Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-21


came and opened it. She had a NOR
bid passion for cough drops, and ex-
perience had taught her that, by sit
ting and ogling Mr.. Bywater with her
LIQUID amber eyes, she could generally
secure two or three. Today. hurrying on
as usual. she had just reached the door
and begun to sniff when 1t suddenly
opened and hit her sharply on the
nose. And, as she shot back with a
yelp of agony, out came Col. Wyvern,
carrying his bottle of Brophy.
There is an etiquette in these mat
tiers on which all right-minded dogs
insist. When people trod on Emily she
expected them Immediately to fuss over
| her, and the same procedure seemed to
her to be in order when they hit her
on the nose with doors. Waiting eX-
pectantly, therefore, for Col. Wyvern TO
| do the square thing, she was stunned to
! find that he apparently had no lnten-
| ton of even apologizing. He was
brushing past without word and all
the woman in Emily rose in revolt
against such boorishness.
Just a minute!" she said danger
ously. Just one minute, II you please.
Not so fast, my good man. A word
with you. II may trespass upon your
valuable time"
The colonel chatting beneath the
weight Of his wrongs, perceived that
they had been added to by beast of
hairy dog that stood and yapped at
him.
Get Quit" he beloved.
Emily became hysterical.
"Indeed?" she said shrilly "And
who do you think you are, you poor
clumsy robot? You come hitting
! ladies on the nose as il you were the
King Of England, and as If that wasn't
enough. :"
| GO away, sir"
who the devil are you calling sir?"
Emily had the twentieth century girls
freedom of speech and breadth of vo-
cabulary IT'S people like you that
cause all this modern unrest and in
dustrial strife. know your sort well.
Robbers and oppressors. And let me
tell you another thing. -
At this point the colonel very in
| iudiciously aimed a kick at Emily.
It was not much of a kick, and 1t
came nowhere near her, but it sufficed.
Realizing the futility Of words, Emily
| decided on action. And 1t was just as
she had got a preliminary grip on the
colonels left trouser leg that John
arrived at the front.
Emily! J" roared John, shocked to
| the core OF MS Delng.
He had excellent lungs. and he used
| them to the last ounce OF their power.
A young man who sees the father Of
the girl he loves being swallowed alive
| by q Welsh terrier does not spare his
voice. The word came out OF him like
| the note Of the last trump, and Col,
Wyvern, leaping spasmodically, dropped
| his bottle Of Brophy. 1t fell on the
pavement and exploded. and Emily,
who could do her bit in rough-and-
tumble. but barred bombs, tucked her
| tail between her legs and vanished. A
faint, sleepy cheering from outside the
! Carmody Arms announced that she had
passed that home from home and was
going well.
John continued to be agitated. You
would not have supposed, to look at
! Col. Wyvern, that he could have had
an attractive daughter, but such was the
case and Johns manner was as con-
cerned and ingratiating as that OF most
Young men in the presence OF the
! fathers Of attractive daughters.
I'm so sorry, colonel. l do hope
you're not hurt colonel"
The injured man, maintaining an icy
! silence, raked him with an eye before
which sergeant-majors had once droop-
ed like withered roses. and walked into
|
| Bywater doomed up over the counter.
John lowered in the background. Il
want another bottle of that stuff" said
the colonel shortly.
I'm awfully sorry" said John.
IT dropped the other outside. l was
attacked by savage dog
I'm frightfully sorry"
| People ought not to have these pests
running loose and not under proper
| control"
I'm fearfully sorry"
"A menace to the community and a
nuisance to everybody" said Col. Wy
| vern.
quite" said Mr.. Bywater
Conversation languished. Charles By
water, realizing that this was no mo-
ment for lingering lovingly over brown
paper and toying dreamily with string,
! lowered the record for wrapping bot
| tie of Brophys Paramount Elixir by
such a margin that he set up marx
for other chemists to shootA at for all
time Col. Wyvern snatched 1t and
stalked out. and John, who had opened
the door for him and had not been
thanked, tottered back to the counter
and in low voice expressed wish Tor
! two ounces of the Special Mixture.
| quite" said Mr.. ByWater. In one
moment, Mr.. John"
With the passing Of Col. Wyvern a
cloud seemed to have rolled away from
the chemists world. He was his old,
charmingly ctatty self again. He gave
John his tobacco. and OBTAINING him
by the simple means of not handing
over his change. surrendered himself
TO the joys of conversation.
THE colonel appears a little upset,
sir"
Have you got my changer" said
John.
1T seems to me he hasn't been the
same man since that unfortunate cpl
sode up at the hall. Not at all the same
! sunny gentleman"
':Hays JOY Eot my cbange2"