The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-26
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 AN INVITATION THAT JACK TURNED DOWN Sue went to the telephone.
 "Yes?" Her low. contraito voice went slipping down the wire.
 Mrs Thornton? This is Kenneth Corbett."
 "Oh, yes, Mir Corbett." But why was he calling her, she wondered. He had been devoted to Sarah Lou the night before. He had taken Sarah Lou to lunch.
 'T've heard that you like to swim," he continued talking in his even, minor voice that did strange things to very ordinary words.
 "Better than anything-at least at the moment I'm sure feel that way about it!" Sue answered. A long stretch of blue-black water, a low moon swinging across if, the splash of the waves and the thrill of cutting through them. To be cool and free and released. She turned her thoughts back to Ken meth Corbett.
 | 'T have a summer lodge not so far away" he was saying. I'm getting up an impromptu party. How about you and your husband and house-guest coming along? have my car. It holds seven or eight. There'll be a dozen or so in the party, in all."
 "I'd love to come. Wait just second, will you, please, while l ask Jack?"
 She delivered the invitation. eyes flashing a bright, gay blue, | M,,e o Hftfa frap, p,,,to,,c vrifh anttci- patton.
 "You want to go pretty badly. don't you, honey?" Jack asked.
 Don't you, Jack?' she ques- toned him. ITO swim and float and be cool. We can race each other again. Why Jack, we haven't been swimming for ever and ever so long!"
 "I'd love to-I can't think of anything nicer" Sarah Lou's voice drifted into the conversation. Please, if the rest of you don't go, he'll take me, anyway, won't he? I'm so hot!"
 Jack, you do want to go. don't your" Sue was asking again.
 He nodded. "very much. But there's a conference . an i'm portant one. I have to go back to the office. I can't help 1t. Sue. But you go. You and Sarah Lou. I'll be working until late anyway and I'll meet you for breakfast at the automat in the morning. Run along and enjoy yourself
 "Oh no, Jack, not without yeu.
 "Yes - without me-" He reach ed over and kissed her on the top of her tilted nose.
 ~I.t. tt,1 6af 20, Sue. Why not get the cobwebs Lou was asking.
 "We-ll." Sue went back to the telephone. She intended to mako her excuses and explain that just Sarah Lou would be going but she had hardly started to talk when Sarah Lou's hands took the tele- phone away from her
 "Mr Corbett? Sue and are thrilled to pieces to go. Jack wants to go, too, but he has to 1 work"
 But Sarah Lou I'm not go ingv' Sue interrupted.
 "Yes, you are!" Now Jack had taken the phone from Sarah Lou. He thanked Corbett for the invita- tion, made his excuses, explained that the girls were accepting the invitation. 4W
 But when he turned back to Sue he was frowning slightly. Its funny that Corbctt forgot that he's supposed to be at this ' conference tonight. isn't it?" Jack remarked. T thought the sound of my voice and my excuses might remind him. Queer work. You go to that party. Sue. I want to know why he's missing the con ference"
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