The Washington times., 1922-10-08
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eisheu souiIuiiy ana remlhiScentiy,
slipping her tea. "Very big, rather
thin and awfully brown. He looked
as though he had lived all his life
being steadily baked by the sun.
Even his hands were like mahog-
any, but SO we'll shaped you just
had to look at them. And his eyes"
Sheshivered in ecstatic recollec-
ton and set down her cup.
'They were gray, or blue. I'm
not really sure which. But the
lashes were dark and thick, like a
girls. He seemed to take in every
thing he looked at all at once, and
to be on the fidget the whole time
sort of restless and eager, you
know.
"He paid me for the tea and a
bun and told me to keep the
change, but he didn't notice me
any more than if I'd bee9<the tin
of tea I was pouring into the urn.
Wasn't a bit the sort one generally
: sees at a quick-lunch counter, but
! suppose he was in hurry. Any
way, I've never seen anyone like
him. A head taller than any man
there, and his hair as black and
sleek as a funeral horses back!"
- "My dear! What a horrid COM
parison! How old was he?"
81 don't know" Sarah Mary
, Ellen selected second muffin and
passed her cup for more tea.
"Quite young, anything between
twenty-five and thirty. He was>so
brown and thin you couldn't tell
at first. Besides, I didn't Nave a
chance to look at him for more
than a moment. He was gone al
most as quickly as he came-didn't
finish his tea and took his bun with
himw
"What an extraordinary per-
sonw
The other girls tone was a shade
disappearing. Miss Hicks waved
her muffin impatiently.
"Not at all! At least, he didn't
have much chance to be.otherwise.
My dear Ethel, he was literally
snatched away, from the counterp
Ethel eyed her a trife suspi-
ciously.
"Did you," she demanded accus-
ingly, "go in to the pictures before
you came home to tea?"
"Of course not! Don't be silly
and pass me the butter. We seem
to have an extra allowance to-
night"
Ethel shrugged.
81 think mum got the monthly
money from your guardian manto-
day. She's always better tempered
and more liberal then. She pro-
vided the mullins, too! But 60 on
about the 'snatching.' It sounds
exciting"
at wasn't, really. A woman was
passing the restaurant doors just
as somebody opened them and my
man turned to look out. She was
a real tip-topper, Ethel-all smooth
and sleek and smelling of violets.
She was with another man-an
awful swell with a monocle, a
bored air and a way of looking at
us girls that made me want to slap
his FACET J
She paused to take a generous
mouthful Of muffin. And pres
emily:
"Well, the lady caught sight of
my man with the eyes, and stopped
dead as if she'd been shot. For a
minute she looked quite white.
Then she let out a shrek that
HlduS SNCIyOiC IuIh anu lOOh dI
her, and, rushing in, grabbed hold
of him with both hands,"
"Really, Sally?"
cts true. I was so startled I
didn't catch what she said, and be-
fore I could look round she had
just dragged him out through the
swing doors, bun and all! But I
did hear what she called him. 1t
was DAMP
"Dan" Ethel murmured the
name over judicially with pursed
lips, as though not altogether ap-
proving of it. Funny sort of
name, isn't it?" she vsntured
finally, whereat Miss Hicks waxed
defensively indignant.
Funny! 1t isn't ordinary, it