The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08
It Was a Certain
Match
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BY QUEENA POLLACk
(Copyright.l

AuS COuutEy WILL LSSSt.
"Don't take it too fast, DEAR" ad-
vised Aunt Victoria, who had been
her guardian since her own mother
had died ten years before.
But 1 can't crawl" protested
Shirley.
You'll be tired by the time we
reach Gardeners, dear, and weekend
parties usually have strenuous ath-
letic programs" began Aunt Victoria.
"Do you suppose I shall like any
one there?" interrupted Shirley. If
tiresome Tom Manley attaches him
fly home"
"You know" Victoria Brownslee
started, ingratiatingly, "Mrs. Gard
ner whispered at dinner the other
night that she expected Ted Farson,
the shipbuilder's son, If he returned
ley, and you know he's quite the catch
of the season"
Helplessly, Shirley laughed. Wasn't
1t bad enough to haze to listen to dull
conversation of the usual sort, she
thought, without having to be bored
by another youth returned from EVr
rope and his tourist Impressions?
Dear, I'm thirsty" put In Aunt Vic
toria, cant we stop at the next
spring?"
"Yes, Of course, and let's trust that
1t will cool my indignation about
hasty and plotted marriages" Shirley
answered firmly.
Shirley drew up by the side Of the
road and told her aunt to wait in the
car while she brought cooling drink
for her. Crossing the road to the
spring, she narrowly escaped being
run down by dusty blue car that
flew with powerful speed from out
side road Her aunt yisioned q
thousand accidents and cried shrilly,
SHIRLEY, be careful!"
A mild-looking youth in drab hiking
costume pulled Shirley to the other
side of the road, end encircled her
| shoulder with a stalwart right arm
to steady her.
"Oh, thank you" Shirley said duti-
fully. "You know America might
have lost one of her rashest daughters
If you hadn't jerked me aside in time"
"And one of her prettiest, too,
venture" the youth added, with a
wide winning smile.
''Tosh," replied Shirley in her old
contemptuous manner for fiattery.
seput ctortad onroSo fbic wood 20 rot
my aunt drink. Now see no cups"
IF may oblige you," said her COM
| panion, proffering cup from camp
ing outfit, 'Tll risk crossing the road
| this time for your aunt"
"No," she countered hastily, noting
the disapproval on her relatives face
at this prolonged conversation.
! She bent over to fill the cup with
glistening cool water, and thought her
| rudeness to the man who had saved
her life was unworthy of her real
| feelings.
Here" he said, masterfully, "let
me at least fill the cup for you,
| Miss :"
my name is Shirley Sumner And
yours?" she said evading the truth.
Timothy Torrence," he replied,
suppressing a smile. She did not
know whether he was smiling over
her name or his own. His was funny,
to tell the truth, she thought.
| "Well, good-by and thank you for
my life, which l do not value very
much these days." she said, attempt
ing to disarm further talk.
| "Good-by," he said, equally unper-
turbed, II hope to have the good for
tune to rescue you some other time"
Shirley ran back to the car with
out a backward glance. Strangely,
her aunt was smiling, and not at all
impatient. AS she jumped into the
drivers sea, she thought guiltily that
| she might offer to drive her rescuer
as far along the main road as she
was to travel
Her aunt voiced the same thought,
which surprised Shirley. When she
called the invitation, he accepted with
alacrity.
''This is my aunt, Mrs. Brownslee,
and this is Mr.. Timothy Terrence"
introduced Shirley. "Climb In and
keep each other company. I'm driv-
ing as fast as can to the Gardner
estate at Langhorn road. If you want
to stop before then, please signal me-"
Without another word she was off.
Once again she shifted gears, but
this time sat forward In her drivers
seat, tense. Faster and faster, she
found herself flying toward Langhorn
road. She could not hear conversa-
ton in the rear of the car, but did
hear low laughter. What sudden
and strange caneraderie for staid
Aunt Victoria! AS there was no call
for her to stop, Shirley thought her
passenger was going past Gardners'
She stopped the car, almost wilted
with the rush.
Were late already, Shirley" said
Aunt Victoria as she emerged from
the car on the Terrence boys arm
Perhaps 1t will save embarrassment
later If / introduce you to Ted Far.
son right here. Shirley Van Dorn
is her right name"
Bewildered, Shirley stared from one
to the other, and then surveyed their
smiles with one Of her own.
"Oh, / recognized her." countered
the smiling, brown-eyed traveller OF
intelligence. And once again, stal
wart arm encircled her shoulder and
She knew she would be saved from
the danger of misalliance.
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