Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
Teaching Henry Hoio to Fiirf
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TACK HowARTH. lighting his cigar.
y became suddenly aware OF the hxed
eaze with which Henry. the clerk OF the
irwin Mountain House. was regarding
him. -,
whats on your mind, sonT' he
asked ofr-hand, his thoughts elsewhere
with Betty Warren, the one girl at the
hotel who had not succumbed to his
charms and who was. as consequence.
trebiy provocative.
"I was wishing" said Henry wist-
fully. chat I know how you did It
the nifty talk with the girls"
Jack laughed. 1T must be gift.
son. Never thought much about IT,"
well. ,ook here. Mr.. Howarth,"
Henry said with a sort Of desperation.
"Tve got a girl don't seem to be maxi
Ing a terrible hit with. Couldn't you
lei me oyerhear you kidding some girl
you you could say the things that would
in other WORDS ysS. yoS. want sars Lessen ;slns n
Sst =. ,Tswd nSw IN ws Fl tS 4. RFans as pGes with
b,nIomatist During the hike to the
pcnd, he Matched out plan whereby
IN return for aiding Henry. Henri
BETTY, BETTY who. ever since she had come
upon him In a meaningless Irritation
with Ellen scobie, the soda fountain
Glrl down In the village. had persistent,
iy avoided him. True; me, ne Wou,% n,,, h1es his
plan for Henry. but that was some
thing Betty need never hear OF.
on his return. Jack sought out Henry
as that tSSSrs,tsy SS%ahs saEed ns % ro
OF waters from the showcase:
Henry" he began. promptly, "rve
got that little AFFAIR Of ours cinched.
Happen to know that Miss Warren and
s,5 .@ SroSsc Rsc. are SrSsy ss1n'n n. s%s
you'll have to meet them with the fiiv-
YER at the foot. Now, listen carefully
boy. You know the old shanty down by
nc DAM bo we sas pnsk ns yosr
Keeping on for the warrens. I'll hap
pen along around I o'clock with some
M rspsss Ghsr and o give SsS nat yon Sasi
II Il works-do something for me. Cart
M Smoky Face, entioe brother Jim in
alongside of you, and leave the a., back
Jack cut short Henry's thanks. Then
he beat 1t down to the village and. over
a lavish sundae. explained the plan to
Ellen. a nice little country girl with
blue eyes and a turned.up nose. n.
being misunderstood-not he. with
Betty still to be placated. So he tolA
her how It was all a sort OF Joke. Wit
her role a very unexacting one, mostly
When he left her. assured that sh,
could get away. Jack was elated. r
was all SO very simple. Walk to the
dam, chat few minutes; come away
tSc Village and later be picked up By
Henry Just like. that, Henry woulA
have his lesson; his girl would proft
Very simple.
Of the best that the end Of summer and
the beginning OF fall can offer. Over
head stretched n sky deeply blue, swep'
clean Of clouds by a northwest wind. j
ans *. aay Hr mSSe an
early start for the summit Of smok,
Face.
Some time in the afternoon, Jack hunt.
cd up Ellen and they sauntered dowr
distance Of tho shanty. Jack raised hi,
voice
"As was saying. there's somethinp
--er--difrerent about you from other
That's nice" returned Ellen COM
placently. I'm glad you think 50.
suppose you know a great many gir:>''
Yes.' returned Jack, wondering u
Betty had started down from the sum
one "lshes for just a friend--a frien:
Now. at that precise moment. either
hy accident or design. Ellen's 'hanc
hand c'osed @ upon up NIT t. That That SI' wa. the sor, or,
Of thing Henry should do to be popular
He hoped Henry could see.
At that instant, an irate Henry 1T
erally lesped from his place Of con.
"Eilenr he cried. II wouldn't have
thought II of you II
Jack was too astonished to speak
How the d'uce could he have known tn
He had mentioned a girl. to be sure
but--well. what rotten luck
He looked after Ellen as she slippe,
her arm through Henry's and. drew h!r'
away TS.I to hi. his fiyyer and explanations.
mopped his brow. He, didn't suppose
Henry would still carry out their iitti
plan. No doubt. Henry thought he had
cooked up the whole mix-up on purpose
70 considerable pains to put himself on,
for Henry, Oh. WE'LL
But who were those people coming
toward himT
Hello. there. Howarth. We made
such good time we got to the foot hours
ahead OF schedule and decided to hoof
II back" The speaker was Jim War.
rem. and by his side a fetching Betty
IN tweed walking suit and high lace
boots smiled invitngly.
On the walk back to the Twin Noun
tain @ House. Betty remarked to Jack,
lou know that little soda fountain
girl? And Henry. at the hotel7 They
passed us at the crossroads and they
looked rs II they were just engaged!
-, Yes said Jack. II believe they are
iThen as he saw his chance to explain
his drugstore conversation with Ellen
re shamelessly took advantage. 1--WE
been trying to engineer It FOR some
time, he added modestly.
ana Betty,s expression thanked him
Ms ne didn't deserve.
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