Evening star., 1924-06-08

II really might as well be here as
anywhere" Tuck finished THAT is,
If I earn my board and Joseph's."
"Of course you do" she agreed, al
most warmly. TN fact, if you really
want to stay I'll pay"
wait until I finish the chicken
coop before we talk about that" he
protested.
Now, she might have wondered
about that. But actually she was
too tired, and such thought as she
had was for Bobby.
How could he"' she still wonder
ed. "If he only realized"
Tuck wondered, too.
I'D as soon suspect marble
statue of tears" ran his thought
''But she dd look as if she had been
crying. l might drop a line to Bill.
If there is anything wrong with
Bobby he can help a pile"
THE letter to Bill. who had been a
roommate of Tuck's at Yale and
was now an instructor went out on
the morning mail.
Sunday came the sixth day OF his
stay at Forty Acres Glenn shaved
before breakfast. Tuck after. AS he
re-entered the kitchen Ann gave him
a quick gIance-this was the first
time she had seen him so.
Il hardly knew you," she con-
fessed
Il thought it about time to renew
old acquaintance with myself" he
laughed.
When the mail came Monday Tuck
was rendering first aid to the motor
truck
do you. by any chance, know any
thing about motors?' Ann had ask
ed Tuck after breakfast.
"Why-a little" he had answered.
The garage man said the truck
ought to be overhauIed. 1 suppose
it had, but I couldn't spare it for
four days..
III he said four days tn have it
ready for you in four hours" inter-
rupted Tuck.
This had seemed to her highly un-
likely. But Tuck was a genius at
such things, and there is never any
mistaking those who possess genius.
When he started operations she how
cred about like worried mother
with an ai1ing child, handing this
tool or that as he requested it.
The picture they made this warm
June morning suggested indeed that
which Kitty had conjured as Tuck's
idea Of an ideal marriages. woman
to wait upon him the while he de-
voted himself to his only real love.
Presently Tuck cranked the car
The response was immediate The
truck shook and 50 did the shed.
You've fixed it," Ann paeaned. and
her voice for once was warm and
happy. I'm so glad. Why. it seems
to be going better than it has for a
long time
"I'll say it is-- he retorted.
There's the mail carrier" she re-
marked, and went to meet him.
Tuck was still eying the truck
proprietorily when she returned.
"A letter for you," she said.
Tuck saw it was from New Haven.
He mummured an excuse, and. OPEN
ing it, found that, as he expected. it
was from Bill.
"The info" began Bill, the English
instructor. relapsing into the lingo
OF roommate, that your royal high
ness Graves was not hard to get The
old campus rather rings with it. The
young man, a sprightly and engaging
youth. had the bad luck to lose at
| various games of chance and the ex-
1>oh 90 t1
check in payment. He was perilously
near to being canned when his sister.
rather a charmeY. do you know her ?
saw the dean and wooed him to a
sweeter mood. !. keeping in the we'll
known background. have nevertheless IS
asked various undergraduates whose
word. even to the young and foolish.
carries weight, to talk to Bobby as
he should be talked to. They'll keep
an eye on him. so requiescat in pace.
He's been travelling with the wrong
crowd-that's all"
But the real kick came in the next
paragraph.
Now that l have eased your mind, =
this ran, please ease mine What's
all this I hear about Kitty Townsend
throwing her elderly bridegroom
elect overheard the moment she
heard your sweet and persuasive
voice over the phone! Society Notes
has paragraph on it, but / want to
hear your side. What nextT'
This left Tuck almost dizzy. 1t was
too big to take in all in a minute He
struggled with it, until suddenly he
realized that Ann had spoken.
Not bad news, ] hope" she re-
peated.
NO." he replied, confusedly. mot
bad news, but I'm afraid I must so
at once. II can be driven to the
station"
+ '1'll have Glenn drive you over as
soon as you are ready" For a mo-
ment it seemed as If she would say
no more. Then: "And-Tm sorry to
have you go. And very grateful for
all you've done. OF course, 1 intend
to pay you"
That wsat - necessary" he pro-
tested "rvs sa3oyed It. really. And
I'm sorry, -, to -"