CHAPTER XVI.

A TUCKER DINNER. “I just adore the parties the Tuckers give, and I ’specially love dinner parties the Tuckers give, and I most particularly adore dinner parties the Tuckers give at the country club,” Lucy told Nan as she hooked her up. “You sound like a mixture of Pollyanna and some old Hebrew chant,” Nan laughed, patting her sister’s draperies into place. “You are much too young to be with this crowd, and I think you should have gone to V. M. I. as you intended, instead of telegraphing the poor kid at the last min…