Evening star., 1932-05-25
THIS AND THAT
RY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

| Topped around; no doubt some indig-
nant lady would call him cruel, as
indignant ladies have way OF doing,
without once getting facts straight in
their heads or giving hang whether
the victim OF their TRADES IS gentler
than they are in many ways.
Jones never forgot the time he came
near being run over by public We
| hicle, driven by young smart alec
who thought the whole thing very
funny.
A large fat lady, who had not seen
the performance nevertheless pro-
ceeded to demonstrate with Jones and
PUT the blame upon him.
1T was your own fault, my dear, "
said she, TO Jones infinite disgust.
What can YOU. do with a woman like
that?
Jones devoutedly hoped the bottom
would not drop cut of his bucket, for
he could see half a dozen assorted
ladies leaping up in defense OF abused
goldfish.
It would be his fault entirely, he
knew, and he would rather not; he
hoped the bottom would hold, at least
until he could get off the bus.
| The paper began to get Wetter and
wetter, however, until Jones decided
that something would have to be done
about 1t. Not that serious situation
was developing, or anything, but the
quicker he could get home the better,
he knew.
Out he got. at the next stop.
! He knew taxi stand was there and,
under the circumstances, he believed
that taxi was better than bus.
Much better More private.
! By this time the ladies were looking
tt1nft tnoI Iltro ot ha hllnf nfYpt
he thought
no doubt they knew he had poor,
abused goldfish inside it and thought
he was hurrying down the aisle to get
GWaT from their stern gianceS.
he villain stepped over to the stand
and raised a free finger to a cab
Here was sympathy at last
The driver thought it had been an
excellent move on Jones part to
take the bull by the horns. the fish
bucket by its handle and hail a cab.
Next to an airplane, he assured his
passenger, a modern tsXicab could get
goldfish home quicker than any other
type of vehicle.
soothed, pointing out that no serious
leak had developed and that, unless
the entire bottom dropped out at once,
nothing much could happen until they
reached the driveway, a. the least
Jones grew calm. He was away
from the baleful glare Of the ladies
eyes and suddenly he saw that the
leak was not very bad, after all
And yet it was Just as well; the gold
fish would be out Of their prison the
sooner. Jones dismissed the driver and
galloped up the driveway, past the ga
rage on back TO the far corner by the
big tree, between whose de-spreading
roots in a sort of natural depression,
rested the sunk tub containing water
lily, cat-tail. water poppy and a
floating hyacinth.
Since he vas not used to handling
goldfish, he opened the top of the con-
tsnsr gently, so as not 10 scare the
creatures
No sooner had he let the light in
than the fish began to flop madly
almost precipitating themselves cut on
the earth al the side of the water
Again Jones took the bull by the
horns, or the bucket by its bail.
He turned it upside down and into
snail and the three oyygenating plants
Jones heaved sign OF relief.
WheW!
Now he would watch the happy fish
in their new home
He did-for two minutes.
Tney swan and swan and then went
down beneath the floating water hya-
cirth ana stayed there
All the Jonesian wiles could not in
duce them to come TO the surface
even fish food, temDtirgly strewn on
the surface, failed to lure them up.
Templeton Jones would have to wait.