Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

the Griggs family and all the other famll1eS
that lived on the harbor had found out who
the girl with Eddie Bullfnch was because
some mighty chilly and penetrating looks shot
over In my direction and Mr. Tnberlake came
up to and asked me in pretty severe
manner II I'd noticed that the noise was going
on again this morning and If anybody had
spoken to Mr.. and Mrs. Bullhnch about it yet.
I sort Of coughed myself away from him, but,
murder! I needn't have worried about him
or about what he thought
Three afternoons later, noise broke out in
the harbor that almost drowned the sound OF
Eddie Bullfinchs extemporized motor. was
down there, and it was little Paulie Timberlake.
He came shooting out from the Undertakes
pier In a rowboat with an engine fastened to
1t that learned later Mrs. Timberlake had
sent their chauffeur to Lodgeport to buy for
little Paulie. Little Paulie had made the chauf-
feur take the plate of the muffler, so that his
engine could make more noise than was natural
and increase the speed of his boat
estimated that the child was getting about
IS miles an hour out of the thing and he GER
tainly must have been pleased with the noise,
because it was about the same that a series
Of exploding giant firecrackers would make
only it would take string of such hrecrackers
q mile or so in length to create the connection
that little Paulie enjoyed because he never
stopped going round and round the harbor
with his contraption until just about dark.
What's more, several boys whose families
lived at q distance from the harbor got boats
equipped like little Paulie's before the week
was over and all that section Of Marys Neck
began to sound like a dozen planning mills de-
Tended by park of light artillery in continu-
GUS action.
OF course, by this time, the buzz-buzzing
- at the beach had come to be about
dangerous to the peace OF the community as
the uproar was itself All the families whose
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were sitting around raving in undertones about
the families that had children that we're out
in the boats. and a good many embarrassing
things began to be overheard by the wrong
people But what interested me was the change
in Mr.. Tmberlake. He came up to where Mrs.
Massey and were sitting with the Bullfnch
family, watching the bathers and sat down
with us, as adabe as a man could be-
IT hear one of your daughters Is enjoying
the new sport too" he said. Great thing,
isn't it? At first thought the noise was going
to be little troublesome, maybe, but as soon
as you get used to it it's right pleasant. Mrs.
Timberlake and talked it over and decided
it'd be wonderful thing for our little Paulie,
and it certainly is! Since he's been engaged
in this new sport our whole family life has
changed because now we can always tell exactly
what he's doing all day long. It's wonderful
thing for the chlldren-keeps em interested In
wholesome sport and out in the healthy air.
IT don't know what some people are thinking
been making a perfect fool Of himself. Mrs.
Ruckleboys told my wife some things that Mr.
and Mrs. Carmichael had been saying about us
absolutely outrageous My wife called 'em
on the telephone and they couldn't deny word
of it. She had the goods right on EN-. And
the worst of it was that Carmichael got pretty
insolent. We've had to cut EN- off our list
I suppose you know that most of the cottagers
that are near the harbor talking a good
deal about you and Mrs. Massey, too
Are they?" asked him. We'll, no. hadn't
heard"
ooh, my goodness yes!" he said. They blame
all us parents and, Of course, you and Mrs
Massey couldn't hope to escape, after your
daughter and Eddie Bullfinch started the whole
thing. Let 'em talk Much good it'll do 'em!
Why since little Paulics taken up this sport
he's like new boy!'' Here Mr.. Timberlake
looked challenging and fierce. IF they think
I'm going to sacrifice the health Of my child
lust because some of those old dodoes can't
stand little wholesome noise, they'd better
make another guessi" :..t
Well, felt kind Of sympathetic with him.
1t seemed to me that II Enid was enjoying her
self and getting all healthy and rosy and every