The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-19
When Girl Marries By ANN Isle
Evyy's Hdnch Comes True and Jim Wins, and Thereby
Sets Anne to Wondering.
By ANN Isle

right hand beat on his arm with
determined insistence.
wondered IL the airplanes flying
overhead caused the Wild CLINT IN
Jim,s eyesAor whether Evvy's
words had power to move him 50.
Then Jim rose and cried reci<-
lessiy: 'Af1 right, here's to your
hunch--the eighty-to-one shot"
And he darted out OF the box
Envy smiled compIaeently. set
tied her furs about her and turned
to Neal.
"Jim,s gone to put his money NJ
on the Yankee. kid. Grayson." she
said. ~You'd better chase after .
'bookie.' too. lad"
But Phoebe, laid her hand quietly
on Meals coat sleeve. and my young
brother remarked lndinerently that
Just watching was enough to give
him heart disease even without haV-
ing to worry about his salary.
Wbereupon Phoebe fed him q cara
mel with an absurd little maternal
air that made even Virginia laugh.
and had to laugh also. like one Of
a chorus. But did not laugh again
during the long hour I waited for
Jim to return
An Exciting Moment.
At last he came and sank int
{ the chair beside me. just behind the
one in which Envy Sat. He leaned
forward gripping the top OF her
chair and whispered to her. And
now the dronfng airplanes we're
sinking to the level green at tbs
bottom Of the bowl" pit-boys and
repair men were darting about IN
their little dug-outs along the inner
circle OF the track, and the grand
stand there on one sector OF the
rim was leaning forward to q man
watching the giant cars wheel into
place, while drivers and mechani-
clans groomed them a. lovingly -
II they'd been high-strung race
horses to nuzzIe against the handa
that had trained them
Then the crack of q pistol. and
thunder aud lightning seemed to
burst about us-as with the pop
pop Of exhausts and the heavy
droning OF engines-the great ears
started on the hundred mile race
that would take them fifty laps
around the deep concave Of IL
track.
when the cars reached the Tar
side of the field the grandStanl
rose and. peering through. fieid
glasseS. shouted that Wetmofs. The
favorite. was. leading and -the
Frenchmans had nosed ahead Of
the gray ear; crouching low We
saw them Whirl By IN that 'forma-
ton again and again-ten-lapo-fi
teen Wetmore-the Frenehman-
the gray ear. Back In the ruck TIE
Yankee KID drove, half hidden be-
hind the wheel of his low hung
creann-colorsd ear. =
At the eighteenth lap ke ha1
come up to tenth plce. At the
twentieth he was eighth. Then the
gray car sl<idded, slowed up. and
painted to the pit edge, where the
repair men lacked It up and all in
q minnie or two had put IN . new
wheel and 5erked off one with :
fiat tire. At the twenfy-fifSh lap
with the race half over-the Yam
keei Kid whirIed BY in sixth place
Then Jim loosed his hold on the
top fung OF Evvy's chair and turned
to smile at me- He was wan an4
gray. ] laid my hand IN htss ard
he,crushed Il ,dereeiy for moment
Then the pressure OF his ley dngere
relaxed and he hunehed forward
again, hanging over the top Of Ev-
vY's chair. And then. like . young
demon, the Yankee Kid drove By
again and again-annfhiiattng spacs
IN the roar of HIS throobing engine
and whiriing vheels- He was thlrds
he was drawing up On the French
man again-the nag waved for the
last Iap-and with q roar tho cream
eoIored car dashed by and out On
the track beyond the tspe-ths W.
ner.
Envy turned and sm0ed fun n
Jim's eyes.
did you play hfm for plsee -
to win?' she cried. In . tone elnn1
fairly glittered out IN crispneG4 IN
like her usual purring huskinGEl
ITO WINS you told me. Tha1
was . real bunch, little Evvy. Ana
now for your reward Name IL
Nothing's too good for you-part-
ner. can't thank you
inns voice came In husky eAS1Bs
then It trailed on. His face vas
gray and his mouth twitched For
all the warmth Of the sun, which
still rode high, he looked cold
Envy gave him . slow gf8nco
from eyes that veiled themselves
dangerously In closely eurtAaned
lashes. Her voice dripped honey -
she murmured her answer:
-JimmIe-boy, you may just tAks
your little partner to dinner"
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