Nogales international., 1935-07-06

She raised her hand. holding the
glass, toward her lips, but when the
Hand reached her lips there wasn't
|any glass IN 1t. For Dick very firmly,
INDEED, had taken 1t from her fingers.
"You'li not drink to that toast,
iIfiten," he said, and he wasn't, now.
lehe same man who had kissed her
'tnoment before. 'Tn fact, you'll not
drink to any toast. In fact, you'll not
drink at all"
Tony set down his glass 80 carefully.
iSipon q table, that it might have been
la bomb. de walked across the room
rather slowly. and as he came the
scrowd fell away from him. The man
who made the music put his accordion
behind hint was good accordion,
The never risked it
Tony came across the hoor--ae
,came so slowly that it seemed as if he
In,ust be tired, and he didn't speak TIN
iii he was so close to Dick that their
Eeoats were almost touching.
after oil" he said, and his chin
HAD an ugly line to it, taking it by
fand large, Ellen Is married to me. not
ito you. Whether she drinks, or not.
lie no business of yours. It concerns
los, Ellen and me"
Dick had set Eiien's glass upon a
nearby table. It dubbed. all by itself,
Iand where the light strNck i It Eas
&otien.
Il should say SO, too. Old man" he
said All OF the worthwhile things
ia the world concern only you two, at
ti,is noment. But. good God, boy
I'm older than you are, and I'm very
tord of Ellen. and when l see you
making fools of yourselves
"You wouldn't consider it being
foolish" Tony asked, this business
OF kissing married woman when her
husband was right here? When he'd
scarcely had the time" the boys
voice shock. suddenly. ito kiss her
h,aSei!
I'D say it was darn foolish" Dick
answered I'D say it was COM
I.ietely dreadful lapse. I'm ashamed
cf myself. Brander, and / apologize
TO you and to Ellen. It's oaly that
I'm So fond of Ellen"
The girl In the white satin frock.
WHO leaned so ra0nchaiantly against
the bar, was interrupting
Besides" she drawled, kissing
doesn't mean quite so much to you folk
who are Bohemians. Love isn't such
staple thing with you. With Us
people like Tony and me--it's more
important. We don't take sex as 8
matter Of course
Etleu's eyes were filing. It was
;4wenty-four hours since she had me
TONY. since she had first met kim
~ seuS tsveHty-foMY tsfettnses. Sh'
couldn't speak. Neither could Dick
bt.t white rage possessed him. Bu
Gay, coming forward with an empty
slim sternmed glass In her hand, wa
protesting.
AI'd like you to know" said Gay
and her face was saucy gamin'!
face, that some. of us take sex as i
comes. and kisses as they come. Il
studios or in front parlors-call 'en
drawing rooms, if you lilee-havc /
your own wayl I've done my kissing
cariy-and so've you. If 1 can tell any
thing about it--but Ellen hasn't
iIt!len's different from the rest of US
iShe-her name was Church before sh'
married your boy friend-and tt,t
name suited hert Ellen hasn't gon'
around kissing. She's kept ava,
from that sort Of thing. She's th'
kind that always leaves the party, anC
goes home early
Jane slipped very daintiiy from hel
glass. 1t might have been molten fir
that she slipped.
"Still," she said. ''it does seen
strange, doesn't itf I mean another
man giving orders to girl on he'
wedding day. Kissing her-on hel
wedding dayr
"That's the way 1 feel about It my
self" growied Tony.
"Of course. couldn't have expectet
tlat you'd understand" Dick said
He turned on his heel. and thel
swiftly he turned back again.
"I wonder II you'll agree with ,ne
Rfander," he said. ''in this, at least
I'D like to tell you that / think Ellen
.lGfi ia. You know. yourself, that sh
was crying when you came to IN!
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