Evening star., 1918-11-10

want to give Master Percey Boomer
Day and the others too hard Jolt"
gotta have Sissy Day and all them
Sadie insists that we have, so the
debate ends fifty-hfty, in COM
promise. But never a WORD SAID ABOUT
the Honorable Peggy.
When 1 comes home Friday night.
though, 1 notice that Sadie has her
chin In the air and is smilin' sort OF
triumphant.
"You can't guess what I've done'
Shorty" says she.
"Bufraloed the grocer into lettin'
you have some extra sugar?" says !.
She shakes her head I've been over
and called on Lady Redington,' says
"The nerve of you" says I. Ibid
they sic the dog on you. or what?
Ssh, She was very nice" says snsn. SADIE; h,:
"she is going to let the Honoran1e
she'll drop in herself for little while.
And I left an invitation for Sir Hart
ley, too"
"Hal-lup" says l. why not cable
for King George?
Sir Hartley will accept. but thought
I might as we'll ask him. Mr.. and Mrs
Purdy-PelI will be here, you know:
and the Boomer Days; and even II
neither of the Redingtons appear
girl come. I'm not going to tell sully.
Well surprise him with her"
He'll be tickled, all right" says L.:
Well, the affair started the way kid
parties generally do, with few OF the
early comers sittin' around giggltn';
boys on one side. girls on the other,
and nobody able to get 'em together.
Italian Armenian foot ball squad who
have been hangin' around outside BASH
full for half an hour. He lets loose a
yell ana PUSHES out to tow 'em IN.
housin' In the front hall until Sadie
marches 'em in where the girls are
and they quiet down like they'd been
put under arrest.
Accordin' to Sadie's program there
was to be dancin' first, SO I feeds
one-step into the music machine and
tells 'em to go to 1t. Which Master
Percy. and few Of the other nice
little boys does prompt. Not sully.
though. He can dance as we'll as any
of 'em, and usually does; but now he
sits between Mutt Marsuvian and Joe
Sarello. entertainin' 'em with sarcastic
why. sully" says Sadie. Cant
NAH" says Sully. II amt gonna
dance"
About then there's stir at the front
rivals. I took one look and nearly
does duck behind the music box.
For here's Sir Hartley, all dolled up
tn striped pants, gray spats and q
black frock coat. with splash of COL
ored ribbon, pinned across the front
war decorations. judge. Behind him
Is Lady Redington, costumed simple in
white and black, and. leadin' by the
hand the Honorable Peggy.
Say, I thought for a minute there
throw a cat-fit, but she comes out of
1t beamin and almost parts a corset
1acin' when she's presented. might
have had lot of fun followin' her
motions If I hadn't got glimpse Of
Sully. He has his toes turned in and
his head hung down, but his eyes are
rolled up so that he can get good
view of Peggy. and he's starin' for all
he's worth.
You could hardly blame him, for It's
Honorable Peggy. Maybe it's because
we'd always seen her in riding togs
or knockabout costumes. And there
amt anything elaborate about what
she's got on now, only she looks so
much more dainty and girlish than I'd
imagine she could.
What a little beauty! hears Mrs.
Purdy Pell gasp, admiring.
In the meantime I was hearin' a
little of this pretty speech Lady Red
ington was gettin' off to Sadie about
'her adorable little son who has been
such charming, manly playfellow for
dear Marjorie"
Then she turns to Peggy and re-
marks: Now, dearie, run and dance
with the others"
Peggy seems willin' enough. She
stands there 1ookin' sweet and smilin',
waitin' for some Of the boys to ask
her. But they didn't seem to dare.
Even Master Percey Boomer Day don't
quite have the nerve. SO she's left
standiR alone at one side. Most
youngsters would have flushed up, or
sidIed pouty into q corner. But moth
Ing like that from the Honorable
Peggy. She spots Sully over at the far
end Of the room and makes straight
for him.
"Please, Sully," says she. haltin' In
front of the mixed quartet, cant We
have q dance"
And there It was. up to sully.. Here
on either side was his rough-neck
friends, who had the say as to who
played quarter back and who didn't,
and who rated kids that danced with
girls in about the same class as the
ones who took piano lessons or col
too. And then again there was Peggy,
her sparklin' black eyes watchin' him
expectant and her slim, graceful figure
swayin' to the music.
"Ah, why not?" says Sully, gettin'
up.
And KNOWN something about Just
what that decision meant to Sully
decides it's a little the nerviest play
I'd ever seen him make. or they 60.
swingin' and turin in perfect time,
like e. was aomethinp they'd practiced