The Washington times., 1922-09-03

ling's watching 'em SO jealous!'
Josephine reused herself.
"Chink-Mr. Dowling-is he
here?"
"In the garden, miss. He looked
perfectly ghastly when Mr.. Jones
took Miss Georgina's hand"
81 don't want to know anything
about it," said Josephine brusque-
ly, but the good lady was not so
easily silenced.
"Miss Georgina might 60 further
and fare WORSE" she remarked.
Josephine snapped her to silence
and was sorry.
"What about dinner tonight? ?"
There's lamb" suggested the
housekeeper.
Lamb! Haven't those cursed
lambs grown up yetw demanded
Josephine savagely. "I'm sick of
lamb. What did he take her hand
fort" she asked.
"She got a thorn in her finger
from one of them blush roses; but
he did it in such way"
The woebegone face Of Ernest
Charles Dowling appeared at the
window, and Josephine beckoned
him in. He welcomed the invita-
ton.
"Can l have word with you,
Josephine"
Mrs. Mumble, scenting drama,
was reluctant to leave.
Josephine" he said when she
had gone, "you know-everybody
knows how feel toward Geor-
gina"
"Of course you do" he said in
dignantly, "you must. have seen
YOU must have noticed my
my state of mind"
"Do you mean that you love
Georgina?" she asked bluntly.
"Of course ! do. Dash it. -.
of course I do"
"There's no of course about
it. Well, what of it, Chinky"
81 thought she-she felt the
same way" said the miserable
Young man, and demanded wrath
fully: "Who is this Jones?"
"Well, he is-'this Jones' That's
who he is. He differs from all the
other Joneses by being this JONES'"
said Josephine.
They're as thick as-as
thievesf' Mr.. Dowling's eye was
wild. They've gone down to the
postoffice together, and she's only
known him ten minutes"
"Charles Ernest, you have no
right in the world to call my sis
ter's conduct into question:" she
said viciously. ".What are you to
her? A carrier of flowers and
punk poetry"
Punk" said the Mortified Err
nest, what do you mean, punk
poetry"
"When a man rhymes tender
with bend her. he's a punk poet"
said Josephine. Punk is an ex-
pressive word which l culled from
the movies. Besides" she
stopp& when she saw his face.
aim feeling pretty bad about
it, Josephine" he said. at isn't
natural for people to be in love
with one another after they've
only known each other for a few
hours; it isn't-right."
at is very, very natural and it
is right" disagreed Josephine,
land say nothing before Helen.
If she thinks you're in love with
Georgina, she'll write to the papers
about it."
81 suppose ! am a fool" said
Ernest despondently.
"Of course, you're a fool" said
the candid Josephine. "Any man
is a fool who thinks a girl is to
be won with verse and vegetables.
They only please, and no woman
wants to be pleased and pleased
and pleased! You should have
taken her when you had the
chance"
whatever is the matter with
you?" asked Helen when he had
gloomed himself into the open.
"Nothing-now what is your
trouble?"
"Do you know, Josephine, I've
been thinking about Mr.. Jones.
I'm not so sure that l like him."
L HdI OuSllI w uiCah lllo hCdIIy
said Josephine sarcastically.
Don't be horrid. I've done a
lot for that man. More perhaps
than any other woman would have
DONE" said Helen, and Josephine
wondered if this was the head girl
of st. Margaret's speaking. "But
Il don't know, l seem to have
taken a dislike to him to-day"
"Why"
"Weil, he's-fckle. This morn
ing he has taken scarcely any
notice of me-"
"And you put yourself in his
way, tool noticed that" inter
rupted her sister.
1--WE had a secret in common"
said Helen with dignity, "but
there's such a thing as cheapening
one self. What I'm worrying about
is, are we doing right in sheltering
this man? Are we doing our duty
as good citizens-as loyal subjects
of the king-for whom I pray
every night?"