Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-02-11
BOY CRAZY
CONTINUED from PAGE n

AADAbiliuCN 4lOM axe
sist upon il. And itll be lots Of fun
10 live up in Yarmouth"
This last Hickey dismissed as be.
yond him.
$50 much for my end" he explain.
ed I'm very fond Of Hope and
proud II her. I'll do anything e
max YOU two kids happy. AS Ions
as you re with each other and me.
"Now-don't thank me. We hav,
other matters 70 consider. Hope's
family. They are d~readfully upset
It's only natural. Half the night
they have been searching for Hope
some boy named Crandall came back
with the story Of how you were
.. was nlsl denied the bridegroom
hotly. 4 had a couple Of drinks
because was mad with Hope, but
well. l didn't think you were
drunil J. Hickson Dale shook his
head and held up a restraining hand.
"But the Crandall fellow evidently
was Ia a fight with you. and this
morning. is suffering with a broken
oh, Door Rusty murmured Hope,
nearly upsetting her coffee.
That only a minor issue. You're
To- dc tile manly thing there. Dickey,
wnate or il is. / don't know what
your light was about. At any rate,
"E AAe ARh ~ = nAA4Ef Al IL AUAiANS
to that
Hope sniekered openly. Imagine
the A.andalls letting anyone foot the
doctor ills for Rusty. Imagine the
supreme disgust, the outraged insult
Of listening 10 old Hickey Offering 10
by his fowdy son.
The really important matter
Is still more serious continued
Hiske.. You two have got to so
and see Mr.. Ross. Right now. He's
at h9iee. waiting for you"
VIII you come with U.s. asked
Hope lmidly.
II s1u want me to. I think it
would re better if you stood on your
own, and didn't have me around to
hight Year battles. Besides, my Irish
is not always calculable. | might
break into a rash and commit melo-
drama. After what l heard on the
phone, I'm sure | would.
You two had better go alone and
do the square thing. After that,
come rack TO me. Because I'm for
you. And I'll be right here to take
care Of everything. Try to make
peace. Don't lose your temper, son.
Remember, you had no right to do
what you did. No right in the world.
80 It's up TO you to make amends,
n take your medicine. Take your
medicine, and don't finch. Only re-
memler n thing. BY God, you're no
gutter pup, and you can make as
line q husband for Hope as the next
one! Come back to me. and Wen
Show them. Eh. Hope?"
Hiekey's voice had risen to a pitch
of choler that showed how truly his
spirit had been shaken by the treat
ment Papa Ross had evidently seen
fit TO hand him.
Hopes heart sank. She under
stood-swiftly and clearly. She had
a swift vision of her father. with a
grim, angry, unreasoning stare. Her
fingerrlrs grew cold. Even as she
gathered Sassy up at Dickey's COM
mand and prepared to leave. Even
as she flung her arms, kitten and all.
around Hickey's neck and kissed him
the rudy old cheek, telling him
was proud to be Mrs. Dale.
III they expected an armed array
70 meet them at the doorwoy Of the
Ross estate, Hope and Dickey were
sadly disappointed. The huge colo
MAI house was ~frozenly silent and
quiet. Almost as If someone were
dead or seriously i'll within. A breath
less suspense seemed to hang over
the May gardens.
The roadster chugged up the gravel
and stopped with a hacking