New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 28, 1929, Page 13

DT A P, i sppimmin: % ik sy T 2 AR AR s % Z e T 2 s h them a good forge long teachirg, pleaded Bessie. “Roger means more o me than a good joke or a good les- n. We haven't long here now, and y from him is an . Jdet’s put it Where Hearts Are Free---But Not for O el oo tion.” The least relaxing nation in the world, we still observe the fort- night, usually in Summer, as one of the rights still held inalienable. The Brit second I'm as er, but let's get it uver wi t h his finger to his lips, sil- tioned the o to withdiraw him. The girls had not been con- scious of their presence. ws,” said Bert, when they had ance, “we're sitting ish have their outings and shooting let's teach them a and bucolic excursio the French go Vhat say to a ni long ride rural periodically; the Germans go into the count the forests and the watering places It was unanimou voted a from time to time. But only here do we observe the regular going away and knocking off process, as much the privilege of the poorest as of the lei ured classel And, since vac mean se ons almost always de, farm, mountains or boat-trips e all serious th ‘ and gestu re suspended and th lighter emotions run free, there are qu and easy acquaintances formed, there are time and spirit to let them grow rapidly, and, in all, a tremendous rising 1 :t in romance follows the two-week recreation habit It might be an interesting specula tion to womder how many of us are, directly or indirectly, the children of s. 1 know hundreds of in- stances of marriages which had their origin in vacations. And of these not the least inter ing was the three-way culm wh pating a repe! nounced form of cor retired to a ro tatus had tu POWWONW. vacatio T whether tion of the sea which I ob- served with indulgent interest, as be- c i an cpisode e one v cts a living from watching and listening, and whose own life’ heme has already been long fixed. s e o= Ameng the yo time he comfortable, if not exclusive] hotel at the shore were three girls and three bachelors. I was a 0 them and [ term. Thi folk who at the down to dinner h ibited y , having preceded ered after their allotted I chanced to arrive on ¥ the same day and depart on the same day, which is not so odd, since vac tions are o arranged in most offic that the employes leave in relays at the end of each working ek. £ there is not a Saturday that millio the most attractive of the trio. unattached man in the focused his best work on atel Only when she obvious preference fc. begin to give in and gi “We've m: 1 g £ A The six of them would pile into it x | o \ ! \ do ot start off for their holida BN S e / s , spent a m ing the warm months. : s B T AL R PO e e of yugh— only knows how we've hurt Of these, fate chose Bert Brinkley, 5aq places for chicken suppers, s 1 | : . They all held their silence as they ourselves with the boys” sniveled Roger Farman spreads and needled ne Mildred. sy good looks of the threc G Tay oAl ok ethon cenitoviiosncd per to meet at that hote! at that time, Jigibility of the men n B \ i “If Roger came in here now no two of whom had ever seen any of utctanding pé of the asse ,,‘ i I to his arm h 1 the others before. among the you folk, re t out to tobe one of those fi Let me list them for you so that you may visualize them: BERT BRINKLEY—past 30, sa manager tor a plumbirg supply hou decent chap, owner of a roadster, ex- cellent prospect or wanted to, of the t CAL FIRNEY—certified public ac- would redissemble countant. working for him much envied by the rest After a full week the comt had been cemented so that it w garded by th it and th No one t with principles. 1 want my Roger and I don’t care a whoop about ning him. He can nd I'll sign on se locking on as a ne limit wh Estelle. it ndivi n the me ting lay- elf, doing clements. By the sea nothing is i r tried to I ¢ or some N rather well, under 30, thrifty and not portant except what takes place by the perturbed, but On the beach. And we'd be with and hurling cute RN bad looking. sea. Bygones are ravely inquired into, { tor. s them now if we hadn't—" at him. As a builder of N § § ROGER FARMA ant to his to-bes are Jeft to be considered wh “If you got that bright and the instructor of R father in a retail agency for medium the fortnightly crack of doom sou On tha porch their looks 13 rupted Bert. I guess I'm a v good §§ ; priced pianos, radios, talling machines, ek yrmer, but mone of their gi your car. You could niisses’s size model—not heavy enough th and the like; 28, lively, college grad- Now, it came about that on one cve- o I You're on your own for the 3 th uate, ning, after the boys had taken the girls % They 2 po “Wh ng home. & § ; §i BESSIE LINK —19, stenographer, driving and whoopee-throwing accord- . pretense of going up after How could 1 after y 1 them ldred. “They \ brown haired, tall and well formed, ing to thelr standards, they returned i e o I council. Tight in| front of me? LYou put me in keeps up, the N dandy dancer, nice kid. to the hotel somewhere between mid e a X I dic teach them is that MILDRED TROPPER — 20, red- might and 1 o’clock. girls said a st as nice as headed, a wizard with the uke, adding pretty good night and ret The a K machine operator. boys sat down on the ver: a It was your déidcatoshcen , broke down Bessie. ESTELLE REIGH — dainty, cute, pre-hay smoke. , With,” snapped § The s o 8 Pl h > rang in Bert’s room at beautifui, 18, blonde, model. Just then, up from the nt iliess 5L ach and had 2 A they had been doing a | . outfit right now in identif; his They met in the mingling about the bathing on their own, came th ; nd, T porches, on the beach, in the dining the w o room ard in the lobby, where dancing Waitresses, as you well know, at can't V went on after dinner and until 10 seaside and other summer hotels, are i stock of the whole placc o'clock, fter which most of the guests usually not professional tabl C Il cookoo about Bess in a great S went driving, reading, walking, bridg- a They are frequently collesn v nt to know TR o ing or letter-writing. The three chips took to each oth ag did the three givls, and then e took to the other. Within two da who take the period jobs to luy , up a little extra money and to get the ch advantages of a s, it round of phy. about me > talk wa, good natur been inter won's outing v work which i rather W a sextet and everybody so recog- enjoyable after the thri 1€ s of nized it. 5 There had as yet been no tri-section e three who now came up were by one who had not b n the into couples; that came soon, however. an inland normal school. scr The twosomes were Bert and Estelle, They were sprightly, intelligent, 1 entire dining room was buz R F ol Cal and Mildred, Roger and Bessie sonable your pretty bu <7 retorted 1 e el R But the other two men had given up averags mine-run of wrens these days It was quit I of tl her like a tent y 1d’ cheered, them—for there were Estelle reluctantly. She was by far The boys know them, of course, from son! the play you made for her § the cream o orri three ¢ ments. 1020, Internattonal Featuro Service, Inc. Great Britaln Rights Reserred. . X 1