Evening star., 1921-07-31

cottage a hundred yards distant. OBJ
served them thoughtfully.
at, may be only the difference in
pies figures look very queer to me.
The actual shapes seem to have
changed as much as the clothes.
You're used to them. I suppose. and
so they don't surprise you. but down
there at that porte cochere. for in
, stance. the figures all look odd and
well. sort of bunchy. To me. every
single one of those boys seems to be
knockkneed or bowlegged."
Boys" Mrs. Troup cried:
He ~, stared at her. What are
Good gracious! Don't You see?
They're women
He still stared at her, but he said
nothing at all. and after moment
| more turned away and went to his
table he reverted to the topic of
which they had been speaking that
afternoon.
prohibition must have altered
! great many peoples lives quite vio-
., ways had wine or. Scotch at dinner
giving it up so suddenly"
Il suppose sol don't know"
A little cole color .he showed sut below ;ts Mrs;
number of people had supplies on
hand when the day came"
But most of that must be gone
by this time."
Quite a good deal of it is gone.
yes; you don't see wine very often
any more. People who have any
, left are getting very piggish about
| it, i believe"
1T must be odd" he said contem-
: platively. "the whole country's being
absolutely sober and dry. like this"
pause went on: ut isn't like that
exactly. You see
"Oh. of course. there would be a
F., few moonshir:s stills and low dives
he interrupted. But people of our
Aren't exactly dry Charles"
But if they have no wine Or"
ITS my impression" said Mrs:
. Troup. that certain queer kinds of
whisky and GIN
But we were speaking of our
: circle'-the kind of people we"
"Yes. I know" she said. "They
carry these liquids about with them
in the most exquisite TASKS. jean
, nette has one-a boy friend gave it
to her-and it must have been made
by silversmith who is a real artist.
sive."
Mr.. Blake's open mouth remained
distended for a moment. Your
Jeanette" he EXCLAIMED. "Why,
she's only"
, "Oh. she's nineteen" his sister in
formed him soothingly.
But was it exactly nice for her
to receive such gift from young
man."
"Oh. he's one of the incest boys
| "They swim together every day"
"'Swim together'?" her brother in
quired feebly.
yes" said Mrs.. Troup. His aunt
has tank"
as If he wished to get the sentence
by heart His aunt has a tank"
Mrs. Troup coughed placatively.
'Of course. even I feel obliged to
have something in the house at home
"a certain amount of whisky. I
urally. but Jeanette feels it's neces-
sary on account of the young men
and the other girls; but she doesn't
like whisky and never touches it
herself.
1EANNETTE'S uncle uttered 6&sigh
) of relief. I should think not! r
was afraid. from what you told me of
her flask" :,
"Oh. in that said Mrs. Troup,
"she keeps gin"
"Gin?'' he said in a whisper. "Gin?"
"She's rather fond of gin," Mrs.
Troup informed him. '.She makes
it herself from a recipe; it's quite
simple l believe"
"And she carries this flask"
"Oh. not all the time!" Mrs. Troup
protested, laughing. "Only to dances
and girls lunches" And, observing
her brothers expression. she added:
'Of course, she never takes too
muchs you mustn't get wrong idea
of Jeanette. She and all the girls
of her set don't believe in that, at
all-I'm positive none of them has
ever been intoxicated. They have the
very highest principles
They have"
"Yes; you see, Jeanette has read