Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-26

wanted to say something else
"Well-good night"
Good night. Neal"
He sat. holding the telephone in his
| hands. He hadn't done anything t.l
| anger her! Yet he felt that she was
angry. Perhsps-perhaps she thought
| that he thought-oh. it was too in
| volved! Larry was such fool! II 1t
| hadn't been for him
He stripped Of his tie and opened
a fool he was! Like silly girls. who
! interpret the slightest act as 2 sign that
man is in love With them. 1t vas
a sufTocating night! Why shouldn't
| she have bought ginger ale. without his
| trying to read into ii some subtle mean
ing? She probably had been thirsty.
| Why shouldn't she soften her dismissal
| of Larry with whatever lies she choSee
| They were friends. he and Ann
| Wouldn't have hurt his feelings. AM.
| II she'd told Larry that they were
secretly married! Married-wh2t an
| idea!
He went to bed With vague feel
| ing Of guilt. OF disloyalty toward Anr
| and their friendship. And. in the
morning. he left Larry sleeping. II tns
Fat BOY had any early engagements
| that was his funeral! He couldn't bear
the thought OF facing him. in the early
morning light.
LIE telephoned Ann and asked her 10
| L have lunch with him.
"Sorry-I'm Just grabbing a SANDWICH.
We're frightfully rushed doTn here
She had been rushed On other occa-
sions. but this day he was not saeisneo-
Something alien had crspt into tnsiE
| relationship. and he needed 10 g re
assured Could she really be ammo! "a
| With him? Could she think
I didn't know you were 50 domestic
w.S All he had said. Could she think
He called Ann the next morning.
Gone on vacation.
How laconic. how hearticss. were
| switchboard operators!
Her own telephone did not answer.
| he called the office again.
| DO YOU know where Miss Poole naS
| gomez" .>,..
Thank you"
In the morning. with sense sinios'
| of panic, he walked 70 AIMS apas.-
| went There was no answer 10 MS
rnork He found the janitor. Miss
poole had left no forwarding aooresS
She VAS angry with him. then! He'd
! lost her friendship. .
II. dined alone ut the yea roon,,
| Hot niugay wo1io "e s's-
| hungry agains .... ~s-
He dined alone at an expensive res
,aursnf and went 10 the theaisr. NO
| f,,n i'm that, He felt missraoly alone
| Rut there was no one he wanse1 10 Sc
| II was too hot for soc:ao!li'y. ~ 'sa>''
New York was -, ~.
Proyincesovn-and Norma LAY -, ss
se,,ed the thought grateialy. ,u ~
was girl . man rememoHsu: 49,
! and olive-skianed. with seek. osIN
natr she would be crisp and csso.
| in a summer truck, And there Nss
the hsy the cool. blue MASSACHUSETTS,
hav. i'm which one could SWIM
THE trail, had been hot ana oUtS'
hnf when ne emerged. the neSi naGn-
Inc salty. sus,leSs air famed his face
and hlled his lungs. Carrying hts S'iss-
cas-. Ne walked toward the stree. .laS'
runs parailsl 10 the curving shore. Inc
bay Law blue and placid, Wni'e sails
were calm and cool against the wa'sS'
and white sullS circled rlaSthm'caiiy.
Neal Coiliers"
at Norma Day, ii.
THINK Of seeing you'" Her smile
MAS a b,, wan. Don't try 70 tell M
that New York Is any hotter than TINS,
we've been periShinS for u week. And
the u,osau,toes~--," She sighed,
He looked II her steadily, Then, oh
A you call this hot@" he asked care
lessiy He drew in another long breath
~ the warm, salty air Clean and dust
less with no mixture Of s%ssh:ne ana
steamins asphalt! ..,.
HOT, I've never seen Slscn wcatSssFs
She surveyed him with the hostile SAss
OF the sufferer toward one who suffers
no,--the lcathtns OF me sicssm o. sea.
sickness toward the good sailor, Come
on up and see us" she invited. and
went on,
Thanks"
He continued his way down the
street, eyes on the bay, Funny
he'd thousht Norma SO much pgettier
than that! Thought of her rs quite
a different person. He Shresxsd and
dismissed her from his mind
He'd leave his things At the hotel
and 40 down 10 the shore for y swim
before lunch Swim and lie ON the
sand. iuxurscusy,
'I>HE beach MAS almost deserted, when
l he reached II, But he didn't care,
Just to paddle bit IN shallow water,
10 lie on his back IN this freshness,
was enough, A hyNrVplane, huMmsnx
like 4 lazy bee Was coming up the has-
Dor, watching Us graceful progress, he
did not see the parasol On the sand I'M
I'll he bumped Into It,
"Oh. l BEG your pardan."
10 MAS blue pArasni that ne aa-
dressed, clear blue, like the sky and
the bay, From behind It, 4 quits head
EMERGED and pair OF coal gray eyes
looked AMussdly into his
II wondered II you'd come down
herei" she said \ hoped you wcala'"
"Annt"
lie stared. unhelieymgN lie hastnS
remembered that she Mas 81 psettSt As
though one could forget thlns like
that In four days. lie drctNcd ~ tae
sand heSide her, eyes elsagins 10 her
tAce
abe held out her hand, and II MAS
eoal and ftsm~~>so eexA that he didn't
drop II, but continued, sAamelessss. t.
hold II IN his,
"isnt Ii divine heres" she asked htm
Can YOU believe that m$ hot any
whete"
Her cheeks we're pink but they we're
eoelly pink. like rSsses IN the n,arniax>