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"
He certainly could," agreed Harriet; and then suddenly: "Why, what's the matter,
Elizabeth? Your face is perfectly scarlet."
The other girl tapped the floor with the toe of one boot impatiently.
"
That horrid creature at the next table just winked at me," she said disgustedly.
Harriet looked about in the direction her companion had indicated, to see a large,
overdressed man staring at them. There was a smirk on his face, and as Harriet
caught his eye she saw him rise and, to her horror, realized that he was
advancing toward their table.
He stopped in front of them with his huge hands resting on the edge of their table
and looked down at Elizabeth.
"
Hello, kiddo!" he said. "What are you going to drink?"
Elizabeth gave the man one look such as would utterly have frozen a male from
her own stratum of society, but it had as little effect upon Steve Murray's self-
assurance as the cork from a popgun would have on the armored sides of a
rhinoceros.
"All right," said the man, "what's the use of asking? There's only one thing when
Steve Murray buys. Here, waiter," he yelled, pounding on the table. The nearest
waiter, who chanced not to be Jimmy, who was then in the kitchen, came
hurriedly forward. "Open up some wine," commanded Murray. "Come on, boys!
Bring your chairs over here," he continued, addressing his companions; "let's
have a little party."
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