Evening star., 1928-03-18

maticaliy for her lorgnette. Something
warned her this was the sort OF young
man who needed critical inspection tc
put him in his place. But her lorg-
nette, unfortunately, was in her bou-
doir
Bumped my nose" Sally assured the
inquirer. Il guess that's not serious
though. But I'm afraid your glider Is
a total loss
He gave it one glance. IL" he an
nounced, with his quick. engaging grin
VI tell the what you call 1.-THE cock.
eyed world-it isl
And that as far as Saily's mother
VAS concerned. was sufficient This tall
young alien was not only responsible roi
the thing Sally had tried 10 fly in, but
was patiently one more of those i'm
possible representatives Of the lower
4 classes-~she could see that. even with.
out her iOrgnettc--w whom her HUSBAND
vas forever picking UP. Now, meetin:
her husbands eyes she realized he wal
considering introducing the intruder Il
her. It was in the air He had nC
sense OF proportion. He had once actu.
ally introduced her TO a man who, sht
anime the plumbing.
contretempS. she spoke quickly. Come
inside, Samuel she commanded. u
want 70 speak 10 you at once"
Turning. she passed into the house
Her husband glanced at Sally and tht
tall young foreigner.
Guess you'll have 10 excuse me fol
a mite" he apologized.
II 4
LIE found his wife In the living room
This Vas pleasingly proportionec
room. II oppre8sively correct as 10 ap.
! pointment. And this, the living room
was a perfect index Of the home into
which Samuel Middietown'S mechanical
/ ingenuity had catapulted him.
/ A fool for luck. Samuel Middletoxn
/ 80 his neighbors along this strip oi
Connecticut shore had catalogued him
/ "hbgolutely impractical~tiKe most in
! Yent0Fs." was the verdict Of those whs
did not consider him peer. Stumbled
onto device that automotiye engineers
we're looking for. But somebody-~tht
wife, probabIy~~inuat have had sense
I enough TO keep him from trying u
! manufacture it. himself It's licensed
on q royalty basis Basic patent anc
money rolling in, Soft for him"
/ And this was tfie, save for the credit
attributed 10 Mrs. Middiet0Wn. BY ths
/ time her Eamuel had evolved the idea
that was " bring him fortune, he hat
deyel9pcd protective fettcenee ab0u
l1iS affairs. Gh~ had known nothing
until long after II Was patented. The,
mad not materially changed their mode
Am ada
paper referred 30 Samuel Midc'el0wr
aS Gne more millionaire created by tn
age ~ gas Ehe had not credited II a
fte', eventually. she had discovered i
Vas close 70 The truth.
This house had been her first achieve
ment Samuel Middletown had ha'
Dathing u say about IT,
WIN you please tell me-" she DE
msnded Just what you were up b thii
morn!ng2"
We'll. you see. Emmeline." he began
| Marx dropped IN 10 ask about that jig
ger of mine and ---~''
bark" repeated his wife, Mari
Who?"
Saiiy's father hssitated
u dont Know his whole nsms~~tA
say IL out" he apologized IT'S one o
tJose spaghetti nsHiss, you know"
Just Who and Whist IL ne?" she de
menGed,
Again ihst maddsning hekitation
'Uhy, ! guess he's what they call
HpJ EInn%ilne But hastily IN
eHaRs iGt about automobiles and air
planes Ihst was glider hr Wsk en-
DiaiD;nR Ia us this morning --s-"
may ! ssk WiiY Ypi call him Mark
interrupted his wife
"Why. that's sorls American for hi
first name guess ~ gel bis Dsm
aifAiphi. II you're Interested"
I'm net she snapped WIN yo
tell Dle Why Yor had " Introduce hin
In GaIIy2"
"T0Doai{"e hin ~ Ealit? ] djdu't
fsh4 J4st happened " be around