Show I Y Husban yand and IBy I IBy By Jane CHAPTER 59 The Dinner The dinner I 1 knew was wan delicious yet afterward 1 I could scarcely name a single sin sin- single gle dish d b. b I was wu entertained ad pleased with IUt my table partner that I paid little little lit lit- tle lie attention to what I was waa eating He U. told me mt stories storied of his hi travels trave at with laughable anecdotes and ADd devoed devoted devoted de de- voted himself assiduously to me all ail through the tb dinner Everett Crandall Crandell sat eat at Vivians Vivian's right Carol Blacklock while handsome wa WU war no so dark so o tanned that be h. looked almost like a foreigner Ills Ilia features were Irregular but strongly masculine He Me looked like like a nun man who would nave have hl big bJ own way in lift Ilfe and ha have It r re- re of oC others other Yet there was something fascinating about his hJ masterful IOU mas t manner When the men started to the women of ot the th party left len the table and went Into the Ute drawing room I never lever had been to a dinner where they did this for tor at tit Mrs Mn Henderson's Hendersons the men came Into the drawing room with usand us usand and smoked there Vivian doesn't like Ilke smoking In ID her parlor l Laurette urette Thompson whispered noticing my surprise I said MId nothing but kept t watching the door until the men came flocking I In together You didn't leave as us long alone alone- Mrs t Henderson lenderson raon remarked with a laugh You couldn't expect it It Carol Blacklock replied looking not at her ber but at me m. Oh Oh you nn noM she replied with a I peculiar emphasis AN EVENING OF CONVERSATION WhAt shall ahan we do dor Vivian asked I Shall we dance or is I. there something else you OU would prefer preter cards card for tor In Instance In In- stance Y T YOh Henderson Oh lets let's just juat talk 11 Sir Mrs returned really reany Vivian you vou B give h e such urh delicious dinners one eats eat too mu muc h. h and anti that you know makes mak us ue lazy Amid much laughter w We all agreed greed that a aa as Lauretto Thompson Thomp Thomp- son lion called caned It U. U would bo ho bothe the very verr nl nicest est thins thing vr we 0 could do So It was and we sort ort of or paired off oct Tom and Mrs Mrs- Thompson were discussing dis cussing her heE latest book Everett and Vivian were vera turning over tho the pages of an nn Illustrated book of tho the war while Carol Blacklock seated himself close clos to me and quietly naturally took up our conversation at the tho point we wo left leftoff off oft when I rose from the dinner table As I havo sald ho he was wall a most in interesting interesting In- In talker and I was both annoyed annoyed annoyed an an- noyed and surprised when Mrs Hen Uen- Henderson derson called to us from some little distance so 80 attracting the attention of ot tho others Mr 1 Blacklock hasn't let you ou speak for foE an nn hour Mrs Randall Ive I've been watching you l I would r rather listen than talk I replied but blushing furiously It Iter ever er everI erI I was a bit embarrassed I always showed It so plainly 1 I still BUll envied Vivian her poise polso Mrs birs Henderson her careless manner as ns much as ns when I first met them Dont you mind what Claire Henderson Henderson Henderson Hen Hen- derson says say's Carol Blacklock said In Ina ina a sta stage e whisper so they all heard and laughed a 1 man never gels gets a 1 chance cnance to speak when hos ho's with her 5 EVERETT CRANDELL JOINS THEM During the the- laugh that followed his remark Everett Crandell made his way to US May I tell you that I never have seen leen you look so charming Mrs Randall Randall Ran Ran- dall I 1 though blue was your color but butI I guess all colors belong to you he ho said seating himself Jt You know Mrs Randall Handall well evidently evidently evi evl- dently C Carol rol Blacklock returned Lucky man man Indeed I am as Is anyone whom she calls her Ivr friend he responded rather I thought at least more moro so than tho the occasion warranted A few minutes afterward the party broke broko up un an and wo vo wont went home homo You looked lovely Sue but rather overdressed besl beside e the tho rest of the tho women Anyone of them could buy and sell us too ho a added ded musingly a after aCter a 1 minute How glow low could could I know they would not dress I t said crossly crossl J t I had felt annoY annoyed an an- myself nIt alt the evening and noY noyed d with his hili mentioning my being oVer overdressed I grated upon mec mer met me t r think It Is wise when a 1 hostess says a n. thing thin Is Informal to take her herat herat tat I at her word vord and dress accordingly t I. I I But youve you've got t the dress dreu and arid Sue ut I It must l last hurt rt a long Urn Um time 1 Im I'm m Afraid w were we're re going oln It pretty strong stron lately Prices have gone ZODe up on everything you ou know I If It you tried to stretch one OM dollar to do the work of two aa u 1 I nave have b been en do doing I 1 guess goes you'd think I ought to know it Ito i snapped CHAPTER 60 0 A Talk With Mother Mother Mather Right after aner breakfast the nut next morning morn morn- ing In mother said Id Sue arent aren't you dressing beyond your means mean and beyond what is Ie appropriate appropriate ap ap- for tOT a clerks clerk's wife You looked very nIT fine One last lut night but not like my UWe little girl You Yoo looked like Uk those pictures picture of the Ct actresses In the papers pape I 1 should think you ou would feel fee immodest In such euch a ad dress dress- I 1 felt Celt m my face ace getting red rod A As I have bave explained I couldn't bear to be found In the tho wrong wrone about anything But I couldn't quarrel with mother whose visit was waa not to be a long longone longone one ODe so I explained as u beAt best I could the difference In drewing in la a small emal country town and In New York ralso I r also told her ber that I had bad consulted Tom about my drew dress and aDd that he wouldn't have baYe told me to get et It if It he couldn't Afford It It There Therb was one thins thinK I did not tell teU her ber though that was wu that I bad de deceived de- de him as to what I bad had paid for IL Luckily she didn't ask ak as to Its Ita cost coat I think she ebe would have bave fainted had I told her I paid fifty dollars for tor a dress dres To tell ten her the truth would have bave been Impossible Mother didn't mean to Interfere nor norto norto norto to lecture That wasn't her wa way She was simply unable to understand the waste and extravagance as a. she abe thought f It of our way of living She advised me to open a savings bank ac account to- to count for myself and put a little away If It only a dollar a month I could have hare shouted Me save lAve when I lowed owed everyone whom I 1 could get to trust me Only small mall hula bills as yet save eave ve the tho French drench shop but considerable In Inthe Inthe inthe the aggregate QUIET DAYS The following days daya were uneventful Twice Everett Crandell came and took mother the baby and myself for tor a motor motor mo mo- tor ride I had hod made my party call can on Vivian and had found Carol Blacklock there thore lie He insisted on going when I 1 did and took look mo me home In his car The next day a box of quaint old fashioned flowers came addressed to mother There was waft no card and 1 concluded that l Everett lerett erett had sent them Mother was all i harmed Charmed I dont don't see how they can raise rahce them she said eaid as she she lifted lilted tho the nosegay from the box bOL The Tho florists here hero In New York have wonderful shops I told her well won take a tI walk down l Fifth avenue tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row and Ill I'll show them to you It had been hard to get mother out very much She would not leave the tho baby whom she was fast spoiling She was waa perfectly contented to sit for tor hours with him on her lap either sleeping or sucking his thumb But Dut both Tom lom and I thought It too bad for tor her lur to go back without seeing somethIng something something some some- thing of New York so we had planned to take her out the tho next day Ill meet you after atter the tho office closes and well we'll have a n. table do hote dinner then go to a play or something Tom had said But Dut you get her out early and stay all aU da day Show her the shops or anything else you think will interest Interest Interest Inter Inter- est her A DAY OF SIGHTSEEING The Tho next morning S' m mother ther and I start started d early We Ve went right down to the flattery Battery In the I wanted her to see seo some of at the old part of ot New Now York I had asked Helen to go with us I really needed a a. guide myself She had accepted gladly and so I felt no responsibility as to direction On tho way up tip town we stopped Into Trinity church a R few tew minutes then at I Grace Graco church Mother ha had read of ot them both and had expressed a n. desire to see seeth th them m. m We Ve took In hi one of ot the big department stores But Dut I could s see e it tired mother so 0 we started to walk up the tho avenue When e wo reached tho the cathedral wo we went in and rested a R few tew minutes minute while we listened to the music T Then we walked up as far tar as ns park By this time mother was tired 00 so we went Vent Into a hotel and had a cup of tea This particular hotel was very popular the were well pa pa- pa Mother was wa so ao shocked at some of ot the he new dances that it was wa amusing Helen lelen was going olne to dance with wit an acquaintance acQuaintance ac ac- ac- ac she met but I shook my head lead at ot her Mother I didn't care eare for lelen very much and I didn't want watt her hero to o do anything to Increase that reel teel- reeling ing ng After our tea we walked back down the he avenue and I showed mother the florists florists' shops as a I 1 had promised We went into one of them and were shown hown all the tho loved love 1 flowery flowers by by a apolite polite clerk Mother with the ty y Of dt age had explained that she ahe was from the country that she aho had a lower flower garden but somehow her bel poste weren't as all largo large as theirs their When we left he ne presented mother with a beautiful rose which she ahe proudly pinned on her coat Tomorrow Tomorrow arol Carol Blacklock Telephones I I |