Evening star., 1922-07-30

Their BEFORE HE RAN OFF,
what, they're up to. Oh, oh. Some
body stop EN-
tn CO." says Barry. "I'll find 'em
if they're in Chenwick. Come along.
Jarvis, Well take my car
And a. minute later they were
streaking down the road.
How thrilling"' whispers Nan
Walters "A real elopement."
1T will not be so thrilling" says
| I, "if ! have to finish those dishes.
and get up and cook breakfast This
may be a real tragedy. Hear Mrs.
Jewett out there"
She was wailing about her Millie
running off with a tramp. and asking
the good Lord what shed ever done
to bring such a thing down on her
head. reminding US that her Sam was
| no-good husband and runaway.
and registering her deep emotion in
sobs and sniff1es. So We went out
front where we couldn't hear her
quite so plainly. And then we
| waited.
| DY this time IneZ was excited. too.
All this previous chatter about
antique furniture and colonial archi-
lecture had left her cold and yawny
| But here was something interesting.
something that stirred her in common
with Nan Walters and Mrs. Jewett.
| If Millie and Dunk had disappeared
together. possibly eloped. she wanted
to know all about it. That was life.
| as she had seen it al the movies. The
real stuff.
Il noticed that Dunk, too" she de-
clared From the first day he's been
watchin' that girl. And I saw her
rollin' her eyes at him. She's sly
one. though"
THE female Of the species gen.
orally is" says l.
"As Bernard Shaw would say" puts
in Nan, 1.-The life force in action. It's
the old cosmic urge
Inez stares at her suspicious
Hes most twenty, that Dunk"
says she. SOS Millie. That's when
they get to lovin' easy"
absolutely" says 1. I'VE should
have thought about that. but a
kitchen romance is something 1
hadn't figured on. Perhaps. though.
it's nothing serious. Millie might
have remembered that we were out
of butter, or something like that, and
driven down to get 1t. Well soon
know. Yes, here comes a car. Looks
like Barry's."
1t was And in the back seat.
o,,I
Millie.
well, what's the big idea?" asked
as we all rushed out.
Same old story" says Barry. And.
as usual, l was too late. They'd gone
and done it,"
"Wha-a-at" I gasped.
Committed matrimony," says Barry.
"They found visiting parson who is
to supply at the Union Church to-
morrow, lied about their ages, and
had the knot all tied when we got
there"
"Why, Dunk!" says !. You GER
tainly are a fast worker"
"Huhw says he. II didn't know
nothin' about it. Millie, she told me
what to do
"Yes, that's the regulation line"
says 1. adam started it."
But where is my perfectly good
husband2" comes in Nan Walters.
"Jarvis?" says Barry. "Oh. he's
coming along with the horse and
buggy. He stopped to buy a few
quarts of Ice cream and some cake
for the wedding banquet. He insists
that we've got to have one"
THAT will be all right" says I.
But first we have to break. the news
to Sairy Jewett and soothe her down
If possible. It's going to be no easy
trick, either"
TT wasn't. As they say up here IN
the pie belt. she took on something
awful. She wept on Miles broad
shoulders until Millie caught the
panic and wept on hers. Even Inez
was snif1ing. I stood it for nearly
half an hour before stepping in and
prying them apart.
"Now all this isn't getting US any,
where" says I. They're married,
sairy, and that's all there is to it.
Now let's see what they propose to
do next. Dunk, how do you expect
to support a wife?"
f.Me?" says he, opening his mouth
and staring, first at Millie and then
at his toes. IL dunno"
That's a little detail you over
looked, eh!" says /. well, Millie.
what are your plans for the future?"
Mile had none. She merely
glanced. sheepish at Dunk and gig
gled.
4"I know" walls Sairy. 'Tl1 have
to turn to and support 'em both, Jest
as I supported her and her father,
before he ran of. And here I was
hopin', that il she ever did marry,