Show I 11 1 III White hite Flannels and Lester I i iBy By H. H LEWIS RA f Q eo 1934 1122 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate Helen this thing has got to stop Georges Sayles regarded his hIs hIs' wife wIth worried eyes You mean mean f T Sally and and Lester Oh said his wife Sally Yes I agree with you Id I'd much rather she went with that nice Weston Burgess and I certainly have not encouraged Lester Leiter lint But this afternoon I decided to let Sally see Just as fiS much as possible possible possible pos pos- sible of ot him hlin I Helen 1 I Her lier husband looked startled star star- tied But Helen returned his gaze serenely serene serene- I ly Jy Yes dear The Thc old the hang the rat you know Let Sally see so much of Lester Lester Lester Les Les- ter she gets sick of ot him Our going down to River Terrace for the summer will help a lot Lester can come out over over Sundays you know Sallys Sally's father was silent a moment All Il right he agreed finally Desperate Desperate Des cases I suppose I But you ou cant can't I always calculate on the human clement element ele- ele element ment working according to formula I IThe The following follo Saturday afternoon pretty Sally Sayles sat behind the steering wheel of ot her fathers father's car waiting for the the- arrival of ot the train from the city As It pulled In and emptied Itself of ot laden bag-laden week enders she picked out Lester and sounded the horn Presently he was beside belde her and they were scooting down the winding road to the shore Lester was short and Inclined to stoutness and much given ghen over to what he be believed to be principles He was strong for reform Dont you think Im I'm some Bome driver ert shamelessly fished shed Sally throwing him hima himI a I glance from beneath the turned- turned tip up brim of ot her sport hat Ye s Ye a said Lester slowly only you yon know how I feel about automo automo- biles bUes No one should own o them while there ure are souls In the land Jand that starve Lester uttered this sentiment with a very exalted expression admirably admirably ably adapted to appeal to the budding Ideals of ot a young girl Dinner that night passed off pleasantly pleasantly pleas pleas- 9 antly enough as would any dinner of chicken and featherweight biscuit Cult and strawberry shortcake But afterward when Sally and Lester had pre-empted pre the cool veranda Mr Sayles found difficulty In restraining his impatience tience as perspiring within he was forced to listen to various lofty expressions expressions expressions ex ex- of ot contempt of nf all nil existing conditions from the argumentative Letter Lister r. r How long have I got to listen to toS S that rot and on my own front porch perch ha he demanded But all he got for his wins pains was a tro frown n on his wife's forehead forehead fore tore head and a hushing finger on her lips As June lengthened into July the fl t of ot Say SaMy Sayles driving Lester home every Saturday provided too conspicuous a morsel morse of ot gossip to be passed up by the Idle summer colo cola And Mrs Sayles possessed too much of ot the social Instinct not to know that it was being passed around that she was rushing that old Lester Corbin for her daughter Sally Gladly would she Rho have endured the knowledge had she We been getting the results she was after Apparently the more Sally sees of ot oter Lester er the better she likes him I she groaned Inwardly Then late In August Angust Lester telephoned telephoned telephoned tele tele- phoned that he could not get down until Sunday Sally got gat in her first game t of f t tennis for the summer Bummer pla playIng play play- lag Ing with tUh Wes Burgess who had dl distinctly dis dia- kept away since the weekly Importations of ot Lester I say Sally he pleaded as they walked slowly homeward from the courts Le Lets 8 manage a game every Saturday 1 I But Sally would not promise Maybe May HMay- be she ht said rold Then when Lester failed felled to show up Sunday Sally all but hut dissolved fae in fa inV V e tears teus Mrs Sayles alternated between anger at Lester and anger at Sally A letter Monday Monda half bait way promising to be on hand band for the water carnival the big event of ot the season seat on the following Saturday somewhat soothed the troubled waters until Saturday came and brought with It no Lester Sally accompanied her mother who was to give out cups and ond various trophies and ond sat beside helde her a silent flUent spectator It was during a n pause Inthe in inthe inthe the t events vents that Sally heard her name spoken by a woman standing Just below below be be- low Jow the stand on which 81 sin she sat Is that Sally Sayles over there The answer came from some one she ehe could not see Oh Olt no If It she's here she she's probably with Lester Cor Cor- bin On Oh said sold the other thoughtfully you dont don't say Fay so sol I Why he Is constantly constantly con con- with that dumpy little Simp Simpson son girl the one with the ss gl glasses When Mrs Sayles looked at her daughter Sally was nibbling a chocolate chocolate choco choco- late Jote cream her e eyes es fixed d pensively on a smoke plume at ot the far horizon As Mr Mrs Sayles walked home she reflected reflected reflected re re- that her scheme hud had worked In a wa way but how differently dl than she he had Intended I Sally had not grown tired of L Lester Lester ster-Lester Lester had grown tired of ot Sally She was afraid arald Sally lIy would feel It acutely But Dut that evening sitting In n the couch ouch hammock with her mother Sally rave gave a sudden little sigh Le Lester ter cant can't stand Wes eA mother she said Says Rr these people that go around In white flannels wasting th their Ir time playing tennis know and all all all- games tennis games you hold the tIte world back Do you ou know mother I r wish hed he'd take a shine to tooh tool to- to oh ot somebody like that Simpson on girl the dumpy one with the glasses 1 I In the darkness Sallys Sally's mother smiled happily and longed to give ghe Sally Sally Sal Sal- ly iy a n little squeeze But she refrained and as a once familiar step sounded somewhere in the distance rose You know Sally she said slowly Father and I like Wes very much He he lie he had a long talk with us last st night after after af at ter you had gone to bed She turned turne n away a as the gate swung open und and Weston Burgess came up th tha th walk canoe paddle in hand Sally Sall he began quickly as one who has haR something to say he wishes to pet Jet done with your jour father gave ine ae permission permission per per permission mission to tell you ou something I hope hope hope- he broke off orr and then went n n more mOle naturally I 1 sa say Sally Its It's JI a ripping night on the water Moon aid aul every every- thing Come out in the canoes canoe Sally nodded d loo looking very Cry dim and I u. u adorable anti aim anu suddenly rather grown grownup up Id love to Wes she S said ld Inarticulate expressions of ot love and tenderness surged within him He wanted to take her in his arms but buthe buthe buthe he would not not not-not not just yet Get GeOUl your sw sweater eater he said gently Ge |