Evening star., 1923-03-10

got a lot more sense than most peo-
pie l know"
Thanks"
II mean it. And though you don't
ever agree with me about things you
don't try to rub my faults in so that
they hurt. l won't be reformed until
I'm ready. / hate to be bored. Some
bored me. - I'm frank. aren't
II" she laughed. But you don't. I
suppose it's because you just let me
talk about myself or else because you
J do that. wonder II you un-
derstand? I guess I like you just be-
cause you're different-because you
give me something I've never had
just simple friendliness. We do hit 1t
off. though. don't we?" She finished
with a smile as though demanding
observation.
"Yes. I can't remember when I've
| had such a good time"
Il think sometimes you laugh at as
well as with me. You mustn't do that.
I'm very serious person-really. You
, mayn't believe it, but I feel things
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES music for in
| stance. 1t makes me all Gravity inside.
Then some one starts jazz and it's
all off. l wonder which is me, DR. San
gree?"
! Perhaps you've never taken the
what other people did. I didn't want
! to be left out. Mother didn't want
| me to either. She doesn't in the least
mind what do 50 long as the right
! people are doing it," She shrugged
! rather contemptuOusly. II guess 7
| haven't been clever enough to find out
my own convictions or strRg enough
to have lived up to them when found
them" She gave a sharp gasp. But
what does it matter?" she said almost
1 fierCely. I'm going to live and Pm
going to be myself, whatever I am.
I'm going to get everything I can out
| of life because when die I'll be dead
! a long time. II there's good in me
! it ought to come out. IF there's bad
She frowned and was silent, then sud-
F., denly pressed the accelerator and the
car shot violently forward.
| "If there's bad?" roared Sangree
| above the racket.
! "Then I'll probably go TO the devil!'
she shouted In return.
| About the midle of November the
| MohunS opened their town house in
I Seventy eighth street. This was a
| little earlier than usual. on account of
! the many social activities incident to
their daughters debut. which was to
J take place at a tea at the house. fol-
! lowed by ball a few nights later at
J the Ritz
! The round of teas had already be-
] gun. at many of which Cherry. with
! the rest of the seasons crop Of buds.
! had been invited to receive. and in
! spite of her dire threats to David
| Sangrce she was doing her duty in
! dustriously. plying upholstered old
! ladies with salads and ices which
| they would have been much better off
/ without, and providing choleric and
disgusted old gentlemen with pale
I pink punch which had the semblance
! but not the substance of better
! thing That she beamed sweetly upon
| everybody and even said the graceful
things expected of her was due more
10 the sage advice of her vigilant
mother than to any natural inclina-
tion for the small talk Of these occa-
| sions. Hut having made up her mind.
| according to the custom, that IT was
| necessary for her to go through with
| the thing up to a certain point. she
| had succumbed to the inevitable, sac
| rifcing day after day of gorgeous
autumn weather upon the altar of
| maternal ambition.
| Nevertheless she found opportuni-
! ties to run off to the place at oyster