Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-12


eavn you fill in the bliss ad lib. But here we'd seen
EN- clear through the et-noman put-asunder stage,
watched em dodge the rice and confetti in their
dash to the limousine.
THANK goodness that's through with! remarks
Mother, without maxim any bones of it.
Course, her reg lar cue to fall Fathers neck
and weep; but, then, expect Mrs. Cheyne Billiards.
of the kind you can't write any form sheet for
She's lively, bunchy little party, all jump and go and
jingle, who looks like she might have been married her
self only day before yesterday.
al hope Robbie knows where she put those trunk
checks" says Father the time sighin sort OF
relieved.
From where 1 STOOD though, the guy who was
pshin overheard the biggest chunk of worry was this
Iwilt boy Mr. Nicholas Talbot. He'd got her at last!
But, z-z-z-zngo it had been some lively gettin Not
that was all through the campaign with him; but "a
had glimpses here and there
You see Robbies almost of the family; for MIR.
Roberts old friend of the BalardS, and was bottle
holder or something the christenn. AS matter OF
fact, she was named Roberta after him. Then he q
watched her grow up, and always remembered her
birthdays and kept her latest picture his desk So
why shouldn't he figure less when so many
others tryn to straighten out her love affairs!
They tangled there for awhile too.
Robbies of the kind, you know that would have
Cupid eyed in one season. queenf Well, take
it from me! Say, the way her cheeks was tinted up
natural would have gold medal rose lookin like 1t
come off twenty-nine- cent roll of wall paper Then
them pansy-colored eyes! Yes, Miss Roberta Ballard
was more or less ornamental That wa mt ALL of
She could say cute things, and cut loose with
more unexpected pranks, than a roomful OF Billie
Burkes. As cunnin' a kitten she was
MO wonder Nick Talbot fell for her the first time he
was exposed Course, he was half engaged to that
stunnin Miss Marion Marlowe at the time; but wa n
Robbie waverin between three young chaps that all
seemed to be in the runnn' before Nick showed up!
Anyway, Miss Marlowe should have known better
than to lug in her steady when she was vlsitin She
been chummy with Robbie at boardin' school, and
should have known how dangerous she was. But young
Mr. Talbot had only two looks before he's strong tor
Robbie though it had been comm on for years back
Impetuous young gent that way he too and, bein
handicapped by job and long time and money. he
does spirited rushin
Seems Robbie Ballard didn't mind. Excitement was
her middle novelty was her strong suit and among
Nick's other attractions he was brand Besides,
want he swell one-sepper, shark at tennis, and
couldn't he sing any ragte song that she could drum
out? The ninetyhorse striped racln that he came
calm in helped along some; for of Robbes fads
was for travelin fast Course she'd been brought UP
in lirnousines but the mile in fifty seconds gave her
genuine thrill.
When it come to holdin' out her finger for the big
solitaire that Nick flashed her about the third week.
though, she hung back The others carried about the
same line of jew'lry around in their vest pockets,
waitn' for chance decorate her third finger One
had the oveest gray eyes too Then there another
entry with the dearest little mustache who bear
at dom the shwak tango with her. not to mention the
young civil engineer she met last winter at Palm Beach,
But he didn't actually count not bein the scene.
Anyway, three enough to keep guessin' at once.
Robbie was real modest that way. But she did
have em all busy. If it sxty-me drive with
Nick before luncheon, it apt to be an afternoon
romp in the surf with the grayeyed and toss up
as to which of the trio took her to the Casino dance in
the evenin. Mother used to laugh it all with Mr..
Robert, who remarked that those kids absurd.
Nobody seemed to take it Serious for Robbie only