Show M Have lo This Habit By B Margaret Morison TOO MUCH HOSPITALITY T THERE HERE was no doubt that young Worthington was very much Interested Inter Inter- ested In Lillie Wedgewood They had met at the house of a mutual friend and WorthIngton had singled out Lillie from the first rhen hen ot of course their friends threw them on every occasIon In each others other's way But as yet WorthIngton Worthington Worth Worth- Ington had not seen Lillie in her own home He called to find out and then came an Invitation to the th We Wedge g a dinner affair it woods woods' to family turned out to be Beside Mrs Wedgewood Lillie LUlIe seemed to sink Into curious Indeed for a whole course Worthington almost forgot her so taken up was hIs attention with her mother For the lady at the head of the table was outdoIng herself to be leMr le Mr WorthIngton wont won't you have some duck she began ordInarily enough as he was about halt half way through hIs first helping Thank you no Mrs Wedgewood said the young man unsuspectIngly Oh you must take this piece of breast Ive been savIng It specially f fOr r you came the second attack Again he refused and agaIn she renewed renewed re- re the charge and he capitulated Encouraged by her success she turned her attention to apple sauce sauce Now some apple sauce Mr Worth Worth- U u. u Ington-I Ington made this mys myself myself-I'm lt lm a great cook you know Oh Im I'm Im I'm not goIng to let you ou refuse refuse-it goes wIth duck as a matter ot of course That's rIght Just a little more more Twice hind had he been routed but he swore that his Amazonian hostess should not urge over him to a sIngle other dish Lillie give Mr Ir Worthington some somo sweet potato Youre You're not paying any attention to his plate lie He doesn Care for for any more Nonsense Just dont don't take no for an answer So the conversation went through the the whole meal It If Worthington n steered to plays or polItics he liras brought back peremptorily to pickles and as they got up from the table he felt as It if he hind had been beaten at at a hard fought game ot of tennis I After that he and Lillie LUlie once more saw each other away from her home ome and his old Impression ot of char I and beauty came back to him But J 1 e always always al- al ways managed to dodge Mrs W dge- dge woods wood's rather pressing s to the Wedgewood house Then Lillie LUlle told things him had progressed as asfar asfar far as that that-that her mother wad wa beginning beginning be- be ginning to think strangely ot of his ls con con- continual regrets With a sigh he he con accepted accepted ac- ac for tor Sunday lunch I After sUcking sticking out for only done round ot of chicken he crumbled After that he be decided to take that was offered Three helpings to croquettes four times to prese e salad twIce Ice cream and coffee over again was the result Mrs Wedgewood Wedgewood Wedge Wedge- wood was she delighted felt that she had done well by Lillie And when young Worthington abruptly transferred trans trans- his attentions to a total stranger stran- stran ger she never suspected that her habit hubIt hub hub- It ot of urging hospitalIty had anything whatever to do with It Hot HAVE VE YOU TINS THIS HABIT 0 Ci by Newspaper Service 0 u. u |