The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-18

did see Max looking like that. Reck-
on they pulled him for speeding, or
something's r,- i. ~
There was no mistaking the fact
that Max Vernon was in an ugly
mood. He moved toward the house
with short, positive strides, keeping
his eyes focused on the ground and
would have passed into the house
without a word Of greeting had not
Rube Farnum hailed him.
Hi, MAXI" ...-
Vernon responded without. glanc-
ing at them.
"'Lo, Rube."
His manner was forbidding. Far.
mum, somewhat nonplused, made
gallant attempt at cordiality.
"Pat Thayer just came in" he
called cheerfully. Hes up in his
ROOM" & ~. =,
Max Vernon stopped short.
81 don't give DIN where Pat
Thayer is!' he growled.
AS he vanished inside the house
the two boys stared in amazement.
The thing was so startling that even
Rube Farnum was moved to shed
his habitual lethargy. r.
"Well, I'll be licked for a two
cent stamp! I ask you, Phil: did
you hear little Maxie?" 81
did 1? Say -. what you
reckon?"
Something hit him hard" RUDE
cooked one eye at the ceiling. "You
reckon it's that little blond, Phil?
Max has been awful keen for her.
and they do say she's been ram
bling around a heap with Pat lately.
You never can tell"
They gazed off toward the street.
each busy with his own thoughts.
Their reverie was interrupted by
the arrival of a visitor. They did
not notice her until she turned in
on the walk and came straight to-
ward the veranda. Then their faces
broke into smiles and they jumped
to their feet.
"Hey, Tonyl" they halted her.
slow goes it?"
Antoinette Peyton gave each of
them a brief smile.
Hello" she said. Then her
question came with startling sharp
ness. "Do you boys know whether
Pat, Thayer is in?"
It was Phil Gleason who an
swered.
"Yeh. He's up in his room. I'll
call him for you"
And then Tony Peyton did an
amazing thing: thing so stagger-
ingly unprecedented that neither
boy was able to move a muscle.
Quite calmly Tony Peyton walked
through the door and into the sa-
cred precincts of the Psi Tau Theta
fraternity house.
Never mind" she called over her
shoulder. "I'll go right up to his
ROOM"
Tony Peyton had done the impos-
sible-and thereby scandalized the
two members of Psi Tau Theta, who
stared in dumfounded amazement
at the door through which she had
passed. With quiet dignity and
smiling determination she had calm
~ announced that she was going to
visit the room Of fraternity men,
Der, and. what was even worse-she
had carried out her threat.
The two boys did not know that
Tony deliberately had selected this
bold method of approach so that
Pat Thayer would understand clear.
ly that she was not bluffing. When
a girl visits man In his room.
explanations are often necessary.
ana Tony-thoroughly aroused
wished the man to understand she
was prepared to let the campus
know of their marriage.
swell, I'll be everlastingly dog
bit p Phil murmured. "Can you
beat it, Phil: ask you"
"No!" snapped Gleason. 81 can't
and neither can anybody else"
do you reckon anybody saw her
go upstairs?"
.No."
Suppose they did,"
'sThey couldn't, you poor simp.
Say, what the HIS happening
around here, anyway? First Max
Vernon says he don't give a d-n
where Pat Thayer is, and then Tony
Peyton goes up to Thayer's room.
Pm worried"
They reflected heavily upon the
situation. fear for the good name
of their own fraternity forming
their paramount worry.
what you reckon :" start
er Farnum, and Gleason answered
the unfinished question.
Nothing. except that Tony Is
straight as they make 'em If they
were pulling any rough stuff you
can bet your last dollar they
wouldn't do it In the open that way.
It's o. K, Rube-but dog-gone in
discreet