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MOVIE STUFF

THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY SUPPLEMENT, MARCH 18, 1937,

By Paul F

HOW IT BEGAN Berdanter

(Continued from "Page 1)

"Look here, I've got an idea. I'm going along. Ive got a date with Jane Friday, and we might as well go to the Ursinus Prom

as anywhere else."

"We-li.

"Oh, you don't want me?”

"Frankly, I'm not sure that I-

do."

"Oh, we'll not go down wit you I'll take my own car.”

"How can I resist you, Tom- my?"

a nice Prom. I'm glad I

I came," Susan told Tommy,

when she danced with him.

"That shows it pays to live dan- gerously."

She did not add that Stuart seemed preoccupied. Perhaps he was annoyed because Jane and Tommy had come, or because she was too successful with the stag- line. It was 11 o'clock and Susan had danced with him only once. He cut in.

"Do you always take on like this?" he asked. "It's not much fun for your "date"

"Well, Fm no wallflower. having a very good time.”

He could see that, Stuart said. "Do you know," he informed her, "you grow on me? I'm beginning. to like you very much, in spite of myself. I've been thinking about you all week.".

"Say, fellers, there's Stuart,”

someone shouted, and three young

men, all rather unsteady, bore down on them.

"Well, I see you win the bet,” one greeted him. “Whoda thunk it?”

Susan knew one of them, Bill Roark. They were laughing im- moderately, and all talking about winning a bet.

**They seem a little tight,” Stuart said, superfluously.

"Yes, sir, you get the five bucks. You always do, somehow, How did he do it, baby?" one of them asked, turning to Susan.

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“How did he do what?”

"Get you to come. Get your five bucks?" he said to Stuart. "Stauffer didn't show up.”

"What are you guys talking about? What five bucks?" Stuart demanded, over-earnestly, and colouring.

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They roared.

"Come on," Susan said to Bill Roark, who had dropped out of the discussion, like to dance with me?"

"Would I

"Oh, no you don't

move to stop them.

the dancers.

Stuar

ed past him, and were lost among

"Now, Bill, my friend, will you help a poor

teller

going

Bill Roark obviously steadied

out

looked

forlorn

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thought, -homeward, was what you 60t for acting like someone in

You

movie. This was the kind of thing that happened to you if you were stupid:

thought something he said was a com- pliment, while all the time he was thinking about five dollars that this he was going to get.

pute There 7"

she said, outside,

“Go OL,” "while we walks

"Well, Stuart always wants to bet, you know, and the funny part

18, he s ner

"Well, about bunch of us

get nebody

dates for the Prom, said he hadn't asked and wanted to think new. I wasn't payi

st- tention, but

"Bill Stauffer saying something about you. He's been bragging about you ever since he had you down to that dance last year. Stuart looked kind of interested, but Stauffer said that of course you wouldn't consider him Stuart, you know.

“Stuart said oh yeah and why and Bill said he knew you would- n't, that's all, even if you had been introduced. This made Stuart sore, becau last year he wanted and Bill

n't let

Stuart,

car. Tell

was too

out of the ing. Good

ced to you do it made

for Bill to ats. Do you that and of course He would-

The worst of it was, John Stuart was still the most attrac tive man she'd ever met. She'd learned a little about him, dane- ing, and she knew that he was quiet and very well-liked, that he had travelled around the world. year between prep school and college, that that he would play a cheap trick for the sake of a silly bet

In Pottstown she stopped at restaurant, and ordered coffee and a sandwich. The coffee was terrible, and she found she could only eat half of the sandwich. She was about to leave when she heard the door open. It was John Stuart. He was beside her in a moment.

"Susan," he said, "I saw the car outside. I've been following you. You must forgive me.”

"Must 1?"

"As soon as I talked with you I was through with that fool bet. I tried to call it off, to pay up, anything, but they were getting a big kick out of my losing, as they thought, and wouldn't hear of it. They must have suspected some- thing I was too anxious, and they made me wait for a show- down to-night-

If you were feeling so noble, why didn't you explain it to me?” I thought of that, but I was afraid you wouldn't go if I did, and anyway, I hoped it might

believed a story like this? renk dates with

you.

girl like

"In the first place, why did you have to try anything so specta- cular as hiding under my bed?"

"I knew that any of the usual styles of self-introduction would -get-me-nowhere.”

"This one will take you the same place."

"Please forgive me. Couldn't we start all over ?"

*I don't feel very benevolent toward you, naturally. What I can't forgive you for, really, is felling me it meant so much to you. Like a fool, I thought you meant me, and not five dollars. I don't want to see you again, ever."

She stood up.

"Not even hiding under a bed, like Raggylug?””

Her eyes flickered, she turned away, she smiled.

"It was funny. You looked so droll. I can't help smiling, 80 F may as well forgive you. Good- bye."

"Won't you let me drive you up? I can leave my car here. By the way, I wonder how Jane and Tommy are getting. along?***

"They'll be all right. There are a lot of people there who can take them home."?

were,

somehow, outsid

Tnow, standing beside Tommy

Booth's car

As I was saying, Stuart continued, "TI leave my car "here, and we'll drive up to Reading and I'll take the train back here I like rounds.”

"Do you really want to "Want to?” He clos door behind her, and self at the wheel be prevented. seeing a lot

“Oh,

We're going

each other

"Do you want to bet on it!"" You ne lose, do you?", "Never,

Til bet

They drove off int