Evening star., 1926-03-07

! ladies, Wilmer was not aVerSe to step
ping forth on katytown street with
one on either hand of an April night.
Mrs. Block-now that her hat was
straightened-had an air. And as for
| Maude Weathers-Wilmer saw that
| every katytown youth whom they
met gave her his pleased preoccupa.
ton. And what a way. She was as
unconscious of katytown as If it had
been her audience. She was as con
scious of Wilmer as if he had been
! her leading man. In spite of himself.
Winners manner thawed, melted
Mustn't give away my suspicious
by bein' stiff in the neck" he thought.
And, Say" he said aloud. bending
on Maudie the eve of homage. you're
making Katy City sit up all right"
Maudie said Am II" And Wilmer
thought: New York innocence
A village is not fish, flesh, fowl
nor good red herring. is it now" OBJ.
served the other adventuress
What say?" said Wilmer. in his
most courtly manner. oh | guess
you mean that. for Il joke. don't you?
Katy city IL on to herself all right" ."
he Dragged and he added in his
breast And on to YOU
lie marched them to the garage and
ordered car. 1t had not once oc.
Cured to him to have the car call at
the Crittenden.
The Trivets' farm on Lake Katy
had been the family Summer home for
the ore generation since it had ceased
to earn the family livelihood.
Mr.. Walter Trivet. Mrs Trivet, the
Misses Trivet. young Bob Trivet and
dinner guest came out on the ter
race at the Sycamores and strayed
about. waiting for coffee.
walter Trivet was holding forth
large and glad-looking and decently
turned out. One generation had been
all that he NEEDED. He had done 1t and
he knew it,
"Commercialized." he said. "abso-
lutely. The whole of life is brute
brain against brute brain In the STAN
pede for money power"
Isn't it?" said Mrs. Trivet She
had been fed three and four and some.
times five times day all her life and
she proved II.
"Oh, papa-not everybody. How alb
surd." said Marjorie Trive& "srhere
a ~ some idealists left. ! should hope. y
She glanced at the Rev. Arthur Brace.
jerking on the spiritual hook at which
he was nibblng.
"Of course said Barbara Trivet.
you have to consider supply and de.
mand." One semester of Adam Smith
at the State university glowed on her
forehead like number.
Bob Trivet grinned.
Barbara spilling off economics, ;"
said he to the rising moon.
Walter Trivet, as was his custom,
waited for pause.
"Self-interest" said he "is the rul-
ing passion. Show me anybody and
and-and-I'll show YOU somebody
that's out for himself. no matter how
neatly he covers it up. It's the law
Of human nature. It's self f-preserva.
tion. list s."
"Buncombe," said Bob, beneath his
breath
I 1P the drive strove a motor car in
- that state of spark plug deficiency
which proclaimed the katytown ga
rage.
Send for more coffee, Mary" said
Mr.. Trivet. This is Joe Cole &
nephew-and I'd like to have you have
a look at the two women
For though Mrs. Trivet observed
human nature after the manner OF
one polyp regarding another her hus-
band implicitly believed in her intui-
tions
Papa. said Marjorie, Mr.. Brace
and / will go in and try over that
new music"
Anthems" said the Rev. Arthur
Brace, in the tone OF an alibi.
The two disappeared into the draw
ing room.
Slightly in advance Of his two com