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     BY IKNBI SIIANN 
     
    
   
   
    
     Author o! "Slndem Nurse"- 
     
     “Wu Wilflh’ “Mr In“ 
     
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     JIiHIIUUKf- ‘u'o‘fi'\Vb'h\Y-% 
     
    
   
   
    
     h "It's rather n. loo; 
     
    
   
   
    
     alumnus.” 
     
     . goes back over vro years." 
     
     Sunon rhougm um: of course he 
     
    
   
   
    
     . love wlth you. or words w 
     
     , effecz. Mavbe we'd beater say 
     
     mo about . "But. smnehow 
     
     - l". feel like saying this. He 
     
     . zed above all else for vxno ex- 
     
     lanaton. as eh prcrrxised in her. 
     
     .h would pu’. mum right: 
     
    

    
     or the lifg of; 
     
    
   
   
    
     " at. nice 
     
     ng in a1. w much . 
     
     ., Jerry Miller used w be ra-v 
     
     . y fond o! Danube " 
     
    
   
   
    
     u? to Lrump up, 
     
     B r he couldn't possibly 
     
     m st. lmow she was be- 
     
     ‘ honest WlLh him. 
     
    

    
     ' . c ..ng. Oh, Simon. I don't» 
     
     know hov: w veil you this. I think 
     
     perhaps I'd betzer make it ls brlet 
     
    

    
     . I'm afraid when I'm go 
     
    

    
     ' v hurl. you n great deal 
     
     e-r risk even that. than: 
     
     rnanenz‘ 
     
    

    
     . ." her volce broke; 
     
     ndoul effort she went. 
     
     means anything w; 
     
    

    
     ~a because I had 
     
     about De ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     . u 
     
     on her wav to rnce; you . 
     
    
   
   
    
     clock in t/he far corner’ 
     
    

    
     Simon's face hardemf 
     
    

    
     set. ’Fhere was a look in his 
     
    

    
     es znaz almost frightened her.’ 
     
     see" he said cddly- "And why- 
     
     a x you mu me?" I 
     
    
   
   
    
     She made a. little gesture. " e 
     
     and no. "I couldn't be certain. when 
     
     there 7'3. that accldent and we be- 
     
    

    
     zlead. it seemed there 
     
    

    
     eson why you Ehould ever; 
     
    

    
     '. I didnt wam. m ruin your, 
     
     faith in her- I dldnt want. to spoil 
     
     the munory you had of her " 
     
    

    
     Simon made a gsture. “All . 
     
     Your motives. are very la le. 
     
     I'm SUIE. Tm afraid I can‘: at the 
     
     mcmcnt. ulfe appreciate them. And 
     
     I'm st at a loss to know what all 
     
    

    
     _ lms to do with your lunching 
     
    

    
     '1 Jerry Miller. I should have 
     
     imagined urlder the clrcumsmnces 
     
     that. you wouldrrc have wanted b0 
     
     have anyming to do with him. 
     
     especially since I told you I disliked 
     
     and distrusted hivm." 
     
    

    
     Cherry wondered how she could 
     
     ‘R0 rm. ere seemed so much still 
     
     to tell him and yet it: 
     
     sible now to draw back. But. t-he 
     
     way he was looking at he; hurt her 
     
     m terribly. made her wan; to cry 
     
     our as l! she were in sheer nhyslcal 
     
     pain. "1 know’, Simon. But. there 
     
     was n reascn- I thought t-hac Jerry 
     
     could give me news of Denise. You 1 
     
     see. there is Btlll scmething motel 
     
     I've got w tell you. The da/y before 
     
     we rnnrricd I found this in one a! 
     
     the little drawer in the dresslng 
     
     table." 
     
    

    
     She opened her hmdbu; as sbe 
     
     lpokc and wck from it Denise‘: 
     
     engagmenc ring. She handed it a- 
     
     crozss (he table u, him "You remem- 
     
     ber. Simon. Thar, rlngm." 
     
    

    
     'l‘here was no need to go 0n. no 
     
     need m remind him. He r u 
     
     qmckly as Lhe had what the finding 
     
     ni‘ this ring alight. mean h: them. 
     
     Hg stared at. i; wlihout. speaking. 
     
     Then he lcoked across the table at 
     
     her and the expression in his eyes 
     
     turned hflr heart to water. 
     
    

    
     he ill said nothing she went 
     
     tely, "You see, darling! 
     
    
   
   
    
     Jerry might be able Ira-- 
     
    
   
   
    
     tell me if she was really dead. It's 
     
     been so dreadful not knJwln for 
     
     certain. I did 1:. because I lov you 
     
     no terribly, because I couldn't bee: 
     
     to tell you about Denise. And bo- 
     
     cause ...we1l. I didn't know that 
     
     she wasn't. dead. I don't know that 
     
     now. I feel sure she mus: be. It's 
     
     only that there Ls some doubt. 
     
     Simon dearest. don't. lock at me 
     
     like that! Slmon.. "she bmke off» 
     
     Simon's eyes were hard. His face 
     
     Wag drawn. ' _v God. Cherry" he 
     
     laid slowly. "I don't believe I'm 
     
     ever going w be able m forgive you", 
     
     Gherrv asked herself whether it, 
     
     would have been better after all to 
     
     have said nothing, Hadn't she nl-I 
     
    
   
   
    
     >319 decided to risk thalr marrime? 
     
     And nmv, because r1 hls secinq her 
     
    
   
   
    
     JLL-hllen-y Miller. 5he'd allowed hen; 
     
    
   
   
    
     f w be gtampedcd into balling him. 
     
     ~ P wrung her hands. "Simon dar- 
     
     Un l’ can't bear you w uke it. like _ 
     
    
   
   
    
     (‘Ihboannflnv-Q T‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     The closet we get to victory the better wc 
     
     sec the price to be paid in “blood, sweat, 
     
     tears” and money. No early victory without 
     
     more 0f all four! 
     
    
   
   
    
     The cost of breparing the enemies’ death 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘blow has been tremendous. But the cost of 
     
     ‘delivering it will be greater still. Invasion 
     
    
   
   
    
     comes high. The real job lies ahead! 
     
    
   
   
    
     The job of our fighting men is to give every- 
     
     tbing-ours is to lend more, to put our bottom 
     
     dollar into Victory Bonds. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Don’t tell our boys on the beachhcads that 
     
     "we've done all we can. The least we can do 
     
     is to lend morc-—to shorten the war. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Eet behindrhe Sixth Victory Loan. It may 
     
    
   
   
    
     mean more self-denial but what is that' 
     
    
   
   
    
     compared with the sacrifices our boys are 
     
     making? To them victory is worth 
     
     everything. How much is it worth 
     
    
   
   
    
     ~to you? . 
     
    
   
   
    
     CTO RY 0N DS 
     
    
   
   
    
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