Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-16

curiosity by casting stray side lign'
| on your method of keeping alive?"
The Jel1y-bean paused and consid-
cred. -. 49,.
over Tilly's garage. l help him some
with the cars in the afternoon an he
gives 1t to me free. Sometimes l drive
one of his takes and pick up little
that away. I get fed up dom that
regular, though"
THAT all?"
We'll, when there's lot of work
help him by the day-Saturdays usu-
ally-and then there's one main source
of revenue / don't generally mention.
Maybe you don't recollect I'm about
the champion crap shooter OF TINS
cup now because once l get the reel
of a pair of dice they just roll for me.
Peter chuckled appreciatively
II never could learn to set 'em SOS
they'd do what l wanted. Wish you'd
shoot with Nancy Lamar some day
and take ali her money away from
! her. She's going to get into trouble
| Gauge she will roll 'em with the boys
and she loses more money than her
| daddy can afford to give her. ! hap
pen to known she sold good ring
! last month to pay debt"
The Jelly-bean was silent.
| 1.-The white house on Elm street still
| belong to your
Jim shook his head.
Sold Got a pretty good price seem
it wasn't in a good part Of town no
more Lawyer told me to put 1t into
liberty bonds. But Aunt Mamie got
! SO she wasn't no good any more. so 1t
| takes all the interest to keep her UP
at Great Farms Sanitarium. I guess
her mind just gave out from sheer
contrariness-"
| Him.
l Ger nj tot a n
| reckon kin go up there if ever / get
sure enough pore. Nice farm, but no.
body much to work it. Many the time
he's asked me to come up and help
him. but I don't guess I'd take much
| to farm life. It's too dOggone lone
SOME He broke off suddenly
peter. ] want to tell you I'm much
| obliged to you for askin' me out, bu,
I'd be a lot happier if you'd just stor
the car right here an let me walk
I back into town"
| "Shucks" Peter scoffed. DO you
| good to step out. You don't have tC
dance-just get out there on the floor
| and shake"
Hold on" exclaimed Jim in terror
Don't you go leadin' me up to any
girls and leavin' me there so I'll have
| to dance with 'em."
| Peter laughed.
"Cause," continued Jim desperate
\ ~, without you swear you won't dc
| that I'm agoin' to get out right here
an my good legs goin' carry me back
| to Jackson street.
! They agreed after some argumen,
that Jim. unmolested by females. was
to view the spectacle from secluded
| settee in the corner where Peter
would join him whenever he WASN'T
! dancing.
/, So 10 o'clock found the Jelly-bear
! with his legs crossed and his arms
! conservatively folded, trying to look
casually at home and politely unin-
terested in the dancers. AT heart ne
was torn between overwhelming self
| consciousness and an intense CURIOSITY
about all that went on around him
! He saw the girls emerge one by one
from the dressing room, stretching
and pluming themselves like bright
birds. smiling over their powdered
| shoulders at the chaperons. casting
a quick glance around to take in the
room and simultaneously the room.
reaction to their entrance-and then
again like birds. alighting and mes
Ting in the sober arms OF their wait
ing escorts. Celia Larrabee. slim
blond and lazy-eyed. appeared clat
in her favorite pink and blinking like
an awkward rose. Marjorie Haight
Eyylyn Ware, Harriet Carey. all thu
girls he had seen lettering down Jack
son street by noon, now. curled ant
brilliantined and delicately tinted TO
the overhead lights, were miraculous
~ strange dresden figures of pink an,
blue and red and gold. fresh from tn,
shop and not yet fully dried.
He had been there half an hour
totally uncheered by Peters jovia
visits. which were each one accom-
panied by Hello. old boy. how yo,
making out?" and a slap at his knee
A dozen or SO males had spoken t.
him or stopped for a moments chat
but he knew instinctively that the.
! were each one surprised at dndlnl