Evening star., 1922-06-04

| And when we tried to get to the desk
out in the front office we found them
lined up three deep. registering. ask
| ing questions about this and that
| generally monopolizing the attention
of the clerks.
We pushed our way through the
mob and finally found a clear space
at one end of long parlor. where we
| could talk without shouting. AS
usual, Inez was the one to state her
! mind freely
Il don't call this swell" says she
Just messy"
| I'm afraid you're right. Inez." says
| J. Il wouldn't mind one banker. or
two, They're apt to be rather nice,
decent people, conservative and some
| what cold in the eye, especially when
you're trying to cash a check; but
generally pleasant enough after you
get to know EN-. I suppose | could
| stand mixing with half a dozen at a
time. Being mobbed by bankers is
a different proposition. though. And
that's about what this amounts to.
They started in mild enough. but now
| they own the hotel"
We might snitch few badges
Land ring in as bankers ourselves"
suggests Barry.
You'd never qualify. Barry" says
I. You don't look the part. No.
We've either got to stick it out or go
| somewhere else"
We. amt been to that White
Springs place yet" says Uncle Nels.
| Me" says Inez. i've seen enough
of North Carolina. l wanna go by
New York"
d RILLIANT thought, Inez" says 1.
This idea of being mixed up
in a convention. but not part of it, is
poor stuff. And 1 don't care whether
| there are any smart people on 5th
avenue as early as this or not. Even
the shop girl 6appers will look good
| to me. Also I've been living in a
trunk and suitcase so long that it
will seem perfectly heavenly to get
back to the old studio and spread out
once more. Let's go. Get hold of that
| head porter, Barry, and see how soon
he can dig up reservations. Buy him.
if necessary; I'm sure Uncle Nels will
finance a move like that"
You mean I gotta give somebody
| more tips?" says Uncle Nels. We'll.
here's half a dollar"
For a drawing room and section!'
says l. why, a head porter wouldn't
get you a seat in the station bus for
that Better make it a five and then
we may stand some chance of get
ting out Of here tonight"
Uncle Nels groans. but he comes
across with the money. "All right
says he, 80 long as we get home
quick. After that I don't tip nobody
for a year"
And it's wonderful how accommo-
| dating these people will be after
they've been properly insulted. By
9 o'clock that evening. just as the
bankers we're starting in on what
| promised to be big night. we slip
ped away from the merry throng and
boarded side-tracked sleeper that
was waiting to be picked up by a
through train bound north.
1t was along about noon next day,
and somewhere near Trenton, that
Inez got her first real homecoming g
thrill.
Look. Trilby May" she exclaimed,
| grabbing me by the arm. apple
blossoms!"
"Sure enough" says I. "A whole
orchard full of 'em. all pink and
white, like a huge bouquet"
Pretty, eh?" says Inez. I'VE saw
orange blossoms, too. in Florida. Not
so nice as these, I think"
For once. Inez," says I, "our wave
lengths are in tune. No poet would
agree with US, expect, and any ma
tive Of Florida who heard US would
| probably want to indict us for trea-
son; but I'm trailing right along
with you there. Any scrubby old apple
tree with half a bloom on it has got
it all over the finest orange tree that
ever put on all the blossoms it could
, That is, so far as looks go. And If
I'm ever a bride"
when you and that Barry Platt
gonna get married?" demands Inez.
Switch it, Inez," says I. I'VE
were talking merely about apple
blossoms. There are some more. And
Just think, old dear, before you know
it we'll be back In New York. We
can have dinner tonight at Tortoni's.'
"Ah,h,h!" says Inez. "Grilled pigs
feet. yes?'
you've said it. 1nes," says l.
"Gosh, isn't It. great to be home once
more!"
! Copyright 1922. BY sesell rora)