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at fame and fortune,"
"But why?" asked Marie Lamont, "are you doing it, darling?"
Sue didn't intend to go on pretending. It's a deal! I've always wanted a crack she was anyone but horself. The idea had appealed to her at first as a lark, Inspired no doubt by the cocksure at- titude of the rather handsome young man who had come strolling along the beach and paused to watch her execute n swan dive from the pier's end.
"You broke it a little too soon before hitting the water," he told her seriously when she had climbed the ladder back to the pier. "You should hold it un- til the very last,"
"Indeed?" said Sue. She flushed, not from embarrassment, but from the knowledge that the last she knew she held title to the Eastern Coast women's diving Championship. And if things went well she would retain that cham- pionship at the forthcoming meet to be held at the Spray Club in two weeks. It was because of the meet that she had come to Florida and was now live ing with her friends, the Lamonts, far up the coast and away from everyone. It gave her a chance to polish off her form in privacy.
"Indeed?" she repeated. "Perhaps you can tell me how it should be done." Her voice was tempered with sarcasm, which fact the young man ignored com- pletely.
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"Glad to," And for the next fifteen minutes Sue listened to about as silly a description of swan dive as she'd ever heard. She didn't know whether
"Because," said Sue, "this Hal Esson youth knows too much for his own good.
He's too rich, He's too con- coited. By the time he's thirty he'll find he's too old to get some fun out of life. He needs to be laughed at. Won't," she added delightedly, "he be an astonished young man when I'm introduced at the meet as the Eas- tern champion!
"I'm practically hysterical thinking about it," said Marie.
It was a lovely plan and probably would have done young Mr. Esson a lot of good. He appeared on the pier every day and Sue listened at- tentively to his advice and then made an attempt to follow it. Day by day she appeared to improve, and Mr. Es- son seemed very gratified.
"The smug, conceited nitwit," Suo thought, Aloud she said: "You must come up to the house and meet my friends." They're dying to meet you." "Delighted," said Mr. Esson, quite as though he could understand the Lamont's viewpoint.
So the four of them had dinner to- gether, then Sue and Hal went walk- ing in the moonlight, and suddenly Sue wished she hadn't pretended. She
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to be angry or amused. When he tried to fight against this thought, said patronizingly: "Go on; try it but it persisted. And the annoying now, "she chose the latter course, It part, the very annoying part, was really was funny, and the young man that she had discovered qualities in was really serious.. She executed the Mr. Esson besides conceit and vanity dive, purposely making a botch of it. and smugness. He was, by and large, He shook his head sadly. "You keep a very likable young man. trying I think you've got something there."
"Thanks," said Sue, restraining an effort to laugh. "Come around to morrow and give me another lesson.”
"I'll do that,” he replied, to her astonishment. "Name of Esson. Hal Eason, Possibly you've heard of me." "Who," asked Sue of Marie Lamont when she returned to the house, "is Hal Esson?”
There was, however, no getting out of it now. To admit her deceit would make things rather complicated. She'd have to go through with the business and hope that Mr. Esson was broad- minded enough to see the humour of it
fore the meet,
There were three days remaining be- Hal Anal instructions, looking
gave her her at. her gravely and making her wonder why he seemed so strange. She decided it was she and not he who was stran- ge, which was more disconcerting than
Marie reflected. Dana, her husband, grinned. "So that's who the guy was down on the pier? Honey, you sure pick yourself sugar daddies. Hal ever. Esson is worth an easy two millions. The night before the meet she cried He's only twenty-seven and he made herself to sleep. The next morning every dime of it himself. Believe it she rode down to the Spray Club with or not he's a promoter. Promotes the Lamonts, resolved to tell him everything from prize fights to cock everything. sparing him the humilia- fights. Smart boy."
tion. But he wasn't there to meet. That explained a lot. It explained her, He didn't show up. at all. In- Hal Esson's cocksureness. And it explained, conceivably, his interest in her. She didn't mention the startling thought that had occurred to her until after she had talked. to Hal Esson the next day.
stead a messenger came bearing a note: "Dearest," the note read, "I can't_go' through with it. I'm sorry, but I've fallen in love with you. I know it would break your heart if you lose and you would hate me, I'm going to be "Look," he said, "after giving her a honest with you: I've been hearing book account of how a front somesault about this girl Suo Harris, I'm afraid should be executed, "I know ability she's better than you, Does - that when I see it. You've got something, sound disloyal? Please try to under- baby, and you're hiding your light_`stond.”
under a bushel. Now listen: there's `The multitude of fans who had come a swimming meet coming off down to watch 'Sue Harris retain her title hero soort. How about, latting me were disappointed and astonishad when groom you as an entry? We'll keep it was anounced: she had defaulted, it a secret. I'll do all the arranging; Hal Esson was astonished and pleased, you do the diving. We'll split the because it proved the one thing he first prize money.
"Well. well, well!" said Sne. appeared to consider. "0.K.,
wanted to know.
She
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