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BEACH CLUB GIRL
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DOOTS RAEBURN, 18 and pretty,
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By MABEL MCELLIOTT
thought I might really do some-I were ghostly in the moonlight;", the thing. But Mother doesn't seem to roses had never seemed so luxuriant, want me to.. She's very old school. There was scent overywhere-the good Mother is. She says a girl ought to smell of earth under swift summer stay at home until the right, man rains, the perfunie of moonflower in contes along. What did you say?" as the dusk. Boots felt it-the spell of her hostess choked violently over her summer was on the land. Every open glass.
car, brimming with light frocks and "Nothing. Went down the wrong lighter laughter, had n touch of magic. Way," muttured Frances George, Every radio played love songs and eyes. the summer nights were lonely as one puttering and mopping her with horror at Boots' description of
she had mald, Involuntarily and drowsed in the porch swing, d Hardy calls to apologise and Boots secepts the programme which had been laid his Invitation for a date that evening. In out for her wax, "In this day and
recklessness, the take him to - take lo "The Barn, a questionsble dance age!"
Gwen created a diversion at the Young MRS. GEORGE, nelabour a moment by falling down and barking
one plump knee. By the time colouredly. Loulso had brought the mercurochrome and peace had been established Boots discovered it was three o'clock and time to see to her marketing.
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Boots to luncheon.
CHAPTER XI
Boots traced the pattern of the blue damask cloth with her finger. "So that's the way it happened," she said, looking straight into hor conipanion's oyes. "And I'm. alected, I'm the Koat. You see that." There was ar imperceptible sob in her voice although
it.
"Oh would you, honcatly? I'd never be able to thank you." Boots was almost incoherent.
Her father had gone to the Hartsos for a game of bridge one evening and she was half-sitting, half-lying in a deep chair when she heard a car stop at the hedge, heard hard, masculinu steps on the walk. She sat up andden-
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Hamburg & Holi vomanly" Frances George told her sincerely. She was young, pulsing with life: she smiled at her encouragingly. "You're When your mother gota back perhaps was lonely. He had been kind to her. taking all of this too seriously. Be we can cook up something for you to "All right," he said impulsively: LIVERPOOL SERVICE llevo me, it isn't important. Oh, I do. I could give you a letter to Rome "Just walt until I powder my nose." know," she went on swiftly at Boots friends on Womanhood, the muga- gesture of dissent, "I know it seems zino, you know." so to you. At the moment it swallow® up doesn't it 7-everything else in the world. You can't read the morn ing papers, can't be interested in
"Well, we might see what could be foods or pingues or world shaking done, anyhow," anld Frances judicially. discoveries because Mrs. Alice Do-She had Gwen on her lap now and was funny: Fernell, or whatever her name touling the brown curls absently. It ia, han decided you misbehaved and was just a shame, she told herself, don't rate a ticket to the Christmas after Boots had gone, that those ter Assembly, or whatever the darned rible women were able to do such a thing is."
thing to a child like that. Why, that morning Boots had had a wounded "I'm ready," she said, confused, lavk in her eyva. She was like natus He was at her side and, almost wild creature stalked from ambush, before she knew what was happening, "When you grow up, lamb-ple," she his arms were around her, crushing muttered into the ear of the small her in a grip at once tender, and one in her arms, "we're going a triumphant; his face, was very close
for you."
to hers.
"Don't manage differently
Don't." Her Perry George, Junior, slept.
Boots went back to her tasks in almost pettialt.
4 "He's he's attractive," she said.
11: an instant he released her. "Last week I thought well. I was more cheerful frame of mind. But it Panting, not knowing whether to erazy enough to think I really was was lonely the next few days. The taugh or to cry, she stared at him. in love with him. You know I'd seen telephone rang only once or twice and hint in a crowd and he was so good.then it was the cashier at the market, Oh, she had been kissed, inexpertly
enough, before. But this was looking, and he never knew I was making for an order. Johnny went to ferent. Russ alive. I'd made a sort of here of him, the mountains and Hardy called to say "crowd." He was a
he would be at the family's Mains Everything about him was different. I suppose."
camp until August,
"Ob.
Boots laughed hysterically. "That's exactly it," she said,
"D'you like this boy-Hardy ?" Frances George wanted to know.
Boots stared out of the window past the cool green of the chintz draperies, Procked and the shaded in the
ly.
where
She came to the screen door and
something blocked it. His big shadow, tooning almost menacingly, shut out the moonlight.
wasn't one
Lone WDS
dif-
of the
man grown.
She-aho almost liked it, but of course Oh, well, Boots said, hanging up, he mustn't know that,
The
Mrs. George noilled, understanding "Well, then I found out since that "I wouldn't have seen him much anym sorry," he said, but his tone he's really pretty dumb. He has way. That was just a flash in the didn't sound in the least bit regrel- charming manners when he wants to pan.'
ful. "You're so-so darned cute." When she went not terribly then but he's
to the club she She laughed hysterically, amusing. He says the same thing avoided, "the gang" coolly. Fride "Promise to bekave or I shan't go
ver and over again. I know most held her back and she imagined slights down on the rocks with you." girls don't mind that it's sort of where slights were not. Isabel want-rocks formed a sort of promontory on having a line-but it gets on my led to talk to her one day but he the shore. All young Larchnock of there warm, nerves, Boots cunfessed ingenuously, brushed by with such a strained and gathered there
She "I thought he'd be like someone in artificial-mile that her friend with-moonlit a play that he would say the most drew, feeling inexplicably hurt. She seen with Russ the tongues interesting things and be, well. dif- fell into the way of choosing cd would start gabbling but she ferent. He isn't. He'd just like hours to swim, times when only "the told herself she didn't care. everybody else. Of course if he dates kids" with their nurses were on the "I promise."
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girl site's noticed. Everybody and or old Indies, popping with their The water lapped in ceaselessly. thinks she must have something be-crocheting, under the awnings.
Runs brought a rug from the battler- cause he has the reputation of being In this way she came to see rathered car and spread it for her to sit awfully smooth. But oven that won't let of Russ. He was always there, upon. In her transparent frock, with do me much good now that Mrs. ble, square-shouldered, smiling. Ho her hair a bright halo about her small, Fernel is down on me.”
didn't bother her. He talked a little, painted face, there was something "You're what-almost 19?" Mrs, fragmentary bits of idle conversation almost unearthly about Boots to-night, George wanted to know. "Not going which didn't require an answer, and The man settled himself rather awk to college
Boots found him oddly restful, aym-wardly beside her. All about them, at Passenger Rates: "Can't," Boots admitted. "Daddy's pathetle. Hip mood fitted hers. She discrect distances ittle groups,
did not realize that the man business."
was couples, wore gathered. Somewhere a watching her keenly, measuring her boy's voice was raised in song. moodis, adapting his stride to hers, out on the water the lights, of littleAgenta: "Of course. Well, you don't want Then she fell into the way of accept- boats winked on and off. A boll to hang around the villago for ages, ing him as a friend, telling him little buoy sounded eerily far to the north. waiting for the old ladies to smile at amusing things, watching for his big "Pretty," Ruse said fuadequately. you again." opined Frances George smile and his hearty laugh.
But he was looking ut Boots, not shrewdly. "You want to marry- And it was summer warm, glori-at the view, later, of course. But not necessarily ous, impetuous summer when young "Oh, isn't it?" She leaned back, the first blond 'he-man who gives you things grew and flourished under the her chin tilted at a kind word."
sụn and of nights the white moon said fiercely, "Come along. You look "I thought if I could got away," whone down on a world embroidered sa darned sweet I'm certain to kiss Bools said, sipping her iced tea and with a tapestry of beauty. The blue you again if we stop here." relaxing for the. first time in days, stalks of delphinium in the garden
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