| Show I 1 WAYS OF WOMEN 11 I 1 by EARL REED SILVERS fam i ray gardner ami mildred were vere engaged to io be married everybody agreed that the match was an ideal one both boung people were uie robers odthe of the country club both played pinned tennis rode horseback a and trove drove their own automobiles with an abandon and proficiency which were tile the envy of their acquaintances and moreover they lind had been designated by one en friend of rays hays as the tavo best sports in them the world theres only one danger in the match mary hughson Hughs nn mildreds espo chil chum announced both have mi at ways lind everything they wanted and if they should eyer ever each cuch want something dif different terent th theres erek bound to be a clash words returned to mildred with double force its as she sat at on the country club porch with ray they were talking about the house they were going to build the entire fur nl ihling of the big living room had been decided upon all 11 except tho the ornament which should adorn the ledge at the tp top of the massive stone fireplace we ought to have something in keeping with the plan of the room ray hay announced A deers head or a pair of snowshoes or something like that mildred shook her pretty brown head stubbornly ray smiled into her challenging oyes eyes tile the cup for the national national championships would look good he answered at all that id have to do to win it would be to beat norris williams yea and all that you have to do to win the cup Is to beat tom pennington one Is just about its as easy as the other to me ine give me something easy mildred the girl lifted her chin the fraction 0 aninch hn inch AAy anybody body can do easy things she answered 1 I think that cup would look just fine in our living room insure 1 t 0 ifune would ibay itay smiled good lets ibave a set of ten tea his f 1 I want 5 you ou to botwin win that cup she feriald f wild steadfastly but mildred dear fiant do that there was just a touch of ar irritation 1 tat ion in ills his bolce you know as well as I 1 do that I 1 could ne never cr beat pennington you can try yes tout but that do any good hed fled wallop the tar out oame of me oil oh I 1 so you dort dont want to do 0 as I 1 ask you W dant be foolish get ul us 1 anything 11 it might ge get us tb abo cup and ethl I 1 think k youre voura a mean thing for not trying dying ray rak smiled sadly the ways of women were still a mystery to him and not knowing what elmeto do li he kept quiet the late afternoon sun cast long shadows over the clay courts from within the clubhouse came the sound of music suddenly 4 mildred KIldred turned to her companion one bright tear glistening in the corner of each eye you told me once that do anything in the world for me she said 1 1 I will then try for the cup so on saturday afternoon ray bay found himself facing tom pennington for the club championship mildreds nance fiance was a good tennis player but I 1 11 dennington enn ington had once won the state stae and was regarded as invincible vin elble in glenwood no one realized this more fully than did ray hay he e glanced anxiously toward mildred and the girl smiled confidently but as the match progressed her confidence received a sudden shock for pennington won the first set six bis to love the second set recorded the same score and mildred grew thoughtful in the third set however ray won the first game and the girls eyes lighted up hopefully but hope as well as confidence died away when the former state ran out six games in rapid succession and won the championship pion plon ship cup tom see mildred again until lie he had talen taken a shower and changed its ills attire then lie he found her waiting or him on the swing at the f far ar eno f the porch ile he into her eyes well I 1 tried he said but im just not any good mildred flared up instantly you are good she answered answered you Is bent at everybody else but tom pennington and you could win from him if you practiced more rily ray smiled gently the finest thing in the whole match was my one loyal supporter he said antly softly it was worth being defeated pst just to see you stand up for me and anyway the girl answered it a love match alie man shook his head bead youre wrong he said it was a love match do you know what the score was 11 jlove three no it jaslove was love one no onedas one was watching so he moved closer and that one was was you dear for a moment they looked into the depths of eflee enan others liers ot eyes what does a cup platter patter after all mildred whispered fla ally well hang a tennis racket over theAl the fireplace replAce copyright copy UIT 1917 by b syndicate Wyndi syndicate the cate mcclure newspaper |
