Show N a. a I I f B BOB D OB JUDSON went down to breakfast breakfast break- break L' L fast New Years Year's morning with his hia shirt cuffs dangling He had watched the old year out and the new year in at his young sisters sister's party and had promised to go skating skating skating ing with the crowd by nine inthe in inthe the morning Bob read in small r rather ther childish childish childish child child- ish writing these resolutions thought by his little sister to cover his besetting besetting besetting be be- setting sins Not to flirt Not to be scrappy Not to be late for dinner dinner It It annoys annoys annoys an an- noys cook so Bobby dear resumed Peggy Ive asked some of th the girls to come in this evening to practice a anew anew anew new dance step Were We're a man man short That is we are a girl extra Sally's Sallys Sallys Sally's Sallys Sally's Sal Sal- lys ly's bringing her cousin Bobs Bob's social engagements of his own and his sisters sister's set kept him until darkness had begun to settle He was aware of the fact that there was a young woman walking hurriedly beside a man on the opposite opposite opposite op op- op- op side of the street Then he lie saw the young woman quickly cross the street She waved her hand and fairly pounced upon him with a Why Harry dear how glad I am to see you I thought it was you Harry said the girl walking beside him i I Y II ij j f- f 4 The next minute he had struck out against the annoying stranger I and laughing gayly Of course you were on your way to our house We Ve half expected you but I didn't know you would come this way It seemed to Bob that the girl was talking very loudly And then in a alow alow alow Sellers Seller's Sellers Seller's Sellers Seller's Sel Sel- Sel- Sel low whisper she said Harry lers ler's your name Then Bob realized that the man who had been talking to the girl had caught up with them Say who are you said the young man well dressed but with his hat drawn over his eyes Bob did not wait to know what was coming next He shook off the girls girl's hold his fists clenched and his muscles tightened without voli voli- tion The next minute he had struck out toward the an annoying ying stranger and with the third blow the stranger was prone on the path Take me home whispered the girl hoarsely Its 26 Bedford Street t. t Can you find it They hurried hurried hurried hur hur- ried on The man was soon following following following follow follow- ing them again Bob stood with her on the porch of the house marked 26 until a servant servant servant ant came to the door May I see you again Oh no said the girl It would seem as if I had been very impertinent impertinent impertinent nent if we ever met again But I Ishall Ishall shall shaH always be so grateful Then the door closed and Bob in much confusion traced his steps home home- ward It was a quarter to seven when he reached home Then the telephone bell rang and Peggy was absorbed for many min min- utes She burst in upon Bob in the dining room where he was finishing finishing finishing finish finish- ing dinner alone Bob nob hurry I Iam Iam Iam am afraid you'll have to get Sally and her cousin Burton urton James was going to meet them here and they were coming alone but the cousin cousin- Madge is her name name had had the most awful exper experience ence perfectly awful A man followed her They walked along and then he took her arm and wanted to make malte a date with her herand herand herand and ever everything thing Madge didn't know what to do it was so dark and lone lone- ly But ut she says the nicest man came along and saw her difficulty and knocked the man down and took her home then left without letting her know who he was Of course Bob hastened to 26 Bedford Street and of course the affair ripened into a romance and long before the year was out announcements announcements announcements an an- were made of the engagement engagement en en- of Madge and Bob |