Evening star., 1922-06-11

wedding picture and your baby
locket-and all YOU have to show for
it is a pasteboard check with a limit
ed liability clause printed on the face
well, it seems like taking big
gamble.
VET promptly at 1880 the day after
we blew IN from our tlorlda
trip here came pair of ow-browed
husky transfer men putting up the
three flights. with the wandering
trunks. True, the shiny new ward
robe affairs which we had started
with would never be the same again.
Both had a lot of labels pasted over
them. and there was an ugly Souge
in one side of mine; but when they
were unlocked We found everything
intact. with not so much as a hair
pin missing. So we spent the rest OF
the day uupacking and putting Things
to rights. humming contentedly as we
worked. and when the trunks were
empty Inez picked them UP and
showed them into the very back OF
our biggest closet. She said she
didn't want to see them any more
for a while.
VERY Well" says I. so long as
you didn't throw them through the
window. ] expect you could If you
took a notion. at that.
Inez was getting into one Of her
oldest street dresses and pair of
her most comfortable shoes We
don't hafta let on were swell any
low 70 :
"Considering." says |. that we are
living in an East side studio joint.
with 81 avenue just around the corner.
] hardly see the need of trying to i'm
press the ueighbors.
Then after supper" suggests lnez,
"why don't we go round and see
Louisa"
"Eh?" says I. "oh. I remember!
Your Swedish widow friend who
keeps the delicatessen shop? All
right. I'll trail along while you do
the auld lang syne stuff. Shes the
one you sent so many picture post
cards to. isn't she""
Inez mods Louisa" says she.
"she don't ever go anywheres-just
stays and tends her store. so she
don't see much She like to hear
bout all the places l been and every
thing we do.
"I see" saws I. You want to give
the poor soul a treat, light up the
pray monotony of her dull life. and
all that sort of thing. Well. l ex-
,ect she needs it. and in a worthy
cause like that I'm willing to help.
X x x
20 around the corner we went.
y I,ouisa's delicatessen is in about
,he middle of the block. with a
hand laundry on one side ana
.scond-hand furniture store on the
other. In the one show window you
can generally see whole boiled
ham. a platter of potato salad. pair
NJ chickens roasted to a rich ma
borany shade. and background OF
assorted canned goods. AS you open
+be front door a buzzer is set off in
the back room, except during the
rush hours, when Louisa throws off
the switch. Inside there is just room
for two customers to squeeze past
ZACH other between the crowded
shelves and the sausage draped
counter You can almost get square
meal simply by taking a deep breath
,n there for the air fairly reeks
.v,th food scents. with the smell of
cooked sauerkraut- and Munster
cheese a bit reekier than all the rest.
We found Louisa wrapping up some
.veitzerkase sandwiches for bill
Iowy female with amazingly henna-
tinted hair. Only when that trade
was completed did she discover her
friend, and she revealed her excite
ment by slapping both hips with her
wide hands.
"Tf 1t amt Inez Petersen once
more" says she. Then you get
i1ne,kr r=hey7"