The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-11

Ivy's n0body's fool. She can take
care Of herself.
Tony bit her lip. She spoke In a
hard little voice.
"You refuse to worry about It,
Larry?"
"Sure, l do. Even my sister has
got to cut her eyeteeth some time,
and So"
The color drained from the girls
cheeks.
"I'm afraid, them" she said in
hard little voice, shat I've got to
tell you more than I intended"
She hesitated, but only for q Sec
and. Then. without looking at her
companion, she told of the scene In
the Bower-of Pat Thayer and Ivy
WEIGH, of her intrusion and of the
bitterness which had followed
Larry listened attentively, reserv-
ing comment. He was more con-
cerned about Tony than about his
sister.
you're worried about Ivy?" he
asked, when she had finished.
EYES,"
Because Pat Thayer doesn't
seem to be the right sort Of fell
low"
"It's because l know he isn't"
He shook his head and a slow, toll
Grant smile played about his lips.
I'm afraid you're not fair to
Thayer." he said. "We understand,
Of course, that ugly rumors fol-
lowed him to Marland. But nothing
was ever substantiated. Now listen,
Tony. I'm going to be honest with
you. think you've gone of the
deep end. We're friends and Ivy
is my sister. You forget that she's
a kid girl just like any one of a
hundred other freshmen goods.
Perhaps it's better that she picked
a man like. Pat Thayer for her first
love affair. l reckon every girl has
to go through that once an infat-
.uation for a man older than her
self. I'll admit frankly that I
don't know anything about him.
and"
"How has he been living since he
came to Marland?" she questioned
abruptly.
Larry frowned. .You mean the
Max Vernon thing?"
! Exactly. It's common knowl-
edge, Larry. that Thayer has bled
Vernon of every cent he had.
They've played cards for big
money ~. and Max has lost.
Have you watched that kid in the
past few months? Up to last fall
you never saw him. that he wasn't
grinning. But now IS. he's older.
and he's serious. Every one knows
that he's broke"
isn't that Vernon's lookout? But
you're accepting rumor as fact. We
don't know that Pat has been trim
ming Vernon"
Trimming! Stealing his money,
you mean. OF course, we don't know
It But the whole college is pretty
sure. And now he's gone out after
Ivy. He seems to take perverses
delight in making Vernon miserable
now that he's got his money. Max
is crazy about Ivy"
"Sure he is. And he's q nice kid.
But I've got no right to tell my sis
ter whom she shall run with. She's
got a good head on her shoulders.
Tony; darned good head. I'm fond
Of her and think she likes me
pretty well. But she wouldn't
stand for II a minute If chased
after her telling her what she must
and mustn't do. Now listen"
He faced her once again and took
one Of her hands In his: "Some-
thing has run of with your nanny.
You've magnified nothing into some
thing terrible and you're
all wrong. | don't hold any brief
for Thayer. hut do say that until
we know something we have no
right to butt into his relationships
with any girl on the campus-even
II that girl is Ivy. Let's forget It.
Tony"
She rose and walked to the win
dow. Her figure was outlined In
the brilliant sunlight and Larry
WEIGH stared at her curionsly
Here was girl he didn't know at
all; a girl gripped by resentment
which he conld not understand.
Tony looked out across the cam
pus. 1t was all so peaceful and
quiet; the stage was so magnificent
ly set for gentle romance untinc.
tured by grimness. And yet
Oh! Larry was right not to un-
derstand. He was q generous per
son who had the faculty of look
ing at things through the other fel
lows eyes. She knew tina. he didn't
like Thayer. It was equally certain
that Larry could NOT be melted to
action by mere conjecture or rumor
Tony Peyton left the window sud
denly and returned to Larry. She
stood before him. slim and deter
mined. and something in her man
. ~ IL = 2