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WOW. Maple, Qnt Baker’s Repair Shop CALL AND SEE US FOR HARNESS, COLLARS, ETC. ALL REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED T0 Gerry swept the fashionable cock- tail lounge, gay with a smart as- semblage of debs and young-men- Who-work in Wall Street and won- dered when she would see the inside of the place again. Only this morn- ing her mother and she had sat down together in the small quarters they received in exchange for Mrs. Thay- er’s services as housekeeper of a fashionable Park avenue apartment, and faced the 'fact that it was up to Gerry to go to work. ' With that thought her eyes again met those of the good looking chap at the bar whom she had earlier dis- covered watching her as he sipped his scotch and soda. This time he was Whispering to her waiter. Now Patricia was gone and Gerry slumped disconsolately in her chair. Patricia was undoubtedly right. A year with an employment agency had given her a true picture of the situation in the city. Marriage probâ€" ably was the best solution. “It will be a year before you’re making twenty dollars a week and that isn’t a (hop in the bucket. Col- lege graduates are a dime a dozen in this town. Keep your chin up, youngster. With: a face like yours you won’t have art-y trouble.” “Now I’ve really got to be going,” Patricia said, picking- up her bag and gloves. “And if you take my. advice, Gerry, you’ll keep your eyes open for a fich husband instead of looking for a job.” I “ PAINTING AND DECORATING mo“. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9th, 1937 § By Elita Wilson 3 WWWWMWNWOWO ' “It’s not what I had pl’anned for you,” Mrs. Thayer said wistfully. “I had such a wonderful time at your age. Europe every summer, Florida in the winter. It doesn’t seem fair.“ “Now I’ve really got to be going,” Patricia said, picking- up her bag and gloves. “And if you take my, advice, Gerry, you’ll keep your eyes mum cm. n Mn‘n Finch/and instead of TINSMITHING FURNACES - PLUMBING HEATING - a Septic Tanks Installed Pumps Barn & Stable Equipment 74 Yonge Street are the best Counter Check Books made in Canada. They cost no more than ordinary books and always give satisfaction. We are agents and will be pleased to quote you on any style or quantity required. See Your Home Printer F'r WWWOW Telephone 62 Thornhill From Maple Gravel Pit. eer ORDERS TAKEN A? GENERAL CARTAGE MON., WED., FRI. ISAAC BAKER. Shop Closed 6 pm. Telephone Maple 1063 SAND -- GRAVEL WM. MCDONALD E LIBERAL OFFICE R. H. KANE es BOO!“ Phone 92F THE LIBERAL SHORT STORY CHAMPAGNE FOR THREE by Truck e// R. R. No. 2 Gerry flung hers‘elf into her moth- er’s arms. “That’s just it,” she cried. “I do. Don’t think I’m silly, mother â€"'.but I love him. Love can come V The mother caught her daughter’s hands. “Tell me, dear, does he mean. something to you? If we weren’t in such a desperate pligh-t would you still want something to come out of this friendship?” Mrs. Thayer met her at the door. “You needn’t {fell me,” she said. “He wants to call.” “You didn’t give me time,” Gerry smiled but it was the brave smile of one who is facing certain: disas- ter. “Come next Friday evening. I want you to meet my mother.” Before he let her out of the cab he took her hand and said’ whim- sically: “At this stage Emily Post says the young lady should ask the young man to call.” “That’s New York,” he laughed. “You can live next door to people all your life and neveq~ know them.” Gerry’s heart contracted. “I don’t know any one there,” she interrupt- ed. - But it did. And now the moment Gerry had known was inevitable sudâ€" drenly was staring" at her Thev were getting into a taxi. She had to give him her address" W'hen he had re- peated it to the driver he settled back and. asked curiously: “Have you lived there long?” “Oh about two years. That is my mother has. I’ve been away at col- Iege.” “I know people in‘ that building Maybe you kmow themâ€"” And as if echoing her thoughts Stephen. d'rew her closer and said softly: “I wish; this night never had to ehd.” They dined _on the Starlit Roof. Winslow bowedto friends but seem- ed anxious to keep Gerry to himself; From the Roof they went ¢o one of the smartest night clubs. As they danced, -Ge1'r_v kept thinking: “If I newer see him agail. this will be a night to remember.” “Ne-Yer think I’n have_ gm else.”. HWith troubled“ eyes, 'Mrs. Thayer listened to Gerry’s apcouht of her meeting with young Winslow. At last she said: "‘Perhaps it might be wiser to tell himf the‘truth.” “Ne-Yer!” Ide'claredv Gerry. “He’ll think I’m {fortune hunter. No we have» got to figure out something “Of course. .Now I must goâ€"-â€" ,really.” Sh’e knew that after she had! hurried off he was standing there looking curiously after her. At the corner she turned and waved. “1’11"..1’11 meet you at the Waldorf latér,” she suggested desperately. “At 8 b’clock.” “Then I’ll walk with vou. Maybe you will have dimmer with me?” “Eight o’clock,””‘he nodded. “You will dress?” “Oh you needn’t; take me home.” she said quickly. “It‘s: only a short distance. I’ll walk." Winslow called for ‘the cheque. As they emerged] onto Madison evenue he beckoned to a taxi, but Gerry de"back. “Not necessary,” Gerry declared. “I know all about you. Your father has a brokerage house and he‘s in Europe. Your sister was married in June. I read the papers. You rowed on the Harvard crew in 1933..” “It’s six thirty!” she exclaimed. “I must go.” Suddenly Gerry noticed that the crowd had thimned out. She glanced at her wrist watch. “Well, nobody can say that we didn’t try to be properly introduced," Gerry laughed. \“I’m Geraldine Thayer.” “I’m Stephen Winslow. Want the pedigree?” “And I‘m twenty six, have no en- tanglements and' right at this mo- ment I’m having a perfectly swell timeâ€"thanks to you.” They clinked glasses. Her eyes were smiling as she turn- ed -them back to the bar. The wait- er nodded discreetly and drew out a chainâ€"and‘ then Gerry was lookâ€" ing into the nicest pair of eyes and trying to accept the situation with poise and casualness. “Bring me my check,” she said crisply, reaching for her purse. Then, on a sudden impulse, added: “And‘ tell‘ the gentleman I’ll have a marâ€" tini." Gerry’s head shot up. Th gentleman" was smiling nerve! All (iay Gerry had been trying to figure out some way. That was why she had asked Patricia to meet her. The waiter came over and removed her empty glass. “The young gentleman over at the bar would like to buy you a drink,” he said. u p. The “young Some V “I asked the doorman after I fol- lowed you home the iother day. ‘ I felt it was all a lark with you and’ that I might never see you again. I couldn’t let you go out of my life that way. Gerry, look at me.” Un- willingly Gerry lifted: her eyes and when Stephen saw the hurt in them he caught her to him. “Little lunatic,” he laughed soft- ly. “Don’t you know that when a fellow loves a girl the way I love you it doesn’t matter where or how she lives? That nothing matters to him as long as he gets her? Right from the start I loved‘ you because you were different from the other Park avenue brats. Say, I’ll bet this is the first time a fellow has ever proposed with his mother-in-law looking on. Look! Your mother is on {113/ side, Gerry!” “Gerry,” he said earnestly; “I ne- ver meant to hurt you. I didn’t know my uncle was coming home. I wasn’t- going to let you know for a long time that I knew everything- about you ever since our first meeting.” When he was gone, Gerry jumped up and ran_around to Stephen. “If this is your idea of a prank, then I hope you’ve had your fun. Personally I thinkâ€"I rthink it was pretty cruel of you. You could» have told me you knew about mother and‘ me. Come, mother.” 7 “Yesâ€"she is the housekeeper here. And we are just having a bite of supper. Won’t you join us Uncle John?” “Thanks, but _,I think I will turn in,” he smiled. “I’m returning to Nprort in the morning after a con- ference. Make yourself at home.” “I have met Mrs. Thayer,” said Fraser, bowing but not unbending. “She is theâ€"” “Uncle John!” Stephen cried settâ€" ing the ‘bottle down and; going toâ€" ward the older man with outstretchâ€" ed hand. “This is a surprise. I didn’t expecfi you" back for weeks. I want you to meet my guests, Mrs. Thayer and her daughter, Gerry. You see I took Amnt Emma up on her offer to let me use the apartment.” At that'momentv Stephen Winslow ‘came out of the pantry. The strang- _er looked 11p quickly, then his con- stsrnation turned to surprise. Mrst Thayer tried to answer but no sound came from his lips. A man, who had entered the apart- ment unheardwas standing in the doorway.- “What does this mean?” he deâ€" manded. “Gerry picked up the plate but it never reached her mother’s hand. In- stead, it went crashing to the floor as she half rose fear staring out of her eyes: He left them. Gerry reached over and squeezed her mother’s hand but Mrs. Thayer but a warning finger to her lips and picked up the salad' fork and spoon. “Pass yOur plate, drear,” she said. The door slid open. They stepped into a large foyer decorated with exquisite murals. They went into a drawing room where carpets mufâ€" fled the sound of their footsteps. Gerry’s mother in a dinner gownâ€"â€" relic of better days â€" was reading by the soft glow of a priceless Chinâ€" ese lamp. The mother measured the young man as she acknowledged the intro- duction. Yes, he seemed’ to be-all that Gerry had said. “I’m afraid you will have to 0pâ€" en it, Mr. Winslow,” Mrs. Thayer said as Gerry and she sat down'. “Then I’ll take it to the pantry," he laughed. “I once, decorated our ceiling with champagne." “This is Stephen. Winslow, moth- er.” The evening was all that mother and daughter had wished for. Win- slow talked interestingly of his spring trip to China. Then the three of them went invtb the big dining room where the table was gleaming with the Frasvers’ best linen and silver. In a wine bucket was the champagne chilled to just the right temperature. “Send him up,” Gerry instructed. She hurried out of the small suite and: was waiting 1m: the. elevator when it reached! the\top floor. “I came to show you the ropes,” Gerry smiled brightly, taking Win- slow by the hand. She led him to the small self-runrning- elevator that served the penthouse occupants. He appeared to hesitate. “Come. on,” Gerry laughed. “It’s safe enough.” They entered and she pushed the button. “Next time you can do it yourself,” she said. At‘ 8.30 the telephone rang Winslow was calling. “Send him up,” Gerry ins¢ She hurried out of the small and: was waiting Fit the; 9] when it reached! the\top floox Gerry’s face brightened. “And* we will pretend that that is our home? Oh, mother you’re a miracle work- er!” like thatâ€"all at once can’t it?” “It came that way to me," Mrs. Thayer answered quietly, “and it was a beautiful experience. But now you mustn't worry because I have a plan. 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