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

ice Greenland so why didn't Sally skip
right over by herself, as long as 1t
wasn't far?
Sally was very reasonable. She hid
her grandeur under last years brown
eoat-of course, she'd take her coat
of as soon as she got there, anyway
and skipped right over.
She was surprised when Katherine
opened the door, and, catching her by
the wrist dragged her quickly past the
living room. rs If she were afrsld that
somebody would see them.
Sally" cried Katherine In loud,
strained whisper. "Benjy's got tooth
ache. He's simply roaring his head off,
and mother and Maggie and can't do
a thing with him Won't you 90 up
Just minute?"
"well-just minute said Sally.
4
DENY, the youngest OF the BranoonS,
~ was spraWled i'm big chair. utter
ing stifed sounds His head was
wrapped in a towel and Maggie was
clutching the ends firmly behind his
ear, whether for the relief Of the tooth
or the more complete choking OF his
cries it would be hard 70 say. Sally
smiled little more brightly than
somehow she felt like smiling. She
said the first thing that popped into
her red head:
las / was coming up the stairs
heard a dreadful howl, and It was
Benny. playing Turk, in a great big
Turkish fowl"
Beniy's cries stopped as suddenly as
II they had been shut off by a tap.
MaggieS let 20 the towel and slapped
out Of the rock, nluttering
"As If We didn't have enough on our
/ hands without him tunin In"
Say some more" demanded Benny,
/ "or else I'll yell again. did have
/ toothache, though" he added defen-
/ sively
/ Sally leaned against the arm of his
chair. laughing, talking Once she
started up, thinking she heard a step
/ in the shadows Of the hall, But II was
long time before Kate came, hot and
/ fiurrted In her green dress.
oh, Sally, ! ran up 10 tell yoli--aSk
you. You don't mind, do YOU? We
can't have Benny start up again ike an
off stage murder Prank said he dian !
mind not sitting down, and that wonlo
make the number right--just taking out
tWo places told them Frank had bt 4
called away and you couldn't come,
Sally had had dinner upstairs with
Benny
Il got YOU" Benny exuited from time
10 time I got you.
Yes said sally She turned over .
bit Of chicken on her plate so IL should
not look quite so untouched. The
whole of Linfield's got me.
Site laughed little strangely, listen
ing ~ the sounds downstairs OF dinner
being over Voices moving TO the living
room voices moving 10 the door
Kate came again, hotter and more
furried than ever.
sally, Dot just called up. She's do
ing refreshments, you know, and she g
lost the recipe for the punch. She
wants you 10 come right down quick.
We're using the car but Frank can
take you in the truck. You don't mind
She vas gone before Sally could an
gWer
n you 90" announced Benny, u
shall yell"
wei yell, then. said Sally in still
voice Sometimes ] think th8t ] shan
sally Boyd did not yell that night
but s1e threw the blue bowl on thf
floor and smashed II all To flinders
Thomas and Luella Embury found II
when they came in after their punch
# -
1T vas Two mornings after that nigh'
when sally had run home alone -
fast from the league dance Oh ittle
tWnkilng gold slippers and tipl0ed "
softly up the stairs past Aunt Safah
door and locked herself into her room
and cried so hard into her pillow SAILS
had not slept that night. But she mar
reached decision
THE more incapable you are. said
Sally u herself. the better people likt
you And I'm through being capable
/ Through. Forever and ever. stlt
added something. not quite intelligiblf
even 10 herself. about Thomas Rogers
] pTAudpu
! That was why things had happened
Jus, the way they had that and Lielia
/ Embury Lucia faa teienboned to sa1
; that her cousin NJ Lake Cain, reeofl
dozen miles away where yoilihtn
3 I8nfeld had its fling IN Summer, haf
offered hfr tl5e cottage for \ week
Iueli8 Wsb going Ia have a house party
Thomas had promised 10 stay dosn, anf
. ne Wab asking Kate ~ coufaf, hnf
Franz because they acre Thomas
fu,,,tef4ss and noI and Andy CARPENTER