflghtened frightened frightcned ened mind mmd seemed to connect the thetwo thetwo thetwo two tacts facts S v tlly my fily silently Camel Camellia Camelha Camellia lia ha s hands found one of the cellsSummonmg cellsSummoning cells cellsSummoning Summoning Summonmg all tne toe force in her hersl hersl hersl sl ght body she struck h m squdre squire squdrely squirely squarely ly on the back of the headA headA head headA A moment later the room blazed blazedwith blazedwith blazedwith blazedI I with 1 I ghts and Mrs Gellow GeUow and a agroup agroup agroup group of boarders buzzed in Camel Camel1 CamelI I 1 a was standing standmg with a flashi flashl ght In Inone inone inone one hand and a gun in the other otherkeep otherkeep otherkeep keep ng a dazed sullen heap otherI upon uponthe uponthe uponthe I the floor at bayHe bayHe bay bayHe He must have been after the theroll I IroIl Iroll roIl roll I had to bring brmg home tonightexclaimed torught tonight torughtexclaimed tonightexclaimed exclaimed Mr Walt1eyho Waitley Walt1ey \ who \\ho ho \ torughtI had hadJust hadlust hadjust I Just lust come inI inThe inThe in inThe I The s tuat lust on was taken complete completely completeIy Iy ly out of Camellia s hands and she shefled shefled shefled fled to the hall where she sa sat t on onthe onthe onthe the stairs Now that ] it t was all over overshe overshe overshe she felt very much shaken and andhardly andhardly hardly real z ng it she began to cry crysotly crysoftly crysoftly sotly softly ! to herself hersel ! It d d not occur occurto occurto occurto to her that she had done a re remarkable remarkable remarkable markable thing thmg for she had been beentoo beentoo beentoo too scared to scream and > nd too fright frightened frightened frightened ened to thinkIt thinkIt think thinkIt It was here that Mr Waitleyfound Wallley Waitley Wallleyfound Waitleyfound found her and seated himself be beside beside betide side her It was a scandalous thmg thing thmgto thingto thingto to do in the presence of the board boarders boarders boarders ers who had come to laud Camelha Camellia Camelhaupon Camelliaupon Camelliaupon upon her bravery but Mr Waltley Wartley Waltleyboldly Wartleyboldly Waitleyboldly boldly put h s arm around the girl girlShe girlShe girlShe She was try ng to cxpla expla n about the therad therad therad rad o 0 but he v . was as too eager to tell tellher tellher tellher her how w \ wonderful onderful she was to 1 I sten stenintently stenintently stenintently stenintentlyCimellla intently intentlyC1.me1lia intentlyCsmellia Cimellla C1.me1lia C1me1lia Csmellia . s heart no longer lone loneIy lonely lonely Iy ly was busy tuning tunmg in on a sweet sweetold sweetold , old new song |