Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-02-18

zle-dazzle. Not a chance! For all that
She had planned sc carefully, getting
Judy to lie for her; for al ina sne
side Betty Preston on the long trip
up in the train; for all that she dress
ed for the big dance with a nefVous
ness she hadn't known SINCE the first
time she had fibbed to her mother
about smoking, for all that her gown
and her entire outfit was the most
stunning, the most breathlessly ser
ected in over a year, Hope hadn't a
chancel
Twosome Hubbard and Tuck Hall
Ia big strapping moron, with a wart
| on his chin, rubbery lips, and a
| grudge against the world had met
Hope and Betty at the station, and
house where they were both inmates.
Betty, assigned with a girl in the
| chorus to Twosome's room, and Hope.
bunked with a Canadian beauty in
Tuck's, Immediately proceeded to
coax and bribe their room-mates 70
swap, so that Betty and Hope might
be together in Tuck's ROOM.
Not a word was spoken about
Dickey Dale then or later, as they
dropped over to a basketball game,
had dinner at a nearby restaurant,
and went back to their to dress,
with admonitions from the boys to
be ready in three hours at least.
that BETTY poured out her heart. She
knew Hope had seen quite obviously
that her beloved Twosome was Ill
pale, nervous and jumpy. He was,
Betty explained a bit tearfully, SO
nervous that he was almost y Oh
some was the bootlegger of Har-
mouth. The boy had to worx his way
thru college, and inasmuch as his
only asset was a speedy foreign car,
plus the fact that Yarmouth was
near the Canadian border, Twosome
made a u at least nee a moheh'
But now he was terrified; not only
because he had been chased more
than once in the last winter; but also
because he boys talked-boasted OF
Twospme's brave adventures when
he raced UP to Canada and pack
again with no headlights. Betty ad-
mitted to Hope (who wasn't listen
) ing) how brave she thought her
) Twosome was. but she so ~dreadfully
/ wanted him 10 quit. Twosome thought
only of the disgrace and sorrow or
, his widowed mother II he were
caught, and the stretch ne mlgnl
have to do: but Betty thought of the
physical dangers to her darling-the
l shots from the chasing car, the head
. long sneed on the dark roads. Her
one aim was to make Twosome quit
e before he was a nervous wreck VINO
| jumped at the sound OF his own name
Hope sighed as the tragedy trick,
led thru her preoccnpied mind ano
: impulsiveIv whatever money Two
] some needed to finish his education
He could pay her back n Vine.
And then she snapped irritably a.
J Betty's grateful tears, smotnering tnt
wish that someone would comfor'
I her in her own heartache.
U But the shock came during IN
second dance at the big nan. Wher
n carefSllS thru the crowded floor
e opined that hers must have been
t painful and thunderous marriage.
"Why?" Hope frowned whimsical
Wen Dale heard yesterday after
y noon that vou were coming n ~
6 beat 1t like a shotl"
Beat it?" !.
= Back to town. He's gone Gown te
j "ButS@Hope managed to seen
r amused. and In spite Of the dizzy chill
r that had suddenly struck her-"wha'
about the girl--the girl he was hav'
! ing up to the Prom
How do I know" grinned Two
3 some. Maybe there wasn't n sucf
I critter. Dale's been sour as 1--WE,
: day milk all this year. 1 iound oul
a lot about him. he nasnt q J
| girl or gone to a hop since iase fOn
: "oh-really?"
Copyright, Grace Perkins,
: sa-nolntmsns makes Hops
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