The Washington times., 1931-05-19

''How do you mean that?'
It'll tell you later"
"Pll not drive back with you
alone unless"
unless what?"
"Unless damn please" she
said, and swung her smooth bare
shoulder from him and turned
to talk to Wilke-Barre, who
was having his chin nurSed by
a princess of Greece.
Voted Ridiculous
Tom Edgerton began to beat
a tom-tom in an effort to drum
up trade for his boiling pot of
corn on cob.
Most of those who ventured
never quite reached the boiling
pot. The gardens lay embalmed
in a night through which the
moonlight poured like spring
showers. Marble curve Of
benches cleaned in among
hedges. Islands of shadow
crawled back into the groves.
The waterfall that fed the nat
ural swimming-pool made sill
ver-tipped commotion. The din
ner broke into dancing almost
before the tiles. It was as
dreamy as abSinthe to tango out
there under the stars.
Six Hawaiian boys in shell
lacked hair sang to Argentine
music. A jazz-band alternated.
A Spanish slip of girl, with
hips which she managed like
a spaniel shaking off water,
danced solo with Ramon Lopez.
Her bold, sinuous body-beauty
went through you in points of
excitement. The give of the
slim jacket of her ribs as she
doubled with a bonelesS ductil-
ity back over his elbow.
Slitted eyes of Ramon, braced
for her whirling body to spin
into the close insinuating haven
of his arms. Slow shuffling
feet, too Sensuous to leave The
ground. Faces, as through a
curtain of moonlight, dimly;
the Spanish girls fore-Short-
ened upper lip hiked back to
reveal small wet teeth; Ramon'S
face, sliding down like q warm
brown breathing lid over
hers.
God, Berry, they're wonder.
full" said Jennifer.
His body, through it all, as
they stood in the thick fringe
of onlookers, had been crush
ing against hers. It had been
her dance with Berry, vica.
riously.
The pair broke into a taran-
tella then, as if to gloss over
the thickening moist-lipped
faces that had begun to lean
out of the human wall around
them.
Come on, Jennifer, let's get
out of here. I need a drink. I
need II drinks" They backed
off without much disturbance,
moving Slidingly and unnoticed
along the tiles; moving hand in
hand down the broad reflecting
steps; moving slidingly toward
the grove above the grotto of
the swimming pool.
Patches Of moonlight covered
the floor of the grove like lily
pads. Water, skedaddling down
the rocks to feed the pool, was
the only sound. =.
Life ought to be Sweeter to
us than it is, Berry. What's
rotten with us?"
He stared, with his head in
her lap, at a patch of pale sky
that reminded him of his star
sapphire studs.
What Say?"
you're not listening"
Snppery as an Eel
"I can feel your voice. It
makes darling little vibrations.
"I begged you not to get
tight, Berry"
His eyes fluttered heavily and
closed as he began fumbling out
on to the moss for the frosted
quart bottle and two glasses
with which he had fortified
himself from the buffet table
that was now being spread
down beside the swimming-pool.
"You can't get tight on cham.
payne, my field mouse. You get
divine"
Her fingers were in his hair.
Her lips gave off a tiny fume.
you've stood me up fright
fully, Berry. What if 1 were to
go home and blow out that por-
ton Of the anatomy called
brain with a mother-of-pearl
pistolP"
It'd embalm you in . block