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Show " ' I I I Her Daughter and His Son A Grtat Married Life Story by I I PAH McGLONE GIBSON j IJERnV PROPOSES "Ho vou inonn Itl I'll hip. Jerry." ! askprl v. hen he had tnlrl mo that In- t n I novfr pa. id attentions m a woman for which Phi had '' seemed lo ask, "do you mean t.- trll mr.' I mli'-d f.r even ihrn I couM not take him seriously, "that 1 nm InvHInc i01l to I ropOM Uf m. Jerry rtlrt not rail, and ! sudden rhana In In face ma'lp m' nslinrnwi t hrlng o flippant. "Ann. thin I unfair." lie said. "111 noi at all like vour generoua If. Surel) you imtM kn-'W I aiQ In i-arni anil It ln't lllo- YOU to troat .inv mun In tha way Mho honoral'l o.nf .' his for you" "Fnriflve me, .I-rr . .-mil l.il in" home " For : moment he hesitated ::nil then he pullevl lat-k nis' Chair h leni down Ion 1o my ear ami raid. "Ii that mj answer. Ann" "I nm ix.rrv . Jerri, I-Uf II must "Hut I i:ia mr a nil e ..u atraln"' 'f rf.nrs yon may come ami se I BtlOUM he orr If ion rl Sri not.-"I not.-"I am nn. thai I an .ti h ant have that much effect on your heart I looked at Jerrj Hathaway in eur-pHae, eur-pHae, ani I wondered whal h woe that made Loth Jim anl lilm such fine spiel did fellows' despite their somewhat n-I'olisheti n-I'olisheti manners. I think if ' had not known thesr two men n: lhl Uin- I ahnulil haxe hated fifn man. I had sr.-n BO much aorilllne. in LllO nanif of hearl a It waa played omonc the yotincr men and women of the renta-irant when I worke-l there; and here I had found Whajl I lea a: ie.-ted It. two un hapa who aeeipwl to he true hlue. Vc' hoili of there vounc men were, lO the, outward e-ve, ju'iil ordinary fellows, read for fun and flirtation if. as .i-rr mid, the woman ln iid !t. All tin- wav ba k to (he houSf mj mind was In a Jumble Woj wasn't it ' POaalbU tO Oye one of thi?!' IWO men v ho hail proponed maniac- to me? Vh mual my vagrant heart kei turning to Ken- I neth iiaisii who probablj had navai . thought of me except as a pood Utile childhood i al ' t , I-tut I was determined that 1 Would Irj and bring Kenneth to me. Other men had told mi that i waa Jusl fair an ijraci Cameron; other men had told me that they eared fi r me more than i bey could poselhly care : ' , In my "iwarl I knew I f.s mori wortl and In nvj oul I knew that I could ' him happier than rirare Cameror. ever . would AlthouKh Jerry wan driving his ear at hiKh peed I middenl noticed that Jerrj ran taklne me out through be i at "Oh. Jerry, ou must not ou rami not do thla I have an encafcrilen at ; liome. a er lmporta.nl on'-' My voice trembled a little a I thought thai nottel" Id- Kenneth and hlfl father mlrJ.t ' in and k ava acain. for i remltmborad Ken's 'mtierlous reijueitt that I should break Jerry'i enraKem- nt for hi. "I '-eir jour pardon.' anitl Jerry (SOn-trltelv. (SOn-trltelv. "Vou did not t II me ou had an enKagemeni . i w .ii lake you back liri neilla lel-. hut If I' N with Jim i"a'lH-. han 1 ahall feel like drlvlni; into a tree or iomoth!nii-." I saw from thll rejoinder l' at Jt-rr . had gotten lai-K to hlfl Old 'mlllnc aelf. ITnconadouaty I drew n little closer to him He wan o I i. 00 handsome, so! gentle, a real tower Of Btrehall I uri-dertooi uri-dertooi thai if I could love him enough i in marry lilm I would never want forj anyihlnc mori "Thl if the man uliom you WOUld marr'-. If you had the dKpol- I tlon of ;ra" Cameron," i raid to my- 1 aelf; and yet, and yol ncn :lk I raid II m heart Beamed iai Ins rai liur, bacH to tlic liouae when I anould Umk in!o Ki-n-neth'n eyee. "ilurry. Jerry, hurr ' 1 naid braathleaaly. "i must npt mi.s. th i.-t i.-t nnai;i men; . II la verj Important.'' Jem iii Qbthfna;, (ml the car leaned forward We broke all apeed prdlnancee befora we drew up at the modest flat widen i called my home. "Mr Hnlsct In ti . Ininp room " lid Mamie as f jiiih in In- Has hallway My heart Funk, foi I knew Ihal Ken had not come wk.h his falher. |
