Evening star., 1922-10-29

Wall street. and though ~
earlier days the title had distress
him, the years had lent it both color
and dignity. Old Bull! a mans
name. that.
Today, however, as his steel-blue
eyes ranged vacantly and moroseiy
over the sun-drenched, pine-bespat-
tered sand hills which rolled away
interminably into steel-blue dis
lance. the appellation was as gall and
wormwood in his mouth. A New
York newspaper lay Topped on the
hotel veranda beside his cteakins
rocker. He had let 1t slide from his
lands In angry helplesshoss. for 1t
had reminded him, in cold type. that
three solid weeks of this imbecile In
activity still lay before him.
They did not know the real reason.
only his doctor and he knew why.
Tho wicker chair creaked anew under
l,Is bulk rs Ephraim McAndrus
stretched heavily down and took up
The paper agar. lie rereas the news
ireln-short bA, ou the front page. of
course-statins atf,e i&rsely that he
and his daughter Ammo were srend-
at Pinden.
1t went on to say that this was his
first vacation in eleven years-now
who In blazes had told 'em that
md then there followed some stuff
.thout Anne's having been Il debutante
the year before, with a list of the
various assemblies and social what
I.ots that she belonged to. That was
essentially sll. No information to
hurt anybuej-simply annoying as
thunder to ~ reminded that for one
whole moah he must keep himself
cut of the game. soaking himself ex
ternally with sunlight and internally
with untold gallons OF not very pala-
table water from a certain ridiculous
spring. He was to be allowed three
cigars and nine holes of golf day
for the first two weeks. five cigars
and eighteen holes for the last two.
EPHRAIM McANDRUS laughed saw
l. agely. Imagine looking forward
with actual hope to a thing like two
extra cigars n day! For ten cents,
he told himself. warmly. ne woul''
take the next train to New York and
punch his Doctors nose. But he knew,
disgustedly. that he would do no such
Thing, for within him he was aware
Of n vague and cautious suspicion that
I.erhaps tho fool doctor might he
right.
Anne liked the stupid place. To
use her own words. she adored it,
whatever that might mean. He turn
ID slowly and let his gaze roll down
the long perspective of the straight
veranda. He smiled tolerantly. There
she was: a man couldn't miss that
mop of yellow hair anywhere. par
tIcularly with the sun on 1t. But even
IS he smiled Ephraim McAndrus be-
Gan to scowl.
with that tall, skinny yap again.
was she" Damn It, hadn't lie told that
l-!rl a dozen times that that skinny
vap was no good? Couldn't his own
flesh and blood distinguish between a
man and 4 lounge lizard-a parlor
make, n bow-legged, overdressed Ia
di-da, whose apparent sole object In
life was TO knock 4 little white ball
around a big green field from a perch
IN top of a teetering horse: Ephraim
dropped his feet heavily from the We
randa rail to the floor. At least he
could walk over to the golf house
and spare himself a sight with which
the eyes of no able-bodled McAndrus
should he afflicted.
But as he rose from his chair the
mop of yellow hair became agitated:
a girlish arm waved in the air and
a girlisf voice called. Dad. come
here
Go there. indeed. Ephraim turned
his back and walked stoutly away.
He we'll knew what would happen
now. She would come racing after
him. All, he was right. His mind 3
eye could picture her as she ran
l,p behind him-her bobbed yellow
hair tumbled back, her bewitching
face flushed from the running. her
green sweater flying loose, her
tan skirt swapping In time to the
patter of her little rubber-soled shoes
Dad" she called breathlessiy.
Ephraim McAndrus swung about with
what he believed to be an expression
ug casual surprise.
"Oh. youo" he said. Then: II
thought you were with your clothes
horse"
Dad have you taken your water?
You're just like bad boy about it
You must" She had halted beside
Linn and slipped a small hand into one
rf his Il don't believe you've had a
GLASS today"
I'll take it," said Old Bull Mean
orus doggedly. "Ill swig it down
right in front of you. Anne, double
dose, If you'll only listen to me about
that soda-water straw you've taken
up with"
The girl smiled. Il believe I have
listened to you once or twice. she OBJ
served "Rut seriously !addums. he's
really awfully nice. You're simply
o!d-fashioned and prejudiced and
and you know perfectly we'll mother
used to say you were pig-headed.'
She sighed heavily. I'm afraid she
was right"
We'll /. | AIN. her father conced
ed-''if I am. Anne, I'm at least not
spindle legged and I don't parade
..round In ice-cream jockey pants and
); green vest from dawn to dark. and
] work for my living and l earn 1t.
why don't you talk to him some
time, them"
Talk to him? About what? I'm
no veterinary surgeon"
.Oh, he knows heaps Of things be-
sides horses"'
Docs he, now? At least he knows
how to conceal what he knows. then
I'll admit that"
Well, ! don't care-oh. be careful,