Show BEING OBLIGING I 1 1 whenever any one of walters a at quain gives a dinner or a thes thea ter party or any similar function an I 1 invites any girl who min basis t any par titular nun man dangling after I 1 ter er walters is always invited so that ho w rn an take her home walters lias a soft ott harrt not so BO mu much c ill for the girls who ho but for hilti might hap to bp be out alone after dark as for hla his who need a man mai 1 to a BLI 4 as an escort for ohp th unattached girls lie he appreciates the awkward position they are in and instead of being otherwise engaged when he gets geta a call he be always hangs bangs up tip the receiver hastily and then jumps into a dres drosi suit of course he la is imposed upon ane birnes but its as a rule he manages to lo get a fair decree dearce of entertainment ent out of his duties ile he even boasts of going to nil all tho tha best parties and dancing with till all the prettiest girls without ever eer falling in love and thus losing out in the game walters had bad gone with so BO many different girla find and had become so BO gen brally known for ills his ob obliging liling disposition dl that hat no one was nias at till all ed when lie he showed up at the thompsons Thomp sons dance with frank brank webster s girl prank frank webster B engagement to hi girl hadn haan t been formally announced ced but it was inas pretty well nell known and if anyone but walters had bad gone with lier her there would have been talk webster had been suddenly cille 1 out of town and in order tint silly filsht alj ht go to the dance called up tip ivill and asked him as a faaoi to take silly sally walters as usual iiii n willing all the lie way nay to the dance falters alters explained to sally just why prank frank had had to keep keel hla his business engage riEnt and bleak bicak his social engagement 1 I 1 a her still slip she couldn coulden t see just how it was as and so she felt a bit resentful she was nas holding walters in 10 tier lier fact while walters altera fitiak fbanks s position foi the I 1 bentle h line rhen she bhe suddenly is a d 1 I tut but would you oti have broken your en t with mth me ine to keep it a business floored Valt cis that tied have broken forty business engagements engagement rather thin break one with mill h tier e r she smiled sweetly and drew out vatious vailous other professions of diot lon hom him beffie they the got to the dance dat lee walters was always as attend 0 11 the girls as they would EO when sall sally smiled her ap approval proal in tits his every action he be put ills his wt wl le ie soul into ills his attentions thus boford b for the evening was over the two tino u absorbed in each other and ay y forgot the presence of anyone lose walters falters attentiveness was s marked and the two becam R BO 0 C r x exclusive lie he et evening c g that the others took notice to lie heir ir conduct and quite a little asip started when then it came time to go home they forgot to say frood to ovir hostess so engrossed were nere the in each other sally invited walters alters to cill the I 1 il il boning owing day and he was there on he e minute he brought along a big hax ln of candy and the latest book and gether chev had n R perfectly afternoon salli sall in invited doted him to sta to dinner and after dinner lie he want ent after his motor err car and took her hei out riding it was nas while they alding that hat called he having returned to thet city ile he sat welting tor for two to ho iri but when they had not returned at 11 0 clock he put on his hat bat and went ent home after had said good to saliv he told himself on his way nay home she a a nice little girl franks got good taste but I 1 don t envy him for getting tied down don to the ahe best est of them lie he was ery cry much surprised ahe net day on meeting frank on ilia iha that frank bov bowed ed formally for malli and coldly and passed liim him by he won on dered vaguely what hat the matter was N as A few days later he heard that franks engagement enia gement to sall ball as aa broken that 8 a curious he ex ci claimed almed but it never amer dawned on oil ilia I 1 im that he be had anything to do with the affair the next time lie he met sally on the street lie he turned aside to speak to her it hacin t occurred to him to call all on oa her since the dance and tile the party call showing attentions to sally was a favor which he had done frank und and he be had done it to the best of tits hla ability but it was nas merely a favor no now he be was as stunned to see silly awa aaa and walk alk in the other direction the minute he started to toward ird her lie he watched her retreating figure in n amazement now nonn what hat do ou know kno bout thail hat said ho he to himself and to this day he ondein ahai hi la is the he witter nutter with frank and saila |