The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-31
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1 rick decided, 30 lose ores girl
and funk one study without per-
fectly fatuous coach coming along
to bawl one out IN front Of the team
and make . general nuisance Of
himself nosfng into affairs that ySere
none Of his businessi Juat Is If
one wasn't likely to funk "a akam.
Or stay out late few highs. Life,
he decided, had deteriorated 10 q
pretty mess when q fellow couldn't
even see his girl and 60 to q few
shows without getting posted. Most
likely that prosey old coach had
seen him with Diana and was plain
jealous.
Diana was always gay, he reflect
ed; he couldn't recall eves having
seen her cross or impati ant with
him, or with any one for tat mat
ter. She made all her clas!ies regu-
larry and kept fairly decent aver
age, although the times she was
called down in class for unprepared-
ness was noticeable. But did she
answer back? Not so you'd notice
it. Di wasn't the crabby sort. II
any one wished to think hershly Of
her they were welcome. fof al she
cared! Of course, Di waan'f any
thing like Betty. Betty was poor
apd had no sport car o. sporty
clothes to 60 with, 1t, and Betty not
only won wonderful marks and hon.
ors, but she had made the Phi Mu
and was being urged to sjoin the
Epsilons as well, besides being a
guard on the basketball team and
a runnerup for the tennis champion
ship of the school. And the. greatest
difficulty with Betty was that she
expected too much Of fellow. Not
the sort of things Di expected; not
candy and movies and ds ces and
dinners. Rather. Betty expected
him to 60 out and win his lester
the first year by spectacular play;
or win such high marks that he
got some sort of medal.
And so he smiled warmly tip N Di
and reluctantly admitted MT he
had to stay in and bone up On Eng
lish, adding that the ffsl coach
threatened to remove him from the
team if he got another seaenty!
why, you poor lamb, xou!" ex-
claimed Di in her high, shs i'll voice.
Come over to my fiat ar:i have a
bite to eat and let's talk it-bver."
But Betty. Gee, Betty was diff
ferent. Betty wouldn't let7you have
a sandwich and cake and singer ale
plus in the afternoon. nst muchl
She'd dig out few oranges and
some other fruit and advise adher-
ence to diet rules as per the coach.
/. And Betty wasn't wise to herself
the way Di was. Betty was UNI
ashamed of the busting of fine gold
en- freckles across the bridge of her
small nose; she called them tennis
croix de- queries. And -Ae never
used powder or rouge or any other
makeup.
Somehow most of Bett, was un-
comfortable, he decided. For Di
did not play tennis; it wss messy
She hated golf; one had to practice
too much. Riding horseback was
too hard And swimmin N-ugh!
Eels and fish and bugs. So4Di did
none of them-much tQA messy.
And Roger basked in tn, comfort
able warmth of her smie without
regretting too much his break with
Betty.
At seven he started horne toward
the boarding house where the crew
lived, his thoughts happr and his
mind pleasantly exhilaraked by the
plus ginger ale, and at Elm and
Center streets an orsnge car
whizzed out from the mfrk of the
avenue where Di lived anil he felt a
sharp pain and then stared falling
immeasurable distances through
space. Di had run over sAim going
at fifty-mile speed-it was too much
trouble to watch out for every jay
walking pedestrian.
He awoke in the collegGinfrmar
and Betty sat beside him holding
his hand tightly with one. hand and
holding Latin grammar and
grinding out passages ,.of Virgil
from book propped on "a chair in
front of her. He was Conscious Of
a great weight lifted from his heart
and mind and vaguely recalled hav-
ing talked a great deal--wondered
if he had been delirious. After q
while he thought of Diana and he
wondered why he wasn't .disappoint-
ed not to care any more for her,
and then it struck him 81 ludicrous
that he should know thai he didn't
care for her without arrsfing ut the
decision through the usual devious
method of thinking. Betty saw that
his eyelids were fiutferin6; he
couldn't fake Inconsistencies any
more, SO he opened his eyes and
asked what happened. Z
"A girl ran you down over on
Center street-only = sliRhf scalp
wound, Rog; you can get right after
your English tomorrow. And Il
may save your life-this week in
bed"
avou damned it'll. Ac..h,u -