Show 1 THE ELEVENTH HOUR AM BO afraid well bo Into said Lain draw I lug her opera coat around her Do hurry dear Then she led tho way to tho waitIng fir w7 wait-Ing automobile Im too excited excit-ed to think straight said I Flossie tumbling Into tho tonneau Its tho first time 1vo over been a bridesmaid brides-maid and I know tiI I am a perfect fright My wreath has slipped down my back and goodness knows how my sash ends over got around heroIn hero-In front The ceremony is to be at eight sharp jerked out Laura as the automobile au-tomobile rushed along at top speed I do wish I hadnt taken tho responsibility respon-sibility of Vcras wreath I promised I would be there an hour ahead of time to help adjust her veil and she left It to me to see that she had something borrowed and something blue Would you believe It 1 could nt lay my eyes on a blue thing In our house Finally 1 discovered this soiled blue feather and borrowed a bone hairpin I wonder whnt on earth Eugene Purtcllo can think of me I have been late for almost every affair that has been given for Vera and Tom I almost al-most wish he werent best man Well we dont care what ho thinks anyhow consoled Flossie trying In vain to thread a needle and looking as if she wero a victim of St Vltus dance as sho bobbed around If I could only find the eye of this needle I might be able to sew this rip in my now glove I never saw it until I was coming down tho stairs so I grabbed up this sowing outfit A loud report from the side of tho machine startled the two occupants They screamed simultaneously and the automobile came to a halt The chauffeur came to the door Tires busted ho announced Vell put another one on quick commanded Flossie popping her head out to Investigate with her wreath hanging over her nose Havent got another miss and It Is four blocks to tho nearest car If there was only something on wheels In sight you might get a lift Lets walk then suggested Laura Lau-ra coming out of her stupor Oh we cant Its starting to rain Vera cant get married Tho siren of tho oncoming touring t car rJht the misty night air and two huge searchlights illuminated tho road The chauffeur darted out and waved his arms and shouted in tho path of the huge machine which was tearing along at tremendous speed The car slackened Its pace just In time to avoid running him down Immediately Im-mediately the head and shoulders of a man with muffled throat and silk hat appeared through tho opened side doorWhat What in tho world Is the matter shouted the man In an exasperated tone Im late already Go ahead Ho says some young ladles need assistance explained the chauffeur Then Flosslos voice highpitched called out Pleaso wait Mr Purtello Its ustho brldesmands and wore broken down Please take us Drive alongside commanded the man laughing With a hurry and scurry the bridesmaids brides-maids tumbled Into the big machine and the chauffeur obeyed tho emphatic em-phatic order to Ieter go I Well this is great said Purtelle jovially I had almost given up hope of participating In that ceremony but they cant get along without the bridesmaids and tho best man tool Oh but I was to fix her wreath and veil moaned Laura and Ive got the something borrowed and something blue Well dont you worry about It consoled Purtelle Im sure it wasnt your fault anyhow You are always so prompt Hm I suppose It was mine murmured mur-mured Flossie to herself as sho searched for her needle amid her flounces In a few minutes min-utes the automobile r automo-bile stopped before be-fore a house brilliantly bril-liantly Illuminated j y j Illuminat-ed and tho passengers pas-sengers tumbled out and rushed wildly up tho carpeted d t I peted steps t Are the guests i + hero Are they 5 4 waiting for the 7 i1 wreath cried I Laura as tho trio reached the j rooms above Oh no miss roplled an attendIng attend-Ing maid leading the way to the bride 10 be Miss Veras Just hav Sew Up My Glove ing her hair done over tho third time Say please will you sew up my glove for me broke in Flossie Well Ive plenty of time at that rate commented Purtello complacently com-placently All Ive got to do Is to comb my hair and fasten the other side of this foolish collar |