Show THE THE HOPE H CHESTI CHESTS CHEST I By MARK LEE LUTHER Little Copyright Cop B J Jo town rown o m 1215 ll c Co by CHAPTER 16 Ills face ace vied with the carnation carna carna- lion tion In his buttonhole when nhen ho reached her side side but ho had tho the wit to seize the first word wont Why h didn't you write me that l I you ou were v coming Z he lie demanded as If Ir his were v the tho real grievance Sheila Ignored d the reproach I brushed his outstretched hand ham with limp fingers and made macic him known mown to the tho Tom Tont hoard heard tho sublime name without visible surprise and furious as 3 she was with him Sheila took toole prIde In his be bearing Then some Iome ono started Boots Doola and under cover cr of ot tho the uproar Tom Toni bent enl t over o her When ir may I J sec see you your r he asked In Iii a humbler tone At Christmas I 1 suppose she said coldly I 1 dont don't know your fathers father's plans You Know lenow that Isn't Int what hat I mean I Its what I mean I What rot An accidental meeting like lIko this why this why he ho couldn't possibly object Dont Don't be unreasonable Sheila And dont don't think what youre you're thinking Im I'm entitled to n a little muo amusement Dont lot let me mo keep you from rom your amusement I prefer to stay here Uninvited 7 He recognized the force Coree of this and straightened whereupon Eliot Lounsbury obligingly assumed therole the therole therole role of special providence Wont you Join us Ballantine he ie asked I q daresay you two have ha many things to say to each oth other or Tom instantly accepted I and f as ho 10 cast about for a chair Molly's l lips bru brushed hed Sheila's ear car lies Hes a dream she said Dont be a pig piS Land and monopolize him I I wont won't said Sheila perceiving ing that the situation had Its I lighter side Talk his Ills arm off dear Ill I'll not molest you And L LI she Bhe made room for him between I them Sheila Shella he began Miss Lounsbury Is speaking to Ic I you you she cut him off ort and gave her attention to an ice which the I waiter walter no now offered with singular fitness She craved crave craved nothing less than an at 1 Ice She wanted some one to delugo delugo de de- lugo her with tuna small talk and give i her hel an excuse for Cor turning he her r shoulder ler on Tom and leisure to t consider his duplicity and his hi C punishment But Thit Gertrudo Gertrude eternal eternal eter eter- nal schoolgirl was as devouring be her r dessert in silent ecstasy and he her r parents plainly found each other othe r of greater cr Interest than their sur sur- Molly's hold on Tom rom was wa precarious He lie w was s answerIng answerIng answer- answer Ing Ins in monosyllables and fidgeting fidgeting fidget fidget- ing with his feet reet Then chance sent her an nl ally Heralded Herald d by a cheer from without hailed by a at t tempest of applause as ho he entered forced to shake hands at C 01 every ever top stop blush blushing Ins under his honors the most famous amous of or the Louns- Louns i burya burys made hl his conquering way across the tho grillroom to their table L' II Classmates are not necessarily acquaintances In th the academic groves sro beside the Charles and brought broucht fae face to face nc the two young men eyed each other un un- un- un certainly Then Stoughton put putout putout putout out hl his bin hand Youre Ballantine arent aren't you 7 he said Seen you often otten of oe course Same here said ald Tom Torn dryly Congratulations Stoughton's equally laconic Thanks seemed to be beggar ar his Inspiration but hit his father tactfully tactful tactful- l ly threw himself Into the breach breach- To think that you chaps haps h nd n d I Ito to como come to Yale to meet he ht x x- x claimed Im always forgetting that Harvard h has outgrown the Yale of ot m my day The Idol of ot tho the po populace had bad no need to hunt a seat scat A waiter walter conscious of or his high privilege straightway pressed a a. chair to his heroic knees and young younS Lounsbury Lounsbury Lounsbury Louns Louns- bury dropped into it wIth the confidence o of royalty which Is Is said ever to know that a chaira chair a 3 waits awaits I had no end ot of trouble makIns making mak mak- in Ins ing It he lie said turning at once to Sheila But Bul I 1 was as bound Id I'd como comet I even thought about It durin during th the game Sho looked before beCore she spoke Im sure your our people ate she he he replied He lie shook hook his broad shoulders Why beat bent about the bush Of 01 cour course e I came to see Bee you you Sheila's carefree mirth was wa I meant for other than cars ars Slough Stough- ton lon Do you OU drive at everything football fashion 7 she queried Everything I want It was almost with relief relict that tha I Iho she ho he heard a a. rumbled summons summon from Tom Yes res she said SaM yielding him a a L wintry three-quarters three glimpse 0 01 ot other t ther her face You might as well make up UI your our mind to to listen to me he I warned in an nn impassioned under under- tone Im going coIns to stick till you yoi I do The persistent Stoughton spared spare I her a rep reply Arc Are you two related 7 he hea I a asked ked forward For once Sheila W was S at a loss but Tom arose to Inc emergency with astonishing dash Oh Yes yea es ho he said Bald But nut Its It's one of or those relationships that are arc difficult to explain Distant you OU mean meanT 7 Distant seems to describe It I find ft St I. I hard to believe that we weare weare are arc related at all nIl You certainly dont don't look alike Dut Jut perhaps Its It's not a blood re relationship re- re recovered her power of or speech No she said Only by mar mar- c Obviously dJ dazed dared Tom suffered uttered himself to be recaptured by Moly Mol- Mol ly Jy y and the field WO wa was once more moro Why haven't vie r C met before he asked Im 01 o a very cry obscure cue person You wont won't be after your debut debut de- de but jut ho predicted Im Im iii luck to get an early view But I t wish Id I'd known Ballantine sooner rye Ive a lot Yrs Yes she he agreed Hes lies well worth knowing Young Youns Lounsbury smiled 1 Im suro sure he Is If It you think so o he rejoined But Its It's the chance I T might have hlo had to know you that I 1 had in mind when I 1 spoke I understand his father is your guard guardian ian 7 Im one of or hi Ms his problems He lie laughed at her way of ot putting putting put put- putI I Un ting It I You rou cant can't have ha given riven him many nights I I hope not she said with one of her hor fluent changes of ot slon sIon I respect him too much Hes He's every Inch a man He Ho must mURt be Such concerns I as Ballantine t Hoyt Hot dont don't build I th themselves Its It's a wonderful or or- or- or Eve Every branch Ive I've I seen Is located In Just the tho right spot and run in li In Just tho the right ht L way And what pretty girls h he I employs They do seem to average I In looks Why every very shop Is Js a R. beauty r show But I should think h hed he'd d I loso lose a lot of ot them through mar marS I believe that Is one ono of ot th the the I worries of ot the business sh she she I said But talk to mc mo about foot Coot ball How does docs one make th the the I Varsity He protested that he be woul I rather talk about her but unde under r her questioning he ho sketched th tin tho S evolution e of or such an eleven a ahad as S had been victorious today H He a awas was Impersonal throughout bu but t while ho spoke always of oC th tin the S she sho ever over pictured him a aono as asono S Sone ono one of ot it Us Its unit units ft Ho He too ha baa had I I the the- grinding toll toil tho the Iro Iron i discipline tho the rl rigid ld subordination i of oC self salt To make the tho Varsity r Acquired tc a a. wider meaning Sh She S saw that It had also to do wit with l the tho making m of ot a n man Ant And 1 Stoughton Lounsbury at one S seemed d more mature Toms Tom's harassed undertone recalled re recalled re called her Still sun here he he- said ald doggedly Arc Are you ready rudy yo to listen A A. A glance lance convinced her hor that 1 It was time I 1 Do stop scowling she warned begin to notice I 1 dont don't care caro what they theT notice They're nothing to me Youve You've I deviled me long enough Sheila I I deserve desere some pome of or It perhaps but but but- butHe He lie checked himself am amrose androse and rose with the The noise here Is giving mother moth moth- er a n headache Molly explained Were going to try the mezza mezza- nine U Her r reluctance was plain and a male less preoccupied than tha than Tom would have felt the tho flattery of ot her smile as she sho added I dont don't suppose we can keep you OU from your friends an any longer lons-er and ex extended ex- ex tended her hand He lie gripped her fingers con con- ely and made the round o othe ot of the party like a somnambulist tl till he ho again reached Sheila when his glazed vision cleared in a an incandescent t flame Theres Just ono one thing t to think he said caustically C a athey as the they mo e moved toward th the doo door Your new friends have given give you a bad case caso of ot swelled head held He had her un undivided attention at lastA last A At t leo least t they thc are arc my friends she flashed lashed But you ou therIs there ther Is not one word of truth In what wha you say And you know yourIn youre you're In the tho wrong only Instead of or admitting ad- ad ad ad- milting It It you OU try to throw th tim tho blame on m me A fat tat chance Ive I've hail had so liO far Car to toa a admit any anything thins he he retorted W Which was unanswerable She SheI had not meant to to deny him a a hearing altogether This abrupt exo exodus us from the restaurant had taken her by surprise Perhaps ps 1 later later later- ter- ter the he talk he whipped In ID Ill hunt you up as soon as M I can get ct rid rfd of at Ethel and the They're motoring back to New York tonight and will be starting soon Here they come now To To b be continued |