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TWEIIFTH INSTALLMENT
It was evident that Neil was blow
ing off steam which had accumu
lated for Bome time, and secretly
Joyce's spirits rose a little. She was
glad that he was asserting himself.
She had an odd little feeling—odd
when you considered that he was,
in terms of actual experience, noth
ing to her —of pride in his outburst.
Frills seemed to her more than ever
an alien, a separate individual, al
most like a first .wife. She was
moved by Packard's emotion and
filled with an overwhelming desire
to erase that hurt look from his face.
"I'm not trying to put anything
over OH you. I ... I don't blame
you for not believing me now, but
I swear I'm telling the truth about
this. I know I've been pretty . . .
rotten, but now . . ." she paused.
It was so difficult to say what she
wanted to. A mixture of shyness
and fear, and the unaccustomednesß
of putting her feelings into words,
held her back for a moment. But
again her desire to make Neil realize
that she wanted to be friends with
him, that in the future he would not
have to worry about her actions,
drove her on. "Well . . . perhaps
that blow on the head knocked a
little . . . sense into me."
On impulse alone Joyce suddenly
came close to him and smiled up
into his face, a little tremulously,
and said, "Please, let's start over
again . . . and, after this . . . well,
don't expect me to be any white
robed angel, but I'll try not to wor
ry you too much.
She was unable to say more, for
Packard abruptly drew her close to
him and kissed her again and again,
murmuring words of grateful sur
prise and happiness. "Frills, darl
ing ... I love you so, sweetheart!
You . . . you really mean it, dear?
... I thought all my chances of
happiness were gone, but now . . .
I'll do everything I can to make it
worth while—to help you if you
really mean it."
Joyce, submitting to his caresses,
reflected ruefully that she had never
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been so much kissed in her life as
she had been since she woke up in
Mrs. Neil Packard's bed. Gently she
tried to free herself. Poor Neil! He
did find it hard to believe that any
such miracle as this had happened.
She smiled again, all her joy in the
day restored, knowing that he would
go off to work filled with hope for
the future security of hiß home and
happiness.
"Of course, I mean it. But you
needn't take my word for it. Just
give it a thirty days' trial. Satis
faction guaranteed or your money re
funded," she replied lightly, slipping
out of his arms,- "belter run along
to work" now or you might lose your
job. And don't forget our date at
five this afternoon."
"You bet I won't! Gee, but . . .
whoopee. I ... I wish I didn't have
to go down to the office. I feel like
celebrating—7-"
"You go along!" exclaimed Joyce,
alarmed at the threatened loss of her
day of freedom and feeling the need
of a rest after the strain of this
stormy scene, "I can't have you
around all day. I'm going to be
busy."
"All right! And say, If anything
does come up you'd rather do this
afternoon, it's all right, you know.
We can go to mother's some other
time."
"The date is made. If it's broken,
it'll be your doing."
When she got out to the stable
Joyce found Sam about to mount
the black horse. "Oh, Sam, where
are you going?"
"Why, Mr. Packard asked me to
take some papers to Jake Anson. It's
up beyond Elk Flat in the bills, a
good long way from the road, so he
told me I'd better ride Barney," ex
plained Sam.
"Well, couldn't I go with you?"
demanded Joyce. She was still a lit
tle nervous about going out alone,
when all the trails were so unfami
liar to her.
"Why, sure! I'll saddle Rosita."
When Joyce got back at noon af
ter a two-hour ride, during which
she learned much about tke country
and its possibilities for horseback
riding, she was informed by Roxie
that she had missed two sets of
callers.
Joyce played with Dickie in the
garden for half an hour. After lunch
she retired to her room to rest and
read until time for Neil's return.
"I'm out to every one Roxie," she
gave definite instructions, "I don't
care if it is the Prince of Wales."
At four-thirty she dressed careful
ly, and then waited for Neil to ap
pear. She was pleased when she
heard him arriving at ten minutes
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before five, an evidence that he in-1
tended to take no ehances of missing
the appointment.
When he came in and saw Joyce
in the living room, obviously ready
to go, his anxious look turned into
a positive beam of pleasure and re
lief.
"Hullo, Frills, all ready to go?
Fine!" and as Joyce got up he ap
proaaed her with the intention of
kissing her. But she stepped aside
and made it plain that she preferred
to avoid his greeting. To her relief
he did not pYess the matter.
"How's the Duesenberg working,"
he inquired as they went out togeth
er.
"Oh, it's all right," replied Joyce
Indifferently. She went up to Neil's
big blue car and waited for him to
open the front door.
"Don't you want to go in your
roadster?" asked Neil in surprise,
stopping beside the car.
"No, I don't, I don't like the col
or of it," retorted Joyce, and sup
pressing a smile, she continued has
tily, "anyhow, I prefer to have you
drive today."
Packard got in and started the
engine without further delay. They
drove down the main street of Man
zanita where they were greeted right
and left by a bewildering number
of people and Joyce was on pins and
needles for fear Neil would stop to
talk to any of them. After half an
hour during which she grew more
nervous every minute—what in the
world would she say to Neil's moth
er? They stopped finally at a charm
ing little bungalow covered with
rose vines and surrounded by a
garden of beautiful flowers. They
entered a friendly, low-ceilinged
room paneled in white with wide
windows framing a view of distant
mountains across the valley.
Mrs. Packard rose to meet them
and Neil, kissing her, said gently,
"Well, mother, here we are, come
to make you a little call, Frills and
I."
"My dears, I'm delighted to see
you both!" exclaimed his mother,
holding out her hand to Joyce while
she kept Neil's in her clasp at the
same time. Joyce shook hands with
her and smiled silently.
"Do sit down, children, it's so
good to see you," went on Mrs.
Packard, beaming happily as she re
turned to her comfortable armchair
in front of one of the windows,
"when did you get back, Neil?"
"Last night, mother, and you bet
I'm glad to be back," replied Pack
ard.
Neil's mother was a woman In her
late sixties, with soft gray hailr, and
a face pleasantly fresh and clear-
' skinned. Onfy.. in her dark eyes
i could one read the shadow of past
sorrows, mingled with present lone
liness and paiQ, Joyce thought, and
when she did «ot smile her mouth
was set in curves of quiet resigna
tion. • )
"Are you feeling quite well again,
j my dear?" asked Mrs. Packard after
Neil had' told about his trip, "Neil
said you had had a bad fall."
I didn't really get hurt,"
replied Joyce, "though I suppose I
' might easily have been killed."
"Yes, it frightens me to think of
; it," said Mrs. Packard, a shadow
crossing her face. \
"Frills is looking well, though,
don't you think, mother?" asked
Neil. "Doc spoke of it to me today.
She's been keeping sort of quiet
since the accident and getting in a
lot of sleep."
When they were outside the
house, Joyce, seized by a sudden
impulse, said to Neil, "Wait a min
ute, I'll be right out again," and
turning, she went back into the
house. Mrs. Packard who had been
sitting quietly gazing out of the
window, looked up in surprise when
she saw her daughter-in-law reap
pear.
Joyce ran across the room and
kneeling beside the chair, she said
hastily, before her courage should
go back on her, "Do you ... do you
suppose we could be friends, after
all? Or has Frills . . . have I been
too awful?"
To her dismay she saw Mrs.
Packard's eyes fill with quick tears
and a flush mount to her forehead.
"My dear, my dear, nothing would
make me happier than to ... to be
able to be a friend to my son's wife,"
she replied, her lips quivering, "to
have you want it!" She laid her
arm gently around Joyce's shoul
ders.
"I'm coming again soon, alone,
and then we'll . . . we'll get ac
quainted," stammered Joyce. She
rose and lifting her head nearer,
kissed Mrs. Packard lightly. Then
she ran out of the room to Neil.
When they got back to the house
Joyce was relieved to find that they
' had no company.
"Let's see what's on the radio to
night?" suggested Neil. Joyce as
sented, rather curious to hear. She
soon discovered that Neil's idea of
enjoying the radio was to spend all
1 his time and effort trying to get
' distant stations. ,
Joyce, bored finally at the super
latives of the unseen speaker who
was boosting enthusiastically for
: the glories of California, got up and
; said goodnight, hoping that Neil
! would remain downstairs.
? Packard immediately shut off the
' radio and announced his intention
of accompanying her. By the air of
' happy expectation on his face, Joyce
■ realized that she was about to reap
| the inevitable results of her friend
liness toward him that day.
' She decided this time to take no
chance of repeating the soap inci
" dent and when they reached the bed
room shfe turned to him and said,
"Good-night, Neil, I'm going to read
for a while."
' "But, Frills sweetheart," he be
gan, detaining her, "you've been so
> wonderful today and—l love you
i so! I want you so, dear." He drew
; her closer into his arms whispering
the last words close to her ear. "Such
adorable little ears!" he said, kissing
them again and again. "I'd be so
happy if I were sure of you!"
"Listen, Neil," she said quietly,
"won't you, if I ask you as a favor
to me and as a return for being what
you call reasonable and sensible,
won't you please let me sleep in the
other room without askipg ques
tions and going through this sort of
thing every night?" -
Her manner evidently made an
impression on him for he released
her immediately, saying, "I'm sorry,
dear. It's just that I love you so."
He paused and added hcstatingly,
"But—will you come of your own
accord when you're ready?"
"Of course," promised Joyce
hastily, suddenly extremely embar
rassed by the conversation after her
momentary self-confidence. She said
good-night again and went off to
her room and shut the door.
The next night when they were
going upstairs Neil said, "Look
here, sweet, I hate like the devil to
have you sleeping indoors. You
ought to be getting all this wonder
ful fresh air. Let me move your bed
out to the other end of the porch.
I won't bother you.
"Oh, there's plenty of fresh air in
my room with all those windows
open," returned Joyce hastily, "real
ly it's just like being out of doors."
"Let me sleep Indoors then," he
suggeßeted, generously, "and you
sleep out here."
"I'm lots more comfortable Inside
—you're lots more dependent oa air
than I am," she told him.
kearly a fortnight later Joyce set
off. one morning on Rosita, for an
all-|(ay ramble through the hills. She
carried her lunch and a book with
her i|ad told Roxle not to expect her
back (until late in the afternoon.
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
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The i. H. Hanes Knitting com
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cent, whijh will be effective next
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Mr. and Mrs. Finley Haynee have
moved from their home here to Elk
in. We are sorry to have lost them
from our midst.
Mr, and Mrs. Marvin Bryant and
sou, Aiden, attended Sunday school
and preaching at Shady Grove Sun
day.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bryant
a fine girl.
J. J. Vestal, John Bray and Dick
Bray spent some time in Yadkinville
Monday. v
Jim Haynes and family visited
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Haynes Sun
day afternoon.
The Variety baseball team was
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Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of Mrs. Bessie Rene
gar, deceased, late of Surry county,
notice is hereby given to all persons
holding claims against the estate to
present them to the undersigned
within twelve months from this date
or this notice wil Ibe pleaded In bar
of recovery. All persons indebted
to the estate are notified to make
settlement immediately.
This May 22, 1933.
G. B. WALL,
6-15 Administrator.
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