The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-10

them to a white-topped table in the
corner, and stood waiting for their
order.
"A roast beef sandwich and some
Coffee" Mary Rose wanted
1.-TWO ORDERS" Manners said to the
little waitress
When she was gone, he laughed.
Charlie Chaplin and roast beef
sandwiches, Mary Rose." he said to
her. 1--WE seem to like the same
things, don't WEI"
She nodded, and watched the
smile fade from his face, as he went
on:
For months now, the thought
has been forcing itself on me that
no one in the world is my sort of
girl the way you're my sort of girl
Mary Rose looked at him, and
then looked down at the table. But
Miss Hing" she started to say,
and couldn't go on. Her lips trem-
bled, and her cheeks grew hot.
Eyes, I know ali about that"
Manners answered her. He leaned
across the table, and to the secret
delight of the little red-haired wait
ress, took her odd. shaking hands
in his. And now I'm going to tell
you all about it"
But he didn't. For at that moment
the little waitress, with smile just
lifting the corners. of her mouth.
brought the coffee and the sand.
witches. 1t was a poor day when she
didn't see three or four couples
holding hands across the tables Of
that restaurant, and she was used
to interruptihg them.
"Catsup with your sandwiches"
she asked, setting bottle of it on
the top of the table, and withdrew
to the kitchen, where she went on
watching them through the crack Of
the door, not knowing that John
could see.
II could love that guy in there.
myself" she conf1ded to the cook
Hes some kid! Looks sort o. like
John Gilbert, you now. Oh, Baby"
And she blew kiss at Johns broad
back when he and Mary Rose left
the place a few minutes afterward
They turned toward home. heads
down against the high wind that
took the words out of their very
mouths. AT the corner a building
was going up. Piles of lumber and
stone were neatly stacked along the
sidewalk, and John stopped Mary
Rose in their shadow .
What's the use of beating about
the bush, any more, Mary Rose?"
Re asked abruptly. turning her body
Onward him, and looking down at her
intently, I'm in love with you"
She raised her head and looked at
him, then, and they stood so for a
moment, held together, without a
word or movement Then the girls
white lids closed over her eyes, and
hid the joy and the pain that were
in them. She shook her head, and
drew a long. sobbing breath.
The thought of Doris Hining came
between them, and she stepped back
away from him, as she would have.
If Doris. herself. had suddenly
stepped between herself and John
Manners.
mo" she said clearly. But John
did not seem to hear her. He stood
over her, his head bent to hers. his
lips almost touching hers that were
parted with her quick breathing.
mo" she said again, and put her
two hands against him. pushing him
away from her, with all her strength.
You mustn talk this way to
me-"
why not?' Manners asked. His
hand had found her hands again.
You know why not" Mary Rose
answered. You're going to marry
Doris Hinig!' That silenced him,
for a moment. Then he spoke again,
and his voice was as quiet and mat
ter-of fact as If he'd been debating
letter
I'm going to tell you about Doris
and me- he said. IT suppose it's
cad's trick to do it, but-Im going
to tell you, anyway. All about it.
You know, Doris lives across the
street from me. And ever since we
started to school together, we've
been thrown together for that rea-
son. l always took her to parties
because 1 lived so near her. And
they had swimming pool in their
yard, and a tennis court, and I
just about lived over there. Does all
this bore your" 4
Mary Rose shook her bent head.
Then the war came along, and
I went, and the night before I left
for camp, she cried and / kissed her
That was the beginning Of it. We
wrote to each other for months
while I was aboard, and when
came back I asked her to marry
me-"
"How long ago was that" asked