The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-23
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love with TOMMY WILSON, discov- CTS that he is planning to elOpe with her half-sister, IRENE EVERETT.
 Beryl and her ''gang" kidnap Tommy and take him into the coun- try where she urges him to continue in college and not break the heart of his aunt, MRS HOFFMAN, who Is financing him. Failing to con- vince him, Beryl lets Tommy return to her sister. Irene, enraged at the long wait, refuses to listen to his ex- planation and p0stpones the ciope- ment.
 Next day Tommy goes fishing with his uncle and finds Beryl and her gang on the beach. One of the boys ANGIE, slips away from the crowd and is carried out by the tide. TOm- my and Beryl rescue him and she Is arrested while speeding for a doctor. However, when the officer under stands he helps getthe doctor and soon Angie is out of danger. Tom- my scolds Beryl and she resents it. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER VI.
 Beryl was about to drive away when she called back over her shoulder to Tommy: You'd better come along as far as the garage and bring your uncles car back"
 Tommy glanced out at the boat where he knew his uncle must be fuming and in some difficulty. Maybe had" he agreed. You could send it out but he'd be sore if a stranger drove it and guess he's had about enough fishing for to-day anyway" .. "I'm sorry your day is spoiled" Beryl apologized as he climbed in with the boys in the back seat. She was glad the mechanic who had brought her car was in the front seat with her-she could at least pretend that Tommy would have sat there If there'd been room for him. I'm just that big a fool" she wouldn't"
 The mechanic got out with Tommy when they reached the ga- rage at the crossroads, it being the place where he was employed. BeryI was infinitely relieved to learn of this fact. It made settling her bill for the new tire much easier. The garage owner knew MT Hoffman we'll and accepted without question Beryls promise o send him the money.
 "See that you so straight home and don't get into any more trouble on the way" Tommy said to her in parting.
 You needn't blame me for every thing that happens" Beryl snapped back at him.
 "No?" he replied and his inflec- tion said he did. He was thinking that if she'd minded her own busi- ness this would be his wedding day. But say, 1t was Sunday. Guess they couldn't have got a license on Sunday. Funny nobody'd thought about that. Oh well,. they could have spent the day with 1rene's friends and planned the ceremony in peace. It didn't take so much planning, though. All you had to do was go somewhere and get a license-yet Aunt Elm and Beryl tried to make big thing out of it. Of course-but it was a gamble anyway, so most people said. That was a funny thing, too. They'd ad- init that, and then they'd tell you to wait until you were sure you knew what you were doing.
 Tommy wished he could make Irene feel as sure as he felt. But he supposed 1t was natural for girl to be more reluctant to take the final step. Poor Irene, she probably was thinking he didn't love her
 Say, watch your step" the me- chanic yelled at him as he was about to back his uncle's car into a big sedan, and Tommy was com pelled to take his mind off Irene until he got on the open road.
 The thought that she might be disappointed at his non-appearance during the day stuck with him. even to the point of making him impervious to his uncle's verbal as- saults when at last he joined him on the fishing boat.
 Tommy stood, dripping from his swim out, and listened with a va cant, dreamy expression that exas- perated his uncle (almost beyond words--almost. but not quite. It could have been quite for all the at- tention Tommy vouchsafed him.
 It ended with Mir Hoffman giv- ing up thought of further fishing on that day and they went home. Tommy hurried into his best suit