New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-06-02
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where did you get It, old dear
Who're did you set IT." he sx
claimed.
II bought It yesterday. Rod"
Although he felt like . traitor Il
his mother to say this. he still hat
the thrill Of making old Rod thinl
thu he "a person ( means ant
able to buy Its own automobiles.
Geo. WINNIE. that's 6 eat. isn'
it? / wish my guardian would bu!
mo = car. He says ! can't have on
until come homo from college.
Get In her. Rod. I want to tall
to you. I wa It you to do me I
favor"
Phillip wynne Tracy ~ shivered
He wished Rodney Maxwell would
not always call him that childish
name. II he hadn't wanted Rodne,
to do something for him he certain
ly would have made him understand
that minuts that to keep his friend
ship he would have t. cut out the
"Wynne" business.
well, spill it, Wynne." said Rod
after they had driven almost q mile
in silence.
You see. old man. Mother Is pull
ing off party-a kind Of goodbye
mine own light of -my-eyes-fare-
well affair before go to Yale. I'm
not strong for 1t, but women seem
to like these things.
Rodney Maxwell looked up quick
ly at Phillips man-of-the-world
tone.
"Of course, II I must have a party
In my honor I would want Natlee
Jones there. but I took her out IN
the car the other night and we
stayed at Arrowhead very late"
At the mention Of Arrowhead
Rods eyes opened. Phillip pretended
not to notice it.
"Mr. Jones threw a tit when ]
brought his daughter home and told
me never to speak to Nat again a.
long as l lived. or as long a. he
lived, ! don't know which.
That would not have been 80 bad
for you know, Rod what he would
say wouldn't make any difference to
me, but he had to 60 over to the
house and give Mother . song and
dance about it. And would you be-
lieve it, Rod. he told her she would
lave to look for a new milkman.
NO wonder Nat has hard time
of 1t with a balmy old duck with no
more sense of humor than that for
a father. Fortunately. my mother
could see the joke even II she is a
woman.
"She laughed at him which, OF
course. made him more furious than
ever. The consequence is that the
Joneses and the Tracys have come
to the parting Of the ways. Little
boy Wynne can no more have little
girl friend Natlee to play with and
little boy Wynne's mother can have
no more OF Daddy jones milk.
Now here's the program, Rod.
Mother wants you to come to the
party and bring Nat with you. You
can go over right away and make
this perfectly clear to her. Tell her
the reason why Mother does not
send her an individual invitation is
because she knows that old man
Jones would not let his daughter 30
into a house which was not fit to
receive the milk, from his high
priced Jerseys.
Fix UP any sort Of a plan. old
top, that will be good enough to get
Nat out with you.
Don't say word to Mother
about the affair because she doesn't
want to be in on 1t. Tell Nat to
keep mum. too"
Rodney Maxwell eagerly acquies-
ced to everything that Phil proposed,
and returning Phil dropped him
near the girls house and proceeded
to the station where he arrived Just
as the train was coming In.
Standing a little to one side he
watched the passengers get off.
Finally there came a slender
woman very smartly dressed who
looked about as though expecting
some one.
why. she isn't young or very
good looking" he said to himself
Nevertheless, he
started forward. lis this Mrs. Hill
liard?"
YES" the woman answered tone
iessly. Then as she recognized
Phillip her eyes lighted and her
scarlet mouth curled up In 4 well
coming smile. why. you are man
II must call you Mr.. Tracy" she
said. where's Anne?"
He caught a glimpse of that light
from within that darted into her
red brown eyes ~ he wondered to
why he had called her old
she was young as love and as beau
tiful as his dream Of bliss.
He took her numberless bags and
packages. including two punches Of
violets and one OF gardenias. rs
this all?" he asked in voice he
hoped was casual.
Yes" she answered, and she
stepped up to him as though she
him to take her along some
new and adventuresome path which
she would be delighted to follow.
No girl had ever given him a look
like that before.
They always act as II I were so
damned young" he said to himself.
Mother said I was to take you
somewhere for luncheon. Mrs. Hill
lard. as her headache was so an
tense that she could not do anything
nice for any one-not even you"
Il will tell her when ] see her