Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-19

Above was written: Mr.. Bowen: Call
267s."
Billy slowed the card in his pocket
and plunged into a pile OF uninter-
On the night of the 22d there was a
family dinner at McDonald,s. and
Billy was in on it. At this function
he met the rest Of them-Bob and his
wife. Aunt Harriet and Aunt Louise.
Bob and his wife, despite the for
mer's alleged sense of humor, spooned
every time they were contiguous
That they were in love with eacn
other. as Ellen had said. was easy to
see. The wherefore was more OF a
puzzle.
Bob's hirsute adornment having
been disturbed by his spouse's digits
Mring one fthe orgies. he went up
stairs ten minutes before dinner time
to effect repairs Mrs. Bob was left
alone on the davenport; In p, perform ssn,
over and sat down beside her, She was
not. like Miss Muffet. frighte ned away.
but terror or some other field rem
dered her temporarily dumb. The
game Mr.. Bowen was making his fifth
attempt to pry open a conversation
when Bob came back.
To the impartial observer the
scene on the davenport appeared
harmless enough. There was a gem
erous neutral zone between Billy and
Flo. that being an abbreviation of
few may suspect. was Florence. Billy
was working hard and his face was
flushed with the effort. The. flush
may have aroused Boo's suspicious
At any rate. he strobe across the
room, scowling almost audibly. shot
a glance at Billy that would have
made the kaiser vince, halted mag
nificently in front of his wife and
commanded her to accompany him
to the hall. p.
chair when a look from Ellen stop
ped him. She was at his side before
the patfs Of Bobs had skidded out of
"Pisase don't mind" she begged.
Hes erazyssI1 forget orr GOT to tell you
Il understood you to say he had
a sense of humor"
1T doesn't work where Flo's con-
cerned. If he sees her talking to a
man he goes Wild"
you're a nice boy" said Ellen. ir-
relevantly."
Dinner was announced and Mr..
Bowen was glad to observe that Flo's
terrestrial body was still intact He
was glad. too. to note that Bob: was
no longer frothinE. He learned for
the first time that the Case and kath-
ryn were of the party. Mrs. McDon-
aid had wanted to make sure OF Wal
ters presence; hence the presence of
his crush.
Kathryn giggled when she was
presented to Billy. It made him I'M
comfortable and he thought for a
moment that a couple of studs had
fallen out. He soon discovered. how
ever that the giggle was permanent.
Just as much a part of Kathryn as
her fraction Of g. nose. He looked
forward with new interest to the
soup course, but was disappointed to
find that she could negotiate it with
out disturbing the giggle or the
linen.
He next conferred his attention on
Wilma and Edith. Another disap-
poirtment was in store. There were
as many and a. large oysters in
Wilmas soup as in any ones. She
ate them all, and. so far as appear
ances went. was the same Wilma.
He had expected that Edith would
either diet or plunge. But Edith was
as prosaic in her consumption of
victuals as Ellen. for instance. or
Aunt Louise.
He must content himself for the
present with Aunt Louise. She was
sitting directly opposite, and he had
an .unobstructed view of the widest
part he had ever seen in woman's
hair.