| Show I S S S t j The The IlI Illogical I I t Isabel Til i i I By RU RUBY DOUGLAS UGLAS 9 3 t 5 S S S S I Copyright B Br BJ r J was such ouch a met combination of ot practical good sense and Inconsistent her friends had long since nicknamed her herI I Illogical Isabel At first she had been annoyed Then her better Judgment came to her aid and she reasoned It out as beluga being a compliment rather than otherwise No No one whom horn you JOU dislike ever over hag hils hilsa haga haga a nickname she argued A A nick nick- nickname nickname name that they call you to your face tace Is always in the tile nature of ot a 8 pet name loure perfectly right agreed her chum Nosy v who would think of ot nick nick- nicknaming nicknaming nicknaming naming Elizabeth Bradford No one ODO would dare No one loves her enough to shorten her name affectionately to Beth wen well But well you know Harvey y Isn t goIng to sail his boat In tn the bl big race dont don't you asked Isabel seemingly quite beside the subject What on earth has that to do with nicknames exclaimed c her lier chum thing 1 I declared Isabel I told him I simply wouldn t sail with him on oa F Iday the thirteenth and be hewon wont t sail sull the Hydrophobia without me The other girl laughed heartily tit hat a combination anyway A boat hoat called the Hydrophobia and a girl so whimsical that she won t sail be duse be-duse cause of ot a silly date Poor Harvey 1 I The diy day before the water sports ar arrived riled anda and Isabel a bel had not changed her mind about Harvey lIe He had made no effort to see sec her This ibis only made It worse orse and Isabel Isibel was wondering where she should go so as to have a abood Good bood excuse e for tor not being at the ya ja lit ht Aces on the following day ay She egan to on wonder lieI who would help Harvey ey sill sail the lie race Surely he would not ask oISh some other girl She always ns held the lie gib sheet for tor him and she could not conceive conteh e a of ot some other othel girl being of ot any real help in the stern ot of the little craft whose name had caused so much trouble Being practical IE it spots she turned to some good reading to try to take her bel mind off her unhappiness Fiction failed to hold her attention eventually r she slie chose choe cho cho- e a book from her fathers reading table It con tamed some es essays ays and lectures on Im IHO pro ing the mind on broadening the iSlon on discarding the petty things in 10 life that flint so often upset the mental apple cart All quarrels may be traced back bick to misunderstanding she read She put don down n the book Was true Had lad she and ind Harvey mel el misunderstood each eich other Was he he as unhappy as she was wis at al althis this moment Did she misunderstand hIs meaning I I know I am Inconsistent she sh argued with herself And of ot course that makes me quite Illogical But Bul what hat of ot It Dismissing the case cuse against herself sure she decided with very ery prompt an and practical application to what hat she had just discovered that the thing to do downs was to patch up the silly quarrel with lInn ey and help him to sail the Hy Hydrophobia the following day She Sh hoped It was not too late the he jumped Into her little roadster and drove e down to the shore where here she he knew the boys boya would be busy get getting lag their boats ready really to race lInn Harvey ey was not there The Hydrophobia Hydro Hydro- HydrophobIa Hydrophobia phobia n was as lolling Idly at her mooring the water ater lapping her hu sides silles ou l Have Havo I you iou ou seen Hune Harvey Hursey she asked one of the boys who was busy cleaning up his bib craft don so-don o don t believe bell he s 3 going to sail he replied I Oh Oh yes ics es lie he Is replied I Isabel abel She Slie hastened back to the village and ma made e a wide Ille detour to her ber home In order to pa pass s the home of ot Harvey e 8 people She Slie knew that he was hn has lag Ing his vacation and ind would as likely as asDot not Dot be about the garden somewhere She saw him on the porch and blew her horn loudly lIe He looked up at once and dashed out to the street as It if Ithe he be were on a sprint for a prize Isabel t he cried Why hy area aren arent t you dolling up your mad little boat she slie asked laughing and quite their quarrel Because my mad mall little sweetheart won on t sail with Ith me he be replied catch catchIng In lag her mood But she will I d She knows you couldn t embark on any sea without her to help you manage the craft cratt Do Do you ou mean that he be ask asked ell jumping In beside her They dro drove drone e to the harbor barbor and to- to together to together gether they put the Hydrophobia Into the pink of ot perfection Weve Yeve done e everything cry thing but pu put 0 powder der on her nose laughed Isabel as 83 they surveyed eyed their pretty clean boat Put Put plenty on your our own tomorrow dear for tor were we're ere going to run up Into the wind Ind and win In thIs race And then then- lie he asked Isabel nodded you Yes Yea you may muy ask father tather-It If we win she told him |
