The evening world. Newspaper, December 17, 1921, Page 13

“ ( When the dance was over, Roy de- | posited Idalene in her chair and thanked her effusively for the pleasure ~ , TWO SE/TIONS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1921. SECTION TWO. © Illustrated by WILL B. JOHNSTONE « : ‘ ‘ ~ ’ , i . . i] Idalene Nobbin Was as Homely as Her Name and She'd Never Had a Beau, Though Her Heart Yearned for One—Then Came a Transplanting and She Blossomed—:With &e Her Metamorphosis Came a Lover and Then Her Story Began T Prue Nickerson's party, them, and drove him frantic with her ery in secret,» But she had net the his own guest to the most brilliant a 4 Prue was the prettiest thing elusiveness. courage of her cowardice social affair of the Gramlin season ae going. And Idalene Nobbin Idalene’s brief ecstasy was not re- He answered: was the homeliest thing sit- peated. Roy came near her no more, HIN and Roy were in the up- “Prue? That was Prue you danced ting still. and nobody else asked her to dance stairs room again, getting with first.’ Prue was kept busy trying to be When refreshment time came no one. their hats for departure. Roy “Oh, Lord, that scrambled egg? both hostess to whe incoming guests fought for her at the dining-room ta- had said: “E never can remem Whew!" and armful of beauty to the youth that ble; no one fetched her chicken salad jer names. But I'm going to invite “The girl you mean is named Ida- fought for her dances. There were oF ice cream and cake, Her wall- that peacherine to the Junior Vrom. lene Nobbin.” Phin lied on and more men than maidens there, but flower smile was a burden to her tired Just what was her name? Prue spelled the name out as Roy wrote none of. the men would risk a bout muscles. She longed to dart from the something, wasn't it?" it on his cuff. , . with Idalene, who sat alone on the room and run home where she could Phin had planned to take Prue us When the postman left an envelope long row of empty chairs and tried to look as if she were utterly happy and had never expect@éd to be asked dance. The caldron of the dance had not been stirring long when the guest of honor arrived. Phineas Larabee, one of the few Calverly boys who had been sent away to college, had brought back with him f:r the vacation no less a@ person than Roy Duncan, the foot- ball captain of th: team at Gramlin hy There was a wild flutter among the Ane alverly girls when he came into the tor nae: Prue left the dance and ran to like a M& the great visitor. They met at home a® Banister post and Phineas intro- come @@@ the two with pride in both, for with tay was his friend and Prue was his her \w@etheart, It gave him an acute that ygment of anxiety to note the instant one attraction of the brave and the “OM@@he. Phineas haled Roy upstairs as fast as he could, but not before Roy had gained the promise of the next dance. When they returned down the steps, Prue, realizing the value of making herself difficult, had eccepted the proffer of another swain moe ed Phin was perfidious enough to plan Roy’s humiliation and he said: “You don't want to miss this one-step. I'll give you a knockdown to the best lit- tle dancer in this burg.’ He led Roy to the long reef of chairs where Ida- lene sat marooned. Phin mumbled an introduction and Roy asked for the honor of a dance with all the flourish of Gramlin, Idalene swooned upward to her feet and collapsed into his arms. Then the duel began toy stepped on Idalene’s toes, found her instep under his heel when it should have been far avay; crossed shins with her painfully; started in one di + rection as she flung off the other way He had not wrestiea long before he realized that the rest of the dancers + were watching him with delight. Phin was hung to the balustrade of the stairway and rocking with laughter. \ Even Prue was snickering into the bosom of her gnmning swain. { of the dance, Then he excused him- self and went in pursuit of Phin, He could not find the traitor, who kept _ out of ‘sight until the next dance, when he appeared with Prue in his *earms. Roy cut in at once and ysed his giant's strengih to drag Phin's arms from Prue and take her to his own, Oh, the contrast! Prue was round and rosy and all alilt with grace. He wanted the next'dance and the next, but she was alive both to the duties of a hostess and the wiles of a siren. She introduced bim to a doszen other girla, made him share ber dances with ANOTHER CAR SHOOTING ROUND THE CURVE CAME NEAR ERASING ALL THREE