The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-09-07
His Mysterious
Helper
By FRANK II. WILLIAMS

moon, a wistful, far-away look In his
eyes. Then his Jaw suddenly shot out,
his hands clenched and a rather fierce
look came into his deep blue eyes.
I'm going to win her or lose her
tonight" Harry said to himself. :"She's
been playing with me and all her other
beaus long enough. It's going to be
now or never with me-"
Having come to this sudden deter
mlnatlon, Harry ran out to the curb,
where his last years roadster was
parked and, jumping Into 1t, sent II
hummlng down the street.
II was Just eleven o'clock. Just about
this time of the night Alice would be
suggesting TO the particular beau who
was favored for the evening that II
was time for leaving. Harry smiled a
bit to himself as he thought of the
scene. Alice. lovely In summer
gown and with the natural roses in
her cheeks and the brightness Of her
brown eyes making the man OF the
evening feel like gathering her In his
arms and making away with her
would be saying something like this !:
"You know my father doesn't like to
have my friends stay later than eleven
o'clock. silly, isn't III But you know
father-he's pretty stern at times"
And the young man, knowing Mr..
Richards by reputation II not In per
son. would hesitate moment and then
reluctantly take his departure.
All the spring and summer this sort
of thing had been going on, and now II
was going to stop, 80 far as Harry
was concerned. His participation in
the comedy was going to come to Its
climax tonight.
He was fairly trembling with ex-
element when he drew up q short
distance from the Richards home and
saw light burning In the window he
knew 10 be Allce's.
Harry whlstled--the call which Al
Ice knew from old-time school days
together. After a moment Alice came
TO the window.
Come down: want to talk to
you." whispered Harry.
For moment Alice hesltated. then
she nodded. Apparently she, TOO. was
ennmored OF the night and felt more
like excitement than retiring to slum-
Der.
Harry felt like rushing to Alice and
catching her tightly In his arms when
she came out upon the porch. But he
restrained himself.
"Allce." he sald. rather hating, now
that II had come to the point to cut
himself on. perhaps. from all further
friendship with her. you know I'm
crazy about you. suppose your
father would turn you out OF house
and home and cut you of without n
cent II you married me. but-won't
your | simply can't stand II to have
things keep on the way they've been
going. l won't keep on being merely
one OF u.s SsoYd. Tonight is going
to settle things for me. WIN you
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II seemed to Harry that an answer
Ing glow lighted Allce's eyes at this.
But he had no opportunity to find out
Just then what the glow In Allce's
eyes meant, for there came a sudden
interruption.
From the shrubbery near the point
where Alice and Harry were stand
ing there came sudden rush Of three
young men. Harry recognized them
al once. They were three Of Alice's
most vigorous sultors. They ranged
Themselves around Harry belllgerent-
".
"Are we going to stand for this, fel.
iowsr demanded one OF the three.
"dIere we come to serenade the pref.
uest girl In town and we find this
fellow buttlng In. whatll we do with
hlmr
At this Harry noticed that the three
= young men carried mandolins and gul.
tars.
Throw him under a freight train"
suggested one OF the number.
throw him out In the street." said
another.
OF course there was laughter dur.
Ing oil Of this, hut Harry knew that
under the Kidding" there was a tone
Of seriousness. lie wasn't, therefore,
surprised when moment later the
three made concerted rush at him.
Harry knew how to handle himself
but three were too much for him. He
struck out vallantly and had the sat
iafactlOn OF knowing that at least one
OF the number would carry black
eye for q while In remembrance OF
the evening, but he realized that II
would be only a moment or so until
the three bore him down.
Thea. surprisingly, there came an
interruption. A husky figure. wear
lag a black mask over the upper par
OF bis face, hurled himself upon III,
three. With the helf OF this stranger
the tide OF battle turned. In few
moments the three turned tail ant
ran.
Immensely startled by this unex
Pected help aud by the sudden tu1
IA affairs. Harry turned. breathlnI
heavily, 10 the point where his mys
teteus helper had last been. But In
RiraunRr uag gonaf Onlv Alice 49,.