Evening star., 1918-11-10

OthVS hiShts nope you re-
member that day after to-
morrow will be the 1sth?'
NO." says I. II can't remember that
far ahead"
But you know what mean" says
Sadie.
Maybe can, guess" says I. you're
predictin' 1t will be Saturday. too"
And I suppose that's all 1t 10 to
yonT says she. sighin'.
Wrong again." says /. ''Sesg And
produces little white boz from my
pocket and passes 1t over.
'.oh" says she. opsnin' II. "A wrist
wstch! The very thing I'd been think
Ing Of for him. I'm sure he will be
pl&ased with that"
He ought to-" says l. illuminated
fas@ gun metal guard and genuine
pi&skin strap, Just like the regular
doughb0ys wear. And II he don't use
It In foot ball scrimmagss 1t may last
him q month"
Il suppose sully IL rather young to
be, givenA wrist watch" hedges Sadie.
He Amt - young as he was" says
'Iust think. 6hostyl Ten years old
Buaryr' And Sadie starss into the nre-
That's what's bound to happen to
youngsters. II they're lucky" says I.
An. chser up. old girl" says /. We
ai4't quite In the antique class yet.
Several skip stops before we get to
forty. Let's forget that and stick to
this big event Of 9ulIy's. Coin to
celebrate for him In some way ex-
aadis admits that she's planned a
THAT'S the stunr' says I. "AIl the
kids In the nsighborhood, ] expect?
That y: an but The Honorable Peggy:
'sYosi" Gays SaAis, TIN afraid he
won't think i much Of = party with.
out Peggy. I DON'T see. though. Just
what caa DE-"
to break IN where the Purdy-Pells ana
the Bonner Days was shut out? You
see, we'd acquired sornA mighty swell
neighboTs durfn' the past six or eight
months; mont, on my; yes! The onss me WIG who
always thought the bs Forest knights
was top notchsry, In their way; owned
Mexican gold mines. sported two men
in livery on the Limousine, had been
. operated on by the Mayo brothers-
acres OF shore frontage was next
above my little strip OF sea wall. you
know.
bat couple Of years ago. when
os t. ns shut Of the he
, Forest knights took Z sudden slump.
Kind Of tough luck, too, for they al
ways nodded pleasant enough as they
passed, and once or twice De Forest
gave me . iift up from the station.
fads.away. just disappeared.
heard how they was livin' In one side
of q two-fam'Iy house in PhiIadel-
phia. And for months there was q big
For Sale or Rent" sign up on Nthe
Then came the Redingtons. For .
spell there was quite mystery about
this tail. spruce party with the gray
ish mustache who walked with limp
an English plute who'd come over
here to dodge usin' meat and bread
card. But in q little place like Rock
hurst-on -the-Sound things get around.
It finally comes out that he's Sir
over on some Important government
job-shipping, most likely, or Army
supplies. That's as far as we got.
For STR Hartley Is a poor mixer. He
could come nearer swalkin' right over
you without seein' you than any one
I'd ever Just missed meetfn' before.
Nothing folksy about Sir Hartley. Not
even mornin' nod a. he saw me COM
in out of my gates. no more'n hum
dred feet from hts. Course, I didn't
chew my nails or grind my teeth over
little thing like that. Specially AFT
er heard how Commodore Dick
Woods had been stung when he hailed
Sir Hartley 5ovial on the station plat
form ono morutn' and suggested that
he'd like to put up his name for the
.Bes pardon" says Sir Hartley. CIV
to 5oin any club, sir,"
"0h, we'll" a. ! suggests to the COM
mo6ore. "maybe We can worry along
without his royal sirness."
But Mrs. Bonner Day rot the hard
est bump Of all Course, she'd rushed
right over and left cards shortly after
1he movin' vans had unIoaded, and
then she proceeds to organize what
Ohe calls . garden party. even havin'
q white throne effect built where Sir
Hartley and Lady Rsdington couId
have the neighbour presented to 'em.
And understand she ana Mrs. Purdy-
Pell almost went 70 the mat over who
should and who shouldn't be invited.
angtons took no more notice Of It than
auction handbili tossed on the front
ssns Rsssn; no ro:SY. rasSY didn't come and they
From this and other hints folks got
ihe idea that the Redingtons wanted
10 be left alone. Some one discovered
that the black band Sir Hartley wore
an his left sleeve was for two