The Washington times., 1929-02-15

even with him. 1t was common
and cheap. Dick is splendid; I'll
never forgive myself
How unworthy Of you, Angel, y
said her Mother But before the
Angel could answer. her Dad
spoke.
perhaps. but il strikes me that
Young man deserves whatever he
gets If F'reckles loses you, he
has no one to blame but himself;
he will have to come to his senses
pretty soon or he wont have any
friends left. But I'm sorry for
Dick ck-darned sorry. FreCkleS de-
serves couple of stiff jolts, but
Dick doesn't"
"Nrs. | agree. said her Mother.
at was not fair to Dick-he
cares for you remendouslN-any.
one can see that.
oh. please don't rub 1t in; no
one knows that quite so we'll as |
do: when he kept kissing me.
knew | could not" go through
with it-thats all"
"You must tel him at once.
ami make what amends you can.
advised her Dad
Il have already told him, and |
told him all about r eckles;
felt that ] owed him "A full ex-
pIanation. He was a peach about
it. but it hurt him terribly; he
won't get over it for long time.
and neither will !. Talk about
dragging ones pride in the dust!
Mine is completely smothered in
dust doubt if Ill ever be able
to find it again
Il just can't believe it,"
Neither can | said | was
sorry and | apologized the best
l knew how. | told him to for
get me. and never speak to me
again; but he can't do that. any
more than | could forget Freck-
les. t'reckles-l wonder what he
would think of me now"
Well, no matter what he
thought, he couldn't say much.
since he is the cause of the whole
affair." said the Angels Dad.
oh. no he wasn't-nothing he
did was any excuse for me. Be,
cause one person does wrong, is
no reason that another one
should. I'm to hlame-no one
else: get that straight now
What did Dick say?'
"Dick was sensible about it:
that is my one comfort. He
didn't throw one of those ruined
for-life, never-g get-over-it' fits. He
said he had fine father, an0 his
work; that he would make the
best of it. He said that he
wanted to stay friends with me.
and that if ! needed him for any
thing. l would find him standing
. by"
THAT is more than you deserve;
what a muddle it all is; wonder
who will untansIe the threads
We'll. F'reckles tangled them,
and he will have to untangle
them said the Angels Dad
But Mir. Mclean said he was
to blame. and he had to straighten
things out
And Mother and have
finger in the pie, too; we have
one hope left" and the Angel
sighed and twisted her wet hand
kerchief.
"WoIl. that lets me out" said
her Dad, when couple of
women get their heads together,
look. Out"'
"Especially when one of them
is the Angels"
" 1t was my idea. but ! would
not have carried it out without
YOU" and the Angel crossed to
her Mother and put an arm
around her.
when are You two going to
let me in on that mysterious trip
to ChicagO?"
at ought not to he very long
now-he patient little while
longer
Dinner was a quiet affair:
each being absorbed in his own
thoughts. The Bird Woman was
thinking of the Angel She was
only 20, and she had an unusually
level head on her shoulders. True.
she had made mistake withy
Dick but she had admitted it,
and said she was sorry, which
is more than most of us will
do. When she discovered her
wrong, she righted it AS best
she could. Trying to analyze the
situation, the paths all led to
FreckleS. She was furious at him,
but with all the motherly in
stincts Of a woman, she felt
sorry for him. She must not love
him less. because he. like the
Angel. had made mistake. There
were mitigating circumstances,
surely, and until she knew all
the details, she must give him
the benefit of the doubt.
\ x <.
The shadows were lengthening
on the grass. and a few early
stars were peeking through the
twilight, as Barlow let himself
out OF the door. He looked around
cautiously: nc one in sight, he
hoped no one would miss him
until he got back. but IL thev