Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-25

venturc' Jolly bi, OF rot, what? Any
silly ass could got iLto trouble by
knocking at a strange door, and any
spoofcr could get out of tho same
trouble by handing out cash.
4 deem and dire detection came upon
Morley Smith as nc slipped tho abomin-
ahlo rickcy that tasted like gasoline.
What no. his life had been jolly wcll a
failure. what Even the comfortable
bachclorhood in which he had wrapped
h,wself was cheap and ta~dry
method OF escaping responsibilities
when considered thru tho medium OF a
Rluc Rose gin rickcy. He had made a
life fight to avoid - wifo and children
aud TO assure himscir utter comfort.
and It all culminsted in having to
drink a rickcy that tasted like hair
oil. Bah!
What about littls shaver about
tlKcc feet tall, with ycllo" hair and
kStcs scratched and eyes that could
look up trustfuliy2 what about a
Kids hand that would cling 10 his7
don't you know, Jove. II he bad had
tho nerve and had married Cora
Florence. the boy might he In the
aviation this minute! An ensign,
what Commanding what-you-
il, OF flying boats! Coming 10 the club
with pad This IS my son. Ensign
smith, All tina. sort OF thing,
Morley Smith moved unoasily In his
chair ;Ic had an intuitivc glance at
how he must appear TO hundrcds-a
welt dressed nothing, nobody In a
time OF glory.
wcul All right about that: but he
could not have stood Cora Florence.
He shuddcred rs nc thought OF what
Iiro with her would have been. Hand
some. tail. wcll-fillrd out. hrainy-shc
was all Of tho1c-hut talksr! Ana
Hho was tho only woman that had cNor
l.aE -
tho only woman he could think Of AZ
hts wife II he bad married Cora
Florence he would not have to he
drinking a rickcy that tasted like saso-
line. she would have had his favorite
GIN In plenty. She would have manss-
cd IT.. even IL this thick.hcadcd bar
committee couldn't She was efficient
but such a talkcrl
Morley Smith hcavcd a deep siEh and
shook his head rs he thought Of what
a iaikcr Cora Florence Wa. some
Young women talk moro or loss. nut
cora never talked anything but more.
She talked cnthusia stiyaily and joy
ourIy and eagerly, but also cuutinu-
rusly No onc else ever had = chance
to say a word. She vas tho most tirc-
Ices talkcr In the world
ha Morley smith Thought OF her. he
could not remember that hcr taking
had ever wcsried him. because shc was
bright ana NHu iNHaHa HN'tIlh 'N'' -
thing she said was worth saying, nut
She thought of 80 many million OF
things to isay cnthusisstically' Beams
aud birds and boiled beef and hcsuti-
tudcs and British and hustlcs-if they
WIRE in HtyiC were ali things she could
tnlk about. II she did not know "a
sinEiy. solitary hing about subject
snc could tell Ju 60 IN the most cn .
thusiastic manner to tho extent OF
several thousand words. and be inter
csting iu ,hc telling. She VAS hitl"
daring Nice old ladies often thought
she was iiylc too FREQ In her haudl-
ine of infinite subjects. but whom a
person has such vast stores of talk 10
pour forth. she cannot stop too Ions
or choose her subioCts too carefully
There might he momouts pause In
her flow Of words n she did
Cora Florence epy. " Is believed. the
first human being TO mention night
gowns in public conversation In th7
town Of Rhodehampton. Shc had heen
talking abou, Zcroastcr aud had tuinr
cd to the peach icc-cream At Fenncrly'H
and her agile mind lcaped to night -
gowns. and she mentioned that hcr
now oucs were perfectly. deaf. with
pink ribbons She did not utter over
six hundred words about them hctor"
she Jumped to tho new novel hy
George Washington cable but the fact
that she had talked about rightEoNnT
In public left its impres- ON Rhode
hampton and set people saying she
vas a little too DARING
She was daring. too, for tho U"nson
mentioned. aud she came TO- rnioy sur
prism the staid aud more silent. hut
she was perfectly harmless person
for all that No ono could ever say h'
had hid . conversation about night -
gown with Cora Florence. No ono over