Show human beings J I 1 are that j by EDGAR T MONFORT g copyright ciyou VOU certainly have a wonderful 1 little daughter looks ilke it 11 flapper dapper but nice and sweet sort of old fashioned in fit tier her ina tiner toward T flat what I 1 call a line girl nicked flicked tho the ashes from ills und find looked out tit at tho the velvety golf bolt courso course that stretched away awai froni from in fit front of tho the W golf and country club and slipped ott off into tile trees in tho the distance emiles Em Hial ilys lym proved a theory iv ivo 0 nl al anys lind hild said after a moment im cert certain alti in my own mind t unit t t fathers mako make tile host best mothers its tile women who make flappers of their daughters now ivo ive raised emily since silo was wag ten tell brought tier up tip it to bo be a mails sort of girl magi hauht it her to obey mo file tit in everything always to consider my lily wishes but ive been careful to lot let her see sea my lily reasons for doing things why I 1 think my illy opinion boat best now mosi moat t girl garla 3 choose their own boy friends go with choln they eleasin but that Nt kally tilly I 1 know ean exactly atly whom sties going to marry of course it may fully bo be years front from now I 1 hope it will be but ties hoa a ino fine fellow tins tina money and position rind nil all tho the qualities a husband should have no crazy running off with tile chauffeur or sonio somo little counter juniper jumper in my illy fallibly just because tie ho happens to year wear tits his clothes wonderfully or look like a movie actor silo sho got interested in fit a follow fellow when silo sho was oft off at school jim At worth it was p retty pretty serious rind and ho he cattle down to see tile me but I 1 know it would never do the boys a line fine clenn fellow but lie ahna ins nothing and probably never will I 1 bave not much social position either cither I 1 imagine I 1 talked to tier her about it and she wits perfectly reason tible gave him up tip without a wot word A fin and tins has been running around with a dozen others since it certainly ta Is wonderful to have a girl like that lint sold montgomery slowly now my margaret almost snaps tier her fingers tit in my lily face if I 1 try to tell tier her anything tit in fact im honestly aarold of her ter site she says tier her lifes tier her own nil and shell live it to suit stilt herself and those who dont like it enn can lump it and petting parties good lord I 1 another thing dailly never does said with sat satisfaction wo we got confidential tile the other night on the porch and she die told no file that slie site never had kissed a man in her life Alac breath looked at tits his watch find went to its his car montgomery left also for a hit bit of golf the little grout group find scattered As the high powered imported mn ma chine china purred along the lie boulevard wits flanked by magnificent und shrubbery Alue breatha mind wits still on oil his daughter vantly lie he was proud of tier her but more of himself for having lieving made amle such a good lot job of her upbringing site she was on n d pa par r with the other experiences of hla his life lie he reflected lie he had inelly finally controlled everything with which lie he had become connected emily met him tit at tile the door and after giving him film a daughterly peck on tile the cheek danced over to 0 o the orth oplin lf rind and put on a jazz record a hot song it dad site she laughed tossing tier her slin into a chair find turning the pages of a movie magazine you old fogies bogies talk about out at tile the club noon I 1 bet it was about wun women lell it was about you sold blue breath remembering the conversation wilb alb returning pride and satisfaction well that was waa on an innocent enough topic she confessed but what did you say about me nothing of much interest I 1 guess td id better go up and get ready for for dinner after dinner mn cb reath went buck back to his club and bridge emily had ot shouter dute date site ahe explained so site she would not be lonely when returned late evening tile the house hous ewas was allin darkness emily was already in bed he de decided elded tie ile went straight to his room and pro pre pored for the night As he threw bach tire the covers of his file bet bed ills his eye struck I 1 11 nute note pinned to his pillow and quickly taking it to tile alie light tie he read darling dud dont think I 1 dont love you be cause I 1 just dote on my illy precious s old fogy dud but by tile the time you read tills this jimmy atworth acworth and I 1 will be mar tied and speeding away on our honeymoon moon I 1 know you approve ot him hau but I 1 did dd so we just decided to take the plunge there was no use in arguing or trying to reason it out with you because you never change your mind so im doing like ive always had to do say any yes lad dad tit then it go and do ns its I 1 please pleam 1 I 1 lov you heaps and bushels and and ill be over to see you soon devotedly EMILY when had find finished reading the lie note lie he dropped into a 0 chair und neld tits hla head while his world of tuini tumbled fled flown down around tile his ears after if lung long along llong time lie got up and trifled into ile bed oh well tie he said to his pillow with a wry smile human beings will lie hi human but I 1 bet they rag me m to at the lie club tomorrow |