Evening star., 1937-08-15
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boys are arguing about that boat - the paint
or something. They need your advice"
'If they'd taken my advice" Edgar said
they d never have bought that hulk
But why not?' Susie said
I'm the first place it's not worth dime. In
the second place, what good is any boat with
out water?"
"Why, there's the lake!" Susie reminded
him.
That tea cup!' Edgar turned to Isabelle.
ALLOW me, Miss Cummings. " He held out his
hand to help her down. He asked:
And what do you think of the boat, hmm?"
She stiffened There it was again. That pat
on the head in his voice. So he had been teas
ing her; he, the great big Navy man, had only
been amusing himself with her; putting her up
on this footstool and leading her ON like she
was little girl with grown-up tricks.
Il think the boat is marvelousr' she said
and, brushing aside his hand, stepped down
from the footstool "O course to somebody
who goes around on nothing less than an
ocean, the lake may seem slightly small; and
the boat may seem slightly nothing in COM
parison to battleship. But, I'd hardly call it
not worth dime, or the lake tea cup!'
isabelle" Susie forgot her drawl. Edgar
should know. After all, he's in the Navy"
Even 50" Isabelle murmured and strolled
off into the living ROOM Behind her she could
hear their burst of laughter. She could barely
hear him for Susie Susie laughing tmoathiay,
trying to impress him with how blase she was.
Well, let them laugh. Isabelle certainly didn't
care She didn't; not even if he went back to
the Navy with Susie's picture, maybe, stuck
away in his breast pocket.
Still, it was little difficult during the next
few weeks not to care - that is, not to admit
she cared - when she saw him with Susie or
some of the other girls. He didn't look at them
like they were two years younger than Shirley
Temple He treated them like they were real
people. But Isabelle - she had to be treated
like case of arrested development
Ensign Edgar Bowen of the United States
Navy! And why did he fool around with the
younger set at all? Why didn't he go with the
debutantes and leave her crowd alone?
One night eight of them went to the Tangle-
wood Grill and Isabelle was shocked to find
that somehow things had been managed so
that Edgar was sitting beside her. She had to
let him see she knew he was there, for the
waitress stood beside him while Isabelle or:
dered milk shake and toasted cheese sand
wich with bacon, nuts and tomatoes.
What big appetite for such little grl,"
he said, smiling at her.
She blushed. She felt just as she had used to
feel years ago when some grown-up had caught
her biting into her fourth large slice of chooo-
late cake. Because he mustn't see her blush,
she turned quickly to his brother.
Flows the boat, Wally?" she asked, her
voice unnaturally loud.
The boat. Immediately Clifford Reed and
Chester Armstrong broke into the oonversa-
ton. She was keen, she was the stuff and
she was going to knock everybody's eyes out.
Her paint was almost dry and day after to-
morrow she should be ready for launching.
What you going to call herr" Edgar Bowen
asked the boys.
why not" Susie suggested, one boat in
search of river'?"
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COUGHING AND SPu1TER-
ING SHE WAS CAUGHT