The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-02

had a great deal to learn about the Harrisons-my Jim himself and Virginia-but most of all Phoebe.
 CHAPTER CXNXI.
 How shall we divide the party?" asked Evvy when we came out of the Ecchambeau and found the two cabs waiting to take us to Chinatown.
 Before any one could reply she answered herself pertly:
 "Oh, that's easy. The loving couples>can't be separated, but the Mason cousins can, and the bride and groom must. So one Mason and one Harrison to each cab, and we'll build around that
 irginia swept her aside rather grandly.
 I hate stuffing into these little taxis sardine-fashion."
 My! You're awfully-luxurious," said Evvy, in her most 'wide-eyed That tone did rot denote admira tion, and Evvy continued the topic when she and Tom and Jim and l landed in ione taxi in the final ar engagements and rolled off togeth CT after the cab in which Phoebe was riding with the West group.
 No wonder Pat Dalton cant af- ford car of his own-when he has to pay your sister an allowance that permits her to have an extra taxi with Sheldon Blake"-
 "Evvy!" thundered Jim. eff you care a jot about my friendship-you will never make such a-malicious reference to my sister again.
 "I didn't mean to be malicious, Jimmie" whimpered Evvy. '1 was just trying to be funny. But Virgin ia is-extravagant you know. Every one says that if Pat had struck his gait sooner"
 Jims tone was ice and iron when he interrupted:
 ,,1a party and you are my guest. Don't make me forget it.'' Tom laughed out reply that sounded comfortable and intimate, yet somehow made me shudder more than all Evvy's malice.
 Look here, cousin mine-'tis time for pussy to realize she's grown up and that her claws are long and strong-and scratchy. Of course we're a chummy little group and we can knock each other, but you needn't go making fool of yourself over the fact that Vee Dalton is beautiful enough to turn a few heads beside Pat Dalton's-even brother Jimmie S here. Funny, Jim, how the only pretty woman in the world who's willing to give other pretty women breathing space is our Donna Anna here-isn't it?
 "Oh, Annes jealous too-aren't you, girlies? ?" replied Jim easily ''So we'll forgive Evvy for scratch
 
 folks like some folks not a thousand miles away. Remember, my lady, that Doris West is a tropical plant and not used to frigid climes.''
 squirmed Evidently I hadn't been a really courteous hostess, an6 Jim felt at home with Tom ant Evvy that he could reprove me gent ly in their presence.
 I was glad when we stopped mo ment later and Dick West came tc our cab window to announce that wt must walk the rest of the way.
 We were in front of threadlikt brick passage between two buildings It was a dark chasm, so narrow tha only one could cross it at time. I opened on square court yard with large iron grating set in the centre No chink of light came up throug1 the narrow opening in this grating Dick West led the way across it int a dingy doorway, up three flights o dark wooden steps-through a tilet corridor and at last down thre, flights of steps again.
 And there we were in a bright. lighted Chinese restaurant with tn usual floor of mosaics lockwood ta bles inlaid with mother -of-pearl ant all the garish and showy trimmin 2 of the average Chinese restaurant a we of America know it. A wheez player-piano nh1l1r- no. was grinding ou couples were dancing in the clearc space in the middle of the floor. I was about as thrilling as the ''Hom Restaurant at the corner of Mai and State streets back home.
 Every one seemed to think that splendid joke had been pulled off and mirth waxed mighty when Die West pointed out large front en trance brilliantly lighted and presid ed over by two crouching stone dra gons.
 we could have come in tha way" he laughed. "I just put in a that travelling to-make it harder"
 And every one seemed to enter int the spirit of his adventure-Phoeb most of all. But I was thinking the hints Evvy had thrown out aboJ Nirginia's extravagance-or the 1T . timate way she and Phoebe had stoo together in the dressing room of tn Rochambeau-but most of all, I wa thinking of the way Phoebe had pile that pernicious little lip-stick So didn't enter whole -heartedly into th spirit of things.
 It was Evvy who noticed this fri She leaned across Tom and spoke | me in a rallying tone:
 From, do be nicer to your Dom Anna. She's as pale as Phoebe use to be before 1 taught the baby rouge q bit. Are you bored. dear, is it just that you don't like the wa the West family is ntonopolizing u Harrisons? You know Jim is ric now" she giggled. you can't expe him to forego the spice of life no that he can afford it., They're 3 exravagant lot. the fiarrisons. wit ' emotions or money OF filtration Watch my little pupil, Phoebe" Ebvy's eyes met mine mocking! challensinsiy. And suddenly P Daiton's warning fafed out in T
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