Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-05


been almost as much shock to Sh'
herself to find that Randolph Straw
bridge was such boor.
"How in the world could such q
man be the father of q fellow ike
Vic?" Sheila had said as she ana
patty drove out to the club after
dinner. isn't he grotesque?'
II don't think that's the wora'
Patty said. Don't you mean amoi-
tious?"
II do wish you'd stop being SO
SNUG. Patty" Sheila replied lrrl-
tably What has ambition got 10
do with making clown OF your
self?"
patty swallowed a nasty smoker.
"Oh, don't know" she managed
IN saw. Sometimes people do funny
things for the sake of connections.
Sheila shot her a quick, narrow
eyed glance, but apparently saw
nothing to indicate dubious lntent
in the remark. We'll" she sad
"I'm certainly glad Vic doesn't take
after his father"
PATTY couldn't think OF an answer
n that one, so she opened her purse
and took out a cigarette. she looked
around at the trees and the SHRUBS
lining the highway and at tne sky
above them, searching 1or some
thing less dangerous to talk aoouC.
But the only thing that caught ner
eve WAS the brilliant moon, ana u
vas worse than dangerous because
T. made her think Of the moon she
and Johnny had lived under 1or
those fleeing few minutes Wnen
they'd parked along the lake snoI nor.
that NIGHT the week before. she 1eiC
her heart skip a beat when she re.
nembered so wildly the pressure Oh
his Inns on hers, and then there was
a sickness that she had to close her
ewes against and bite her lip Wnen
she thought of how he'd frozen WIN
his arms around her and then SUD
denly let her 60 and turned TO start
the car.
Patty's Eyes Smart.
THAT was as close as III ever y
come to having Johnny loVe me,
she thought hollowly. "One KISS
one pressure of his arms around my
.hm,lders-and a nasty certainty
that he was thinking and wlsnlns
A. was somebody else" She looked
.t Sheila and suddenly her eyes
stuna. "Oh, that smoke" she ex-
claimed, dashing her cigarette oveI
~. side of the car. But 1t WASH I
evoke that made her eyes get wa
tery: she just had to say sometnins
h.tors che reached for her hanKy. ,
There was a considerable crowo
At the club and Sheila knew almosl
al, IF them, She introduced Pat1yy
- . score of good looking young
,,,en known by names like DICK ana
rave and Tom and Jimmy and Doug
.nd Rill but Patty didn't remember
.nv IT them because she didn't even
w. n Not one Of them, even
though they must have known nov ",
close sheila had been to him an
w. ME. asked about Johnny Null
..nev Patty saw several OF tneHl
r,hisner to one another at various
tirnss casting side glances at Sheila'
and che was sure their lips were
framing Johnn's name, but not one
If them mentioned him IN snelia 5
"Talk about fair-weather friends.
che mumbled once, and when Snelia
turned around and said, what are
Won saying?" she just shook hef
head and said, Nothing.
A monograph was playing IN tne
principal lounge and she even
danced with several OF the boys
taking a rather perverse pleasure In
the fact that the same one never
asked her to dance twice. She knew
II was because of her caustlc re-
marks in reply to their attempts 10
make conversation, and between
dances she rehearsed in her mmo
what she would say to make the next
one squirm.
A Hopeful Plan.
Some of the things she said ap-
oarently got back to Sheila because
IN the way home Sheila commented
on her bad humor. Both Dick
and Bill asked me where I picked
no the hell-cat," she said. Whats
the matter, Patty? Are you get
ting homesick or something's"
mo. darling, not at ALL" Patty
replied. II just had my mind or
something else. I'll make apologies
next time I meet them and every.
thing will be all right"
Randolph and Owen were in the
library with the doors pulled almost
closed when the girls came in. They
had to pass by the narrow opening
on their way upstairs and Patty
with her ears tuned to catch the
faintest word, heard one that salts