The Glenwood post., 1924-01-31
SISTER TO RESCUE
Remarkable Effect Of Lifeline
Thrown to Buddy.
Thoughts Of seIf-ExIIe Terminates In
the Roseate Glow Of That
Ten-Dollar Bill.


"Forever more!" exclaimed the girl
who was sister, on discovering the
young man hunched moodily in cor
ner Of the library. what seems to be
the trouble"
Nothing" her brother told her
promptly and rudely. He even scowled.
"Why should there be anything the
trouble7 Can't a fellow get OF by
himself and-and think, without every
body jumping to the conclusion that
he's committed crime and the police
are after him? Everything Is per-
fectly all rightl"
"Yes. you look It," his sister In
formed him. You need only bottle
of prussic acid in one hand and a dag
ger In the other to round of the pic
ture. Has your girl gone back on you,
Buddy?"
Girl! |" cried the grouchy one indig-
nantly. "What're girls to me? Huh
1 guess if there were absolutely no
girls in the world I'd get along nicely.
I've no use for girls"
"Then it must have happened since
last night" his sister insisted cheer
fully. Last night you couldn't make
up your mind whether to go call on
Edith or Louise, and then you were
considering Lillian when left for the
movies. Which one Of them wrecked
your young life?"
you're exactly as silly as the rest
of EN-" her brother informed her
scornfully "Why don't you leave me
alone? I don't come butting into your
affairs when you go around looking
as though you had just got telegram
were no more clothes on earth or men
or candy. I'm. just sort of thinking,
l tell you. I'm going somewhere so
fur from here that I'll never even see
n newspaper, and years later, when
somebody mentions Bertram Jones
folks'll look sort of blank and say,
Jones! Bertram Jonesl Who is her
And If anyone does know they'll say,
why, don't you know-he's the chap
that picked up fortune down in
Honduras or Chi!koot, or wherever ]
decide to go. guess that1l make 'em
sit up and remember"
"But why"
"Well, what's the use of hanging
around hereY' demanded the moody
young man, fiercely. Gee! There's
nothing to stick around in this town
for that 1 can see. I'm sick of girls
silly things! No brains Anything
that glitters attracts 'em. What-dah
they care what fellow really is. SC
long as he can give 'em good time
| tell you, l never want TO hear about
any of 'em again."
"Well, well !" said his sister politely
"All right, we will not speak of the
horrid creatures again. What do you
expect the peace conference will do
next?"
81 tell you I'm sick and tired of
hearing about girls" the young man
insisted darkly. Here / go over to
Lillian's. not that l am crazy about
Lillian at all, but I've made up my
mind to give her pleasant evening,
and she's hardly time to say even
hello
SO sorry Bud she says, but I'm
going to the heater tonight with Mr..
Griffith. And seats in the sixth row 7
And when | went on to Edith's I
met her coming down the steps with
that slope-chn Andrews. and he had
big car out in front and was dressed
up like horse and buggy-'O, 5000
sorry to miss you, but we're going to
the theaterl Go-o-od night, Buddy =
And me with the price of a movie and
ice cream soda in my pocket. Makes
fellow feel so proud and naughty.
YOU know! Not that I give nickel
about those girls y
"Of course not" said his sister.
'Er-I can spare you $40 till next al
'owance day, Buddy, If you have any
use for"
"HoneSt?" cried the moody one, sit
ting up with glonm of hope in his
eye. "Say, you're a brick / guess
I'll go phone Louise-she's dying to
see that new musical comedy, and |
might MS well take her. Say, don't
mention Honduras or Alaska to The
family-I might change my mind
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