Evening star., 1936-09-06
InStallment II.

al CdTOllIle. ! llc iOOh VI aN-
miration which had been In her
~ eyes a moment before had dis
appeared, and she was sternly disap-
proving.
why can't you be careful, Jed Wal
cott?" she demanded. my father
will be furious about that window"
Jed didn't have to be told what Mr..
Twills feelings would be. He was
already starting to dread the return OF
Caroline's father that evening. In
fact. he was wondering why there had
not already been some sort of violent
explosion inside the house, being un-
aware that Mrs. Twill was away for
the afternoon.
Thought you were pretty keen
number with that lacrosse stick, didn't
you?" taunted Harold. Now I guess
you don't feel so big"
Jed cast a look Of hate in Harold S
direction. For a moment he thought
of taking healthy swing at him. but
he abandoned the idea almost at once.
He had already licked Harold so often
that 1t was no longer any fun. And
this was a situation that could not
be solved by fighting.
I'm sorry about the window, Caro-
line" he said humbly. Maybe if you
didn't tell your father who did it, I
could get the money and have it
fixed"
Caroline laughed scornfully you'll
get the money, all right! My father
will see to that, as soon as he gets
home"
Jed realized that he was going to
get no help from Caroline. With bit
terness in his heart, he turned and
walked back out the drive with as
much dignity as he could muster.
| For the rest of the afternoon, he
racked his brain in an effort to solve
the problem. But at o'clock, when
his own father came home, it was
still unsolved.
|MR. wALcoTT was sitting on the
N front porch, reading the paper,
and Jed was inside. waiting for sup
per, when Mr.. Twill arrived. Jed lis
tened apprehensively while Mr.. Twill
spoke to his father. Then, deciding
that he might as well face the music,
he took his courage in both hands
and walked out on the porch.
Mr.. Twill. a stern-faced man with
heavy eyebrows, glared at him. We'll,
here you are!" he said. What do
you mean by smashing my Window"
TIT was an accident, Mr.. Twill" I"
said Jed in small voice.
"H-mph! Well, your father has
promised to pay me for the damage.
Here's your BALI" Mr.. Twill tossed
the lacrosse ball toward JED and
turned to stalk away
Jed's father watched him go, then
faced Jed. We'll, looks as though you
won't see many movies for a while,
jed" he said. "Mr. Twill will let me
know how much that window costs.
I'll pay him and you'll owe me the
money"
Jed nodded hastily. "Okay, Dad"
he said. "Ill pay it to you-every
cent"
He hurried into the house, thankful
that things had gone of so well The
prospect of having to pay his father
several dollars was not inviting, but
it could have been much worse, and
Jed breathed a sigh of relief.
If he thought the incident of the
broken window was ended, however,
he was mistaken. The next morning
when he wandered down the street to
see If there was a ball game in prog
ress in a vacant lot he was greeted by
howls of derision from the gang OF
boys assembled there.
where's your funny-looking tennis
racket, Jed?" they demanded. Went
over to play croquet with Caroline
Twill and busted her old mans win
dow! Bet he told you plenty!"
led hotly denied that he had gone
over to play croquet with Caroline,