The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-23

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pital. You're hurt and only doc
tor can say how seriously. Please
don't talk any more"
Mary Della felt very, very sorry
70 rthe young man, but she laughed
in SPITE of herself, long, tinkling
laugh that ran up the scale and
dow nagai. Why, I'm not half as
much hurt as you are" she said.
you're scared blue, and, after all,
the car didn't really hit me. It just
scared me-"
"I don't believe it." he declared
with feeling. rs this the hospital
on the Ieft?"
1t was, but Mary Della evaded the
question. Straight ahead" she said,
land when you come to East Main
street turn right"
He followed instructions. At the
corner of Mill and East Main
streets the red light held them for
moment.
How much farther?" ne asked.
n
MARY DELLA debated whether
4TI she should leave the car there
or let him take her home. The more
she looked at this anxious young
man, however, the less she was in
clined to do either.
Always she had wanted to ride in
one of these amazing affairs driven
by a accommodated young man,
and now, just as she was beginning
to enjoy it, convention told her that
she was behaving abominably.
Lord, but you're pretty" he said
suddenly, apropos of nothing.
Mary Della started She hadn't
realized he had been looking at her
You're not so hard to look at
yourself" she parted. There's the
green light"
The big car swung around the
coTner into East Main street.
Straight ahead?" he asked.
yes, straight ahead
How far?"
That" said Mary Della, little
frightened at her own daring, ode
Ponds on how you feel about it,"
Having driven for some distance
out East Main street without see
ing anything that resembled a hos
pital, Robert the Third began 10 di-
gest what Mary Della had said to
him. THAT depends on how you
fele about it."
Well, how did he feel about it?
1t was perfectly evident that they
were not going to a hospital, and
still it was inconceiyable that this
young and lovely and obviously in
nocent young woman could be pro-
posing anything improper.
Which was good judgment, of
course, for Mary Della actually was
proposing nothing beyond the pos
sibility of an interesting adventure,
and promptly would have jumped
from the car If she had anticipated
anything more exciting that a de-
lightfIl ride in a gorgeous car with
a young man who made a movie
sheik look like a worn edition of
Ben TTpin.
II saw" said Robert after time,
st don't think I ever saw any
one as pretty as you are. Where
have you been all my life?"
'Ne?" asked Mary. Della, rubbing
some Grand street dirt from her
cheek with a tiny handkerchief.
"Oh, I've been hanging around one
place and another: born in Brook
lvn. raised on West Side hill. and
now parked in a third-f1oor fat on
Bank Street"
"An Greek to me-" said Robert.
Probably means you've lived in
Waterbury all your life. Right?"
Couldn't be Fighter. And whereve
you been hiding?"
Robert laughed. It'd be hard to
give you the full story. All over.
Right now I'm trying to hold down
a job in New Haven"
Well, I got you wrong there. I
thought you'd turn out to be a
college boy. You look a lot like one
OF the Yale fellows that had his
picture in the papers lot during
the football season"
Am 1 to consider that compli-
ment?"
Not from me-" Mary Della as
Sured him. Il don't like college
boys. They're too slippery. And
these Yale students good
night I've got girl friend who
went out with one once and she
said he must of been taking wres-
Ting lessons and needed workout.
She sure was wreck for a week
after
And you think all Yale men are
like that?"