Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1938 — Page 16

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. 3 CAST OF CHARACTERS SALLY BLAIR — EFEleroine. She had everything that popularity could win her, xcept ; >, DAN REYNOLDS — Hero. He might have had Sally but while he was king on skis : : : : COREY PORTER wa; king of the social whirl. So, . . Bul go on with the story.

Yesterday—Dan has told Sally that he will come back again and she waits

_ for him, realizing that he fits ints her |

world as no other man.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN GilLy had been right—Dan did fit.in with herself and her father. Dinner was a very pleasant affair. Mr. Blair led the young man on, drawing him into conversation, encouraging him to give his viewpoint on various topics, business, politics, werld problems, even bring- ~ ing him to talk of more personal matters, as well. : Dan proved to be a most interesting talker, once he forgot his reserve, and, what is even more important, a good listener. Sally’s father appeared to enjoy his company - thoroughly, so much so that as the lovely spring evening wore on, Sally wondered if she was going to. have Dan to herself oj not! “I've about talked hyself hoarse,” her father said, throwing away his cigar after one last puff. “Now I'm going on indooys’—they had been ‘making their tour of the garden— “and leave .you young people to yourselves.” | : . He had that twinkle in his eye as ; he beamed on them. He thought what a fine looking pair of young-

sters they were, his Sally looking

prettier than usual, this young Reynolds trim and well groomed in his neat gray suit. “It’s too fine a night to go in,” the boy protested. “We're glad of your company, sir. I can’t begin to thank you for your hospitality, or tell you how much. I have appreciated it.” . - «you will always find a welcome 4n our home, won't he, Sally?” Mr. Blair returned in his hearty way. There was no nonsense about this boy. Maybe because he realized that life was a serious, as well as a beautiful gif. Maybe because he had to earn his way. ; 2 8 = : # O, .Tl be going indoors,” Sally’s father said. He had not forgotten what it was to be young on a night like this. '“It is a fine night, as you say, my lad. But there's alsb a touch of dampness that won't do this old man’s rheumatics any good. You two youngsters look at the moon and talk about less serious matters for a spell. And don’t forget to come out and share dinner with us again. . Whether you've papers to deliver . from Frank Devon's office or not.” He chuckled to himself as he went on indoors. What a matchmaker he was turning out to bé! But if the day had came when he had to lose his little girl, Sam Blair had satisfied himself fhat he would not mind losing her so much to a fine young man like this Reynolds. What a lucky girl you are, Sally Blair,” Dan said. “To have such a man for your father. You must be mighty proud of him.” Sally said: “I most certainly am.” She was so pleased that her father and Dan had got on so well. She might have known they would. That only went to prove how right she was in knowing he dan did belong in her worid—thé Yeal world that lay underneath the gaudy, glittering surface. Her father had been a poor boy like Dan once; he had had to grake his own way up and he had ucceeded by his own efforts. © “I didn’t know,” Dan was saying, “that your father was a client of Devons & Devons. I certainly was surprised when Mr. Frank Devon asked me to bring those papers out here this evening. It certainly was a coincidence, wasn’t it?” .

” La » ALLY laughed lightly. “Yes, it was, wasn’t it?” she said. Some day she would tell! Dan the whole truth of the matter. That her father had got him his position at Devon & Devons. That, as a matter of fact, Sam Blair was the big-

gest stockholder in the firm. But| |

this was not the time, or the place. Not with a moon like that. “Aren’t you going to sit down?” Sally asked, dimpling up at him. Her 'father had said they should talk of less serious matters. ‘“Aren’t you going to look at the moon, Dan Reynolds? See, it’s looking at us! It’s wondering what we are think-

ing about and if we really appre-T

ciate a lovely night like this.” It was a night made just for looking at the moon. A night of soft spring air that was like a caress, of sighing breezes small insects. A night made, perhaps, just for them. - Dan sat down beside her. He said: “I'm thinking what a lucky guy I am to be here—looking at this moon. You know, Sally, everything is a.coincidence in a way. Beginning with the accident, ending with my coming here. Have I told you how that came about?” . "His gray eyes rested on her earnestly. How pretty she was, like some silver princess in her white dress in the moonlight. Sally Blair, ' queen Of her small, secure universe in which he still felt an alien, would . continue to feel so until he made his

own way, conquered his bad leg,|

proven himself. . “No, you haven’t told me,” Sally said. She wished he would let that ' wait until some other time and

place, too. She wished she need not |

keep the truth from him, even for a little while. Suppose he found out,

. ‘before she had a chance to tell him?

~ Buppose he misunderstood again? : ® » ® UT she must not,.she would not 4D think of things like that. Not with the moon looking down on them, not on a night like this. “Tell me another time,” Sally said. “Let's just be happy tohight,

shall we? Happy and gay. Let's . Just be glad that yoy are here, "whether it’s a coincidence or luck

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her hand, so small and soft, that lay between them. “Ill be content with that—for awhile, Sally Blair. But not for always.” He raised her hand toward his lips—for a-breathless moment, during which Sally’s heart nearly stopped beating, she thought he was going to put it against them. But instead he put it gently down between them once more. “Some

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you why I shan’t be satisfled with that always. But we must wait awhile, Sally. You will wait, won't you—until then?” “Yes,” Sally said, and her voice held all the breathless wonder of the beauty of the night, “I'll wait, Dan.” Forever would not be too long to wait, if that waiting brought what she hoped it would bring for them.

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