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Show - I's, , q e k ' t i ' t..... t SECTION THREE THE DESERET NE1VS SATURDAY : , , - f , 1 , - - lt ,, ,, - urrMl.mIrawm,wwgmqnraMOPIPM,V.(ZAUWWWWW.w.qawolr , 29' 1921 JAN17A1117 ; ' ; , It , , , ' - , 7 , , ,.. 4, - 0.",.""'",""4',Iie. ' ; By BOOTH TARKINGTON ,8 -,- l la ,Eot 110 the shady sidewalk wearing an reV 1 IIPERCII:LIOVIINEBB IWO after all, because & wean tpornlptobndralt oomernielyydoe triohaeighl;bdreastimeert". -- whet. , the habit of Wear.. I : , . ........t 111"1-1-r. L 4 , rt: '''''-'''.....'...'''rn..- - ,4, , , t ;, - T '''''''' 'they sin''. pedeatrian 'nedwelt -- f . . "tt - ,'-"- -, , : ' ' - 1K , ' 7 t' ,7.',- -, ' -'- 11i,,,:':-' . ,,. I ' -- 1 ' 1 , wasemPl . . . . : ' 1 4 t. .. , r - t , itwheywhiletit;-rstscrusP- - e le on :1 11 u i " 'r. ,4 N 4,..41 soct, ' - . ..4 - pale-blu- work-baske- , f a - c- ' , ' far-awa- t- - ;', , - 4 II 2: . s , :' -- - 6 4 i - ,,,, o' ,1 1 - , I I - - 1 '' - .., ' ri I t. , . ! .4.,,,, r i; :I 1 oww-voice- , 0 - ,1 1. , . 4- - t- , , v , : , 1 , , N - i , :vagueWhat .,-,,- - per-eo- . ',II it .1,1 - 1- - -.. : train Mistake an' amoke ver, ' ": , tr i, Do - I P "Them names don't suit ma, se.' s n' uivto.rm at l'icItiesonthellproZtat;pa;o5 tetbitmi.tngi,hi. lifted ithe I they hide.'--Yo- u ) betta put that lid the basket little, andgmed tier- -. Atiown. I tell you!" - .., smugly within. "Look at there!" complied, just in time. to ;aid. 'Look at a way they lookin' prevent or. of the young cats from me! Don't you look at me thataway.. leaping out of the basket, but she-di- d You Feet an' Meerouh:' ShbWaS. i é' sot fasten the cover. Ineteettebe the lid t and fistetutd- Iftriehtt,.rci., I wea-yoknelt. and. allowing- a space of :Ulf to him-- out an' gren l an inch to intervene betweenthwbas- "I c.i.f.", 'maybe,e mit, Florence-1- v ket and the rim of the cover, peered "maybe I better go 'oak Aunt Julia if 1 within at the oeCupante., "I believe I and Herbert can't wash 'ern. I., the one to this side.a he," she said. guees I better go ask her anYholl.'! "Ityi got greerilehor eyes then the And without more tentbo"Pethi's other one: that's the way you can al- - np the steps and debstecish ways toil.' I blow.. this one's a he end' hnuse through the kitchen. A moment the dither one's a Mop." I tater she appeared in the open doore,. "I ain't stedyin aboot no is's an ' way of a room tit:Matra 1 .1 I When an admirer gave Julia a pair of Persian kittens, Florence and Herbert Atwater promptly let them out of their basket and they got away. By listening at the window, the culprits learned that their Aunt had discovered their crime, but Florence showed a flash of inspiration, "rm going right in and tell Grandpa the whole truth, 7 she said, for she knew that Julia's 'queer" father abhorred all animals. , 1 1 ;' l'' Irrf '''. 4.' It was an expreWon Which should I''''''. 14 ... r'.,ta lug It may Donut dal Clitl that have .,.. a ,,., y , , '4 ''. CI ' ',-- , it 't big lower hp has become nortashnt., what put fancied ststus) In his Placa, and 1 ".,:'..4,',;, -- Ct-, 4- ' f , ,,,,,i,,.....,,, .21.1 , .,..,111, ly projected beyond the bpDerito that irmems & pity that the long street 's t s.t, , A' . , , : he can't get it back: and must tO before her appeared tó be empty of all ,ir:',,: mitt 0 No on. even ab much as -through life Ilooking like 'the King of human life. r - 14 ,. I e.-41Spain. This was to be the catmint'. glanced from a whit6w of any of the ,t , .tion of Florence Atwater's still plastic comfortable houses, set back at the '' .,,,..eteel - ' profile, as foretold by her mother, if end of their "front walks" and bask. netturFlorence didn lawnefor, ' ' way of ally, this was the "best residencer PI ., thinking: and upon Florence's-ch- . the town. since all the serving dreamily that the King of street" In and other relatives of FlorSpain was an awrly hansom. man, .enee Mrs. Atwater retorted: "But not for. a girl!" She meant, of course, that a corner before6 Florence bad gone a - ,, girl who looked too much like the .' King of Spain would not be handsome, hundred yards, end, as he turned in , 1 her direction. it became certain that and her .daughter understood without .,,4 I' they would meet. ,lie was a stranger ',. - l': 1 i .7'itl'i' difficulty; nevertheless, with 'an air -tone. asked; was unknown to FloA tte lobelia end rorst fachaiser that hat is, he was of happy refutation, made the gratui. i. II l n po "Whist you' aunt Julia renceand he well dressed. a . toils statement: ''- t r2 who might well be noticed: while 'When you told her these svere gray eunmhine streaming upon the window i7...'''' ..,'Why, he's my Very Ideal! III' ,,..4. 1 I'd his appearance of age (probalir at The , tEl"Shand tint white eater' boxes at the open windows. ite' it ! marry him tomorrow!" a , least forty or sixty or something) In. tole me take an'elean 'ern." forms of e birds and levee-wi- ld t (t.1:1 Mn. Atwater paused in her darning, dicated j '''142-that he might have sense Kitty. Silver. "She nay. she say,der flowers cerleAl titi end down the lettings the stocking drobp in her , ,roart ..s , ,,.....es- eshe want be interested in other infrot clean' tin epick an' cretonne 'eurtains and over the chilli,: 7 t. t ' "Not at barely r3,, enough topersona. . herd' Miata, Fammerma get here and tp chilee loursie whereon fluffile ''', pan f teresting 4.,. , f . ,,,,,t would you?" she said. "It seems to ... 1 l ....a An extraordinary Change took place 14 ; 'a even' to rail an' nee .11onl.:', And she refoilid. In armetas nf.tender fabric( : ' t . gam ' - vo,,s.44 me you're Jusi-shade too young 1.0. Upon'the 'i' ' Ver surface of Florence Atwater; added morosely. "filial no cat emit- - an4,1 gentle rolors. the "prettiest r,e,, tf i- ! ., - , ,1 i r i 4 be marrying a man who's already got all :'' ,'4ie . , . and woman!" derision of , , , q ?? - , 4i. ' ,' r, . i b., year-ol- d a wife and several children. :Wherel (the supereilloosness girl in thp,t c.ettitably solo , , . f 4 world vanished: her eyes opened "She weets you to bathe em-!-. , , town. , . ' idled did you pick up that ,a,..., -' ' 1 ;.'" Irtorenee inquired, but Kitty Silver did I and into them came a look at 1 ss,e"---. .. lwide, t s 4 . tomorrow,' Florence?" it' i'1,0 s ' y ,' . 1' ., and intently fixed. Alnot reply directly. She breathed sun- : ' ' N.)11, I hear that s I , must be sa:d that no Plrangor . .' 1. , I-everywhere!" re-- i iso. a frown of concentration appeared i A ; :, Ise Fiore i the damsel lightly. ... upon her brow, and her lips moved 1,, t , 4 turned -. body says things like that. tEverY.1 , .' with rapidity. as if she her an for .,..;,--, duicei '.,, 4 '' faTa every:holl,,. niecethough incomparably imitatioronce '' Aunt Julia say. it. rhPard Kittv Silver I silently but t ' A '' t of her Tit, '!",4 - 1--. as she interpretedtadmitted that Florence's hair wail liepeated to herself something of el-- I ti - . 7 x saY it." I ' '' ' ' r - ,,- ' I i itt" s her nse of it in the recent interview t import. Florence had re, her." Wa14, , N,;. "About the King of Spain?" Mn. moat tragic I pretty. t. 1 . ("I'llsaycif thatttor ''l . ci !' - it '. cently read a newspaper account of i 'Wise Julia. ma'am.' I sayee'Yliss the N4 it.) nor:. 14 ,t 0 way outing Atwater inquired. , family I '41',- sti't'imel,..,-.01. t . , sucnow a the of -. I earlier struggles .,. Julia, ma'am, my Manning cookin' vitel once did not care for her hair her-- i' ,...... "I don't know who they were say- - cessful 0 ' actress; how, as a girl, this ties, I say, ..Mirs Julia, ma'am,' limit; it Wall dark and thick and tors., ,ef I ing it about," said Florence. "but unmistakable genius went about the tole berWise Julia, ma'am. I cooktlike her Aunt Julia's; but Florence-7- .. they were saying it. I don't mean streets repeating the lines of various I for you pa. an I cook far you' ramie' except in of a they were saying it together; I heard roles to herselfconstantly rehearsing year In. year out, an ' I hope an to tbink of hermit I one say it one time and the other saY in fact. ubon the thoroughpublic sue. whiles some might make corn- -' ea an Shen blonde. end- also as. about, it some other time. so carried away was she by bee Kitty Sil'Z'r, plaint, I take whatever I find. an' I is foot taller than she was. Persia-ver was saying it about some colored fares, intended profession and so determinleave whatever find. No'm. Mis& tfltra kept this picture of horse'!" man. She probaly wouldn't want to ed to be famous. This was what Flor" Jolla; ma'am.' I saY'no'm ,Mitill! habitually In her mind. which. of',.., marry any whit a man; at least I don't ence was doing now, except that she . I ain't no cat Julia, ma'am. . helpa toweeount for her feel-, expect she would. She's been mar was not rehearsing any role in par. woman!" It she was justified in wearing riecr to a couple of colored men, any- neuter. and the words formed by her that ing "What did Aunt Julia say thenr' that manner of derleive supeecilinue,,, , .tit i how, and she was married twice to one lips, were neither sequential nor con'Stitt mi. she say: 'Didn' I tell you noes ) More, by her mother. of 'em, and the other one died in be- eeollential. being, in fact, the follow-ir- e Iicootrr.: them cats downstairs an' clean middle-age-deplored ,I take I, d : tween. Anyhow. that's what she told I geittlemen than are auseo never. 70h. the darkness t "44 cat . say. nobody's , g:7-z- 7., ":.7'''ft--...- .t Inc... She weighed over two hundred Elected believe that they look like the, ' never. never! you couldn't washwoman." " ' 4 44 . s 4 t..mil waspen youths in the magazine ode pounds, the first time she was mar-'tie- he shoodn't . Ah, mother! 4.1.- clothes-T-r' sheof ready-mad- e 1.,011 vertisernente over and two hun- Where the river swings so slowly 11,NC E was Clit.,S more I weighed becoinleg , ,,,...,,. . lw dred and seventy the last time she was Alt. no!" and it is this very impress.on of 1 A , more and "I interested. simuIC 1,1 4 which aceounts ram with formarried to the first-onover again, Nevertheless. she was doing all she . think that would be kind of fun," libel theirs for ,-' , , ',t 1 4, 0;',. 7:..--.46.4.,,,,,, is seemingly :roe ., but she says he dan't know how could for the elderly stranger, and as much that ,encell i , ,. autId"to be a cat washwoman. .11 explicable-i- n their behavior. 4, ; "1"..o,,,,,, much she weighed when she was they came closer, encountered, and i ,,t, ...., .'' e , ,,,,,,,. would n't mind that at all: I'd kind of married to the one in between. She passed on. she had the definite imFlorence's Aunt Julia was readintit:,. ,,.t 'like It. I expect if you was a cat an exquisitely made little book which, says she never got weighed all the pression that he did indeed take her wan waehwoman. Kitty Sliver. you'd be bore her initials 'tampeda gold uptut.,----time she married to that one. to be a struggling young actress who . '11; '' , ..i ' - !1: ,'. , '28 was in the the cover,, and it had ,....;:, . Did Kitty Silver ever tell you that, would some day be famousand then evidentbee ,:.!1932'. ; t '- , ,,,,r 1 mammal." 4 triworld. I wonder if they-dof have 'ern roached her by a recent delivery of;; a on see her he might night . ,.,,, "Yes. often!" Mrs. Atwater replied. umph and recognize her. as the girl any placeeat washwomen." .he mail, for wrappings bearing catt.o, ,..... ......,,..,,?...,... , ,:...,,, t. "I don' know if they got-- 'em someleelled stamps lay upon the floor bee : , . '"I don't think it's very entertaining; he 474,0'' ,, e had passed on the street, that day. ,, ,, .,..,..-,...,,,,,., I said an' and that's not what we were talking so long agobut by this time the don' Silver. side the chaise lounge. It was a ipe :.,. .. Kitty , .'. , ' - ',4 f , ;,',.' r::::',4-- i y .. . , , knot'', if they ain't got 'em no piece; doll Fort of book. If i n f!0 its interior about. I was trying to tell you", episode was concluded; the footsteps .' - -- : - ' . , ."1 know," i!:t -s., Florence but I bet if they gut 'eni any place, was not printed. ,Iut all most labor-- , interrupted. of him for whom she was perform- ', ,. ..:: ". .. -"You said I'd get my face so's my Un- ingitad become inaudible behind her. its some place else from here!' .'.. .. :. ' ., :,-iousty written with pen and ink..' ,. '., der lip wouldn't go back where it and ithe began to ,forget him:. which Who poems. in truth. containing probabilr-- , Florence, looked thotightfuL was it is to call this said you ought to if I didn't quit turning up was- aavrell. since 'be went out of her more references to a. lady named -' going ... .. ,,,, . .... , , ,s'i f.,my nose at people I think are be- life then. and the two never met evening and see 'em?" Julie than have appeared in any other'.-actress I. neath contempt. guess the best again. The struggling young "Watt Sammerees." poems since Herrick's. go warmly ini;-"She means Newland Sanders," Her-'be- n torested in the reading as to be rather, thing would be juet to feel that way disappeared. and the previous dents-m- y 1-- ,, , , .,-- - - , . ,,, , ,.., ,,, ,... , wasresumed. It without letting ea upOr0111006111111111 face, and explained. "Aunt Julia says all pink. though not always- with entire : . then there wouldn't be any...danger." her callers that ever came to this approval, this Julia nevertheless, at became notably emphasised as boy -'' ' ' lt7- -' , ' ' house in their lives. Kitty Silver never the That's of her own age emerged to her view ''''!,-:--- . "Nog" said Mrs. Atwater. i sound of footsteps. closed the , , the at hones not what I meant.: You muirtn't let from the "side yard" Oa the name right of a single one of book and placed it beneath one of the" got , I,. corner. 'em " feelinge get their nose turned tip, .)our cushion which assisted the Itaise or their underlip out, either. because 'next "Newland Sanders la the one with lounge to make her position a corn..., boy caught sight of Florence believe the one to thts side's a he," e said. itrikthis exobserve can to the little mustache." Florence In plenty ot time, , feelings tortatils. one. Her greeting was not f growwarped Just tie too obIlie plained. "Is that the one you mean enthusiastic. ing change in her manner. all But her remarks had already caulk- viously produced by her sensations at by liammerses,' Kitty Silver?" "What do you want. Florence'!" ed her daughter to follow a trail of sight of himeelf; and after staring at so kind and obliging for to tell me. cream freezer spoon out on the back discouraged h,m. Lt 'Mira Fammorses who you aunt "I was going to ask You if Herbert own hie allowed ha Mrs. the from somewhat me." Silver Mister Herbert Illingsworth Atwater. porch, if you please? Yes. and I 'NO. I respondedL end me- -1 mean: divergent she replied. "I tin' Julia tole her for a moment, thought wag it I no main road along which the mother expression to become one of' pain. Ecksquire?" mustache lift "lie a got an' ain't gotif to." stubbornly, gum you better study littie Sandere,gave you Fir! and Mimi, Aunt affairs?" Herbert echoed. in mar, while you're about it. There's "I thought )otr pretty near always what you kin look atdess some Julia?' , feebly struggled to progress. Then he slowly swung about, as if obscur- plaintive satire. blackish what don' reach out mo'n "Mamma," said Florence brightly. to return into that "What affairs is it no suckh worda in the Eneish language made cookies on Tuesday," he .,.aid. 4. look of weariness became -"do you blieve its true if a person ity whence belied come; making clear or mine? That's Just the troultlel as 'duckling and 'chuttetme We:l. ain't this Tuesday,- - sold halfway todes the btfe en's of his visible upon I ss Julia Atwater.. . 1 don't care what r. ,sivallows an apple seed or a lemon by this pantomime that he recipro- Ira got to be my affairs just beaus, 'nova." an ain't gin lanvage they're 'KittyYou charming face. "I do wish you'd bur.", insufferlt. or seed. watermelon Mr. f'r seed of her a 'was ,be to Florence. mr said to. in." the first cousln. deos well you riitaht found insisted. my the 'Well," got eight home Iran Fluente cally ry up, Florence," she sal& I amt. an anl ct.grow stance. do you think they'd lime a able. In truth. he did; for he wee goodness. I didn't have anything to "It's what tIts do. Just the same- -- rr nos ain't goin to. Sanders the on. gave her these Per- tool What for. Aunt Julia ."' Kittv Silver" cats. elan grow up inside of 'em? Henry not only her neighbor but her first do with you being my cousin'. did ,- tree duckling gihutterit.g "So be somebody eine in 1h4, there'd ' ,van nn element of Niro Rooter said it would, yesterday:: "I reckon." . 'Jr, Silver breathed au- - family at an eligible "Well. I didn't!" Florence Inter- Herbert's,' rumness sew. :0 pieces 1. cousin as, well. and a short month I really age. Mrs. Atwater looked a little anxious. older, though taller than shetail be- goosed hotly. was SEver's present innod, and Tier-I- ( dibly again. and her expression e, "Oh. dry upl he belloa4,i, think it's an outrageous position to ber ..., "Did you swallow some sort of seed?" yond his years, taller than need be, in o gen. bert'a hopet1 eyes beetittio blank 1 11strongly resenstil. -- When she go fer n said 'That's neither here "That's a nice way to Julia continued with languid-she asked "What I want to know is. fact. and still in knickerbockers. How- Herbert. his gare wandrett from tivr heed in awalk long witcr,HOV them caller n she vehemenee"to be the only girl here., "It was only some grape seeds, ever, his parents may not have been how long you gain' to keep this up?" tlemanly" "Well. you try and be a !Ady. then'.'" the broen havItel Itttanto hvr t, The atop an' make a bir fuss over 41ny ill tween 13 and 41 in a large Conne " "Try: " Florence echoed. "Well. basket tt.d not interest hark. the rib- Mamma; and you needn't think I got mistaken in the matter. for it was Cr cat an 1 don' know whut tion of near 'keep what up ". relative& including chilto take anything for it, because rve knickthink-II:done her all in well as Til how after do after looked like :hank Mic'e buy It mean, that. you the, be it ft you sh.rh bon ir itt'I'v polit,:y just that gave plain II dren, who ail seem to think swallowed a million. I guees, in my erbockers as be could have looked in havin somebody like Henry Rooter it dry tip, yourself. Mister Herbert At. isirrioat ex. !Ided it ft In lila "'want.- candy from a:I the candy ate's in haven't anything else to think ofthey but 01 time. an' all the flowers Who comes to see her, and Who sends th tiblto; Iliad It He had no vialble beauty. comb' round' me tellin what they twittertr. 'nada. OT; '71:e enntrat Irr. anything"lo your time?" her mother repeat. though of course it was possille to made a counin of Arline believe, and Wt. 11101i l't) 4f, und t, trobi all the greenhouses they in, lee her flowers and Herbert s eyes gleamed iith fierce drawn Who came he over 13 years old. goin on 14 ever triumph. , You couldn't if 'on did Ishot otereti it, the ba,ket '410.1-.e ed, seemingly mystified. a wonder some of 'em ain't SOW her ,o see her yesterdiy.- and hope for him that by the time more arid Who was4' . "Yesand so have you and papa," reached K '''" S ',ler..., a male fer a present. 'cause seem like would be since about a month ago almoat- ---" tilt! if tr;e4 tilt, you he manhood you You,entildn't got here before. the day srd Who's emo- - :' "I've seen you Florence went on Florence shouted: "Oh, for good- were a million years o!ti:Jo , couldn't Stly SPO.1 I'tp me !her don seri' her mös' every ing tomorrowand put together than he geemed Who's he going,: when you ate grapey. Henry said 'tightly soninial I telt is! vol.come ness' aphimself then 'moderated k4,e4of sakes!" Firs' he indeed the lone.' they and ".,Shar , You really ought to grow E to I at present; maybe not. about grape "I said Itry upl'": shouted Florsome consciousness of lurne but not the intensity of her tone. A;rydalit do g ou' ratlines tuck an up marry! terlt blekt and help me me. hecaotee I'm tee.... told him all what I've just been tell- peared to have .tiwav to the milkman: Men come I 1,,t ti .of his "Kindly reply to this. Whoever asked ence. loao:Aot. Live whit, in the fastenings NajtvAtte insecurity ing you mamma, bow I must of At this Herbert became moody,. 'Oh. slid Mn. 4,!I,er eratvv!t lt! ati,tod in- - I two olo' Punt; I don know what theY tint tired of it. Tea. Mr. Sanders' sent LI for it was hie habit (obser- you to come and take a walk with me " FM and If swallowed a million, in my time, and members, want you --esi 'eause they bet had doss sense me he said; and for some f110, .e,onsiste,ri'iv avoid to turned he now pfufft" even tie .1 doss wo,t1 srnelio.dv is, today?" ' he said grape seeds weren't big vable - to kep war from em! ti. l'Ai er ments run to walked to 'I Then in himself. he ri at hostost.,! Herbert aft stlence at gramhaul rne away to enough en' you' Mine protested a 'est Atwater) heaven."Why, enough to get a good bolt, but be said "Why?" therasked Florence. wouldn't take a walk' vrith you. of asked: 'Where you goin, Florence?" ain't no chr Agile ()man itMdyl" pew try learn 'em how much be if I was to swallow an apple aced a saw and bitch about inside his clothes. revery rare rata, and own free will. note-is-"CallqA-Florvitrbad ttr be .:"The damsel paused at a p!rket .fled. "ate there ain't like no pups: an' nes' thm two you aren't r and to corkscrew his neck against the my tree would start up, awl in ordinarily a very careftltneats 1t1litt.f,43,41i,k,,t, Kitty eq:ver? Letts canaries hanging in the dinin room sort swathing of hie collar. And yet there kUied. I wouldn't take: a walk', withl Opening upon abroad lawn which-watwo. maybe, it would grow up sot If you don't of Florenet. persok ow. an' holler SWF they evenly bisected by a wide brick walk look t' 'ern'i, ,, . couldn't get thy mooth shut on ao. were times as the most affectionate ler-e- ' The Id Of ',hi. h'.1.1,.f. tilled itv the could Rhear me downtown? Di'n I mind me saying' so. Seeldes. If I leading to the ample frame perch- - of o; his aunts had remarked. when. for count the branches and leaves." One mawnin volt go near them. the next thing ,,4 moment or so. he appeared to be 'walk with you if they brought a mii- it tat and honest old brick house. "Right eager. st.,i hand ,,f NI,ve Atea:er, rase wsik in nty kitchen ''Nonnense!" ever here be Herheet would muesing in lion ole face to Cent of ths tomes halt since an him right two of cas to , diveink and. warty age 'tightly beresto.grandpala. seeing )ou "Henry said another boy,told him, almost knowing; tro near anything 4 ,, And thank you for beyond ki,,,,,nhood. take a walk with mt.': know:" she said. They were of a allagatith, three foot lora aloolin ei around. and he can't but he said you could ask anybody 'walking before her. she bad &Imam' Florence ruining itl Ws just in him; comp'ny whlth I nee. hewed onfetrittaar to Florence, anti she me Iner the Ridge 0. my kitchen' and they'd-tel- l you it was true. Henry takenblm for a young man; Inand a million Interrupted. "if they brought, er asked he can't help it." a million horeesand cows, for, If you car, to hear the did not oh,r, the impulse which ninistly sink!" said this boy that told him's uncle sometimes be said something truth for once in your life!" )14r1, Florence looked thoughtful foe a makes a girl seize upon ny young eti "It was Mr. Clairdyc e gay died of he was eleven pears settled. kind of way that was almost and Ilerbeot. meditated. 'Well.. .I got at tight,and sheitthet." said Florence "He'd been to trier moment: then; she asked: "Note old, and this boy knew a grown worn- adult. This fondant aunt went on to Herbert looked incredulous. "Oh. no. I knnw of." ho looked at them with but he didn't rare for it Nowlerld Sentient send 'em with the 1 an that was pretty sick from it eight add, however. that of eoum the next you wouldn'tnot I could help it!" nothin else, to do,-asold. to :he But "Let's back around much. and nhe didift mske any names sireadY to them?". moment go and Info- a by this time Florence bad renow. I espect Henry wasn't telling minute after one of these fleeting "No." said Julia. emphasizing the such a falsehood about it, mamma. spells he was sure to be overtaken gained her derisive superciliousness'. door so's to see If Kitty SIlver's got they really ra!,.L Ki!ty Sityer. d7' you nisi. nt an wh.n eraneux got th, flor.et to take it. Grandpa hates ant- - patience ot her tone somewhat. bliere?" but probaly this boy did, beoluse I by his more accustomed mood'. and "There's a 'few things you could help." anything. named them after they prot here. Mr. Then, not amiably., but. at least in. the incautious Herbert "Cats what she don tole-- in.' the mete " minute! Henry his eye would again glow with the he said: didnit believe it for He Whut ; Sard-- p hasn't Pen thPrn Vot. Tou hetta "hie don't hnoo 'ern no Rooter says he never told a Its yet, in fundamental aimieeeness natural to challenged her wIt the inquiry she consequently. they paseed inside the colored woman roplied. - e. rate and went up the brick walk to- shet-'ahis life, mamma, and ho wasn't go- hie years. lid down. yon don't uort ern I o. said Kit v silver. "An' he nirt hf,d- h,s!rt 5binpo4 to me. He'e cornIn brief, he waa at the desired. "What could! help" gether. Their brows were gaily un- run aigly,....,,catist ain't YOnSta got to keteh 'ern lookin at him ot,en int- th'n Vert'rg Anything more t 7' they' are when he spent most of his time ing to begin now." She paused ftir daY of rto clouded: F'orence?" "1 should think you could Kelp special mark. moment., then added thoughtfully: "I a:terming his mind about things. or, pmflict Ilvin !n'at basket yet: .an' no Innte .4 his kitchen sof:ilkin' he 'Hill -Cain' -Well. wag thinkinal" said Florinto me every second when remained. For Mix was but Ott!, cuts, whut-kidon't believe a word he says!" o' they is or they- isnif, he co est wahwor,ian eeither.rather, when his mind spent most of bumpin' wait "What do you think grandpall ternary of cats:I'm on Florence celied to?" takin "Are I'xiot walk wite a one own yon meeting. She continued to mediate him about my "tritethiV disap- its time changing affairs. thing things about these ca is!" and walk along on your own aide of They followed a branch of the brick "But what makes their hair so ouickly. "You don't need to en it. !hirk provingly upon Henry Rooter. "Old and this was what happened now. -I donit he any more se the sidewalk. anyway. and not be 00 walk and passed round the south aide long?" pjorene asked': still keeping Kitty Silver. Id he willing to tied thing!" she murmured gloomily, for on back his a the of FTER the house. I where mall and her at no'd awkward orchard turning Herbert. with never saw a person ha. to keep trip-pi- of she had indeed known moments of Wotildn't you. Hertiert?" outrages." Julia returned, the lid liftpd him- - lqrk eee eliowed a moment' e anima- apple ittees showed generous prom. hair a couple inihes long ilk' that." over you about every time I try ar',Tiln hateful sight wen known to him Iterbert dnliMrated apprehension concerning the grape -I toe; hundreds of little round apples toM him at that self. then brIghttmed. "I'd tnet SI on "Mitts Julia say they Berium cat!.' seeds. "Nothing but-aold thing- -1 as hie Florence at bar fresh- to take a step!" . ded. and 2 he said, "Fel kind of like to !he Reign of trorror'wne Herbert withdrew temporarily to 'among the criop leavea gtiincing the whet he is!" she repeated inaudibly.' est. be counitil 'What turtiert again. came forth from on Into high fro and be their aetto own lights no to 'end his hethed." else when it's side 'hill a..i,at how said Mrs. Atwater. his of the sidewalk. "Who?" rno'n keep 4, in't teilin' you tvervhody "Florence," intelsi ,3 You place of 'residence. and, joining be demanded hotly. "Who says rm fantile green cheek& WI 11 breeze hoop. me et think it would ha-- spe.,hly in- - way- - from Fin nett Mini). Is that i'3 aunt say they Berjurn-"don't you want to slip over to grand- her upon the pavement, walked be- awkward?" ed through the yard, while the shade II iinTlt OP. Flo,rtled.?" VIM'. to Persian 4 waeh That's cite. avid pa and sok Aunt Julia if she has a side flerhert. 'Persian;' teting her. accompanying her without "Von let Kitty Silver en near .pm. ,A.. "All the &WIT." Miss Atwater re- - beneath was filled whh sunshine nothing, number three darning needle? And I've $een plenty Oersian pore addrid with increasing anthust- His expression of turned. fleck. that moved coquettishly. This cats... My 'goodness, washed l cat I a never She sem. she's should a think with to .don't forget not to look supercilious greeting or inquiry. sash says fixing slight. Infuriating ittmy,lhourh. I 'ern."' of orange light and blue was . when you meet people on the way. pain.notindicating her ineufferableness. have seen a Persian cat at your life" laugh. :"You bump into Pm sideways shifting -laid like a fanciful plaid over the you'd Thirteen abated; neither had her air of and I thought the I. Even your grandfather has been no- had said Herbert. on htive envied "I Julia half in fourteen!". front faintly. goin ,"Neither keep of 'ern. getting U.. fa duchess looking at bugs. Florence' frowned. "Well, I ellyave thought khey did it them- - woutd! I had to go so ler as to tell ticing it, and was the one that spoke being they try to take a ste.o. and lattice and over the wide. slightly "You are a pretty one!" he said; whenever ot It to me. Don't forget!" then when It looks sa if they'd prettyt sagging steps of the elderly back seen Persian 'eats plenty' Wiles. I a her that Pe lOtlit te I Wag houeekeoper 1 be was to his intention but perceived porch: and here taking her eaos near fall over "Yegm." And Florence went out Kitty Silver sniffed. "Ain't I Fern; In my father'n house she'd do what I 3 guess. she said. "I thought Persian words. from his on indeed middle-agetheoe far a sat steps, colof the house somewhat moodily. are kind ere toron' sent Jolts'. Rho don' tolettiald or find' mime other place sate wera,.white.. and the "You, look here!" $he Flor"Oh. am 1. Mister Atwater "And bealdes all that." Florence ored -woman of continental me. 'NO. She Orr- - She r4TY. the oar tbehaved outrageously end pretended e Proper. Of "I'm &idly glad you went Bona till ohe wee Beyond A TER:COON- sunshine and the- ence responded. t tontest, believe' the a! thevself: s ash es tl't m iv the Si er natural color of on, undisturbed. "why- you gen. Fitt g theyito permitted hersiT 4Th sight of the Shady street re- think so! 'eternal In that town. PelfAt tothiiii,KItty 'Z, . orally keep kind of snorting. or some- largest colored litter an embittered laugh. got to take an git someimdy else to and Mfml was gray!" "I mean about what Henry Rooter thing. - M stored her, however; and she opened and then making all those noises though her height was hot imuottal . "Tou wrong ! she paid. ''Thest rats. wgeh said Florence penafter cousin ealeldering and her she a had said," explained. rather "Henry small face. forth and In up. .41 You That they white; stepped the picket gate were &fin' It at "If wO're goin its bethe "ent your neck. perioustr for a little whi1e'1 on the sidewalk with a fair renewal Of Rooter told me pe Made you believe grandpa". last Sunday dinner. because is to oar, as Florence had once exaren't ,eitherl 'They're Florence. "we ought to know theidexpect it would takequit some trimos- -i to her. the face wan small but as ito have a grapevine every plained LiTif ono e her chosen manner toward the public, you were',-goitalk-trito roos wasn't thPro.l I, . eo v4nnen dry anybody gray ,froin bald. of you no public oilmbite parts of her head were tete You Cen'tholdito "No doubt. rut l'il rather you though everybody could hear you tho other pet at thatMissmoment said 3,1ra. Silver. "They 'till and etterything; "Ne'm. wide. ei.a, some grapes with the plain why Beattie her was a circular was- - in sight Atwater', Un- - oan-yen, as everything. and Tett ought ribly Julie much with 'an 'Prlrnal uniet !ritiu assist. i didn't plum spang white. .else. you' auntone. eeds-i'em.Hol,says he scared you to've seen grandpa look at you Hs brown basket, of a, weave gagrireetint gone out JOH I tell Did rou Aont a derlip resumed the position for which Ii or me mind-her. you leven ad' looking on. Florilrce" their Mitre. her 2 it was made with a her mother had predicted that regal- into fits. and 'you tiyanght you'da have looked as if you'd set him crazy if A shade 'fell upon her niece.011 face it Y: 'Mitts Julia. them gray rata: thew. eattenetnes. Iiittv Silver?" 'boa-a build little to and was 44 and cover, a there eyeher get carpenterfitg brown 'White,' she say. 'Them t wo rats is you didn't quit that chuttering Spanish fixity, I couldn't g gt14 4n,r thoy miimoi roar ire Atee.,lat thie. though Aunt and Julia. Why. . silk upon the little handle at the apex white camp. ' . brows and nose were all three pereep. arbor so you could rswellow it for the duckling!" she iwy. 'Mem rats tomb- - YepM' Feet en" Meentuh!, Whnt I do any harm dto Fifi and )ifoisti Piet 4 - tibiy " of the cover. elevated. At the AM time her granevine to grow 61).. Be n kine o. nettle i!. Fref nri' Meernuh ter' itookin' at been crated: 'he say:, They been I? I don't 'see 'A of an become had Florence the "What expression and partook been angry HERBERT'S you up to to. eyelids were half lowered, what"--- in Z' 'du a ,dir4,express train eat name!" crate corners of.ber mouth somewhat deep& pink. "That littlo'Henry Rooter is aston;shment. 1 don't der. silver?" Herbert Julia laughed. "What's the trouble: Z -'Oh. time. are lovely mimeo!" Flew'Thn, th'e0 ' I oned, facial- maneuvers which add. the worst falfehooder in this town; any such a thine" he burst out. "I asked Kitty alp. genially. "Anything to ape. Hercats you never do Just look' atAnything got all smoke up thataway,' Imre aseured her. and Netting eft a veiled mirth to the supercilious-nea- t and I never believed a word h()said guess I wouldnt taik much about clair For this was the sequel she satgone ben. explained: "She means Fitt and you're Interested in.. and. if you don't y. - 'Nom. already accomplished, so that 1 in his life! Anyway. what affairs is last 'ludo" dinner. If I was you. neith. to his "wen We can see If IMO, Bit I Slitel." Miss "Nom, Julia: say. this child strolled down it of yours. I'd like you to pleat be r. Who got. eaught tickin the teever's got anything." But lira Shear ),Cles Julia-- they sin' no train: I saY. tContinued on next page) ,"Feet en' Meemnti,' Paid Kitty Sit- . ' .., - . 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