BLUE MAGIC
Sally had reached the place beside Larry, and they sat swinging their legs and looking down at Fen. Larry fetched a cooky from his pocket. They broke it in half and munched it contentedly.
For convention's sake it is only fair to state that Siddereticus, clad in a perfectly civilized grass-cloth suit and Panama hat, made a proper call on the elder Norvells one night after the children had gone to bed.
As he stood by the rail, ready to take his leave, Mrs. Norvell said, "I think it's very kind of you to be so good to my little boy, Mr. Thornton."
The young man turned and looked at her for an instant. His face was inscrutable in the dusk.
"I think I asked you to call me Siddereticus?" he said. "The thing is, if you don't do it all the time, you might make a
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