The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-13

! MIR. Hardness. What is it,
The electrical genius waved
nerligently from the steamer
chair.
Nothing to marvel At, young
man." he replied. Jus, an I'M
provcment upon ancient methods.
The world must progress.
A small, but extremely allurlng,
portion of it was. Sally Penning-
ton came flying through the hall
way inside and jerked the door
open. Her hands were covered
with flour and there was Il tiny
dab of it on the end Of her
charmiugly tip-tilted nose.
"Oh, it's you,' she said. Did
you really have to ring that
thing"
Hello" Kinks said. What are
you doing? Playing you're the
Great White Chiefess?"
"Tm making Il cake if you must
know" said Sally. "l've been
working while you were off Salll-
wanting"
MIR. Hardness tells me he has,
too" Kinks said, stepping inside:
She shot him a panied look. III
say he has. Did you ever hear
such a terrible racket as that bell
makes now? And oh, well,
come into the kitchen and see for
yourself"
On the kitchen table q queer
kind of thingumbob was rafting
away inside china bowl. Mrs.
Clpstack stood with arms folded,
regaining it Sourly.
what the devil is it?'' asked
Kinks, approaching with caution,
as one SneakS up on an unexplod-
ed shell.
Sally shrugged. Another Of
his gadgets. He calls it an cleo
trio egg-beater. And he insists
that we use it.
At this point Mrs. Clipstack
gave tongue.
New tangled cOntraption,"
muttered Mrs. Clipstack, with
dark bitterness.
"All this leads me TO suppose, "
said Kinks, that Mr.. Hardness
has been puttering."
Sally nodded. The entire morn
ing and half the afternoon. And
| the worst of it is, he's not through
yet. He Swears he's going to put
! batteries in those stuffed animal
| heads so they'll light up at night: "
but that's a swell idea" said
Kinks. I'VE ought to get some
good out of the fauna around
here"
"Oh you think it's swell, do
you? Well, Mr.. Parker, it falls to
your unhappy lot to prevent MIR.
Hardness from executing just as
many of his swell ideas as pos
sible. If you don't, he'll have US
all wired for sound inside of a
week"
Now, now," said Kinks sOoth-
| ingly. "You just calm down and
| bake your cake. And after din
ner tonight, Wen climb in your
car and dig up some place to
dance"
For the fraction of second 4
wistful look came into Sally's blue
eyes. Then it vanished and she
shook her head.
ave can't" she said.
| Cant? Why not? We're free,
white and 81"
Because" said Sally, wilton
AmeS rang me up this afternoon. "
Wilton Ames? You mean that
stuffed shirt you thought you
were going to marry before |
came along? Well, what if he did ?
You gave him the air, ! hope"
Il did no such thing"
you didn't. Hey, listen, beau
tiful | thought | told you that
! from now on this beetle Wilton
was finished"
mo matter what you told me, y
said Sally patiently; wilton is
coming. In fact, he's coming for
dinner"
Dinner? You've got the nerve,
Sarah Pennington, to stand here
and tell me that you're going to
shower our good food all over a
nitwit with no CHM"
"Oh, Kinks" said Sally, Edo
keep quiet. thought it best to
ask Wilton over here tonight. He
said that ne has something very
important to tell me-"
To be continued