Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-02-11

saturday afternoon in Mayor a
second consecutive weekend. And
Mama Ross treated him very badly.
Just Sfsas plain dsHsy lo 5ns : Af Hna all iioody N wSs
people are SO fine that they consider
others beneath them. they at least
might act fine. mightn't they? But
Mama Ross, despite her perfect poise
and her. flawless coiffure, Just was
plain rude. Was so rude that Dickey
a flush to Mama's cheeks and an l.
hot-as-muoh-and- I-told-you-s look
TO her quick glance at Hope.
Hope dragged Dickey outside. and
jawed him plenty about the WISE
crack. Whereupon Dickey expressed
a few opinions. And what can YOU
do with people whose opinions are
quite true and perfectly fair? Moth
ing, except act naughty and say
Wei Just the same you needn't
make matters worse",' and re-
fuse TO go into tow to see his faith
And what can you do when Mama
calls you aside and tells you in words
OF one syllable that YOU must dismiss
your guest, or else she personally
viii be Obliged 10 forbid him the
house, Whereupon she goes calmly
upstairs. with Cody. freezing and
haughty and disappearing, right al
ter her.
For a moment Hope stood at the
threshold of the library and weighed
Mama and Dickey in the balance.
And decided, strangely enough per-
haps. on Dickey.
Regardless of his arguments. Hope
remained adamant against going to
town. Instead. she had a new idea.
Her folks had suggested. more than
once, with an ~inSinuating Insult in
their tones, that she let Dickey ming
lie with her friends. in her own en-
vironment. and match him up for
herself! So after considerable argu-
ment. they both went TO dinner at
the Country Club. For the Saturday
night dance.
But Dickey was in an irritable
mood. He had suffered severely from
the cold-cuts which Mama Ross had
handed him at tea-time. He told
Hope what he thought of snootiness
and .snobbery, and gave a long and
bloodthirsty account of his own an
c~estors, and they had hacked trails
thru the vest.
Frantically, Hope called several
continued TO recount his family tree,
Hopes. heart sank. Grew numb. Be
came spiteful. Angry
She got up and danced with Rusty
Crandall. After several dances with
Rusty, h permitted the attentions
Of others. Dancing and flirting and
laughing with Frisky and Don and
Jed and Maaax.
Her heart aching. and the tears
like a hard ball in her throat. Won
dering If Dickey had driven off to
his father.
A firm grasp on her arm in the
middle of a fox-trot answered her
question; She stopped. gasping, to
Dickey. Diekey. quite white and
very manly with lnVrarad ax~ahrDr-n
Come on. This is about enonght"
he commanded sharply.
ooh, Dickey darling. Thank heav- |
en-you're herel But I've got to man.
age, YOU, cant let you get away
I'm sorry" she answered cody.
I'm not going for ages yet. Aren't
YOU having a good time?" +,
Dickey swayed a moment peril
as a couple banged into him.
From nowhere appeared Rusty.
Hope by the arm. and speak
Ing a cultured, restrained voice:
Let's go, Hope. | think you'd
better come with me. He's been
drinking"
She flung off his arm furiousfy
and stared at Dickey. The tears
to her eyes. and she batted
them away with dignity. u
Dickey had been drinking.
She turned to Rusty, eyes lowered.
Very well, Rusty. / want to go
nome. I'm tired"
I've already got your wraps for
you, said Rusty quietly.
She mumbled her thanks as he held
them, n gathered her white chif-
ION velvet oat about her shoulders.
took Rusty's arm as they went
out the club steps and down the
yravel-way TO Rusty's superb coupe.
But not a thot did she give the man
It whose side she marched so obed-
emily.
A figure stepped before them. Two
male voices snapped al her side. She
stepped back quickly. and watched
he two tuxedos, half covered with
spring coats, as they went into a
Copyright, Grace Perkins)
The victor demands that Hope
marry him at once.