Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-05
ALLY THOUGHT THAT HE WAS GOING TO DDN

who had seen the world and all its
lovely ladies. He had always been
pleasant and kind But he had treated
Sally as If she we're something fragile
and beautiful that would go all TO
pieces in his fingers. if he touched 1t.
Sally did not want to be something
fragile and beautiful. She wanted to
be-human.
Too restless to be still. she went to
pack. She rolled satin breakfast
coat. with little froth OF rufheS,
round a PAL r of satin mules with
feathers on the toes. and cramned them
into the bottom of her bag. She rolled
a plain black bathing suit into Wad
and thrust 1t down beside them. she
| tumbled in the green thing OF SATURDAY
night. And then, from the back OF
! her closet Sally pulled out the frivoi
| of white and gold, the extravaganza
of gold slippers. that she had worn
/ week ago, when she was young, Tor
! Thomas Brandon. Sally mad not worn
/ the dress since. She had been saving
/ it for a special occasion. AND the oc-
! casion had not come.
Sally stood in front Of the mirror
/ and held the white and golden gown up
before her: she didn't nave Color
enough tonight. she thought, TO look
we'll in ANYTHING; even the orchid
linen. put on for the drive to town.
made her seem pale. Perhaps she
better make herself some coffee Au-
tomatically, Sally pulled out from ner
nag a rurnpled apron and slid her arms
;rto n. the apron had a round little
collar that buttoned under her chin.
she was just going down to tne
Kitchen when the front door opened
why. Tom" she cried. ITS you.
"you too. I notice" said Thomas.
He came in and stood looking down
at Sally And suddenly there was
color enough in Sally's face 70 msks
anv costume becoming-even tumoieo
old apron. ,..,..sd
the boat" Thomas explained. Ahu
thus briefly he summed up an mcldent
NJ which several versions were oruiteo
ahout in Linfield. Kate had called oat
to him To iump-the boat had oarely
started and Tom was a WONDERFUL
summer Luella had called out to nm
tn swirn-evervbody knew how wen ne
could swim. because Of that oay NJ
rescued Sally. But Thomas nae
neither swum nor jumped. There Wg ~
always those afterward to say that ne
missed the boat on purpose.
r. thew could have seen the way ne
crinned at Sally now. the rumor wou!d
Sava heen confirmed. II thought YOU
i. need looking after" he said. %
came hack. I'm going TO get supper
sally laughed You're going 10 get
SUPPER ,, ,.,,,,,r no,,sp ="
, said Thomas teasingly, Haven L
kent house a million miles from no.
where. with nothing but two VET
matches and a tin of beans?
sally perched on the SCI tuoS anu
kicked her heels and watched nm.
IN his business, Thomas Rogers Bran
L don was known as an accomplished
and reSourceful young man who would
take fearful lot of killing before ne
would saw die He could rub two sticks
together and make a fire when all the
matches had been lost overboard-but
he certainly did have a time with that
gas stove. He could roast native roots
in the ashes of his African campfire,
and eat them, too, but II Is another
thing altogether TO make cream 81
tomato SOUP that doesn't have Jumps In
il. no matter In how large type the
recipe is printed on the can. He reao
il out several times in quite ioud
| voice, and il didn't affect the soup at
IAN Thomas could do anything in Tea-
son with coconut--but q peach. stark
bare, is a tricky thing and likely TO SET
away from you and slide all over the
floor
tubs ri Just put the tahlecover ON
while you're finishing she said,
/ SALLY didn't seem 20 be dOing any
+ thing much. Just sort of setting the
table. But presently Thomas noticed
/ that the humps were gone our ot the
/ soup. and the peaches were lying IN
/ beds OF lettuce on clear green glass
/ plates. and in the peaches were little
moldS Of cream cheese. with cherries
/ on the top. There seemed 20 be hot
/ biscuits in the oven. Thomas didn't
remember anything about making hot
biscuits,
Il say" said Thomas, who gqt this
supper anyway You or T."
YOU" said Sally.
She looked up az Thomas across the
small white kitchen table-and the
look in her blue eyes was about seven
times too innocent 10 be true Before
her was the red and yellow az cut
fruit in a blue bowl Above her head
the light from an electric bulb biased
down on her blazing hair II struck
/ them both at the same time that IL had
been like this exactly that they had
first met, even the long apron was the
same. huttoned under Sallv's chin
say look here" said Thomas
severely, you've been Spooflng me
Yes" said Sally This is The real
me-in an apron"
IT'S the real YOU that I've been
looking for" said Thomas. ever since
that firSt night"
He was coming round the table to-
ward her-~that was why she had q
blurt Il out SO fast oh, Thomas
wait minute stop You don't un-
derstand WHY waSnt even
drowning
II was u perfectly horrible confession
10 have made-but the queer thing
about II was that Thomas Brandon did
not even seem to notice, lie kept riSht
on coming. Il was certainly scared
that day" he said But not half a
scared as arm now"
Now" said Sally family.
Because now" said Thomas. I'm
trying % set up courage 10 tell ycu
that | love YOU"
You love meP" said Sally
She didn't say anything else for
quite q long time, because Thomas
Brandon had got all the way round ta
her side Of the table He didn't act the
least bit as II he was afraid that she
might break, Il he touched her "Da
YOU suppoSe you could ever lave me,
toop' he kept saving Gould YOU
Could yous"
Sally caught deep breath, rYoblv
could, said Sally, I've always had
reputation tor being capable"
tcopyrlsht tssal