Evening star., 1920-01-04

street car bloomed, even as The dis
tant larkspur in the distant field. Az
o'clock with darkness came spat-
tering of rain. heavy single drop.
that fell each with it's spfotch. exud-
ing from the asphalt the warming
smell OF thaw. Then came wind. right
hlgh-tempered, too, slanting the rain
and scudding it and blowing pedes-
trians' skirts forward and their um-
brellas inside outward. Mr.. Alphonse
Michelson fitted his hand like a visor
over his eyes and peered out into the
wet dusk. Lights cleaned and were
rejected in the dark pool of rain
swept asphalt. Passers- hurried
for shelter and bent into the wind.
In Nine Moores' establishments en-
J larged during the twelve-month to
twice its floor space, the business dav
waned and died; in the workrooms the
whir of machines sank into the oujet
nav of darkness; in the showrooms
the shower lights. all but single
cluster, blinked out. Alphonse Michel
son Slid into tan, rain proof coat,
turning up the collar and buttoniup
across the flap, then fell to pacing tho
thicknap carpet.
From mauve -colored telephone
booth emerged Miss Gertie Dobriner.
flushed from bad service and from had
air.
"Whew!"
Get herr" ia,
- sure got her. Is it such stunc 2
TO get an address from a customer?"i e.
Good" ,.,.a,.
Il says to her. I says. 4 seen 1t
standing on the sidewalk next to
your French maid and wanted to buy
one like it for my little niece.
Can we get 1t tonight"
Yes, Oh, proud papa. But listen;
wrote it down .Hinshaw, 2227 Casset
street, Brooklyn"
"Brooklyn"
"Yes, two blocks from the bridge.
and for hen-pecked husband YOU got
large fat job on your hands IL You
want to make another getaway to-
night This man Hinshaw shows 'em
right in his house
Brooklyn of all places"
Right -ohw
He snapped his fingers i'm a series of
rapid clicks.
Amt that the limit" If I'd only
mentioned 1t to you this afternoon
earlier we could have been over and
back by now"
wait until Monday, then. Phonzie.
Yes, but you ought to have heard
her this morning, Cert; it's not often
she gets her heart 80 set. Tomorrow
being Sunday. all Of sudden she gets
wishing for one of the glass-ton
ones IKE she's seen around in the
parks to. take him out in for the
nrst time.
oh' I'm game, I'll go, but can, yo,,s
beat 1t! A trip to Brooklyn when r.
got. friend from Carson CITY wait.
ing at his hotel to buy out Rector,s
for me tonight. =.
fou go on with, him, Cert. what. =.
the use you dragging over there! 100. E.
no" that you got the Rddr6ss f0f; n,eao
never would have. mentfoned " sfhn9
you at all il I'd have. kndwB- van
eoaidn't Just 80, buy the 'Rinda Sbe' q
wants In any department store. m
go over there alone, Cert.
Yes. and get stung on the shape
al" 'he ioou anu all. / bought iust
an ordinary one for my little nieca
once, and you got to get them shall
low. Anyways. I'm going to chin in
haif on this. I want to get the little
deviI something, anyways"
"Aw, no, Cert, this is my surprise"
II guess can chip in on present
Tor the kids month-old birthday.
Well. then, say meet you in the
SSth street subway at seven, so we
can catch a Brooklyn express ana
make 1t over in thirty minutes"
Yes"
But it's raining, Cert. Look out.
honest, l don't like to ask Won to
break your date to hike over there in
the rain with me-"
Raining! Aw, then let's cut II
Phonzie. got pew marcel and
cold on my chest that weighs a ton.
She can't roll 1t on a wet Sunday.
nohow."
Paper says clear and warmer to-
morrow. Cert: but. honest. you don't
need to CO."
CTo be Concluded Next Sunday.) p.
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