Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-09

Why" Audrey said, staring at
him, nobody has to be incited to it!
It's simply understood that everybody
around here who helps keep up the
boathouse has perfect right to go to
the boathouse dance! Of course if she
hasn't anybody to go with -"
That's another thing" he said. Il
guess she feels kind of bad about that
not that she'd ever say anything
about it, of course, because she's the
kind that would take anything like
that right on the chin -"
well, she doesn't have to take this
on the chin" Audrey put in suddenly.
Because she can go with YOU"
"Me.o"
Eyes"
But why? Why me-"
Because you're mad about her,
that's why! Because you're absolutely
mad about her! There's no point,
either, in your not admitting it! Be
cause this two-timing business is the
one thing in the world that l abso-
lutely hate and despise and -"
But - Audrey" he broke in des-
perately. IT'S you Pm that way about!
It's never been anybody but you!
Why, Marie is just a kind of friend
of mine - the way she says herself,
she wouldn't be anything else -"
"Oh! You asked herr
No. She told me- Oh, my good
gosh. Audrey -"
There's no such thing, Gene
Walton! There's no such thing as some
one like her being friend of some one
like you! So you can just take her to
that dance and you can just see if
care! Because =" She CROPPED for
something startling to say BE
cause - well, as matter of fact,
because I'm going to that dance with
somebody else''
"Who?" he demanded
Audrey bit her lip. She saw a second
too late where her statement was going
to lead her But no one had ever called
Audrey Reynolds bluff. She lifted her
chin. I'm going with Tom Ramsay"
she said.
why, that brat That brat -"
He isn't any brat! He's only seven
months younger than you, and he's
lots taller than | am and lately he's
been getting very good looking and
what's more he's got charmr' She
wound up. almost Historically. Hes
got simply loads and loads of chornsi"
She could hardly believe her own
ears. but this was what she had said.
Gene, at first, was stupefled. Then he
was hurt and then, suddenly. he was
as furious as she was. They stood on
the path glaring at each other -.
The whole story was soon the talk
of the younger set. Il hear" Marie
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fashion, that you're not going to the
boathouse dancer
Nope" Gene said. bitterly. II guess
I'm not"
well. I'm not going either. Nobody
could pay me to go! But of course -"
She hesitated here, looking amused
and at the same time slightly troubled
"Of course it's going to bother my
poor grandmother - and all these
older people. as matter of fact. sup
pose they've gone to a lot of expense
over the orchestra and everything. So
when you look at it from that angle -
l don't know. do you think we really
ought to go?"
why -" he said. startled II don't
see why anybody should feel that -"
"Oh. l know! But you know what
people are! All the talk! | don't know
maybe it would be a good idea if
we kind of joined forces - just looked
in for minute, maybe, to show we
weren't being high-hat or anything"
He looked at her uneasily. He was
beginning to realize that a simple
friendship with a girl was not like a
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