Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 June 1936 — Page 29

Young Romahce

By Florence Robinson

. “Sue and Benny were seeing too much of rt Z| es i me.”

JRaNK GRAHAM drained his . glass and pushed it aside. “You're right, Smith,” he said. “You can’t ever tell: what will happen. Take last week. I'd have gambled my, job that nothing could go wrong while Ethel and I were away «Not with Sue laid up with a sprained ankle, and Mother over from Atlanta to look after her.” “What happened?” Smith asked. “Maybe I'd better give you the whole setup,” Graham decided. “You see, three or four couples of us decided to gang up and run over to Mentone for a couple of weeks. ‘Mentone’s a resort up in the mountains not far from here, It's a good place to go to get away from the grind and have a nice,. quiet time.” : 8 8 = RAHAM paused and beckoned to a waiter. He ordered more drinks, then turned back to Smith and continued. : “Ethel said the best thing to do with Sue was to send her over to Atlanta to Mother's, That would gét her away from the Reynolds kid, Benny, who was down here visiting his grandfather, Benjamin Reynolds. “Sue and Benny were seeing too much of each other to suit Ethel afd me. Not that we don't like Benny. He's a nice kid, and the families have always been friends. Old Benjamin squired Mother afound when she made her debut k in ’85. But Sue's only 18 . “Well, we planned to drive over te’ Mentone on Saturday. Friday, Sue sprained her ankle. Dr. Lake, who fixed it up, said she'd torn a lot of ligaments and would have to stay off the ankle at least a week, maybe longer, “Ethel and I decided to have our vacation, anyhow. I called Mother long-distance, and she said she'd be over Saturday afternoon. Mother's lived alone since Dad died, and it’s always. easy for her to.get away for a few days. That settled, I called

Dr Lake and he said ‘he'd drop in|,

every day to look at Sue's ankle # ” ”

°S° we left Saturday morning. Mother called us at the Mentone Hotel about 8:30 that night and said she found Sue feeling fine. We had nothing to worry about after that, so we started enjoying our vacation, dancing, playing golf and bridge. “Everything seemed to be fine at home. We had a letter from Sue on Tuesday. and Ethel called Mother

y+ Then, on Saturday happened—we . were

The walter returned - with the Airaham

took a long swal-

‘I drove!

“Not an accident, I hope,” Smith said. : » » » RAHAM grinned. “I'll let you judge. As I was saying, we

were completely bowled over. Ethel saw it first. She was looking over

the paper when, suddenly, she gave |

a gasp and her eyes seemed to freeze in her face. She didn’t say a word, just handed me the paper, and pointed to the list of marriage licenses. There it was—‘Benjamin Lindsey Reynolds and Elizabeth Susan Graham.’ “Everybody crowded around to look and, after a moment, some one said, ‘The license was issued yesterday. Maybe they're not married yet.’ “We didn’t stop to pack. The others said they'd look after things for us, so Ethel grabbed a coat, I jammed on my hat, and we raced for our car. “For once, Ethel didn’t say a word about my driving, just shut her eyes and held to the seat. And how Towns flashed by. A cop was after us just: after we passed | Gadsden, but I stepped up to 80 and lost him. After that, it was plain sailing all the way home. = ” ”

E pulled up in front of the house and jumped out almost before the car stopped. There sat Sue in the ‘porch swing, her bandaged foot stuck out in front of her, and a crutch leaning against the wall. “ ‘Where's the fire? “Ethel opened her speak, but I beat her to it. “Has the ceremony been performed yet?’ I shouted. “Sue looked from one to the other of us. “ ‘Ceremony?’ she asked. Then she grinned. ‘OI course. Performed ; this morning.’

she called.

“‘T'll have it annulled!’ I roared.-|’

“ ‘Better see grandmother first,” Sue said sweetly. ‘She might object) » ” ” OUR grandmother’s eye!’ I snorted. ‘A lot she has to do with it! Where is she, anyway?’ “‘On her honeymoon.’ Ee “ ‘Honeymoon!’ Ethel * and I echoed. * ‘Honeymoon, my dears. Have you forgotten that grandmother and I have the same name? She was the blushing bride—married old Mr. Reynolds. It was childhood sweetheart stuff, and Benny and I couldn't do a thing with them. We tried to get them at least to wait until you got home, but they said that, at theiriage; they couldn't wait for the children Jo come home to give them away.’

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