Evening star., 1923-12-09

Not Bit" Hypo agreed. well,
good luck. Muriel. So long"
She turned her head quickly with
out replying, and Hypo Jones took
himself into the street, feeling sure
that something is always happening
to man.
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THAT'S the way it remained for a
= while, and the subject was drop
ped. However, nobody has ever vet
discovered a true and certain method
of dropping a subject when there is
a lady holding one end, SO in
time Muriel renewed the discussion
of George and his book on balloons.
Hypo retorted with a few thousand
impromptu words on the general
topis OF matrimony. without making
any more progress than caterpillar
trying to burrow through a battle
ship.
"Hypo," said the girl on this later
day.. and handing him his usual
change from a half dollar, II have
asked you to let George go up in
your balloon. Why don't you be a
good sport and let him? Didn't you
say you were fond of me?"
"I am fond of you," he returned
calmly. "You know what 1 think Of
you. At this minute I am enjoying
negotiations with Jim Heneshaw.
the object being to get twenty a
week, so we can be married. Does
that show you anything? 1t would
If you knew jim"
YES" Muriel continued, ignoring
these plain facts, but why don't you
DO as I ask-about George?"
Hypo shook his head firmly. TITS
against the Constitution Of the
United States government for literary
lunatics to be going up in balloons"
But. Hypo. II you never do any
thing I ask, why should I ever-ever
do anything you ask me? Had you
ever thought Of that?'
On the point of lighting an old
time, rim-flre cigar, Hypo suddenly
blew out the match and moved
nearer. He gazed into Muriers clear
eyes and put new thought into
words.
"You mean," he said, "if let this
pen-pushing relation of yours 60 UP,
you will listen to mo and get mar
ried?"
well, I wouldn't quite go as far
as that" she returned with a smile
that was keeping Hypo a stranger
to sleep. mot quite that far. Hypo,
only if you do as request"
"Will you marry. me?' -
Muriel pursed up her lips, which
were peculiarly adapted to pursuing:
'1t is very certain I shall not
marry you If you don't give George
this chance. Here you have a bal
loon. and hero is George, all ready
and longing" .
Listen. said Hypo warmly. "if I
do this, will you walk into some good
church and sign up with mer'
'Try and see," she smiled, and at
this point Hypo Jones sank without
bubble.
Hear mo, lady" he said abruptly.
brother to sign a piece OF paper.
Have him write it out in English
that in case he kills a, rising young
author he does SO all by himself, and
thereby declares it no fault of Hypo
Jones. ! love you a great deal, but
there is no use being. in JAIL"
On the following morning, when
Hypo hurried into the restaurant,
Muriel showed him the last will and
testament Of George Moore, declaring
that he did his act of ballooning all
by himself. and that H. Jones was an
innocent bystander. -
Good" said Hypo. I'VE will now
have to iinger around waiting for
Jim to get himself ossified or other
wise absent from the lot. Somehow
feel / would like to have Jim a
long way off before we send George
up ballooning." -
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IP to this time the daily program
for Hypo was simple enough.
He rose at dawn, prepared breakfast
for the howling Heneshaws, spent
so9e tine sewing up rips IN the halt