Central High School - Almanac Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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, Three weeks. slipped away. Miss Spayd had seen nothing of the finder of her parcel. She teased Norma about his wanting her picture, but her friend, atsuch attacks, was very reserved. One day Mr. Boynton and the two girls started off on their wheels. They crossed the bridge at jefferson street, and were soon on the East Side. ,T , Suddenly the tire to Norma's wheel gave out. It was punc- tured. So they stopped at the nearest bicycle repair shop to have it' mended. Whom should they meet there but Frank Forster ! He was having his wheel pumped up. Of course, they were all surprised, and they cordially invited him' to accompany them on their ride, when the puncture was ixed: Now, Frank didn't know what to do or say. He wanted to go, and still he didn't. But he considered he had not acted quite right in not calling and so consented. After some delay they started. The day was a time one and the roads were in good condition. ' Mr. Boynton and Mary had considerately taken the lead. They wished to have the other two renew their acquaintance. And this they did. She told him of her western life while he interested her in college stories. . At last they reached Presque Isle and, being hungry after their ride, they had lunch. Then they went home by way of boat. U Such a beautiful sunset I Frank and Norma had gone upon the upper deck to enjoy it more fully. Frank kept wondering if he was -not monopolizing Miss Chambers, but, he got no farther than that state. By the way, said Norma, you did not say how you liked the picture of me. ' ' O, that? It was all right. I suppose Mr. Boynton has possession of it now, hasn't he ? asked Frank. . ' O, I don't know, perhaps. He has lots of things of Mary's he carries around with him. Of Mary's? Why, how is that? I -thought that'-i Norma laughed. Do you mean to say that you can't see that two and two make four ?', We used to hear that very few of us could, but now how couldyou be so dull? H But Frank couldn't tell why. He suddenly felt like a

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, . Come to think of it, she said to herself, I believe he would be delighted with Norma's picture. So she stilled that small voice. She told Frank she had good news. 'Norma Chambers was coming to visit her for two months. You see,'? said she, Mr, Boynton lives in Denver, too, and often brings messages from Norma to me. . He came yesterday and Norma will be here day after tomorrow. - - ' Then they started on school topics, of the times they had then. Frank told her of his college life. But they were soon interrupted by the arrival of Mr. Boynton. Mr. Boynton, this is an old friend of mine, Mr. Forsterf Mr. Forster, allow me to present Mr. Boynton, a friend of mine and Norma's, as I was just telling you afew moments ago. - The young men shookhands. For some undefined reason, Forster did not feel very friendly to the Westerner. And Cliff Boynton was not in a very amiable mood, for his search had been in vain. - A ' Well, Miss Spayd, I have failed in my mission, he said. Yes, but I have ithere all right, and she held- it up. He looked the question he would have asked, and she proceeded to enlighten him. Then Frank rose to go. You 'must come again and renew your acquaintance with Norma, said Mary. He thanked her for the invitation and took his leave. ' As he walked along, Forster thought over many things, chief among which was, that Cliff Boynton was a lucky fellow. It did not make lzim any happier, though. By the time he reached town, he had decided not to call on Miss Spayd's visitor. I would feel out of place, he soliloquized. Therefore, when he received a neat invitation three days later to attend a small party in honor of Miss Norma Chambers, at Miss Spayd's home, he sent his regrets, on plea of business. His friend Bryce went. The next morning he asked him, in an indiierent way, how the affair went off You should have been there to see our old friend, and Miss Chambers was certainly looking her best. And Mr. Boynton from Denver is a first-rate fellow, said George. A Do you think so? said Forster, I wasn't particularly struck with him? And then he changed the conversation.

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diiferent fellow. He changed the subject by asking, her a question. If you are not engaged, may I come to-morrow night? I will be at home, she replied. Now what would his friend Bryce thought had he been there ? just think-in company with a young lady a whole after- noon, and part of an evening, and boldly asking for another interview! But it is a queer world, and Forster was bashful, you know. 71 It 2