Evening star., 1935-12-31

He went to the hospital drunk Thurs
day, and the superintendent had to
interfere to keep him from doing an
appendix. DR.. Fabre was Wild"
II know" Kay agreed. Bob told
mel"
And that almost killed Bob'S
father" said Genevieve. But this
other, coming on top of it, has made
him forget that. The two things may
neutralize one another. People will
forget the lesser scandal in the
greater. Maybe you were wise to pull
this, Bob!"
Bob said with a wry smile: That's
small comfort"
And Genevieve appealed to Kay:
Kay. you can do job on Bob, if you
will. He's not so rotten as he seems
He's been wild and reckless and fool
ish, but the idiot has a surgeons S
fingers and he knows the inside OF
people as well as most of us know their
outsides, or better. If you'd take him
in hand and make him toe the mark he
might amount to something"
Kay made a gesture Of protest, would
have spoken. but Genevieve silenced
her, went urgently on:
And, Bob, Kay's sweet kid! I've
lived with her for year and I know,
The only fool thing about her, she
obsessed with the idea that she doesn't
want to marry Small-town man;
she's been playing desperately hard
all this last year trying to hang on,
trying to avoid having to go home.
But she's straight, Bob, and she's
got brains enough for you and her
both. If you've got the sense of O
moron you'll hold on to her!"
Bob after moment said slowly:
"Of course. If Miss Brannan is will
ing, III"
Man of honorI" Kay whispered,
smiling at him in a gentle derision,
though her eyes were full of tears.
You were nice last night, Bob! You
were so afraid you had compromised
me! You kept telling me you'd make
an honest woman out of me"
And a fine job you did Of i'll"
Genevieve exclaimed
But it's possible to carry chivalry
too far" Kay told them steadily. I'VE
don't love each other, Genevieve. We
never even met till last night. It
would be-worse than it is-if We
tried to stay married"
Genevieve urged robustly: "Give
yourselves a chance! After all, you
can't tell till you try! You might fall
for each other in a big way; and a
honeymoon won't be any more scam
dalous than a marriage. Try it, any,
way!"
Kay shook her head. "No." she said
again. I'm sorry. No."
The other girl lifted her hand in a
gesture of surrender. Have it your
way then," she assented. II suppose
you'd like me to drag myself out Of
here. let you settle it!"
But Bob and Kay were together in
dissent; they protested so quickly that
she chuckled. Don't want to be left
alone?" she laughed "One's afraid
and the other dassant, eh? All right,
behold in me the perfect chaperon.
I won't leave you'll"
And she sat down, elaborately, on
the foot of the bed. Go ahead and
talk it out" she directed. "I'll keep
my mouth shut, I'll even snore, if you'd
rather" Then more seriously: After
all, the whole thing is up to you two"
Bob nodded, but he did not speak.
and after a moment Kay said di-
rectly:
I'm not sure about-legal things,
but isn't it simply a question of an
annulment? Perhaps DR.. Dakin's law
yer could help us somehow"
Bob looked at her gravely. "You
don't realize what your up againstl"
he protested. This will be like throw
ing a bucket of tar over you. You'll
never get the stain of it off"
People will forget" Kay insisted.
Nothing is ever as bad as we ex-
pect it to bel"
II thought" Bob proposed, diff
IDENTIFY, that it would be more-dig-
nified If we don't hurry too much"