Evening star., 1921-05-15

"Yes-s-s? says she. smiling pleased
"You-you look nice, too"
Me" says I. 'Oh. sure. I'm a regu-
lar home-wrecker. Inez. That is,
might be if it wasn't for my plain
features and my up-and-down figure
and the green gooseberry eyes. Out
side of those few items I'm a perfect
vamp. I'm glad you noticed it. Nobody
else has up to date. Just for that I'll
spell you while you slip out for an
early lunch"
THEN I began to wonder if this
career as modern Ruth at the
well of orangeade was going to
satisfy her yearning for adventure
such as she'd sketched out to me when
l discovered that she had a moving
picture mind. Once put it up to her
How about it. Inez?" says I. "Are
you finding New York as full of
thrills as you thought it would be ?''
Flne place. New York" says Inez.
n9t nothing real exciting has hap
pened to you yet," I suggests
".oh, it comesEby'm-by.a says 1nez.
80 why disturb childlike trust
Ike that? I ask you. 1 might have
pointed out that serving nut sundaes
ana @ NOT chocolate on Superior street
was almost as hectic a pastime as
dealing out cold drinks on Broadway.
ana that you could go on doing either
lot a long time without getting
mixed up in what a movie director
would call a big punch scene. But
s; I u,un L. L Just smiled to think how
simple she was in the head.
Never again. though. Listing Inez
as joke is poor hunch For look
Wen. 1t wasn't over two days later
tnat we took little after-supper
stroll, Just to get the air and make
IN IN the mattress when We finally took
to the cots. OF course. we'd had the
usual debate over it first
.4. sy Eight avenue suggests Inez,
night; If you knew how little I cared
1or that man. Gosh, Say I'll bet
I've seen Bill Hart ride a million
miles and roll four million cigarettes
on the gallop. Let's give him a
Inez pouts disappointed. but two
minutes later she has another bril-
Ia liant thooght. Up by Broadway"
says she Mister Doue-las-s-s Fair
banks is in six-reeler"
Yes. says !. ''he usually is And
that grin Of his and climb up the
front of fake palaces and push the
villain OFF a roof and work mn the
nnal fade-out where he goes to a
tight clinch with the Princess of An
gostura Then there'n be news
reel showing how they laid the cor
ner stone of the new Masonic temple
at Eiienville. N: Y. and glimpse of
President Harding taking the oath
OF ONCE, and few hundred feet of
MIN depicting the cute antics Of a
hhorsehy feeding her young. Have a
agreed that every other night was
about all our finances would stand" ;"
1nez can't deny 1t, but she sinks
Tor the next ten minutes until she
decides TO console herself by combin-
ing two slabs Of wintergreen flavor
with one Of pepsin: after which she
pins on her hat and allows me to
lead her east across Broadway and
away from the lure Of the silver
screen. And it wasn't long before 1
mad her interested in our favorite
sof picking out trousseau from
the Shop windows. We're reckless
shoppers when we let ourselves go
that way. Especially Inez Her taste
seems to run to cloth of gold even
ing gowns and ermine capes with
lots OF real tails on them. Also
pearl ropes. I've often wondered
how she would really look in such
an outfit II by any miracle she could
ever get one on. I suspect she'd
have the Queen of Sheba looking like
a country dressmaker tackling the
Monday wash.
And all day" Inez announces, IT
ride up and down in limousine"
"oh. quite So" says I. That's part
Then for dinner" adds 1nez, big
cream puffs. too"
Now you've done it," saws T.
nothing but a sweitzer sandwich and
half Of fat dill pickle will bring
peace to my tortured soul. And I
back on 9Th avenue in the block be-
low this. Come
But Inez wasn't to be hurried away
from window where a beaded even
merry against background of black
velvet.
"wen. then" says I. you drift
along as far as the next corner while
dash around and lay in supplies
efo before ;n.iaS they si close s up: Tll be back
be all right. won't you?"
Me-" says Inez. Sure"
Those stores are seldom just where
you think they are. though. This
one had lodged two blocks out Of the
dried apple face and the sage green
wig certainly took her time about
making up those cheese sandwiches
Forgot to put on the mustard until
after she had 'em all wrapped up,
at that.
co It must have been nearly fifteen
~ minutes before came scurrying
up to the window where the beaded
gown was still hanging. But no Inez
was gawping at 1t. She wasn't any
where in sight. either up or down the
avenue. and 1nez is visible at quite a
lConfinued m Fifth Paaal