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house9 Suppose someone comes i'll there
and finds it. A pretty little front
page scandal!
Ruth had been characteristic.
W;tbout entering defense she had
shifted the subject until the other man
was on the defensive.
"Dont worry. No one VIII fhd
ANYTHING. Jack will take care of
that"
Vira made little suppressed cxclam-
alton. 81 can imagine my Mater IL
I was caught in bootlegging clean
out! That d be the last straw on the
dromedary. She d be looking for some
new sheik for me in the shape of
grand old octogenarian husband. l.
was straight on the road to perdition
when | went into the pictures. | shock
the folks "a dozen times day But
rum-running scandal! Go, get thee
to u nunnery, Vira!
"Speaking of mothers - Ruth
paused, nothing flippant in word or
tone.
Dick at the other ciDl was aghast.
1t was all surprising news, this clue
to where Ruth had been the night be-
fore. Also, it was some mitigated re-
lief. She had got back to town shaken
up by the accident and had gone with
Vira to Vira s empty town house. More
than that, there was something he did
not get; but somehow her smash-up
had been concerned with trying to frus-
tratc something, not perpetratc it.
81 won't go back there tonight,
Vira,' she said at length, g IN go
ing to stay at the Usonia. nice
little lecture is coming to me for be
ing out two nights and smashing my
car. Think of it-her getting out there
and getting it towed in hcrsclf-to the
same garage we telephoned to for
wrecking car-only first! That S some
of Garrick s work. I'll bet II
might dampen the ardor of someone
/ know whose ardor L do not want
dampened Brock, you said this
would be lark. It's Il lark, all
right. We wake up the larks!"
"Ruthie, old sore-boncs, how do you
feel9 l heard you talking about
lark You look as if you had been
on one that took nose dive
If there is any lark, let me in on it. >
1t was Rae who was at least one of
the new arrivals
"Lark!'' This from Ruth, contemp-
tuously. eyes. One thing leads to
another, all right. First we start this
place. Then we get in over our heads.
Then we begin getting our own stuff
to save money. Then we begin getting
more than we can use hereto make
some money-to pay the other eX
penses. Then-oh, Lordy!
l,I hn,
came audible also to Dick. Glenn had
evidently been another of the new ar
rivals.
"Now, Ruth, watch Glenn desert me
for Vira. He was glad enough to
come down here with me. Never mind,
Glennie. III get you, yet. - Dick
could hear Rae laugh teasingly. ''Vira,
if you don't put more pep into Glenn,
m going to take hand. y
"You re taking a lot for granted,
Rae" put in Ruth.
"Rae has very taking way" said
Vira pointedly.
"Now, fellows smoothcd out
Glenn. "Quit doing your stuff. No
good ever comes
"To rogucs when rogucs fall out, -
Ruth finished with a laugh and some
claws in the soft voice.
"I hear Jack and Georges down
stairs Rae changed the subject diplo-
matically. "Oh, here's Jack, now.
Well, Jack, what S the dirt?'
Ruth did not wait for any answer
Did you--?"
eyes l did, Ruth, - haStcncd Jack.
Got Il good scout to go up there to
Vira' S place and remove those Parr
cases as soon as the coast is clear