The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-04-10
Mixed Dates
BY CLARENCE CARPENTER
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service.
THE shr,ll ring of a bell interrupte,


4 my study Glad of an excuse
tossed the hefty book to one side
and reached for my phone Maybe 1t
was Ellen May; she had promised to
call sometime, but of course /
couldn't expect too much of her. FL
len May was very popular coed.
1t was Bertie Gregg's smooth voice:
Listen, Ned-I'm in a JAM"
That's sweet" I retorted, surprised
at my own wit. But don't expect me
to mix In any of your affairs. Why
can't you be little more discreet any
how?" BERTHE was terror with the
goods.
"Why, Ned" BERTHE reproached me.
Have you forgotten who fixed you up
with tickets for the big game? Don't
you remember who rushed you into
the frat7 And BESIDES" he added, Inn
pressively, who, may / ask, intro
duced you to Ellen Mayg
That did It. Tell me the worst" /
groaned
Nothing to It, Ned. A friend Of my
sister, school teacher, arrives on the
taking postgrad here and wants to
look the place over Sis wrote me to
show her around, and you can bet It's
goodby allowance Ii / don't. But /
got date tonight"
Now walt a minute, BERTHE" l pro-
tested. Il don't want Ellen May to
see me with a strange girl
No danger Of meeting Dllen May
in the library" came Bertie's snappy
retort. Besides. take a tip from me-
Don't take Ellen May too seriously,
Ned. She isn't your type. But be sure
and meet this Miss Susan Malver
Better use my name. She never saw
me before and she goes home tomor
row anyway"
Eight o'clock found me sitting at a
table near the dance floor OF the Col
lege Town hotel. At my side was a
dream of a girl with soft red lips and
bright blue eyes. had always
thought Ellen May was the only girl
In the world with q complexion like
that
II thought you would like to see
something besides class buildings,
Sue," / told her.
"Oh Bertie," Sue interrupted me In
sweet, innocent voice. who are
the couple doing that rather-rather
bold dancer"
Bet it's BERTHE Gregg, / thought
grimly, turning to look. 1t was Bertie
giving an especially wild execution of
the collegiate dip. Struggled In his
arms was Ellen May.
Ellen May was Bertie's date! No
wonder that snake-in-t the-grass had ad-
yised me not to take Ellen May too
seriously. Looking down into the
questioning eyes of the girl at
my side | suddenly realized that I'll
len Mays fickleness had not affected
me half SO much as 1t might have
"Oh, they're just couple OF students"
answered eYasiyely.
Then Bertie saw u.s. | knew by the
CLEAN In his eyes that Sues good looks
had not escaped him. wasn't a bit
surprised to see him drop Ellen May
at the captains table and come saun-
tering over to u.s.
Smiling broadly, BERTHE sat down
without an Invitation. I'm Ned Ken
nedy." he said, introducing himself to
Sue. Il heard my friend Bertie here
had company but / never dreamed it
would be so charming. ] thought you
were the more serious type, llke-like
Bertie here"
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less. And Sue was falling for 1t, too
She gave him friendly smile as he
led her out on the floor
When Sue and the real BERTHE came
back, BERTHE sat right down again with
apparently no intention Of leaving the
lovely Sue.
TITS funny" she confided, "but |
have feeling you boys are playing a
game" Bertie started, and ! looked
up hopefully. / hated the mess this
mixup had made. | didn't want to be
Bertie Gregg a minute longer.
'You know. Bertie," Sue went on,
turning her violet eyes on me and
thus sending my hopes flying again,
your sister told me you were a lit
tie wild; instead / find you nice
quiet boy, right at home In the library
or study.
Ned, here, was supposed to be the
serious, hard working lad, interested
In his career" Sue smiled at BERTHE.
Then / find him playing the bold
part. Now why don't you boys con-
fess that It's all game to make me
think BERTHE has reformed2 Honor
bright, I won't say word to Bertie's
sister"
/ cropped awkwardly for words, but
Bertie was always ready for any
emergency. "You clever girl" he ad-
mired How did you guess itf I'm
glad though that you found me out
I'm glad you found I'm the type to ap-
peal to girl like you. / think we are
going to like each other very, very
much"
was fiabbergasted It wasn't
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