Montgomery County sentinel., 1928-02-17
Their Combined
Charms
BY DOROTHY DOUGLAS
(Copyright.l

that ne nad gone DIT turther
than ne should In MS dictatoriai attl-
tude toward Meta. Her lovely mouth
was set In the lines that spelled de-
nance to his wishes.
You nave no right Whatever 10 De
suspicious OF my actions nor TO Ques-
tion the truth OF my statements.
have told you spent the weekend
with my aunt and II you choose TO
doubt II you can have your ring. Here
is' Ana Meta Withdrew the little
engagement ring from her finger and
returned IL 10 John.
Netta, please-Im frlghtfully sorry
i can't helr being 1ealous-its my
nature.
Jealous II you ike but you neeu
not De suspicious. And besides, you
can change your nature II you want
10 Dadiy enough or II you want 10
hoiu my anections."
IN uE IL youh take this ring
agaln'
Netta reiented as sne had on one
Ut two previous occasions, ana 'ohn
put the ring Dack on her nnger'
cant see why you wont tel me
wnere you ana your aunt went-]ust
the same put IN Jonn'
mats auntys anu NY secret
laugheu Netta' and II Aunt Jane ap-
proves you hay oe quite certaih tnat
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"a 80 a., ..,n-a ~. ,,o.,.,n. 80
toward tbsf bonnv ond,ng 70 tbo,r an
gagement--tba nSSrrIace ana a charm.
inc home
60 for a -four rontb. to,lou,no tba,r
Iotest ouarraI th,nos won't on with
modarata bonninosu
Ana then while traval,no throu0h
tho west on ono ~ HE hrsiness trims
be bod bis darkest susn,c,ona aroused
Among the advertisements for sen.
side places in n newspnper sunple.
ment he was reading he saw one of
Long Beach. And walking along the
glorious sunny boardwalk, among the
many other visitors, was Netta--Netta
hanging on the arm Of a man so
handsome as to make John swear
roundly and largely within himself.
The photograph was perfect Meta
was exqulsitely gowned and swung
dainty parasol.
"That settles It." said John to him
self, and the whole world toppled
about his head, "she's been deceiving
me all these months and / doubt II
there is any 'aunty.'"
The completion Of bis business trim
could not no said to no n thing NJ iov
although n resulted in ouIte Aatter.
ing advancement IN him Tho lovely
home with Netta couId eosil, ho reai-
ized soon now. but aIas-Netto was
a 1irt ana n doco,vor
These and few other tbln0s he
Informed her when thew met
r,o a.oun, H. .,,.. ~. ....
,oan ahaa .,, .Is,. % peSss
neI , o." "s H., 80 .aI ,as. na ,o'e '. Sns
n', "' ,',,. 10 r IT,. " ~. 70. ~ saaa, M "n..' ".
'"' 'p' '""' "e'' u'"''' '''.
She LOOK the ring ON again ana
hahded IL Dack 10 niiq' ana John start
1u oneA rum ner caihness as IL sue
had stuhg him'
"llnve you nothing to say In the
face Of such proof?" he asked.
NO. said Meta, you've said 1t oil.
You have jumped to conclusion that
has no grain OF truth In It and now
don't intend to enlighten you. AS
matter of fact, John" she said, II
was doing something that would have
speeded the purchase Of our lovely
home, but wouldn't marry man
VINO, love me as much as he could
who didn't trust me absolutely"
day or two later she was sitting
IN her aunts seaside bungalow when
i"ini''ar iootstep souhueu Oh the
Verahda.
he VINO entered was the extraor-
dlharlly hondsome young man ON
whose arm Netta nhd Deen cnnging
"heh the photograpn was taken which
rouseu Johh GateDys wrath.
feter sara Meta Dy way OF
greeting' am not engaged to John
uhy more
Netta uarilng, crled Peter swift
~ are you going 10 De miserable
over ltF
NO, saiu Netta' I'm not. l was
pianhihg sucn nice pig surprise for
MN ny making al thls money we
nave Deen making oy posing for the
beach advertisement company, and
now-wel-he cnoSe 10 doupt my rea-
SONS Ior not teiIih8 MIN just where