The Washington times., 1937-04-05

the plate was empty.
More coffee" Edward said
land two Benedictines."
She loved his man-of-the-Worlc
manner. He knew how to d.
things. He sailed right ahead
without looking to see how
The floor show was on again
She watched it, smiling happily
They danced again and again
There was much more room now
People didn't get in their way
as they did before.
"Well-before we get thrown
out!" Edward smiled. He called
the waiter. They walked out
past rows of empty tables, ur
the thickly carpeted steps, to the
lobby, where the lights seemed
DINNER, and Chinese boys in soft
brocade garments were silently
emptying ash trays, sweeping up
MY cars parked around the
corner, in the lot" he said.
It was a roadster, with the top
down. Quite an old one. Il
didn't bring my own car" he
explained. II just took a notion
to come, suddenly. Drove up with
two other fellows. This is Press
Hackett's car"
Il live way out in Hollywood
it's long way
We'll go by way Of Santa
Monica-that'll be longer"
They drove out to the ocean, lis
tened to the dark water pounding
on the rocks below the promontory
on which they we're parked. The
salt wind cut sharply through her
light coat. She moved nearer. His
arms encircled her, their lips met
She thought-he loves me, too
and closed her eyes, content.
~
It was the second night. Marie
was off again, with the boy friend
She'd been gone all afternoon, too
Seems like a nice enough fel
low" Charlie said, lighting his
pipe.
Julie looked at him reproach
fully. It's easy to be pleased when
it isn't YOUR daughters happi.
ness at stake.
"Oh, he's nice enough she
said. But, my land"
Charlie puffed on in silence.
What does a girl see in a kid
like that?"
He grinned, spread his stubby
fingers. Girls will be girls!"
"Oh, Charlie, don't be coy!
Don't I know all the answers? But
what I mean is-here's Marie
never so much as looks at a boy,
And that Howell boy-the one
that worked for the real estate
company over in Beverly-you
know the one I mean-was real
prospect. But could she see him
No-and he was serious, too.
And now this-this kid-this
bigtalking, do-nothing comes here
out of curiosity-mark my words
out of curioAty-and at the
first kind word from him, the first
look you might say, she falls-like
ton of bricks!"
Charlie was still grinning.
1T makes me so mad! My good.
ness, can't do anything-I can't
say anything. She wouldn't even
hear me. Oh, it isn't that don't
want her to wake up-and fall
in love-that part is fine. 1 want
her to have a normal life, heaven
knows. But Charlie-in her own
funny little way she's in love
with hirn-terribly in love. And
you know as well as 1 do, that it's
absurd, and it's funny-if you care
for that kind of joke-and it is
going to hurt when she realizes
the truth.
Because of course she's just
one more little adventure to him
he's been around. that one. Did
you notice the way he played ur
to me this afternoon when he
came for her?"
Charlie looked up. II can't say
I noticed anything out of the
way"
"Out of the way! I didn"
A4Co14 ally GllLAlS Inc GIldG. bu
that nice. flattering way he look
at you-and the way he kind O.
cocks his head on one side wher
he listens-as if pearls of wi
and wisdom were just dripping
out of your mouth, and he could
MT bear to miss one thing-anC
all the time not really listenin,
at all! Oh, he didn't fool me.
saw through him at a glance
What's more, he noticed it
You'll not see him hanginl
around here much-not wher
I'm around. He doesn't like me
Nonsense"
Nonsense nothing, And I hop,
you noticed that he didn't havt
a job"
"He spoke of some kind o
forestry"
Last years bird nest! H
hasn't been near it for a year
And then he said something