Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-07

- SEAED ike simple innocent
proposition, too. AS Wee states
it. here the other night after
dinner, We ought to go over and
call on the canbys.
"Oh. very WE'LL" says I. shruggin'
my shoulders like / was givin' in
after . long debate.
As . matter Of fact I didn't mind
4 bit. They're kind of a jolly. enter
tainin' couple, the Canbys, nearer our
and with the good sense to have many
Of the same tastes and habits that we
have. Their youngest boy Is about the
age OF our 'Ikky boy. they play ABOUT
tn, the, same kind Of beginners dnm:, ss er1df &c
take life too serious.
Anyway. little Mrs. Candy doesn' I
She's q lively young person with a
hair-trigger laugh. sparkly black eyes
and . chin dimple. Miles Canoy amt
quite such a live wire. but being. a
sub junior in q big law firm handiin
mostly maritime cases you wouion .
expect him to be too frisky. He's All
right in his way. though, even II ne
no-trump bids. He never chances
without" himself unless he has
hundred aces and a six-card suit. you
krow the kind.
Hadn't we better hold on until tneS
get, the dishes washed?' 1 suggests.
They're not washing dishes to-
whats the idea?" says l. Have
they decided to stack 'em for week
and then have a bee: .r,. h.re
n cook" says she Just came today.
Isn't 1t wonderful. Torchy? ,,,
IaGreed that it was. Miracles Will
happen. though. even in the , mos5
cookies suburbs. says l. Where
she get her FROM"
Don't know" says Wee. she seem
ed rather excited when she called up
over the phone to tell me. What do
you think? says she I've 5ust ni re =
broke OF suddenly and added, Wen,
/ can't tell you now So that's why
thought we ought to go over tonlsh''
Don't you think We should?
Absolutely" says l. Not that we're
mot a bit." says Wee But. Torehy:;
what do you suppose she did come IN:
Prize package" says /. FOR maybe
che slid down on rainbow"
silly. says Wee. Come along Let's
So ne did. But instead Of finding the
Canbys celebratin' the occasion in any
of the ways you might expect We dis
covers 'em indulgin' in what looked like
2 family spat. ANYWAY. Miles Tiles HI has sd ms
oH0W AL IuIIOWCu w anu hC oe0A
With hts back to the Twin room fireplace.
with his feet wide apart and his jaw set:
while Mrs.. Candy is considerably pinked
I'D In the cheeks and her black eyes are
snappin' Hveiier than ever
Don't tell me she's quit so soon?"
mo. she's still with u.s. says Mrs.
'aThen do let US hear all about how
you happened to get her. where she
came from ,s and , 50 Sn insists ss1s V canbv
I'VE don't know ourselves.
'SEh?" says 1. ''Whatddye mean. you
don't know"
ITS this way" says Miles. This
strange. wild-lookins female appears
wants = cook. and Millie almost falls on
And who wouldn't" demands Mrs.
Candy. IF they'd been tied to their
kitchen: As 1 have. for the last six
"But you don't know a thing about
her" protests Candy.
AFTER the dinner she served tonight"
says Mrs. Candy. II know that she's a
perfectly splendid cook. Isn't that
rBut look at the weird way she ar
'T wouldn't have cared" says Mrs.
Candy. ~ she'd been dropped through
the roof"
''Piease.' puts In Wee. Lets begin
at the beginning. How did she arrive?"
why" says Mrs. Candy. there
wasn't anything 20 weird about her ar
rival. She simply drove UP in an old
baGEy.
Tier own, 30 she says" adds Candy.
with an old white horse in the shafts.
Have you q stable?' she asks Mile.
No. says Mile. but you may use the
garage And that's what she's doing.
Her old nag is bedded down in there
and my perfectly good sedan is parked
In the back yard with two bed quilts
ever the radiator"
eff she'd insisted on putting her horse
q the guest ROOM" says Mrs. Candy, 81