Smyrna times., 1926-06-30
Fright as a
Trivet"
By MARTHA M. WILLIAMS


daddy says So"
HIN. Fraid you're in love with
him." from Jane.
Course / amp came back. Hes
goin' to marry me soon as l grow up
to his chin"
That's mighty long grow" Jane
sighed, shaking her head. Now, you
are barely up to his elbow. Suppose
you pick a shorter one-say Rabbit
Ellis-he'n never stretch much beyond
five feet"
Il hate Rabbit Ellis sWusser'n
pizen,' as nanny says. Says, too,
she wouldn't have him fer soap-grease,
though he would make such nice
big potful," Patsy exploded.
Jane giggled. Il see Nanny has
the say-she's all for Tom -Go-Tumble-
Toe"
Never you mind about me. / know
who she's picked for you," from Patsy
impudently.
Tell me! Pleased" Jane coaxed,
her eyes dancing.
''That funny-named man-Mr. Ange-
wurm," Patsy cried, whirling to make
very puffy cheese upon the rug, and
then: Say! Are you goin' ever to
Oe Mrs. Angewurm?"
That's exactly what I'm here to find
put, Tommy Trimble-toes, otherwise
Thomas Mallow Trimble, Esq, de
handed from the doorway.
Patsy ran to him. snuggled under
lis arm, clutched his hand and
pressed it to her cheek saying: "Yes,
she is Look how red her face has
got. Nanny says that's the shore
sign. And I'm glad-'cause she'll have
20 let you alone, while I'm CROWN up
% your chin"
so she will / hadn't thought Of
hat" Tommy agreed, his eyes also
iancing-then to Jane: "When you're
presented at court-as you will be,
MS mother being fifth cousin to a
tuxedo write and tell US benighted
folk how it feels
"Certainly-but 'fraid 1t will be
waste effort" from Jane, her head
nigh. Il write so blindly. you know
and by the time you have set, you're
likely to be-blinder than a bat"
Worse than-nowT Tommy asked
1uskily under breath. She turned
very pale, but did not speak.
"Pat-seel Better come yere and
git yo' ha'er curied, eff you wanter go
dshin' termorrow," nanny called
through the door. AS Patsy darted
out, Tommy called after her: BE sure
you take along Mister Angewurm
Hes utterly no good alive-but nice
" drowned he might stand you in
new frock."
"Why SO wicious-wiolent?" Jane de-
manded as he moved toward her.
you're the reason" he said quietly.
Honestly, girl could give you up
| to a mana real man-though 1t
would be harder than dying. But this
blot on the landscape-positively he
| ooisons the air so / hate to breathe
when he comes about. So patronizing
TO all America-fat and fubsy, and
| ylutton of the worst. Puts me In mind
Of a sawed-off shotgun-so stubby and
awkward. To think of you looking
down at him four inches"
James lids were lowered-to hide
| he dancing underneath them Now
she felt ashamed; she ought to have
known better than to believe Mrs.
| Sutton, who had almost forced st.
Georges to give this Englishman
| trfal-and was bent upon settling him
| permanently in the rectory. For rea-
sons doubtless-she was wildly am
bitious-the example Of many Amer
leans who got into high society by way
Of London town, and court presenta-
lions, had not been lost on her. Her
money-a war-fortune-plu the Ange-
wurm high connections, might land her
In the heart of things-and so firmly
she would stick there.
As a help to that, he must marry
Jane Lee Lewis-who had a singer,
President and generals galore In
her pedigree, to say nothing of tidy
inheritance already secure, and rich,
very rich expectations.
Jane saw 1t all now-not as in a
glass darkly, but by a light of under
standing unlikely ever to dim. But
she might not have surrendered with
out discretion then and there, had not
Fate. playing hard for Tommy, sent
Brother Fishln' Worm upon the scene.
At sound of his voice outside, Tommy
shrank back into the library-thus
Jane alone greeted him, standing tail
and twenty-dewy-lipp bright-eyed
with damask roses flaming In her
| cheeks. He took her hand in both
his-drew her close, and raised his
dps toward hers. In a mirror Tom
my saw it-he gave fair imitation of
a cyclone In his passage to the scene
Of action. Snatching Angewurm off
his feet he swung him clear. and
| whirled with him to the outer door
there he pitched him neck and crop
down the steps, then turned to find
Patsy staring In fright against a
| hack ground of NANNY shaken