Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-04-11
MIR. Wright Comes
Along
By CLARISSA MACKIE

90. 1924. by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate
The fortune teller scanned Patty's
pink palm with narrowed eyes. Then
she peered intently into the great crys-
tai ball before her.
"A lover for my lady," she said I'm
pressively.
"Oh, botherP cried Patty, thrilled
to the core.
Perhaps he Is not coming" gloomed
the palmlst mallciously. "Ah, l see
that a pretty lady does not love him
he rides away--far away. The line In
the palm and what the crystal reveals
do not agree"
TRY the cards, then, Jane broke
in q tart voice behind Patty. "Get
on with your fortune telling, my dear.
Here is poor Patty hanging by her
ears, so to speak, and waiting"
Ethel, you are idlotlc," offered
the amateur seeress, forgetting pose
and foreign accent. pretty Lady Pat
ty. your lover is coming to you rid
ing on lion-there, greedy ope, Is
not that your moneys worthT she
glbed.
Patty Gray tossed another half-dol-
lar on the scarlet cloth ana went OUT
laughing. This bazaar to raise money
for daily vacation schools had been a
huge success, and Patty, VINO mac
worked tirelessly from the beginning,
was now enjoying little Of the fun.
James fortune telling was always
amusing-her French girl had a ready
wit that added tank OF creduiity to
her predictions, and she sent oil her
clients away happy. but Patty's fortune
did not please Patty herself.
How absurd Coming on lion, In
deedl / don't believe there Is cir
Gus within a hundred miles" With
three or four eligible young men trail
ing after, not one Of whom Patty cared
a slxpence for, 1t was q pity that Jane
Lamont could not have uneRrthed
somebody out OF the ordinary for one
of her dearest friends.
perhaps she is not as mad as It
sounds" thought Patty, sitting down
on one of the deserted benches that
overlooked the fountain and the merry
go.round. 81 wonder where Dick Haben
is tonlghtf He has acted simply hor-
rid ever since the bachelors dance
when Ernest monopolized me. Well
/ have sent them all away for good
now. and | was hoping"
Patty sat open-mouthed, which was
entirely becoming, for she was a re-
markably pretty girl.
Something was happening over at
the merry go-round. She hurried over
and discovered that young Laddle
Smith had been trying circus stunts
on the wooden horses and had bumped
his head violently. Patty rendered
first aid--plenty of ice and trip home
in the family car. "That is that" she
sighed.
When the little crowd had scattered
Patty remained near the carrousel
watching the children, and sometimes
riding herself. Once she sat upon
camel and went circling and swaying
around the ring trying to extract ro-
nance from the presence of the wooden
camel upon which she rode.
mo use in pretending, she smiled
to herself, that l am shelk's daugh-
ter speeding over the hot sands OF the
Sahara, when glimpse over my left
shoulder reveals the gliInmering foun-
tain"
The sheik's daughter pursued her in
nocent pastime, hailed by all the chill
dren as a rare playmate, until one by
one they departed for the refreshment
tent. leaving Patty alone with the
dying music and the slowing carrousel.
II feel like the lonely lady that sits