New Britain herald., 1928-02-21

I'll nc DeAtS me nOtlG m m0l-u Mikes time. Hence her hatred ol | Sooky.
 Therefore, when Pat Sweeney cas ually remarked to Tony: "Tell vel frind. Mike. thot we'll be waitin' fel her at home, sooky'n l." 'Frind' Mike gritted her white teeth and swore soft and lady-like-as lady should swear.
 "If he beats me home in that that flivver-hell crow for { month!" cried Mike as Tony ane she approached the roadster. "Ant he'll prob'y beat me-" she went on almost fearful. flor he'll take tha cross-cut two miles below tn state road. He says tn two roads TUT parallel and are an equal distance to tn courthouse. But he knows and I know, It's half mile shorter He knows you live on tn state roat an I gotta drive you home. Ant that-that Sooky Thing-will bea' me again. And he just thinks sht is-is-'
 Tony missed hearing what Sookl was, or was thought to be, for Mikt at that moment pulled on pair ol gauntlets and was inserting her little body underneath and behind the biz steering wheel, with it's glitterinl what-not. He stretched out 70. degree angle in the cushioned seal at her side. and pulled shut the door There was a roar that almost lift. ed the hair from his head and fairly shook his unshakabIe conscience from it's moorings. and then a sud den start that snapped his head back with g jerk. They were on their way!
 Rocks and trees along the road side merged into an indistinguish- able blur. The roar gradually died down to throbbing, pulsating purr but q purr that seemed of itself to be a thing of life, vital, breathing, thrilling, all-powerful life! It seemed almost to communicate and identify itself with the life in his own body, to be part of him!
 His glance shifted to the girl un- der the wheel. Her face was white, the lines of the mouth tense. To his excited fancy she seemed to be the living embodiment of 1ndomitable Purpose, of Sure Intent!
 He remembered the calling down she had given the "Sooky Thing the look in her eyes. and it suddenly occurred to him to wonder if such a thing could be CD Could woman be jealous of an inanimate object, he remembered the cars name sooky? AS the possibility of the ri- diculous thing struck him he laugh ed. Then he laughed again. So men have laughed down through the ages at what they deemed Woman's absurdities, eccen- tricities and idiosyncrasiee. The very possibility that Mike could be jealous of "Sooky Ann." the flivver- cite, was a bowling joke to Tony. He couldn't grasp the psychology of the thing.
 And yet, as matter of fantasic truth, that was just what had come to pass. Mike was jealous of Sooky, the balkless talkless, walkless Sooky, jealous of the flivverette! And the flivverette cared not.
 Tony Justin, following custom long esta blished by his father. that of making his parent his first con- fdante in everything of importance. sought the elder Justin immediately upon his return from the hire with the "gyrul Mike.' He found Peter alone in the family sitting room, deeply immersed in & volume of Don Quixote. one of his favorite charac- ters of fiction.
 With but little prefacing, Tony un- folded to his father the story of his days adventure. outlining in detail everything from the girls arrival i'll the roadster. his self-introduction, her invitation for him to act as heI ! guide up to and including his meet ] ing with Pat Sweeney and then the astonishing proposition entailing tht i offer combined of s126,t6G.66 tc Jack Stuart and himself.
 Peter Justin gave vent 10 loue i drawn breath at the astoundin. i news.
 One hundred and twenty-si i thousand dollars" he repeated, in c | tone almost of reverence. and the. | addsd with ar enthusiasm equal tt Tonys own: Goodness gracious
 boy, that's a lot of money"
 Its s63.333 and more!" asserver- ated Tony. q tremulout huskin"ss ir his voice that he tried yainly tt
 conceal. Just think. Pop. what s63. ooo in cold cash means to a young | fellow just starting out in life. lik'
 me, And think what ii would neat
 10 Jack and Jill. Lordy. I'll be
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 she gets th' news.''
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