Ptomaine Street by Carolyn Wells
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"The Trues?" asked Warble, politely. "Yes," and she glanced toward a very devoted looking pair sitting apart from the rest, on a small divan. "They're wonderful! Herman True is the most marvelous husband you ever saw. He never speaks to anyone but his wife. And she's just the same. She was Faith Loveman, you know. And they've been married two years and are still honeymoon lovers! Ah, what a fate!" Daisy sighed, a sweet little-girly sigh, and blushed like a slice of cold boiled ham. But this Who's Whosing was interrupted by a footman with a tray of cocktails. Daisy Snow refused, of course, as became a debutante so did Judge Drinkwater, who stood near by, frowning upon the scene, he being a Prohibitionist. A sickly looking lady next to him achieved several, and Warble asked Daisy who she might be. "Oh, that's Iva Payne--you met her, you know. She's very delicate, a semi-invalid, under the care of specialists all the time. I don't exactly know what her malady is, but it's something very interesting to the doctors. There's scarcely anything she can eat--I believe she brings her own specially prepared food to parties. "She seems to relish the cock-a-whoops all right," Warble commented. |
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