Montgomery County sentinel., 1934-04-05
The Girl They Didn't
Forget
By MARGARET B. roMsoN
@. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service

mad almost sunk him, turned with swift
apologies to the well-built stranger
standing beside him at the bar, whom
ne had just jostled with unwilling
rudeness.
Don't mention It," said Dick Bode,
former All-American tackle, magnan-
imously.
Weston hesitated a moment, then
spurred by the desire to confide in
some one went on: ~ was looking at
that girl who just came In the
tall, dark one :. she looks so much
like a girl used to know In Los An
geles that it startled me-"
Bodies eyes turned in the direction
Indicated by Weston's eyes. "That's
funny" he allowed musingly. 81 knew
girl in Los Angeles who looked like
her, too. Yes" he decided, craning
his neck, "she certainly does look like
Nancy"
mot Nancy Ross" Weston said In
credulously.
''You know Nancy?" the voice was
eager.
"Know herr" murmured Weston
rrnllniscently, II should say l did. The
best pal ever had. Swell gal, Nancy !"
"Swell gall" echoed Bode warmly.
Solemnly they drank to Nancy.
"What coincidence" Weston shook
his head in wonderment. "Seen her
lately?"
"Not for five or six years."
"Swell gall"
They toasted the girl they hadn't
forgotten with another round.
"Never forget what she did for me
one time" Weston remembered rather
maudlinly. pulled me through one
of the worst cases Of delirium tremens
you ever laid an eye on"
Funny" said Bode suspiciously.
''She hated that kind of thing. Only
time she saw me awfully crooked, she
bawled hi out of me-"
"She certainly was a swell little
playmate" Weston confided. "Never
got crooked, never got quarrelsome,
always ready to go places and do
things"
"Oh, l never found her that way"
objected Bode. Liked to go out, of
course, but we used to go in for sports
a lot. Nancy was swell swimmer
and handled mean racket"
"Athletic!" Weston was incredulous.
"Why, the only exercise she ever went
in for was dancing until the orchestra
packed up and went home."
There was suspicious moisture in
Weston's eyes. He certainly hadn't
played square with Nancy. She had
been awfully in love with him, too,
and he had really intended to marry
her. Then that blond had suddenly
walked into his life and he never had
had the strength to resist blonds.
Remorsefully Bode surveyed his
empty glass. What beast he had
been to Nancy. Met her when he was
just out of college and fiat broke. Prob
ably wouldn't have eaten for weeks
at time if it hadn't been for Nancy.
She was always doing something for
him. OF course she was terribly in love
with him and he had asked her to
marry him but that was no excuse for
man to sponge off woman, he real
lied now.
The end came when he had an un-
expected offer of job in Chicago. He
left in rush. meant to write her but
just carelessly put it off so long that
he was finally ashamed to write. How
could he have been fool enough not
to realize that she had been the one
and only woman in his life? 1t would
be all right now. though. He'd 60
back and marry her and make up to
her for all the tears she must have
shed for him.
my Nancy!" whispered Weston rev.
erentially and little fearful.
my Nancyw Bode challenged with
sudden belligerence.
Just then Weston's fist connected
with BODIES nose and the battle was on.
"Nice places you take your wife to-"
shifted Nancy Elliott loftily to her
husband after watching two belligerent
gentlemen being showed uncermonious-
ly through the door.
There was mischievous CLINT in
Nancy's eyes: Il think 1 used to
know those two pugilists."
Undoubtedly" groaned her hus-
band. "Your list of scalps extended
the length of the continent before
finally tanned you by sheer brute force"
II didn't mind so much your knock
ing my teeth out" she said reminis-
Gently, "but when you sliced my ears
off we'll, I've just practically
never looked at man sincep
II was a weakllng In those days."
he said sadly. "That was before |
learned to treat my women rough.
Anyway, I still think 1t was positively
immoral the way you got yourself en-
gagged every time you powdered your
nose."
''Not at ALL" she denied stoutly. 81
practically never became engaged to
anybody who didn't need my moral
support at that particular time"
"Don't tell me you we're engaged
to those two BIRDS" he begged.
Il don't remember" Nancy thought
deeply. "Yes yes, was" she
remembered suddenly. "But got out
of 1t all right" she assured him hap
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