Show SPLURGE 11 why it its s raining said miss al cott several hundred other people made the kame u remark at approximately proximately the same instant all ot of them were surg burg ing out of the theater at eleven 0 clock and all of them appeared to resent the downpour as a personal in suit so tt it Is agreed macnish he glanced at miss aliss alcott s white plumes and perishable wrap it if you don t mind standing here in the entrance he said make a dash for the corner and telephone for a taxi oh but it will make your cold worse said miss alcott it its s not sate safe in this rain Non nonsense 1 wheezed macnish and vanished over the crush of people presently floated the calls of stray cabmen who hailed the rain as a godsend when macnish got back five minutes later he was fuming they haven t anything in the barns he said but they promise to send something in ten minutes there are all sorts of cabs wait ing here suggested miss aliss alcott ill tell you said macnish we can get over to a cafe in less than ten minutes and ill phone them then to cancel my taxi order consequently they scrambled into a horse drawn rig and sought a cafe you pick out something good from the menu said macnish and telephone miss alcott changed her mind from oysters to lobster newburg and then to rarebit and back to oysters a la roquefort efort before macnish returned there was perspiration on his brow did you get them inquired misa miss alcott get them echoed macnish I 1 did after nearly smashing the tele phone they were busy they re al at ways busy they informed me in a cold severe tone of voice that the taxi that I 1 had ordered Is stan standing d ing over in front ol 01 the theater waiting for me and they ve nothing to send after it to tell it to come back what 11 you do doa asked miss alcott in dismay let it wait said macnish sadly meanwhile it Is going click click reminded the young woman with a feminine horror of extra va gance let lets s talk about something pleas ant begged macnish maybe the will break or the chauffeur have apoplexy or something the chauffeur may have apoplexy remarked miss alcott but you are going to have pneumonia it if you keep on barking 1 I might just as well die of monia said macnish as of shock over the taxi bill it rained outside and they ate their supper and still it rained it did more it poured cats and dogs we can never get to the station said Alac NIsh go lp phone for a taxi to take us out home they wanted to know he reported on his return if we d really wait here until they sent it I 1 wouldn t have the suspicious nature of that or der clerk for anything I 1 told them nothing could pry us from this spot under the circumstances unless some body came along with a steam launch or a rowboat they waited macnish smoked a whole cigar and miss alcott had an other fruit lemonade three times the waiter vatter sent out to scout reported that there was no taxi for macnish tl TI ere were motors outside to hire but macnish had promised to wait so they waited after a halt half hour he had another session with tho the telephone when he came back his mouth was in a straight line and one shoulder was higher than the other he ile looked ready to fight at the deop of the hat I 1 had quite a conversation with our friend the order clerk at the uv liv ery he eaid said each of us told the other politely that he regretted to say he was a liar and then we put frills on to the sentiment he ile vowed he d sent the taxi ages ago and I 1 swore it gasn wasn t here of course it its s some where going click click but that doesn doean t help us so 1 I ordered him to r send end on another they make me tired its per perfectly factly dreadful sym zed miss alcott mother will be so worried after awhile their taxi arrived and abd they got in the chauffeur leaned around and spoke the other car was vas here after all he murmured it was waiting alting A at the other entrance to the cafe oh ohl said macnish faintly my aly goodness cried miss alcott what 11 you doa leave that to the livery eald said macnish grimly they 11 do it any how I 1 don t care I 1 know now exactly how it feels to tie be a millionaire I 1 ve had motor cars sprinkled all around town tonight waiting for me on about every unoccupied corner and the sen ben patton s great |