Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-12

and your holiday! By golly! Mrs.
Kaufman, Just like Ruby says, how
you let a whole houseful of old hens
rule this roost it's a shame"
when you go down to station, MI.
vetsburg, SO right away she amt SO
disappointed I don't come, tell her
maybe tomorrow =
Il don't tell her nothing" broke in
Mr.. Vetsburg and moved toward her
with considerable strengthening OF
tone. MRS. Kaufman, I as you, 40
you think it right you should go back
like this on Ruby and me, just when
we want most you should
At that she quickened and nut
tered. RUBY and you. Ach.. it's
old saying, Mr.. Vetsburg, like the
twig is bent so the tree grows. Iha nat
child won't be SO surprised her
mother changes her mind. Just so
changeable as her mother, and more,
il Ruby herself With that girl. MI.
Vetsburg, itss-it's hard to know
what she does one minute from the
next. 1 always say no mar, manI hsr"m y
can ever count on Ittle hdruhh-
, scarum like-like size is"
He took up her hat. small tur-
han of breast feathers, laid out on
! the table beside him. and advanced
with it clumsily enough. Come, ne
said, please now, Mrs. Kaufman,
| Please"
IL got plans made for US tomor-
| row down by the shore thaL s.lna. :,
JUSTINE! Come now. Mrs. Kaufman
"Please, Mr.. vetsburg, don't Iorce.
II can't! I always say . noo1 nsrn can
| ever count on such a Hltie hai I'LL
! scarum as"
you mean to tell me, Mrs. kauf-
man. that Just because a little shSs'ef
Her hand closed over the long en-
!
that-that amt all. Mr.. Vetsburg.
Only I don't want you. SHOULD tell
Ruby. You promise me? How that
child worries over little things! Shu-
lif from the agency called up JUST
now. He don't give me one more MIN ,
ute as 2 this afternoon: II shouid
sign. How / been putting them on
so many weeks with this lease it's a
shame. Always you know how IN
the back of my head I've had 1t to
take maybe a smaller place When
this lease was done, but, like say
| talk is cheap and moving amt SO
easy done-ain't it? If he puts In
hinges on the doors and papers my
second floor and Mrs. Suss' alcove.
| like said last night, after all could
| do worse as stay here another five
year-aint it, Mr.. Vetsburg?
"I|
"A house what keeps filled SO easy,
and such location. with the subway
| less as two blocks. I So you see.
Mr.. Vetsburg, if I don't want l come
back and find my house on the mar
ket, maybe rented over my head, !
! got to stay home for Shulif when he
comes today"
| rush of dark blood had surged up
into Mr.. Vetsburg's face, and he twid-
| died his hat, his dry fingers moving
around inside the brim.
Mrs. Kaufman" he cried-"Mrs.
Kaufman. sometimes when for years a
man don't speak out his mind. some
times he busts all of a sudden right
out. l. Oh-e-e-ew and, imme-
diately and thickly inarticulate, made
a tremendous feint at clearing his
throat. tossed up his hat and caught
1t; rolled his eyes.
| ''Mr. Vetsburg"
| "a man. Mrs. kaufman, can bust!"
! Bust"
He was still violently dark. but
swallowing with less labor. Yes,
from holding in. Mrs. Kaufman.
should a woman like you-the finest
woman In the world, and I can prove
it-a woman. Mrs. Kaufman, who In
her heart and my heart-Should such
i a woman not come to Atlantic City
when got everything nxed like a
| stage set"
| She threw out an arm that was
visibly trembling. mr.. Vetsburg. for
Gods sake. amt Just told you how
| that she-harum- scarum-She-"
"Will you, Mrs. Kaufman, come or