| OCR Text |
TWO TIMING CUPID 88 by isabel wiley grear 0 by mcduff syndicate borvice Sor service vIce please dont propose to me now nancy suddenly said sighing impatiently J you always propose to me when im watching tod ted do something oh look at that perfectly gorgeous loop tod ted told me if wed sed conic come to tho the field today hed keep my eyes on oil him theres another the reckless darling ted Is grand at everything ever thins lie he johnny grunted it K lie been a gentleman lied have gloried in seeing a wing I 1 fall off beds teds plane those maneuvers of teds beds were insultingly showy just as his skill fI forward passing and ills his clever box ing and his dashing glee dun club solos were plays to the grandstand tind and to ti nancy ills his hate bate for ted was complete as only a jealous hate can be for ted excelled in every phase of 0 university life even to the apparent winning of nancys favor while johnny was only oh a likeable sort sorl of chap nancy suddenly turned to johnny johnni with scorn in n her voice why dont you ever do anything beside sitting on the side ide lines and anc proposing to mi she demanded you cant flaw fly mother says it would kill her if 1 I 1 ever went up in a plane he fal you dont play football johnny flinched mother always said it Is too rough a sport you dont box she mercilessly continued dont t torment me nancy he groaned mother lother Is sure id be mutilated it I 1 ever boxed she never let me fight the neighborhood boys when I 1 was little either she sais it takes more real courage to keep out of a fight than to lose ones temper and start hitting oh johnny youre hopeless and yet you keep on proposing to me dont you realize that a girl wants the man who lie Is proposing to her to be something a football hero a daring pilot a boxer a somebody if you must propose and cant be a hero why dont you choose a romantic moment dont dollt you even sing 1 I think she said dreamingly that on a june night with the scent of clematis la in the air the moon shining softly and a warm breeze blo blowing iving if a man should sing the londonderry air and then ask me to marry him id accept him no matter who he was johnny she begged looking into his eyes choose the right time the next time you propose but dont do it now I 1 must go im going to my aunts tonight and she expects me for dinner instead of feeling discouraged johnny started jauntily to the music store an hour later whistling merrily sing of 0 course he could sing anyone could sing look at ted for instance who san sang two or three times a week over the university radio station why he could sing rings around ted it if he had just thought of it before 11 1 I want a song the londonderry London merry air or londonderry London jerry he announced breezily to the clerk you mean the londonderry air she smiled patronizingly she selected two songs from a sheaf of music just glance through these arrangements and see which one you want jerry opened one and read the first line would god I 1 were a tender apple blossom ne ile could go no further ills eyes widened with disgust sing that lie he johnny frazee sli six feet two and a hundred and eighty pounds he Ile tossed the song scornfully aside and saw sam the other arrangement on the counter it if it were about any more tender apple blossoms hed well this was better a little oh danny boy the pipes the pipes are calling there must be some mistake though these completely unrelated songs could not both be the londonderry air the me music Is 19 the same for both songs the clerk assured him the arhe tune Is the old londonderry A air johnny paid for danny boy inking at great care not to pick up the apple blossoms by mistake now for learning it on his nay may to the sigma house he saw nothing but visions of his next proposal to nancy she had asked for a june night moonlight clematis and this was february A february night could be just as romantic ile he ran up the steps of the sigma algma house went on up to the library and opened ills his music out on the piano the piano bench was missing so he drew up an easy chair sat on the arm of it and pecking out the first few measures with one finger he raised his voice in bong oil oh danny voy I 1 oy the pipes the pipes are calling ahem A hem lie he cleared his throat not so BO hot lie ile tried it again and again it was hard to tell whether his finger or his voice oice 1 I was the more errant both were mere completely unreliable must be more to this singing racket than I 1 thought he finally acknowledged to himself practice Is all I 1 need though suddenly the realization hashed flashed oser ner him that at nancys aunts lie he would have no accompaniment there would be no hidden orchestra in the movie style to support him with throbbing music lie he would have to sing alone nut but how would it sound lie ile tried it standing by the easy CI chair 1 air looking tenderly down at a dr dreamed of nancy on on he went but something was horribly wrong the high note WAS uns no longer attainable and the low notes became too abysmally deep for him even to growl its a floril frustration boned his head she would tough laugh at me inc oh why cant I 1 sins sing like ted it fair ted sings and she agles him dates and sighs over his olce now if I 1 A cunnin cunning idea wormed its way into ills his tho thoughts oits 1 I bet oh that will be rich ill make him my own little cupid ile he threw bak back its his head find and roared bith laughter johnny was no do laggard me ile ran from the house down dovin the street to town to the pawnbroker tw twenty enty five tie lie gasped holding out ills his prized alst wrist watch a gift from ills his mother when lie he promised not to smoke until he was twenty one five minutes later johnny was dash ing to the leta beta house minus ills his bratch nat cli lie ile went upstairs three at a time are you singing tonight ted he asked panting lu in teds beds doo doorway yeah at nine why its this way ted ive a heavy date for tonight and an a certain song C can a n help me out tre macii dous ly if sin sing that song for or me ill gi give ve you fifteen bucks chos your date ted was sus niclous pl pi clous she ashes a new dew girl in town johnny lied tor for the first time in his censored life 1 1 I I dont see why not ted brightened up anything to help an old friend ile he pok pocketed eted the money thanks old man ill never forget this johnny dashed back to his house made sure of a date vilh nancy sent a freshman over to teda with danny hoy boy then he ran down town ordered roses to be delli delivered ered to nancy and selected a gayly beribboned box bos of candy at eight forty lie he presented himself aimse if at nancys door dressed in ills his best suit with his hair slicked clicked down carrying atilt awkwardly tile box of candy 1 I 1 I just thought id drop tit in for a few minutes he stammered lets see what time Is it he located the clock and chose a chair facing it IL the fire was crackling in the hearth the lowers flowers were in a bowl boi on the table nancy in a blue dress tire ss was ril nibbling libling at a piece of can candy dy lie he sighted relief everything was as p perfect er ills his moment had conic come may I 1 turn on the radio he asked after another glance at the clock sure johnny tune ted in lies to sing at nine I 1 just love his olce oice when the music started he would begin nancy dearest P hut but the perfection was suddenly blighted johnny looked frowningly at the radio that was not the londonderry airl air then teds beds voice rang out woman Is fickle false altogether moves like a feather borne on the breezes woman with the witching smile will eer deceive you why the dirty double crossing skunk I 1 gasped johnny the lowdown j johnny what hat on earth nancy cr cried e d in alarm johnny johnny y but she was calling after a johnny who mho had already disappeared through a violently opened front door twenty minutes later in answer to a hurried call from the harassed liar assed sergeant nancy raced her car apprehensively hen to the police station there were johnny and ted snarling tin incoherently at each other teds beds eyes were bruised and swollen his lip was cut johnnys Jolin nys knuckles were bleeding his hair tousled and his suit torn why johnny ted site she walled IN what hat on earth have you done johnny youve ruined ted the dirty growled johnny what has ted done are you crazy johnny ted was singing a beautiful song and you suddenly nent neat mad beautiful song spat johnny yeah ile he glared balefully at ted both of you two me hissed ted 1 I know your date oil oh no A tt bI ranger in town she handed me the same line about the I 1 so song ug I 1 had already been working on it for my own use you lousy and lie muttered a choice epithet both cuckoo miss allen alien sighed the sergeant shall I 1 lock em cm up nancy moved unhesitatingly 0 ver over to johary lock up tip my johnny I 1 should say not why johnny and I 1 are engaged ile he just forgets his big strength at times ill promise to help him keep his temper under control after this if boull aull let him go she widened tier her brown eys ays pleadingly at the admiring sergeant ted fed will apologize for all this disturbance wont you ted she again smiled into tile the sergeants eyes while johnny made a very m wicked pass pasi at ted sure muttered the cowering ted gingerly touching a tooth which was on the verge of departure from its mates and and ill pay the fine I 1 happen to have some money with mp me lie he took the fifteen dollars from ills his pocket and ted remaining sullenly with will tha the sergeant saw johnny swagger from the room with nancy clinging adoringly to ills his arm from the outside drifted back the sound of johnnys triumphant whistling off key of course of danny boy or was it would god cod I 1 were a tender apple blossom it matter johnny with his strength astren th and ferocity could get away with anything |
