Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-05

stood quite still. the smile suddenly
gone I'm sorry" he said slowly. i
didn't mean any harm
From outside they heard some one
calling. oh, Thomas
yes. Miss Enbury, I'm coming. ne
said. And the door closed behind him.
HE didn't mean any harm!" cried
sally in a fury He didn't mean any
harm" And Sally Boyd caught up
the blue bowl with which she had been
working and threw ii very capably 70
the floor and smashed it all to flinders.
The fruit Juice splashed on the apron
that buttoned under her chin.
'Therel" cried Sally BOYD. kicking the
pieces with the toe Of gold slipper
That for being cspahleP
sally Boyd had always he'd reputa-
ton for being capable. When she was
: little thing it had been discovered
that she could Joggle a baby carriage
in a manner highly acceptable TO: Its
OCCUPANT. ana. from that day. she rad
been appointed ioggIer in chief TO the
entire neighborho0d. Afterwaro. Salys
memories of childhood were all mem
cries Of Jogging somebody's baoy In
somebody's baby carriage.
AfEer she grew up Sally said her life
had been one long committee meeting.
But she laughed when she said II, ana
70 nobody paid much attention. People
took Sally BOYD pretty much for
granted.
Even Saily's beauty was taken for
granted by the time she was 20; she
was much lovelier really, than Lucia
Enbury. though not so carefully pretty.
Sally had red hair-Fed. red hair that
csgrled up in short ends, where she
swept il back from her forehead; she
had that fragile, clear, pale skin tnat
ought always TO go with red, red hair.
and that almost never does. Sally mac
> little tipped-up nose. as pert as
March morning sally nao niue
fapped-up chin, as pert aS-Sallys nose
when sally laughed other people
isuzhed, TOO, just for the sake Of laugh
All the same it was LueIla's pretti-
ness that people talked about~-eVen
while those who did not like her said
that the inside Of her fair head was
Just ss light and fluffy as the outside
Other girls were always being Jealous
of Lucia. But no one was jealous Of
Sally Boyd. And that is very oao
sign indeed.
II vas not that men did not like
sally They did But no man wants
N take girl 70 dance u she u
going to spend the FIRST half Of the
egensna seeing that the refreshments
are ali right and the second half seeing
thai the borrowed dishes are returned
pe0pIe fall into habits after time
II was 80 with Sally Boyd
That was why very secretly SaAj
ha6 been pleased when she heard that
Thomas Brandon, Katherine Brandon
cousin vas coming u Linhelo for q
wfek end Sally did not stop ~ think
hzkfse are rent gfg{IE
THERE vas great to-do oven
Thomas Brandons coming Per
hapg Katherine talked about him more
than vas TaeceGsary---Dur, then, eVery
ene does not have q cousin ilks
Thomas II WAS not simply that n
was rich and handsome and popuial
and au those other funny, FASCINATING
words that mean 50 little once you pm
them down.
Yste poured out details in pantinI
bursts " speech Tom had run away Y
the var when ne Was 2 perfect chic
end got himself into the Royal Al
Force ard von u r D. and Croii
6e CUeyrf with palms Tom nad
RsrFet full 81 cups and things Tor POLO
He'd beer round the world coHI
times and 10 The Nile and the Amazon
n didnt need 70 work bui he Wssr
flae kind 80 % nothing he took pic
fJres for some big movie corporation
snd xent - the most fascinating places
In ne Fail he was going out y
Eenga~---
OF course, he's Only 4 tnfFd cousin
Katherine was saying one minute
catherine VS. - sno not yet engage
o. 3e married
And the nezt minute OF couTa
he's cousin. and naturally ne WI
want To spenc most ~ hts time VII
MS own family But We thought We
have a dinner Friday nlgilt, and after
WeF~~-~~a
And altel ~ata." ara wed Lucia I'm
hairv .tbe league will give dance.
Two questions - prime 'f'1o1 enc
after that occupied the mind oi fem
fnjrs Ilnfleld The FIRST @as. Shall
~ invited ia Hates dinner For sal
ms vas settled faP0fsblg
Tn going t0 ask you for Franz
Kate told her Frank Was katherine
younger brother Ana II he begin
any ~ AS fooilshneNs Rifh Ihonla
yoli say something quick and stop him
"kH right agreed sally. she sDos
absentys because her nina mao o.