Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16

knew Georgiana was wearin' big solitaire ring and
try1n' to act coy and klttenlSh.
1t while Dekay was workln overtime gett1n
ready to close things up and come home for good that he
went to smash; but instead of sayin over there until
he'd pulled himself together he has to pkin back
here to mother and sister, and incidentally to Geoglana
Well, nobody knew the Details but the next bulletin
to be circulated that it all off Georgana had
DeKay just once, and she'd tied the can to him.
And here I'd been and blurted out her and got
DeKay all fused up felt sorry for the little cuss too.
MO offense meant" says l. "mentionin the Triblers"
~ "Oh it's all right" says he, wavin one hand
kind of weary. "You know all about it, of course;
everybody does"
"oh, no, not quite says I. "Theres few details
miSSin' about the row.
"But there wasn't any, you know" protests DeKay.
@Im l can't conceive why Georgana should have
changed her mind abruptly. For the first few min
utes got along nicely very nicely Then there came
a gradual GOODNESS, and then-well she handed back
the ring. Just like that, flash from clear sky!"
"Hum!" says l. "Lets see was this first visit while
you the quarter-hour pill scheduled"
why, yes" says he. II suppose it was"
Stayed about an hour eh?' 1 goes on.
Just about" says he. "But why?"
ooh, nothing" says 1; "only if you flashed that pill
outfit as reg lar as you claim
@By Jove' says DeKay. II remember now: 1t must
have been that Hang the tablets, anyway
doctor making reg lar drugshop of YOU Cut em out!"
Il wouldn't dare says he. Il suppose he has rather
scared me; but really, you know | much afraid
of missing my
What the rest of was I'll never know for just then
up the road comes grocery wagon full of men in their
shirt sleeves and the driver lashn the horse Among
the bunch spots Feltheimer the plumber, who's assist
ant chief of the volunteer department.
Hey, Felty!' sings out ]Wh sEe the fre2'
"Trbler place" he yells back "Phone ALARM"
"The THRILLER place. whispers DeKay husky.
though luck!" says l. "There amt hydrant within
half mile"
"But Georgiana!" says he. @She-she usually takes
nap about this time every afternoon"
Does she?' says l. I'm afraid she'll miss it today
he should he ac1e
II see,' says l. Ought to go up there hadn't we;
that is, if you want me along?'
ayes, yesi" says he reachin for the switch button
nervous. @But must not allow myself to become ex-
cited My heart you know! If wish to get there IL
must be calm"
Sure says l. "Calm it is Little gas while whirl
the crank for you There she goes, first roll Now
we're off, Easy, though take it easy You're close
twenty an hour now. That' get us there
IL know" says DeKay IL mustn't become
excited; Acknowledgements. With that he pulls
his spark lever way back and yanks his throttle OPEN
EVER travel over wornout macadam in one of them
- dinky four-cylinder gas buggies when the speedo
meter wabblin between 80 and 30? In big you
wouldn't notice it at ALL but in that light machine, with
wheel base under ninety inches, felt like was havin'
ride on crazy grasshopper. Talk about hlttin only
the high spots! And we knew everyone we hit
"See here, DeKay' says |, as he skins between
trolley car and dirt wagon saint you forgettn about
that heart murmur of yourS9"
eyes, yes II mustn't hurry says he jammn' his
heel the cutout and shown the throttle still wider
open as he starts to rush grade For Georgana sake
IL must remain calm"
aHuh" saysI @If this is your idea of it. don't want
to be along when you get real stirred up"
He'd lost his cap off, and his baby blue necktie
fappin his shoulder, and his nobby white suit
gettln spashed up and more every puddle we hit
but DeKay keeps her wide open up grades and down,
maxim two-whee Robertson turns at and bounc
in around behind the steern wheel like June bug under
lamp shade. AS for me, I'd damned my strawlid down
to my and tryin to decide whether I'd better
jump for the first soft spot that showed up, take my
chances of being thrown clear when the smash came
How he managed to miss many poles and