. "Wild women" : the romance of a flapper . ing, as we were drivingalong, we saw Mr. Jack come hurriedly out ofthe Orpheum Theatre and pausing by thealleyway leading to the stage door, he sta-tioned himself in the shadow of a near-bydoorway. The show was not over as yet, butevidently he had seen all the vaudeville hecared for, for that evening. We were justturning into the street leading to the theatreentrance and his back was turned toward us,so we drove hastily around the block, then upthe alley from the other street, past the stage 102 WILD WOMEN door of the Orpheum and out into the streeta
. "Wild women" : the romance of a flapper . ing, as we were drivingalong, we saw Mr. Jack come hurriedly out ofthe Orpheum Theatre and pausing by thealleyway leading to the stage door, he sta-tioned himself in the shadow of a near-bydoorway. The show was not over as yet, butevidently he had seen all the vaudeville hecared for, for that evening. We were justturning into the street leading to the theatreentrance and his back was turned toward us,so we drove hastily around the block, then upthe alley from the other street, past the stage 102 WILD WOMEN door of the Orpheum and out into the streetagain past the doorway where he was any rate we gave him the satisfaction ofseeing me near the stage door of the Orpheum,and that was evidently what he was looking we arrived at the Tragedy too late tolearn much about Macbeth, and this theme isa penance for the sin, and a waiting taxi willextract the price I must pay for avoiding Trag-edy through Strategy—but such is life. >. X THE SCHEMER AND HERREWARD Friday Will she? She will! This being almost a continuation of lastevenings episode, I shall relate my adventurein the taxi as a fitting conclusion to the themewritten under the eye of the taxi, so to speak. I shall have to refer to the conversation atthe supper-table last night to make my storycomplete. It was a stormy meal for me, full of com-plex situations that required a great deal of 103 104 WILD WOMEN scheming on my part in order to be able tomeet the emergencies. I was late gettinghome, and supper had been announced beforeI arrived, so upon entering the dining-room,I found the family waiting for me with theirhands full of Trouble—all wrapped up in bun-dles and ready to hurl at my unsuspectinghead. First mother said frigidly, without any pre-lude or clearing of throat, by which she al-ways wins in a standing start over Dad when itcomes to taking a person by surprise andcatching one unaware—without time to thinkup an alibi, as it were: Ja
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