The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-09-06
Their Hero
By RICHARD MARLEY

with woman 20 long gs she Hives
Once ont OF her teens she is won ratb
or by devotion than good looks. iiut
girl from fifteen to twenty IL as much
charmed by what Is usually dcnominat
ed handsome in u boy IA the boy Is by
respondent ncckwear., Neither the boy
nor the girl attaches much Importance
| to merit.
Tom Bergman, aged eighteen, the
| son of well to do widow. persuaded
| his mother to permit him to give a
house party In her country home. which
she did not intend to occupy during the
summer. The bunch Tom trained with
was composed of boys and girls OF ages
varying from fourteen 90 eighteen,
/ though none of the girls was quite
seventeen. Six boys AMI six girls were
invited to the house party. and all ac-
cepted at once, for none OF them had
ever been so honored before.
Mrs. Bergman had an intimate
friend Mrs Archibald, whose only
| son, Reginald. was Of u proper age to
be invited to the house party. Mrs.
Bergman, desiring to show attention
| to her friend made Il a condition OF
giving up her country house to her son
and her friends that Reginald Archi-
bald should receive an invitation to be
one of the party.
Tom consented and had been suiii-
GENTLY trained In social dealings to no.
tify the Other boys that Reginald Archi-
bald. being u stranger. should receive
especial attention from them. AS to
the girls. Tom knew that II they did
not happen to fancy young Archibald
they would no, be likely to put them
selves out of the way to do him honor
When Reginald appeared on the
scene he was found TO he what n girl
OF sixteen would call handsome. His
complexion was pink and white. He
was rather tail for his age and deli
cately formed. lie Possessed a well
turned neck and throat and wore n
byronic collar-not at all in fashion
which showed the features To ndvan-
tage He at once gave the impression
that he honored the company IN ap-
pearing among them and that he ex-
ItiNtu W bt NtNh 'ff''ha N'bT
sideration.
As has been remarked, young ladies
Of sixteen are like the fish that go for
the glittering spoon that whirls In the
sunshine at the end of line Regi-
maids pink and white complexion his
soft brown eyes. his artistically tum-
bled hair and. above all. that throat.
4. Al, lls-
captivated every girl in the party.
Moreover. his admirers were too young
to have received proper training In
restraining themselves In such matters.
and Mr. Archibald at once became their
hero.
Even had the girls refrained from
showing their admiration for the
youngster with the pink and white
complexion the other boys would
doubtless have discovered It. They
were not envious of him. hut his re-
ceiving all the attention to the entire
exclusion OF all the rest OF them was
certainly calculated to mar the pleasure
OF the party. No one OF them could
make an engagement with any girl I'M
I'll she had learned whether Reginald
Archibald would honor her with a like
invitation. IL boy were chatting with
girl she was forever casting glances
at the Adonis, evidently more interest
ed In getting him away from the girl he
was with than In her companion
The longer this concentrated atten-
tion of the girls upon him lasted the
more Mr.. Archibald seemed to consider
1t matter of course. Instead Of point
ing out TO the girls the want OF wisdom
In their course he rather encouraged
them In following 1t. Instead of en-
deavorlng 10 he one Of the party Of
boys he held aloof from them. seeming
10 consider the society Of girls prefer
able. On the whole, the young follows
were quite excusable IN being up IN
arms against both the girls and Their
hero for spelling their fun.
They put their heads together to con
cOct some scheme to show dp the ador
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