The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-07-16
Expect the Best
of People
By CORONA REMINGTON
(Copyright.)

delight passed over him, but this was
Immediately followed by sense Of de-
preston and despair. All golden and
lowing she seemed In her little russell
sports suit that brought out the high
lights In her dancing eyes and even
accentuated the saucy little freckles
sprinkled across the bridge Of her nose.
He liked those freckles immensely, he
wanted to kiss them, but hesitated be-
cause the feeling Of despair had fol
lowed the SILVER Of delight and he
considered himself unworthy to kiss
even one little freckle.
"What you thinking aboutT she
asked, looking quickly up at the big
man at her side.
"Just that you somehow blend In
with the radiant autumn colors around
us. See that big oak tree ahead"
"FibT" she interrupted. laughing.
"That wouldn't make you look so SOL
emn. You looked almost miserable;
decided maybe you weren't enjoying
the company"
"Well, COMFY, was thinking and
have been thinking for the past six
months that I'd love to-to-kiss one
Of those little freckles Of yours, but
have no right to-Pm such a failure
In life" The words seemed wrenched
out of him and he looked away as he
finished.
Failure, Bob2" She put a sympa.
thetic hand on his arm. "What makes
you say thatT
swell, you know I've lost both posi-
lions I've had since / finished college
and dad says I'm no account, not
steady. yet In neither case was It &C.
tually my fault Last time the eleva-
tor boy forgot to call me in the morn
ing and when / walked In at ten
o'clock old Etheridge fred me with
out waiting for an explanation or any
thing. And the first time I sassed the
boss. He had the wrong idea about
doing the thing and told him so and
[ was right, the whole Office knew 1t,
but Of course l had no business show
ing up his ignorance that way and be
fore his employees. too, 50 ! walked
out before he had chance to tell me
to get out. Dads been terribly down
on me ever since. says he spent thou
sands putting me through college and
that I'd have been better Off as mes
senger boy for the telegraph com
pany. | guess he's right"
COMFY laughed at him, q gay rip
pIing little laugh.
"Crazyv' she chided aloud while In
wardly she gritted: I'D like to choke
his old skeezicks of a fatherl Now.
how about the next position2" she con.
tinued.
There's q wonderful opening with
the Hydraulic Power people In Sagi-
nae, but it hardly seems worth while
for me to 60 after It."
bob Wellington. you are crazy after
all You've had the best training In
your line that money can buy. You're
intelligent and have a pleasing pres
ence. You will 60 after It, too, and
you'll get It Talk them into 1t and
try to sign up for a year. then see II
your father doesn't change his mind
about you. Why shouldn't you have
It? You talk as If you were some little
tadpole at the bottom of a pond in
stead of a great big wonderful man
Now. when are you going to
Saginac, tonight2"
"If-if-I should get It, will you
marry me, Conny?"
"Tll marry you whether you get II
or not-because / know you're going
to get It'll" she ended. "And II you
don't mind stopping a minute" look.
ing shyly down at her hands, "my
freckles are-lonesome."
you're the best little sport that
ever lived" he said a few minutes
later after the freckles had been com
forted. "And know now that I'm 20.
ing to succeed. I never had SO much
self-confidence in my life before. I've
got to go through with it now.
will"
Starry-eyed and radiant COMFY saw
him off at the train that night and the
next day she spent in wretched anx.
iety while she waited for news. He
would get there next morning and
would probably go straight to the Hy.
draulic Power people. say about nine
or ten o'clock. BY noon she should
hear, but she did not. Not a word and
he had promised to wire Immediately
after the interview. All the afternoon
she stayed home waiting for news
Every time the door bell rang or the
telephone she would jump and run to
it, but It was always something else.
and It was late that night when the
message finally came. FranticalIy she
ripped open the yellow envelope and
read the lines:
Failed. What shall / dor Love
Bob"
COMFY swallowed a lump in her
throat, dashed away the burning tears
and rushed out the door and called the
messenger back.
Tackle him again tomorrow" she
wired. snake him give you a trial. ]
know you can get Il In the end. Love
always. COMFY"
Two long days and longer nights,
then:
Victory. VIII be home In the morn
ing. You certainly did it. All my
love. Bob"
Il knew IT," exclaimed COMFY &c
statlcally, hugging the envelope to her
IT knew It'll Darling old Bob.