The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-13

loathed. After the dance she wenI
with watery eyed, loose mouthed
young man, whom Sperry mentally
dubbed n "decadent" TO a table, and
drank wine with him.
At this stage Of the proceedings her
brother came up 10 the table, and
seemed 10 wish 10 take her away. But
she did not listen 10 him. Sperry got
near enough to the table 10 Overhear
the conversation without being seen,
The young mans conversation was as
vacuous and decadent as his looks.
Sperry wondered how she could stand
II. Jack Kemper seemed 10 be losing
his relish for the festivities, and re-
turned again to his sister He asked
her to come and dance with him. She
refused, saying:
"Tm already engaged for two more
dances tO-tO-well / don't know his
name-the fat gentleman with the bald
head. And this gentleman" pointing
TO the man at the table, has the next
dance"
Here she made an attempt to intro
duce her brother, and the weak eyed
young man gave his name as Letting.
Kemper made no attempt TO disguise
his disgust and chagrin, but Dolly was
not to be moved. She laughed loudly
at her discounted brother, and cried
out "Now run along 'Buzzyp Have
good time, and don't bother mer
II was plain to Sperry that ihe
friends" she was going TO meet were
not in evidence. She had come there
alone TO have her own good time."
and had not expected TO find her broth
er. As the evening wore on she danced
with all kinds of men, and drank wine
at the little tables more often than
was good for her. Sperry noticed that
the costume he had thought so ex-
quisite was, when the coat was re-
moved, ultra, freakish, even bizarre.
It drew the attention Of many eyes,
and seemed as much out of keeping
with the honest gray eyes, and the
charming feminine brow and mouth as
a parrots plumage on dove. Sperry
luuElltu Wlltii llt lllpuEhL
of his mothers face could she at that
moment see her model girl, Dolly
Kemper. 1t all seemed rather unreal
and uncanny to him like a queer night
mare.
Just then rather loud and excited
voices broke in on his musings.
Kemper was trying to induce his
sister to go home with him, and she
was quite as strenuOusly refusing to
go. He was unusually sober, and was
evidently shocked, mortified, and utter
ly miserable over her conduct.
"COme" he urged. "It's horrible! ! |
It's disgraceful for you to be dancing |
with all these strange men. l don't |
know one Of them, and you don'tp
"Well you come here night after |
night Do these women know who
you are2 Do you know one of them?"
THAT'S differentw
mo it isn't" !" she cried. "What's
good for you is good for mel"
"DollyT he Implored.
"Well If it isn't good why do you go
On doing it, drinking yourself into an
diOt, making me miserable, breaking
heart? But may be it's all
'ight!" she laughed in a maudlln way.
I'm going on anyway, having a good
line as long as you do. Come Onl
Have somethingw
For an instant he looked utterly
helpless, then his lips tightened. He
,aught sight of Sperry, and beckoned
him to him. He went,
"Mr. Sperry," he said, 81 want my
sister to go home with me. Perhaps
yOu can persuade her"
She actually went pale at sight of
lin. Then she said: 1--WE won't have
| scene. I'll CO."
Outside Kemper caught at her arm
Look here, sis! If you'll
lever go in one of those places again,
won'tl I'll promise to try to be de-
amount to something. Sperry
Iere is a witness"
"All right, Joe. won't-if you'll keep ,
our promise. Do you think 1 enjoyed ,
hat orgy? 1 loathe It"
Then it dawned upon Sperry she had ,
one it all for purpose. 'By JOvew :
e said, you're a brick I"
Some time after this when there had
ONE to be a very good understanding
etween the two, she said: $50 you :
ked me when you saw 1 could be h
evilish."
"No," he answered, II liked you
hen 1 saw you didn't enjoy being
evilish."