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WH
WHEN in college Mel Edwards took how very empty his life was going to a course in psychology, hence he be without her as part of it. Yet he could understand Wanda Tipton's hero was proud, and being proud had no in- worship of Don Bowan. Bowan was a tention of making a fool of himself. painter in oils and had done pretty His best bet, he figured, was to get off well by himself. Wanda was Sea- by himself where he wouldn't have to boro's fairest flower, and had given smile and act otherwise indifferent. Mel every indication that in no time. So, while Don Bowan was receiving at all her papa and mama were going his congratulations, Mel slipped away to announce her engagement to the son from the hall and headed for the park- of Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn J. Edwards, ing lot where he had stored his coupe. Sr. The Joe Potters were relatives of His feelings were a mixture of disgust Don Bowan and they had invited the and anger and heartbreak. He jerked artist to visit them for a few days, open the door of the car with a savage lecture in the town hall and otherwise gesture.
"I thought you'd try to run away,' honour the town.
the said a voice. Citizens were all agog over
the Mel peered into the gloom of event. The village lassies, Wanda in-
Well, what are cluded, went haywire when the youth coupe. "Ob, you did? finally arrived. And Mel, because he you doing in my car, Wanda Tipton?" can't so ugly. You had studied psychology and under-Don't look stood human behaviour, sighed a re- frighten me."
"Get out. Your boy friend is pro- signed sigh and made no move to in- terfere.
bably looking for you."
·
"
It naturally, became the responsibil-“You are, I suppose, referring to Mr. ity of Seaboro's younger generation to Bowan. He's leaving on the mid- entertain Don Bowan at least half of night, for Boston."
"He wants me to go with him.” Mel's heart thumped. "And you've
the time. And Mel, being a good "Oh, so that's it! He's leaving, so sport, joined right in with the rest. now you're remembering I'm still
On Monday six of them took a pie around.' nic lunch, hired horses and rode up to Bald mountain. Don proved to be not very familiar
with horses, and the
"No. I've come to tell you I'm not Jodhpurs he wore revealed him in a physical light that gave no challenge going, and to ask why you weren't up- to Adonis. When they finally came to set at the interest I've been displaying the picnic grounds Don hobbled around in Don."
come to say good-bye."
By Barbara Ann
with a pained look on his face.
Mel
Benedict
"Of all the nervel'
noticed that Eric Galen and Teela "And to tell you that Don's being Withers and the others were getting a here made me love you a thousand Mel times more, because now I realise what big kick out of watching him. felt a little sorry for Wanda, because a fine, good man you are:"/
"Say," said Mel, "what is this ?** Wanda was an excellent horse-woman,
Don made and it must have proved rather disil-"I'm serious, darling. lusioning to discover her dream hero himself look ridiculous riding and.
But wasn't given to the sport
swimming and playing tennis. The same thing happened the next you didn't laugh. You were the only day when they all played tennis Don one of the crowd who didn't and most. may have handled a tennis racket be any one who felt as you used to feel fore, but, if so, he had used it for a toward me would have laughed and baseball bat. This time Eric and had a fine time.”.. Teela and the others snickered openly. Wanda flushed, for Don had shown that way toward you?" Mel asked. great interest in her and she had re- ciprocated.
"What do you mean "used" to feel
Wanda looked at him. She smiled. She said: "Darling, suppose you get and we'll talk the situation
On Wednesday the group went swim in ə
ming. Sight of Mr. Bowan in a pair of bathing trunks gave Mel the impuse
ing on his lips he chanced to look at to laugh, but just as a smile was break- Wanda. She was suffering. Well, a man can't have everything. Wanda should have remembered that she had led an active outdoor existence all her life and Don Bowan probably hadn't. She expected too much
over.
"A fine idea!" said Mel, and did. (Copyright, 1988, By The Associated Newspapers).
ROME PROTOCOLS REAFFIRMED
Thursday Don Bowan came into his own. It was Thursday that he deliv- ered his lecture. What he didn't know. about oil paintings wasn't worth men- tioning, And his delivery had a charm to it. Sitting near Wanda, Mel saw
was The Italian-Hungarian conversa- her eyes shining; saw that hen face radiant. The picture gave him a sin- tions terminated in a completo king feeling. He knew now that he agreement, according to the official had hoped, because of Don's lack of
Rome, To-day.
prowess in the things that Wanda lov. communique, which states that de ed to do and because of his peculiarities spite the disappearance of Austria of physicial construction, she would as an independent State, the Rome come to her senses. Now he knew that Protocols continue to serve a use- was too much to expect. Wanda, liko
all women, was an idealist, and Don ful purpose and the two countries Bowan, because of his sensitive nature would operate them in harmony and delicate individualities, answered with the Rome-Berlin Axis.
Mel could never hope to Portugal has formally recognis-
ed the annexation of Abyssinia.
He realis loved her Reuter. “