Show he was dressed for dinner by JANE OSBORN 3 arten REN BALDWIN felt a species of 0 self consciousness as lie he strode into the lie boarding house dining room that chrit second night af 1 l his reside residence nc e there dressed in ills his tuxedo ue ha had 1 but bot one business suit stilt and lind find discovered a ripped seram seam that made it quite necessary to take it to the tal tailors tn llora lors the ten boarders at mrs birs blaven ll avena q sut silt at one long table and to tilde hide any slight embarrassment wren began to tall talk of the weather to the prim little old lady who slit sat next to lo him film As lie was talking king lie he noticed that this miss mig allies cast preoccupied glances across tire the table and alen slie she could politely turn tier her atten attention tinn from him slie she cooled brightly across find and said Gol grift lii out tonight drew why no miss allies said the girl addressed as a miss drew what made iu lisic ask thi ehilt lt then you ore are expecting coni co many any announced announce miss anies allies with the ta fa mil larity that hat site she seemed to think living under tire same boarding house iol I 1 ol l pi wren baldwin ent at ing the watery soup before him felt a 11 surprising Mil Nur twang of jealousy lie he had noticed tit this girl niss miss drew ns its they called her hist morning in her trim dark daik business frok froik lind and noticed too the lovely gray ees chided with will dark art long lashes lie ile had made no plans flans lint flint lie was aware of to cults vate lite lier her acquaintance but the thought flint site was expecting a taller caller find a caller for eliom from slie site hit had dressed serl so charmingly alide ailin feel a strange sense of dejection after dinner the llie boarder hoar ders adjourned to lite boarding house pallor pailor anti and lingered 1 attic bce e if for no other rea son cin than flint to to 0 postpone pOlle tile llie time flute of 9 in to their heated rooms 1 I suppose youre going out silt said the lie old woman oil oh to be sure said wren remembering the suit nt at the tal tailors lors lind and wondering von dering somehow whether MI miss sa anies ames knew of ills errand there 1 I do have hae to go out for a few minutes later on then a pleasant man of sixty named lare 1 ri r I 1 wren if you going out id ansh you to make tit up a table of budge doidge lie said Tb ered lie my illy wife mid and I 1 wool ill miss drew if we renild kl it a roll foil ill III its ils too chilly to go up tip apt ill play r ahl rahl wren land then only I 1 imagine kiss drew will have hn e another nn oilier pail tier presently put nut apparently miss drew had bad no other t tier partner the table was opened ills ni rs brown went tip upstairs stairs for the cards all and the four fiur sil sat down dowil th hiis ames constituting tin nn uninvited cited nud lence with her chair drawn up tip between that flint of wren and drew so they blaed nod as they played und no caller armed for MIM 1114 drew wrens jealousy abated and FIR as it abated ills his admiration for tier increased all ali tit at once lie looked at the clock rind and saw that the llie hands hand pointer pointed to half past nine ile he happened to fit he iila ing euc dummy altay tit at tire time so without much ceremony nebout it lie he arose anti and maide made some excuse eliout to tit go 0 out u I 1 for a few minutes alen seizing seil ng ills his coat and hat bill in it the hall lie he hurried around tire corner to it tile lie tailor shop the terrifying terri ten it fing lug thought that it might any minute it lose e for ill night quickening ills his steps in ohp th boarding houe lie ile tucked ills his suit stilt under ills hi coat and hastened to ills room then thell two stops tit nt A tittle lime back to the lite card table liable did oll got get ant lou ent fifger naked MM miss ames and wren with nil all the llie nonchalance he could coill iahn d silt said that he did then when bell ii 11 was eleven anti and time to po go to lied bod mrs brown said flint it had been a cry nice party and nd it very dressell dressed up oart party too she nid significantly mr aron r an took ills his cifes anil on oil one line side and mis alss ames aims on it the other flier und and snarled for tit alie stairs we old folks will vill go along and let you toting oung put up tip the lie table lie said aid almost drics ing the unwilling miss allies ainoa with him then their over oer tire tuble table wren fell hill he ought to mihe mahe an explication per perhaps halos it complete confession to in begin begill will would be best so flints why I 1 hall to hurry burry out at half past nine he finished fit explanation 1 I 1 would lieve explained then only that little miss ames allies was so tit 11 lalow know miss drew laughed slie site explained too to pin ini terribly poor floor iny myself self she suld said but before we lost exert lilli I 1 did dress for dinner land my 01 st position po Fillon hns ns it a resident afi t ocial ser roary where I 1 was expected to dress ass now I 1 nin am orling orld ng in nn an olmom bill it qt Si emeil so io dingy beati and I 1 just made tip lip my that I 1 ll 11 feel a 11 lot more loore lipari ail if I 1 dri asod as long its is I 1 hae llie flat old eenon een iiii I 1 alre I 1 re qs q on oil liend their handi handa mot a clicy were folding llie lie ent anil l t etiole over lind fur for it few seconds wren beld the girls in ills please ilease dress again tomorrow ill night tit said miss drew lust just so miss ames aloes won t you had 11 reason ill dress for dinner every night I 1 said mid wren if aou ou want tile me to it will glie give the llie boarders something ing to talk lull about iut ill before many months hit hud passed tire boarders had more glian that flint to talk about wren tind and miss drew were married at and went to live in ill tin n inexpensive little a few blocks away I 1 |