Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-06
A Clash of Wills

SEEMED rs Ii the entire town oil
L Lynbrook Junction was at the sta :
tion to say geod-bt to Judy and Rand.
judy was very white. but it was
ensicr for her to keep check on her
emotions than it was for Rand. To hin,
1t was q triumph to leave 80 many
friends behind him. but to Judy II meant
scvcring Of bonds between herself and
friends that she had known from child /.
hood. -
Minnie Everett claspcd her hands
warmly.
Judy. you look as If you were sorry
to CO."
II am, oh, I am.' Judy returned
with sudden disregard of formality.
I'm going to miss you all more than
can say"
"A year from now you will have for
gotten all about u.s.
Judy shook her head quickly. but she
could not speak. She found herself
lighting desperately a desire to break
down and cry.
But once on the train. a through
one to Chicago, she found herself wink
ing away with the tears. She looked
out Of the window at the flying scenery, :,
keeping her face turned resolutely away
from Rand. She did not want him to
see how much all this meant to her
because she realized that It meant very
little to him.
1t wasn't long. however, before the
practical Judy reasserted herself, and she
began TO look around her interestedly.
The train was not crowded and there
was no one else in their section. Judy
had never before travelled in Pullman
spite Of herself.
When Rand turned to her finally and
asked If she were hungry, she actually
smiled. and STOPPING, opened the biz
black bag tha. had been placed under
the seat.
What are you doing?" asked Rand,
as she began to lift out carefully
wrapped bundles.
The lunch packed for us. I fried
chicken and made some lettuce sand :
wiches; you said you were hungry"
But we're goingc into the diner to
Judy shrank from the unknown mys.
teries Of the diner. and besides she felt
1t an unnecessary expense. She had
prepared enough food to last them until
they reached Chicago, thinking in that
way to curb Rand's foolish extraya
gance, but he laughed away her pro-
tests.
Nonsense, we're not going to think
OF money. we're out on q lark. Let 9
forget everything but the fact that we'r re
on an adventure; that we re going out
dear?"
Rand's voice was boyishly pleading.
1t was Judy's chance to make a con.
cession. to rise to the occasion and look
at the whole thing through Rand's eyes.
Another type of woman would have done
It. but to Judy 1t was an impossibility |;
she simply wasn't made that way.
good food"
well, you can give it away, then,
for we're not going to cat our meals in
here like a couple Of hicks"
Judy's. II ps tightened and her eyes
flashed, but without another word, she
put the parcels back in the bag, closed
1t, and then sat back in her seat with
her face turned away.
A moment later when Rand suggested
that they 60 out to the diner, she rose
and followed him. but the expression
on her face was disappearing. and for
Rand the pleasure Of their first meal
on train was spoiled,
After he had ordered the meal he
looked at her across the table for signs
OF relenting, but her eyes did not meet
his. Deliberately he studied her. her
pale face guiltless Of powder, her hair
hidden under an unbecoming hat. For
the first time Judy seemed like
stranger to him, and in spite of himself
Rand's heart hardened.
Tomorrow-Fine Feathers