Evening star., 1926-05-21
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
One Sign of a Gentleman.
BY MIMI.

''Oh, say. jerry" sang out George.
guess who 1 saw today downtown
in her car-Mildred O'Brien! Gosh
She looked great"
| Alice, Jerry's flancee. turned her
head ever so slightly and looked faint
| ly interested-there was a curious gilt
ter in her eye.
| For four long years Mildred had held
! sway over Jerry's heart-then, sud
denly. without warning. had let him
down.
Alice hated Mildred-hated her inso.
lent, golden beauty, her smart clothes,
her calm amused interest in Jerry.
'Mildred's a darn good sort This
from Anthony, who had nothing to
lose. Don't you think so. Jerry"
Alice shot her boy friend deadly
glance. and he shifted uneasily.
| Yeah" he admittedly slowly. "She's
all right, / guess
| Alice snorted and bridled indignant
ly. Every one else ignored the in
cident.
Later, Buddy German Joined the
party. He'd once been rather keen
on Helen Swift and, for a while the
smell Of orange blossoms had been dis
tinctly perceptible. But the fair Helen
had drifted off, and Buddy was out of
luck and love.
Hello, Buddy" called Tony. "Will
| it injure your bleeding heart to learn
| that the fair Helen is coming to tea
here today-with her latest suitor?"
Not a BIT" growled Buddy savage
| ly. Gosh, that girl gives me a pain.
How l could ever have looked at her
| twice? She talks the head off any
man. Ugh! 1t gives me the shivers
to think of her! Let's talk about some.
thing pleasant"
That evening, as Jerry drove his
| fancee home. she turned on him sud-
| denly with ferocious energy. "You
make me sick, you do" she cried. II
believe you're still in love with that
| Mildred cat. I've never heard you say
a word against her in your life. AL
| ways saying nice things about her. II
you were really through with her,
you'd feel different about 1t. Look at
! the way Buddy goes on about Helen.
He's well over that. But you, you
just humble when Mildred's name is
mentioned. If you're too crazy about
| her to admit her faults, you can't care
much about me-"
Poor Jerry, He could only redden
and stammer and protest his utter de
votion for sweet Alice-but he could
| never convince that strong-minded
young person. He had got himself in
| pebu AlOIii thc ctcI l-Juol LHlOuSt uc'
| ing a gentleman.
None of his feeling for Mildred re-
manned. But he had loved her once
| in q way. and they had been good
| friends. She had never done anything
| to cause him to lose his respect for
| her. Therefore. he couldn't find it in
| his heart to turn on her and razz her.
He liked her-thought she was a nice
girl.
She'd been sweet to him once, and
| 1t didn't seem to him the gentlemanly
| thing to turn around and slapder her
just because her feeling for him had
| changed.
His jealous little f1ancee worried
| herself sick over his loyalty to his
former sweetheart. while she should
| have been congratulating herself over
| his decency and chivalry.
Buddy Gorman's was the usual
sour grapes, boyishly ungallant atti
tude. He showed himself thoroughly
out of love with Helen, but he also
showed himself lacking the finer quail
ties such as Jerry possessed.
| Alice is a luckier girl than Buddy s
] f1ancee ever will be.
Copyright. 1e26.l
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