"
"Oh, my!" gasped Nan. "That maligns the sex. I ought not to allow that,
Walter Mason."
"Huh!" returned the boy, grinning. "Grace doesn't mind how much the sex
is maligned, I warrant, as long as father hands her out an extra five
whenever she runs short."
"But you haven't told me what the scheme is for this evening," Nan
reminded him.
"Movies," Walter said. "There's a dandy new theatre opened on Halliburton
Street. It isn't far, and mother approves of the class of pictures they
run. There are going to be some funny ones shown to-night, too. I'll
stand treat for you girls--but no more."
"Dear me, Walter," cried Nan. "You spend all your money on us girls."
"It couldn't go in a better cause," retorted the generous boy, stoutly.
Permission for the evening's outing was easily obtained, and the
quintette of pleasure-seeking young folk hurried away immediately after
dinner, so as to see the first show and get home early. Little Inez was
as eager and excited as she could be over the prospect of seeing a real
movie show.
"I seen some pictures once in a dance hall where a man let me sell me
flowers," she explained. "But, I never dared spend a nickel for no show.
Me aunt would have scalped me--sure she would!"
Mr. Sherwood had seen Inez's aunt that afternoon, at his little
daughter's request, and found that the woman dared make no objection as
to their disposal of the child.
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