Evening star., 1921-10-30

NO, at ALL" says 1. Iss more serI-
Gus than / thought"
;; You ought 10 tell him wha, All Old
dp'nLbeil he is says Inez.
might not believe it. They seldom do,
you know. No, this is q case which
calls for ftnesse-smooth stuff. and 1
don't know whether can pull 1t or
not. must think 1t over"
Not that 7 strained my intellect. but
before bedtime I'd planned out this din
ner party. We would have Uncle Nels
ask Gusssi and Bro'her Henry in for
a nice little home meal, so we could
all get better acquainted. and If brother
could manage TO shake it out. Uncle
NeIs wasn't strong for the affair. In
spite of all the training he's had 1
suspect he still has hunch that his
word, but the thought OF having the
fair Gussie right at his elbow for
whole evening was too much for him,
60 he phoned the invitation and the
~ very next evening the function
came off. You should have seen Guss!e
when she shed her opera cape and res
yealed those shoulders and arms. And
you can imagine, perhaps, how those
wasiled-out blue eyes OF tncls Nels
popped as he got his first view. II MSS
nearly his last, for from that time On
he hardly yentured to take 'ein of his
Mate and his ears didn't sess ttAt
ruddy tint for two hours,
She was a dazzler. though, III say
that for her Her candle-lignt fHShe-
my was high art, and those psnsy
ewes we're right on the jeb every
minute. and prattle. shs hsa .
habhlins brook backed into dead
end canal. No happer could ksrs
Kept up to her chatter or INDUCED In
such coy stunts.
AS for Brother Henry, hs. was .
! poddy, dignified. graE-haired party
With a wide black ribbon to his eye
! glasses and diamond-studded buttehs
| in his cleaning shirt front. He
looked like he might own gold mines
bv the dozen and not miss one OF ewe
that slipped away from MIN.
| do say so myself Annette and ! did
the ordering, and il there was ely
thing we missed, from caviar caHsges
10 baked Alaska, 1t was an oversight. 1.
And while Gussie kept up her chatter
all the while, she didn't seem to miss
u trick on the menu. Not one: From
casually watching her as she WAded
through every course. I should ray
tina; when she finished she was thor
oughly nourished. Quite.
And You know Uncle Nels isn't WHIST
you'd call a hearty eater. He alwhys
ducks the soup and salad. and only b
few desserts will tempt him. He eah
worry along any time with g sAnd-
wich and a glass of milk. So gy the
time the roast ducklings cams in he
was just stalllng around and hdHe!=
ing in his chair. He couldn't hsle
seeing, though, the noble work the
fair Gussie was doing with her hHtfe
and fork Seemed to fascinate him. for
every time she took a second help.
ing he watched her plate and eegla
almost hear him groan.
First off, too. he was trying ~ At-
swer now and then when she made
some OF her kittenish cracks directly
at him, but finally he gave that up
and let her carry on the nonefogue
without trying to get in word. Even
Brother Henry noticed, and twice l
caught him trying to give her the
shut-off signal. But with a dinner
, like that coming before her. and a
willing audience, Gussie was having
the time of her life. She sparkled
and prattled on and on.
1t wasn't until we were having cof-
fee in the living room that l missed
anybody from the party. I secuted
around hasty. and then nudged Inez.
Where's Uncle NeIs?" whispered
Him" says Inez. "Oh. he saeakel
Off to bed"
THE old wretch" says,I. "What
an awful break"
I will say; though. that Gussie took
it easy. She was inclined to go on
prattling. just for our benefit. But
Brother Henry acted bit huffy. He
made her get her things and let him
lead her home. After which knocked
on Uncle Nels' door.
You're not sick, are youm ! asked.
"Yes," says he. "1'm sick Of seeing
folks eat. and I'm sick Of hearing 'em
ta1k-talk-talk."
"oh, is that air" says ]: "gussie
loft goodnight for your
'Huhw says he. "That wom4ll Pm
glad she left something"
And when won't back to ines she
was waiting anxious "EhT says
she. what you grin for?
II know" says I. "I suppose one
shouldn't after watching a perfectly
good romance go on the rocks: Yes,
Inez. the Gussie entry seems 50 be
scratched; Absolutely: And IL yeH
ask me, shegid say Fsa had q grin
coming 70 Esu:".