Evening star., 1921-03-27

you the tall charmer's name. It's
Ann Drinkwater."
He don't get it at first but simply
gawps at me.
"Oh. GOMEZ" says l. "Ain't it de-
scriptive? Don't She look like a long
drink of water? What
| "Iie-he!" explodes Hartley. Say
that's rich. isn't it? Ann Drink
| water. oh. my"
Then I gives him the other details.
You might know" says he. An
art student from Tennessee! Say, no
wonder she's such a freak. But why
. should she stare at me? Didn't dis
cover that. l SUPPOSE
Sure" says l. She's stuck on
your dancing. That's why. And |
take it she's some jazz-footer herself.
You're two of "A kind. Hartley. Sole
| mates. as it were. See? Sole"
"Ah beans" says Hartley
Honest" says l. She's crazy
to meet you. too"
Beans" says Hartley again, over
| workin' his favorite expression.
We'll, I'm only telling you what
she handed me-" says I. 'She made
me promise to fix it up and l said l
would if l could. Course. / know I
stand a good chance of gettin' in
wrong with your family. but if you
two are bound to get together
why
Say, who do you think you're kid
ding" snorts Hartley as he turns
and waddes off.
SO l had my chuckle out of it and
was going to let it ride at that. I'm
no deep plotter in such things. But
you never know what you're startn',
do you? / couldn't say just how it
! happens, but about the time they be-
! gun passin' around the ice cream
slabs and the cake-we knew it was
! goin' on because we'd just seen Hart
{ lny ii l..
! his rations-Vee and l were wander
in around lookin' for some friends
who'd asked US to join 'cm for the
eats when up drifts this Miss Drink
| water.
Please" says she. I've lost the
| That's tough" says I. Then how
about lettin' us-oh. 1 know some
thing better than that. Just min
| ute. Hey, Hartleyt'
! Shows that he was already under
the spell because he leaves per-
! fectly good plate of refreshments to
come and be presented to Ann Drink
water.
Cant I-er-get you something?"
he asks, draegy
''Oh. just the tiniest bit" says she
| And ten minutes later, as / glances
across the room. | could see Ann
| Drinkwater sharin' her ice cream
with him Next time l looked she
was feedin' him some of her cake.
| They seemed to be havin' quite a
jolly time together. chattin' lively
and gigglin' every now and then
That didn't end It, either. No sooner
/ mad the orchestra tuned UP again
after intermission than Ann and
! Hartley were out on the floor toddlin'
away mad and merry
Look, Nee." says L. Some combi- =
| nation. eh?"
Wee snicieers THE thick and thin
of it," says she. Il wonder what Mrs.
, Fipps will say when she sees themo'
There she is. in the doorway" says
l. and If I'm any judge she's in no
shape to say anything. Looks like she
was just gaspin' and gettin' purple in
! the gills.'
why, she's positively glaring" says
Wee.
She ought to get her Rufus and make
1t mixed fourSome," / suggests. Say
look how that girl towers over Hartley
Sh" could easy rest her chin on his head
couldn't she? But it don't seem to bother
either of EN-. Look like they was en-
joyn' themselves, eh"'
Anyway. they kept it up for three
dances in succession, with Doris and
Mrs. Fipps gain indignant from the
side lines. And when ] went to retrieve
my hat and coat. along about l am, !
runs across Hartley in the smokin' room
He's indulgin' in a cigarette and chang
in his wilted collar for a fresh one
! Say, you're a fast worker when you
get started, amt you. Hartley?" says l.
How are you and the slim Tennessee
queen coming along?"
"Oh. just fine" says he. Do you
know, Torchy. she's quite a rema arkable
girl? Clever. talented, all that sort OF
thing. And she seems to understand a
fellow so we'll"
| "Uh-huh" :" says l. That's what ]
thought when ! saw her going fifty
fifty with you on the ice cream"
Well. that affair has been going on
for ten days now and the gossip is that
. Doris has been ditched permanent l
understand Mrs. Fipps was perfectly
! wild about it at first but after Hartley
had told her what was what she Gained
down and goes around lookin resigned.
How odd :" says Wee. But l sup
pose it's only the law of natural selec-
tion working out.
Huh" says I. II didn't know they'd
passed Il law like that You ought to
tell Mrs. Fipps She acts like she
thought it was just another mis-deal." )"
Copyright. 1921, by scwell Ford.)