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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX fen days later Leda returned from her business trip. Such a successful trip it had been. She told Sherry about it in consider able detail before she had been home an hour. And then she asked. ..?ncj what’s been going on here dear, while 1 was away?’ It was the moment, 'he question that Sherry had been dreading Mot too happily, since suide fuge d'dn’t come naturally to hit Sherry related to her rr-oHier tne version of events that Val's ex pressed wish had impjsad upon her. "Food poisoning?” Ledi repeat er) frowning when she had fin ished. "But that’s dreadfui. Was Vgl very ill?” Sherry nodded. “Yes, she was. He were awfully worried, Wade and I.” ‘ But she’s all right now?” “Yes. They left Tuesday lor California. Wade thought a cruise would be good for her. i.'liey re soiling for Honolulu tomorrow. Leda said, “Well, 1 suppose Wade knows what he’s doing But it seems so soon. Are you sure she was well enough?” “The doctor said so. He thougnt a change would be good for her. too ” Maybe, Sherry thought, lying on some sun-washed beach with Wade, sailing through tropical waters Va] would be able to work things out. Maybe she and WaGe tould put the pieces of their mai riage back together and make them stick. Val was in a mood to try, Sherry knew. And Wade had never stopped loving her. At least, new scenes, new faces, should make the unhappy memory of the days just past grow blurred in Val’s mind. And maybe Kevin Blake’s image, the still more re mote memory of Rick Col in , would fade as well. . . She became aware that her mother had asked a question, something to do with Steve. Sher ry regarded her inquiringly. “I asked whether you’d been out to see Steve.” Sherry shook her head. "No. They’re quite busy at the farm in the spring. And—I've been rather busy, too.” Leda smiled approvingly. "I think you’re very wise, dear. Truly I do. There are so many more amusing things to do than spend your time out there.” She was thinking And it’s much better if you forget about Lex Morell. Sherry knew her mother was thinking that. Leda might even be right. The sensible thing probably would be to put Lex out of her life once and for all. Her mind ad mitted that. But in her heart she knew she never could forget him. It was during Leda's trip east that Roger Bedloe’s wife, Marga ret, slipped so easily out ol her long illness into death that scarce ly a ripple was left behind. Leda learned of her passing when she came back to the office. Sh« ex pressed her condolences to Roger as she would have expressed them to any other business associate un der similar circumstances. Leda had been trying, ever since that night when Roger had hinted at his hopes for the future, to keep their friendship on an impersonal plane. But the habit of years is not easily altered. And Leda wasn’t sure that Roger had even bean aware of her tactful attempts to discourage him. Naturally, she hoped to avoid an open break, or even any unpleasantness. After all. aside from the fact that she liked and respected him, he was a vice president of Craven’s. Leda realized that there was considerable conjecture along the store grapevine, linking her name and Roger’s. But she had been ig noring that sort of thing for efot HEADACHE Capudine relieves headache fast becaeae it's liquid. Its in gredients are already dissolved —ell ready to begin easing the pain. It alto soothes nerve ten-. sion due to the pain. Use TWTTnri only as directed. 10e,30c,6C/c. years. It was the time when she must make her position unequiv ocally clear to Roger himself that she dreaded. And that time came on the occasion of their first en gagement following Margaret Bed loe’s death. Several weeks had elapsed with no contacts between them save those necessitated by their business association at the -tore. And Leda appreciated Rog er s discretion his considera fior for her. So on the warm even ing in May when he stopped by her office and suggested dinner, Leds accepted, though not without somt qualms. They dined leisurely ana with mutual enjoyment at an exclusive French restaurant which had long been a favorite of theirs. The food was delicious and the little place had a great deal oi authentic at mosphere and charm. By the time they had reached the demi-tasse. Roger was in an expansive mood. He told Leda, ‘‘There’s a restau rant very similar to this in Paris. ‘ He broke off, remembering, ‘Ot there was. Sometime later on, when they’ve had time to smooth over the scars a bit, we must go to Paris. There are so many things I’d like to show you.” There it was, more open now hir assumption of a future to be shared by them. Leda couldn't let him go on, taking for granted that she would marry him, when she hadn’t the slightest intention of doing so. She said, frowning a lit tle, “Roger, 1 think it’s time we had a talk. There are things that we must settle.’’ He nodded, his glance warm on her face. "I’ve felt the same way, Leda. Only you’ve given me no in dication you were ready for such a talk. And I didn’t want you to feel I was speaking too soon for good taste.’’ He was smiling, confident. Leda curbed a feeling of impatience. She said. “This is scarcely the place for a private conversation. When we get home. . .’’ At her apartment they sat as they had sat so many times be fore, in deep chairs opposite each other. Helga brought in brandy on a silver tray and went out again, quietly unobtrustive. Leda used to enjoy sitting thus with Roger, easy t>nd relaxed in their pleasant un demanding friendship. But that had been before she realized that Roger considered their friendship merely a stepping stone toward a more intimate relationship. How much more strongly he must feel that now, with his wife deao. And yet Leda didn’t know how to begin. The right words, that would set Roger straight without offending him, were so hard to find. For Roger was easily of fended, as Leda was well aware. She had known him to develop an" implacable grudge against some one, for reasons that seemed to hei almost trivial. And so she sat there, rather quiet & maturely beautiful woman in a soft blue dress, with a brandy goblet in her fingers and a slight frown between her brows. And Roger Bedloe sat opposite her, sipping his drink and looking at her with candid admiration. His feeling for Leda was easy to understand. He had been, for all the long, lonely years of his wife’s illness, neither married in any true sense, nor unmarried. " Leda’s friendship had been something to clin,!- to, a fire at which to warm himself. Naturally, he had let his dt'Pms form about her, fostering ■a yearning for a still closer and more satisfactory relationship. Ever Leda’s failure to respond on the one occasion he had permitted himself to put that yearning into words hadn’t made Roger realize how different were her feelings for him. He had assumed her reluc tance was due merely to the fact that she found any discussion of marriage distateful while his wife sti’ lived. Now all was changed. Leda her self had broached the subject of a serious talk. No doubt she craved just as he did, to have the situa tion between them clarified and set on a solid basis. Roger put his empty glass on the coffee table and leaned for ward a little, his elbows on his knees. “Leda. I know it’s a bit premature, but I’m very anxious for us to have a definite un derstanding. Later on, when a suit able time has elapsed, will you be my wife?’’ (To Be Continued) Tornadoes always spin counter clockwise in the northern hemi sphere, and clockwise south of the equator. _ It has been my pleasure to serve as your Councilman for the past two years. 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