Evening star., 1934-05-27

~ ERNARD went off to California on his
honeymoon and Cecily ran home and
wept. Her yellow organdy had skidded
across the floor to a corner under the
- vanity table. The bridal bouquet
hurtled through the open window. lilies
and all. As for Cecily herself, she lay on the
bed and sobbed because men were SO awfully
dumb.
Not that she cared personally. This brooklet
of tears trickling across her nose indicated q
quite personal sorrow for the stupidity of men
in general Well-and of Bernard, the silly
fool, in particular
Last Winter she had met Bernard for the
first time on a skating party. Phil Thomas
had brought him along. Phil always seemed to
know when a new man came to town and
Cecily had conceded that this one was GER
tainly worth bringing.
'I like him." she had said to Phil.
II like him, too," said Angela Ray, but no
paid any attention to Angela. She was the
pastel-shaded kind who occurrences the
way other girls wore lipStick. Men were never
attracted to her. She hadn't even Zine"
But now Bernard was of for California on
his honeymoon-with Angela! When any one
could see that he needed a girl who was Ian
guorous and exotic.
Cecily yanked out pillow>and was preparing
to muffe howl of anguish when she heard
voices outside her room. Her mother and
could it be Phil? Heavensl She sat up quickly
ana QaDDeQ dL ucT eyes. Lie oOOH Opcucu
Phil entered, carrying lilies
1T was nice of you to toss them to me" he
said casually. They caught me on the head
as l was passing under your window. Is it
symbolic? I mean-if the bridesmaid who
catches the brides bouquet throws it to an un-
attached young man below her window. it's
practically a proposal. isn't it?"
Don't" cried Cecily. please don't make
fun of mel Oh Phil she knew I'd never love
anybody but Bernardo She threw it to me on
purpoSe!"
1t wasn't necessary to pretend to Phil. In
fact, it wasn't even possible. He knew too
much about her. He'd lived next door to her
for long she could remember longer
than that because he "a and she was
only 20.
c HE had been engaged to him at impress
- sionable 16, but had disengaged herself at
a more sensible II. That had put things on a
platonic basis. and there they had been ever
since. 1t was a convenient arrangement.
She waited for him to console her We'll"
he said seating himself absent -mindedly on a
French doll in the window seat and pulling
her down beside him, Il don't see why you
didn't get him yourself, Cecily, if you really
wanted him"
She looked at him from moist, forlorn eyes
'But did try to, Phil. That's what makes it
so humiliating. I figured out what kind of
girl he'd fall for-you know, sort of foreign
looking and peculiar and cold-but awfuIly
fascinating then did everything could
think of to be like her"
Phil looked with interest from her curly
brown hair to her small nose to her little round
chin
"You what?"
well, did. I got two different shades Of
eyeshadow-one for daylight and one for night
and slept only about four hours q night SO
my face would get thin and intereSting-and
just I was getting my eyebrows to turn up
at the ends, he married Angela"
I'm glad he did. I've been wondering what
was wrong with your eyebrows. Listen, Honey.
Why worry about Bernard when the world is
full of men? Now know fellow"
"But I don't want to know anybody else
1scouldnt bear it. III can't have Bernard.
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