Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1937, Page 44

DAILY SHORT STORY FRIENDLY FAVOR By G. C. Coler. PHILTP HART- LEY read the telegram which Gloria Banton's mother shoved through the ‘g'nu of his teller's cage, and then he read it a second time, slowly, stalling un- til his heart re- sumed its normal beat and the fa- niliar interior of the bank focused back into a normal position. Then he politely returned the wire. “I'm sure must be very j happy, Mrs. Ban- ton,” he said trite- ly, “having Gloria back home from finishing school for good.” Gloria's mother beamed complacently through the grill at Philip and nodded happily. “Yes, I haven't seen much of my little | girl for the last four years,” she ad- mitted. “And I'm glad she has man- aged to finish her schooling with such high honors!” she added with pardon- able touch of maternal pride. “I guess there wasn't much doubt about her doing that.” Philip asserted convincingly. “I always gave her credit for being the brightest girl in town.” “I think,” said Mrs. Banton, giving Philip an arch look, “that perhaps you've always been just a bit preju- diced, Philip! But, anyway, Im thrilled to death, and you must be sure to come up to the house directly | the bank closes on Saturday. She gets 1n at 10 in the morning, you know!" | Philip stared thoughtfully at Mrs. | Banton's retreating back. He had an | idea that she had always entertained | an idea of having him for a son-in-law, and Philip knew why. Gloria needed some one to restrain her, hold her | down—some one who was serious, re- liable, with a good job and able to live comfortably. Philip knew he was that sort of | person, and he hated to be that way. But somehow he had been congenitally endowed with an inferiority complex that insisted upon working overtime. At the same time he had a fair share of good looks and personality. * % ok x }IE HAD everything that a young fellow needed to get along fa- mously in this world, only he never used them to their full power. Es- pecially with Gloria. There had been a time, before she had been graduated from high school and gone away, that he could maintain, or practically main- tain, his own ground with her. But the first time she came home from school, with a retinue of admir- you Gloria appeared to greet him. membered look of intimacy, Philip nearly swooned, and he thought she could hear his heart pounding be- neath his neat suit | coat. He was cer- tain now that he had never seen a more radiantly .| beautiful creature! In the crowd he | recognized Cliff| Towers, whom he | remembered as| having given| Gloria a tremen-| dous rush the pre- vipus Summer. Cliff, he decided, was the strongest contender in the race for Gloria's hand. He was ex- ceedingly hand- some, he had money and a slinky road- ster and a large fund of sophistication. In most ways he was the masculine counterpart of Gloria. Of course, during the following week or so Philip saw very little of Glorml or her crowd. He couldn't afford to work all day and try to keep up the | swift pace of that gang in the evening. But one day Cliff surprised him by coming down to the bank. “I have an unusual request to make, but I feel I know you well enough to make it,” CUff began smoothly. “Gloria tells me that you're about her oldest and best friend here. To put it baldly, I want to propose to Gloria, but first I'd like to get sort of an idea where I stand. Will you find out for me?” Clff grinned in a friendly way. At first Philip didn't get it and then he stared. “Sort of a John Alden act, eh?” he queried. “All right, CIliff, I'll see what I can do.” * K k% IT TOOK a lot of managing, but Philip somehow found himself driv- ing down the lake road that evening with soft night all around, a full moon | above and Gloria on the roadster's| He couldn't help | seat beside him. envying Cliff and thinking how de- lightful all this would ve if he had the right to do it always. He stopped the car on a bluff overlooking the lake and snapped out the lights. Neither said a word for a few mo- ments while they took in the gorgeous night and all the romantic embellish- ments. “Gloria,” he began, “there's something serious I have to talk to you about and I hardly know how to be- gin.” Gloria kept looking out over the lake. “There’s some one whom I have reason to believe you care a great deal for,” he plunged, “and I know he re- turns the affection. Of course, up | CONVENT LEAGUE TO MARK JUBILEE Catholic Daughters Group to Give Special Musical Program Sunday. A special musical program will mark the “tenth jublilee year"” celebration of the Convert League of the Catholic Daughters qf America at 3:30° p.m. Sunday in the Trinity College audi- torium. Rev. Francis P. Lyons of Chicago, founder of the league, will be honored at the ceremonies. He also is sched- uled to speak on “His Holiness, Pope Pius XI.” Another honor guest and speaker will be Most Rev. William J. Hafey, Bishop of Raleigh, who will discuss 8 subject related to the league's national crusade against communism. Rev. A. J. Burggraft,-director of the Convert League of the District, will give the invocation. Miss Florence M. Winter, national chairman of the league, will preside, and Miss Augusta E. Uhl, grand regent of the Catholic Daughters of America, will welcome the guests. The Glee Club, the choir and an instrumental trio from Trinity Col- legé will participate in the musical program. . ROPER WILL SF;‘EAK To Attend Commerce Day Cele- bration at Howard U, Secretary of Commerce Roper will be principal speaker at the Howard University celebration of Commerce day at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Rankin Memorial Chapel. Commerce day marks the conclu- sion of the program of the Commerce Club, a student organization inter- ested in commercial activities. Muai- cal selections will be given by the University Men's Glee Club. A con- cluding feature of the day will be & banquet in Sojourner Truth Hall. Let Shredded Wheat and Frowns on Modern Devices. ‘TOLEDO, Ohio (#).—Firemen, sum- moned to extinguish “an automobile fire,” were nonplused when they drew abreast of J. Dunn in his eight-year- old model with a smoking oil stove on the seat beside him. He sajd it was cheaper than these new-fangled built- in car heaters. —— / “.,; SHREDDED wiea R "o FREE " PARKING One of America’s Largest Food Marhkets ON THESE QUALITY VALUES FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TENDER GREEN ASPARAGUS - - 9¢ "Ew NTATOES SOUTH CARGLINA'S . 5 Ibs. I4° FLORIDA ORANGES ™i&™ _ _ ... 29¢ Juicy FANCY CRISP SUMMER | FANCY NEW TEXAS SQUASH_____2 - 19¢c { ONIONS_____ 3 [2¢ SUNKIST JUICY THIN-SKIN SEEDLESS LEMONS______ o 19¢ | GRAPEFRUIT_ 4 [T¢ TENDER SPRING CRISP RED = 2 bunches EG nAnls“Es__ __2 bun. se Onions _ CHERRY RED FANCY RHUBARB_.____ .- B¢ juicy, crushed straw- berries sing out to your morning appetite! Put them on tomorrow’s breakfast program. right ing collegians from the neighboring | until now, he hasn't said a word to university in her wake, Philip had |you. But he can offer you everything. sensed a change. Since then she had | Imagine a cozy home all your own.” enhanced not only her ability to en- | He gulped chant, but learned how to use it with | a very successful discrimination. Philip sighed at his reflections and leaned his elbows upon the marble counter of the teller's cage, forgetting to begin checking his totals for the day. Gloria, he thought, was the only girl he would ever really care for. But what chance had a poor, staid bank clerk with a glorious girl who lived at a mile-a-minute clip? On Saturday afternoon Philip went | home after work, bathed and shaved and carefully adorned himself in his | best clothes before he presented him- | gelf at the old Banton homestead. He | wasn’t surprised at all to find the| veranda and the living room cluttered with rather superior young people, most of them male. Friends of Gloria’s, | they made him feel like Methuselah, | even if they were practically his own age. * x % x WHEN Gloria appeared to greet | him, grasping both his hands in | hers and giving him that old, re- “Go on, I'm interested,” Gloria said |~ PoW! o in a small voice. | “You would have a handsome hus- band, quite a good deal of money, and 8 helpmate who understood all the things you understand.” Gloria slid closer, half turned, and Philip felt two smooth, round arms slipping about his | neck “Cut the main speech, darling,” | Gloria said softly. “You don't know | how long I've waited for you to get up ‘ the nerve to propose. I need some | one like you—I'm tired of playing!” | She sighed happily. “Let's go back and announce it to the crowd, shall we?” For once in his life Philip deserted | his habitual role. 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