The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-05
CHAPTER SIX

ERYL 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 uncle's car back"
Tommy glanced out at the boat,
where he knew his uncle must be
tuning and in some difficulty.
Maybe had" he agreed. "You
could send it out, but he'd be sore
II a stranger drove it and I guess
he's had about enough fishing for
today anyway"
TIN 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 thered been room for
him.
I'm just that big a fool" she
thought, although know he
wouldn't"
The mechanic got out with Tom
my when they reached the garage
at the crossroads, it being the place
where he was employed.
Beryl was infinitely relieved to
learn Of this fact. 1t made settling
her bill for the new tire much
easier. The garage owner knew Mr..
Hoffman we'll and accepted without
question Beryls promise to send
him the money.
"See that you go straight home
and don't get int 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.
mop" he replied, and his infeo-
ton said he did. He was thinking
that if she'd minded her own bust
ness this would be his wedding day
But, say, it was Sunday. Guess they
couldn't have got a license on Sun
day. Funny nobody'd thought about
that.
Oh, well, they could have spent
the day with Irenes friends and
planned the ceremony in peace. 1t
didn't take so much planning
though. All you had to do was to
Z go somewhere and get a license-yet
Aunt En- and Beryl tried to make
a big thing out Of it.
OF course-but it was a gamble
anyway, so most people said. That
was funny thing, too. They'd adj
nit that, and then they'd tell you
to wait until you were sure you
knew what you were doing.
gTOMAIY wished he could make
L Irene feel as sure as he felt
But he supposed it was natural for
a 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
PEELED to take his mind off Irene
until he got on the open road.
The thought that she might be
disappointed at his nonappearance
during the day stuck with him,
even to the point of making him
inapervious 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 ex-
asperated his uncle almost beyond
words-almost, but not quite.
1t could have been quite, for all
the attention Tommy vouchsafed
him.
It ended with Mr.. Hoffman Civ
ing up thought Of further fishing on
that day and they went home.
Tommy hurried into his best suit
and over to Irene's house. But he
did not find her at home. Mrs.
Everett told him she was at the
Reeds.
She's got some wonderful news, -
she added Importantly. Miss
Spangle telephoned this morning