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THE BOY NEXT

NEVER did the phone

sound sweeter than two weeks ago when Walt Rogers phoned to ask Julie Connors if she would go with him to the senior school dance.

Julie had half promised Jerry that she'd go with him, but this was too good

pass up. Walt

chance to

a

was the school's football hero and the idol of every girl in school.

She was dazzled — everyone had thought Walt would ask Linda Fenton, but here he was asking her! She'd answered slowly and deliberately to hide the eagerness in her voice Yes, I'd love to go with you

Waltl'

—

The rest of the week she was on cloud nine, and a pink one at that. She had shopped for a new formal dress, shoes, everything. A thousand times a day she had envisioned Walt and herself, walking into the hall with all the girls looking on in envy.

And

DOOR

a lesson

for Linda

It. Once number.

By ANTOINETTE ROZARIO

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"I've

which

her.

surged through They were late but Walt-Rogers just wasn't one to notice them as he danced by with Linda Denton

This Jerry was a different person from the one she had known. He was as gallant as Walt, or even mart so. He was as tall as Walt if not taller and his eyes were such wonderful combination of grey and green.

But still Julle's pude was hart; stood up by Wall Rogers, she'd never live it down.

Exit Walt

4

Towards the erd, Juille noticed Walt and Linda Waving

it was the wrong such 3 fine night for a He held a celluloid box with The second time it dance......She stared at the an orchid in it, tied arcund was Jerry.

wall with the pink wall paper, with pink satin ribbon. "Oh, it's said, hardly able to hide the not to think of Walt.

you Jerry." she at the blue ceiling, and tried come to ask you to the dance in a huff, but she couldn't care disappointment in her voice.

At times he said, "if you'll go with me" less "Your precious walt bas she was as blue as ever, then

just gone," said Jerry returning "I saw your light on, what's she was red with rage at that

She nodded, pinned on the with happened?" he asked in deep heel, Walt Rogers

two glasses of pinch. then she corsage he had brought her and Julie was just about to say be big-brotherly tones.

was blue again.

they went out to the car, which wasn't her Walt, but the grin was nice, she thought, but not on Jerry's face set her wonder- as nice as Walt's.

ing if he had anything to do with Walfs untimely éxit,

The blues

He'd bring her "Oh, nothing. Walt's just a orchids, or roses maybe, and bit late, that's all," she said they'd go in his pale blue con- wishing with all her heart that it was all. "I'll have to go now, mother's calling", and she replaced the receiver with numbed fingers.

vertible.

Desperate

Jerry Watkins was the fellow who lived next door. Sure he was nice, nice enough to play soldiers with, to climb .apple trees with, and to ask over on free evenings, but to go to the senior dance with, definitely not! And besides he wasn't as gallant as Walt

the

However at the end of third week before the dance the was getting sort of desperate, no ane had asked her yet, and when Jerry, did well, she had promised to go with him if nothing better turned up. But something did turn up-Walt Jerry would understand anyway he always did.

Now the hands of the clock (crept romů at a small's pace. Seven o'clock, half past seven, right o'clock, ten past eight, twenty past eight,

with no appearance of Walt who should have called for her at eight. Twice the phone rang and twice she flew to answer

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She went up to her room and sat staring out of the window—

after

At school the next day the had avoided everyone's eyes

She was first one out.

When the doorbell chimed, Julie practically flew to the door and down

1-1 saw Walt with Linda in the stairs. the car today, they made up Her mother was in the hall,

a row. I might have and who but Jerry Was standing on the threshold, im- guessed that two-timer would and when school was over she

ask her" he said angrily.

Just ga-she maculately groomed in evening jacket. Julie

sat quietly, her mind full of reached the bus stop Jerry held her breath as she

her. "Cmon, walked questions.

caught up with down the remaining flight of

he said "and on the way we're going to the coffee shop" stairs he looked so .

ro tell you something." ΟΙ

When they entered, everyone

. so turned and looked at them, and as she had never seen Julle was not sure whether him before,

not it was a feeling of pride

OUR

BRIDGE?

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Ray Lay

We haven't a bridge over the harbour yet. But there may be sometime in the future. This is Roy Fay's impression" of what it may look like!

'A fool'

There in the shop most of the .crowd were assembled Juke was half afraid to 'enter. When they all stopped talking as she did so, he felt dike burning and running away, and if it were not for Jerry's reassuring band she would have. In the midst of faces she saw `wält'svið e black eye.

Now he was making his way towards her. "Em sorry” he said slowly, “about last night. I was a fool”. Julle's face relaxed as if a tremend- ous weight was lifted off her mind. She smiled and extend- ed her band which he clasped -she had forgiven him. "Well, to prove there are 10 hard feelings, bow about movie tonight?” The same old Walt, thought Julie,

She looked at all the exper- tant faces, then at Jerry's. "I'm SCITY, Walt," she said and started for the door with Jerry, "I've got a date" and they walk- ed cut, Julie Connors hard Land with Jerry- Watkins

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