The Coolidge examiner., 1935-08-02
The Right Girl
By II. BRUCKER
Mcclure %rurssa s-sT ~ ID cate
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GsXxvHEN the time comes I'll pick
w the right girl" Don Farrell

was a tail loose llmbed fellow with
decp-sci gray eyes. and ais infec.
tluus smile.
fie had made the quoted remark
on his FIRST dag 10 Gatesyille. Bob
Haiues had just told him he'd bet
ter watch out for his heart FOR we
had the pTeitles; crop OF girls south
OF the Mason and Dixon line
"Wait III he meets the Nelson
twins" Bob had said then. Won
der which one he'll fan fort"
Don hadn't been in Gatesyille two
days when be had them both down
to the drug store and it didn't take
half an eye to see that he was fall
'nE fast but which one1-that
Sas the puErler.
Carrie Lou aud Emmy Lou were
their names and when their own
mother couldn't tell them apart how
vas a long legged Yankee going to
come TO any deciSion1 lie had the
whole town wondering.
There's no romance can get un-
der way with three principles.
Somebody's got TO drop out one
of the twins had 20 be disqualified.
Evidently the strain began TO tell
for gossip had II that the girls were
swapping az each other Two weeks
after Don's nrst appearance he
turned up al the drug store one eve
ming with one twin bat which
uneT
Bets began To run high around
the Soda bar.
From betting on Don the whole
community started betting on the
twins They'd alrted before. with
fellows from Georgia to the Mlssls-
sippl basin and never had had a
heart nuiier. Now this Eaugling
Yankee engineer had sunk them
both
Then one afternoon a man from
. the T. V. !. drifted into town and
said something about Don's wife
Say that burst the town wide
open. II vas about four o'clock IN
F the afternoon when the twins came
into the drug store Both we're In
whlte-jus, their belts different. one
blue and one red.
The preachers wife was in the
store buying catnlp for that blk
Maltese that always sits In her
front window. She marches right
over 20 the girls
There was a man In here a min
ufe aEo who said that young Mr.
Ferrel has a wife" she says The
preachers wife IL al rich, but sire
feels IL her duty To look after the
morals of the young.
I II hon hadn't followed right at
her heels u wouldn't have hsAen -
dramatic. As II was Il knocked all
the home talent shows In Gaiesvllle
right into a cooked hat. Don burst
through the screen Ills eyes were
almost black. lie came right over
70 where the girls were sitting.
The preachers wife hacked on
bur the fellows around the soda
har stuck and stared and figured
thar all that money they'd bet on
the twins was as good as gone
fine of the twins was heating .
regular taffoo on the floor with her
sllpter and the ether was hddllug
with soda straw and breaking n
into little pieces. guess they felt
pretty quser,
"whai have Won heardf" Don de-
manded. lie didn't slt down. He
stood leaning across the table and
hts glance included both the twins
His long brown fingers gripped the
edge ~ the table
Thar you were married" said
one She said II qniet.llke. hut
there was a lot behind her tome.
Some folks don't show their emo,
lion by being noisy. The other
twin did She said: Yes
thar You were married" Her voice
WAS thin and sharp. lis Il trueT
she demanded
YES. It's true"
The one with the blue belt who
had spoken first opened her lips
closed them and sank hack Into her
chair. The soda straw was torn
IN chan and lay scattered about
the chocolate soda which she
hadn't tasted. The twin In tho red
belt hurst into a regular torrent oi
, abuse She told Don what she
thought of all Yankees vel
II was almost as n shed
. stripped ofT her clothes and stood
. there naked. Most Of the fellows
skunk out OF the store ashamed fol
her Peing the soda jerker | haC
70 stick.
Finally the twin In the blue bell
hegan 10 cry. Dan stepped right
around the table and took her In
/, his arms. He kissed her.
You the twin in the rec
belt started screaming and clawins
h'- with her soft little hands. Dor
, didn't seem 10 mind He was grin
, ming snd showing his white teetf
and saving: Il always said tha
when the time came I'd pick IN.
right girl now know I've
made M mistake Carrie Ion an,