THE GAY COCKADE
He found himself stammering. "I didn't mean"
"Of course you didn't. But it's a good plan, Tommy. Say you think it's a good plan."
He would have said anything to please her. "Well, you might try."
The next day he found himself talking it over with O-liver. "She wants to sell them on Saturday nights."
"Tell her," said O-liver, "to stay at home."
"But she's got to have some money."
"Money," said O-liver, "is the root of evil. You say she has a garden. Let her live on leeks and lettuce."
"Leeks and lettuce?" said poor Tommy, who had never heard of leeks.
"Her complexion will be better," said O-liver, "and her peace of mind great."
"Her complexion is perfect," Tommy told him, "and she isn't the peaceful kind. Her hair is red."
"Red-haired women"—O-liver had his eye on Vanity Fair—"red-haired women always flaunt themselves."
Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
Jane gasped. "Leeks and lettuce? Me? He
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