The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-01-31
Complications
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well" began the father of the fam
lily, as he shook out his dinner napkin,
how is the dancing class going? Are
you learning all the new stepsT'
Il guess So" Caroline admitted gin
gerly. ITS swell!''
"Gee!" said her brother. Il Just
hate the old class!"
What's the trouble?" their father
inquired.
"Oh," Caroline piped up happily.
hes mad because Bunny danced with
his girl all last time, and"
'No such thing, tattletale!" protest
ed that young man. Il guess / don't
care anything about that stuckup Hal
lie Bliss. / guess / wouldn't notice
her if there wasn't hardly any other
girl on earthI And she can dance
with Bunny a million times for all
care! You needn't be so SMART"
tut, tut" reproved his father. ssIf
she isn't your girl how did you know
which one Caroline meant? Appear
ances are against you, Edward! Tho
would say that at your tender age
should regret knowing that your a..
fections were becoming entangled-"
Jaw" his son burst out, red-facec.
Caroline needn't talk! She has an
awful case On Larry Jones, and he
don't give two cents for her!"
He danced with me more'n with
any one else," Caroline came back
calmly. IF he'll dance with me don't
care whether he gives two cents for
me or not, do II"
"Therei" cried her father to the
abashed Edward. II trust this glimpse
of feminine reasoning viii teach you
something, my sonl 1t may keep you
from big-headedness when some fair
lady smiles on you'll"
81 don't know whachu talking
aboutl' protested Edward, hufHly.
Anyhow, don't see what Caroline
likes about Larry, for he's a punk
danceri"
He isn't" Caroline defended. "Not
when you get used to him, as I havel
It's just his legs are queer! They wab-
BILE below the knees and lag behind
the upper part of himi You can't help
dancing little queer if your feet are
two or three steps behind you'll"
HUH" jeered her brother. I'D pick
out some one else to have a case on
then if 1 was a girl! Why don't you
take Pinhead Marble? All the girls
are crazy about him because he looks
like a picture in a magazine but,
anyhow, he wouldn't look at youl"
"Pinhead" Kissed Caroline. "Hims
He doesn't dance bit better than
Larry! His legs wabbIe. too; only
they cave in at the knees something
awful, and he's so tall you're afraid
he's going to shut up like jackknife!
l know, because Susie told me it made
her so nervous she never could have
stuck it out, only she knew the new
girl was jealous of her and she could
MT let her get a chance at PinheadI"
t'These social complications are dis |
tractingl" their father mourned. Il
can't seem to get them straight. Aren't |
there any young gentlemen in the |
class with full command Of their
nmbs?"
Gee! You ought to see Bill do the |
high jumpi" cried his son. Hes ath- |
letic, all right! We piled up all the
girls cloaks on chair in the dress
ing-room, when they were dancing the |
Ta-Tao, and Bill he jumped clear over
the whole lott"
Then that's where my vanity box !
got smashed." shrieked his sister, in
a fury. "And Susie's white fur was
all mussed up and grimy! I'll tell the
teacher on you!"
Shed take your powder box away
from youi" reminded her brother.
you don't dare. You're Just mad be-
cause told you were stuck on Larry"
II have got a dreadful case on
him." said Caroline, surprisingly COM
placent. She preened herself. HE
asked me for four dances at the next
party-so there, smarty!"
"Aw-w-w!" Edward was momentari-
~ GREATNESS. Then he rallied, Bet
cha Pinhead won't ask you. or any
one eIsei"
Halle Bliss told me something"
his sister said absent1y to the atmo-
Spu6ISs E0N dAQ MA1SS1CA III LIZ ~AkSA4s
"Say," he offered beguilingly. "Hon- f!
est, 1 didn't mean anything
said about Larry. His legs don't wab- !
BILE so awful bad. Wh-what did Halle
say?"
'Said she was saving three dances
for you" Caroline told him between
spoonfuls.
"Geel" Edward gasped eestatically. |
did she honest?"
II take it." their father remarked, |
"that the dancing class, as a dancing /
class, leaves nothing whatever to be |
desired in the way of progressi"
II guess So" said Caroline and the |
brother. agreeably.
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