The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-01

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yes, it would not. So, 1 told Papa
we'd make a party of it. You Edna
and you, Mama Rogers and"
"Oh, Sheila, leave me out of 1t,
Mrs. Rogers interrupted, Il hardl!
know your father; I've only CASUAL!
met him"
Suffering catnip." Sheila ex'
claimed, Dad won't bite. He's as
shy as a girl in her first one-piece
bathing suit, and he's a regular
stick-in-the-mud socially until hi
gets well acquainted.
You two would get along fine to-
gether after the ice was broken. Sc
that's settled. Well have Mr.. Sheri-
dam want you to meet him, Edna;
he's prince-and I've already
phoned to Joe and Andy"
What" exploded Edna.
Mrs. Rogers arose hurriedly anC
beat hasty retreat. It'll leave you
two girls to yourselves" she said a,
she slipped through the door
Sheila turned her big, blue eyes or
her friend and inquired.
Nov, Edna dear, what's ticklina
your toofies? Your fur's all ruffle6
up like a Halloween cat"
you can leave Andy out" Edna
replied stiffly. 'rm through with
him"
whats that precious baby been
up to now?"
Edna recounted the Mercedes
Mention episode with tempeStuous
description of the offending Mercy
and added:
"And you'd feel the same way
about your sweetly yirtuous Joe
Smedley If you knew what I know
Sheila looked her amazement.
There he was" Edna went or
rapidly, sitting in the Claypool din
ing room, right out In public, max
ing moon-eyes at the vampishest
red-headed, dolled-up siren you ever
saw. They were as gooey as a cream
puff. You could've exploded a bomb
under their table and they wouldn't
have known 1t. They. never even saw
Andy and me-"
CHEILA went into paroXysms Of
- laughter. almost rolling out OF
her chair. "Oh, this is delicious!'
she finally gasped. land you were
being jealous for me by proxy!"
It was Edna's turn to register
amazement. Whats the great. big
joker" she demanded.
ooh, Edna dear" Sheila gurgled
II know all about it and the best
part Of it all is that poor. blunder-
ing, old Joe thinks he has put
something over on me. Maize
Brown put me wise. You know
Maizie? No? Well, neither do
except over the telephone. She's
Frank Sheridan's secretary and that
girl must know everything. The girl
Joe was with is Frank Sheridan's
married sister.
Frank had to go out of town and
he got Joe to meet his sister at the
train. 1t seems Maize Brown had
made the hotel reservations, and
she went back to the Claypool last
night to see that everything was all
right. She walked into the lobby
right behind Joe and this Mrs
Muchison and heard Joe invite her
to take dinner with him.
knowing Joe and I are engaged
Miss Brown called me up this morn
ing and said she had bunch
there might be a misunderstanding
For some reason or other, Mrs
Murchison didn't want any one to
know she was in town. and the foxy
Maize scented a shattered romance
If 1 were left in the dark"
There was another burst of laugh
ter. "Oh, this is too good!" she
chuckled. Joe phoned me he had
a business engagement and he
doesn't know that know. The ole
dear was pledged to silence about
Mrs. Murchison and his sense of
loyalty to Frank wouldn't let him
tell even me-"
well, they were mighty thick
I'll tell the world" commented Ed
ma.
Eyes. he had no right to be so en-
tertaining and so well entertained.
Sheila replied. but don't worry;
wait till I see him tonight He'll be
disciplined. The temperature viii
be 20 degrees below zero at the VIII
Der domicile.
IT shall have learned of his un-
forgivable detection. I'll confront
him with the damning evidence and
then We shall see what We shall see
Her eyes cleaned in joyous antici-
patton.
"Oh, gosh, I'd like to be there
hiding behind toothpickl" Edna