, 1922-01-26
White Flannels and
Lester
By H. LEWIS RAYBOLD

Ndill thu-LtSltl.
"Oh,' said his wife. "Sally. Yes,
| agree with you. I'd much rather she
went with that nice Weston Burgess,
and l certainly nave not encouraged
Lester. But his afternoon / decided
to let Sally see just as much as pos
sible of him ~
Helen! I" Her husband looked star
tied.
But Helen returned his gaze serene
ly. Yes, dear. The old hang-the-
anary-around-the-ne k-of-the-rat, you
know. Let Sally see so much of Les
ter, she gets sick of him. Our going
down to River Terrace for the summer
will help a lot. Lester can come out
over Sundays, you know"
Sally's father was silent a moment.
"All right" he agreed finally. "Des-
perate cases, l suppose But you can't
always calculate on the human ele-
ment working according to formula !"
The following Saturday afternoon
pretty Sally Sayles sat behind the
steering wheel of her fathers car
waiting for the arrival of the train
from the city. As 1t pulled in and
emptied itself of bag-laden week-enders
she picked out Lester and sounded the
horn. Presently he was beside her and
they were scooting down the winding
road to the shore.
Lester was short and inclined to
stoutness and much given over to what
he believed to be principles" He was
strong for reform"
Don't you think I'm some driver?'
shamelessly nshed Sally, throwing him
4 glance from beneath the turned
ap brim of her sport hat.
Yes" said Lester, slowly. "only
you know how l feel about automo-
biles. No one should own them while
there are souls In the land that
starve." Lester uttered this sentiment
with a very exalted expression admir-
ably adapted to appeal to the budding
ideals Of a young girl.
Dinner that night passed of pleas
antly enough, as would any dinner of
chicken and featherweight biscuit and
strawberry shortcake. But afterward,
when Sally and Lester had pre-empted
the cool veranda, Mr.. Sayles found
difficulty In restraining his impa-
tience as. %perspiring within, he was
forced TO listen to various lofty ex-
pressions of contempt of all existing
conditions from the a~rgumentative
Lester.
How long have l got to listen to
that rot. and on my W front porch?"
he demanded. But all he got for his
pains was a frown on his wife's fore
head and a hushlng finger on her
lips.
AS June heightened into July. the
sight of Sally Sayles driving Lester
home every Saturday provided o
conspicuous a morsel of gossip to be
passed up by the idle summer colo-
nists. And Mrs. Sayles possessed too
much of the social instinct not to
know that II was being passed around
that she was rushing that old Lester
Corbln for her daughter Sally. Gladly
would she have endured the knowledge
had she beer getting the results she
was after.
Apparently, the more Sally sees OF
Lester the better she likes him - she
groaned inwardly.
Then, late in August Lester tele-
nhonad mot ha could ma, COT dour
nn,u sundav saIIr Got IN har ers,
900 90 ,ann,s ,or ~ n,as
ing with Yves Burgess. who had dis
,nnar,.tIons o,T.s,ar
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,..n.S mis' arS ny
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s"an~ INNING III" ''e''
nu' S"hs "ouiu ho' proihise' May
pe, sne 'hio'
incl when Lester faiied TO snow
up sunday sally al but dissolved In
tears MRS. sayles a~lternated between
AZ Lester anu anger at sally.
a Ietter MONDAY hait way promising