Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-14
|SWEETHEARTS UNMET
.u BY BERTA RUCK.
Author Of "H,s oaa., F,ancee" "1n As.*aer e++, saoesr
BY BERTA RUCK.

As Slim caught sight of US. out shot
that long arm Of his as If it was 60
ing to haul the pair Of us straight
through the gates. Before we got
near. I heard his hail.
eli! Jack! Julia!" he shouted past
the ticket-collector's ear. Get a
wisgle on! Taxi's waiting. Regular
bodys uard O. boys round in case some
body pinched it. l know what tau-
thieves they are at this station"
Everybody within hearing laughed.
"Hullo!" I began, all at sea as /!
came up. But already Slim had had
the audac city to grab my little Lady
by the urn, and I was left to follow
when I'd given up the tickets.
This. mind you-don't forget it'll
IVES the Slim Grantham ia been pic
turing, W hours ago, as = sort of
hroken-down penttent ready to spend
the rest Of his days in sack-cloth and
ashes. Fec up with life. gloomy, con-
for him, saying how he'd. altered.
Does anybody ever alter?
It was halfway through the lug
gase-hall he'd managed to get the
girls n on each arm n to be yap-
ping to both Of them at once. I came
up in time to see them both lean for
ward across him at the same moment
and to hear them both gasp out to-
gether, Then it was Your"
You were the girl who came in to
Cromwell Road that night" cried
Phyllis.
And my sweetheart. You were the
girl sitting on the piano! Why, l
knew the sna pshot--'
That's what 1 heard them say just
before young Slim took boisterous
command OF the whole Conversation
again.
Trains half an hour late again
mind. l booked a table at the
Croesus. New grill-room; table for
four. Don't interrupt, you Jack. This
is my birthday. I'm two. What
d'you like to eat. julia? Course your
Cirannie thinks you've been with me
all day; naughty, naughty girl.
What'li we eat? Dashed if I care
what I eat tonight. I just told old
Sapristi. the head-waiter. to feed us
all he'd got and to keep some more
by ready. Here 0 are. you kids!"
He spun out a handful Of silver to the
boys who'd mounted guard owe the
taxi. Tell him the Croesus az quick
as the engin'l run
on we buzzed, the four Of US.
! I'm telling you what happened,
mind, not the way any of us ought
to have behaved. Here had I been
spending a blissful day in the coun-
with my (stili) fiancee on his arm,
holding it AZ Il she were afraid to let
It go. AS the taxi gambolled
into York Road l saw him seize Pl,yl-
lss hand without worrying to hide
what he was doing and hold 1t. cuddle
It up against his coat. and, with his
thumb. smooth down the seams Of
her glove.
Phyllis. her black eyes far, tar
away. didn't seem to be seeing us or
him or anything.
Don't mind u.s." chuckled Slim,
nodding at mo. II daresay you've been
yeung, once; isn't that so
That wal his start in. More COM
Ing. Much more. Sill with hts arm
through PhylltsIs and his hand In
hers, he marched into the Croesus as
though he had Just bought it.. threw
his hat and stick into the little Office,
forgot to axe the ticket and shooed
the girls away to their cloak-room,
When they'd gone I let myself be seri-
Gus a looked Al him for some sort
OF explanation of all this, while they
were away.
Did l get it7 No fear. He 3ustt
dragged me o the buffst.
Two sherTtes -and Angostura, Ey-
bil?" he cried. Pour the bitters in
he glass and ponr e out again. Not
Ike" chucking down some more
money. Welt" he laughed over The
t9p Of his shas. "cheero. old
"chsero." aid I in = das,d voice.
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