Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-12-11

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consent was in Doris Sherwood's case
was proven by the number of young
hopefuls who persisted in telephoning
the Theta house for dates with Doris,
even when she had left her frosh class
we'll behind.
These ~aSpirants. for almost four
years, had offered Doris junior proms,
senior proms. military balls, the oppor-
tunity to dance to Anse Weeks Or
chestra at the Mark Hopkins in tho
city. only to be answered e~ternally
with the same smiling statement, "Sor-
ry. I already have q date with Ted"
Privately and in the secrecy of bull
sessions with other brotherS-in-the-
bonds, they opined that she could have
done a lot better for herself.
However, Doris didn't think so. Even
when Ted was away on football trips
to Seattle. Los Angeles, New York and
way points. Doris preferred to stay
at home and read a book. She had.
for all her wind-blown bob and her
bare, tanned legs, a very old fashioned
Of fidelity. BY the time the
senior year rolled around, no one, ex-
cept a stranger. ever thought he would
be successful in asking Doris for a date.
The fact Of the matter was that Ted
and Doris were in love. Real whittier
thou goest l will go" sort of love, not
aft you're around I'll go out with you,
but when you're away, what do you ex-
pect a poor girl to do-molt?"
They had been in love ever since
they were kids in prep school, both
having come to Stanford from a little
town in northern California which, by
reason of its best government test"
climate, produces husky men and beau
tiful women. Just as Doc Foster knew
many things about Ted Desmond, the
football player, that would have sur
prised the world, SO Doris Sherwood
knew many things about Ted Desmond,
the man, which no one else had ever
seen or suspected. But then, she was
the sort of a girl who brought out a
lot of things a man did not know about
himself.
Naturally, on that Sunday afternoon,
she noticed almost at once that there
was something on Ted's mind. But
she did not Immediately romp in and
demand to know what it was. She
speculated a bit at first. Maybe he
was just sunk physically from the game
yesterday. Doris was one spectator
who did not watch the ball. She
watched Ted. And she knew how many
merciless tackles he had given and
taken, how many times he had hit the
ground with sickening force. Or may
be he felt badly because he had not
been able to take her up to the city
to dance last night. AS if she cared
about that! Dancing was very nice In
its place, but Doris was much maligned
by her sorority sisters because she re-
fused to make it the chief end of ex-
istence.
1t finally dawned upon her that Ted's
quietness was too deep to have come
from any such minor cause n that
the best thing to do was to cheer him
up with a lot Of her own special sweet
words and a number of her special
sweet kisses. For the first time it
didn't work. Ted smiled at her sweet
words and did rather well with the
kisses, but the gloom did not lift.
"Oh, Teddy" she said, and she looked
at him with eyes that were a little
misty, II do love you a terrible lot"
Ted made a sudden sound that was
almost like a groan.
Il love you, too. l love you like hell
he said briefly. "But-Doris, I don't
know. I want you SO much. We've
been waiting now for so long to get
married. And l can't see anything
ahead but years and years more of
waiting. I haven't got a dime. I'll
have to start in some bum little job
somewhere which pays just a little
more than nothing if it promises any
future at all. 1 can't ask you to be
poor, live in a n room apartment,
do your own cooking as well as work at
some job, yourself. And that's what
the program would have to be If we
got married"
"Pif1e," said Doris. "It's true, blessed,
that I never did any cooking to speak
of, but I was going to get a job, any,
way. l shall learn. And I shall love
it. You know, Teddy, I wouldn't mind
If it was a tent, SO long as we were
together"
When he had finished kissing her
for that, Ted held her very close.
But even a tent" he said, costs
something. Even that means a wait.
And-oh, Doris, we don't want to wait
that long! Sometimes I think it isn't
fair to you. Sometimes I think l can't
stand It,"
They were silent a long time after
that. Ted was thinking about Flash
Hammond and a jane covered with
diamonds. He was thinking that there
must be something wrong with life,
because he had made it possible for
Flash to continue his career with wom-
en-. Ted was no prude. But he knew
Flash's general taste and tendencies.
Anything with a skirt OF it. Ted
wanted to marry the n woman Of
his life. Flash wanted to play around
with anybody and everybody. Ted
didn't have the money to buy a mar
riage license, much less provide for it's
upkeep, while Flash would presumably
be able to avoid buying a marriage
license for some time to come.
Since these thoughts kept Ted COM
pany all afternoon, even Doris wasn't
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