Show il fy ily 1 1 Short Thor t coon tion K Story iMY GIVES IN INy y LOUISE OLIVER t 1916 by the McClure Syndicate was s rebellious Oh thun- thun t want ant to get married ns n's lorgnette went up m it Tommy hung his head austere a stere gaze Why does have to pick on a fellow I h having ving a good time s y your our ur father and I r know st for tor you Marry Genevieve ld d you oU will be happy happ Marsilly Marsilly Mar- Mar silly chit without money breeding and you'll be sorry your r life You'll see more we we know you jou OU better than yourself yourself Thomas Ber Bep Be- Be p your r father has worked amassing a fortune its it's a bit lathe he should have an inIth inthe in- in the person who will help tIme mime mother But it seems t L Ith you and dad are doing the they're trying to break breal up Fit Til bet the girls girl's tickled to tit same as me sourly ot sense sense and shell she'll do what h highbrows highbrows' rift t a the a-a-the a the vulgar thing lier her Just because she took tors 1 rs at college Mrs Bolton h her r embroidery and Tommy h h relief The grilling was This was not the first timet time t ad been broached to him Ill I'll 11 go fishing Tommy lit litland land rand and stepped off the porch v lodge was on one of the ds in the chain of Canadian its took the place of auto- auto I. I F P p of f sight Tommy dug down downer er pocketbook and from the bills and papers he heit heit heit it of rag He held it ten- ten ic w palm of his hand for a wiling railing reminiscently It white stuff embroidered in inI I life lue e daisies with a delicate green green leaf The edges were l tr torn Scissors had never hat piece from the original Tommy knew that He tenderly and went toward anding still dreaming He wondered where the girl was and who she was was the the owner of the dress He had found her in a boat in a little deserted cove at sunset her engine gone dead and there she was waiting patiently for deliverance like a demure little on her water lily Illy leaf Tommy had chugged around the corner corner cor cor- corner ner ner and stopped Hello he called I Hello she answered What's wrong I dont don't know Want a lift Yes indeed Then Im I'm the person youre you're looking for But you'll have t to get in here I r cant can't tow jou Ive I've Ive I've no line Thank you ou If you'll pu put t me off at atthe atthe atthe the hotel I can get my boat In the morning She stood up and there was a sound of ripping and tearing as one of the flounces caught and held Oh what a rotten shame he sympathized sympathized sympathized sym sym- reaching over and trying to help her extricate h herself I I cant can't help it and its it's too late to go home for another she said Im dining with the l and Alice can pin me up some way Free at last she stepped into hUo the seat beside him and Tommy slipped the bit of muslin into a pocket and happily settled d himself beside her and turned the boat toward her destination destina destina- tion Then he lost her Next day be went to the hotel only to find that the Merricks Merricks Merricks Mer- Mer ricks had departed He called himself a fool and everything else in the calendar calendar calendar cal cal- for not finding out her name before He continued his bis search disconsolately disconsolately disconsolately lately for days each hour thinking of some new charm and almost wearing out his ragged souvenir with looking at it it She was just the girl for or me he sighed Little pretty curly hair peachy lips teasing eyes Jolly dandy teeth and Ill I'll bet she didn't know a Latin grammar from a cook book Ill I'll bet she doesn't wear awning stripes either That dress Just suited her Sweet and pretty and kind of fairy fairylike like And lovesick Tommy would take out the sample again I Genevieve Gene Sawyer indeed Days passed weeks passed months I passed The had closed their I cottage and returned to New York Tommy had given up loafing and was working hard in his fathers father's bank From pure weariness and discouragement discourage discourage- ment he had almost given In about Genevieve Sawyer although he had never seen her the family not having come back to the city The first of November came TomI Tommy Tommy Tom Tom- my was getting restless again I May I have next week off dad I think if you dont don't mind Ill I'll go up to toI Dannys Danny's In Maine and shoot a bit I Sure boy go If you wish Bolton senior was pleased with Tommy these thes I days He had his heart set on the I Sawyer alliance Besides he liked Tommys Tommy's growing energy for business So Tommy with bag and gun case rapped one evening at Dennys Denny's cottage and old Martha let him in Bless me its it's the boy Dan Tommy shook hands with the old hunter who patted his shoulder affectionately affectionately with his other gnarled old hand Wed sure miss you Tom If you didn't come The woods are thick with game th this year and youre you're wise to come early After supper the men settled down downto to talk and Martha sat sewing by the fire Strip after strip she sewed end to end rolling them into a ball for the weaver Its for rag rugs for the new lodge up yonder she explained The missus sent me bushels of things to cut up Heres Here's one finished She proudly held up a rug all the colors of the rainbow very agreed Tommy One wouldn't think rags could be made into that His eye wandered over the heap on the floor Suddenly he saw piece of white thin stuff something a a embroidered In pink and blue daisies Where did you get et this Martha springing to his feet and holding the strip toward her Why that came with the rest of the things Mrs Sawyer sent One of Miss Genevieve's dresses I suppose Genevieve Sawyer I Tommy was sure he had lost his senses Are the Sawyers here They built the new lodge explained explained explained ex ex- ex- ex Danny Ye ought to see It Some day Miss Genevieve wants to go hunting with me D Dye ye care if we take her No agreed Tommy huskily We Wo might take her tomorrow Danny was trailing a deer Tommy perfectly happy was breaking frosty underbrush for Genevieve to get through The girl to a casual ob observer observer observer ob- ob server was as happy as Tommy and andIn andIn andin In her fawn colored hunting suit was wasas wasas wasas as pretty as she was in fn the pink and blue summer frock Suddenly Tommy turned Say what's the difference between a Latin grammar grammar and a cook book She thought a moment Why I dont don't know What's the answer she asked Tommy caught her hand and looked looked Is he heI The answer I Into her eyes Im I'm going to said said deliberately that I have me marr marry you dear if you'll |