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The Reason Dicky’s Strained Patience
Broke at Last.
That Dicky had a grievance against
Claire Foster other than his annoy
ance at the almost grotesque daring
of her gbwn, I guessed as I caught
his furtive glance first at her cos
tume, then at mine, and last at him
self.
All his clothing except the business
suit he had on, and the articles which
could be put in a email bag, were in
trunks somewhere on the road be
tween Caldwln and New York. I had
but a trotteur suit In which I had
traveled to the mountain resort when
Dicky sent for me, and a little after
noon gown, which It was impossible
for me to wear to a restaurant dinner
without a wrap. For both Dicky and
me the tailored suits were our only
sartorial resource. Claire Foster knew
this, and she must also have known
that under the circumstances her own
elaborate evening costume was the
acme of bad taste and ill-breeding.
There la nothing fastidious Dicky
hates so much as to be conspicuous In
any way, and I could see him visual
ising the amused and curious glances
which In any restaurant would fol
low the entrance of our party—he
and I in sober street attire, and
Claire Foster In her flamboyant cos
tume. But he allowed no hint of his
irritation to escape him, and wrapped
Claire In her handsome evening coat
with so muui impressment that again
the torturing question returned to
me:
Was he bo deeply Infatuated with
her that nothing she did mattered?
The inevitable companion question
followed close on its heels. Was
Claire's knowledge of his feeling the
reason for her outrageous actions
since she had come to the Bliss apart
ment? One thing I knew. A womnn
must either be very sure of a man's
abiding affection for her, or totally
indifferent to his opinion, to stage the
performances Clalse Foster had put
on in the last 36 hours.
Dicky’s Spirits Drop.
I had no time for further specula
tion, however, as a ring at the bell
heralded the arrival of the taxi for
which impatient Dicky had tele
phoned before Claire appeared. And
from that moment until we had fin
ished our dinner at a restaurant
which I knew Dicky must have se
lected for its easy-mannered, careless
clientele. X was kept busy parrying
the nonsensical gibes of both Claire
and Dicky.
They both were in the wildest
spirits and insisted upon sweeping
me along with them. But when we
were safely In the Bliss apartment
again the thermometer of Dicky’s
spirits dropped to far below the freez-1
ing point as he walked to the mantel
of the living room and let his eyes
run searchlngly over it from one
end to the other. Wondering at the
frown on his face, my eyes followed
his, and saw that the Important tele
gram addressed to Robert Bliss,
whose sender Dicky wished to trace
without delay, was no longer in x-iew.
"Where’s that telegram?” Dicky
demanded truculently, turning to me.
"Tho telegram,” I stammered, try
ing to think when I last had seen it.
The amazement on my face seemed
to infuriate him.
"l'es, the telegram,” he snarled.
"Don't pull any injured-innocence
stunts on me. That telegram was
there before we went to dinner, no
body has been here. Claire wasn't
near the mantel, so you must liax’d
done something witji it. I remem
ber you were fussing around there
while we were waiting for Claire,
dusting, or some fool stunt like that."
It was true. When Dicky had read
the telegTam. he had searched in his
pocket for his address book. Man like,
he first had brought out a bunch of
letters and cards which ha had left
on the mantel while he consulted the
address book, and had not returned
to his pockets—at least as far as
I had seen. With my dislike, amount
ing almost to an obsession, for dust
or disorder, I had noted dust on the
mantelpiece, and while wiping it off
had arranged the scattered enx-elopes
in n neat pile. But I distinctly re
membered that I had left the telev
gram upright against the wall In its
original position.
"Are You Sure?”
"Are you sure you didn't take the
telegram down when you put your
letters back in your pocket?” I
asked.
“Yes. I'm very sure I didn't take
the telegram down when I put the let
ters back in my pocket,” Dicky
mocked. "The thing's gone, that's
what it is—probably you threw it Into
the fire—I wouldn't put it past you.
When you're on a cleaning rampage
you're likely to do anything. And
I'm in a pretty pickle, all on account
of your blamed carelessness."
“Won’t you please look in your
pocket to make sure?” I persisted.
“Of ail the persistent pests'.” h?
stormed.
But he thrust his hand into his
pocket and drew out a handful of let
ters which he shuffled rapidly over.
“There!" he said. “You can see for
yourself there's no telegram there.
I hope you're satisfied.”
I made no answ-er because of the
futility of doing so. I was not satis
fied, but there was no slightest use of
saying so.
-TIME TALES
THE TALE OF
ISTAH MULE
SCOn, BAILEY
CHAPTER IV.
On the next day after Mistah Mule’s
arrival at Farmer Green's place there
followed something that the old horse
Ebenezer had been dreading. Farmer
Green harnessed Mistah Mule and
Ebenezer to a strong wagon.
“I suppose I ought not to complain
if this helps Farmer Green,” Ebenezer
thought. "But I can't help feeling
that he might have spared me this
disgrace. To be harnessed with a
good natured mule would be bad
enough. But to be harnessed with a
kicking, balky fellow like this Mistah
Mule Is a thousand times worse.”
Ebenezer sighed as Farmer Green
climbed into the wagon and picked up
the reins. But he started willingly, as
lie always had, when Farmer Green
spoke.
To Ebenezer’s surprise, his mate
started, too. He had expected Mistah
Mule to balk.
"I see you've decided to behave,"
Ebenezer remarked to him.
“Just you wait, ole hoss, until he
asks me to draw a load,” Mistah Mule
answered. ‘‘I doesn't mind pullin’ a
empty wagon a little ways. I likes
Yo stretch my legs once In awhile.
But I doesn't aim to do any regular
work. I never has done any. Why
should I now?”
On the whole, Ebenezer had little
fault to find with Mistah Mule's be
havior on their drive. Farmer Green
put no load Into the wagon. He mere
ly Jogged Mistah Mule and Ebenezer
around what everybody In Pleasant
Valley knew as the ''Four-Mile ,
Square:” then drove them home. And
Mistah Mule trotted along and stopped
and started whenever Farmer Green
gave the word.
Mistah Mule was almost a gentle
man. except for one thing. He kept
“crowding the pole,” as Farmer
Green called It. He insisted on squeez
ipg himself up against the wagon
pole, which was between him and
Ebenezer. More than one* Ebenezer
told him to "move over." But Mistali
Mule might have had no ears, in
stead of great long ones, for all he
seemed to hear.
This unpleasant trick annoyed Ebe
nezer. But he did not let it worry
him. He had known young colts that
tried it. And Ebenezer rememebered
that Farmer Green had a way of stop
ping it.
Thu unpleasant trick annoyed
E bynaza*
After Farmer Green h#l led Ebe
nezer Into his stall, and backed
Mlstah Mule Into his, he called to the
boy Johnnie: "Bring me an old piece
of leather, some long tacks and a
hammer!'
When he heard that, Ebgnezer
pricked up his ears.
"What's this Farmer Green aimin’
to do now?" Mlstah Mule asked him.
"You’ll find out the next time he
drives us,” Ebenezer told him. And
he would say nothing more.
Copyright. 1S2X.
Tomorrow—Mlstah Mule Is Stub
born. Even About His Food. He
Wants What He Wants.
I
Should She Ask Him to Call?
Dear Mine Fairfax: Am coming to
you with a little problem of mine.
Have been going with a young man
•lnce la»t June, hut have gone steady
since August. AA'e are both 23. He
has proposed to me, but I have not
given my answer. Now this young
man thinks it Is my place to nek
him Jo come over and make dates,
while I, on the other hand, think It
Is still his place to do so. AYhlch one
is correct. Miss Fairfax? I told him
J would And out and let him know.
Please answer In The Omaha Bee as
soon as possible. Thanking you very
much, I am. "YOURS TRULY."
It Is up to the man to ask permis
sion to call. However, since you ere
keeping "steady company," why not
set aside oertaln evenings for his
calls?
Same Old Story.
Dear Miss Fairfax: T went out with
a nice young fellow the other night.
We went to a show and had supper
aft«*r we came out. He treated me
nicely until we came home, and then
he kissed me several times. I did not
refuse. He then told me ho would acg
me Sunday, and he never came.
Could you tell me what the trouble
could have been? IiONEKOME.
Cannot you Imagine It, Lonesome?
T can. Too free with your kisses,
that's what it was. The earns old
story I hear so often from girls who
sllow that sort of thing. It Is the
losing game, Lonesome. Hut now
you’ve had your lesson, dry your pret
ty eyes and don't he foolish like that
again.
She l«ft Hint.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I have been
going out with a girl whom I really
love. Who always told me she loved
me and sure did show It. Not long
ago she told me she didn’t love me
any more, for no reason at all. I al
ways treated her like a sister. Won’t
you please see If you ran dig up a
reason why she left me? D. H.
A reason would not make the situa
tion fcny easier to bear. T would Just
look for a perfectly nice feminine rea
son why—there Is no need to pine for
a fickle one.
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