Show Allowed Him to Hold Her Fingers By LOUIS RA MID if I 1114 b It br Nw r I There wasn't a i girl In his native vil village loge lage but bul would have riled an old maid rather than Ihan marry Jonathan Johathan Jones Ills peculiarities of dl deposition bad bt been eD too widely broadcast t. t Not a aman aman aman man woman or child but had heard repeated repeated re reo re- re aled many times how e even enn cn as II a small email boy bOl young loung would wouW starve rather than eat from frua frt anything but fold gold banded banded china or how In ID school he would not atud study If It forced to toBit sit lilt next nest to a curly Leaded girl or worst of all Low how rain shuttered shattered hit his hl nerves no so completely that thai even I Iles 11 In threat of a shower threw him iris Irti moody and despondent spells iris fro v hl only the i roost most t niN could rou rouse e MoT ID Lesbia w Nichols m mot met t c she Ibe he heard beard any biased rom MM rm him She c close came me from tier her Nos CK ern era home to pay a long Ions I v It h 1 to her aunt and uncle unde the Chortle Chunk Till Tat tw bole boj who lived lire nut next block to sli 9 be nt saw ii saw W him im oti on ii tier lier W way ui up from the station illatiOn noticing him II in us n II tall broad shouldered broad youth who ho was II Sn Ing along alon with his bis hand band In his hla pockets bis hla eyes ejea flied fixed on en the ground She could rould not rat gather er from his bis pure profile that Jonathan was wai really Just emer emerging lag ing from the blues bluell Induced by bl the recent recent ren re re- re- re n cent nt bad bod spell of weather hut but ss as she abe swung by bJ he she looked obliquely up at it him bim and saw Raw a pair of romantic dark eyes that would have done justice to a ncr screen ten I Idol do Jonathan caught that glance andl and l' l roused suddenly Quite a girl that girl that one who bad just pu passed ed him and was now walking briskly bead ahead Be He watched latently intently the fitting close bat hat trim suit BUlt a lu sad neat little patent leather shoes until the ensemble turned In la althe at al atthe atthe the Talbots' Talbots when It U came camp to him tD who she must be the be-the long long heralded heralded n ne niece ece arrived at test last Ills III mother mentioned her that night and spoke poke of the party the Talbots were going to give glye for tor her bet goof goot go goof of ot curt course dear she said Bald Tbt n added added add add- ed significantly canU If It Its It's pleasant Going anyway anyway said Bald Jonathan shortly Go he did after atter paying an unusual amount of attention to his bis appearance appear appear- ance eo ane BO much muth In fact tact that be he forgot to notice the skies or hunt up the weather probabilities In the paper which be he usually pored over as all most moal newspaper readers do their favorite cartoons or editorials As Aa It happened the moon shone ahone benignantly and the theair theair air was briskly cold so 80 that as all Jonathan Jonathan Jona Jona- than swung down the block he be threw back bark his shoulders and told himself that he wouldn't call the kin king his cousin whatever fJ fiat at might signify I Alibi a proved very gracious to John John- athan That he be was the subject ds A J. Amore more or lees less ridicule regarding his bis Idiosyncrasies she bad had not learned and she ehe saw nothing about 1 the they tb cut clean clear cleard ed I young man to rouse any anything thing thin but it t friendly Interest She drew him out to talk about himself and M so absorbed In the recital dial of ot his hla own ambItions ambitions ambitions am am- did Jonathan become lOme that before before be be- fore tore he realized It he be had bad got lot away with a whole dishful of Ire cream served ened on a plain white while aau saucer r quite guiltless 8 of blind bands gold or otherwise e. e When n be said night good to his bis young bosteen hostess Jonathan won from her a partial par par- Ual promise to let lei him be her escort to the next nest dance at the Country club dub In 11 which be he bad had never before shown Interest In ID- terest and lind long 1001 after he hf reached home he lay awake thinking bow how pretty she bad looked In the moonlight slender and graceful In a lacy dress her ber shapely I head bound with a broad band affected by bl young girls that fall tall concealing con con- th their lr hair but bul outlining their well well poised poised little Lesbia made IO good d as al regarded the dance but Jonathan received the tilt shock of ot his bis life ute when she ahe descended Ib the broad stairway from the dressing rooms above Tonight she he was waa r rat In an a billowy froth of chiffon and had substituted for the flower embroidered embroidered em fin- broidered band about aboul her hair simple a little ornament which oneto one oar to II see that of ell all the curly heads inthe Inthe In Inthe the county undoubtedly wa was wa the curliest Jonathan felt fIll that sudden cudden sinking Kinking of the heart beart and fluttering of the pulse pulle which he was wont to experience on such Kuch occasions Ou and which he had lied heard his mother describe frequently und and oft to her friends Yet oddly enough tonight he hf ascribed d It Il merely ly to the fact that he bf v was as about to 10 dance the th fox for trot with the loveliest girl be he had bad ever seen That her hair was Wal It the condition be despised he tit completely com com- ignored Spond such Buh a pass paiS had bad his bit Infatuation brought him bun to Dance succeeded dance and the wilts wiles of Lesbia more and more enveloped enveloped en en- Jonathan Throughout Intermission Intermission Inter mission they Mt tut on the Ibe state stairs and to 10 the seventh admitted him heaven beaten by bJ allowing him to bold hold bet bei slim fingers for fr the fraction of a ac see sec c ond ono Then just as al the Ule music started I for tor the opening waltz waits of the second half bait a crack of thunder ushered In on one one of ot tho rarities of till the autumn season a a rattling crackling thunder shower Instinctively Jonathan knew that b lie be had bad bl become the Ule cynosure of oil nil eyes although U bla was Innocent of ot the fact Not a person there but knew that Jonathan spent the dura Jura Uon lion of each such shower follower and aDd WOUlD wetting for forI It I to 10 pass He lie himself himi him him- i self leU lf bud looked loo this I tie tk precisely as he hid had lea teamed learned me It from his hi mot mothers mother r attitude as II something pathological rather than shameful to 10 tobe tobe be lit deplored but hut not Dol combated I d Hut Iut It was wu not til his hili mother mol whom lit lie fl held field ld In his bis ef arms arena UI pretty hut a not nn earls J g ga a whit lest lor tl tilt the sturm but bUI quiver n-quiver fur the dunce dance I Jonathan faced a as crucial ll A nl as er could uld enter the life lite of H II nineteen year old youth youth-or or to so v It 10 to him Mm j. j Then he hI ilia hb shoulders glanced the till room and took a j firmer grup of fingers 1 Great 0 I old music mO girl I t he said loudly loud louf ly I and a M second ond later laler the two of them down the hall When lie lito readied reached home he found his hi mother mothr waiting up for him Oh my des clear boy she ehe said tear tear- full fully Oh Ob my my dear deer boy I f felt fell so badly bad 1 ly for tor you What did you do and bow did take It ItT Did she ahe know you Imply simply couldn't help It It that that you yon were born that w 81 Jonathan grinned cheerfully Stuff and nonsense mother he said briskly brisk brisk- 1 ly RaIn Ruin and thunder Is le my middle name for on a rainy night the dearest girl Irl In the world promised to marry like me-like likewise me-likewise me likewise wille the tbt prettiest t and curliest curliest- t. t headed beaded Yes Yea Im I'm engaged to 10 Lesbia and aDd by the way I 1 want you yon to send lend ber her a dandy engagement present How flow about a tea set say Ray but not like this one of ours cure gold bands band and aad alL aiL Im I'm Imsick lick sick of ot It I Such Buch miracles can can love perform |