Evening star., 1921-01-23

aWeil. She is little-just the cutes'
vounRster you ever saw. When I WIS.,
ited the Campbells last winter saw
a lot of Josie, and she told me about
ing up nights to keep her from goine
down to New York to act as picket
for the cloakmakers' strike. or some
thing of the sort. When they per-
suaded her to give that up, she an
nounced that she would open a tea
A lot of the Campbells' friends nave
cottages there, and being extremely
conservative and sensitive. this threw
them into another panic. casually
mentioned Cedar Harbor and Mr.. Glen
denning'S. giving her exactly the view
said that was just the thing; that she
would come here and start tea ShoI
with art jewelry and old furniture and
pottery-and the regular Glendennlng
stuff. 1 had a letter just before we
left home saying she was coming. IN
fact. she was here last month and
rented that room across from Mr
Glendenning's-that Greek who beat
his wife had a candy shop there las,
year-and the carpenters have got II
nearly ready. Josie'll turn up here
any day now, but you're not to kno"
her-she wants to stand on her OWL
feet-you must promise never to tell
letting her come on my promise 70
keep an eye on her. Just between
ourselves, I've got it in my head 10
try to interest her in Billy Doane
You know Billy's the most eligible
young man who comes here. and hes
thing like that. which is driving his
father crazy. He and Josie ought to
hit it off splendidly. But I can't ask
her to stay with us-I'm to pretend
that I never heard of her before"
nvERTON eyed his young wife Gym
~ icaily as he put down the tobacco
Jar and felt about on the table for q
match.
by Jove. you're a wonder. Jean
You're going to be responsible to the
Campbells for their beautiful little
anarchist, but you're going to pretend
you never saw her before; and you're
is just the man for her not to marry
two lunatics! Take it from me tina,
Billy wouldn't marry her II he knew
she was the daughter of q rich New
England aristocrat. The last I heard
of Billy his folks were sitting on
Russian girl who hands out pie in
a one-armed eating joint in Chicago
He had the idea that this was good
scheme for bringing the social class
es into more harmonious relations
and that sort OF rot
We'll, Billy is very nice" Mrs
"Billy is very susceptible" Over
ton corrected as he pressed his thumb
into the bowl Of his pipe. But. take
it all around. the outlook for an ex-
citing summer Is first-rate. l can
hardly wait to see your charming
young revolutionist: she sounds dan
noticed that I've kept out Of f1irta-
tions ever since took marriage vows.
I'm about due for some excitement"
"Only four years, and you're threat
ening me already" cried Mrs. Bob.
well. don't get nervous. but II
that girl can fool men as Glenden-
ming fools you women theren be
some fun on Main street. It's high
time the men who come up here had
some diversion to occupy them while
the women are all goo-gooing Mister
A girl with q sense OF
humor. an Independent young Nom-
an. such AZ you describe this Josie
Campbell to be, ought to put Glen.
denning out Of business"
II hadn't thought Of her doing
that" said Mrs. Overton with alarm
He's really gentleman, you know,
and he has his living to make"
"Oh, don't sob over it! The bill he
sent you last fall was for something
iaak like !; $780, wasn't it. for junk sheer
Bob! You know perfectly well
that chiffonier was just what you
needed for your dressing room. and
that the same thing at home would
have cost $50 more. And 1t was q
birthday present. and you said 1t waa
the very incest present you ever
had" y
Symptoms OF tears caused Overton
to put down his pipe and address
himself to the business Of convinc-
ing her that she was the dearest of
all girls and that the chiffonier had
been a boon, q life-saving device.
from which he would not part for all
the gold in the world.
When Mr.. Glendenning arrived at
the harbor midway Of June (his as
sistant had arrived earlier and open
ed the stock) he found his shop con-
fronted by a rival most impudently
psanAed ditectly opposite his own
door. The window bore this legend
in white enamel,
MISS WILMERDING'S,
a shameless. not to say an intention
ally ironic imitation of the blue let
tering that advertised his own es-
learned from his assistant that an en-
ergetic young lady had been on the
ground for a fortnight. preparing for
the summer campaign, and that neat
cards had been distributed announc-
ing Miss Wilmerding's purpose to Of
fer not only tea, sandwiches, Aunt
Msrys M, 5um5les and oants, tarts every
carefully selected pieces Of antique
mahogany. glass and pottery in ex-
elusive designs. Mr.. Glendenning
lodged in rooms above his shop. q
fact which made 1t possible for him
to glue his eyes to the windows over
looking Miss Wilmerdings portal for
the better part Of three days, noting
the goings and comings Of his auda-
cious rival, and observing not with
out trepidation the Customers who
seemed deliberately to prefer hel
wares to his own.
From his upper window Mr.. Glen
denning was able to make a very
ding's stock as tastefully exposed
against a background Of white and
blue. He identified with chagrin and
appraised at its cost to the retailer
every item offered by Miss Wilmer
ding. The stock had been well chos-
the fact that it duplicated his own
with startling fidelity. More aston
ishing was the appearance of Miss
Wi1merding as she came occasionally
into the foreground or thrust her
head into the show window to with
draw some bit Of bric-a-brac that had
lured potential buyer within. She
was a small person with a capable all
and a deft hand, and when she left
the shop to run bareheaded to the
grocer's. he was aware that her blue
skirt and snowy waist were of mod
ish cut. Not only did she give the
impression Of smartness, but her head
with its crown of light, fluffy hair
and her clean-cut profile compelled
was a pretty. girl. really very pretty