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of college this fall unquestionabl
would have been Thornton Hol
gate. Then, too. he was the maj
least likely to have stirred Sar,
Sues heart.
To begin with, it was highly un
likely that she should ever hav'
met him at all, socially. He ha(
been a retiring, scholarly, even shy
sort, who imagined himself to bt
middle aged, and who was eternal
ly concerned with mathematical
phenomena. Sara Sue was a widow
still bubbling with youth, girl OF
infinite charm and animation. Fate
must have chuckled a bit at bring
ing two such unrelated personal
tiles together.
To be sure, the attachment was
only halfway. Which only made it
the more tragic. Sara Sue, herself,
could not have told you why she
loved Thornton. Certainly he was
not her type. Her husband of five
years ago had been noisy, blus-
terry athlete, much like her great
admirer, Bob Towne, and every
body about the campus was pre-
dieting that by November Bob
would have no trouble capturing
the lovely Sara Sue.
1t was known, by now, that DR..
Thornton Holgate saw Sara Sue
frequently, but no inkling of any
romance there had been given.
Actually, of course, it was not a
romance; it was just a one-sided,
now heart breaking business Of a
girl loving a man, a repetition for
the nth time Of life's most poig-
nant tragedy-unrequited love.
No, it was was worse than un-
requited love.
It was worse because Sara Sue,
loving a man, was pledged to help
him win another girl!
Given fair and open field, Sara
Sue or any other spunky American
girl would have challenged her
rival to fight. She could have set
out to take Thornton away from
Peaches Pomeroy, and the world
would have applauded the winner.
But-Sara Sues hands were tied. |
Tied because she loved Thornton
so deeply that she would do any
thing to insure his happiness. And |
his happiness, so he had declared, |
lay in winning Miss Pomeroy.
Since he had seen Peaches a few |
times of late he was declaring his
yearning for her more often than |
ever, more vehemently than at |
first, and all Sara Sue could do
was to listen and renew her pro-
fessional pledge to help him.
Sara Sue could not know, of |
course, hat a man sometimes will
speak vehemently in an effort to
convince not only others, but him.
self as well. Or at least she could
not know to apply this to Thorn
ton. She could not know that
Thornton was unconsciously try
ing to win the happiness that he
had first envisioned, out which
seemed to be slipping away. Nor
know that Thornton himself had
really undergone a change of
heart, even though unadmitted.
The truth is that Thornton had
cooled toward Peaches, but-can q
man drag his pride in the dust +?
Having sworn his complete loyalty
and love for Peaches, and having
hired Mrs. Davis help in winning
her, could he confess now that he
didn't want the girl after all?
No. In fact, he wouldn't even
confess that to himself.
He told himself Gas Sara Sue
had earlier Intimately that he had
been something Of a sissy, and if
Miss Pomeroy were modern and
lively and gay. then he should try
TO match her pace. Therein, no
doubt, lay the solution of his prob
lem, the realization Of his dreams.
Perseverance is a good trait, in (
love as well as in business, Thorn I;
ton," Sara Sue counseled. Don't !
stop trying to win Peaches. IF she
refused you date for the fresh ,
man dance, ask her again for the ,
big autumn prom. the Information
al. It's not too early to ask her
now" M l..
Inc autumn prom, at which the
social elite of south Texas would I
be on parade, was scheduled for ,
the end Of the football season.
Specifically. for the night after the ,
pig international game, II
Rice Institute, having won q !
championship in 1887, and being an ,
independent university in the larg-
est border state, had been chosen
py ballot of American football ,
coaches to represent the United /
states in the first of a new series
Of games between this nation and :