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Thursday, February 23, 1933 grortiira THIRTEENTH INSTALLMENT But in the morning Bhe laughed at her fears, for there was a letter from Dennis, in which for the first time he said that he missed her— and only Ood knew what an effort it had cost him to write those words —and asking how much longer she meant to be a deserter. "Dreams don't mean anything," Pauline told herself happily. "It must have been because we had cu cumber with the salmon for dinner." She spent a happy day. The doc tor said her mother was better, and there was a wire from her father to say he was returning, and Pauline wrote a long letter to Dennis. "It will be too wonderful, won't it?" she wrote with trembling eagerness. "I think I love you better than ever I did—if it's at all possible, darling. I often wonder how I managed ever to be happy before you married me, and if anything happened that we were separated, Dennis, I sholtld die." O'Hara's face twitched as he read her loving words, and for a moment he looked away from what he was reading, wondering why it was he could not rid himself of the feeling that this letter was not really writ ten to him at all. He had seen Barbara every day, but she had never again allowed him to go to her flat, and that morning, looking at himself in the While In Town Taking Advantage of m Don't Fail To Come In And See The New Chevrolet! Let us demonstrate this truly great car F-W CHEVROLET COMPANY ELKIN, N. C. Diet Didn't Do This! ■ . . t • HAPPY little girl, just bursting with pep, and she has never tasted a "tonic!" Every child's stomach, liver, and bowels need stimulating at times, but giv* children something you now ail about. Follow the advice of that famous family physician who gave the world Syrup Pepsin. Stimulate the body's vital organs. Dr. Caldwell's prescription of pure pepsin, active senna, and fresh herbs is a mild stimulant that keeps the system from getting sluggish. If your youngsters don't do well at school, don't play as hard or eat as well as other children do, begin ibis evening with Dr. CaldweU's glass while he shaved it seemed to Dennis that he had aged years in these few days., Pauline's letter had come by the evening post, and Dennis was dressed to go out—he was taking, Barbara and Stornaway to dinner. Barbara had refused to come alone—"Bring Dr. Stornaway," she had Haid. "Are you never coming alone with me again?" Dennis had asked, but she had not replied. He stood staring down into the fire, smoking cigarette after ciga rette and trying to see beyond the immediate present. Was there to be any beyond? Barbara would not tell him, and he himself could not find the answer. When Pauline came back perhaps they would find it, or she would find it for them. The telephone rang. Was it Barbara, to say she could not dine with him? His heart almost seemed to stop beating as he waited, and then he caught his breath in a great sigh of relief as he knew it was not she. It was Stornaway: "That you, O'Hara? I say, I'm awfully sorry, but I can't come along to-night, after all. I've been sent for to go home. Old Thompson is ill. Hope it's not leaving you in the cart." "No, not at all—l've not booked anything. I'm sorry, though." "Liar!" he told himself cheerily Syrup Pepsin. This gentle stimulant will soon right things! The bowels will move with better regularity and thoroughness. There won't be so many sick spells or colds. You'd find it just as wonderful for adults, too, in larger spoonfuls! Get some Syrup Pepsin; protect your household from those bilious days, frequent headaches, and that sluggish state of half-health that means the bowels need stimulating. Keep this preparation in the home to use instead of harsh cathartics that cause chronic constipation if taken too often. You can always get Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin at any drug store; they have it all ready in Dig bottles. . TErifE ELKry TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA as he rang off and went to get his overcoat. Dinner alone with Barbara—he felt like a happy schoolboy as he went downstairs and out into the street. A whole evening alone with her! > Would she come now that Stornaway would not be there? Well,! he would not tell her until she i asked. It seemed' a long time be-! fore his knock on Barbara's door! was answered and then It was Mrs. Mellißh who admitted him. She said, "Good-evening, sir," in her quiet voice and led the way In to the sitting room. "Mrs. Stark will not keep you j long, sir." She hesitated, looking at him with those quiet eyes that saw so much and betrayed so little. "Mrs. Stark has been a little up set," she added. "Upset?" "I expect Mrs. Stark will explain to you, sir." She went away, leaving Dennis to wait Impatiently. When she came he saw that she was ready, dressed and wearing a gown he had once admired. He went quickly to her and took her hands. "What is it, my dear?' She smiled. "Did Melllsh tell you? Bless her heart! She knows there is nobody else I should ever tell my troubles to, Dennis." She bent and dropped a kiss on his coat sleeve. "Mix some cocktails, please, and I'll tell you." She sat down by the fire and watched him; then suddenly she spoke. "I had an unexpected visitor to day, Dennis." "Oh!" He was not greatly inter ested. "Who was it?" "My husband." The fragile stem of the glass he was holding snapped suddenly be tween Dennis O'Hara's fingers. He had forgotten that Barbara had a husband living. "I thought you never saw him," he said with an effort. "I haven't—for years. He came this afternoon. I had no ldra he was In New York." There was a little silence. "What did he want?" Dennis asked sharply. She lifted her beautiful eyes. "He asked me to go back to him." Dennis stood very still for a mo ment; then he turned mechanically again to his job. "You like French Vermouth?" he said. "Please." Then she laughed, a wild little laugh that sounded In finitely sad. "Make it strong, Den nis, so strong that I shan't care what happens or what becomes of me." She flung out her hands with a pathetic gesture of emptiness, but Dennis took no notice, l'e finished his mixing and brought a glass to her. As she took it he asked, "And what dkl you say?" "I told him I would think about it." There was a long silence. "You know he divorced me," she said presently. Dennis did not answer. Her face whitened, and she said almost in a whisper: "It wasn't true, Dennis, not —not what you think. But I was as tired of him as he was of me, so I let him think —what he liked. I swear it's the truth." "There Is no need. I always be lieve you." "Foolish Dennis!" But there were tears in her eyes—so often now there seemed to be tears in her eyes. "Well- —go on," Dennis said after a moment. She sighed and leaned her chin in her hand. "I've never seen him since—well, since then, until today. He was generous—l've always had plenty of money. And now he wants iiye to go back to him," Her eyes never left his face. "He sayß he never cared for any woman but me, Den nis." "And you told him you would think about it —about going back to him?" "Yes." "Did he give you a time limit?" Dennis was white to the lips. She shook her head. "No —I promised to write to him." She stood up suddenly beside him, tall and beautiful and so utterly de sirable, that for a moment Dennis O'Hara closed his eyes. Then she said, "What's the use of hoping for anything—for us, I mean? You know It's no use; you know you can't do—what you thijik you can." "You mean—tell Pauline?" "Yea." He clinched his hands Into fists. - "Barbara —there must be some other way." "Yea." She smiled tremulously. "You might come here secretly as my lover—and we should be happy for the little time we could be to gether and unhappy for the great while when we had to be apart. And some day it would be found out, and then—" "I should only mind for your sake." She shook her head sadly. "It wouldn't hurt me—it wouldn't be anything worse than the things people say about me already. But you, Dennis—it would break your heart." "Am I such a weakling?" "No, * if you were it would not matter." Ile paced up and down the room restlessly. "If I were an honest man I should go to Pauline and tell her the truth. It would not hurt her as much as it will If some day she finds out that I love you and that I think of you every moment and want you—" "It's because you are an honest man that you can't tell her," Bar bara spid, and then, as he did not answer, she took up her cloak and held It to him. "Let us go, Dennis-—Dr. Storna way will be waiting." He took the cloak from her. but as he laid it over her shoulders he suddenly enfolded her with his arms, pressing her head back against his breast. "Barbara—kiss me—" Her lips moved to say no, but Dennis silenced the word with his own and so for a long time they stood while Barbara gave herself up wholly to the intoxication of the moment. "Just this once—for the last time," she told herself. "Just this once—for the very last time." And when at last he released her she was white and shaken and could not meet his eyes, though she tried to laugh. "Nobody has ever kissed me like that, Dennis," she said faintly. "And was it happiness?" he asked. "It was—heaven," she whispered. He told her about Stornaway as they drove away together, her cheek against his shoulder, her hand in his. "I didn't tell you before. I thought you would refuse to come." "I ought to refuse now," she 6 6 6 LIQUID - TABLETS - SALVE Checks Colds first day, Headaches or Neuralgia in 30 minutes. 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