Show Off ft 9 i lin ANew A t w gars ar r Jt 1 c yf e Koon ter man manN T tJi N TIt TUB g 31 Ft of December Evelyn rye Eve I lyn n started to her work at atI atthe atthe I the Merchants Merchants' Service Sen-ke Bureau Bureau Bu Elu u reau In no holiday humor r Christ Christmas ins had been an anything g hut but n success at nt her home for she and ami her father ather could not agree on a very Important taut hUll subject I If he hadn't been boen so harsh about i Ralph Thornton she was thinking I II I wouldn't have championed Ralph so I fiercely 1 J know Ralph is Irregular about sonic some me things s and perhaps he heI I Isn't as much of a u man us as Larry Harry is but hut Dads Dad's nl n always s 's comparing them to toRalph's I Ralphs Ralph's discredit m made lle me defend the poor ho boy hoy Im I'm fond of Harry I was oil nil ready to be e engaged to him when Dad began to row about Ralph Just because t e I 1 went wear with him him i a once or twice I Her Eler thoughts were diverted here b by bythe bythe II the arrival 1 of the time trolle trolley car ear but when n nonce once settled In her seat she went back playing variations on the theme I I 1 cant can't stand injustice and Dad DadI I was rats unjust to Ralph Just lust because he heI I was slow low pa paying paving lne a u bill at the store I Dad Dud called him a deadbeat an deadbeat an Irresponsible Ir Ir- responsible oh responsible responsible-oh oh a lot of mean menn things timings i iLie lie He ma may be lie a n little careless but hut hes he's liesa a D sweet kid and It makes me furious to have Dad make accusations that are not true If It hadn't been for all this Ralph wouldn't have gone of off to Denver Just then she caught a glimpse of Harry Blake dr driving b by In his road road- ster There she thou thought ht If I hadn't broken with him him hed he'd be calling for forme forme forme me every morning the time way he lie used to todo do but I wont won't take an any favors from him the way he acted about Ralph Oh I 1 know he wasn't cruel and unjust the way Father was but he be didn't stand up UI fo Ralph the way a fraternity brother ought to when I told him what Dad said When I 1 persisted ted You think Ralphs Ralph's all rl right ht I R.- R. r o D Da a 1 I She Heard One of the Clerks at the Phone dont don't you he just said Well hes he's good company From this point she site mentally dramatized dramatized dramatized dram dram- the time dialogue You dont don't say that very enthusiastically enthusiastically I must sa say 1 Sorry Sony Evelyn I really do think Ralph Is Isery very ery entertaining And is that all you yon can say for or him Im afraid it Is dear clear You needn't call cull me dear 1 I dont don't care lare to be cleared h by a n man who ho has hns no more loyalty than that What do you Jou mt mean an h by loyalty de- de Evel Evelyn n Do On you on mean menn sort of M h fraternity brother ma may many he he be al a always Ight right but Ight or wrong wrung tn my toy toy- Of course I dont don't but hilt I 1 have hH a 11 II Impression that dint your our opinion ol of Ralph is not so much Influenced d h bj your ou Ideas of right as h by something more mare selfish ti h to Jealousy for fot Instance Yes Just t that shut Then the actual words or the qua rel rei were lost lust in InI a mm blur lur of emotion emotion- hurt repression lor n on Harry's Harrys port part anti and h hysterical reproaches on nn her own o nn un until mil til tc what mut had been a u tine line friendship and might have hu been een more amore was shut t lured red When this point In her tier was reached I g Evelyn K n found herself her herself self waiting for the elevator lle She lIe w VII wu so soon iii hanging up her wraps in 11 stet her herlocker 1 locker and as fiS she hed tits hei lesU lesic she heard one of the till of ut he the bureau at nl the phone Hearing a II fn fa nil liar name mime she listened a moment Denver Merchants Merchants' Service r Ic Bureau You were pre Inquiring mm about Ralph Hull Thornton Very r poor pour ruling rating C 1 everybody here obliged to 10 leim 1 town roten because of some sImle crookedness ol of his In time the units unit's where he ht was em III pinned In Iii short N G. G with IIi vu capital letters Evelyn 1 almost fell Into her chair and III the llie- readjustment of nt values took tank place In her bier mini Boring tin tin- next few fp hours wits was as ns slit slip II fl u pr said Bald good gaud f for r her tier soul B By time the tire film her noon hour urn arrived veil d she f lInd her brain clear nUll aunt her heart hearl ii unexpectedly light As soon n us ltd slit she could I leave en VI her desi sl she culled called up UI her father lIer and II tiller after a i few Pew words wll whir h IIi him III ell drew n mm gaff lIall quivering l then rim rather II I called up another familiar Harry 7 Its Ifs 1 Evelyn K I n Could jou nL conic come and see the tile Old Vent Veal out omit us liS Yes Yes Vas Oil oh nothing only I e seen lIn a 1 great gnal light and unel ii It Off Un ngIn on un dour dami in break euk ml I Hie IH telephone std a 1930 1950 w rn st rn N I |