Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-07-25
Busy Helping
Poppy
By JANE OSBORN
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nAVlD TRUE had hit upon the
~ idea of spending his summer in
the suburbs Ills business In the city
mad succeeded pnSt his f0ndest hopes.
But any sort of prolonged vacation
would have been difficult for him TO
manage with business demanding his
close attention In the city. still a
summer might be pleasantly spent In
one of the better sort of suburbs,
where he could belong to country
club. play tennis and golf and run
his car
SO 1t was that David True leased
for three months a charming house
OF Spanish architecture belonging to
bachelor architect who was passing
the summer In Europe.
What happened next was not at all
what he anticipated. He fell In love
with Poppy Gale. whom he first met
Mt dance at the country club to
which he had been invelghed by
bachelor acquaintance. Poppy was there
with her usual circle of masculine
satellites.
He promptly Joined the circle of
satellites and competed with them for
dances. and was in fact little sur
prlsed nj the good nature the others
showed In letting him have dances
that she had already promised them.
Following Poppy seemed with them to
hn a Of hohff nj
way of spending an evening.
In the clubhouse locker room the
next evening David met his bachelor
acquaintance who had led him to
the dance
Seems you were rather taken with
Poppy" commented the acquaintance,
lighting his pipe.
miss Gale, you meant" answered
David torrectlngly. "By love. but she
Is charming"
"Oh. we'll" drawIed the acquaInt.
ance. "Poppy's nice glrl-plenty of
pep and n good dancer"
Funny some one doesn't marry
her." commented David.
"Oh, WELL" again drawled the ac-
quantance, "Poppy's all right, but
she's got her faillngs like the rest
of them You've only met her once.
Walt TN you know her better"
Thus challenged, David True went
to work to know Poppy better with his
usual dlrectness. He devoted himself
to her at the next dance. asked TO
call, received permission, made for.
NAL first call and then asked for per.
mission to play golf with her the fol
lowing Saturday morning. But Poppy
said she didn't play golf. She said
she didn't have time, in fact Saturday.
she was going to be dreadfully busy
with \ rummage sale.
The rummage sale, she explained,
was for the old mems home In which
she was intensely interested. She
wondered II David had some old
clothes he would let her have for the
sale, and when he eagerly offered his
entire last seasons wardrobe she won
dered whether he would help her col
lect the things next Saturday morning
Instead OF playing golf. He would
come In his car and they would run
around together David was delight.
ed and from regarding her as wood
land nymph he now regarded her as
u sort Of np-tO-date st. Elizabeth az
well. He even helped with the rum.
mage sale all Saturday afternoon, and
came AWAY dusty and exhausted but
hllssful to have been so much with
Poppy. The next time David called
on Poppy she told him OF her interest
in n fresh air home for city children
She was trying to get sand pile for
them but she didn't know where to
get the sand. She wandered whether
David would mind motoring down to
the seash0re and bringing back his
car full Of II.
Then she asked him to solicit the
men In the club for donations for an
other favOrIte charity. and later at
dance she told him that she would
accept his Invitation to go to the shore
with him the following week II he
would help her beg money to furnish
ward In the children's hospital.
one midsummer day DavId's nc.
qualntance called upon him Just before
dinner. David looked tagged and worn.
Haven't seen you at the club for
weeks" said the acquaintance with n
grin. "Glyen up golf?"
"0h. | haven't had time" sighed
David "And I'm going to ask you To
come out In the dining room with me
while we talk. I've only fifteen min.
utes. I've promised Poppy to arrange
the books In the library at the settle.
ment house tonight and she wants me
TO call for her at seven"
"Hum.m,' drawled the acquaintance.
Poppy certainly knows how to dance
but"
But what?" snapped the weary
David. "Of course. she's got her hob
tiles like all the other girls. And /
haven't spent the summer just az
intended TO- But ri tell you u Sc.
cret. I'VE been proposing TO Poppy
on condition that she wouldn't expect
me to go on this way nfter we were
married. She was furious, but after n
while she relented. Then ! asked her
whether she'd have me II ! agreed 20
found sort Of a trust fund for her
charliics--sO she could hire some one
10 do the things that I've been doing
She thought fifty thousand dollars
would do. and I'm game She said she
felt that otherwise she couldn't marry
me, because 80 long as she didn't I'd
probably be willing to do these things
for her and II she married me then
she would be robbIng all the clubs and
hospitals and things that she's In.
teresled IN"
Hmm" commented the acqualni.
ance. "She's nice glr'-Poppy."