The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-09
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crazy about you and you know It;
you've known it for long time,
too. Now what am going to 90
about it?"
He waited then for her reply, and
Anne said. why, Dan," confused
ly, and nothing more. She turned
her eyes away and look troubled.
Dan said gravely, You knew it
would have to come out sooner or
later, Anne You've kept me from
saying it for a pretty long time, but
it had to come out sooner or later.
I'm in love with you. I can't help
it, Anne; just am"
He waited for her again, but she
continued to gaze ahead Of her to-
ward the dark ocean, and So he
spoke again.
There for a while, when things
weren't breaking for me, I man
aged to keep quiet about it, but"
Anne interrupted him with a
vehement shake of her head. ooh,
Dan, that wouldn't have made any
difference-not bit. You just
don't understand"
well, it did to me; it made a
lot of difference. You know, Anne,
you told me little while back that
you sometimes thought I didn't care
what happened-whether I went
over or not-but you were wrong.
I had plenty of reason for caring.
XUhot don't T understand he
asked abruptly.
"Oh, just she swung around
and faced him-"just that Pm be-
wildered and don't know what to
say" Her wide dark eyes wore a
worried look. She smiled nervous
ly and repeated: Il don't know
what to say
"Well, it's either yes or no, isn't
it?" Dan laughed shortly. per
haps you mean you don't want to
hurt my feelings-is that it?"
That was not it at all, Anne de-
MED. 81 think you'he rather cruel
to say that, Dan" And she tried
to explain then that marriage was
something that she thought of only
as a dim, far-off prospect: as some
thing probably eventual but remote
from her present scheme.
She said, rather apologetically, as
though there might be something
not exactly normal in the admis-
sion, that she had set her mind
upon a career, and that perhaps
she had made a mistake and let it
matter too much.
She tried to smile. Anyway,
Dan, that's the way I feel-if you
can make any sense out of what
I said. And that's why I've been
rather afraid off your saying what
you did
II had hoped you wouldn't some
how, until I was surer Of myself.
I like you, Dan-I like you tremend-
ously. But I'm not at all sure that
I'm in love with you"
n
DAN said. with shrug and
II queer little smile: "Wer, if
you're not sure, I guess you're not;
I think you'd know, all right, if
you WERE" and he pulled out a
cigaret and lighted it.
And Anne, watching his face, re-
marked the set look about his
mouth and laid hand caressingly.
on his arm. You understand, don't
you, Damp she asked anxiously.
I'VE needn't be so utterly serious
about it. need we?"
He said, mo, we always can be
friends" blowing on the end of his
cigaret: and the irony of it was al
most like a blow to Anne.
But she said nothing, and Dan
sensed that she was hurt, and he
was contrite.
'I'm sorry, Anne, really. That
was a nasty thing to say. didn't
mean it at ALL
He saw her eyes then and they
Shone with unshed tears, and he
let his arm rest lightly around her
shoulders, and he spoke lightly and
jokingly of other things.
But presently the ocean laid its
spell on them again and they fell
silent, and when Anne stirred I'M
easily Rorimer asked her if she
thought it time to go.
She nodded. Dan started the mo-
tor. Swinging up the hill to the
main road, he made a remark about
their celebration" not having been
much Of success. Sort Of a flat
tire. wasn't it?"
But he spoke cheerfully enough.
He said. We'll, well just let it go
by default, Anne, and try it again
sometime Wen just forget what
happened He leaned toward her
snilingly and Anne smiled back at
him.
Presently he began to whistle.
and out of the corner of his eye he
looked sly at her to see if she was
taking notice of the song. Anne saw
him and she laughed.
It Think you're horrld.T she said.
Come on, Anne, sing for me"