Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-08-13

Hoofed Breeder OF Mischief doesn't
have 10 hunt us our fast generation
hunts hlm. Put II Old Harry were still
on his old.fashioned hunt. he would
pick just such night as this. with
Peggy Deans mind wandering from
hcr eNaminatlon-cram 10 the telephone.
Deep June. warm and anguid. with
an enormous. lazy moon flooding the
world with blue silver. hroctied temp,a.
ton n everyone indoors Fourteen
stories below. along Riverside drive.
sounded musicaly the cali ~ gliding
motor cars
Tho dark Hudson was SGT with jewel.
lights q river craft From smart
restaurant. not FAR off, pcrched in its
green park upon a knoll. whispers ~
dance music drifted 20 Pesgys senses.
But under her piQuantly tipped nose
Gummcti Geometry demanded that she
give Il her entire mind II she didn't.
tomorrow's exams for her senior class
would fare badly
nut how easy u would hc 10 turn
the evening from horc. tn something
happy ana tingling' Mother vas OF ~
dance al tho Yacht club with her
brother and his wife. with whom the
Deans lived. Pegs dad was dead
Tho only persons left in tho hlg
apItnent were two maids and Winnie.
hsr cousin. Win. deep in her Geom.
was examining Tor the same examine
tion.
Small. quiet and honey was Winnie
like a wren against oriole Peggy.
Winnie wore sensible" clothes. Peggy
wore sporty ones. Winnie yawn"l %,
lid a, half.past ten. at about which
time Peggy ycarncd for Jazz Wins
latest expression was years old Peg
had already discarded finale hoprer"
"necker" and "cake-ea,er" as sir
Tnonths old aand VII skerv
Winnie choked on tohIccosmoke
would have cholted az the first sip from
n silver hip.flask. and would rather
read George Eliot than Harold Rell
Wright and Fannie Hurst
Peggy did no, choke on tho occasl.
ions when someone poured from a fiat
pocket caddy" into her ginger ale.
And she could hold hcr own with any
ioy in the patter and Kidding ~ the
aIv
Decidedly this was not the night FOR
Peggy Dean ~ grind NJ Gummet's
Geom Wha, harm in just calling
un Rob Vanderpool 10 see what he was
doing With a glance at winnie's
head bent over her study. Peggy
Fluutered to tho telephone IN the
corner and softly called n number.
'Is Bobby there Mrs. vanderpool-
80. No7 O.. Oh. ! see. after the
iheatcr-haf past eleven? Well. !
wonder Il you'd nsk him 10 come
nround7 SEE oh. no-i,s all rich, ="
A tinklc 81 laughter here-"perf.ctly
oil right, II won't be too late III
cvp~ct him. Thanks so much
Coo'hy"
For goodness sake. Peg-,cllinl
Fob 20 come over az midnight You'il
shock Mrs Vandcrpool 20 death and
make Rohhv lose his beauty slcon"
Peggy h'd hccn making grimace
n, the unsecing Mrs. Van. whose voice
came icily over the wire
Well old darling. Won Needn't lose
YOUR beauty sleep sitting mp with
us"
Peggy was ianping a cigarette against
her nrcrnail
e., little nosev tonight. m'dear'"
Winnie flushed. ihcu threw up her
head Gs II summoning courage
We'll NV mother and Vours viii
.vnrct me 20 sit IN Z any hoy calls on
,on az hsl'rasi eleven with N. folk
Iv-'. thlre M"
r.rsy shifted
"Nv moth - and vNure and Uncle
Phi are twos nP and toddiinF 20 hz7
an the Yacht Club roof-aud they ov
pet me "a w. swcetly mapping in my
rlrlsh nighte ~ ten N summers
evs--fine nerve"
Then. with an attempt ~ modifying
Win "Rut. Honey I'm not slcdrchnm
nering YOU, get me IN got Rob 20
rive me q swing down tho Drive IN n ?
r1s wagon, s1v 10 Colton's for an ice
and hack. that's all
But. Peg --you really aren't rolne
to start ou' fnr q ride ~ twelve O'Clock
alone
with Pohhhv. nv angel"
Winnie looked ag she felt shocked
and worried.
"Pcegy''
Perky had pa, ihe c'sarc,te N he,
mouth and WAS reach nF for match
when wins exc nma'ion made hei
drop the thing gu lilly
"Oh. what's biting Won Win Don't
10 IA ground-gripper I'm fed mp with
H. I'm old enough 20 eat without a hin
I'm not 20 ng 10 vamp Bobby or any
thing lIk. q
Winnie turned the leaves - hci
Geometry.