New-York tribune., 1920-10-24

NV so notahln
as those Of either Newland Sands,.
or that dapper antique, Nr. Pidgel.;
Mobiles straw hat might have b,;.l
ened under the treatment of lerno.
juice or other restorative: hi. 8,
was folded to conceal a spot ,yh;a,
his mother would have gasolined -
nothingness had he urged her .ns
his own recent efforts upon ri.
trousers with a tepid iron. in HI
bedchamber at home, had ach;evas
not coercion but mere wheedjins
which failed now to conceal proas.
that cloth responds to repeated
pressure of the human knee.
4 LII in all, nothing except IN.
~ expression of Nobles face and
the somewhat i'll chosen pansv
in his buttonhole hinted sometbi,.
indeed remarkable about him. ys,
even that was something for wb;,L
he was not responsible himself. ~
was altogether the work Of JUL.
What her work was, in the case 90
Noble Dill, may be expressed in
word-a word used not Only bv tbs
whole Atwater family connection IN
completely expressing Mobiles cor
ditlon, but by Noble's own whole
family connection as well. This
complete word was awful
Florence was the one exception On
the Atwater side; she was far. far
from thinking or speaking of Noble
Dill in that way, although, until she
looked up "uncouth" in Webster's
Collegiates Dictionary, she had not
found suitable means to describe
him. And now as she walked at his
side she found the experience moth
ing short Of thrilling. For it mus.
ever be borne in mind that this was
her first and wholly unexpected out
burst into society; her sensations
were those of an obscure and ire
sponsible aerolite suddenly enyel-
opened in the terrestrial air and
become a noble meteor. Her cousin
Herbert would have felt as she did
had he been transformed (in the
twinkling Of an eye) from an ord
nary thirteen-year-old boy to the
rider of a caparisoned horse in the
van of parading brass band. Flor
ence longed to say or do something
Notwithstanding strange and
exhilarating, in keeping with her
new station in life.
1t was this longing. and bv no
means a confirmed unveracity, which
prompted her to amplify her COM
ments upon her own filial independ.
ence.
"Oh, I guess I pretty near never
do anything l don't want to- she
said. Il kind Of run the house to
suit myself. I guess if the truth had
to be told just about run the whole
Atwater family when it comes to
that"
The statement was so noticeable
that 1t succeeded in turning Noble's
attention from the back of Julias
head. You do?' he said. and his
tone was one of genuine inquiry
His condition was such, in fact. that
he was unable to apply his mird
properly to matters which came be-
fore it. We'll, that seems queer"
he added absently.
"Oh. l don't know she LAUGHED
though perhaps unnaturally In her
increasing exaItation things ap-
peared actually to be as she wished
them to be; an atmosphere both
and adventurous seemed to
invest her, and no doubt any rem
nants of human caution in her were
assuaged to peace by the circum-
stance that her Aunt Julia's atten-
hon was subject to the strong de-
mandS necessarily imposed upon.
anybody taking 4 walk between two
gentlemen who DO not speak to
each other.
oh, | don't know said Flor
ence- "The familys used to it by
his time, guess. The way do
'hlngs, they haf to be, guess. When
hey don't like it don't say much
for while, then just She
paused, waiting for her magma
aon to supply a sequel to the drama
lust sketched. We'll, guess they
lind Of find out they better" she
concluded darkly. They don't
bother around too much"
Il suppose not, - SAID Noble, his
'acaney and credufity continuing to
loNetall perfectly.
You bet not" the exuberant
lorenzo thought proper to suggest
IS preferable expression. And
hen she had clearly an inspiration
o enliven his dreamy interest IN
Ter conversation. Grandpa, les
he one ! kind Of run mos. of all Of