Evening star., 1938-12-25
She tried TO shut the door,
but he showed it open


seem to be put out about losing duke.
He had finished filling the tank and Al
kreevich handed him a twenty dollar bill. SO
he went into the station to change it.
As he disappeared Al kreevich turned to
Lii Lane and said thoughtfully. High
school sweetheart . Hnmn,rn
think we've got something there -
Got what
We'll. seeing as how the duke is sailing for
England tomorrow and we don't want your
public to suspect that he gave you the air.
suppose YOU break your date with him to-
night - and have one with this gas -pumper.
What
Lock - Hollywood glamour girl breaks
date with duke to have one with her high
school swectie. who pumps gas in the Bronx.
Does that make you sympathetic figure with
ten million shopglrls or doesn't it,
"Al, " Lii said. you re terrific.
You SAID it. You make date with him.
now for tonight III have the pictures and
story spread over the papers by morning.
Ned was trotting toward them. with tF4s>
change. All kreevich climbed rapidly from the
car and headed toward the washrOOn.
Med, Lii said 1T S certainly swell, seeing
you again. | wish we could have date for
old times sake Don't YOU
Gosh. yes" Ned said
We'll. We can make it for tonight. I'm
going back to the coast tomorrow So it has
to be tonight What time can you pick NE
uo:"
This was all happening pretty fast, but
there was a drealnlike quality in this sudden
meeting with Lii finding her plastered with
jewelry and furs. that made things seem very
logical to Ned He SAID Eight clock" And
Lii said That date
1t wasn't until after the car rolled down
the street that the dream haze evaporated
and Ned remembered something. Holy
smoke Now got to break those dates with
Trudv and Pearl
He went inside to the telephone. feeling
guilty - but also remembering with pleasure
certain nights when he and Lii had kissed
each other ecstaticalv on the front stoop of a
house in Flat tbush.
When he woke up the next morning. Ned
felt very low and for moment he didn't
know why Then it all came back to him
those photographers.
There had been a bunch OF them hanging
out in front of the hotel when he'd brought
Lii back. and they had all snapped pictures
as he helped her out OF his coupe. Those
pictures were going to be IN all the newspapers
today and Trudy and Pearl would be sure to
see them and he'd be in the doghouse for
keeps They d know led stood them up on
date to have one with Lii. A girl would not
forgive fellow for that very easily Instead
OF having two girls maybe he wouldn't
have any
All that day he brooded He had seen the
picture by then. with the big write-up in the
Daily Recorder. Trudy and Pearl both read
the Daily Recorder every day. What was even
worse than the picture was the write-up. 1t
to go out with Ned Peavy. her high school
sweetheart 1t gave Ned S full name and it
told where he worked and everything
At seven O'Clock that evening he drove
over to Pearls house prepared for the worst.
But when she opened the door he felt immedi-
ately that something must be wrong. She
knew he had stood her up for date with Lii
she had four newspapers spread out on the
dining room table yet she wasn't sore.
Why she looked at him as proudly as if he
had been written up for stopping runaway
horse