Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1935, Page 26

DAILY SHORT STORY- THE UNFAITHFUL By Frank Kern Levin. 'HARLIE was one of those fellows who smiled from the side of his face and his girl's name was Mamie. Charlie was a little fellow and Mamie was fully 3 inches tall- er. Charlie was thin and Mamie was stout. When Charlie walked down Four- teenth street he flirted with every girl he saw. Char- lie wore a straw hat and & check- ered suit with cloth buttons. He wore a yellow shirt and a green tle with & herseshoe stickpin in it. “I saw you with my own eyes.” oyt on the ve- Mamie was blond and her hair fell about her cheeks and ears in shorl little curls. In spite of her heavy make-up one could see that her com- plexion was pink, in spite of mascara one could see her eyes were those of a simple, trusting -person. She had ‘met Charlie at a dance, he had thrilled her with his kiss2s out on the veranda and ever since she was deeply in love and no less than fanatically jealous of him. If any girl had as much as looked at Charlie she would have been ready to scratch her eyes out. l"on.una.tgly, in spite of Charlie’s obvious flirting, no girl did. * * X X . NHARLIE was one of the fellows 4 who had always taken & lot of trouble with his dressing. He spent considerable time before his mirror. He would smile at himself out of the side of his face. “I know what I'm doin’” Charlie had once boasted to some friends be- tween shots in a pool room, “ya bet I do. I'm a good lookin’ fella. You can laugh if you wanta, but I kin see it in the eyes of the girls. It's O. K, 1t’s 0. K.—I know what I'm doin"" ‘Undoubtedly Charlie did know what he was doing. And Charlie, except that his hair was thinning and other- wise not changing much, advanced to | the age of 36 without apparently hav- ing had much success with the girls | of Washington. True, he had becn engaged three or four times, or sO he said, but something always hap- pened. Never for a moment did Charlie question his appeal. He explained the fact that he was still unmarried by | explaining that girls were a preity dumb lot, just out for what they could get. * o % (CHARLIE had bought & ticket from somebody and had gone to the dance. He was standing in the cor- ner affecting boredom and smoking a cigarette when he saw Mamie. She also was standing in a corner by her- self. But there was no look of bore- dom, affected or otherwise, on her face. Instead there was one of hope- ful anticipation. Charlie watched her for several min- utes. She wasn't very pretty, but she was young, not more than 22 or 23. She was rather stout, but she smiled once and she did have nice teeth. | Charlie swaggered and sauntered over to Mamie. “Pretty nice dance they got here, ain’t it?” said Charlie. “Yes,” sald Mamie brightening, *nice dance they got here.” “How would you like to have a| | standing on the street arguing with dance with me?” Charlie asked. “Thank you very much,” Mamie an- swered. “That orchestra don’t keep such very good time,” Charlie said as he shoved Mamie| around in a two- step. “No, they keep changing their time | every few minutes,” Mamie said. “How would you like to go out on the veranda for a walk?” Charlie sug- gested. “rd lke that very much,” Mamie sald. And so Charlie had taken Mamie rands. And they | weren't out there over an hour and | & half when he kissed her. | * ok X % 'WHEN he had taken her home that | night he had kissed her again. Three or four days later he called on | her. In time Mamie became Charlie’s | ! girl and they saw one another every day and they had fights and they made up and when Mamie wistfully | talked about getting married Charlie | would scratch his nose or his ear and | | change the subject. One time, whea | | he was off his guard, Mamie cornercd | Charlie and they became engaged and i set a definite date for the wedding. The wedding was just about two | weeks off when Mamie, walking down | Eleventh street, saw Charlie talking to & very pretty young lady. Quickly Mamie stepped back into a doorway, all eyes. The young lady seemed to | be arguing with Charlie and he was| | smiling from the corner of his mouth. | Then she saw the two turn, walk | | down the street, and go into an ice 1 cream parlor together. | “I saw you,” Mamie shrieked when | | Charlie came to visit her that eve- ning. “Saw me what?” Charlie asked. “I saw you with that woman! I saw you with my own eyes! You were | her and then you walked into an ice cream parlor with her. You!” * K K X 'HARLIE stopped and looked at Mamie. Then it all came back to | him. Mamie had seen him talking to the girl who had sold him a two- year subscription to three magazines | at bargain prices. He had made a| bargain with her—he hadn't bought| the subscription until she agreed to| 80 into the ice cream parlor and have a soda with him. The girl was work- | ing her way through college and she | was ready to do almost anything for a sale, and so she had accepted Char- | lie's invitation. “Oh, that girl” Charlie said. His chest swelled. To think that even Mamie could believe that he could date a girl like that. “Yes, that girl! I never want to see you again. Take your ring and | get out of here, you—you—And I| thought you loved me.” | “Aw, don't take it that way, Mamie. | She don't mean a thing to me. You're | the only one for me.” Charlie put his arm around Mamie. After a while Mamie forgave | Charlie because he promised never to be unfaithful to her again. (Copyright. 19352 TOWN SEEKS FUNDS | T0 CONSTRUCT HALL' Colmar Manor Will Apply for Federal Aid—Appointments Approved. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star: | COLMAR MANOR, Md., September | 6.—Application for Federal funds to assist in the construction of a town | hall, and appointment of several new | town officials were authorized by the mayor and Council. It is estimated that the town hllll will cost about $11,000, accordag to | Mayor John F. Torvestad. On his recommendation, the Coun- cil approved appointments of Mrs. Viola Anderson as health officer; W. A. Ernest as chief of police, and | Thurman Reeves and Heury Caspeare | as deputies. | ‘The Council also voted to finance | & boulevard patrol for school children | again this year. 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