Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-25

HE'S such a nice, genteel. modest
dressed old party. too. You know.
:, kind OF motheriy and Sunday
afternoony In her gray and white
costume and with her gray hair and her
Mid gray eyes. Course. her straw lid
i8.tiIted over one ear and she's more or
lSss out of breath and her shoes are
ssSerne dusty from her tramp down the
yHad Evidently she is maxim dash
from the trolley to catch the SIT. That
IL as much OF dash as you'd expect
h8r to make Handicapped by a black
leather suit case. a shoppin' bag and an
umbrella.
but she's maxim plucky stab at It
aid don't get all panicky until she hears
tie train whistle for the grade crossin
above Rockhurst- Then she tries to let
out few speed notches and the umbrella
gFts in her way, and she almost spills
herself. That's where proceeds to horn
In with the helpin' hand and the soothin'
words.
..'An right, ma'am." says 1. '"Take it
easy and you'll get there. Here, femme
have the suit case. There! We got
sHod three minutes yet"
,She thanks me gaspy and even has
time to make the ticket window. So
naturally boosts her aboard and finds
asseat for her. intendin' to stroll on into
the smoker as usual But simply catch
i'm the train don't seem to be all her
ttSubles.
my sleeve. would you mind looking
from the platform and telling me Tiff
you see anyone getting on later than
We did
roh!'' says l. Somebody behind
yon?"
Eyes" says she. "Please look"
So takes a squint and comes back to
report
"only a short thick set guy in a
checked cap" says l. Somebody's
chauffeur a 3fs. expect; who has Is, a day off
"oh. DEAR" says she 81 am sure
that must be one of them"
"Eh?" says I. gawpin' at her.
sit down. please" says she. edgin
over next to the window He will be
newspaper? Then open it. Quick. Let
me hold up one side Clear up And
pretend to be talking to me-
about WHAT" says I.
ooh. anythingl Only talk" says she
'Or read something aloud to me-"
"'Sure." says I. Here we are. 1t
was in the lucky seventh that the Yanks
came to life after what seemed to the
fans long spell of the doldrums. Twice
Babe the mighty had swiped fatuously
squared himself at the plate and
s'Oh. thank you," she breaks in. HE
has gone past, think"
who? Babe?" says I.
checked cap"
but don't you want to hear how
Babe Ruth bounced it over left Held
fence" l asks.
.Tm afraid I dom. quite understand
Then we stand nfty-ffty," says I.
for I don't get the connection about
this guy in the cap"
she aSs gives ,f in ca nervous little ehnskls
he may be bse1 10 s By s sss .a
not quite certain he was one of them,
but if he should be" And she fin
isles with shoulder shrug.
He'd take you back: would he?"
asks "Sanitariuna. eh?"
What" says she. turnin' on me
Sanitarium! Certainly not Why
should you-But there. I suppose it
does seem rather odd. doesn't itr'
SWELL" says I, elf you amt runnin'
away from somewhere you're givin' a
fair imitation of some one who is'
ITO be perfectly frank with you."
says the old girl, II am running away
! had not intended to tell a soul. and
here 1 am confessing to the first
not very clever at concealing things.
BUT 1 trust that you will believe me
when 1 tell you that I am not escap-
ing from an institution of any sort"
1All right" says l. That goes with
me Still. I wouldn't spring that on
everybody, for when folks run away
they generally come from" :.
II know" she cuts in. But am
merely running away from home"
sY-e-e-es?" says !. eyeiH' her curl
ouR 'Takin' it up kind of late, amt
ySS ;, %? Or have you always had the
She INDUCES in a little laugh at
that Really, you know" says She
this is my flrst-er-adventuFe of the
kind. and 1 am nearly sixty. But am
quite as excited oyer it as if ! were
sixteen 1t is the only thrilling thing