Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-09-27

the newly welded pair had departed fol
their honeymoon. This last duty attend
ed to. Tommy sought Rodney Burns, anc
put to him the pathetic question SO otter
asked by men in hour OF stress.
Got anything I could get drunk on?'
he asked. God. I'm all inl"
Burns nodded and took charge of him
He didn't think Tommy Davis shoule
be left alone that night. Before Tommy
fell asleep on Burns sofa, toward morn.
Ing, he made q few remarks that solved 8
little mystery which had troubled Rod
ney OF late.
'Praps / could of cut m out" he NUT
tered. Il dino. Guesh not. She fell 10
m SO quick. Anyway, didn't try
lush helped EN- long. He was sush q
lonely devil. i I've got Josh of fren's.
'S'nuf for any man-losh frien's. Ish'n
it?" he asked Burns with sudden in
tensity. And Burns warmly assured him
that 1T was.
In their private compartment on their
way south that evening Bill and Ruth
she had caught from Tommy the habit
OF calling Eliot Bill-gave a few moments
OF affectionate thought to their friend.
old Tom looked pretty SICK" Eliot
told his bride. Hes overworking. as
usual. I suppose that's why he hasn't
TAKEN much interest In us lately. But |
always knew / would see much of Tom
after he got to know more people. HE'S
the best ever, but he's the kind that
simply has to have what he calls a gang.
I'm afraid he'll never settle down."
I'm afraid he won't-now," Mrs. Rob-
erc Eliot sadly agreed, as she nestled
closer to her husband.
Some time, she reflected. she MIGHT
tell Bill why he had not seen more of his
chum during h ~latter's last months i'm
Detroit. For Miss Hunt had not shared
Burns mental confusion over the actions
OF their friend. She knew perfectly well
that Tommy Davis had loved her from
the first week she entered his office. she
knew he had meant to try to win her:
she knew why he had sheered off as soon
as Bill fell in love with her. She knew
now haru That sacrifice had been: for
tommy was a one woman man, Just as
nlioC was Just as she was a one man wom-
an. M with any other rival but Eliot
Tommy would certainly have put up q
hight for his happiness.
knew she could never have loved
tommy. She could never have loved anv
one In the world but Eliot: but Tommy
might not realize that, SO his seeming
sacrifice was the biggest a man could
make. Also, more than any one else. h
understood Tommy's love and admiration
aoi the lrleuu ne nau localized since his
lonely boyhood.
Why, 1T was thinking of Bill and re-
membering that I'd meet him some day
and have to report progress that kept me
h~ustling," Tommy had admitted to her.
In one OF those early talks in his Office
when he was beginning to move toward
her through the golden glow of his first
romance.
But this was no time to talk of Tom
my's tragedy. Tommy, she felt sure,
always feel that he might AVE
had at least a hundred to-one chance
with her II he had not withdrawn to
give Eliot = clear field. She herself knew
better. She had been waiting for Eliot
since the beginning Of time. But the
that he had stepped aside for
his friend would comfort Tommy in the
lonely years to come. And yet-how cold
such comfort must be compared to the
happiness hat lay ahead for her and her
belovedl Tit mere thought of that hap
piness pushed Tommy from her mind.
like a d~islodging hand.
% darling, let's talk about ourselvesl"
she dreamily suggested.
Copyright: 1928: BY Elizabeth Jordan.)