Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-12
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DEEP DOWN somewhere even |
In u the best of us is lingering
disciplinarian which keeps us just |
q little ashamed and helps guide
our steps. Usually it is the men,
DRY Of some ugly deed months or
years ago, or Of some planned
meanness which we didn't quite do.
In the latter classification came
Thornton, HolSate's adventure in
alcoholism. The young college pro-
fessor had grown up with high
ideals, then had chung to them
through his adult career. The one
lapse, engendered by what he
thought was love, really was MOTH
ing; he merely purchased a bottle
Of liquorswith the vague intention
Of drinking it. and never touched
drop. But the memory ofnthat one
lapse chung to him ever after, a
latent shame. He felt that he had
been disgraced in a younger mans
eyes, had set a bad precedent to
a youth who admired him. Actual
ly, young Worthington Gurley had
paid only fleeting attention, think
ing the professor was conducting
some form of scholarly research
at dance. Worthington was too
distraught by the frameup on Sara
Sue, the planting Of a diamond
bracelet by her enemy, Peaches
Pomeroy.
1T is a beautiful piece of jew
elry," DR.. Holgate was saying,
holding the piece and the coat, too.
"Sure. Gosh! It cost plenty, DR..
Holgate. didn't it? Don't you see
I'll bet a dollar that Peaches was
going to accuse Sara Sue Of steal
ing it."
''Um." The professor was def
nitely at a loss. He could prove
nothing against Peaches, in one
sense. And yet the evidence was
damning. She would never have
risked so valuable an object in
mere schoolgirl joke, hoax of
some kind. Doubtless you are
right, Gurley. It was-fortunate-
that you discovered the matter in
time. But"
"What'l we do, DR.. Holgate ?"
"Um. Let me see-this is indeed
most regrettable, Gurley! Quite
disturbing"
Eyes, sir, but what'll we DO?"
Worthington believed in action,
not meditation.
1--WE must not move too hastily,
lest we. do an injustice. Are you
sure that this is Sara Sues coat,
and not Miss Pomeroy's own? Per-
haps Peaches just made an error,
and thought she was putting it in
her own coat"
Jaw, nav, hell nav, DR.. Hol-
gate! How could she?" The lads
contempt and anger were pro-
found. "She didn't put it in a
pocket, did she?
mo. But then she might make
a practice of concealing it in this
lining. 1t might be safer there. you
see?"
NAV! That's Sara Sues coat,
I tell you. checked it in. was
having to be check boy; the sophs
made me. helped Sara Sue take
it off. I've been with Sara Sue
when she wore this coat. That one
yOnder is Peaches SHAT one, see ?
Anyhow, I saw Peaches tear the
hole in the coat, with her fingers
and teeth. She looked wild as a
bat while she was doing it. Crazy
wild, and mean"
That, Of course, was sufficient
Gurley could not be mistaken.
DR.. Holgate had been hoping to
find some way out of the difficulty
Some graceful way. His, interest
now was more than personal, ii
was professional, too. It would be
a sad thing to have the grand
ball disrupted by public scandal
he realized. Inevitably the police
would get news of it, then the
newspapers. And he knew from di-
rect experience how the press was
headlining Rice news Of late.
AS a professor, he felt it his
duty to weigh the matter careful.
ly. Even if Peaches were no longer
the object OF, his affections, il
might be that she had just acted
impulsively and would soon be
genuinely sorry for her mistake
Jealousy sometimes does strange
things. He would not like to see
any student prosecuted needlessly
for one mistake, he told Worthing.
ton.
Merits, DR.. Holgate!" Gurley
was less lenient. 'That Pomeroy
girl. has two horns and a forkee
tail. Didn't you ever hear what she
did to the May queen last year
when she lost out on the voting