St Ignatius College - Ignatian Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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SOLVED BY RADIO 9 the discomfiture and desperation of Epsom, she knew that she must. not go too far. Suddenly turning on Epsom what she had deeply planned to be a languishing glance, she said, Whar'd you git dat radium motor? 'Taint no motorf' mumbled Epsom. It's jess a plain talker. NVell, whar'd you git it? IVhar'd ye suppose? Stole 'en1, suggested Luxor. Sure, if I was a nigger like- Epsom stopped himself abruptly as he saw Luxor rising to his feet- If,,' he cor- rected, I was a cullud pusson like you. '6GGHI1H2ll1,,' said Luxor. Gemman, echoed Epsom, though the echo was faint Hllll far away. XVell, whar'd you git it?l' repeated the charming Euclid with feminine persistency. Now, as there had been various shady transactions in the acquisition of that radio, which to his heart ls love he would have confided in private and pe1'haps met with her approval, Epsom objected to baring his conscience before Luxor. He hadnlt stolen the radiog No. He had just borrowed it for the occasion unknown to the owner. But he doanl care for no such trash, said Epsom in his heart, and in this ease, perhaps, the owner didn 't. HI jess got it, he said, Uand I jess hab it, and dere ain't nuflin' more to it. Luxor chuckled with a brother feeling. t'And when you 'se gwine ter show me?', sweetly inquired Euclid. Now the light of her eye had dissipated the clouds in Epsom 's mind and the Warmth of her interest had quickened his sluggish heart. His faculties began again to function. In fact they set up a pace that astonished their ownerg just as an ice-bound brook amazes the beholder, when it swells, and races, and overflows in a springtime thaw.

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8 THE IGNATIAN that attracted him, puzzled him, urged him to desperation, though newly set forth in the gleam of the tlrelight, WHS nearly as old as the human heart itself. Ile had been the first to call upon Euclid that evening and had been well received. The problem then had simply been how to make two one. A word from Euclid would have solved it. But the appearance of Luxor Dawes shortly afterwards had, for the time being, at least, robbed the prob- lem of its simplicity for Epsom, and subsequent events only tangled it for the future. llis rival, on entrance, had shown a set of pearly teethg Epsom's pearls could match them in lustre. His rival haw-hawed, Epsom did likewise. Euclid giggled. These were preliminaries. Then Luxor gently in- timated in no uncertain terms that Epsom should vacate the chair at Euelid's side and take his departure into the night. A matter of six inches excess in height and corre- sponding broadness of shoulders mutely added their persua- siveness to the suggestion. Euclid tactfully took the matter in hand. Epsom was to yield the chairg Luxor the matter of Epsom ls departure. 'While she was not averse to as many strings as possible on one beau. yet she preferred to have several beaux on one string. Epsom remained to constitute an audience. Euclid and Luxor held the center of the stage. Now it was not merely out of prudence and coquetry that the siren had given her decisiong feminine curiosity was peeping from the background. Epsom had just informed her that he had become the possessor of a radio. It is true that it had long seen its better daysg true that it ran about as smoothly as a badly spavined horse: true that it was liable to cough Zllld sputter and wheeze at any momentg Epsom had been interrupted in speaking of its merits, was it any fault of his that he had not gotten down fully to details? His conscience clearly answered. No.,' NVhatever its class was, it was a radio, and Euclid realized the social prestige she would acquire were it iirst exhibited in her home. So while she giggled and gurgled with Luxor and enjoyed -.1-..-. .i.,,

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SENIOR LAW Doyle, J. Swim, M. Warrack, K Walsh, U. Spear, S. Cashin, E. Bean, I. Smith, L. O'Neill, T.