Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-09

installment published the proceeding
week and ending Thursday. the night
before.
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Continued from Saturdays Capital)
Want 70 whirl2" he suggested with
an engaging smile, and-as Mrs. Mao
Adam afterward told a friend: 4
was SO aabbergasted by his cheek.
that smiled a kind OF sickly smile
and went as ] supposed to toe slaugh-
ter. He made me dance better than
/ ever danced before. At first / kept
wondering II my diamonds were safe
(of course keep the originals In safe
deposits: haven't seen them for eight
years. and II he had a gun IN his
hip pocket. Then / began TO wonder
why II was that / had never before
really understood what IL means 70
keep time Why it's thrillingl But
OF course you know. You always keep
such beautiful time And he made me
dance all sorts OF new steps. And,
my dear. he hattered me so, and"
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laughed al the same time. "Once ]
bungled something frightfully and
nearly went down, and what do you
think he said2 You're all right, kid!
Cling TO popper! Kidl What do you
think Of that, at my time Of hfeY
! couldn't get angry. / tried a little,
but Il vas no use. I liked II. And
tfsh gHfm Cd Z AZ uu cling
to think Of something TO say. and
what do you think did say?" Here
Mrs MacAdam once moro blushed
and laughed Il said, The nights
young l hope you'll ask me to spell
again. lie said, You're on And
sure enough he hunted me out for the
very next fox-trot But by that time
all the real kids wanted to dance with
him, and we old fogies had TO stand
aside. Can't you see the modern
debutante? For years she had been
dressing and painting herself more
and more like a dear little street
walker. and at least she gets a chance
to dance with a real gunman. No
he's never really shot anybody or
worn stripes. / wish you could have
been therel Some Of the men got him
In the smoking room and since then
everybody talks his language. Mrs.
Selden admits that she tried TO make
him fall in love with her; but she
failed. He's head over ears IN love
with this wonderful Celestia person,
and small blame TO him. She is too
lovely. I've never seen a girl stay
SO long at a dance herself, not dance,
and not look awkward OF course she
was surrounded by men. But she
wouldn't talk shop. And do you know
she isn't so dreadfully serious. She
can make people laugh IL she wants
to. She wore conventional clothes,
and proved once and for all that she
can wear anything that she likes, and
get away with It"
The account which Celestia gave Of
the ball had less TO do with dancing.
THE dancing isn't wicked at ALL
she told the Douglases. IT'S innocent,
and graceful and good-natured. And
the people2 They aren't wicked
either They are just like other peo-
pie, only they've got more money. It's
a great blessing. Some day every
body viii have money. And all the
people I talked to were kind people,
who want 70 do good, and make other
people happy, and don't quite know
how 20 set about H. But we are going
TO show them, aren't we? Freddie
was so goodl They said he was the
best dancer there. He dances little
differently, but better They all said
that And II only you could have
seen the flowers! See. Mrs. Mac
Adam gave me these roses to bring
10 you The house didn't have walls
and wallpaper Il was all mirrors
and flowers, and palm treesl"
Celestia sighed and then laughed
at herself for signing
Where's Freddie?' she asked rs
he still sleeping? I'm going to talk
to the typesetters' union, and then
am to meet and talk with some Of
the Independent Workers Of the
World. And then am TO have lunch
with the Bishop Of New York. And
then, my dears, / am going 70 leave
you for a while. I'm 70 60 out TO
Pennsylvania where there's a terrible
strike, and nobody win listen 20 any
body But I'll be back. before you
know t."
She kissed Mrs. Douglas and hurried
out Celestia was almost always In
a hurry now.
Nellie was waiting for her in the
hall
Are you really going 70 Bitumen.
Celestial"
Yes, really"
Il thought you might like TO know
that Mr.. Barclay is already there"