Evening star., 1937-10-31
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eiie DOyo III e'iC IoWu ulen IKE nlm. OutcaSt.
High-Pockets; never get nearer than the side
walk of Chester and Clifford's fraternity house:
so stlngy he'd squeeze nickel till - but she
wouldn't think about those things; they couldn't
be true. Oh, fool that she was! Blindly refusing
to admit the other side of him. But life was like
that; making you make fool of yourself A
person couldn't fight life.
Yet person could not make herself an out
cast. She couldn't walk out on the crowd. If
you were popular, why you just were; and what
could you do? Besides Buds free time was prac-
tically none. for he worked in the Ritz Imperial
Theater's parking lot at night 1t was mostly
over the telephone that she, as it we're. saw
him, except for one lunch at Pals Drive-In and
one hours ride.
She was sitting on the front porch of the
Cummings house, thinking of all this and how
sad fate had made her life when Mamie. the
cook, summoned her to the telephone. Bud
Haines was calling. He was jubilant.
Listen" he said. II can get off tomorrow
night and the day after tomorrow afternoon.
How's about the movie at the Ritz-Imperial
that night and ride for the afternoon?"
I'D love it, she said.
"Gee! He sounded like kid, she thought:
kid that had been given everything he wanted
for Christmas. He was sweet and the world was
such lovely place her heart had to thump fast
and pleasantly in her chest.
When she returned to the porch she found
Wally, Clifford and Chester trooping up the
steps. They had just come from Pals Drive-In
and had heard from the curb girl an old
grade school acquaintance ce-of Isabelle lunch
ing there with Bud Haines. They spared not
second in telling Isabelle they knew all.
Il always said = nay, proclaimed you had
IT," Wally beloved and flung himself down in
the canvas swing. But didn't believe the pirl
lived who could get old HIP to buy hera meal!'
"They tell me-" Clifford said, that he
actually handed you the menu and let YOU
order as you will"
"You lucky, lucky girl" Chester said. MAY
be he'll bring himself to taking you for whole
dinner at the Kwik Bite
The Kwik Bite was lunchroom down by the
railroad station. Isabelle had never set foot in
it in her life.
81" Isabelle said, telling the lie in whitening
tone. Il chose to eat at Pals"
Listen, sweetness" Wally laughed, don't
ever chose the Silver Willows Room. You
notice he went there alone And that guys got
dough-"
Il never knew before was considered to
have the reputation of being gold-digger."
Isabelles smile was very, very remote.
The three faces, sobered and sheepish, were
ample reoompense for the teasing she had un-
dergone and the insults heaped on Bud. It was
not cowardice that had kept her from openly
defending him. To defend him seemed some
how more of an insult than any the boys had
inflicted. Nevertheless, the remark about the
Silver Willows ranked.
1t took on an awful significance the following
night after the motion picture was over and she
and Bud were driving away from
the Ritz Imperial. He said moth
a ing about a sandwich at the
Tanglewood Grill. He didn't
even suggest a milkshake at
"a Pals He droveher straight home,
III fingered scarcely a minute at her
door before he said he had some
- work to finish up and was off
down the street at sixty-mile
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