Evening star., 1921-05-22

come out" whispered Inez Now
now he's in taxi behind.
"Oh. come says !. "ForSet that
small town stuff. You're not back
in Duluth. This is New York. Why.
/ can count half dozen taEis behind
US. and as soon as we swing INTO
Broadway well be in procession OF
em fourteen. miles long. Ana an
other thing. Inez! The moment we
strike the block the Stokeses live i'll
you've got to park that cud of gum
permanent in the roadway
That calms her for d while. but as
we turned into a street in the West
seventies sne's staring anxious out
of the window again.
Look says she. clutching me
nervous by the arm. Same man.
Il doubt it," says l. But even so.
fail to work up any panic over 1T.
All that's worrying me just now is
Uncle Nels You'd better leave that
part of it to me. Inez. And here we
are.
Two minutes later and Mrs. Stokes
is receiving US with enthusiastic
suueals She's n pudSy. biilowy
female herself and you could hardly
blame her for being surprised at the
way her evening gowns showed up on
some one who didn't run SO much to
curves. True. 81 q was gazing mostly
at IneZ.
Superb" says she. why. ! had
no idea you could-cOmc. Junius'
Come and see her
At which Junius trots in from the
next room and examines lneZ approx
ing.
"stunnlng" says he. Didn't 1
tell you she would be: And-er-
Miss-ah-
Dodge says L.; But don't
those present Too bad about Uncle
Sels. though. 1nez couldn't get
word to him."
"Eh?" says Junius. Uncle Nels?
Oh, yes But that doesn't matter. Not
in the least. Another time perhaps
if necessary
He's a nervous. futtery little man:
with restless eyes and hands And
every time he says anything he
sIances at Mrs Stokes as if he was
getting her o. K. on it.
"Junius means" puts in Mrs. Stokes
that we have another guest tonight:
quite Il distinguished di man. ! may say
Mr.. Morgan Smith. the caiN talist
Quite wealthy" adds Jun;uS.
II hope he's somebody $ uncle. too,
US ]. just by way OF saying some-
thing.
! was waiting for some side light
on why we'd been picked out as din.
ncr guests. but so far nothing had
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than she'd told. but it wasn't likely
And probably it would come out
later on.
The next thing ] know. though. Mrs
; Stokes and .Iunius seem TO be swap
ping some condolences in code.
Shall we?" asks Junius
'M-m-m -m-In." says Mrs. Stokes. tap
ping her pursed lips with a platinum
l"rgnettc and turning to gaze critical
at IneZ. Il think So"
:'rhen you do il - urrrpS .JuniuS.
Very WELL" says she.
With that she takes IneZ by the
hand and starts leading her toward
nss the hallway an % Gone Com by ,ia dear hsfare she
M'. Morgan Smith arrives. I want
you to wear something for me-
! SO I'm left with Junius for Il minute
CT so until the butler tows in the
missing guest. And say. a lot of these
New York plutrs aren't much to look
at. are they? This Morgan Smith. for
Instance. OF course, I'd never heard
of him before. He may belong to or"
! of the old Wall street families. for all
. know. But | must say that his din
! nor coat might have fitted snugger
/ around the neck and I didn't know
( that any but movie stars tucked the
cs;ds of their black ties under their
! turnover collars. He doesn't seem
afraid he'd spill something about the
! stock market that We could cash in
| on. Junius. though. is there with the
polite patter and tells him how he'll
| soon have the pleasure of meeting
| Miss Petersen of Duluth.
! can heiress.' adds Junius. kind of
on the side. Rich uncle Interested
in--er-the same proposition that you
| are. In fact. the young lady has con-
sented to wear them tonight. Nothing
| closed, however. you understand"
Il see," says Mr.. Morgan Smith.
x x x
| A LII of which meant very little to
me. but il got me prickng my ears
| forward. What was it that Inez was
| going to wear? Goodness knows.
hoped it would be something substan-
, tal. She needed II. And just why
he should he 50 much better posted
about Uncle Nos :har | was | couldn',
! figure out. Unless Inez had been
drawing on an imagination that
didn't know she had.
"Ah!" says Junius. Here they are.'