| Show A certain match by POLLACK I 1 I 1 0 by mcclura newspaper syndicate service VAN DORN DOHN shifted gears S and settled back in her drivers seat scat to survey the surrounding country with zest dont take it too fast dear advised aunt victoria who had been her guardian since her own mother had died ten years before but I 1 cant crawl prote protested shirley be tired by tho the tim 0 we read reach gardners gardeners Gard ners dear and week weekend end parties usually have strenuous athletic programs began aunt victoria do you suppose I 1 shall like ilka anyone there interrupted shirley if tiresome tom manley attaches himself to me I 1 warn you auntie ill fly home you know victoria brownvlee Brown slee stee started ingratiatingly mrs airs gardner gardn C r whispered at dinner the other night that she expected ted fa farson the shipbuilders ship hip 8 builders son if he returned in time youve never met him shirley and you know hes quite the catch of the season helplessly shirley laughed it bad enough to have to listen to dull conversation of tile the usual sort she he thought without having to be bored by another youth returned from europe and his tourist impressions dear im thirsty put in aunt victoria cant we ve stop at the next spring 1 yes of course and lets trust that it will cool my indignation about hasty and plotted marriages shirley answered firmly shirley drew up by the side of the road and told her aunt to wait in the car while she brought a cooling drink to her crossing a road in the spring she he narrowly escaped being run down by by a dusty blue car that hew flew with powerful speed from out it a side road A mild looking youth in drab hiking costume costuma pulled shirley to the other side of the road and encircled her shoulder boulder r with a stalwart alvart st arm to steady her oil oh thank you shirley said dutifully you know america might have haie lost one of her rashest daughters it if you jerked me aside in time and one of her prettiest too I 1 venture the youth added with a wide winning smile tosh etosh replied shirley in her contemptuous manner for flattery but I 1 started across this road to get my aunt a drink now I 1 see no cups it if I 1 may oblige you said her companion proffering prof ferine a cup from a camping outfit ill risk crossing the road this time for your aunt no she countered hastily noting the disapproval on tier her relatives face at this prolonged conversation she bent over to fill the cup with glistening cool water and thought tier her rudeness to the ann who had saved tier lier life was unworthy of tier lier real feel ings billere Il lere he said masterfully let me at least fill tile the cup for you miss my aly name Is shirley summer and yours she said evading the question timothy torrence lie he replied suppressing a smile she did not know whether he was smiling over her name or his own well goodby good by and thank you for my life which I 1 do not value very much these days she said attempting to dl arm further talk goodby good by he said equally inper 1 1 I hope to have the good fortune to rescue you some other time shirley ran back to the car without a backward glance strangely her aunt was smiling and not at all impatient As she jumped into the drivers seat she thought guiltily that she might offer to drive tier her rescuer as for far along the main road as she was vi as to travel iler her aunt voiced the same thought w which hach surprised shirley when she called the invitation he accepted with alacrity this Is my aunt mrs airs brownvlee Brown slee and this Is mr timothy torrence introduced shirley climb in and keep mich each other company im driving ns as fast ns as I 1 can to the lardner gardner estate at Langli langhorn orn road if you ou want to stop before then please signal me once again she shifted gears but this time sat forward in her drivers seat scat tense raster anil and faster she found herself flying toward Lang langhorn born road she could not hear conversation in the rear of the cur car but did hear low laughter what a sudden and strange camaraderie for staid aunt victoria As there was no call for her to stop shirley thought her passenger was going past gardners gardeners Gard ners she stopped the car almost wilted with the rush were late already shirley said aunt victoria ns she emerged from the car on the torrence boys firm perhaps it will save embarrassment later it if I 1 introduce ion to ted parson right hera shirley vat van porn Is her right name 11 bewildered shirley stared from one to another and allien surveyed their smiles with one of tier her own oil oh I 1 I 1 tier countered tile the smiling brown eyed eved traveler of in telli gence and onie once ngian n stalwart arm encircled tier lier find and she knew she would be saved front from the danger of misalliance |
