The Coolidge examiner., 1934-07-13

II Der Edua May had loved
IL Heury Appleton.
or course. at nrsI Il wasn't really
love Not the way sophisticated
people thought about lore.
Il had al started with a glrlish
admiration. sort of worship.
For Henry was truly hero to be
worshlped.
Even ln grammar school be vas
a. outstanding figure In boyish
sports
And later In high school when be
began to feel bis maturity he was
elected captain % the football
team. and vas prominent In all so
cial activities.
A tail. handsome hEure. decided
ly masculine. yet aadlng time 70
bask in the warmth % the worship
Edna Mas and other girls bestowed
upon him
Afierward. Edna May entered
Smith and Henry weui 20 Harvard.
she could only see him occasion.
ally thsn
But the uew spapers played him
up biz. predicted b. would be the
coming gTidiron star.
And through II all Edna Mays re-
gard waseTed not az all
The glrllsh feeling of admiration
ripsned and grew into what must
b. love.
No other word could explain the
thrill she felt when Henry asked
her 20 q sophomore hop.
Edna May remembered that hop
yly!dly.
She wcnt over biz. and this
seemed 70 please Henry a lot.
Like all college men he had been
afraid % being stuck wl;h a "a,
tire on bis hands She'd only danced
with him twice during the cveulng
And after II was over four couples
of them went home together In the
same automobile. and Henry had
let her 81 the door ~ the dorml.
tory where she was staying with n
hurried odulzht and the merest
trace % hand squeeze
Bot Dc must Ike her. she told
herself.
lie must. or be wouldn't have
asked Der 20 = biz event ike the
sophomore hop. with dozens % 9th
er girls willing and eager 20 20.
ON three other occasions during
the four years of college she had
gone to Cambridge and attended
Harvard functions with Henry.
And during her junior year he
had been her guest az the prom.
Bat their relations had never got
beyond the brother and sister stage
That was the trouble
Henry had always acted more
like a brother 10 her. That slcken-
inE big brother stun.
Just because their families were
friends and they had been brought
up together In the same town. had
attended the same public schools.
played In the same sand pile.
Henry probably thought she re-
fecied bitterly. be had a duty 10
perform. That's why he took her
around some-out ot respect 10 the
families.
After college Henry came home
and went Ia work In his fathers
bank. and Edna May lived with her
folks and said she'd Ike 70 stay
home for a while rather than travel
in Europe for a year AZ her mothers
suggestion.
But the real reason FOR II was be-
cause she wanted 90 be near Henry.
Surer than ever she was now
that she loved him.
That feeling that had grown and
rlpened and turned from alteration
TO admiration and then To respect
couldn't be explained any other
way.
They saw each other frequently.
They played tennis together and
swan and danced az the Country
club. But Henry's attitude re-
mAlned the same-a sort OF casual
indifference. a brotherly regard.
II he saw that she had developed
from a gawky girl into fun and ap-
pealing maturity, the change failed
20 interest him.
He talked 10 her freely about 9TH
er girls. called her attention 10 any
attractive females who appeared
from time TO time at the club
danccS infuriated her by paying
court 70 the young Mrs. Morgan,
whose husband bad died OF pneu-
monia two weeks after their mar
riage.
IL angered her 10 feel this way.
She knew Il was useless. hope
less.
And because OF this knowledge
she maintained a careless indiIer.
ence toward him.
II was only when she seemingly
became interested In Bob Somer.
Vile that Henry's attitude changed
Keep away from him, kid" he
advised.
ssRoh's n good scout. but he's not