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Show UTAH THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH. GEORGE ft WORTS W.N.U. RELEASE "You need sleep. Sleep as late as you can. Good night. Zorie began with de"But termination. Then she realized that she must be patient with Paul. can, the admirals grandson. Aboard the were many people with whom There steamship Samoa, en route to Hawaii, she hadnt the slightest intention of she dances with Steve, Pauls brother. Paul is, furious, and warns Zorie against being patient, but Paul was not one of them. She adored Paul. She him, claiming that Steve is a Nazi spy. On returning to her stateroom alter takwould see to it that he lost his griming dictation Zorie discovers that her and his stuffiness. Then Paul ness notebook is missing. While alone on be perfect. would deck a brutal hand is clamped over her to bed. She was almost She went thrown and mouth, she is scooped up when Amber let herself in. overboard. She avoids the propellers asleep and manages to catch a life ring which Amber opened and closed the door some sailor has tossed into the sea. so carefully that it didnt make a sound. She undressed noiselessly. She took the greatest pains not to CHAPTER X disturb the girl who had slapped her face. disturb to not "The nurse told me The telephone awoke her at a lityou for a while. Id like to see you before nine. Amber reached for tle as soon as possible. Its very answered it, and handed it to it, alone? are you "I will be, said Zorie. She Zorie, saying, "Its for you, darreached for her dressing gown and ling. It was the admiral. He hoped he said to Amber: "You wont mind gowaked her. Heihoped she hadnt ing out fora while. My fiance wants was well after her experifeeling to talk things over. There was droll amusement in ence hm? THE STORY THUS FAR: Zorie Corey, who. hates herself for being so meek, Is railroaded into taking a. Job she does not want, assisting Admiral Duncan write his memoirs. She is in love with Paul Dun- ... . im-porta- "Do you suppose you could drop Ambers Ah, yes! Your fiance! Not around sometime this morning? he at all, my dear. "Steve is very anxious to asked. Zorie was sitting at the dressing table, thoughtfully considering Ambers array of cosmetics, when Paul knocked. She opened the door. He came in and closed it. She half lifted her arms, expecting that he would seize her and hug and kiss her out of sheer relief that she was alive. He looked her over quickly. He nodded jerkily. "You were lucky, he said. You certainly were lucky. Are you sure youre all right? . "Yes, Zorie said. "Im all right. She was surprised that her feeling about Paul hadnt changed. Everything else had changed, but she was still in love with Paul. With a little working over, Paul would be satisfactory. "Well, Paul said, in a businesslike way, "Ive just had a long talk with the captain with the doctor and the chief officer sitting in. This is pretty serious, Zorie. "Yes, said Zorie, I suppose it isnt an everyday occurrence." She realized she had to make a decision. Her sole desire just now was to find out who had thrown her overboard. I have it all fixed up with the The whole captain, Paul said. episode will be forgotten nothing will be said. The incident will be closed. Im afraid I dont understand, Zorie interrupted. You see, he explained, a thing like this is very unpleasant for the steamship company. Its rather unpleasant for the victim, too, Zorie pointed out. You dont understand, J said This could easily cause a Paul. great deal of trouble for us all. The mainland and the Honolulu papers, if they picked up the truth Paul, Zorie said, youre wonderful. You think of everything. I even dropped in on the wireless man. They publish the shipboard newspaper, you know. I gave them a rather amusing account of it for the passengers benefit and to plug any nasty rumors that might be going around. Now, all you have to do is sign this. He held out a typed slip and his fountain pen, uncapped. What is it? A release. It absolves the company of all responsibility. Zorie signed it. Paul waved the release, to dry her signature. By the way, he said, my brother is quite ill." Steve? Zorie cried. Just about the time you fell overboard he was taken with an attack of acute indigestion. That was why the doctor didnt take care of you. He was busy pumping out Steves stomach. How ill is he? Zorie gasped. Oh, hell be all right in the morning." Does he get these attacks often? "No, but he should the way he drinks. I dont want to sound like a reformer, darling, but you do know how I feel about liquor. I hope youve had your lesson. I hope youll never touch the stuff again as long as you live. There was a familiar expression in Pauls eyes. It usually went with one of his lectures on the importance of being earnest. he said, you are still Zorie, under the influence of those drinks, and Im afraid you dont quite know what youre saying. "Im saying, Zorie said gently, 'youd better stop being so grim and youd better start stopping awfully soon. I am not the girl you knew, Paul. I am a changed person. Im not meek any more. I am a woman who intends to fight for her rights. "Good night, dear, Paul said hastily, as he moved to the door. talk to you. "How is Steve? "Hell be all right. Steve is pretty tough, you know. "Was it something he ate? Zorie siskcdt The doctor couldnt say. Ill tell him youll be around as soon as youve had a bite of breakfast hm? All right, said Zorie. She would See Steve when she got around to it. Zorie walked out into the lanai, with the admiral trotting along behind her. Steve, in a white toweling dressone ing gown, was stretched out in His palchairs. bamboo of the long lor was shocking. His eyes were pale. He looked really ill. He grinned slowly and said, "Hello, glamour girl! The admiral said, "Zorie, do you think youre going to feel like working today? Zorie answered, "I fed Yes, like working today. much very "I wanted to get on withthe Battle of Manila Bay, then I thought wed go back and finish up those chapters on my first years in Annapolis." For a moment, her resolve faltered. Habit that detested old habit of meekness made her pliant. But the wavery feeling passed. Im sorry, Zorie said. Im sorry to let you waste all that time. If you want me to help you with your memoirs, Admiral, the chapters on Annapolis and everything, perhaps, but a short chapter on Manila Bay go overboard. the adNow, wait a minute miral began. I mean it, she said. Steve was right yesterday. Youre the only person alive who can tell the story of the Duncan family. From the little Ive heard of it, its a fascinating story, a really wonderful story. If you want me to help you on a book thats going to be the book. She heard a chuckle from the bamboo chair. The admirals eyes were fiery. His obstinate chin was unusually prominent. His right fist was clenched. With it he banged on the table. "Nobody is going to tell me how Im going to write my book! he shrilled. "Not even you, Zorie. No, sir! I write my own book my own way or there wont be a book! Very well, Zorie said serenely. There wont be a book. As a matter of fact, there isnt any portion of any book. 'All of yesterdays dictaShe lifted her hands in a tion gesture indicative of emptiness. "You didnt destroy it! the admiral gasped. "Gone! said Zorie. "Good girl! said Steve. "Im sorry, Admiral, Zorie said, Once food has started to bol A bag of salt may be used in down the flame. It does no turn a ilace of a hot water bottle in a large flame to keep it bod. need a on skillet, linch. Heat the salt hen pour it back into the bag ing. ind use. 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NanM ... newly revised The Bread Basket. Doxens of easy for breads, rolls, desserts. Address Standard Brands Incorporated, Grand Central Annex, Box 477, New York 17, N. Y. "4U-recip-es Jim I "but thats how it is. Admiral Duncan glared at her. "All right! he snapped. "If you say so, Zorie all tight! But only because I have the utmost respect for your opinion! Not because I agree with you for a moment hm? And that, Steve said languidly, is the first time since grandmother died that anybody has backed down the old "Honolulu and Pearl Harbor, he said, "were bombed this morning! She wanted to do some thinking first. And there were other things she wanted to do. She went to the beauty parlor. She had her hair washed, waved and arranged in' a becoming new way. The beauty operator was clever. She was an .enthusiast. She knew just what Zorie wanted and she knew just how to help her. Zorie bought rouge and lipstick and the beauty operator helped her apply them tellingly. Now, the girl said, when Zorie paid and tipped her, you are beautiful, Miss Corey. You really are. Zorie did not have to be told, but it was nice, anyway. The mirror told her everything. But it wasnt the rouge, the just the new hair-dlipstick. It was something new in her face. There had been an indefinable softness before a vagueness. Her chin line seemed clearer and bolder. But the great change was in her eyes. They were clear and bright and sparkling. They had assurance. They had arrogance. She went to the admirals suite and knocked on the door, not with her old timidity, but with assurance. She had two lovely battles on her hands beyond .that door, and . they werent going to be Battles of Manila Bay; they were going to be Jutlands. The admiral opened the door. He was smiling absently. He looked at her. He stared. His smile became tremulous. It faded. It returned in the form xt a delighted grin. Zorie! he cackled. Why! I hardly, knew you, my dear! And after what you went through last night! You are lovely! Maybe I better fall off this ship myself!" Where is Steve? On the lanai. o, & 5 f ' w fire-eate- r. He strode out of the room. A moment later he came back almost running. His face, usually so red, looked very pale. He was panting when he stopped beside them. "Honolulu and Pearl Harbor, he said breathlessly, were bombed this morning! Japanese planes flew in from a carrier! Theyve destroyed our planes at Hickam, Wheeler and Kaneohe! Were helpless! The radio says theyre coming over Shafter again in new waves! The road into Uluwehi E Kai ran cliff along the edge of a purple-re- d beside tall ripe sugar-can- e with plumes, then it dipped rather abruptly into the palm trees which fringed the cove. Zorie caught a glimpse of a golden beach on which waves broke in a snowy smother and of pale green water deepening to dazzling blue offshore. Through the palms she caught glimpses of a group of houses with flat blue tile roofs and an immense garden against the sheer mountain wall in back. The mountain side was a shivering purple flame of bougainvillea. And she recalled that Uluwehi E Kai meant "a profusion of growing things by the sea. It was a sparkling morning, golden and blue. Schooner clouds ghosted along an indigo horizon. . Zorie unpacked in the charming airy guest room to which a Japanese maid had taken her, then wandered out under the banyan trees and into the garden a fragrant jungle of strange, exotic flowers. She hoped that. Steve would join her and tell her what some of the flowers were, but she presently saw him and the admiral walking briskly along another garden path toward the garage. They passed within a dozen feet of her, but the largest ferns she had ever beheld screened them. She heard their voices clearly in the jungle stillness. "Well, all right, Steves grandfather was saying in a sharp voice "but it may be hard to arrange at the last minute. This island is under total blackout and people arent going to like driving over these narrow, twisty little roads with those dim blue headlights. isis iKwgRg) silver- -bronze . (TO BE CONTINUED) Yes, Ben-Ga- y gives last, welcome relief from pain and discomfort due to stiff neck. Thats because it contains up to 2 Vz times more methyl salicylate and menthol famous agents that every doctor knows than five other widely offered rub-inFor soothing relief) sure you get genuine, quick-actin-g Ben-Gapain-relievi- s. y! i.i '!! ai'jQ ' l , Lets go to town m2 Momme! MO TLLIING what tomorrow's weather may be. It fools the best fore-- y caster. But we do want chintz for the windows. We do need a carpet sweeper, a new percolator, and a new e in the living-rooAnd we don t want to slosh around rainy streets to hunt them. Problem! How to thwart the weather man. Simple enough! 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