Our Neighbors (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...girls intoxicated with speed they had never before experienced. At last they stopped. "Let's have some supper," said one of the men. "Oh, Boy " exclaimed the girls. "I never seen such things to eat," announced Leta. "Nor me, but me head feels funny," added Gretchen, when they were nearing the end of a wonderful meal. "Too much iced tea, I guess," said one of the men. Then they started homeward, an hilarious quartet. "You dassent kiss us," tempted the girls as they danced up and down in the car. "Papa wouldn't let us," answered the men, "but we'll stop the car to give an example of filial disobedience." On and on they went cityward in the darkness, till suddenly the car stopped. The man at the wheel said, "Engine's dead. Looks as if we were here for the rest of the night." "Maybe I can fix it after it rests a while," replied his companion, telling an old, old story. But the stars knew that engine was not dead, and the men knew it, too. "Well, we'll have to do something to pass the time," said the driver. "Tell us what you girls would like better than anything else in the world." Quick as a flash spoke Gretchen: "A perm'nent wave." "Queer place to get it, but let's go and hunt for it," he answered. As the two disappeared among the trees, the soughing of the wind made one think of Rachael weeping for her children. And the angels in their high places, would they not put out a restraining hand? "I don't care," said Gretchen, as the girls slipped into their home at five o'clock in the morning, "he gimme the money for a perm'nent wave, an' you jus' got to have things." "An' how can you get 'em on thirt...