The Washington times., 1931-12-26

Laurel was sitting beside her
rescuer, drinking strong black
coffee in q small anteroom of
the roadhouse.
"You swallow that suff and
don't talk" commanded the
doctor.
She stared up at him, her
pretty mouth mutinous.
"You think I'm plastered to
the gills, and so you park me
here? You're trying to pull
the strong he-man stuff"
I'm trying to take care of
you as I would a little sister
who's been making a fool of
herself"
"Ha! Is that SOP" In her
still befuddled condition Laurel
strove for dignity. "As reliable
as U. s. Steel, dear sir. is
that your motto?"
He smiled in spite of him.
self. This child had a certain
piquancy.
What was her history?
AS for the whoopie party of
tonight. he would like to go
into that a little deeper.
On the other hand, he didn't
want to bring the frightened
look back into her face. He
must investigate. .delicately.
Don't ever tell me that you
men aren't as inquisitive as us
weak wimmins!" She made a
little "moue" at him in re-
sponse to his question. well,
from making preliminary passes,
as it were, the boys got merrier
and merrier. The females, too
and how! And the party
Jumped right off the dock when
my best friend, Imogen, up
and flung a glass of Scotch at
me. ="
Her listener seemed grave.
"Oh, don't be shocked. We
all raise the devil, you know.
only in this case he arose from
Q tombStone!"
The Stranger
"You mean, you think you
saw a figure following you?
That was the reason you ran?"
"Oh, I was succeed to the
ears. I guess it was only
Roger or Imogen."
"Roger Sartoris?"
"Yep. Dyou know him?"
"I've attended his father.
They have a place a few miles
from here"
eyes. A WOW. Roger'Il one
day inherit. If he cuts out the
speed, that is. His old mans
rather grouchy about it,"
= about what?"
''Oh, just the crowd. We hit
It up a bit. you know. But the
bewhiskered older generation
doesn't understand us merry
merry youngsters.
Roger Sartoris isn't so
young"
Nope. But he intrigues me.
rather. You see, he's had two
marriages"
$50 that makes him a can
didate for honorST
"Oh, don't know. When I
necked with him tonight, I
didn't know what I was yessing
myself into"
The doctor regarded Laurel
intently.
"so-you've got me under
the microscope? You think
I'm a new, strange specimen"
mot at all. Quite on the
contrary"
"You mean you think I'm
juSt-ordinary?"
ION your own confession it
would seem So"
"Ha! Because I necked, I'm
common"
Quite the Thing
"Well, that kind of thing is no
longer an idiosyncrasy in this
country, is it? It's quite usual
behavior. among the masses"
Sarcastic, aren't you?"
mo. Only honest. Have you
anything to say to the con-
trary?"
80? The case goes to the
grand jury?"
I'm not judging you, child.
Far be It'll"
Aren't you interested in me
at a1l?" And over her coffee
cup Laurel smiled coquettishly
at him.
Certainly he was a very hand
some and distinguished Hooking
young man.
YeS-young-even though he
had that dash of gray in the
flattened down kink of hair on
either temple. He had handsome.
rather quizzical eyes of a dark
brown. His clean-cut face was
tanned. He had a good nose,
and his chin was decisive.
The sort Of man that one
could trust. And really, he'd
been a peach in this emergency.
He did not answer Laurel's
question. She said, with an
other dazzling smile: What is
your name? Is it Sir Galahad?
:. or Prince Charming?"
my name is Harvey. Bruce
Harvey" go. ...
Nice name. Rather a nice
person, too." She winked at
him impudently.
Head feeling better?"
"Yep. It was going around
like q top. Don't ask me too