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By . Stella .Scott
Sally had wondered rather unees-
ily what he would: •say about her
outing with 'Colin Davidson, but ho
teemed pleased about it. it was
a mark of favour, and if he tel'
yang of jealousy it was dispelled
when she told him (Colin Devidsuu
)naw she was engaged to hlrtt
cWe11, Pve got your ring at last,"
Ile saki, glanicing at the turquoise
ring newly placed on the third
finger of her left hand. "You', e
glad now that I waited, aren't
your' he added. "I mean it was '
better to hang on and get a decent f
°nee'
"Yes, it's lovely," said Sally, but I
in her heart were conffleting
emotier% If she lead been wearing
Bob's ring, Colin would net have
kissed her, and t.y as she might
Kuhl not I ceert that kiss. 1
Things went back 4o their old
routine. Though Sally could not f
feel gees. the same new in Colin's
e resence,
The a t :r std he entered the room
she was conscious of the quickening
of her Melte-beats. When he spoke
to her, he. vcere trembled in
answering, 1twas silly, but she
could riot help It.
"]It isn't as though I loved rim,"
she would' argue with (herself. "It's
Bob 1 levee -Bab Ien going to
marry,
And it wasn't as •theeghl 'Oolin
made It ddfftult for her. Not by a
word or glance did he betray he
loved her, but perhpas he del net
really,
1 ase should hove comer ted ber,
bre somehow it almost made her
cry
s * e
A difficult week went by; each
day Sally honestly tried to tight
against the • :rection Ca:in Uavdi-
sou h_:, fur her.
And :leer, en Feely emeirer.y3e
found a great bowl et red meta on
ber di -.. roti knew fi :in whom they
had core.
The 11THs were beautiful, but
they brought a elisions limp to her
117 -:vat OF die rest understand why.
ile grcr to i Let• es usual, waving
aside her "irdnc:i:g thanks, but
to the buying of those roses has
gone much thought. AH that week
he bad been eying to put Sally out
of his thoughts, but for the first
c'keSNAPS 1OT CUL[
CHRiSTNIAS CARDS
Snapshots such as this can be posed any time now -and will make
charming, inexpens ve Christmas cards.
ABOUT this time each year, I
" observe a ring of red ink
around a crate on my calendar, and
a note on the margin -"Time to
think about Christmas cards:' It's a
warning that has saved me lots of
trouble in the past, and that Is why
I am passing It along to you now.
Naturally, every dyed-in-the-wool
Guild member likes to design his
Christmas card around one of his
own snapshots. However, many of
us tend to put it off until the last
moment -and, in the end, have to
send out ordinary cards that are
not at all individual. So my advice
is- g••t busy now, and have your
cards ready for early mailing.
No two photographic Christmas
cards are alike. That is what makes
thnm so personal, and there are
thousands of ideas you can adapt.
The picture is the important part,
1 and a clever picture idea gives the
r met mere appeal.
lf°yoar child has a set of building
blocks with big letters on them, try
lining up the blocks so they spell
"Merry Christmas." Then pose the
react beside them, holding, perhaps,
the last letter ready to place it in
position -and you have a set-up for
a story -telling picture.
Special pictures such as this lead
to charming cards, well worth the
little planning they require. How-
ever, a good group snapshot of the
family at house is often preferred
-and most albums contain such
snapshots, A picture of the house-
especially with snow on it -makes
an attractive card, and you may
have a suitable picture from last
winter that can be used.
(tun through the album, and see
what you can find. Some of tate
pictures may give you ideas for
new snapshots, especially rutted to
Christmas card use. The chief point
Is -decide early, for Chrishnas ar
rives almost before you know it.
211 John van Guilder
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Em;i7re Col* es Regxet)11...r
time it his life his emotions• dc;ied
his ,will
Be•;•atoo i ally .was vneetaincble
he .w.,, ' 1 her all the more.
It would be nladvetss to marry her
but it had been greater madness
P.1111 to thine he could win her with-
eut marriage a girl like Sally It
was her lance goodness that need•
ed lie expression in words or deeds
that made l.'a1 love he; as he did.
I•; was net in Colin Dan'idsou's
philosophy to regret what is done,
as a .ula, but now he did regret,
1 moot bitter;y, the insult he bad
eyereti Sally,
The mornlr,e's work went on,
hindered by the fragrance of the
red rises; but net until Sally was
Pe eine on he: h't 3,t one o'clock
fed Colin say -
1 watt to eetek to you, Sally.” `
It wet the firet thee since Sunday
night he had addressed her as
Sally.
- `Bah wilt be waiting for . me,,
s r ,tammered,
e.N.s,"he 8110wered. "I told frim
lel he df a nil:_; yr u a tittle while.
11: 's gone to lunch:"
5taly e:cctl quite still with down-
cast ryes, waiting for him to speak.
And within her was a desire that
he would kiss her, a desire to
'which she must not -would
yield.
"1'd like to tell you," Colin be-
gan; im Whatt Wes for ihiln a Mumble
tone; "how I hate myself for some
of the things I Said to you on Sun-
day. I tale you then that 1 loved you,
but 1 didn't then realise how much.'
Still Sally did not speak. She WAS
thir.,kir.,g of Bob, She dared not let
him go from her thoughts, hut in
her heart of hearts sire knew what
she really wanted was this man to
take her in his alms and kiss her
till she forget l3dh and all the
world beside,
She stood with her hands grasp-
ing the back of a chair, her eyes
°wncast, still ,silent.
"Sally, will you marry me?"
said Colin. Davidson,
She gave a little gasp, She had
not ewpeoted this,
"But there's Bob," she began.
"Pm ,promised+ to him."
Colin frowned, and ,made his
great mistake.
"Need, we consider him? Surely
he'll undettstand "
'The ruthlessness fell like a douche
of cold water on her heart.
To treat a living being ee though
his topes and; dreams did not
meter, was unpardonable to Sallys.
way of thinking, She could not
know Clive had a truer knowledge
of Bob than she, She only resneall-
bered that far months Bolt had been
building up fanciful piswtures of their
home together, and that this :maty,
whose kisses she so wanted, was
ready to smash those dreams with
a ruthless blow from his powerful
hand,
`'He doesn't love you as I do,"
Colin went on, in a quiet voice in
which glinted' the fires of passion.
"He doesn't know bmw to love, I'm
not saying anything against Slim,
but he's the sort who'd be 9tappy
with almost any girl who treated
him well. Ali 11e asks ie. someone
to look atter his home, conk his
meals as he likes them, darn, his
socks, give him children, and in
return h:e'il make a thundering good
husband -do his bit by banding
aver Itis weekly earnings, saving up
for the holiday, and so on. 13ut you
were horn for something better.
"i couldn't let Bob down," Sally
said in a entail, 'firm voice.
"Tuts he'd underseand," Colin
again protested, Won't you give
hint 1110 Oilmen of petting you free
I want you so badly, Sally."
If only he had exipreesed alis long-
ing for her In a kiss rather than in
words elle would not Reeve been able
to resist him.
But in hie own watt' he was trylmg
to make amends eor those olltol'
lessee lie had given, IIis iips were,
longing for hers, hes Brine were
eager. to 11o11 her, but he promisee
himself that not until she wee hie
promleed wife ,would he yield to his
>1 sire,
There was it moment or 'vatting
while Sally ]'ought: temptation -a
long, difficult moment for t'hens
holly
It was o hard quote. This man,
Whose dark, compelling ga4e had ea
strong an effect on her, whose
every wish she in.'tinx'tlwely wanted
to fulfil, was laying the - world at
her feet.
It was ha-cl iiteee'l to turn oste%.
but it wa.. ree c , : had pronllsed to
Into the Letterer, her small . voice.
Came, treut•i ' first, growlhg
etronger as fl eweet on.
41'101 sorry, ft's ve:e' hied of you
to wart 10 •000.113' 1100:. Put I've
premised to marry Bob. And even
It 1 1 ae ed to 11'17 'Yes' to you I
cone'. . 1',, be so tuc:obe;I Oleic-
, I hope you understand,
She teed to hint eyes. half n:Isty
half lovely 111 tdrr r aIor.11, and in
th:. !n_•net,. Colih-s love w.•1 Lifted
,1s 't heeler level:
Pecans:. she Was.8, fait'.'ful to 1801''
PI'c.11 0e, al .1 wolr]tl 1. `1. be I( 711 EA
by the thin ; he uffeted, he loved
her the more.
Abe ..ly 1.' 101ned away, not
11 u', big h'ms'::.i to gaze 0,t h r
rr
nic Irvc this mar very
:mull II, ,111, r,' ;, 11,> 1;y yr ere,
•-t r_._.1 eve 4111 very touch,"
Sally answered, but her voice was
t..- t 1;. t::-, t.:. n jnyotee and
1 c ea ._ WC 8 gni( 71 to mica the
ring of truth.
11 _F .01 'reed hes heart, though.
be accepted btr denial 10tigl.: i7.
Ills emotion was aroused, 1118
temper on shite, bat ho l'o:ecd his
voice back to Re bustle 'like key.
"Then we wile forget I spoPe of
marriage," ho raid. "phut ,•:;l be
easier for us both."
you,'' Sally illi€pored
gra.: Idly. "1 s: mid like to go
081 .:d.. -r c 1u, if 1 m.y,'
The mem' t .. , said it mire knew
it would be wiser never to see Colin
DaC.cl. tin tvr.ain.
13uhe took it so absolutely for
gran ed she would ccrtinne to work
ler ht;n she could Ito nothing now
but accent the situation.
e x
That night Pally a.n¢l 1301) had
aranged to go to a Talkie, but she
1011 she could' not he interested in
the affairs of ethers while her own
life was a tangled web waning to
be unravelled.
She was afraid of hersele, afraid
some impulse would matte her faith -
lees to Bob, She needed something
definite to cling to, something to
make her strong.
"Let's go where we can talk,"
she said to Bob, as soon as they got
out into the street,
"I thought we were going to the
Imperial," he reminded her.
"We can go another tone," she
said: "1 don^t feel like it to -night"
'Right you are!" He was ready
to agree, laughingly Adding, as he
usually did when they practised
some piece of economy, "'f'bnt's
another Inch of eta.ir-:ir,let paid
for,"
They tock twopence wet th of the
'bus to Kensington Cfardew'is, but,
once there, somehow Sally did not
Bob talked' most of the time,
planning for the future, as 1101 was
iso fond of doing. Somebody had
been telling him about some new
houses bring ibuflt not too for from
London. He titoughlt Sally and he
should' look at them againet ,the
time they should want one. • They
had gone on several such, expedi-
tions; but the houses were either
too unattractive to be thought of, or
quite beyond their meatus,
Sally didn't pay nlilcli heed until
suddenly he switdlvetl. off -
"What was it Davidson wanted
to see you about at lunch time?"
Sally turned a vivid scarlet, and
did not answer,
suppose he didn't try to be
fresh 1with you?" Bob asked, sudden,
lv cusp!raolus.
"No," Sally answered, "Of Course
one Why should you thank that?"
"I don't knowv. L just wondered if
he had a crush on you."
eaily was. indignant, and could
Have said 1v1ny. She diad half
made up their mind to. ,tell ]lob
everything. Now :sire felt elle could
not. lion might criticise Colin ,tor
trying to Heal hls girl, and she
couldn't boli .that, She would'
want to defend C.`olin, and that
wasn't riglrt-it would annoy Bob,
Not by confession wouldshe find
the strength she needed, Yet
Solnahow she anust find It; she
could not trust herself to go on.
' br" ,She genitly linked her
arm in his, her voice .was low and
tremulous. "You do love me, donee
you -yon really want to matey me "
Ince leaked at her in wonder, (1nkl
retested the httnd that lity 'on, his
arm,
"What gunny guestlon, Of course
I rove you-of0001'80 I Went to
1narly you, Isn't it all settled "
'1 know," she'starnmered, "But
cometintea people do nitango theft'
Wl ANi3SDAY, MARCH Ist, 1939.
minds, don't they Azul, 1 wondered
if you—"
"'What a funny little Juggins you
are," he sculled. "'I'at1 net the sot+t
to change my mine ever. And it
!str't likely 1 would abgt01 7011,
1 wonder whet's put the Idea State
your head," he added thoughtfully.
"Is it because I've been on' the
saving tack? But you liLw it's. for
tea I'm raving, isn`t it?"
"Yes, 1 know," she answered
hurriedly,
"The quicker we we. the juicker
we'll get =relate" he announced
sensibly, "And, even so, We going
to be a loeglsh ,time, We a good
job I've had to learn patience."
"What do you mean by a long
time "..Sally asked' tentatively.
"Ohs, a couple of years -,three
years I suppose," he answered.
"W'e're both young enough
to effetci that, anti I'm a be-
liever in having a decent send off.
If you ask me that's where so many
marriages go a -muck. People start
without enough money, hoping for
the 'hem, soot of 'thing, and get let
11owa by the wolt"t. They say
money is the root of all evil; I'm
!oily wveil sure utast want of it has
queered more than a few marriage
,r hes; ,
fie went on at great length on
the merits of patience, metaphorl-
cnily patting himself on the back
till Sully could bear it no longer, •
T wick I was like you, Boll!" she
broke in. "But I'm not, T can't take
things in that calm way. I'm not
patient" 'She spoke quickly, ex-
citedly, "I can't bear the thought
of waiting three or even two years,
It secmie to me such a waste of the
best time in our lives,
(TO BE CONTINU ED-
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